Honest John

[ChevronB19]

Despite his periodic obsessions (speed bumps, Michelin cross climates etc) there was a good one in the torygraph (I didn’t buy it!) with someone asking for a recommendation for a warranty company that could cover a Morris 8 they wanted to buy...

[PistonBroker]

Yes, I saw that and chuckled!

I was impressed with his* thoughts on DPF regen lights - or lack thereof. I've got through two DPFs in the space of a year and have wondered myself why they don't have a warning to tell you it's regenerating.

• I say 'his', but I gather it's a number of contributors.

[Bob-2146]

Left foot braking !

[ChevronB19]

PistonBroker said:

Yes, I saw that and chuckled!

I was impressed with his* thoughts on DPF regen lights - or lack thereof. I've got through two DPFs in the space of a year and have wondered myself why they don't have a warning to tell you it's regenerating.

• I say 'his', but I gather it's a number of contributors.

Yes, despite his periodic rants, and me not being a conspiracy theorist (honest) I can kind of buy the ‘engineers wanted an alert light, but marketing didnt’.

[ChevronB19]

Bob-2146 said:

Left foot braking !

He appears to think it takes several seconds to transfer your right foot to the brake...

I know I’m not experienced with autos, but whenever I’ve had one as a hire car I have to keep my left foot tucked under the seat to stop myself accidentally ‘changing gear’ and getting rear ended. That’s my fault though and I realise I have to adapt!

[loskie]

I used to rate the "Ask" section several years ago.

Now the majority of the questions are bewilderingly stupid.

Some of the "Expert" answers are no better either.