Recent content by dicky ticker Dave

What was the dealers reaction to this incident they should be jumping through every hoop to rectify this failure. I remember this happening to a Range Rover Evoke in the outside lane of the M5 it lost all power then locked the transmission.

Just have a look on the Cupra Born forum som owners getting quotes of over £370 for their second service.

Make sure you get a receipt as UPS ask for cash

Import duty is not paid on the first £140

Apart from the DAB radio is crap FM ok I have no issues at all we paid £28 600 for our trophy LR 25 plate. We’ve done 2600+ miles no faults everything works as it should. We home charge on EON EV tariff so far it’s cost around £35. 😁

I was insured with Hastings for my motorcycle insurance, I’m in my 70s and have been riding motorcycles since I was 16 never had a claim, accident all my biking life. They refused to renew my policy 3 years ago no reason given. Insured with bike sure no problem.

My wife has a Vauxhall Mokka I went to Vauxhall last year for a pair of wiper blades cost £68 all dealers rip off on price.

Word of caution most electronic tyre pressure gauges are not calibrated. I have 3 electric tyre pumps all with automatic cutoff when selected tyre pressure is reached. When checked with my old manual gauge they are all different. The main thing is that all 4 tyres are the same pressure.

Just out of interest do you use a jet wash when cleaning your car ?

This is a bit late on this subject. Vauxhall had a similar problem with one of there models several owners reported having problems with the power steering which was also electric. Vauxhall denied it was a problem. Also if I remember correctly they also had cars catching fire because of a heater...

My so has just brought a 6 month old mini with 2.5 K miles on the clock it has the balance of the 3 year warranty and 7 year battery guarantee so MG has as good as the Mini if nota lot better.

The dab radio is crap on our car, so tuned in to the FM stations and it works a treat now.

Just to add I addressed the radio problem by tuning the radio to FM stations and it’s great don’t bother with DAB everything working grate.

Real interested on advice on using public chargers in the uk. So far we have done all our charging on our home charger on shedunight rate. We plan on several brakes this summer but have no clue whatsoever. The second problem I have is I have a pacing device and I have to be careful. Any advice...

No one has mentioned that in Australia BYD had a massive recall for body corrosion after it was discovered rust around spot welds after cars had collisions.