BTW Will - if you want to buy a car before December (or quite possibly later now..) car showrooms will have to close as of Thursday. #lockdown2.0
Strange to hear the Octavia is more practical than an A6, I wonder if any of those features carry over to the Superb?See far fewer of those though, Superb rare in these toddler heartlands of north london, compared to Octavia, A6, 5 series, xc90s, etc.
Quote from: tomtom on October 31, 2020, 01:05:06 pmI sometimes think car boot capacity is always volumeneeded-1 - if there’s room you’ll fill it! Amazing to think I’ve been on bouldering trips with 3 adults and a dog in a 106 but now I ‘need’ as large a family estate as we can get.
I sometimes think car boot capacity is always volumeneeded-1 - if there’s room you’ll fill it!
Sounds like its gone from knowing what’s wrong and changing/fixing that to:Not knowing what’s wrong and changing lots of things until something fixes it...
1) Engine power reduced light came on the day after he bought it - dealer changed some engine exhaust cam sensors. 2) Happened again whilst driving home - dealer replaced more exhaust cam sensors. 3) Happened again a month later - dealer changed exhaust cam sensors again4) Happened again - Dealer changed exhaust cam shaft and mechanical actuator/pulley5) Okay for a few months - went again at start of lockdown - had courtesy car for 6-7 weeks. Dealer changed full engine harness cabling/wiring 6) Gone again this week - dealer is replacing timing chain / pulleys (estimated as a big 8hr job).
I think we’re on the same page Nigel! I probably should have said “thought they know what the problem is for the first part” as in it threw a code and they tried to fix the source of that...
Changing the loom sounds like a real shot in the dark. Like you said why not get a proper auto electrician in to check it rather than just change the lot (which is not an insignificant job.. having reshelled a old simple car before I’d personally never want to change a loom again!! 😂)Changing the camshaft is a weird one - unless as you said they’d found excess wear/ a fault with it. Anyway good luck James!
The staff have been great there, just the actual fixing of the problem has been the issue. Makes it much nicer when dealing with them though.
Sheila's Wheels: £355
I know a few members on here have had (or do have) BMW 135i/140i.I've been offered first refusal on one ('16 plate) owned by an ex (senior) colleague.
Aviva is the cheapest at £300 (I think they are a pretty big provider).Next that I've heard of are:Sheila's Wheels: £355