New POD

To be fair, any brake light switch could be made to work with the correct pieces of mechano, fashioned into a bracket.

Strange way to sell them. Can't view. Can't verify the condition. Wouldn't he be better contacting an auction house to sell them all individually. In a way that would net a hell of a lot more.

Having owned 4 (yes 4) mk2 cavaliers, 1 mk3 cavalier, 3 (all which I wrote off) Mk3 Astras, I have a weird thing for the mk4 astra. Son learnt to drive in a mk3 cavalier, and later was given a mk4 astra (a 1.6 16V club) when his grandad gave up driving. I then bought a 1.6 16V Sport. Son described his as more like a mk4 cavalier and I couldn't argue with him. The only problem I had with mine was a sport and was too hard with its 16 inch wheels and rock hard suspension. (and not gifffer enough. After 2 hours behind the wheel, I couldn't walk.)

That's a good reason not to go with the AA.

https://news.lettersofnote.com/p/arkell-v-pressdram May I refer you to Pressdrams response to Arkell and wish you the same. Cheap fucking joke is what your Venn diagram is.

I would let the tesla go. You've got more to worry about. Good luck with the testing by the way.

All respect I had for you is gone. I'm gonna have to smash the records you sold me way back when, and delete your old obsolete number from my phone.

£800. There must be a scam or catch. Dealer price would be £6.5 k I reckon.

My wife was diagnosed with ME CFS in 2006 (god knows how long she had it prior to that). I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. We had hoped that 100,000 suffering long covid would generate new research in the area. Still waiting.

Worse than that, as its taking in warmer air when it's stationary, as soon as you start accelerating, and getting colder air in, the transition will cause it to be less than smooth.

If you aren't going to do that, just steal a car, clone the plates, and get yourself a false ID

I like that. Wheels are made of white chocolate, which technically isn't chocolate at all. Cue a page of discussion over whether Cadburys or Nestle were the first to make white chocolate wheels. They never really took off did they? . About as much use as magnesium wheels in a fire.

The control valve block all seem to be bolted to the side of the gearbox between (and just behind) the radiator. Looks like access isn't the worst. Think you'd definately need to remove the battery box above it but there's space behind the radiator for hands and tools.

Given that it's only done 57k and has only had one owner before us, and my wife has a "requirement" for electric handbrake and auto, I've looked at what a) it's worth in a dealer after they marked it up. (Not what I could sell it privately for, if it were fixed) And b) what we would replace it with. (If you were going through the hassle of replacing it, you'd probably buy something newer. You pretty much need at least £5.5 k to buy the same car from a dealer, but then you are dealing with someone on a bomb site in Bolton or Bradford, and trying to avoid the CAT S and CAT N and the blatantly clocked ones. There's not many cars of that ilk (5 door hatch) that have an electric handbrake. So you kind of end up looking at the same car but newer. We'd probably end up spending £8 to 10k So whilst we don't have money to throw around, there's more hassle replacing it.

Pm sent. Very much in Formby.

The engine cowling on my Fiat 126 had a flap operated by a wax actuator. Mine was stuck open. I used to scrape ice off the inside, and wear alot of warm clothing. Warmer than riding a motorbike in the snow, but not much more.

Took it for a drive over the moss, all flat. After 2 miles it went into limp mode. I could reset it with my £15 code reader, but eventually once it was properly warm, the code reader wouldn't fix it. Was stuck in 2nd at one point. That was after after about 8 miles. Then turned it off, erased all codes and it was okay for about 400 yards. Then wouldn't select reverse. Once I'd erased the codes again it was okay to reverse onto the drive. IT'S s not going to be safe to drive too FAR.

I doubt it's like marmite. It's only done 57k and it's giffer spec, so hadn't had a hard 12 years. The only reason to change the oil would be for the VAT receipt to present to the RAC if it happened again 🤫 But yes, I agree that better to see someone that knows gearboxes.

Also, RAC membership is due to run out in erm...no idea. Based on the way they dealt with my wife, I have no loyalty. Who to give money to instead? Or has the race to the bottom reached the earth's core.

I knew the first. I was going to suggest to the local reluctant garage that if they couldn't actually find a fault (on a 3 mile test drive last night, on the flat, it was fine), then changing the oil and giving me a VAT receipt would be a way of resetting the RAC obligations. Given that there are zero hills on my commute, I thought maybe the risk would be low. However. When I had the omega, and it kept getting stuck in third, I found I could reset all error codes with my cheap generic code reader. EVEN if I couldn't read the gearbox codes. Do we think the same might be true on a car 11 years newer? PM sent. Would like to book it in, to put my wife's mind at rest.

No. Its Just been delivered back home on a recovery truck, and I've had a look. No warning lights currently on. So I took it fir a drive. Seems better than before. Given that the garage can't look at it for a week, I might just take my code reader with me and drive it to work Thursday and Friday.

What I need from you is you to repair it for her. You've got fuck all to do now you is retired? Right ?

ENTERPRISE are delivering an automatic car at 8:30 on Friday to the holiday cottage. This is why I paid extra for uk recovery to any destination and follow on cover.

Not that arsed about the hourly rate, its the waiting 2 weeks for a 0.3 hr job, including a cup of tea that bugs me.

If I used manual lever would it stay in 3rd too?