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 • Cars can and do develop serious and dangerous faults when being driven back from a successful MOT pass.

Advanced Driver Assistance Systems(ADAS) • Whether you view them as advanced, or irritating, Rob Marshall probes modern ADAS, while revealing how they work and why calibration is so important.

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

Save the ST 170 • Part THREE: Jamie King upgrades the braking system with performance aftermarket discs and pads, plus fits a caliper rebuild kit.

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ENHANCING the HANDLING • Rob Hawkins replaces the suspension springs and dampers, plus the wheels and tyres, on his Mazda MX-5 Mk2, which were last updated in 2015. Find out whether it was worth the effort.

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FIAT 500 2007-on

FORD FOCUS 2011-2026

MINI COUNTRYMAN 2010-on

NISSAN JUKE 2010-on

RENAULT CAPTUR 2013-on

TOYOTA AURIS 2006-2020

VW GOLF 2012-on

CITROËN C5 AIRCROSS 2017-2025

FORD KUGA 2008-2023

JEEP COMPASS 2007-2024

KIA SPORTAGE 2016-on

MERCEDES-BENZ GLA 2014-2022

TOYOTA RAV4 2000-2024

VOLVO XC90 2002-on

AUDI Q5 2008-2024

BMW X5 1999-on

JAGUAR F-PACE 2016-2025

MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS 2016-2023

PEUGEOT 508 2011-2025

PORSCHE CAYENNE 2002-2017

VOLKSWAGEN ARTEON 2017-2024

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

DASHCAMS • If you’re wondering whether to fit a dashcam to your vehicle, then Rob has been testing six of them for the past year to figure out what ou need from them and which ones are the best.

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

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Diagnostics Doctor • Steve Rothwell answering your ENGINE MANAGEMENT queries

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

CAR MECHANICS Good Garage Guide

BMW 118d bodywork

Volvo 240 improvements Part 3

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