October 2009
Just reading through VW's brochure for the Polo and spotted a DAB upgrade to the radio for £170!
This is the only time I've seen DAB mentioned. Shouldn't they be be put in as standard by now in all cars? Read more
Nearly all tractor units on our roads are the 'cab over engine' type with a flat front.
Why don't we have more with protruding bonnets?
I've seen a few, and they seem to be doing the same job.
Perhaps they are longer.
I know the cabs on the other type tilt, but you'd have thought a unit with a conventional bonnet would be easier to service.
So why are there so few? Read more
Regarding space in lorry cabs BTW; American trucks might look wonderful on the outside but to have any sort of decent sleeping accomodation the tractor units are themselves as long as an 8-wheeler tipper is in the UK, and have a big box tacked on to the back of the cab to accomodate this. On the posher versions they have showers and loos incorporated as well. Most British truckers are lucky to get a cold-water wash at night.
Have a look inside one of the modern sleeper-cabbed DAF, Scania or Volvo artics commonly used in the UK and you'll be amazed at how well all the space is used. It has to be, because that is often the driver's home for the week (and sometimes longer) and since the overnight parking facilities for HGV's are so pitifully inadequate in this country he has to make best use of it.
Oddly enough, whilst the American sleeper compartments are usually luxurious the driving cab itself is often rather narrow and cramped, especially on the older models.
I am looking for a good engineer that can fix my car,because after visiting vauxhall authorised dealers and service i feel i wasted my money and time.I am saying that from previous experience and problems i had with them.
Now to the point. After reprograming my cars heating in vauxhall ,the last 8 months on my dashboard appears that light with the car and the spannel tool.
I went to a private code reader,and he diagnosed that i had to change the glow plugs on my car.And i had them changed,and the relay for the glowplugs also.
He also said that there must be a fuse for the glowplugs but he wasnt sure where it was?
if anyone knows about its location please let me know.
And also if someone knows a specialist for diesel cars , vectra c would it be possible to let me know the details .I live in london.
Regards
George A Read more
maybe some more smoke on the exhaust , when the car is cold.
takes a bit more time to start.
OK, I was going to take on a Mini Cooper S though it has no aircon so I now have 2008 A4 Avant SE 2.0 TDi Multitronic lined up, any thoughts?
I think it is a 140 rather than 170, its a PD so not expecting great refinement, any views on the Multitronic gearbox?
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If there are cars on the fleet available, my employer tends to make new employees take one until the end of the lease. Ending the lease early probably costs a fair bit and they'd try to avoid that.
If you had to keep the A4 until the end of the lease (so could easily be 2011 if a three year lease and when in 2008 it was delivered) it could be worse. Not a bad car to be stuck with. And again I'd not worry about the Multitronic because it is not yours to fix.
As for the A5 Sportback - pretty sure it's a 4 seater too. But as a company car driver the 180PS 2.0T is pretty good for BIK. Okay you won't get as many mpg as a diesel but you don't pay the extra 3% on value of car as you do on a diesel.
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I have a deauville 650cc motorcycle. It has 25000 miles on the clock. It has a problem whereby it is very hard to engage into neutral. All other gears are ok. I have also noticed that the gear change is very stiff.
When the engine is switched off, it gets into neutral with the utmost of ease. Can anyone advice me of what this might be?
Thanks
Gregory Read more
I acquired a 1994 NTV650 with 44,000miles on clock, I noticed a similar issue with finding neutral at a standstill, I found by rolling the bike gently backwards 6/10" ( whilst sitting astride it) and selecting neutral ( from 1st) helped.
I sold it at 55,000 miles with the original brake discs pads front/rear still less than half worn.one of the best all round midweight bikes I have owned....
A Black Rat is a fairly common nickname for a road traffic policeman - the type that tend to go up and down the motorway in big cars.
It might be more of a 'police to police' term, but I just wondered where it came from?
I've certainly heard it used in the Northumbria, North Yorkshire and Durham forces.
