Autoparts

Vehicles made by Japanese manufacturers for the Japanese domestic market that are imported for the UK used car market are sometimes referred to as 'Grey Imports'.

Japanese vehicle owners typically own their cars for three years before buying a new model. There is an excess of 'second hand' cars in the Japanese market with negligable demand in their homeland. In comparison to other used cars in the UK the japanese imports usually have a lower than 'average' millage, and a higher standard specification over equivalent UK specification models intended by the manufacturers to be sold to the UK market via franchised dealers.

Inspired by the first of the Autoparts Technical Training courses starting this evening we're going to take a brief look at common rail injectors. Considering that nearly 70% of the parc is now taken up by deisel engines the first of the ATT courses will be looking at Diesel injectors and diagnostics. This article focuses on what is a common rail injector.

Which colour should you choose?

Comma has taken a sample of 14 coolants from 14 main dealers, none of which were the same colour. This experiement shows that there is no real difference between coolants and esentially there can only be 2 options for your vehicle.  

The Right to Repair Campaign (R2RC) is the response of the entire repair sector for motor vehicles to defend the rights given to Block Exemption Regulation (BER). The Block Exemption includes elements that give the consumer the freedom to choose where they have their vehicle maintained without negating manufacturers' warranties. To enable repairs to be made, the vehicle manufacturer under BER should make technical information freely available.