How long can you drive with a DPF light on?
Every modern diesel car sold in the EU since 2009 has a DPF or Diesel Particulate Filter. This is located in the car’s exhaust system and designed to remove the…
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Every modern diesel car sold in the EU since 2009 has a DPF or Diesel Particulate Filter. This is located in the car’s exhaust system and designed to remove the…
In the UK, 12 points on your driving licence should result in an automatic ban. But there are plenty of drivers who are still driving with 12 points and more…
Leaking air con is quite a common thing. A small amount of water always drips from car air con. Rather than this, we’re talking about the sort of leaking air…
Smart motorways increase carriageway capacity without going to the expense and disruption of building new carriageways. There are various applications of the smart motorway concept. Loosely speaking, the hard shoulder…
Our reader wants to know if they can have different tyre tread patterns on the same axle, meaning one kind of tyre on one side, a different one on the…
Ever-more drivers are using electric vehicles (EV) meaning there are an increasing number of charging points which require their own parking bays. Our reader wants to know what the rules…
Our reader was horrified when he took his Audi A5 into a dealer and it said he needed replacement brake pads. It then revealed that his brake pads had 10mm…
This question came about because our reader wanted to know whether they should buy a Faraday pouch. These block the signals emitted by keyfobs to keep cars safer. The reader…
One of the biggest concerns among buyers is how long EV batteries last. It’s a fair point because EVs are a relatively new technology and all we have to fall…
Back in the day it was common to see cars stopped roadside, bonnet up, steam pouring from an overly hot engine. Overheating is less common now but it does still…