Kiltox Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Is a battery powered trickle charger a thing that exists? Like the little lipo jump starters but for maintaining a battery's charge without mains power? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayW Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Blimey, by snail mail according to this..... Looks like you can't do it with the new owner slip off the V5 https://www.gov.uk/make-a-sorn If the vehicle isn’t registered in your name you’ll have to tell DVLA it’s off the road by post. This form https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/v890-statutory-off-road-notification-sornNoo noo noooo... You CAN just use the green slip. The DiVLA website gives you that exact option. BUT, you have to do it before they process the V5 or your green slip will cease to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Looks like they don't offer the dealer I need so I'll need to do some research (I have a tax disc holder but the plates are not original) and contact them DMB can do anything if you give them an image to work off - my Lex Stourbridge plates and sticker were made by them, from photos of my existing plates I took myself, and a .png of the sticker I found on Google by searching 'lex service'.The higher quality the better as they'll go to even the slightest detail, quality job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TataBobu Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 My track tyres are directional and the nearside ones are more worn than the offside - would it be asking for trouble to bung them on the opposite sides next time ? If the tyre looks like this, definatelly: If the tyre looks like this, you might get away with it, but there's no guarantee: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Is a battery powered trickle charger a thing that exists? Like the little lipo jump starters but for maintaining a battery's charge without mains power? never heard of one & as you need a higher voltage to charge a battery than the battery outputs they wouldn't run off a car battery anyway. I know you can get solar ones, sling it by a window/on the roof? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bfg Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 .I use a solar panel to keep my Chrysler Voyager's old battery up to the task ..because the vehicle tends to be used only once a week, and only for a local journey. It then sits there for the rest of the week with its electronics doing whatever they do.. The solar panel sits on the dash with its leads through the passenger side rubber door seals to under the bonnet. I was thinking about this the other day, re. using it all the time anyway, because recharging the battery must absorb energy while running, and that can only be derived from the fuel I put in it.. So why not let the solar panel do that for free. ? Bfg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlabamaShrimp Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Bit of a long shot but is anyone near Wakefield going to the car show on June 7th? I haven't been sent an application form like the last few years, has anyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinmasters Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Fuel consumption. Am I doing it wrong, or does everyone else lie? I get ~ 35mpg from my VAG tdi. Internet wisdom (including here) suggests that this is piss-poor (dunt matter how I drive it m9, still get 50mpg). This is the current vehicle, previous, differently engined vehicles have been similarly (apparently) below par. Do people really exaggerate their MPGs on the internets to look like big men? Or am I just bad at driving? Or when other people say they're 'driving it like they stole it', do they mean 'very carefully, so as not to attract police attention'? stephen01 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan_dyane Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Although you don't specify what model the car is that is awful. What sort of use does the car get? If it's a big auto doing lots of small trips it's perhaps understandable but still terribly disappointing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan_dyane Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Is it broken perhaps? Brakes binding? Trip computer mistakenly set to US gallons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Fuel consumption. Am I doing it wrong, or does everyone else lie?I get ~ 35mpg from my VAG tdi. Internet wisdom (including here) suggests that this is piss-poor (dunt matter how I drive it m9, still get 50mpg).This is the current vehicle, previous, differently engined vehicles have been similarly (apparently) below par.Do people really exaggerate their MPGs on the internets to look like big men? Or am I just bad at driving? Or when other people say they're 'driving it like they stole it', do they mean 'very carefully, so as not to attract police attention'?The pic attached is the fuel consumption for my Fabia 100bhp 1.9 tdo PD over the last 11705 miles. I tend to do about 75% trips over 10 miles, 25% under 10 miles. I get 61/62 on a long run at 70mph, and get about 45 -50 on short hops depending on traffic. The only way I have ever got down to an indicated 35mpg was when I was drag racing. Have you checked the usual suspects? Tyre pressures/dragging brake/clogged fuel filter? Hasb it had a timing belt done recently, and the pump timing is out? Even driven enthusiastically I'd expect 40mpg round town, and 48-53mpg on a run Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Thermostat stuck open ? Some people just can't seem to drive economically though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinmasters Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Although you don't specify what model the car is that is awful. What sort of use does the car get? If it's a big auto doing lots of small trips it's perhaps understandable but still terribly disappointing. It's a Q3 quattro, so I wasn't expecting OMGMPGS, but previous cars have also returned well below the figures bandied around on the