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Shame, know how the OP feels, you can only take so much grief til patience runs out. A Mazda is prob a good buy (pun not intended), good luck either way....

So, not had a great start to ownership of my GTi. I bought a stock vehicle that had a good spec. Ownership lasted 2hrs and 40 minutes before I was on the phone to the dealer with a snag list. Paint defects, interior trim damage, tailgate not shutting, tyre not fitted correctly, steering alignment o...

It can happen, a mate's car (a Vauxhall 4x4, SUV I forget which exactly), would randomly misfire. He did a full service inc plugs, air filter, etc but it still misfired from time to time, once it went into 'superslow limp mode' and was undrivable, had to call out recovery. Long story short: after al...

As a matter of slightly sideways interest, I was passing anyway so stopped at my local VW dealer to enquire of the Golf Mk8 after viewing videos & pics online, to poss order a car in advance of my PCP ending early next year. I was told "demonstrators available in December, new cars delivered approx ...

Adding my 2p's worth; once had a new Astra in which all electrical items, including the lights, would randomly switch off whenever they felt like it, which was often. The parking brake had a mind of its own, the radio would suddenly jump to full volume and an electric rear window would open itself w...

Stating the obvious, you won't know til you fish it out, plastic can take hard hits but can smash at the lightest touch. Try a length of straightened coat hanger or if there is a Home Bargains store nearby you can buy long-ish grabber devices for £1.25 I believe. It happens though. I once decided it...

Speaking as I find, having driven manaul 'boxes' all my life my experience of an auto / DSG box is limted; 3 or 4 miles in my uncles prev model Polo. Once you got used to the clutchless take offs the change ups were silky smooth though I moticed that, IMO, the car held lower gears a tad longer than ...

Interestingly my uncle (prev model Polo 1.2DSG Match petrol) is also looking at a similar vehicle, though for prob different reasons. While not disabled as such he is 80 (I think) though still has all his marbles but has movement probs and so getting into / out of his car, and also my Golf, is getti...

Don't have a reverse cam so can't comment on alignment, but that volume control defo needs to be at 12 o'clock ....

Yeah; go to the cinema, see a show, line up a DVD box set binge-fest cos you won't be able to sleep . Roll on Monday eh ....

stevereeves wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 15, 2019 12:32 pm

Good stuff. Havin' a less than great day myself and this cheered me up loads, glad it's finally sorted ....

Thanx we all get days like that, glad you car is sorted I know how these things can drag you down s'pecially when something happens that wasn't your fault....

Good, interesting review and what I like to see; someone who has driven their car over a long period of time and posted honestly what it is like in real world situations. Good stuff ...

Good stuff. Havin' a less than great day myself and this cheered me up loads, glad it's finally sorted ....

FWIW, the starter motor may not be involved with stop/start. I know others (Mazda for instance) make one piston stop at TDC. When you're ready to start again that cylinder is ignited, forcing that piston down and turning the engine over. No starter motor involvement at all, very ingenious. No idea ...

I happens. Seems it's either a sea of white, or silver ....