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My shiny brand new Mk8 Titanium stood ready, perfectly placed for me to drive away easily in a smooth curve. The salesman, having explained many of its features, returned to the showroom. I started the engine for the first time. Then someone drove on to the forecourt and parked awkwardly. I needed to reverse a bit. Confidently I smacked the gear lever to the right and pulled it towards me. It didn't feel good and on gingerly bringing up the clutch the car inched forward and stalled – obviously in 6th. Restarted, pushed gear lever down hard, tried again. No good, stalled again. Tried again, pulling lever up. Still no good. Several more attempts – total fail! Feeling a complete idiot I rushed back to showroom, rudely interrupting salesman's dealings with another customer, to learn that there's a collar around the gear lever which has to be lifted. Fifty-eight years of driving experience and I didn't know that! Hopefully I may spare some embarrassment for a new owner encountering a six-speed gearbox for the first time.

Bought my new (used) car, and asked the garage to touch up a few little blemishes on the outside. 4 years later, those blemishes are starting to reappear (as if the paint is wearing off), and i have numerous stone chips, scuffs (country lanes and brambles), and paint that has rubbed off (tailgate handle). You can only see these at close up, and only when the car is exceptionally clean. I've touched up the tailgate and the bottom rear of both rear passenger door sills (stone chips) to prevent rust, and a few stone chips, but otherwise leave it as-is. My car is a tool to get me from A-B - as much as I add mods to make my journeys more comfortable - and enjoy my car - it is just that, and stone chips, and contact with brambles, touching kerbs/potholes will happen with the amount of miles I do.

You need to get used to it. Not one of my cars have managed to stay dent or scratch free, regardless of how careful I am and where I park it. I'm quite fussy with my car and like it to look clean and dent free. Doesn't stop some idiot damaging it. Someone's scratched and damaged my front bumper not long ago. It irritates me every time I look at it. Don't want a chipsaway style repair done so I've ordered a new ford prepainted bumper. Not cheap but at least I know it's the right colour match.

Hi Everyone, How many of you have bought a new, nearly new or used car and have worried about it getting scratched, chipped or dented by other car users when they walk past your car or opening their car doors? I’m hoping to get a new car, well, a used new car to me, and am worried this is going to happen as soon as I get it! Just wondered what you all thought about this. Liam.

Just city driving should've got a petrol but take it for a deep clean, I recommend Terraclean they do DPF's but Halfords just put some additive in your tank and force regen as far as I know, but you're always going to have trouble with your DPF as you only do city miles

It could have been worse. When I read the bit about reversing I was expecting you to continue with "into...."! Although I've had a couple of 6 speed Fords with reverse collar I also got caught out when test driving the Mk 8 as my previous cars have had reverse in the opposite position i.e. to the left of first.

That might be grease that someone has put on it so the cap dose not stick. Happens a lot on the focus

No it doesn't I thought that. https://hpicheck.com/support/faqs#qa-faq1.25 The HPI Check will not provide details of vehicles that have been recorded as stolen but have subsequently been recovered without damage. If the vehicle has been recovered and written off by an insurance company due to the theft, this will be moved from the stolen register and show on the write off/condition alert register.

LEDs have straight lines diffuser as you said. (Old pic, I do now have a clear rear fog lol. )

I've owned and driven a whole bunch of Fords since passing my test 27 years ago and, since the internet, have been a member of various Ford forums along the way. I have just replaced my rusty and thirsty old Mondingo ST24 with a nippy little 66-plate ST Line Fiesta (125) and so have joined this good-looking forum. Since I don't know much about this Fiesta I'll probably take more than I can give in that regard, but I'll try and help out with anything on the Mk1 Fiesta, Mk3 Capri, and Mk1/2 and Mondeos.

I have one of these: https://www.screwfix.com/p/titan-all-purpose-screwdriver-bit-set-100-pieces/8450h and also a Screwfix Titan ratchet screwdriver (not sold anymore) in my toolkit in the car. The kit contains double or triple of the common sizes incase you round any off. Also contains Torx and Torx security bits, tri-wing, etc.

If you look closely at the diagram you've posted there is two speakers on each rear door. As James has posted. The tweeter is fitted to the centre of the woofer.

Hi Welcome

That's what I do, lol.

If it's already used, you'll see plenty of scratches, swirls and dings when the showroom shine wears off anyway... Cars are impossible to keep perfect. Bush scuffs and stone chips are totally unavoidable. If you regularly park on the roadside you will eventually lose a mirror or worse. If you park under trees the bird crap and sap ruins the paint. If you park in car parks people will ding the doors or scratch handbags and trolleys against it. Plus at some point you'll inevitable kerb an alloy... I hate detailing cars as a perfectionist because I always find new marks, it's less stress just to leave it dirty and go for the rally look instead!

Now now ladies... keep things friendly. 🙄

Totally agree with iantt, you will always get some numpty mainly I find young women & old people that don’t care about their car that will not give a damm about your car. Literally this week parked in a shopping car park that had about 9 shops including Aldi so quite a decent size car park. I parked away from the shops as far as I could, but the car park was quite full. Space next to me was empty but it was a small space so I was confident no one would park next to me ! I was gone 5 minutes if that, returned to my car and blow me some scruffy old Peugeot had reversed into the space and was inches from my car but parallel with it. There wasn’t enough space to even walk between the cars let alone open my damm car door . Fearing the worst that it had been scrapped down the whole length I looked the best I could but couldn’t see any damage. There certainly wouldn’t have been any passengers in the Peugeot as the cars were to close to open their door. Eventually after waiting about 5 minuets for them to return, I went through my passenger side door let handbrake & out of gear and had to push my car out of its parking spot , its sooo damm heavy . Sooo ***** annoying. Next day my chest was killing me, pulled some muscles straining myself whilst pushing it. So answer to your question, yes it may get damaged, scratched and door dinged. It doesn’t matter how careful you are, other people are selfish, jealous, ignorant & totally incompetent in parking their cars !

Some of us like zombies though!

that letter is probably a computer generated one when your first year of roadside assistance is coming to an end. the convienience check is optional. ring your dealer.

So you agree with me: "if not used occasionally it might not work when you want it" OP said he "never uses it"

And on that note here is a picture of the pipes in my 66 plate (13 months old) 125 Ecoboost. The rust is deep enough to flake off with a thumb nail.

I do like that my winter tyres are back on the car. Let's just hope it's a cold one!