paul1966

I think the thing I like about the Suzuki is that there's nothing too complicated to go wrong, the 1.6 engine which is what i'm looking at is normally aspirated, it has a cam chain so no changing belts, in the engine bay there is nothing fancy and plenty of space should anything need working on. It needs to last me about 10 years with no unexpected big bills which I think the Vitara will do.

a bit of an update, we went to view a few cars and at the minute the suzuki vitara is looking favourite with the dacia duster second, not sure about the long term reliability of the dacia, need to get a test drive in a vitara before making final decision.

Having had diesels in the past I am thinking of buying a petrol engine due to only have a 4 mile drive to work, would a high milage petrol car put people off buying? the ones i have looked at are all around 100K , I'm aiming to keep it for at least 6 years. All the diesels I've had were fine up to 160K before I changed cars but are petrol engines as hard wearing?

Having always had manual gears is there any reason not to go for an auto box. providing they have been serviced on a ten year old car they should be just as reliable as a manual shouldn't they?

Thanks so is it just the Mazda 3 between those years or all Mazda's at the minute the Mazda is top of the list.

Bit of a broad subject this one. After some ideas as to what used car to get next, currently I have a Ford cmax so looking for something about the same size, budget is 5K so looking at something about 10 years old with hopefully below average milage as I tend to hang onto my cars for several years. Main things are obviously something reliable but if it does need repair that the spares are reasonable and readily available and also I could do the basics myself. Had lots of Fords in the past with mixed luck regarding reliability. Had a Passat that was bomb proof and nice to drive, never had anything made in Asia. I’m open to any suggestions really so go ahead.

thanks all sorted

Ok day two of macbook ownership and Houston we have a problem, I downloaded chrome which seemed to install and run ok until you reboot, then the chrome Icon turns into a question mark, on clicking the icon chrome re-installs and all is good until a reboot. On the desktop there is a disk drive icon labeled chrome and clicking that you get a window with chrome at the top and the application icon underneath. I think I need to totally uninstall chrome and re install from scratch, just got to figure out how to do it.

Thanks all, a macbook air M2 being delivered by amazon today.

I'm looking for a new laptop, Just had a bonus from work so have just over £1000 to spend, I've always had windows machines in the past apart from a short spell with an old Imac that eventually packed up due to PCA problems, i did enjoy using it whilst it worked. So after looking around I quite fancy a macbook air M2, looking for something built to last, the Lenovo i'm typing this on has got cracked hinges and a cracked chassis after 5 years. Anyone else switched across and come to regret it?

well I've just gone through the MOT testers manual and nowhere does it state that the odometer must be working, the speedometer yes but not mileage. I'll ring the garage I go to just to double check.

Thanks, i didn't think it was just making sure, if I can find a used cluster I can take the LCD off i'll fix it but if not I'll just leave it.

The lcd panel displaying the mileage has stopped working on my dash, I don't intend to sell the car anytime soon but not sure about the MOT, Does it need to be working? if not what will the tester put down for the mileage on the test.

we had the same too, every morning slug trails around the kitchen, it does seem to have died down now, although now we have mice moving in having caught 2 over the weekend, a bit early as they don't normally appear until the cold sets in.

I insured with them years ago, they were the cheapest quote but when I read the policy drive other cars was not on it so i changed after a year.