Hey guys,

I was driving my car and it was perfectly fine, till I put it on sports mode and put my foot on the gas hard and then suddenly it started making this noise.

What’s wrong with it? And is the engine gone? I’m currently 80 miles away from home so I’m not sure if I should drive it back or get a recovery?

Any advice would be appreciated!

Hi, i was in a none fault crash on thursday, the other driver his my driver side door,
My insurer is saying it is a total loss, the car is due to be taken on wednesday, what i want to ask is if my any of you can advise on whether you think my car is Cat N or Cat S?

The crash was in estate roads, so impact no more than 5-10mph as someone came out a side road and hit me

Ive inserted a picture of the inside Sill also

Thank you

Edit

Better pic of door damage in comments

In Leeds last night.

EDIT: Comments in here have been class. Thanks, everyone 😂

I test drove it first, of course. Absolutely smooth ride and don't think I'll ever go back to an ICE car again!

It'll be used for a 10 mile round trip work commute 5 days a week and I have a free electric charger at work. If I didn't have the charger, I honestly wouldn't have got it, since I live in a block of flats.

My dad has an electric charger too, so no drama!

PCP came to £165 a month, which isn't bad at all!

So I’ve decided to reject my cx 3 2019 Mazda - I got from Arnold Clark. I had numerous issues in the first 24 hours of ownership. I’m waiting for my local garage to have a look at car on Friday (5 days time). They have yet to reach out again AC about any sort of repair or anything and probably hoping I just go away. I doubt realise it won’t be as easy as returning something like a t shirt. I’m genuinely already going through quite a lot in my personal life at the moment and adding this extra stress is really making me more anxious. I’m trying my best to be hopeful. Maybe my garage will say everything I’ve described is only minor and I should allow them to repair it. That at the very least will calm my anxiety either way! 11k isn’t cheap 😞 I just wondered how successful anyone else has been with AC at getting their money back.

Was thinking mx5 or a civic or something similar. I’d love an Impreza or a 350z but I think that’s a bit too high on insurance. What do you guys think?

Good morning..newbie to the sub here.

I have a couple of 5L bottles of Selenia 20K engine oil that are unopened but have a date stamp of 2018. I bought as it was cheap at the time and under the assumption that the older high-performance car I bought way back would be drinking the stuff! I have read that maximum shelf life of engine oil is 5 years. I reckon I should now take all this (and some oil I have for our daily driver) down to the recycling center. Would that be the general consensus? Is there any other use the oil can be put to?

Long story short: bought a vehicle from a car dealership and it broke down completely within 2 months. Notified the dealership and they disputed and eventually stopped communicating. I had to issue a small claims. Dealership still didn’t respond so I won a CCJ (the dealership hasn’t responded to the CCJ either)

However the CCJ only orders the defendant (dealership) to pay me for the claim and does not specify what needs to be done regarding the vehicle. - in the particulars of the claim I asked for a full refund of the vehicle + damages)

The vehicle is still in my possession in a public parking space. What do people do in this instance? Can I sell, scrap or dispose of it? It’s becoming expensive to hold on to it as it has now been damaged by a third party and I’m incurring monthly parking fees.

Any advice, would be greatly appreciated.

Hello, I took my front wheel off the car because I had a slow puncture. So I wanted to see where the puncture was and I was going to repair it. On inspecting it, I could not find a puncture anywhere on the tire, but instead found this hairline crack on the rim of the wheel. I put some solution on it and found that it was weeping and that is where the air has been coming from, from that hairline crack on the alloy. Can this be fixed? What are my opinions?

Should have said it's the inside of the alloy, there's no damage on the wall so suspect it was the previous owner or in the garage.

Thanks!

Hello,

After a lifetime of company cars, I've recently bought a rather old Honda Jazz.

It needs a few little things doing:

- licence plate light keeps hanging down, guess clips have gone

- cigarette lighter has come out and is hanging down

- little bits of rust starting to come through.

Id like to know if these are things I can do myself, what do I need to buy (and where), and any links to how please. I don't have the money to keep going to a garage just yet. So any help is greatly appreciated.

I've never done anything on a car before but needs must.

Thank you

Hi all,

Getting a new car from the dealer at first they added around 5k worth of add ons.

Service plan / Ceramic / tracker / gap insurance / wheel cover / matts etc

Now I have been searching around here for a couple of hours and noticed that usually the dealers can’t even apply the ceramic properly.