internet. I've had a few XUD-equipped Citroens which have disappointed too. I say disappointed, but I still have eighties expectations-anything over 30mpg is economical. I think the answer is probably just to stop worrying about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinmasters Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Cheapest way to send largish stuff? Myhermes have a length limit of 120cm, and I want to send something (parcel shelf blind thing) which is nearer 160cm, but otherwise not heavy and not huge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Some people just can't seem to drive economically though That by the sounds of it. Tends to be the drivers who are always comfort braking who get crap MPG in my experience. Mind you Robin's location says Wales, so if it's all uphill then I doubt it's too bad. If you want good MPG, live in Norfolk - they had a hill once, but the mole killer flattened it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 I got 42-43 from my a6 2.0 tdi. I'd think the Quattro would drag it down further so it's not impossible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 It's a Q3 quattro, so I wasn't expecting OMGMPGS, but previous cars have also returned well below the figures bandied around on the internet. I've had a few XUD-equipped Citroens which have disappointed too. I say disappointed, but I still have eighties expectations-anything over 30mpg is economical.I think the answer is probably just to stop worrying about it.Has it been interfered with post emissions fraud scandal? Isn't that supposed to bugger them up? We have a Freelander2 with the Mondeo 2.2 and 6 speed box which has never done better than 30 mpg in 4 years. People with the same engine in Mondeos get 50/60 mpg and it can't be driving style because I drive it quite a lot especially in FrenchFrance and I manage ok figures from my other cars, but still can't get it above 30, although I admit Mrs N is a bit lead footed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 R.e. gear lockup, it locks up in 3rd, 4th and 5th (not 1st and 2nd though). However this means you get excellent fuel economy out of it, as once it's changed gears, it locks up.For anyone who doesn't know what a automatic gearbox lock up is, it's a clutch inside the torque converter. When it engages, it causes the output of the engine to be directly engaged with the input of the auto box. Thus you don't get any losses through the torque converter - which is the thing that causes auto boxes to use more fuel. When it's locked up, it's effectively like a manual transmission. ...of the Goona's auto transmission on another thread - didn't really want to hi-jack.Any idea how the box in an XJ-8 works?It appears to slip to buggery in all ratios, pulling away from slow roundabouts in fourth gear and the changes being slushier than a slushy thing.It's a bit notchier in 'sport' and you can feel it change down? As always, thanks in anticipation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlabamaShrimp Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Still paranoid that I've broken my engine with rad weld and blocked it all up. Is there anything I can use to clean the engine out? Taking the car apart isn't an option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philibusmo Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Anyone know the brake bleeding order on a p10 primera? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Furthest away from the master cylinder first then work closer . It's not critical to be honest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 I've been offered a 2003 Volvo v70 2.5T AWD as a swap for the Cadillac. It's not a cross country and not an R. It got 119k on it.Anyone know anything about them and their relative value? I can see plenty of v70's for sale but no 2.5T AWD ones! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 I like the AWD ones, much more fun than the normal FWD. But I only drove them when new, so my knowledge is a bit out of date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 I've been offered a 2003 Volvo v70 2.5T AWD as a swap for the Cadillac. It's not a cross country and not an R. It got 119k on it.Anyone know anything about them and their relative value? I can see plenty of v70's for sale but no 2.5T AWD ones!They're well known for shitting bits of the awd system and needing to be made fwd (like a freelander) cort16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Sounds perfect then. Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Vented battery.... My daily has a now rogered, vented battery in the boot. Is it paramount that I replace it with another vented one? I've read that batteries give off hydrogen with use, although some suggest it may be ok with a non-vented battery. Brand new, OEM spec jobs are £100+, whereas a decent (non-vented) second hand replacement is way less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Depends,what level of PITA would a flat battery be in the near future if you go for a used 1?Plus,what is the daily?Some cars (looking at you Land Rover) you wouldn't want to skimp on a cheap battery...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Depends,what level of PITA would a flat battery be in the near future if you go for a used 1?Plus,what is the daily?Some cars (looking at you Land Rover) you wouldn't want to skimp on a cheap battery......Daily is a 'modern' ten year old e90 Bimmer with a two litre 4 pot tdi. It's not got stop start or any of that shiz.I'm not known for keeping cars for years hence being happy enough with a good used battery. However, a little unsure of this whole vented/non-vented thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Should be happy with either, won't make any difference to the car whether it's a vented or sealed battery...Edit..vented "should" have a little vent tube attached to direct any possible away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Non-vented might create a sulphury smell in the boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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