[Colinevan]

Originally Posted by andys

Hell, didn't really want to start a debate on the pro's and cons !
Just wondered if anyone had seen any really good deals ?

I have a car that qualifies, and i'd like to keep it, but it has an electrical fault that so far 3 garages can't find the answer to. The battery keeps going flat (had a new battery, obviously) but I can't keep throwing money at it. I'm now a the point where my local garage says I can swop this and that (alternator for example) but there's no guarantees, it would be a process of elimination and hopefully fixing it that way !!

I'm not interested in any crazy finance deals, i'd be looking to swop the car in, if it comes to it, and then paying for the new car.

I'd love to keep my 99T Reg Puma, as it's only done 50K, but if it won't start and has a dead battery every now and again, I can't live with it (well I can, bit the missus can't when she needs to ferry kids around) !

Andy, if your car has only done 50k its got plenty of life left in it. My basic of basic car knowledge would point to the alternator as its the main component that re charges the battery. Car batteries need replacing every few years esp on cars that dont do much mileage as if your not really using the car on big journeys the alternator wont be able to charge it back to its peak. The cold weather recently wont have helped as you would be using the heaters more, windscreen heater element etc etc.

Unless the car has a few problems, id maybe look up a ford specialist or breakers on the internet ( ford forums are the best bet ) and take it from there.

Col.