Hotpoint-Ariston A1635

Ah, washing machines. Well, they all do the same thing, and most of them more or less the same way, so what's to choose between them? Not a lot, really, which is perhaps why it is so difficult to reach a sensible decision, especially as they all look...

First off, please excuse the title, but as no-one had written an Ariston op before, I thought I'd better use it straight away... It was with a surprisignly loud BANG that my old washing machine shuffled off it's mortal coil on Boxing Day of 2001. A...