The new news 24 thread

[Zelandeth]

41 minutes ago, SiC said:

Given the average demographic owner of them new, it's probably the best advice. VW know their market!

Fair enough - recommend it.  The least they could do is actually tell us what lamps are used though.  Literally all it says on the subject is that they might explode if handled incorrectly and to contact your dealer.

[MrGTI6]

On 11/10/2022 at 11:53 AM, MrGTI6 said:

Failed the Mod 1 section of my motorbike test this morning. 

The bits I was most concerned about (U-turn and slalom/figure-of-8) couldn't have gone better.

I let myself down on the emergency stop exercise which requires you to accelerate to 50kph in a fairly short distance before carrying out the emergency stop. No issues with the emergency stop itself, but I was only going 44kph through the speed trap. You get another go if you don't reach 50kph on the first try.

Nerves took over and I made a right mess of the second attempt. I accelerated as normal but closed the throttle too early again. I then panicked I wasn't going quick enough and re-opened the throttle very late. Whilst I did manage to reach the target speed, I also managed to clip one of the cones by the speed trap. 

Really pissed off with myself, especially considering how well I felt things were going up until that point.

FFS!!! Failed my Mod 1 again this morning. It was going great right up until the very final section (hazard avoidance). This is where you have to accelerate to 50kph through a speed trap then swerve between two cones immediately afterwards.

Got up to the target speed no problem this time on both the emergency stop and hazard avoidance, but on the latter I managed to clip the inside cone with the outside of my left foot. Feeling so pissed off with myself, not least for wasting another day's holiday. I wasn't even feeling particularly nervous this time round, and the weather/conditions couldn't have been better.

Afterwards, I found out up until that point I had one minor for doing one of my figure-of-8s a bit wide. 

Third time lucky as the saying goes. At this point perhaps I should change my username to Maureen...

[tom13]

10 minutes ago, MrGTI6 said:

FFS!!! Failed my Mod 1 again this morning. It was going great right up until the very final section (hazard avoidance). This is where you have to accelerate to 50kph through a speed trap then swerve between two cones immediately afterwards.

Got up to the target speed no problem this time on both the emergency stop and hazard avoidance, but on the latter I managed to clip the inside cone with the outside of my left foot. Feeling so pissed off with myself, not least for wasting another day's holiday. I wasn't even feeling particularly nervous this time round, and the weather/conditions couldn't have been better.

Afterwards, I found out up until that point I had one minor for doing one of my figure-of-8s a bit wide. 

Third time lucky as the saying goes. At this point perhaps I should change my username to Maureen...

Chin up. Will be even sweeter when you do nail it next time though.

[Dyslexic Viking]

4 hours ago, tom13 said:

Last night's collection.

I have never seen these with steel rims before and I like it and even better it has color and not black and gray like most, well bought.

[Sunny Jim]

Good day at work today, got paid to push an LDV into a quarry!

I work for an organisation that trains the Emergency Services - we'll put manikins in there for people to practise rescue drills.

@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.

 

[chaseracer]

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!

[Mrs6C]

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...

 

[wuvvum]

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...

[Sunny Jim]

@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!

[brownnova]

7 hours ago, MrGTI6 said:

At this point perhaps I should change my username to Maureen...

 

[hairnet]

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

[artdjones]

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.

[adw1977]

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]

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.

[cobblers]

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

[juular]

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.

[High Jetter]

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...?

[davehedgehog31]

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

[wuvvum]

The approved Autoshite solution to too many cars is indeed to buy another. 

[dome]

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...

[JJ0063]

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! 

[chaseracer]

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! 😁

[Popsicle]

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.

 

[ruffgeezer]

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.

[horriblemercedes]

My brother has just had some prime brand new shite delivered

[JJ0063]

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.

[JMotor]

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. 

[richardmorris]

spotted this morning on a walk in ash vale, alder shot.

living from year to year by the mot history.

[doug]

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.

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[SiC]

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.