May 2007
I have just purchased a NAVMAN F20. Does anybody know what type of 'card' fits this unit and can you download things from the internet for it (new maps, etc)?
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A friend of mine is relocating permanently to SW France and fancies treating himself to a brand new car (LHD), probably a Peugot estate. Does anyone know the best deals available? For instance, do the French have internet brokers like we have? Can you negotiate a discount with main dealers? Would a nearly new car be a better buy? etc
I'm pretty sure that someone out there has just the advice I told him I'd get!!! Read more
A few remarks aboput buying cars in France:
Delaers for the 'national' makes can be insufferably snotty and just about refuse to accept that anything foreign can come anywhere near their (in my view, shoddy) offers. As a result negociating the price down more than a symbolic sum is pretty rare. But that's no reason not to try. Dealers for imported, particularly Japanese, makes are much more reasonable.
Beware of the brokers offering 'new' cars at 25 or 30% off. They regularly get a very bad press. Questions to ask: Will the car come straight from the factory or port to me (or will it have spent a year sitting unsold in a field near Athens before the Greek importer cut his losses)? Can I have ALL the options and colours given by the manufacturer/importer (beware if the answer is NO)? Where wiil the car be delivered (think of your costs if the answer is Copenhagen)? What deposit do you want (no more than 5% of the car's value)? Can you guarantee a delivery date to within a week or two and what will you do to compensate me of delivery date is delayed?
Some of the brokers may be honest,competent and completely above board but the problem is being certain of that before you part with any cash.
Hello,
I have a glow plug question.
Car: A4 tdi 90BHP 1996 Non-PD 1Z engine.
The glow plugs only seem to stay on for a second, may be two at the most, which makes (made) starting a real pain first thing.
I have checked all the glow plugs and they are working fine, I know the plugs are only staying for a couple of seconds because I have put my multmeter across them.
Now, IF I disconnect the coolant temp sensor from by the thermostat the plugs stay on for approx 20 seconds regardless...this makes me suspect the sensor is faulty, however how do I check for sure?
I have a VAG-com unit but are only running the free software. I have taken a look and checked all the coolant parameters and they appear to be reading correctly....does anyone know if the thermostat sensor is 'just for the glow plugs' Will it have any adverse effect if the sensor is disconnected whilst driving?
I plan to get another sensor shortly but I wanted to check I had covered all my bases before getting one.
Also, injection pump timing, a while ago I was told these are 'adjustable' and has an effect on the car starting (screwloose was it you?).....I will be doing the cam belt week....
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Aretas
That would fit; it's a double [4-pin] sensor on most VAG cars - one thermistor for the gauge and a separate one for the ECU [and the CAN network on the later ones.]
...including mine. Lots of the usual stuff - people waddling down the outside lane at 45 and staying in the way because they think they're at the limit, all that.
But for those who know the Box Hill roundabout on the A24, which is slow going south but negotiable at any speed going north now the A24 northbound has right of way there... I was hurrying down the outside lane towards it out of Dorking, somewhat over the NSL, when I noticed a red Mk1 Golf GTI had come up even faster and was behind. There was as always on Sunday a lot of scattered traffic of variable ability and speed.
Just before the roundabout the 2-lane carriageway sprouts a third, right turn lane. People aren't too clever about nipping into it. There was a slow Micra or something ahead, signalling right, and some more traffic ahead of it in the NS lane. It started, rather slowly, to edge into the right-turn slip lane. I realised the roundabout had been ruined for me - don't entirely trust it anyway especially on Sundays - so I started to back off and ease into the NS lane. Then the Micra got out of the way and I started to ease back into the outside lane (I know! I know! Don't say it!) and come back on the loud pedal, speed 60ish by this time. Big horn noise, OS door mirror suddenly full of red Golf, so I gave it best with a curse. As the Golf went by, just about as we reached the roundabout, a cyclist wobbled slowly from the hidden NS of the road across both lanes heading for Box Hill. A very silly and lucky cyclist.
I was furious with the Golf whose driver was of course wearing a baseball cap. But if I hadn't got in its way there was every chance it would have collected the cyclist at high speed. And if the Micra hadn't got in my way, I might have... Shudder..... Read more
And the (really rather good) 10cc album was of course named after the Mickleham bends
a little further north. >>
That's right, they are deceptive because of the way they tighten.
I used to be a Sunday regular at Box Hill, yes there were bike accidents occasionally though probably below the national average due to the sheer number of bikes.
As an aside he also said Honda were in a right state at the moment
because of the instability of their big patrol bikes when loaded up at high speed.
Not a nice experience I can imagine! The bikes (not 750s maybe 950s/1100s?) have had
to be withdrawn from use while they try and work out how to fix them.
Strangely it doesn't affect all the bikes.
It is the Pan European ST1300's.
I wondered whether anybody has bought a car from www.carsite.co.uk and what has been their experience?
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looked at the site
sorry not impressed
any company that uses the phrase car and winning just leaves me cold
£75 eh very tasty
Can you self-calibrate the fuel computer on a ford S-Max. Mine is about 15% optomistic and I know that you could self-calibrate the FC in the Mondeo's by using the two dials/steering wheel controls. If it can be done on an S-MAx, how?
I know I can always deduct 15% off the claimed number but if it is easily fixable, I rather would.
Thanks
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The headlamps on my Land-Rover are like candles in jars despite reasonably new reflectors, good ( Osram ) H4s and new, clean earth connections. I was going to check the voltage at the bulbs but realised that I have forgotten the correct reading! Can anyone help and should the bulbs be conected to the three way plug at the time of the test or not?
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Thanks all. The entire loom is only just over two years old and there are no "nasty" connectors anywhere - the vehicle is standard spec. I'll go for the relat approach this weekend and see if there is any improvement.
A few months ago I posted the above topis on the forum for a request for hepl and advice. I thought I'd update you with the progress so far. I have been in touch with my insurance company and completed all the required paperwork. My insurance company are stating that WVM is denying hitting my vehicle and says that I hit him. I believe this is going to be a long and drawn out affair and possibly with a 50/50 verdict at the end (which I'm not happy with!!!) Thanks to all who commented. I have taken what you have said on board. Read more
Try these people bellboy, I got an mp3 player to FM transmitter for £7 from them via ebay.
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The air con on the above doesn't work. I had some new refrigerant put into it a few months ago and at first it worked like a charm, left it over night and the next morning, nothing! I assume from this that I have a leak in the system somewhere. I haven't used the air con for some time and was wondering if because of the lack of use I may have damaged the compressor or the system itself which could be expensive to replace. What would the cost be for a new compressor and what is the best way to locate the leak? Read more
Having just looked up a 2003 Zafira handbook on Vauxhall's website (that's the earliest dated edition I can find) -
It's as Bell Boys has already mentioned. Fuses 39 & 40. Both 5 amp fuses.
It also mentions fuse 2 = 30 amp fuse (this is a larger dimension sized than the others). Fuse 35 = 10 amp fuse.
Plus fuse 22 = 15 amp. But this fuse is also for the hazzard warning lights, so if they're working you can dimiss it.
i have a hole in the side of backbox (about the size of a one pence coin), if i block/fill this hole in with something like exhaust assy paste, will it still cause my car to fail its mot? Read more
My Focus passed with a bigger hole than that because it was only in the outer skin of a double-skinned silencer.
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They use Tele Atlas maps, mine's dated from september last year.
I think if you want updated maps you have to buy a new SD card, don't know for sure.