KnightswoodBear Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 1 minute ago, Shandon Par said: Next month. Tread carefully when discussing registers on P&B. That's what I thought, but haven't had any kind of reminder. Needs to be a garage near a court appointed 150 m away from a school, though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 1 minute ago, KnightswoodBear said: That's what I thought, but haven't had any kind of reminder. Needs to be a garage near a court appointed 150 m away from a school, though. I think the responsibility falls on you, the keeper, to be aware of such things. I think someone on here can knock up fair convincing ones for a fair price. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 On 2/22/2017 at 17:53, KnightswoodBear said: Paranoid android's KnightswoodBear's MOT certificate 6 minutes ago, Shandon Par said: I think the responsibility falls on you, the keeper, to be aware of such things. I think someone on here can knock up fair convincing ones for a fair price. Actually, i did get it done. I forgot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeAreElgin Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Heating on full blast and roll all the windows down, known remedy for most car faults. My car wouldn't start a couple of months ago, and my neighbour legitimately offered this as a solution.Shockingly enough I was left with a flat battery. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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madwullie Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 (edited) I have a 14 plate golf diesel and I'm not working just now for various reasons. It's costing me 220 a month (personal loan) with about 5k left. I could pay this loan off just now. It's due a service and first mot in 3 weeks or so. I'd like to keep it but as I'm no longer working it's just getting used for short journeys and I'm worried about the dpf. My options are basically: 1. Pay off the loan, keep the car and don't worry about the dpf (this will involve mot and service) 2. Punt the car to a garage, pay off the loan and spend a couple of K on a banger to drive in the meantime but lose the little equity I've built up in the last couple of years. 3. Trade the car in for a slightly shitter slightly older car (I'm thinking 2012 /13 petrol polo), if I'm lucky get a k or so in hand, pay off the loan, and revisit once I'm back at work. I'm hopeful this will let me retain some of the equity in the car. 4. Sell the car, pay off the loan and use my burds car when she's not at work but otherwise be trapped in my soulless South Lanarkshire housing estate. Help me p&b, you're my only hope. Edited March 9, 2017 by madwullie Illiterate p***k 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonsanorak Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 5. Sell the car, pay off the loan and buy a banger if you need a car. Pick up another job then change the car if you like 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Short answer: take the pain and, if you need a car, keep the car. And give it a blast. Dealers have overheads and also need to turn a profit. Option 2 or 3 costs you mental money that goes in their pocket for no real benefit to you. Dpf is dead easy - take it 10 miles up the motorway in 3rd gear at 60-70mph. Not great for 10mins fuel economy but problem solved without any upset to you or car. Option 1 is your friend. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 5 minutes ago, alta-pete said: Dpf is dead easy - take it 10 miles up the motorway in 3rd gear at 60-70mph. Not great for 10mins fuel economy but problem solved without any upset to you or car. About three times a week, otherwise youre looking at a bill in the hundreds, even if you're just getting it cleaned out. You can't even do a backstreet dpf delete anymore. Its predicted that diesel sales will absolutely plummet in the next few years due to the sheer amount of money dpf problems are causing, some cynics suggest its been deliberate.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeAreElgin Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Diesel is fucked and it won't be long until you environment hating scumbags will be paying a fortune in road tax 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Worth noting thats theres few roads in Scotland where stay above 70mph, and above 3000rpm, for the recommended 15-30 minutes, and the moment you drop below that rev range the regeneration stops. Its a farcical system. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBo10 Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 What is dpf and why the high rev driving? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 39 minutes ago, BigBo10 said: What is dpf and why the high rev driving? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_particulate_filter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 12 hours ago, madwullie said: I have a 14 plate golf diesel and I'm not working just now for various reasons. It's costing me 220 a month (personal loan) with about 5k left. I could pay this loan off just now. It's due a service and first mot in 3 weeks or so. I'd like to keep it but as I'm no longer working it's just getting used for short journeys and I'm worried about the dpf. My options are basically: 1. Pay off the loan, keep the car and don't worry about the dpf (this will involve mot and service) 2. Punt the car to a garage, pay off the loan and spend a couple of K on a banger to drive in the meantime but lose the little equity I've built up in the last couple of years. 