Well unless you drive like a hoolie (and I am pretty sure you don't) my guess is your dealer needs to generate a bit of work/revenue. Are the disks grooved? You can certainly run through two sets of pads before considering replacing disks - my front disks have done twice your mileage almost and they...

"...secondhand tyres are almost worthless." In my pauper days I only bought second hand tyres and on an appropriate vehicle (any ICE with a high tax band) I would now. I got 30K miles out of the Toyos on my extra set of wheels. Top tip for owners in the UK who get a "...nail in the edge of the tread...

5 years and 100K km here. Then there's the warranty coverage Ts&Cs. Like most insurance here it excludes pretty much anything that might actually happen. Large consumer facing companies don't call the UK 'Treasure Island' for nothing.

"... it's far cheaper than having 2 sets of tyres..." Well perhaps a bit cheaper. And perhaps not. Granted I had to find the wedge for the wheels/extra tyres but I can only be wearing out one set of tyres at a time. Also the extra wheels are perhaps the one bit of my car that wont depreciate with ti...

I can't comment on all-season tyres but I have had my winter tyres mounted on a set of OEM wheels I acquired from a breaker for a couple of years now. Just remounted them the other day - noticeably quieter than my now worn out old Toyos on the summer wheels. If I go to the colder bits of the UK in w...

Thanks Littlescrote, I have a bunch of other rubber to replace under there - track rod ends and lower ball joints. I wouldn't dream of paying Misu prices (parts and certainly not labour) so I am hopeful an after-market product will be better at almost half the price - I will report back here. Your s...

My rubber shock absorber dust covers are shredded. Has anyone any experiences of replacing them ? The job should be straightforward for a DIY mechanic but before going there I want to see if there are any likely surprises which will make me regret starting the job. Are there any special gotchas (apa...

... What surprises me the most is how many new cars I drive that have a manual gearbox. ie. most of them! Yup. In the UK there are still so many who see the manual as a 'pure' driving experience or remember the days of automatics costing 30% more to run. I can't imagine going back to a manual or fo...

Essentially save retains the current state of your battery charge ( by running the ICE and charging the battery as necessary) so, for example, you can use electric only at the end of your journey through town or to get through the 30 min hold up your sat-nav has warned you about just up the road. Th...

I just replaced my front wipers (rubber refills only) on MY16. Taking ClasseClas 's tip on Toyota I found 'Mitsuba Toyota' type refills on wiper-blades-refills.co.uk (search for Mitsuba Toyota on their home page). Their car search tool lists no Mitsubishi models but this blade is the one - 8.5mm wid...