August 2006
(NOTE FROM HJ: SORRY GUYS AND GALS. HENRY K. STARTED THIS THREAD WITH A SENSIBLE MOTOR-RELATED WARNING. PLEASE RESTRICT COMMENT TO THIS. I AM NOW GOING TO GO THROUGH THE THREAD AND DELETE EVERY POST THAT IS NOT MOTOR RELATED IN AN ATTEMPT TO PREVENT THE WHOLE THING DEGENERATING INTO A DISCUSSION OF AIRPORT SECURITY OR A POLITICAL DISCUSSION THAT HAS NO PLACE HERE.)
Re those who drive to an airport, park and take their car keys with them.
With the current level of security at UK airports, I suspect any fancy car keys with their remote operation , because they have transmitters, will have to go in the hold.
I have a basic key for my Mondeo so that should not be a problem for me.
I assume, once this situation is recognised, that there will be a rush for basic keys else you take a risk that they might not reappear from the baggage systems. Read more
does anybody remember these and did they ever use them and were there any funny tales to tell asa a result?
i used to carry one in its "baco foil" tube but never got to use it....................thankfully?
i thank you..............
(for those that dont know what i am
on about they were like clingfilm and were fastened between the "a" posts and then the doors were shut ,oh and before laminated glass was standard fit) Read more
>>Cant be bothered with this forum anymore either
That's an early bed time during the holidays.
The above has just sat down at the back. Managed to slowly drive it home, hopefully without damage. Someone mentioned the height corrector? We're not at all technical, but having eventually got it up on ramps, with great difficulty, I can see the item that looks like a diagram I've found. There is, supposedly, a plastic piece that goes in it???? Only a £1 or so to replace. Is this so? Is this the possible problem? No fluid has escaped, and the front is rising as it should. Prior to this we've had all 3 rear spheres replaced as the ride was bouncy, and it didn't help much. Opinions please??
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Thanks for the very useful links. Had a good look at the pictures, which helps.
Also posted a message myself as there's so much conflicting advice on that site I'm at a bit of a loss. I'm going out now to give it a spray with proper grease, and look for anything that might appear broken. Someone on the other site commented that it can take 24 hours and several sprays of (they said) WD40 before the HC reacts and loosens up. Rear of the car doesn't respond to the manual height lever - well, not yet, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Thanks again.
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Had car mot'd today. Car passed, but was amazed seeing the subjectiveness of the brake test.
The car was tested on the rollers with the tester watching a flickery needle on an analogue dial. He judged it was reading 150 on the right and 200 on the left, I reckon the error in this measurement must be at least 20%.
Anyway, he plugs all the numbers in the the famous computerised system and told me it just scraped through on the brake balance, cos the computer 'worked it out' and the max imbalance is 25%. Given that the original reading was taken by eye from a flickery needle, what a ridiculous system! If it was reading 149 on the left it would have failed! Read more
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I don't know when this was, but it's certainly in the
checklist now.
". Examine all the mechanical components of the brakes which can
be seen without dismantling, looking particularly for:
blah blah blah
"brake disc scoring, pitting or wear;"
Yes, but I think the issue is how much 'wear' before a fail is issued. The manfr might allow for very little wear in setting minimum thickness whereas for the MoT brake performance may be fine with much more wear. Manfr minimum thickness can be quite conservative. I have certainly put cars though with 1mm wear lip either side of a 22mm vented disc and they've gone through without a murmur.
My wife's 2002 Toyota Yaris has developed a plasticky rattling noise from the top of the dashboard (passenger side). It seems to come from the airbag cover, and seems to decrease if you press down on the cover (tricky to do whilst driving...). Does anyone know if there could be a clip or bracket or something that'a come lose? and more importantly, is the airbag likely to 'go off'?
Thanks in advance for any advice
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Hi
You might try having a search or posting here:
toyotaownersclub.com/forums/index.php?showforum=49
Good luck - Andy
Does anyone know of a combined phone, PDA and SAT NAV unit ?
