Although new cars are getting ever more reliable and owners are enjoying longer intervals between servicing, there’s still plenty of older cars on the road that are more frequent visitors to our workshop. I’ve mentioned before in a previous post about the well-known problem of the Rover K Series engine and its habit of overheating [...]

Generally speaking (and unless you’re really unlucky), most cars these days are fairly reliable. Assuming the usual things like the battery are OK, they’ll more often than not start first time and not conk-out at every opportunity. They shouldn’t need the oil refilling after every journey, shouldn’t leave oily puddles wherever you park them, and [...]