Car Mechanics

Car Mechanics is the UK's only car magazine with essential advice on maintaining and repairing popular makes and models. It’s an invaluable motoring resource that appeals to both the DIY car enthusiast and the more experienced motor trade professional. Car Mechanics has helped save money for our readers every month since 1958. Each issue includes a wide range of in-depth features written in a clear, straightforward manner: • Readers’ motoring-related problems answered for FREE • Real-life motoring dilemmas from our man in the garage trade • Electronic diagnostics delves inside a different modern vehicle each month to explain its management system • Survival Guide looks at new and used component prices for a particular vehicle • Used Car Focus is an in-depth buying guide on a specific make and model • Service Bay covers a full service with close-up images and comprehensive descriptions • Project cars are a major part of the structure of the magazine as we buy, fix and sell different vehicles over a period of months So if you're into saving money and being a home technician, Car Mechanics will help you out - guaranteed!

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Car Mechanics

The Peter Simpson COLUMN • Peter’s had a rather frustrating month, and one that many of you will relate to.

JLR INGENIUM ENGINE • A decade after Jaguar Land Rover debuted its all-new Ingenium 2.0-litre diesel engine, Rob Marshall investigates if its poor reputation for reliability is justified.

CM Insider • Martyn Knowles brings you news and product reviews from the automotive industry

Tales from the workshop • Fixing advice from our garage proprietor Steve Rothwell

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Battery, Belt & Bose • Part FOUR: Our NC model gets a new auxiliary drive belt, refurbished Bose amplifier and a few items to freshen up the interior. Martyn Knowles reports.

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Focus Mk3 • Part SIX: James Burr renews suspension struts, top mounts and ARB droplinks.

VAN ORDINAIRE • Owning a van can bring many practical benefits but keeping up with neighbours called Jones isn’t one of them. Alan Anderson shows how we combined a repair with a touch of customising at the same time.

NIGHTSEARCHER VOLTMAX • Car Mechanics reviews equipment available to help us motorists.

1970-1971 MOTOR SHOW REVIEWS • CM reader, Liam Preston, finds 1970s Motor Show reviews from two national newspapers.

Dealer’s Diary • Peter Simpson provides us with an insight into the automotive sales trading world – and beyond.

Chevrolet Cruze • The virtually anonymous Astra-based Cruze is cheap as chips to buy and should prove reliable and inexpensive to run, too.

BMW 318i • Rob Hawkins replaces the discs and pads on a 2011 BMW 318i.

Help! • Your non-diagnostic vehicle-related problems solved by Steve Rothwell

Diagnostics Doctor • Steve Rothwell answering your ENGINE MANAGEMENT queries

Electronic Diagnostics VW Beetle 2.0 Tracing and fixing faults in electronic engine management systems • PART TWO: Have we managed to fix the faults and ensure the EML doesn’t return on a 25-year-old Beetle? Rob Hawkins recalls the work involved in diagnosing its dilemmas.

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