chaseracer Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 On 30/10/2022 at 18:38, Lankytim said: Great news! I found the 14mm- bad news, it was last seen bouncing along the gutter on Bordesley Middleway in Birmingham. I was down there on Tuesday... if only I'd read this sooner! Lankytim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs6C Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 30 minutes ago, Sunny Jim said: Good day at work today, got paid to push an LDV into a quarry! A few years ago, I had to help drive a train into a Ford Galaxy for the same reason... GrumpiusMaximus, nomiST, LightBulbFun and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Sunny Jim said: @wuvvumengine and gearbox were removed by a local scrappies because we had to decontaminate it prior to putting it in position but let me know if you want anything else off it. Thanks Jim. Only thing I really need at the moment is a passenger side window regulator, but I expect that might be rather a faff to remove... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny Jim Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 @wuvvum next Saturday I've got to do the 3 hour drop test on the Emergency Lights at work. So that's my target - let's see if I can get it off in under three hours! BeEP and wuvvum 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 7 hours ago, MrGTI6 said: At this point perhaps I should change my username to Maureen... MrGTI6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 3 hours ago, Mrs6C said: A few years ago, I had to help drive a train into a Ford Galaxy for the same reason... not making obvious comment *runs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 14 hours ago, Kiltox said: “If you need to access the engine bay fuse box, take the vehicle to a Renault dealer” Im not kidding, it says that in the handbook. That's because they put the box in upside down so it has to be lifted out of the outer casing and inverted to see the fuses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw1977 Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 Legislation was passed last year to give a "right to repair" on a lot of consumer electrical items, making manufacturers supply parts, publish technical info for repairers and so on. Looks like we need something similar for cars. Requirement 1 ought to be all fuses and bulbs should be replaceable by the user within five minutes using only a screwdriver. Popsicle, catsinthewelder, Barry Cade and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popsicle Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 3 minutes ago, adw1977 said: Requirement 1 ought to be all fuses and bulbs should be replaceable by the user within five minutes using only a screwdriver. After having to remove a Vectra front bumper and the headlight unit to change a bloody indicator bulb a couple of weeks ago I 100% agree with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 9 minutes ago, adw1977 said: Looks like we need something similar for cars. Requirement 1 ought to be all fuses and bulbs should be replaceable by the user within five minutes using only a screwdriver. There's absolutely no point, new cars won't/don't have bulbs and replacing a blown fuse won't fix anything. Every lamp is going to be LED, non replaceable. The ECUs that do the switching have inbuilt overcurrent protection and will automatically reset. There are fuses on the vehicle but if they blow, it's because there is some major fault that requires proper investigation and just replacing it is fairly unlikely to get you back on the road.n Sadly putting fuses and bulbs in stuff is not the future of motoring Tickman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 5 hours ago, Mrs6C said: A few years ago, I had to help drive a train into a Ford Galaxy for the same reason... Great photo of an ancient blue heap of noisy, archaic, unreliable and smoky diesel.. and a Class 37. Mrs6C, AnnoyingPentium, Lacquer Peel and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 5 hours ago, Mrs6C said: A few years ago, I had to help drive a train into a Ford Galaxy for the same reason... You were surely tempted to twist it more...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehedgehog31 Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 I have always said my ideal fleet is three cars, enough redundancy if one breaks or needs work and enough variety to keep it interesting. I had a fleet of four, the LS, Kangoo, Rover and Subaru so needed to do something to address the situation. So I bought this from @sdkrc AnnoyingPentium, MiniMinorMk3, cort16 and 12 others 12 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 The approved Autoshite solution to too many cars is indeed to buy another. davehedgehog31, AnnoyingPentium, GrumpiusMaximus and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dome Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 1 hour ago, davehedgehog31 said: I have always said my ideal fleet is three cars, enough redundancy if one breaks or needs work and enough variety to keep it interesting. I had a fleet of four, the LS, Kangoo, Rover and Subaru so needed to do something to address the situation. So I bought this from @sdkrc The Kangoo is a van so you're only one over... davehedgehog31 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 Scirocco has started a top mount sounding knock from the NSR so ordered a top mount and thought I’d whip it off today. Think I’ve found the issue, my shock isn’t absorbing much. Typically these are the adaptive ones so cost a stupid amount of money! HarmonicCheeseburger, AnnoyingPentium, Sunny Jim and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 19 hours ago, Mrs6C said: A few years ago, I had to help drive a train into a Ford Galaxy for the same reason... Not hard enough! 