3. Trade the car in for a slightly shitter slightly older car (I'm thinking 2012 /13 petrol polo), if I'm lucky get a k or so in hand, pay off the loan, and revisit once I'm back at work. I'm hopeful this will let me retain some of the equity in the car. 4. Sell the car, pay off the loan and use my burds car when she's not at work but otherwise be trapped in my soulless South Lanarkshire housing estate. Help me p&b, you're my only hope. I've always had modern cars on finance and about 6 months back decided to ditch the monthly bills and get a nice old banger. I'm still budgeting on spending about £100 pm over the year to keep it ticking over but the bills come when it suits me (eg I'm sticking it in soon for a bit of bodywork). I also had the dpf worries (it was a Leon and I was doing so few miles mostly around town it seemed a huge outlay for such little use) and it's easier said that done to clear it when you live in a congested area). If you do your homework on a banger and know the expensive jobs to look out for it's not too scary. I still think about the polo type option but I'm liking having a more interesting older car than a plain newer one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwullie Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Cheers for the advice everyone. I'm going to take a drive up to some garages and see what I can get for it. Think it's quite difficult to get rid of VWs just now so it'll probably have to be a dealership. Will decide what to do based on the figure I get. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 13 hours ago, madwullie said: I have a 14 plate golf diesel and I'm not working just now for various reasons. It's costing me 220 a month (personal loan) with about 5k left. I could pay this loan off just now. It's due a service and first mot in 3 weeks or so. I'd like to keep it but as I'm no longer working it's just getting used for short journeys and I'm worried about the dpf. My options are basically: 1. Pay off the loan, keep the car and don't worry about the dpf (this will involve mot and service) 2. Punt the car to a garage, pay off the loan and spend a couple of K on a banger to drive in the meantime but lose the little equity I've built up in the last couple of years. 3. Trade the car in for a slightly shitter slightly older car (I'm thinking 2012 /13 petrol polo), if I'm lucky get a k or so in hand, pay off the loan, and revisit once I'm back at work. I'm hopeful this will let me retain some of the equity in the car. 4. Sell the car, pay off the loan and use my burds car when she's not at work but otherwise be trapped in my soulless South Lanarkshire housing estate. Help me p&b, you're my only hope. Sell the car, spend the money on drink and fùck the loan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonsanorak Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Cheers for the advice everyone. I'm going to take a drive up to some garages and see what I can get for it. Think it's quite difficult to get rid of VWs just now so it'll probably have to be a dealership. Will decide what to do based on the figure I get. Dont swallow any bull about the emissions scandal. Vw's are still well regarded. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 About three times a week, otherwise youre looking at a bill in the hundreds, even if you're just getting it cleaned out. You can't even do a backstreet dpf delete anymore. Its predicted that diesel sales will absolutely plummet in the next few years due to the sheer amount of money dpf problems are causing, some cynics suggest its been deliberate.. I work for GCC and some cockwomble decided it would be a great idea back in 2013 to buy a fleet of Seat Ibiza diesels for the home helps to use. Of course, most of their driving consists of going about a quarter of a mile at a time between clients, so they have been an absolute disaster. I work nightshifts and usually 2-3 times a week I'll have to put the computer on one and set it up for a dpf regeneration and go bombing up and down the motorway until it clears itself. Lately we've also had a spate of EGR valve faults on them, almost certainly also being down to the short hop driving they do most of the time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 7 hours ago, madwullie said: Cheers for the advice everyone. I'm going to take a drive up to some garages and see what I can get for it. Think it's quite difficult to get rid of VWs just now so it'll probably have to be a dealership. Will decide what to do based on the figure I get. VW were the best selling car makers in 2016. The majority of people probably couldn't give a monkeys about the emissions scandal as long as they know they're getting a good car. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 3 hours ago, peasy23 said: I work for GCC and some cockwomble decided it would be a great idea back in 2013 to buy a fleet of Seat Ibiza diesels for the home helps to use. Of course, most of their driving consists of going about a quarter of a mile at a time between clients, so they have been an absolute disaster. I work nightshifts and usually 2-3 times a week I'll have to put the computer on one and set it up for a dpf regeneration and go bombing up and down the motorway until it clears itself. Lately we've also had a spate of EGR valve faults on them, almost certainly also being down to the short hop driving they do most of the time. Yup, whenever a cars in for a DPF clean, we now take off the turbo and EGR valve and send them to a specialist cleaner at the same time, as we've had a spate of cars which have all three problems. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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