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Re-book the test. 1/ Buy a bottle of Dipetane, about €12 and available in most motor factor's. 2/ Dump the whole lot into the tank when it's low and put petrol in as normal. 3/ Take the car for a good long run before the test to warm it up: modern engines work most efficiently as they...

Happy new year AAM-ers :) I missed the local motor tax office before Christmas ... they were closed on the friday while the regional one was open (wouldn't have made the main one by the time I discovered the local one was closed) My tax expired at the end of November. This morning I duly...

A few things ring familiar here. Firstly, unless there's been a huge attitude change since my time of VW ownership, I wouldn't waste my time writing to VW in Germany. They just pass stuff back to VW Ireland, who don't care less. I've been down this road myself. Regarding the garage keeping the...

I couldn't agree more. Actually I'd stay away from them for exhausts and tyres too. I've been to a few of these kind of places and have had 1/ a wheelnut sheared off and the hubcap put back on (not a word said on collection of the car) and 2/ Exhaust mounting bracked broken off in a bid to...

I'm not 100% on this but pretty sure that you have to give the garage reasonable opportunity to fix the problem. I think you've done this. I would simply tell them if they can't fix it, take it back. The longer that you tolerate a car that isn't fit for purpose, this will be deemed as...

What next ... Grannies in the 'Buy and Sell'? I would just lie about pets if they're going to be that heartless. As someone who has had the experience of giving away kittens, I would never give anyone an animal ever again (having seen what passes for the treatment of a 'pet' with some people...

Yes, that's a biggie alright. They're usually the morons who put the lights back on to full beam again 2 seconds before they've passed you as well.

About as nauseous as you'd expect from Dick Roche. No mention that I could see of corruption or fraud anywhere in it. As is typical of the man, he makes out that there's a bit unfortunate collective to which external factors (blah blah) worked in an unfavourable manner. I'd love to see what...

You've just brought back a memory that's so traumatic it makes a war veteran suffering shellshock seem like ballet. Those ads ... the ones with an old clip from Tolka Row or something where, after telling you what they'll do to you if you don't pay the extortion money known as 'TV license'...

The constant 'thump thump' of a football outside all afternoon when I'm trying to study. We have a green area for kids to play in, but kids don't play on it and the parents are of the "ah sure, it's only a bit of fun" attitude. Incidentally, said kids never play football outside their own...

Just one other thing: check to see what recalls were done for the year / model you have. All cars have glitches of some sort or another, and often manufacturers do these recalls to rectify issues that become apparent down the line (normally free) Previous owner(s) could have missed such alerts...

You're welcome, I wish you luck with it. Believe me, a good Automotive Engineer will be able to 'read' the condition of the mounts and everything around them and draw conclusions from that. I hope I'm wrong in thinking this, but I hope you didn't get 2 cars for the price of 1 ... as in the...

That sounds a bit strange to me ... "wear and tear" ... if that kind of thing was normal engines would be dropping out of cars wholesale. Engine mounts don't tend to come loose, unless the engine has been out and someone forgot to tighten the mounts. On such a new car corrosion etc. could not be...

Not at all. They were given rather than stolen. That's a ridiculous, exaggerated comment purely intended to give your disagreement credibility.

Ah sure, t'was only a small thing! Fitzie: Ah sure, t'was only a big thing! Same attitude! Yet another responder who can't argue a point, but instead turns on me!

Well so far you haven't dealt with the specific issue ... that being why you consider theft and deception to be funny . Of course we have our unique way of looking at things in Ireland ... that's why we survive off pocket money from the rest of world. I suppose since I've already been called...

I'm not disagreeing with this at all. I see scumbags equally, but it's a good point.

Given what's come to pass, he probably is!

I think a chill pill is needs to be placed on special order with super fast courier delivery included. With regard to my other points, yes, copyright theft is a problem everywhere ... but that doesn't make it right (and Ireland has a dire repution, on an international level, for it!) All I'm...

Some interesting responses here, both in agreement and disagreement. I watched the video of this lad approaching the players on the pitch and thought it disrespectful of the team to be honest. We achieve something great and who comes on to the pitch to congratulate the lads? - a chancer. It's...