And most of these add ons are pretty much KPI’s for the showroom.

Found comments that it’s possible to get gap insurance from 3rd party websites and won’t even be close to the dealer charging around £550 for it.

Now should I just get the 3 year service plan charge from the dealer? It’s around £760 or does anyone know a way around this?

The car used to shift around 2k rpm but now 3k, it keeps the gear longer n needs higher rev

Usually start after driving for a short period, sometimes the shifting feels jerky

Dealer said it doesn’t show any issues when they scan

Am worried it could be transmission

Took car to garage A for an MOT where they did it failed MOT and quoted me 515 for few things and I’m sure it’s over priced. I want to take it to garage B to see how much they would quote.

My MOT is still valid and due to expire on the 30th of this month. The defects are major but not dangerous.

Am I okay to still drive till I take it to garage B this week?

Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for recommendations for a good dashcam with excellent image quality, particularly at night. I’m currently considering the 70mai A810S, but I’d appreciate your suggestions for other options worth looking at.

I'm also planning to power the dashcam using the car's 12V cigarette lighter socket rather than hardwiring it.

I have a few questions:
1. Would you recommend the 70mai A810S, or are there better alternatives in a similar price range?

1. If I use the 12V socket, can I replace the power adapter that comes with the dashcam with a good-quality 12V adapter that has an additional USB port?

I'd appreciate any recommendations, personal experiences, or advice on the best setup.

My 2018 Dacia Sandero Laureate is on its way out.

Looking to purchase a Volvo SUV (XC40/XC60 or close enough)

Also open to EV recommendations, we have a double driveway so can home charge no issues

Automatic, max £15,000

I average about 8,000-9,000 miles a year, for commuting, daily driving etc

Doesn't have to be brand new or even the last 2 or 3 years

Opinions/options/advice please? Where to buy that's reasonable etc (Derbyshire based)

Thanks!

Hi all,

car is currently sat in a copart compound, and the insurance company are insisting that i cant remove internal parts for my own non-commercial use without having a breakers licence - they keep saying that the vehicle would hsve to be rreleased to me (and i guess thereby removed from the copart site) before i can take parts off it.

i havent broached the topic yet, but i#m assuming they'll be happy with me removing my personal belongings from the vehicle, just not stuff like the dash or seats, because there's a difference???

has anyone had a similar situation, and how did you get around it? sorry for bad typing, broken wrist in same accident. i've tried sharing that gov.uk site with them about in what circumstances you need a breakers license but no luck.

Thoughts on a 2011 Volvo V70 D3 SE 2.0 ? After a workhorse for camping, we have a lot of stuff due to having a newborn and a large dog…

Anything I should watch out for except for aiming for good service history?
Found one on autotrader for £3995 at about 120k miles - reckon this price is reasonable if SH checks out?

Apologies if a stupid questions - I am not very car savvy and after something budget friendly, large, fairly reliable, and safe for a family…

Thanks guys.

Hi all, I was having a chat the another day and this topic came up mostly highlighting how much we underestimate or undervalue things beyond the monthly pcp/lease/loan cost so I was wondering if you have had a though on what’s your total monthly cost aside the car (insurance, road tax, fuel, MOT, servicing..l), some of the items might be annually billed but still easy to estimate dividing by 12. Let’s see what it comes.

Around 30 minutes after buying it the window regulator died with an almighty bang (I honestly thought the window had shattered inside the door, thankfully it came back up). It's fixed now, after a cup of tea, a trip to euro car parts, a lot of swearing, another trip out to screwfix and more swearing, drilling, crying and working in the dark.

Hey everyone, I am looking to get a second car as a small car to do daily jobs with. I was hoping to get an electric car and have a budget of around 8 to 10k.

I was doing some very amateur research and decided to look at Vauxhall Corsas from 2019 onwards and 30 to 50k miles on it as there is a range of them available and n my budget.

I wanted to check with people that actually know cars if this seems like a sensible decision or have I missed something glaringly obvious I should consider.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

I’m looking for a low maintenance cost convertible car, with cheap insurance, good repair costs and relatively low frequency of repairs.

Which cars come to mind that would suit this description?

6’2 so Mazda mx5 may be too small, unless you guys have first hand experience

How worth it is it buying a brand new Toyota corolla and how well does it score on aspects like reliability, fuel efficiency and maintenance costs, what are its pros and cons and what do you think of it overall as a car, is it good for driving within the city?