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 been catching up on some fleet maintenance, sings the praises of Kia engineering and considers an impact of technological change.

INSTANT EXPERT Paintless Dent Repairs • PDR has become a buzzword in the body repair industry, offering low-cost solutions to dents and creases, leading Rob Marshall to investigate how it works and whether it is a DIY proposition.

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

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

Project Volvo XC90 D5 Buying our XC90 from auction • PART ONE: Can you buy a useable luxury seven-seat SUV for £2000? Rob Marshall finds out.

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Project Ford Focus ST170 Save the ST 170 • Part FOUR: Jamie King takes the first steps to upgrade the handling of our Ford Focus ST170.

Clutch Clinic BMW E87 120d • Rob Hawkins follows the DMF and clutch replacement on his 2009 BMW 120d.

Dacia Duster Mk2 • The original Duster was good and ‘shockingly cheap’. But how does its replacement stack up?

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

Servicing a 100,000-miler • Using the 2013 example he’s bought as his daughter Katie’s first car, Peter Simpson shows us what looking after VW’s 2011-on city car involves.

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

Diagnostics Doctor • Steve Rothwell answering your ENGINE MANAGEMENT queries

Electronic Diagnostics • Tracing and fixing faults in electronic engine management systems

FUN BETWEEN THE COVERS • No not that – but do you keep your old issues of Car Mechanics under the bed and if not why not? There’s nothing like flipping through the covers of yesteryear editions to cloud those rose-tinted specs. Alan Anderson dusts off his collection to find some forgotten gems.

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The tiresome chore of buying a car • Mike Humble has funding in place, with a decent budget, you’d think it would be easy.