September 2002
I have recently bought a Mk IV golf and wish to upgrade the std stereo and also fit some rear speakers.
Having just removed the rear door panels, I couldn't find the speaker connectors. I was surprised at this as I have added rear speakers on a number of my previous cars and they have always had cabling and connectors even when the rear speakers themselves were not present.
Is this a feature of Golfs or I am just not looking hard enough?
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Hi all.
While investigating new tyres, I checked the current size:
'195/65/R15 - 91H - XH1' is the marking.
My current understanding is that R is the speed rating.
Now the surprising part is that R is 106 miles per hour 'safety speed'.
My surprise comes from the fact that the car is slightly faster than that (French motorway, *grin*).
Anyone knows whether there is a reason why the standard tyres fitted are 'slower' than the car ? Read more
There is a lot to be said for the Internet, but more importantly a lot of thanks to all.
I would like to think that I am a little bit more intelligent, or a little wiser, but it is just that I can now order the proper tyres for the car :-)
It's that time of year again when I need to plump for the lesser of several evils, and pick an insurance company...Just wondering if any of the back-roomers had advice on which companies to try for decent (read: cheap) quotes?
I am a 'young driver' (i.e. in the 21-24 bracket), male, (I know, not looking good so far) and drive an Audi Coupe 2.0L (oh yes, it's gonna be expensive!). Last year was with Adrian Flux, this year, best quote so far (TPFT) is with Norwich Union, at £650 (very impressed with this one). Have also tried Tescos and Direct Line, who come in at about £800. AA never any good, so haven't bothered.
Would prefer to go with a reputable company, as am a bit tired of dealing with cowboys...Any suggestions for how to reduce my premium, and who to try?
Thanks in advance.
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I've gone with 1stquote for the last few years because no one seems to be able to touch their prices. I'm 23 with a Nissan 100NX with 5 yrs no claims and I'm paying £403 TFPT. The closest I came to beating the price was through Direct Line who wanted £406.
I rang e-sure who wouldn't touch me until I had an insurance approved immobiliser and was over 25.
Any other companies were charging over £500.
In another thread L'escargot mentioned the driver of a Mini Cooper who he thought had been 'nabbed' for having plates which had been 'tweaked' to read like her name. I'm sure most of us have seen similar plates where 7's are made to look like T's and black dots used to make 2 different letters look like a single different letter. I always thought this was illegal but there seem to be so many about still. What is the law and should it be more rigorously enforced ? Read more
Well said Watcher.
Now take the Bible in your right hand, swear after me.
Your now Special Constable 123.
Cool! Can any species join?
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travelling along motorway cam belt went. The car has the Honda engine is it worth changing cam belt to see if engine okay ? or is it an engine re-build only car only worth £600
Terry
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Good thinking ToTH. Now we need one of our smarter people to come up with a formula for calculating capacity of small dents in pistons.:-)
Happy Motoring Phil I
Why does my rev limiter cut in at 6500 when the red line starts at 6000 and max power is at 6200? Read more
The primary function of the rev-limiter is to prevent use of revs which are potentially damaging, or fatal, for the engine. The power drops off so quickly after max power that it serves no purpose to be revving in that range.
The red line is there for a purpose. Unless the engine has been rebuilt by a tuning specialist, there is NO POINT exceeding the red-line, ever.
Most turbo'd engines have their max torque electronically limited to give a flat torque-curve, from say 2000 to 5000 rpm, to reduce the need for a very high torque-capacity gearbox.
I am just about to install a new camshaft + lifters in my 1986 3.5 V8 Range Rover rally-car-on-a-shoestring (286k kms) and I have mislaid the information I had regarding the special running-in procedure. i.e. not letting the engine run at idle for the first 30 mins.
Does anyone know where I can find this? Done an hour of Google and re-read the RPi site but still cannot find the regime.
Not certain exactly why a regime of x minutes at y rpm followed by p minutes at q rpm etc etc is required. Someone said it places too much stress on the lobes at low speed??? Or is it a lubrication issue??? or is the speed required to get the lifters to turn properly on the slightly "sticky" cam for the bedding-in process???.
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I have been looking for an Omega to replace my 14 year old Carlton and have found a large proportion of those inspected to have rust under the paint beneth the winding window seals on one or more doors. This can be detected as bumps by running a finger along the rubber, even if the paint has not begun to blister wher it can be seen. This looks like a serious and expensive problem to rectify, and very disappointing to find on 3 to 4 year old cars.
A 94k mile example which I drove had a whine from the rear, even at low speed.
I have been surprised not to see these mentioned on this forum. Perhaps the noisy axle is uncommon, but the paint problem is clearly not.
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Maybe its because mine is only the single unit without the trip computer (my car is the GLS), I guess they might be more reliable!
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I have checked all the FAQ info and done a search on the techie threads, but there does not seem to be an answer to running in a new automatic.
My other half (Anne) has bought a sparkly Honda CRV auto for collection on Friday from Bob Gerard (very nice and helpful people) and is wanting to know how to treat it on the drive from Great Glen back to Yorkshire. She is going to do lots of miles in a short time (25k per year) and therefore intends to keep it for five or so years. So can you bed in/run in an auto in the same way you do a manual?
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Avoid the 'kick-down' for the first 1000 miles or so...
Hi all
On leaving Heathrow Airport for my holiday I discovered I had left the keys for my Skoda Fabia at the security check. On return there was no sign of the keys at lost property. I had to to drive to Liverpool, so phoned a few local dealers and was told if they could get the chassis number they could get a key made but it would take 3 days, not much use. So phoned up the AA the warranty support option and was told this was not covered by the warranty. However they could get a locksmith out to cut a new one on the spot at a cost of £330 + vat. Not much choice so said yes(feeling ill now). Locksmith came and a key was cut and worked but was told the spare key at home is now no good, so now have only one key. Is it expensive to get a new key programed by the dealer? Any chance of a claim on my travel insurance?
Postscript after a seven hour flight I was not thinking as clear as I should have so probably could have looked at other options.
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Now where have we seen this before?
Old thread resurrected; idiotic spammer thinks we're all going to pop over from the UK to Florida to get spare keys. Right.
If its the basic model then no cable will be present as they didn't bother to take the cable that far (cost cutting???)
The cables go only so far from the iso connector find the path of the cabes from the block and trace the correctly coloured wires and split off of them to the back speaker mounts. You will find the colour reference in a haynes manual.