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As @unclerichysaid, probably best not to pay cash. Most legit businesses now find it more of a nuisance than an incentive. It's worth telling a couple of dealers what you're after and to let you know when they have a car that meets your needs coming in. Some dealers are rubbish, but some will keep informing you of new stock.

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Is the contamination visible at all? The Brillo pad sound test was horrific. I'm sure you're being careful, but it was a bit like watching someone juggling chainsaws. 😄

Yeah, it's insane. I regret letting my Mondeo go so cheap (at SWMBO's insistence), but my comfort is I "saved" £1000's off the Octavia I replaced my Mondeo with.

Why not buy a litre of two from the dealer?

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Hello and welcome, Malky!

Hello folks! Is there a simple, low-risk way to remove the rubber door seals and replace them? Mine seem to attract a lot of crud under them, and I've removed them once, but it was a bit of a faff. I tried popping the clips out of the door, but found the rubber seal came off the clip pretty easily while trying to remove the clip, and so I removed the rest of them carefully in the same manner, and replaced them that way too. But it was a bit unsatisfactory and if I do it too often, I can see the rubber hole where the clip fits getting damaged. That said, it's less risk than having one of the brittle-seeming clips failt. Does anyone know what the "correct" way to remove/replace rubber trim is? Is there a hack to make life a bit easier doing it?

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Hello and welcome, Mats!

I've just changed tyres from Bridgestone Turanza 001 to Goodyear Asymmetric 6, and I've noticed a reduction in fuel economy. The tyres grip very well indeed, but the trade-off is increased rolling resistance, even at the 2.6 bar "eco" pressure.

I have heard nothing about this before, far less it being a fairly common problem. 😮 Can you spare the time to explain what causes the physical damage please, @Crasher

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Hello! 😊 I can't imagine buying (or selling) a high-value car privately, so I can't comment on the numbers of them about. As awful as some car dealers are, they (sometimes) can at least be held to account.

Please excuse the somewhat harsh rewording of your problem, but I think this sums it up: "I don't really use my car and make little effort to care for it. However a bloke I paid to clean my car told me I have a problem with my wheel lacquer, and now I'm unhappy." Personally I think you should I'd shrug it off, because it seems to me the bloke who washed your car has more of a problem with your wheel lacquer issue than you do.

Trim level is good, IMO. If you can find one with heated seats & windscreen, that would be even better. Can't comment on the engine too much other than to advise to look for the car driving smoothly at very low (car-park) speeds without kangarooing. I like young, high-mileage cars, so if the condition is good and the servicing has been done properly, I'm not sure 80k miles would discourage me if the price was right. Don't let the graph of sale prices fool you, most similar vehicles will have fewer miles and thus be worth more. I think there's some room for haggling on their asking price, if you want the car. Good luck!

Have you done a check for outstanding finance, accident damage, stolen/recovered etc? I endorse the perspective that @tootgave you on assuming nothing, however I would flip that, and assume the worst unless you have proof to the contrary. So... Assume no service history until you have documented proof of the service history. Assume it's been stolen, thrashed and then recovered/repaired unless you have a report saying it has not. Assume it's been written-off and rebuilt, unless you have a report confirming it hasn't been. Assume anything that could go wrong, will go wrong and get yourself an appropriate warranty to cover that failure unless you're happy to pay for the repair yourself. I hope this doesn't come across as negative doom-mongering, I'm just trying to re-frame things to give you a different perspective. Also, while not the same vehicle, this post is probably worth a read. Good luck! 🤞

Reading your post, it sounds like that your car had been running perfectly well, then suddenly for no reason at all, a pressure sensor failed and catastrophically damaged your DPF, to the extent it is physically broken internally. Is that a reasonable summary of your post?

Feeling better about grubbing around under the back of my car a couple of weeks ago Kurusting anything on the rear subframe that looked a bit rusty.

Hello! If you're in doubt, can I suggest you re-frame the issue. So now the car has 90K miles. How many miles do you intend to put on the car? How long do you intend to keep it? If you do a low annual mileage, and intend to run the car into the ground, then I see no reason for the mileage to discourage you. If you do a lot of annual miles and intend to sell the car in a few years, maybe that high mileage will either cause some serious depreciation or make the car difficult to sell. (You're already hesitant about it at 90K miles.) Cars wear out, and cars get old. Personally, I prefer a young, high-mileage car to an old, low-mileage car, but I keep my cars for many years and don't do many miles. Plan ahead and make your decision based on what your ownership use is likely to be. EDIT: No idea what Car Giant is like as a vendor, but as a rule, expect pretty much next to no support after you've parted with your cash. Good luck!

A combination of the prospect of punishment if you fail to toe the line, and reward if you do toe the line. I haven't given that particular suggestion any thought, so your feeling is incorrect. You provided no source for your "feeling" so it's a bit rich to ask for a source for an opinion that I stated with an explanation for the opinion provided in same sentence. I had a look at that. Who's getting cancelled in that example? Please don't strawman me. This is what I said. The fact is people HAVE lost access to their bank accounts if they failed to toe a particular line. Have I got a specific example of a climate scientist who lost access to his bank account? No. If that's a win for you, revel in it. However here's an example of scientific defenestration. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/13/james-watson-scientist-honors-stripped-reprehensible-race-comments Here's another, less significant one. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/richard-dawkins-trans-humanist-aha-b1835017.html You don't think you understand that there are some poor people in the UK who have to run a car but cannot afford to change their existing car for a replacement ULEZ car, which may or may not be a series of bills. You can say "Look at this one! It's only £1000!" and they couldn't afford it. I don't think you realise that there are some ordinary, decent people living good lives who just don't have the cash for a replacement car. @wyx087 I'm not virtue signalling here, I'm just telling you you don't seem to know any poor people. I offered to sell my old Mondeo to a friend for £500. They asked if they could pay me in instalments. I declined as I had another friend who had the cash, but "I get the feeling" the thought that there are people in the UK in 2023 who would need to pay a £500 bill in instalments is beyond your understanding. That's on you, not me. Please cite the two "facts" I made claims about. What are you referring to with this statement?

I don't think anything about WW2 was satisfactory, and I do not accept that there was a need for WW2. But I accept you have a different perspective, so I'm happy to agree to disagree and understand your perspective a little more. Well when you put it like that, how could anyone complain about being forced to buy a ULEZ-compliant car? "What do you mean you can't afford a new car!? Come on! They're not difficult to source!" Yes, I realise that. I think it's a very naive opinion and I disagree with it. I am not ignoring them. I am simply of the opinion that scientists are no less easily bought and controlled now than they were 40 years ago. In fact I'd say it's easier to control them now, as there's more money to buy them off and public defenestration is a common occurrence for people failing to adhere with the current narrative. In fact, you can even lose access to banking services, if you fail to toe the line. That's quite an incentive to say what should be said, and not say what must not be said.

Cambelts are every 5 years or 50K miles, whichever comes first. If you have a chain, I'd suggest a chain tensioner inspection at the same intervals, though I dare say some might say that's not necessary.

Without wishing to be discouraging, I have to +1 this idea.

Hello there! I'm glad you survived the fuel leak.