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Can I turn my stop-start system off?
I have a 2011 Audi A3 and the stop-start system throws up an amber light warning that it is not working. How do I switch the stop-start system off until I can get it fixed?
Dave Cusworth (Barnsley)
Mar 2019 Filed under:
How to reset my car's tyre pressure system?
How do you reinitialise when you have changed the tyre pressures?
Claire Hall (Salisbury)
Apr 2019 Filed under: tyres
Is my Fiat 500 ok to drive?
My Fiat 500 has just told me that my start-stop system is unavailable and to check engine; is this dangerous and do I need to take it to a garage?
Kate Bailey (Portsmouth)
Apr 2019 Filed under: fault
When to replace the Santa Fe's timing belt?
I have just taken on a 2.2 Hyundai Santa Fe with over 99,000 on the clock; when do I need to replace the timing belt?
George Penman (George)
Apr 2019 Filed under: servicing
How to convert my Mercedes to electric?
I have a 2013 Mercedes 220 CDI and I love the car, but put up low mileage (10,000km a year); how long does it take to convert to electric and what would the cost be?
Paddy
Paddy Power (Cork)
Apr 2019 Filed under: electric cars
What's up with my Peugeot 5008?
Hi.
Could you please help on this? My Peugeot 5008 1.6's stop-start function is stopping the engine when stationary, but it would not start when I release the brake pedal. It gives sound of like the engine has jammed (goon goon goon). Then the ECO mode automatically gets deactivated and when I start the car manually, it starts perfectly.
Thank you.
Mirza IsmaiL (Manchester)
Apr 2019 Filed under: fault
Can I insure an electric Morris Minor?
I am converting a 1964 Morris Minor to electric, but can't find an insurance company to provide cover. I can get insurance if I leave the car with the petrol engine, but as soon as I mention conversion I get a negative response.
Can you help?
Brian Palfrey
Brian Palfrey (Dublin)
Apr 2019 Filed under: insurance
How much to convert Jaguar X300 to electric?
Hello
Just a query for my uncle please. How much roughly would it be to change a Jaguar X300 3.2 from petrol to electric please?
Regards
Jackie
Jackie Daly (Glenageary)
Apr 2019 Filed under: electric cars
Does the Hyundai Kona meet UK ULEZ?
Does the Hyundai Kona CRDi 136 DCT meet the Euro 6 emissions zone for inner London?
Anthony McNeill (London UK)
Mar 2019 Filed under: fuel economy and emissions
Just moved to Ireland - need car insurance...
Hello,
I've just moved to Ireland and I will be staying here for about two years, which means I will have to apply for an Irish driving licence. I have a clean Malaysian driving licence, which is five years old. I am 36 years old and female, and I have a car insured in Malaysia that has never gone through any accident claim (knock on wood). I had driven in Malaysia for one year before moving to UK between 2015-2018, and in all those years I only drove when I went home for long holidays.
I have my eyes on a second hand 2012 Ford Focus 1.6 petrol (automatic). I live in a house with two large parking spaces. How much should I expect for first insurance? Or should I just settle on a 2010 1.0 Yaris instead? If I have a budget of €1,200 for first insurance, what's the best car I can get?
Thanks in advance!
Zura Adnan (Cork)
Apr 2019 Filed under: insurance
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