alpinaman

I can only say as i see

The M6 is really crap until you pass Preston , always heavily congested and currently has 50 mph for long long sections if I was doing a bit of a trip I think I would take an alternative route if time wasn’t a factor .. You could take in many villages and some stunning scenery.. in real terms may may add a couple of hours to your full journey, if that. Derbyshire, Yorkshire, Northumberland and the lakes have so much to see. Blackpool is a thing in itself, I have been many times on stag do’s and days out. I guess if you have never been it would be worth a drive through , although it’s usually scruffy and full of chip papers, beer cans and drunken Scottish people laying in the gutters

Just do it yourself if you have the knowledge and the kit to sort it

Thats such a shame... Was a great guy that i was lucky enough to meet many moons ago. RIP..

My local was 77p for mild,88p for bitter and 99p for lager when i started enjoying a beer. Bierre Morretti is £4.30 and Amstel is £4.15 in my local now.. Pint of guest ale around £3,which isnt bad but has never got any kind of strength to it,you would get the bends before getting drunk on the stuff.

Many thanks, Same as my local dealer but thanks for trying.

Always in the background young man

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The car industry and government led targets have screwed the industry Diesel has been pushed for years with incentives for the normal person to own, but hopping from euro 4,5 and 6 spec costs the manufacturer billions, and with the tech moving so fast diesels have become very unreliable ..they have become the headache nobody wants. Some manufacturers pulled out of making Diesel engines cars before brexit was thought of . Diesel now being the devils work, government and now pushing toward electric and hybrids.. There are many pros and cons, but for the manufacturers it’s an upheaval like never before in the trade and apart from the Asia. Manufacturers they have all got twitchy... Along with a huge problem the industry is having finding people to repair the cars once they are made .. For many years dealers and Indy’s have paid rubbish wages for a difficult job that takes years of training and costs thousands to tool up for , consequently nobody wants to do it.. This has led to a serious lack of techs ...every dealer and a lot of Indy’s are advertising constantly..I know of over a dozen locally that will take techs on but can’t find them.. It’s a perfect storm, and many in the industry, many will use brexit as a scapegoat as their collective knees knock at the next 5 years in the trade

Yea. But i seen it when it was brand new...

No way have you had that car for that long!!

Can you make sure the engine turns over by hand ?

Hi Mark, Obviously a guess,but if this happened all in one go and the car is running rough i would suspect something like a jumped chain,or the tensioner has collapsed and allowed the valve timing has moved. I cant think why a fuel related problem would bring up all the vanos issues..

I will see what i can do...... I love the beer and chips at Rother valley. Wonder if anyone will turn up in a 5 series. ?

I’m surprised you didnt spin the car around on its axles using 3/4 drive to twist a 7mm Allen key Once a bodger........