http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/cars/arti...often.html

I never knew that a cambelt failure could be so bad

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If the cambelt breaks, it can be a costly affair as it can lead to severe engine damage, especially if it whips around the engine bay
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or that storing the car indoors and keeping the cambelt warm and dry would prolong its life.....


WHERE DO THEY FIND THESE MUPPET MOTORING JOURNALISTS ?!?!?!?!?!?!

10 clutch's Well it is a woman's paper I guess.

Had to replace one so far in 49 years of motoring and that damage would have been done by the previous owner.

Now if they were talking about how much deprecation had cost me  FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current

What a load of

Reminds me why I gave up buying papers 35 years ago. Common sense isn't very common.
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2007 Land Rover Freelander2 I6 hse Auto

To be fair, not knowing what they heck they are talking about is not unique to the motoring “journalists” on the Daily Wail.

axle wrote:

What a load of

Reminds me why I gave up buying papers 35 years ago.

I don't buy them anymore ever!!.... if its not available free online then I don't bother

Tigger wrote:

To be fair, not knowing what they heck they are talking about is not unique to the motoring “journalists” on the Daily Wail.

7 new alternators too

"... just try to stick to the replacement intervals set by the manufacturer. "

When was alternator replacement ever in the service schedule?

Never seen such a load of nonsense

I was actually laughing reading the article... what a complete load of ......... although should I really expect anything different from the Daily Fail or the modern media in general

The DM’s figures are derived thus:

The top ten car parts were taken from ClickMechanic’s own database of vehicle repairs.
The number of times a part needs replacing is based on the average mileage of each part calculated with an average of 63 driving years for an individual and travelling an average distance of 7,800 miles per year, which is taken from Gov.uk’s 2016 National Travel Survey.
Nationwide costs for the parts are taken from ClickMechanic’s quote engine and are based on a small city car.

I can only assume ClickMechanic’s database is flawed. 491,400 miles and HOW MANY starter motors? 😳

Bob 10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

08 FL2 TD4 SE Manual in Rimini Red (Now Gone)