brownnova Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 I really do need to do something about the 9000s headlights, they’ve gone from being abysmal to absolutely godawful over the time I’ve owned it. Absolutely would not want to take it on any unfamiliar roads at night now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saabnut Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 9 hours ago, brownnova said: I really do need to do something about the 9000s headlights, they’ve gone from being abysmal to absolutely godawful over the time I’ve owned it. Absolutely would not want to take it on any unfamiliar roads at night now. Common fault with these. I think Bill Jones ar Saabits still does re-silvered ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 Pretty much every series 2 9000 I've owned has had shite headlights. One of them had been (illegally) converted to Xenons, and that was even worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 Took the Bremen out of the Civic sedan and put it in the 124: louiepj, Zelandeth, mercedade and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 A Nissan pub landlord special has just been delivered to HMC towers… Wibble, Tickman, Fumbler and 28 others 31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 5 hours ago, wuvvum said: Pretty much every series 2 9000 I've owned has had shite headlights. One of them had been (illegally) converted to Xenons, and that was even worse. I was thinking if possibly trying LED higher output bulbs… 10 hours ago, Saabnut said: Common fault with these. I think Bill Jones ar Saabits still does re-silvered ones. I thought I saw on Saabits a while back that they would resilver them but couldn’t find that when I looked this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 any ideas on how to improve dab reception in my car, it has an kenwood aftermarket, ive added 12v booster.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 Wrap your head in tin-foil? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 17 minutes ago, barefoot said: Wrap your head in tin-foil? stendec 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stendec Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 “Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22 timolloyd and Yoss 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 2 hours ago, stuboy said: any ideas on how to improve dab reception in my car, it has an kenwood aftermarket, ive added 12v booster.. Yup. Move to an area with good DAB reception. I know, it's shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 10 hours ago, stuboy said: any ideas on how to improve dab reception in my car, it has an kenwood aftermarket, ive added 12v booster.. Before I broke the connector on my head unit for the antennae I found the long whip ones they magnet to the roof worked really well in the hilly part of Oxfordshire I live in. Rarely lost any signal even with 1/2 bars. Then I broke it removing it from the zx years ago so don't have dab now 😢 grogee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 Off on a collection mission. Rover fuelled up and ready to go. LightBulbFun, mercedade, beko1987 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogee Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 15 hours ago, Ghosty said: Took the Bremen out of the Civic sedan and put it in the 124: I do like a period stereo. I've got the original Philips in my Maestro but I'll be using a 90s Panasonic tape player for extra oomph (and decent speakers hidden away). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogee Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 12 hours ago, stuboy said: any ideas on how to improve dab reception in my car, it has an kenwood aftermarket, ive added 12v booster.. External (roof mount) antenna. You can get magnet mount ones for hatchbacks and route the wire in above the headlining and down behind the A-pillar trim. Internal windscreen mount ones are ok but struggle in poor signal areas. Also if you're using a dashcam and 12v -> 5v USB supply, this plays havoc with DAB reception. beko1987 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogee Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 We're moving into our temp accommodation today, a holiday cottage in a nearby village. Pretty, but pretty cold. Sadly no log fire to warm it up. Anyway Mrs Grogee has borrowed a Luton from her work (Transit flavour) with a tail lift. The fun* part will be seeing if it fits over the narrow (and vertiginous) humpback bridge over the canal near our cottage. It's one of those bridges where you can't see anything except sky when you drive over it; I can't imagine how many accidents there have been. Hopefully we won't add to the tally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeEP Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 19 minutes ago, grogee said: We're moving into our temp accommodation today, a holiday cottage in a nearby village. Pretty, but pretty cold. Sadly no log fire to warm it up. Anyway Mrs Grogee has borrowed a Luton from her work (Transit flavour) with a tail lift. The fun* part will be seeing if it fits over the narrow (and vertiginous) humpback bridge over the canal near our cottage. It's one of those bridges where you can't see anything except sky when you drive over it; I can't imagine how many accidents there have been. Hopefully we won't add to the tally. The way to avoid adding to the accident tally is surely to approach said bridge at full whack. If there is anything coming up the other side you will sail gracefully over the top of them and land behind. stendec, GrumpiusMaximus, AnnoyingPentium and 4 others 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 3 hours ago, grogee said: I do like a period stereo. I've got the original Philips in my Maestro but I'll be using a 90s Panasonic tape player for extra oomph (and decent speakers hidden away). Me too, I have the Civic's original Philips radio, but it's dead sadly. I upgraded the speakers to Alpine ones, but I need to find something decent and period to drive them. The other fourth gen Civic has a surprisingly good Aiwa cassette player in it! Speaking of, I'm getting that off my mum, as a second chance offer on eBay has made her very happy. There's going to be a collection on Monday, bit of a dull one as it just involves driving the 300E down the A1. grogee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogee Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 57 minutes ago, BeEP said: The way to avoid adding to the accident tally is surely to approach said bridge at full whack. If there is anything coming up the other side you will sail gracefully over the top of them and land behind. That will land us in the pub lounge bar, so double win. I reckon 60mph ought to be about right in this fine steed BeEP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 Just passed the house where I bought the 107... Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 1 hour ago, BeEP said: The way to avoid adding to the accident tally is surely to approach said bridge at full whack. If there is anything coming up the other side you will sail gracefully over the top of them and land behind. That's if the bottom of the tailgate legs don't dig into the road surface, don't ask how I know 😣 , luckily it was a rental van and it happened within 30 minutes of picking it up so it must of been broken before.... Even got a free upgrade to a 7.5 tonner 😇 BeEP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 Don't operate the tail lift without the engine running or you'll flatten the battery in no time, or so I was told when I last had need to hire one Ghosty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finchy90 Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 @Stanky you can normally get away with doing it 2-3 times, but most should have a battery guard to stop you from killing the battery. Stanky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGTI6 Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 17 minutes ago, Stanky said: Don't operate the tail lift without the engine running or you'll flatten the battery in no time, or so I was told when I last had need to hire one I can't imagine anyone being so stupid... 🤐 Stanky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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richardmorris Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 18degrees in Surrey, so topless weather. Dyslexic Viking, LightBulbFun, Six-cylinder and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 Put petrol in it today as well. 18litres, 180miles. Did the fiat yesterday too at 38litres for 385 miles. X1/9 had its mot this week on the same fuel as last year. Ive just calculated that this year’s running costs for the x1/9 are £7 a mile! Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 54 minutes ago, wuvvum said: Collectioned. Fuck yeah! looking forward to seeing more on this in time juular 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 18 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said: Fuck yeah! looking forward to seeing more on this in time If only more people were as enthusiastic about beige visas! LightBulbFun, Six-cylinder and Austat 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 1983 I think, drome valley in a visa II club. LightBulbFun, Dyslexic Viking, BeEP and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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