August 2008
Any suggestions welcome. The tailgate of my Signum is jammed shut. The central locking and tailgate release switch will occasionally cause it to partially release but it is still impossible to open. According to the handbook there should be a key operated "emergency" release inside the car next to the courtesy light but sadly on mine there isn't. There is no external keyhole and I can not figure out how to release the mechanism without butchering the interior panel trim. Any thoughts ? Read more
I have bought a Crypton 290 gas analyser which was part of a MOT emission testing equipment. It is out of calibration and has locked up. Is there a way of unlocking it as I do not need it for MOT purposes.
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We'll never know.
We last heard from the first poster in 2009 and the second in 2011.
My present car came with Bridgstones. After 30 months I was glad to get rid of them because I found them noisy as hell and all four had developed uneven wear in the form of flats that made the noise intolerable. And vibrated the steering wheel.
Then I got Michelin Energy all round.
I check the pressures every two months. The Bridgstones almost never needed major pump ups just a few pounds to be as pernickity as possible
The Michelins need heaps of air every time . I've tightened the cores and always use caps but there really is a difference. Like all four last week needing circa 1.2 bar after 2 months .And I use an expensive gauge and my own pump.
Can different makes leak air at different rates?
Or am I ready for a tall chair and snakes and ladders every afternoon? Read more
A few thoughts on this:
The original poster said he had tyres checked every 2 months. I do mine at every fill-up, ie weekly. With a digital gauge cost me very little at the local spares place, but which I have had calibrated. Now, call me a pedant ("YOU'RE A PEDANT!") but I also get this gauge checked against a local truck tyre-fitter I know, who has his stuff calibrated every 6 months.
I often wonder how many of the forecourt pumps are calibrated EVER in their life? And for this you spend money... here it is a freebie!
I also wonder, when I do the long trips, how many morons have ANFC (Absolutely no clue) about their cars - they stop, after a 100km+ blast on the national road, and check their tyre pressure... AND THEN REDUCE IT TO SPEC!!!!
Accident waiting to happen.
Hi ppl,
got the car back from the garage at last!!! brand new injection unit as the old one proudly drew in air backfired and exploded!!
decided i'd treat her (the car obviously) to some new sounds and bought an active sub with the "i can do it no worries how hard can it be" attitude often used....... i've connected the earth. yes. the earth. that is all. How the hell do i do the rest???? i understand wiring no problem wired allsorts but how the hell do i get to the engine compartment with the live?!? where do i even start removing carpet to run wires?!? and what the hell am i doing at the beach scratching me head under the bonnet looking for ANY way of poking wires through when i know thats not how its done!!!!
help. a link. advice. anything. help.
and ty for your time. Read more
Oh yeh the head units pretty spesh it does MP3 cd, usb for mp3 player, and SD/micro SD :)
Got to have a sub with all that funky gizmo shizzle ay :)
Due to fuel prices going up and my wages going down, i need to change my car soon. I am after a small petrol or diesel that qualifies for £35 tax and has a low or lowish insurance group, it must also have a timing chain. Been told to look at the fiat panda diesels but are there any other motors that fit the bill. Thanks Read more
Aygo/C1/107 petrols have a chain cam engine, group 1 and £35 a year.
While listening to the radio the other day, a scientific discussion among motoring experts (alright, it was a factoid on Steve Wright in The Afternoon) advanced the opinion that tyres should be completely deflated every two years as the air in them had absorbed moisture and woud cause the tyre to degrade, thus shortening the life.
Any truth in that, or is it cobblers?
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>>..for the first time in 36 years.>>
Has the caravan survived as well as the tyres?
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I did once post that I would not want to drive a car that whirrs. Someone at Lotus reads this forum. Is there a knob on the dash marked "Aston Martin / Ferrari / Metro" etc?
JH
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What they should work on is the sound of rattling milk bottles.
Isn't the current SAAB ad a bit old fashioned? Renault were taking the same approach in the 1980s (or was it the 1970s? So many brain cells gone...) extolling the virtues of a turbo as giving the performance of a larger engine with the fuel consumption of a smaller engine.
JH Read more
Hi guys. Been asked to do this urgently tomorrow. Anyone point me to a link, or give a brief rundown of any problems or torque settings etc Read more
My nephew and his wife, both well paid and working in the modern sector, are thinking of a new car. They are both physically quite tall and substantial, and they have a small child who normally travels with enough equipment for an Everest attempt.
She is the driver, and one who likes driving and does so briskly. He doesn't drive but is keenly fashion and style conscious in some ways. Both function in a fashionably greenish world, which means they don't want the emissions to be greater than those of their present car, a Chrysler PT.
The one I can think of offhand is an Alfa 159 sportwagon 1.8 diesel. That presses all the buttons, front seats possibly excepted, but if necessary that could probably be arranged under the available options. I have tried to put them off Audi which is sure to be boring to their specification, although they could probably afford the RS4 or RS6 I might fancy in their position. Skoda and Volvo seem too unglamorous, although that might not be an insuperable problem. BMW might be seen as too flash in some chattering-classes way I don't fully understand.
I hoped someone here might have a bright idea or two. Read more
I too work in the modern sector
I too am quite tall
I too am substantial
despite these obvious shortcomings I can still walk to shops close to home, and ride a bike when weather permits.
Oh I also drive a Ford Fucus which is just the car wat fits those unfortunates who work in the modern sector.
I must get to bed now as my modern sector employment is not getting any easier despite the fact it gets more moderner everyday when I go in there.
and I do need my beauty sleep as its essential when working in the modern sector to be all front and nothing up top
in fact several of my bosses have been promoted and out accelerated their brains in the process
Evenin all......
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Well spotted DD. As it turned out because it went back to the dealer, they simply replaced the microswitch. Bit disappointed still though, I picked the car up this afternoon and have notched up another 80 or so miles in it since. On passing behind it at home I noticed a hole in one of the tail lamp clusters. I know it wasn't there before it went for its repair but having used it this afternoon it would be difficult to be sure it happened at the dealer. Pretty certain it did though. :-(