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Honest John
« on: March 03, 2020, 12:07:44 PM »
It seems that Honest John's weekly online agony column has stalled. There are rumours that this may be connected to a change of ownership or possibly financial problems. Does anyone have any insight which may throw any light on the situation?

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Re: Honest John
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2020, 01:28:23 PM »
Who's going to champion high grade petrol and diesel now ?

Vic.

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Re: Honest John
« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2020, 01:52:29 PM »
Who's going to champion high grade petrol and diesel now ?

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A waste of money for most cars imo...

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Re: Honest John
« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2020, 02:22:38 PM »
Who's going to champion high grade petrol and diesel now ?

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Yes - he is absolutely passionate about it and not just branded but the super petrols like V Power. For people like me who have the automotive equivalent of hypochondria, he's a nightmare! I never gave it a thought until I read an article by him some years ago.

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Re: Honest John
« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2020, 06:21:09 PM »
I was quite active on his forum until a few years ago but if anyone even queried what he'd said he often deleted the thread.  A bunch of people broke away and set up another forum because of it.

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Re: Honest John
« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2020, 09:58:25 PM »
I gave up when adverts invaded every page, who wants to scroll and read rubbish inserts.

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Re: Honest John
« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2020, 06:12:40 AM »
I gave up when adverts invaded every page, who wants to scroll and read rubbish inserts.
Adblock solves that.

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Re: Honest John
« Reply #8 on: March 04, 2020, 09:28:06 AM »
I like his car reviews as it gives you info on the faults of each car. But his answers to your problem is usually too brief...having said that, I have you guys, I don't need to go elsewhere, LOL!

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Re: Honest John
« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2020, 02:24:00 PM »
Honest John still has a weekly column in the Saturday edition of The Telegraph where he also recommends high grade petrol and diesel.

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