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I hace a Ceed estate diesel and had a Corolla diesel 4 door (same as Auris other than saloon rather than hatch). The Ceed both drives better and seems better built than the Toyota did, the Ceed has done 3 years driving without even a lightbulb blowing. The Toyota was equally as reliable but it...

I have a 1.4TSI petrol passat and it also has 2 years / 30K service intervals. Not only diesels have long life oil and long service intervals.

I have a 1.4TSI Passat, its a 122bhp engine and is nice to drive and I'd estimate I'm averaging about 40mpg with mixed driving which is ok for a small petrol engine in a large car. Before that I had a 1.4TD4 Corolla and that did over 60mpg over the same routes, my wife has a C'eed 1.6CRDI and...

Our house is only 2 years old and teh heat pump is working fine, neighbour has the same system on a 3000sqFT house and his bill was €1200 for the same 2 month period. We have a lot of those recessed ceiling lights and they're in the areas we live most, those contribute a fair bit to the bill but...

I only wish my electricty was that low. Over the last 12 months ours is averaging €62/week!! We have an air to water heat pump for heating running off electricty and the rest is just your normal cooking and lightling. The house is about 2000sqFT and there's only my wife, myself and a baby living...

Toyota Corolla / Auris 1.4D4D runs on fumes. I had the Corolla and was averaging 4.1L / 100Km (just under 70mpg) on my commute. Not a very powerfull engine but very cheap to run and will never breakdown!

Hi, my wife works for the VHI and listening to her talking about policies I know there are limits on the number of days allowed per year for mental health but this can depend on theindividual policy. Best bet is to ring their customer care and discuss it but thet need ring themselves for privacy...

I'm in the same boat and yesterday the Perm TSB are putting us on a tracker which is 0.8% + ECB, eequating to 1.8%. Sounds too good to be true when they said the variable is 3.55%. Why would there be a difference in tracker rates? Does it depend on mortage value / term etc?

We have a Kia C'eed 1.6 diesel and its doing about 55-57mpg and a new shape Corolla 1.4 D4D and its doing about 65mpg. All the above mpg are based on a 100mile commute on country roads. The Kia feels like a rocket compared to the Toyota, but thats not saying much!

Just taken delivery of the SW (estate) version and I am very impressed so far, nice power for a 1.6L diesel and initial economy (according to the trip computer) is around the 5L /100km (about 55mpg) on my commute of about 160km per day. The tyres and suspension are surprisingly sporty for an...

My wife and myself have recently taken on a mortgage of 330k on a 475k house, our combined income is 90-95K/year, have no other loans (no car loans, credit card borrowings etc). I would not like to have put more into the mortgage because after all expenses and bills there is not a huge amount...

My wife will be claiming maternity benefit in a few months time and the forms ask a lot of questions regarding both our income etc. Is the benefit means tested based on both our incomes? Or is it 80% of her last years salary subject to a minimum payment of €207.80 and a maximum payment of...

Drove one last weekend (the diesel estate) and was impressed by the car. The engine is 115bhp and feels very responsive and the car is reasonably brisk, the fit/finish/equipment levels are high and the car is very quiet and comfortable but feels less secure in bends than...

The noise is similar to a fridge when the compressor kicks in, a garage would be the ideal place for it. We have it in the utility room but thats situated under the stairs and landing so noise can be heard upstairs vis the landing but its not excessive. If putting this type of system in make...

If connecting to Sky/NTL/Chorus then the tuner is not an issue as all these use scart connections which dont use a tuner. My local retailer openly told us that some of their top end TVs are UK sourced because they cant get enough of them in Ireland. The tuner wouldnt put me off if you are not...

I have one installed in a 2000ft house. It drived UFH downstairs and rads upstairs, i find it good enough and running costs have been around €75/week over the Xmas. This is total ESB costs, heating/cooking/lighting etc and would have been during a period with higher than normal demand for...

We moved into our new house a month ago, we have aerothermal and so far its fine. No complaints so far but I cant really comment until the first fully fledged ESB bill arrives. We have a few rads running off the system and the majority of the house has underfloor. The rads do an ok job but never...

I have a Trek mountain bike, they are very good but ask advise before buying from a good shop. Not all of these can have thier components upgraded, the lower end ones cant. If he intends using it on roads or light off road then upgrades are not essential but if it will get heavy/rough use then...

My carpenter says the wood should be left in the finished house with the heating on low for at least 2 weeks to let the moisture in the wood approach that of the house. On a similar note is it better to glue solid wood floors down or nail the boards in place with spacers?

Owned 3 Honda's (5 in total in the family) and never a problem with any of them. I deal with John Adams in Portlaoise and find the aftersales top class. I live in Carlow and they have even dropped me home when one of the cars required an overnight stay (left the car to them late and they...