November 2001
Since I have been driving a turbo diesel again (Peugeot 406), my mind must have subconsciously defaulted to 1995-98 when I had a Citroen BX TZD. Several mornings I have found myself waiting on the drive with the engine idling for that sensation of the suspension rising up!
My Wife has admitted she has done exactly the same thing. Has anyone else suffered a similar problem? Read more
I am having one fitted next weekend(if I manage to get home) ,it is diesel driven and silent and I am paying the extra for a remote control and timer control .1850dm including fitting.
regards Andy Read more
Thanks Andy, about 590 GBP then, hmmm
Can anyone recommend a driving school in the Basingstoke area that has auto transmission cars available ?
My SO passed her driving test in Namibia a number of years ago (more than she would want me to disclose), in a manual transmission car, but hasn't driven a manual for years. She can't exchange either her Namibian or Texas license for a U.K. one so she wants to take some 'familiarisation' lessons and then her test in an auto.
My insurers are more than a little reluctant to let me stick L-plates on the Z28 for a few weeks and we're having trouble finding a driving school that has automatics.
Thanks, Kevin... Read more
when you would have been 4 ? Don't know that I can remember features like that from when I was 4. Although it was a long time ago.
Radio2 has a phone it starting at midday about bull bars and traffic noise that may be of interest. Hope thats on topic enough? Read more
Bull bars, or as they are called in Oz: 'Roo bars' dont have a use in the UK, but in country Oz it is a different story, hitting a large male Roo at 100kph is no fun. OK the roo bar will not prevent panel damage to the front/side/top of the car but it will
prevent radiator/engine damage. With panel damage you can drive 200km to the nearest house, with no radiator it is a long walk!
I dont like bull bars one bit but have to admit after hitting my first roo while working in Oz for 5 years I was very glad of it.
Ian
As some of you may remember, we have plans afoot to make The Back Room multi-topic. One of the proposed topics could well be a bulletin board for contributors to advertise their private cars for sale. Once or twice people have written to me and asked if it would be ok to mention their for-sale cars here, and it seems there's plenty of interest. However, there also needs to be some specific monitoring so that we're not cluttered up with out of date classifieds, so until then I'd prefer to keep such advertising to an absolute minimum.
As far as the recent threads to do with online showrooms are concerned, these too may well be brought into hj.co.uk in some form in the not-too-distant future. But until that happens I have absolutely no objection if someone (such as "K", for example -- see his thread entitled "Hidden Message") wants to recommend a trader who gives a good deal. We all benefit from that sort of thing. As long as no-one tries to take the mickey and pushes their own business under the guise of a 'recommendation'. Read more
As I run an internet based Company I am aware of the virus issue but as you state I too use the latest virus checker.
While we would not ordinarily want to see The Back Room used as a discussion forum about computer viruses, there was a specific reason for talking about this particular instance, because the virus in question was connected to email correspondence between Honest John and Back Room contributors. He was obliged to warn people that the virus was around.
At the same time, given the connection, it was entirely appropriate for other contributors to share what they knew about the problem. Thank you, everyone who contributed. Read more
Norton indicates every time an attempt is made to place a virus on my system. As I type this, I've been on the net to less than half an hour and Norton has already blocked three attempted SubSeven Trojans.
As for not preventing viruses, I also have Norton Antivirus running, and so far I have only had one virus, and Norton immediately quarantined the offending virus.
Now, I wouldn't dream of going on the net without a firewall and up-to-date antivirus software. It's dangerous out there!
Andy
Is this forum really the place for virus warnings? I was under the mistaken belief that this was a motoring forum, not a part of PC World. Surely if I want to know about the latest viruses, I'll go to Symantec or McAfee. I don't want to see this forum cluttered up with junk that just gets in the way.
So please, no more virus warnings.
FP Read more
its better that we learn about these viruses than the viruses take hold and we couldnt even get on the web to look at forums.
Parked the car further up the drive than usual over the weekend, to allow a friend to get in behind me. Too close to the maple tree which shed its beautiful red leaves all over the bonnet and windscreen.
It was raining when I next drove it. Wipers cleared the windscreen OK but I didn't think to clear the bonnet. The leaves didn't fly off immediately - which they might have done had it been dry - but few up in small drifts.
Fortunately the windscreen wipers cleared them easily. But next time I'll sweep them off the bonnet first, as I would with snow! Read more
Silver Birch seeds are a pain in the ****.
They get everywhere, particularly into the heater intake so that when, miles away from home, you put the fan on full you get a facefull of seeds.
i have just had a virus called 'WORM_BADTRANS.B', it also has many aliases, but all have the 'BADTRANS' in the name.
it does not require the email receiver to open the attachment for it to execute. it uses a known vulnerability in Internet Explorer-based email clients (Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express) to automatically execute the file attachment. this is also known as Automatic Execution of Embedded MIME type.
the way that i got rid of it was through www.antivirus.com and i used the free tools, then just click on the free scan.
if you want to know how to delete it let me know. Read more
i have to do the same with the badtrans (cleaning it out), i just wish i could get my hands on the people that create these viruses.
I bought a 1993 320E just over 2 weeks ago. Occasionally the engine idles roughly -- the normal idle is very smooth but at times there is a noticeable shudder, and when it does shudder I've known the engine speed fluctuate as well (cold idle's about 1000, warm is about 600, it can hunt over that sort of range at maybe 1 cycle/second). A number of times it has actually stalled, which it being an auto 'box you'd not expect to happen.
If it does stall, it won't start unless the accelerator is pressed (it doesn't need much). It needs the gas even if it's stalled when warm, so I don't think that's the catalyst protection that's been discussed here. It seems a lot happier starting from cold if you give it a bit of gas too.
This doesn't only occur when the engine's idling but also when the accelerator's being pressed, whether you're already moving or pulling away from rest. The observed symptom when the car's moving is of it being jerked backwards and forwards, a bit like what you'd get from rapidly altering the position of the accelerator, only it's quite a bit sharper. Rev counter stays steady in this situation. Sometimes bringing the accelerator up or down a bit sorts it out.
Has anybody else experienced similar symptoms, particularly with this model?
I've not yet managed to get the car to misbehave on demand, but circumstances in which I've known it to happen include coming off the accelerator to let the car slow down by about 10mph (usually from about 70 down to 60) then going back on to maintain the lower speed: when you go back on the accelerator it starts jerking. Also slowing the car down to walking pace to manoeuvre into the office car park, then coming to a halt, is a good way to get it to act up.
I don't think it's engine temperature-related ... it'll happen whether I've just started the car or if I've driven 150 miles. I have a gut feeling that it might have something to do with the outside temperature: it seems to be more prone to misbehave the colder it is.
I've been running the car on regular unleaded (usually Shell but the occasional Esso and one Total) and have had the same symptoms with all the tanks. If it was a problem with the fuel itself I'd expect to be seeing the symptoms much more frequently. It's set up to run on 95-octane ... again I'd have expected more regular complaining if it wanted 98.
A possibly related observation: when the engine's cold there is a noticeable and not particularly pleasant growling/whining noise when it's revved much above 2000rpm, and it feels a bit reluctant to change up through the gears. The whining isn't the gearbox: I've confirmed that by gently revving the engine with the 'box in Park. This noise goes away quite suddenly once the engine's been running for a minute or two.
Any ideas would be much appreciated! Many thanks. Read more
Had a similar fault on a '94 280, turned out to be a faulty oxygen sensor (lambda). Get it tested before shelling out on a replacement though!
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this car does exist, i just like to modify it.