😁 richardmorris, Mrs6C and High Jetter 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popsicle Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 The high mileage Vectra has plodded through another MOT this morning. Just an advisory for a tyre wearing on the inner edge - I'll call that a win. Steviemillar, Barry Cade, Lacquer Peel and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffgeezer Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 A new motor arrived, sadly as I'm on nights at the moment I've only seen it in daylight once so far. Many electrical woes to attend to. JJ0063, JMotor, tom13 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horriblemercedes Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 My brother has just had some prime brand new shite delivered loserone, Barry Cade, aldo135 and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 7 hours ago, JJ0063 said: Scirocco has started a top mount sounding knock from the NSR so ordered a top mount and thought I’d whip it off today. Think I’ve found the issue, my shock isn’t absorbing much. Typically these are the adaptive ones so cost a stupid amount of money! Just found you can fit normal shocks and just unplug the DCC button, meaning there will be no dash errors That’ll do me, £30 odd for a shock rather than £280 Proper shiter, me. MiniMinorMk3, Barry Cade, horriblemercedes and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMotor Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 Got a Lanoguard kit for doing the Altezza. So cracked on with it. Dead easy to apply. I was being lazy (and stupid) to just go with it, as there is cheaper options. Found the smell although not horrible, doesn't half stay on your hands! Anyhoo, hopefully it'll keep the car protected for a while. While I was doing that. I saw how the wheel was sat up and it gave me ideas to how it'd look lowered. Also found the tyre won't clash the arch either. So for now I won't need to roll them. AnnoyingPentium 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 spotted this morning on a walk in ash vale, alder shot. living from year to year by the mot history. GrumpiusMaximus, LightBulbFun, MiniMinorMk3 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 Got a Lanoguard kit for doing the Altezza. So cracked on with it. Dead easy to apply. I was being lazy (and stupid) to just go with it, as there is cheaper options. Found the smell although not horrible, doesn't half stay on your hands! Anyhoo, hopefully it'll keep the car protected for a while. While I was doing that. I saw how the wheel was sat up and it gave me ideas to how it'd look lowered. Also found the tyre won't clash the arch either. So for now I won't need to roll them. Spent today spraying the VW Caravelle with waxoil. Most of it landed on the monoblock and me.Sent from my SM-A127F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 2 hours ago, JJ0063 said: Just found you can fit normal shocks and just unplug the DCC button, meaning there will be no dash errors That’ll do me, £30 odd for a shock rather than £280 Proper shiter, me. Are you sure? I'd thought it would need coding out, especially with VAG. Certainly does on Audi's Magneride and that's not trivial. The ride height sensors are connected to the suspension ECU and transfer data to the headlight ECU. So no suspension ECU caused the headlights ECU to throw the headlight adjustment light on the dash. That's an MOT failure item. I bit the bullet on my TT and just replaced the shock - £450 for a rear. Neighbour down the road has a R8 and the Magneride shocks needed replacing on that - £1k per corner. He replaced them with conventional shocks and plugged in the delete modules on each corner to keep the suspension ECU happy and thinking they're still attached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 3 minutes ago, SiC said: Are you sure? I'd thought it would need coding out, especially with VAG. Certainly does on Audi's Magneride and that's not trivial. The ride height sensors are connected to the suspension ECU and transfer data to the headlight ECU. So no suspension ECU caused the headlights ECU to throw the headlight adjustment light on the dash. That's an MOT failure item. I bit the bullet on my TT and just replaced the shock - £450 for a rear. Neighbour down the road has a R8 and the Magneride shocks needed replacing on that - £1k per corner. He replaced them with conventional shocks and plugged in the delete modules on each corner to keep the suspension ECU happy and thinking they're still attached. Yeah certain as when I bought the car one of the front sensors was snapped, all it does is make the little DCC button near the gearstick flash which you just unplug the button. I’ve searched the scirocco FB group and lots of people do it when they fit coilovers. I’ve just ordered a normal shock off eBay to tide me over until I decide whether to either fit a new DCC shock or maybe even stick a set of coilovers on myself if I keep the car. SiC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 Went to a reindeer drive through with the toddler today. A kind of drive through light show with reindeer pens etc… Of course by drive through it actually meant over an hour of the car idling… And I’d taken the one car I own with a K-Series engine… Can you guess… Yep it performed perfectly. wuvvum, Barry Cade, beko1987 and 8 others 6 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 9 hours ago, chaseracer said: Not hard enough! 😁 galaxies are ace 211 kmh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGTI6 Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 Covered 300+ miles in my recently-acquired Saab 9-3 this evening and it was fantastic. Cruise set to 70mph and it was ticking over at 2200rpm. No wind noise whatsoever at motorway speeds unlike most convertibles I've driven. I think it's a rare situation where the tall gearing meant it was probably more frugal than the equivalent manual. 44.1mpg with an average speed of 60mph according to the trip computer. For a 210bhp petrol auto, I think that's pretty good going. The airbag light remains on, so I might try and investigate that tomorrow if I can muster up the enthusiasm. chaseracer, Wibble, brownnova and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 33 minutes ago, brownnova said: A kind of drive through light show with reindeer pens etc… I read that wrong. Reindeers can write? brownnova 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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