I am sure Orange had a PDA/Phone unit, don't know if it did SATNAV also not sure if you could buy something similar unlocked for any network.....
and someone tells me you can get SAT NAV on a SD card that would fit into a PDA unit....
could one buy a Phone/PDA combo and insert this SAT/NAC card to achieve the same aim.
I would like someting that could be used in the car, as a standard SAT NAV, with speed-camera warning too if Poss ! !
but also something that would be used with Ordnance Survey software, so when I go out on my bicycle in the country with the cycling club I could track my route onto the OS maps and then store/download my route for later use
- also useful I'm told if you are on some bridleway and there are a plethora of apths that aren't marked on the map - you can tell where you really are !!!
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i have the new ipaq, the 6910 (same as 6915, but no camera).
has everything you want, has wifi, bluetooth and gps receiver built in. and its a phone.
Havent used it for gps yet, havent loaded full version of tomtom on it - came with a cutdown version, only 1 city.
will need a mini SD card for it to do that i think.
Battery life is far less than a normal phone, but using gps you would need an in car charger/ mount anyway, so should be an issue.
Its great for texting as it has a proper keyboard. It is a bit bulky, but not as bad as i thought. Nice bit of kit.
its about the same size as my dell pda i use for sat nav at present.
get it on a new phone contract and its not too expensive. Cost me £175 on our business contract from vodafone.
can anyone being really honest, say what car should i try next to use as a eliable taxi, ive had a vauxhall carlton in 1990 it got worn out, changed to the vauxhall omega - gave up with that as it had nearly all sensors replaced, two rebuilt engines, changed to a 1998 2.0 td mondeo, had never ever problems with that too, ie, fuel injectors, glow plugs, and bad shaking through the steering wheel, changed to a 2001 2.0 mondeo tddi , and have experienced more problems than ever, two diesel pumps costing 650.00 each. drop links replaced twice, drivers seat replaced, clutch that took 2 days to fit as the whole subframe had to come out, ongoing air con problems (which are still happening ) bad tyre wear even after paying out for the ford 4 wheel alignment, i could go on but dont want to bore you, i need a good, heavy working diesel, that doesnt need things replacing so frequently, many thanks claire Read more
Personally wouln't bother with the Toyota Prius, drove one at work for while.........Totally uninspiring drive, fiddly and not that economical, despite the hype.... very disappointed and can't understand why so many celebs have them, unless it's just to appease the rest of us with their so called green credentials.
Anyone driven the Honda hybrid,as the Honda Civic 2.2 D that has temporarily replaced the Prius (Honda have run out of UK hybrids due to a big order apparently) is really quite good. We're due to get a hybrid one soon and if it's anything like the quality of the current diesel one i'm looking forward to it.
Afternoon all
SWMBO is currently insured with Tesco, fully comprehensive and is time for renewal. Problem is her current possibly does not allow her third party cover to drive other cars due to age restrictions (she is 21).
Does anyone know a company that will allow her to do that is she has fully comp insurance and as a sidenote has a pretty competitive excess rate?
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Does the type of car matter, or theoretically could you drive
an affluent friends ferrari third party with such a policy???
It's people doing just that which is one of the reasons why insurance companies have said they want to drop this cover. The official reason is that it was causing confusion, with things like people who were named drivers on policy's thinking they were covered etc.
I've asked this before, but does anyone know why it was ever introduced in the first place? (Not a guess, please, but genuinely know).
I have just had one of these (a 110 diesel) as a hire car for two weeks, and quite liked it. Can anyone tell me if the facelifted model has overcome to reliabilty/poor build problems of the earlier version? Thanks. Read more
Bosch developed CAN electrical systems in the around 1986.
Mercedes where the first to bring CAN electrical systems to cars.
Peugeot / Citroen followed on a few years later bring CAN to us common people & now other manufactures are following suit.
Fiat, VAG, Vauxhall, Ford use it that I know of.
Your 307 is most likely a CAN - BUS system, The newer ones are full CAN - CAN.
CAN is also sometimes called by another name Multiplex
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