Info On Which Car To Buy, Please.

Love the picture @HarryS just what I need to warm me up on a cold frosty morning

It is a pity that the garages don't tell you about these problems that can be caused to the turbos if you don't let them idle for a minute or so before turning the engine off.This was the first diesel car we had owned so to have been told would have helped I think I also went onto the Nissan Forums to get info off of there about Turbos and then Mr Kandy asked the question and got the right answers

It is the same though about when you buy a car with Air Con.We didn't know that even in the winter are supposed to let the air con stay on even in the winter months.Mr Kandy kept turning ours off after after the summer months (Ford Mondeo)and then found when we needed it in the hot weather it wasn't working so had to keep having that car regassed which was costing us a fortune.It was only after talking to a mechanic in the garage who told us that we should leave it running all year round that we never had the problem again

 

Can I be picky @Kandy and point out it's spelt Juke not Duke, sorry! The Juke is at the smaller end of the SUV vehicles and the back end is quite small, it's not really suited to carrying rear passengers either as there's no leg room to speak of but it's enough for just Mr S and I. The boot does have a two tier space but there's no depth between the rear door and back seat to carry anything large, however the rear seats do fold down if necessary.

 

I agree with @fat controller - @shiney, the Skoda's have come on leaps and bounds in recent years and are quite highly listed now as reliable and reasonably priced. Unfortunately many people still have a problem with it's name/badge.

 

Sorry @Sheal I can't understand why I wrote the name wrong because I knew it was a Juke,but then again this iPad often changes the words to what it thinks it should be and sometimes I just don't see it

 

The joys of predictive text . If I am referring to our Finance department in an email , the predictive text changes it to fiancé . Luckily I am always ready to correct this before the send button is pressed. In a previous job I was emailing about a "kanban store "(a production line parts store ) the bloomin' predictive test changed this to "cannabis store" - I sent this one ! Much to the amusement of our senior management team

 

Quite correct, @HarryS Having said that, the newer generation of water cooled ones require much less cooling down time. Of course, I would hazard a guess that very few that own turbo engined cars know offhand which type the vehicle uses.

Hmmm, obviously, you have never seen the two GT 45's on one of my cars after a run...

 

Not a problem @Kandy. I don't like predictive text either, my brother uses it on his phone and I can never understand what he's trying to say, so he has to write it a second time which defeats the object of using it anyway.

 

If you think predictive text is a problem, try writing a text message in English when your phone is a Swedish one...

 

Is there a difference then @Sandy Ground,me being blonde I thought the letters would be the same as ours

@Sheal Mr Kandy and his sister has that problem because they are sure they type one thing and press the send button but by the time it has got to the other end the words have been changed yet they swear that what they write looks ok from their end so it seems the words get changed after the message has been sent but I am not sure that could happen

 

Yes, there is a difference. There are 28 letters in the Swedish alphabet, and no "w." It reads like the Swedish chef on the Muppets used to speak!