Is £275 a good price for a cam belt change on a Honda Civic 1.6-litre VTEC?

We have been advised to change the cam belt on our Honda Civic 1.6 VTEC. It is nine years old and has done 36,000 miles. Would you advise this and would you advise using a Honda dealer at a fixed price...

Father and sun

I have recently bought a one owner 1999 Mercedes 230SLK with 40,000 miles on the clock for a bit of summer motoring. It's a lovely car and I paid £7,995 for it from a good dealer but not a specific Mercedes...

Lubing the loop

I own an Audi A4 2.0 TDI S-Line 09/09. The car has now done 25,500 miles. Last weekend the service indicator warned me that the oil would need changing in a further 1,600 miles. This surprised me somewhat...

When should a Vauxhall Zafira cam belt be changed?

When should the cam belt be changed on a Vauxhall Zafira Elegance?

Do you know anything about 'Express Visual Checks' on the Volkswagen Scirocco?

I was recently 'invited' by my supplying dealer to bring my 10-month-old 170 BHP Volkswagen Scirocco TDI/DSG car in for what was termed an 'Express Visual Check'. The car has done 13,300 miles and is running...

Is anyone to blame for the steering fault on my mother's 2004 Skoda?

I live in the US so I feel a bit stuck to do anything, but my mother in the UK had a 2004 Skoda she had bought new, and it had only 12,000 miles. She is 86 and does not drive much. A couple of months ago...

Should my wife purchase her leased Volkswagen Golf, which needs new tyres?

At the end of August, my wife will be leaving her current job and when she does so she will be handing back her company vehicle which has been leased by her employer. The vehicle is available for purchase...

When does my Peugeot 307's timing belt need changing?

I have a 2004 Peugeot 307 110 HDI. Could you tell at what mileage I should be changing the timing belt please?

Does my Skoda Octavia need a standard service or a cam belt change too?

My service booklet says that the 40,000 miles/4-year fixed interval service is a "standard routine service". The main dealer says it needs a cam belt change at £615. Another dealer recommended the routine...

Disenfranchised

I still enjoy our long and short distance driving, and have patronised BMW since the 1980s. However, the last year with our local franchise dealer has become somewhat fraught. It may be due to my age and...