Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - The BIG news of the day is I have driven my own Mini Mayfair for the first time!

[catsinthewelder]

@sharley17194 @Tommyboy12 😉

[St.Jude]

3 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

As with virtually all cars these days, why build such big cars and then hem the occupants in with so much cladding?

What happened to car interiors that would let you spread your legs? 

Safety M9. It's easier for them to make the cars wider, thicker, pad out the interior, than it is to design a car that's smaller in structure while maximising interior room.

3 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

Blimey this is complicated, all I want to do change the speedo from KPH to MPH. I have contacted Kia and they tell me it is in the navigation menu and sent me a screen shot, trouble is I can't find the screen that they showed me. To make it worse yesterday's chat has vanished.

I made a right idiot of myself in Tesco petrol station squeezing though to get the last right hand filler pump, feeding my credit card in and finding the right flap is the electric charge and the petrol is on the left!

For those who think I have fallen out of a tree and banged my head it is a Kia business demonstrator they have dropped at my house and I can drive for 2 days. I took up the offer because I am interested in all cars and trying a modern hybrid is very interesting to me. 

Do you get what I meant about the acceleration from it? 

As for the KPH/MPH thing, have you tried cycling through the menu on the dashboard itself with the steering wheel controls and finding Vehicle Parameters (or something like that)?

[sharley17194]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

Andyrew is trying to make our Allegro VP a whole car again and would like this to use the lower rear quarter for repairs.

Thing is Nottingham is just a bit too far for me to travel at the moment. Could somebody collect it for me and get it a bit further south for us?

I live near Buckingham but anywhere within an hours drive to meet up would be fine.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/373503744877?hash=item56f68edb6d:g:ObIAAOSwwhdgU2fk

I'm Nottingham and heading south next week.

[Six-cylinder]

18 minutes ago, sharley17194 said:

I'm Nottingham and heading south next week.

Yes please.

PM sent.

[Six-cylinder]

30 minutes ago, St.Jude said:

Safety M9. It's easier for them to make the cars wider, thicker, pad out the interior, than it is to design a car that's smaller in structure while maximising interior room.

Do you get what I meant about the acceleration from it? 

As for the KPH/MPH thing, have you tried cycling through the menu on the dashboard itself with the steering wheel controls and finding Vehicle Parameters (or something like that)?

It seems to empty its battery very quickly with a couple a descent shoves of the accelerator.

I have tried all the buttons I can find so I contacted Kia and they said it was in the navigation menu, I still can't find it. 

[hairnet]

2 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

 I still can't find it. WITH BOTH HANDS

when he goes into the infotainment screen theres menus on the left that he picks from - vehicle settings - you might be able to pick from that

its no anolog (!) should be able to change (i can change the bike from mph to kph pressing the buttons on the dash) and its far more basic that yours so yours should be the same itll be in there somewhere (no specific video tho sorry)

if its a uk spec and reg car it should be possible as its brand new

modernz are far too complicated etc etc

has next door got some kids theyd sort it in like 2 minutes

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

@Mrs6C might want to consider regauging the demonstration line....

 

[hairnet]

or hit him with some track cos he brought home a modern

and no the RR isnt modern as its got BL in it

 

[Snake Charmer]

Stick some labels on the digital dash in MPH and give it back. 

[Six-cylinder]

3 hours ago, hairnet said:

when he goes into the infotainment screen theres menus on the left that he picks from - vehicle settings - you might be able to pick from that

its no anolog (!) should be able to change (i can change the bike from mph to kph pressing the buttons on the dash) and its far more basic that yours so yours should be the same itll be in there somewhere (no specific video tho sorry)

if its a uk spec and reg car it should be possible as its brand new

modernz are far too complicated etc etc

has next door got some kids theyd sort it in like 2 minutes

 

I have now changed it.

I could not find the menu, but I did find the voice activation and that found the screen for me.

[Six-cylinder]

I am in love with one of these!

[Six-cylinder]

No outing for my new toy pointing to R this evening.

[Zelandeth]

Never realised that even by that point in the 90s they still didn't have an oil pressure light...

[Six-cylinder]

A bit of thievery this afternoon has improved the Clio as there was no guard on the Saxo. @Talbot

This Clio is proving to be a great little run around and I like it a lot, which is lucky as it is the only car we have with fuel in it! 

[hairnet]

Insanity runs deep

[Crackers]

23 minutes ago, hairnet said:

Insanity runs deep

We know, we've all met you. 

[Six-cylinder]

I am at the BL day at Milton Keynes museum, they made me park outside the fence because I turned up with the Sovereign S2! 

[richardmorris]

20 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

No outing for my new toy pointing to R this evening.

Lights not on yet! When it’s on fully all the time you can get 60litres in. It’s a 70litre tank.

[richardmorris]

2 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

I am at the BL day at Milton Keynes museum, they made me park outside the fence because I turned up with the Sovereign S2! 

They allowed me in with it two years ago!

[Mrs6C]

8 hours ago, richardmorris said:

They allowed me in with it two years ago!

It's large, full of traditional leather and wood and has twin headlights each side... looks like they thought it was a Rover...

[Six-cylinder]

9 hours ago, Mrs6C said:

It's large, full of traditional leather and wood and has twin headlights each side... looks like they thought it was a Rover...

Not all Rovers have twin Headlights.

[mitsisigma01]

Some people don't know when to stop 

[sharley17194]

Thats quite large!

[Six-cylinder]

1 hour ago, sharley17194 said:

Thats quite large!

Thank you very much, Autoshite at its BEST.

[Talbot]

On 9/25/2021 at 5:52 PM, Zelandeth said:

Never realised that even by that point in the 90s they still didn't have an oil pressure light...

I thought there was one built in to the gauge?  Much like the fuel warning lamp.

[Six-cylinder]

1 hour ago, Talbot said:

I thought there was one built in to the gauge?  Much like the fuel warning lamp.

Is that an oil can or the geni lamp should I ever need a wish!

[mintwth]

Rub it and see? 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

27 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Is that an oil can or the geni lamp should I ever need a wish!

Wish for three more wishes,  then you can stockpile!

[AxWomble]

4 hours ago, sharley17194 said:

Thats quite large!

Surprisingly roomy things, Ax’s! I’ve had three bicycles at the same time in our old one…

[Talbot]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

Is that an oil can or the geni lamp should I ever need a wish!

I think, being an amber lamp rather than a red one, that's an oil level warning lamp rather than an oil pressure one.  TBH, I'd rather have a gauge than a lamp anyway.   I tend to be able to scan analogue needles like that fairly well in my peripheral vision (IE without actually looking at them) and knowing if everything is OK or not.  A lamp means "too late", a gauge gives you half-a-chance of spotting an issue developing.