Is it a regional thing? Or are there any other daft names for traffic officers?
Just to confuse matters, a few years ago I heard the term 'Black Dog' used to mean the same thing.
I'm sure members of the Back Room constabulary - both serving and retired - will be able to help.
By the way, the coppers I've seen called Black Rats don't appear to take it as an insult, and it's certainly not meant to be here - just a bit of fun and interest.
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To quote from www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=33415
Swearing is not permitted on this site. Anybody surprised ? Anybody think that this is a bit of a change ? Perhaps this is new to someone ?
It was just a few asterisks
Is anybody particularly offended by the letter "s" and thinks that using "$" instead purifies the word ? Perhaps "i" bothers you and "1" is somehow cleaner and less troublesome ? Maybe "@" stands for a better ideal than "a" ??
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Its time (after a free brake check) 'apparently' to change my front discs as they are below 23mm thickness at 21mm according to one of these fast fit type places.
Ive been quoted £160 for discs and £90 for pads..........anyone know if this is high priced?
{Name removed, following an allegation you were conned by them} Read more
Its the big outfits that have to meet targets and performance figures. Commission as well. Hence the temptation to 'over egg the pudding'.
Heat was stuck in hot so changed the heater valve under the bonnet, now stuck in cold. Have replaced control panel and completely flushed the cooling system no joy. have also tested power to heater valve and steady 12volts. Valve opens to cold but will not switch to hot, have tried two different valves any ideas?
Car runs fine with no over heating to engine etc. Read more
also had few ka suffer with the heater control panel failing to test this get a multimeter and conect it to the twopin multiplug at the heater valve cheecking the voltage it should change as u turn the heater control. do this with the engine runing for best results. it will prob be 13 volts on hot and about 7volts on cold. in the middle of to control u will find the voltage will fluctuate fro 13-7 volts. if it doesnt change at any point then i would suspect the control panel is at fault. but do double check the valve
Hi - Will need to replace the front tyres on the Rav 225/65/R17 101H currently Bridgestone. Rang around the usual companys and the prices fitted for the same make range from £150/158, Yoks £130/136 (have not yet attempted to negociate), however, a budget tyre was mentioned NANKANG at £95 fitted. I have found their WEB site. Does anybody out there have any experience of the make? Many thanks. Read more
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Hi, I'm new to the forum which I've been searching for the last 24 hours or so to try and get an answer to a problem that quite a few people have had with some great responses so here goes. I have a 52 plate 307 HDi 110 with 68K on the clock. 2 days ago I had to have the off-side lower engine mount replace after it failed casuing all sorts of banging noises etc. I paid the £240 repair bill and headed home in the rush hour traffic only to notice that there was no power and the turbo wasn't kicking in at around 1800 revs. I couldn't really confirm this (due to traffic) until the next morning when I drove along a dual carriageway and was able to put my foot down. No turbo, no power, revs wouldn't go much above 3000 and then the engine diagnostic light and the ESP/ASR light came on the dash with the Antipollution Fault dispayed on the console and the audible alarm. Phoned the repair garage (who did the engine mount) who said they could have disturbed a sensor when taking the wheel and drive shaft out etc and the wheel sensor links into the same system. When I got back in the car several hours later the ESP/ASr had recovered leaving just the Antipollution Fault and the engine diagnostic light on and still no power. So my question is, could something have been disturbed that could be a quick fix or is this going to cost me a small fortune for a new FAP as seen on other posts? Any help in this matter would be much appreciated, thank you in advance Read more
Anti-pollution fault appeared on our car, put it into our local independent garage, they eventually came back saying that whoever had worked on the engine before had routed the engine electrical harness in such a way that it was too tight, then when the engine rocked in normal use it was causing connections to be broken.
They rerouted the harness and all has been well since.
So, if they did disturb the harness, it could give this fault. It's one possible reason, anyway.
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guygamps has summed it up well.
European car manufacturers won't be happy with no European standard, and while the UK may have a first and it's taken off in the home, it now obsolete technology....