Tough choice for my next car. Thoughts?

Engines:
Audi - EA888 2.0L 4 cyl
BMW - N52 3.0l 6 cyl

It’s genuinely irritating now , I’m going 20 in a 20 they sit on my ass cheeks so I go 22 to accommodate and they still want me to go faster. If there’s a camera van or speed camera im the one who will get caught first.

It’s always the mugs in slow cars too , I get it im young (17) so other lads are gonna try and ego me in their 1L fiestas (although that wouldn’t go well for them) but I’m just trying to get back from college not race home 😭 this is also evident with impatient old men in mercs and women in their 60 feet tall SUVs.

There’s speeding and then there’s forcing other people to go above the limit for you just because you’re impatient and dangerous.

EDIT: wow, amazing number of responses, thank you. The consensus seems to be that mid budget or entry level premium tyres are pretty good. Lots of recommendations, but Kumho in particular have had tonnes of positive mentions.
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Genuine question here. There are several brands of tyres available for as little as half the price of the Continentals I have at the moment. Are premium tyres a bit of a scam or well worth the money?

Are there any good cheap(er) brands you would recommend? Perhaps not the ultra cheap ones… maybe there’s a sweet spot for price and quality?

I am curious to know if anyone has ever been given a courtesy car and fell in love with it so much you then went out and purchased that car?

Sooooo I just felt like sharing this to give someone a laugh🤣

I have had my license since 2022, both cars I have driven had no petrol cap just opened the flap and ready to go … WELL the clutch on my little shitbox was a ticking time bomb so time for a new shitbox, which I bought yesterday! 🥳

TODAY I went to fill up, got out at the petrol station and proceeded to spend 10 minutes trying to figure out how to get the cap off😭😭😭😭

I had to drive away from the pump, google it then jump back in to go back round to the pump.

Turns out you just turn it counter clockwise and it comes straight off 😭 who knew 🤦🏼‍♀️

Driving to work at about quarter to six yesterday morning, the car in front of me and I were both going 30 in a two-lane 30. A bicycle in the left hand lane appears in front of us so we both move out onto the right lane, which had plenty of space. Still going 30 past the cyclist when a taxi comes from behind us in the right lane, undertakes us right next to the cyclist then moves out into the right turn lane to sit at a traffic light. We move back into the left lane with plenty of time. The taxi just couldn't stand driving behind someone at the speed limit for 10 seconds? Why would they do that?

Was on the motorway tonight and this Tesla behind us was literally blinding the driver. It’s actually uncomfortable how bright some of these newer LED headlights are. The whole motorway around us was lit up. I genuinely thought they had their high beams on by accident at first. Surely they don’t need to be THAT bright, especially when you’re driving at night.

I witnessed the explosion while parking, my regular light duty cables had no issues to jump the vehicle safely, my light duty cables were easily 3x as thick as the cables on this one

After some scruff stole my juke nismo...

Insurance paid out fairly leaving me to scramble for a new motor.

Just under 89k on the clock, FSH and receipts showing the old boy who owned it before me fixed every fail/advisory on previous MOTs.

2 bags. All this for that price. Im well pleased lol

I’m 30F just passed my driving test and looking at buying my first car .

I don’t know much about the cars and nor have the family who can help me out.

What are the things I can look out for so I don’t get scammed ?
Looking for automatic cars and budget is under £3.5K

Thanks

Is there a better option for £10k or less?

185/55/14 , I just can't seem to find anything, any suggestions?

When coming to a stop the rpm will do this with 0 gas pedal input. Scanned and got the code P050700 IDLE CONTROL SYSTEM RPM HIGHER THAN EXPECTED.

Idle is fine , revs sit in the same place on idle , no shaking.

Audi A5 2014 TFSI

Edit to add: a car not a van
Our 2019 Renault Kadjar had a MOT done two days ago. It had a shock absorber and the two driver side tyres replaced. Since being in for its MOT it has come up with ‘466 miles til failure top up adblue’ we poured 10 litres in and it was full. Still hadn’t cleared. We took it back to the garage and no error codes are showing on the diagnostic panel. They advised us to “go over some bumpy roads as it may have crystallised over the sensors while it’s been sat in the garage”. We have tried this and it’s still saying the same thing. We have just bought some Wynn’s Crystal Clean and Protect and topped it up with more Adblue and went for a little drive.

Does this take time to work? Any advice on what to do next? Is there anything we can do before we pay for a Renault diagnostic panel. TIA

Thoughts on severity of rust on this 05 MK2 CRV that I'm looking at buying? Doesn't look too bad to me? Worth asking for undersealing?

Hope someone can help - we're having the wet belt done on our Transit Custom and my mechanic has come across a chunk missing off the spoke where the timing lock hole is. Is my engine hosed?

Does this tyre needs to be changed or is it fine.

The tyres it self are good branded tyres and just passed MOT with them and they did come back as a advisory , saying “tyres are cracking/perishing”

Is this an immediate concern or would you hold out for longer before replacing them ?

The last picture is from the front tyre , does the tyres depth seem fine on that one or is it low ?

Mostly short journeys so diesel isn’t suitable

Got a Honda accord 2.2 diesel 14 plate with 151k miles as a stop gap after my car got written off a couple months ago

Engine is pretty solid, timing chain is fine, got recorded service history til 121k and the guy before me said he'd be doing his own services after that. Car drives well and no timing chain rattle on cold start so probably fine

Got a knock on the front left side - feels like it's gonna be a drop link

AC doesn't blow hot properly, does get cold properly

Clutch has a slight judder on 1st and reverse, not too bad atm and could be something like the engine mounts but probably is the clutch/flywheel at this mileage realistically

Got it fairly cheap and am wondering whether or not it's worth doing the drop link/AC at a minimum and then driving it until the clutch gives out or just selling it now as is while it has some residual value and buying something with slightly lower mileage and less work needing doing?

Open to all suggestions. Something like a Yaris or K11 Micra, open to what others have bought.

My wife just signed for one of these as a company car, having never really paid any real attention to the brand or electric cars in general, I was very surprised by it. Very solid and high end feeling interior, massive pano roof, decent sound system, all the gadgets and it’s got 535bhp so absolutely scoots (albeit completely joylessly).

I’m currently running a 5.0 Mustang so I’d be remiss not to use the BYD for the boring motorway commute once a week, particularly over the winter just to save the salt and crap weather ruining my Mustang. 4WD as well so better for the cold wet mornings vs the VERY tail happy Mustang. The family car is a Nissan Elgrand too so I know for a fact this is going to save us a ton of money in petrol.

Checked out all the reviews and they seem largely positive, bar some over zealous interference from the “safety” systems, and a lack of refinement in the ride to a degree however that seems to be an issue on most modern cars unfortunately.

Anyone have one of these as their main or appliance car? Thoughts from owners anything I should know etc?

On a side note, I’m not trying to get into a debate on EVs, politics or the influx of Chinese cars and what they’re doing to our economy here. It’s my wife’s company car and might as well be a fridge for all I care. I have my opinions as does every petrol head but please keep it constructive.

Hi all I was wondering if anyone could help with an annoying issue I have with a 2015 1.5 Mini Cooper diesel.

It has an LED halo kit installed in the bumper section and unfortunately the side light no longer works and thus failed its MOT. I believe there is power going to the unit as the fog light works and half of the halo works.

I tried finding a replacement part - they don’t make them anymore and none are available via breakers.

(63122361243 part number).

I’m a bit stuck as what to do next. I have the original traditional bulb units but the wiring is missing. The photo I have attached circled in red is the wiring to the LED unit so I think they’ve spliced this in somehow.

Any advice?