Fords - wet belts & ecoboosts?

B0bbyEwing

Skiddaw1 said:

For what it is worth, we've had two eco-boost Fords in a row (one Focus, currently a Fiesta) and had no problems with either of them.  Quite the opposite in fact. Touch wood anyway! 

Have they been in & about the 80k-100k area or have you been clear of this? 

It was mentioned earlier that some Civic's have wet belts also. Anyone care to share which so can be avoided?

Or is it really just a case of looking for a car, finding one & then running it in Google such as....

"Does a 2012 Peugeot 308 1.6 diesel have a wet belt?"

Which could end up pretty tiring if the result to every search was yes. 

* For the record I wouldn't be searching for any Peugeot. Not a fan. Would have to get to pretty desperate times for me to buy one I'm afraid.

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B0bbyEwing said:

It was mentioned earlier that some Civic's have wet belts also. Anyone care to share which so can be avoided?

Or is it really just a case of looking for a car, finding one & then running it in Google such as....

"Does a 2012 Peugeot 308 1.6 diesel have a wet belt?"

Which could end up pretty tiring if the result to every search was yes. 

* For the record I wouldn't be searching for any Peugeot. Not a fan. Would have to get to pretty desperate times for me to buy one I'm afraid.

Goudy posted it earlier, the Civic 10th generation with the 1.0 turbo engine (2015-2022)

So avoid 

1.0 Civics

Any Peugeot/Vauxhall/Citroen with a 1.2 petrol engine

Any Ford with a 1.0  Ecoboom, or a 2.0 Ecoblue diesel (I think it is only fitted to vans though not cars)

Your best bet is to look for a badge on the back of the car that says "Swift" "Ignis" "Aygo" or "Yaris" though!

B0bbyEwing

Ahh that'd work out then. Sorry, I quickly read Goudy's while I was at work so missed that bit.

If we have to go the new car route then currently torn between something that has a bit of anything under the right foot and something that's just cheap to run.

By that I mean this car is like the second car. It's handy to have (I was without a car recently & if we were 1 car household it'd have been a problem), it does the food shop at the weekend (unfortunately not literally) & it'll occasionally get used for further trips out when the wife is off work some times.

But to keep it running so that it's not sat there doing nothing, I alternate between the two cars for my own drive to work & on my drive to & from there's an annoyingly large number of people doing a fraction of the speed limit (I'm not talking 47 in a 50 I'm talking 30-35 in a 50) ... and so I like to have something that'll get me by ok enough.

Do I need it? Of course not. But I'd bet most people have cars beyond what they 'need' anyway.

But the £265 a year tax on the current car is a bit annoying when you see other cars like £20.