Joey Donnelly

Joey Donnelly is here of Crofton Motors to answer your motoring questions.

Hello, Joey.

How busy is it at the moment?

It's busy all year round.

What takes up most of the time?

Is it pre-NCT, post-NCT or just general business?

Well, we have been asking for questions all morning and I have so many of them to get through.

So I think the best thing to do is just let's just hit them now and we'll start.

Right.

So this listener has been told that they need a new timing belt.

And they say, apparently, like everyone's always sus, aren't they?

So there's no way to answer that question, which is, can you please tell me how often genuinely they need to be changed?

What you're doing is following what the car manufacturer has said.

OK, now one about diesel.

So if you're going in to fill up your diesel car, you'll have an option between regular diesel and diesel plus.

And they want to know, do you recommend the diesel plus option?

Every couple of times though, you're saying.

Okay, Brian is in Santry and he has a 03 Mini Cooper.

It's all in great condition, but in recent months, if Brian doesn't drive it for a day or two, the battery dies.

He's checked the lights, see if there's anything left on.