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Running around town is the worst thing you can do with a modern diesel, they'll never get hot enough to ensure the DPF system starts working. It'll need a good long blast at speed once a week at least to make sure he doesn't end up with a big bill. Can't even remove it any more now the MOT rules have changed, either.

Personally I tend to stick with Acer laptops, although I am running a PC Specialist own-brand one as my work work right now which is spot-on. It's one of the better i7 models though, we've also got an i5 cheapy and the keyboard is shockingly bad.

You wait until you get the bills for when the chain and turbo fails on the BMW engine...! Hang on, surely he pays for his own car repairs? It's his car after all. Definitely a better choice, just a shame it's the diesel.

They sound like Steel Panther.

Who?

Never seen AC/DC live sadly, so can't comment. Only really got into them in the last few years, missed them in their prime

Taylor Swift did one of the best live shows I've ever seen. Better than Muse, and if you've ever seen them (and if not, why not?) you'll know that's high praise indeed.

Agreed, absolute idiot. Although not as much as the passenger, who is wearing harnesses that go over the seat and far too loosely: In an accident, he's going to fly out of there very quickly. If something breaks on that car and the driver only got one hand on the wheel, at those speeds what chance of saving it? And if you're going to drive a track in a convertible, for god's sake put a helmet on.

Dodgy/failing speed/ABS sensor would be a good place to start looking.

It varies: Nissan spec is 1L/1000mi (or km, I can't remember), and some Revup DE engines do chew through that and more. Personally I feel that's too high. In general, a healthy DE engine shouldn't consume much more than half a litre over the course of a 9000 mi service window. A litre, tops.

I'd be more worried with it burning it than leaking it, the V6 lumps are pretty good when it comes to being sealed. But yes, cardboard is a good idea and an easy thing to do.

Personally I would leave it. It looks correct, but it it's wrong you could end up putting too much in and blowing seals etc. Assuming you're not doing a billion miles in a week, I'd prob just check the level daily to make sure it's not dropping drastically

Sounds reasonable enough then. Ask them to measure exactly how much came out when they do it, if you don't DIY.

I would tend to agree, but there's an awful lot of oil on the stick above the high level too. That said, a litre would bring you roughly from where you were to were you are, so at least it seems consistent there. Really though you're pretty much at the point where you're going to have to drop the oil to get a proper measure for confidence, especially since you suspect you ran very low.

Might be worth sending the injectors away to be properly cleaned and flow tested, whilst you've got them out.

Ooooh good point, Brexit incoming!

And the choice is...?

Which VXR? That's like saying I got some seats from a Nissan

It would, but most people don't keep some laying around.

Did you follow all the rules?

Just put cooled boiled tap water in, as long as you're only topping it up you'll be fine.

Yes and no. If you were hitting potholes that were causing you to bottom out every single trip, or smashing into kerbs daily, then yeah you could knock it quickly. In regular use annually is fine, if you live in an area with seriously crap roads then maybe every six months. If you have a place you trust near you, you could a day at CG then take the settings to your local place to redo them. You'd miss out on all the integrity checks, but at least the geo would be close enough.

Part of the reason they're so good is the tolerances they run to: Most ramps are set with up to 6deg away from level, CG run to 0.5deg. It just gives you absolute confidence in the end result.

...aaaaaaand it's ruined by the hideous nostrils. As you were, people.