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Can flood water affect the fly wheel on a 2008 Hyundai Santa Fe CRDi?

My 2008 Toyota Avensis diesel has just 75,000 miles on the clock, is fully serviced and running well until a week ago. It now will not start and my mechanic cannot get into the diagnostics to find fault.

What now?

What is your view on the practicality of six-speed manual cars versus five-speed? On normal national roads - non motorways - six-speed seems to equate to a never ending need to change gear at every bump and bend. Or did I have a bad experience with a particular car?

My 2013 Toyota Avensis Verso has an auto gear problem. It drives fine when it's cold and the gear change is perfect. Even in reverse it's fine, but it stops moving after two to three minutes driving and reverse won't engage either. What is the problem?

The steering on my 2010 Toyota Avensis Aura seems jumpy and light. What's wrong?

What is the value of a 2010 Volkswagen Jetta as a trade in? It has 99,000 miles on the clock, is 1.6 diesel, new timing belt, NCTd until Sept 2018.

Any advice on family estate cars? Around a €12k budget, covering about 15,000km per year. Anything to particularity avoid?

Hi,

How does the RRP of new cars work? When I look at the Honda.ie website it says RRP for a new CR-V ES at €34,895. When I went to the dealer the price they gave is €36,945.

Can you explain this?

Thanks

1) Which is the most comfortable car on Irish roads considering seating, seat height, and road bumps (mainly interested in medium/large cars)?

2) Have you any reports on the Toyota Prius?

Hi, I am Prince from Wicklow,

I bought a new Hyundai i30 1.6 diesel two months ago. Now the car has an engine noise, abnormal pulling and an air conditioning problem. It was admitted to dealer garrage for repair it twice within two months. That took a week each time, but it is still not perfect.

Now it is running forward without pressing the accelerator in second, third and fourth gear and does not slow down immidiately when going down a gear. And there is also some problem with the auto stop and start system. Plus its fuel economy is only 47mpg.

What should I do? Can I ask my dealer to replace this faulty car, and what are my rights?

Thank you

Prince