August 2007
HJ's "Car by Car" Guide says that the ABS on my Audi is switchable.
Any idea where the switch is located?
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Anyone had any experience of a Company known as "Shires Performance Tunning" or as "SP-Tunning", remapping Diesel and Petrol ECU's.
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Yes, I had my Xsara HDi 110 remapped by them a couple of months ago. I would certainly recommend them, its made a significant improvement. The engine is smoother generally and pulls from lower revs far better than it did, its noticeably quicker too. MPG appears to be the same or perhaps very slightly better.
im in need of a new wiper arm on a 2001 306 and a mate is breaking a 1999 3 series bmw. I was wondering if the wiper size was the same if the splines would fit my car?
Id simply try it but hes about 80 miles away at the mo.
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short but sweet.
thanks very much
is there any affordable way of repairing damaged paintwork (i.e the paint has come off) of a car - or at least something that will make it less noticeable so ones father doesnt see it and kill yours truly??
Do they make any sort of bubble wrap i can put around my car to stop it getting damaged in the first place :) Read more
your car is quite new .Go to the dealer who supplied it and get 2 paint touch up sticks,and laquer if its metallic.Touch in the damage, it will be barely noticeable,exept to you. When you come to trade it in eventually the dealer would much rather see this and any further minor damage touched in than lots of respraying which could mean major damage has been repaired.Cars collect damage, nobody can expect them not to.Treat minor damage repairs as maintenance and you wont go far wrong,stonechips on the bonnet and so on
I own a 56 Focus 1.8TDCI. I have been told engine re mapping not only improves performance but also fuel efficiency and drive ability. Does any one know where I could find out more information.
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My experience over several modified diesels is that driveability and performance are substantially improved and overall fuel economy is no better or worse. Certainly because you have extra torque you may not need to change down and rev the car quite so hard or long to get to the speed you want to. So that can possibly save a bit and if you don't constantly exploit the extra power that often I'd imagine you might see a small improvement. But the extra power is quite addictive and more power comes from amongst other things more fuelling so IMO it's a swings and roundabouts scenario.
My daughter purchased a car from a trader which came with a 30 day warranty. Ten days after the warranty expired the car has developed a fault, in fact it will not start suspected ecu or fuel pump problem.
Are there any rights that I have although the 30 days warranty has expired to get the dealer to repair the car? Read more
Does this mean dealer can come and ask you for more money after you have
paid?Just wondering if the 'elastic'approach to aggreements is ok for both partys.
Consumer law has for the past 30 years or so recognised that consumers and traders are NOT equal parties in contracts, and that freedom of contract is a myth.
Accordingly the consumer is (rightly) protected by law from dealers selling lemons and refusing to come back. Thus if it turns out to need £3k of work, the dealer will cover it, as partof the overall larger risk of doing business (i.e. he'll have to do expensive repairs to one car, but then nineteen others will be sold with no problems); the consumer is not forced to shoulder the risk, which quite plainly is far larger to the consumer than the dealer. If you do not like this, you do not sell to consumers.
could anybody tell me if there is a website to compare fuel consumption figures? ive found www.vcacarfueldata.org.uk. this gives only newer car figures but i need figures for the mk6 honda civic 1.6 vtec v 1.7 cdti thanks
Have a look at this thread below - may help. I found some older car tests on the AA website that provided this data - PU
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=55044&...f Read more
My wifes 2002 1.6 vtec SE regularly returns 37-38mpg in day to day driving with a lot of start stopping and short runs while on a recent long drive from Belfast to Leicester (via Cairnryan with P&O!), it returned over 45mpg predominantly at motorway speeds and with the car nearly fully loaded. Can't comment on the diesel I'm afraid but would imagine it would give an additional 10mpg or so over the petrol. FWIW, my wife's car has been totally reliable over the 3 years that we've had it and is relatively cheap to service - a service and mot prep (not the mot itself though) cost £120 at a main Honda dealer last week which I thought was very reasonable.
have just found the first bit of damage on my new car - the paintwork has been all scratched off at the front below the headlight. I've only had the car since the start of July and am absolutely devastated - feel so sad everytime i see or think about it - part of me wants to get it repaired but know if i do that everytime it gets damaged it will cost a fortune and i'm far from being able to afford it! Always try to be so careful with the car but looking at my poor car i wonder if maybe i'm not as good a driver as i like to think i am!! Does seeing scratches /damage on your car ever get any easier? Read more
Bellboy
Are you having it off with my wife - sounds just like her car - thought she was only one like it. :-))
if i sit at the lights in neutral i get about 700rpm on the rev counter but if im rolling in neutral i get about 1200 rpm , whys that then ? Read more
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Latest comedy incident at the jetwash round the corner - after the guy a few months ago who polished his paintwork with Jif after hosing it down, the bloke in front of me today decided to open the back door and have a good jet wash of the inside, back seats and parcel shelf. He then opened the front passenger seat and gave the same treatment to the seat and dashboard.
Car was a nearly-new A4 estate.
Don´t know why he didn´t do the tailgate too.
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I had to jetwash a BMW boot out once. It was a saloon.
I had to remove the rear lights and then put them back with a couple of loose nuts.
Remove the lights at the jetwash.
Drive the front wheels onto ramps.
Then I used a whole bottle of washing up liquid and hot jet wash.
It was because I changed the oil and put a washing up bowl of old oil in the boot because it started to rain.
I didn't use the car for some time as I had a company car too, then went for a spin in the country on a nice day. When I opened the boot it was like Exxon Valdez. After a lot of hard work it was fine, had to jet wash all the carpets in the boot with Persil and stuff!
Browse
The switchable ABS is on the centre console, marked 'ABS', next to the fog light & heated rear window switches. Pressing the switch results in the orange 'AUS' light on the instrument cluster.
If your car has ABS, the option code 1AC will be listed in the service book, or on the sticker in the boot.
This applies only to Type89 Audi 80/90/Coupe, manufactured between 1987 and Nov. 1991 (July 1992 for the Coupe), model designators 8A20xx for the 80, 8A2Sxx and 8A27xx for the 90, 8B30xx for the Coupe.
Audi 80s built in 1992 onwards are series 3, and the ABS is not switchable. I'm not sure when the changeover date for the Coupe was - October 1992?
Ian.