November 2009
A good programme made more sense yesterday with a good and informative test on Sat Nav multi function devices including the iPhone TT app. Review of a true amphibious car and a potted history of the Mini and Beetle. Catch it on 5's website. Read more
...Maybe it'll work this time....
Avant,
Well done.
Thee, like me, has now learned how to use a photo sharing site.
Someone said we'd done the 'pic of my car' thing before.
Probably have, but more than 100 replies and 6,000-odd views suggests it's gone down well in the 'room.
Thanks to everyone who took part.
Read more
Hopefully I have done this photobucket thing right. This should be a link to the current bobbyg and Mrs bobbyg cars
tinyurl.com/yjbz2y8
tinyurl.com/yhoqr58
The above is - I hope - a link to a pic of the CC3 outside my caravan in leafy North Yorkshire.
I've posted it mainly to see if I can work the software - first time I've used one of the image hosting sites.
Would anyone else care to post a pic of their car?
I'd be curious to see the vehicles belonging to regular posters I've been reading about in the past year or so.
Read more
***** This thread is now closed, please CLICK HERE to go to Volume 3 *****
Please post you motoring related photos in here. Feel free to link through to a photo sharing website. No dodgy or "artistic" photos - anything dubious will be removed. No links to other websites if you can avoid it and no video sharing websites please. Usual moderation rules apply.
Previous Volumes:-
Volume one
Many cars now have deliberatly scruffy numberplates - that is the numberplate appears to have a stain on it. I assume this is to fool the speed cameras. Does it work and don't the police stop and warn for this offence?
Read more
What I do with new plates, is while the protective plastic coating is on, mix up some fast setting Araldite, and run a seam of it round the plate with your finger (use gloves). This seals it up and plates last ages. It's a thin coating and it's invisible when on. Leave them overnight to dry-Bingo.
my car is in limp mode and is showing a fault ,needle lift sensor , does this mean i need a new injector ? and would this cause car to go into limpmode ? Read more
90 to 120 ohms cold and up to 20 ohms more when hot. Regards Peter
I recently changed the oil on my Pug 406 HDI, due to error on my part I assumed the recommended oil was Castrol Edge 0/30w(or similar).
Reading the castrol site this morning I realise the correct oil is 5/40.......
Should I change it or will it be ok for another couple of thousand miles?
Ta in advance. Read more
The Castrol web site says for most 406 HDI models:
Do not use 0W/5W/10W-30
I presume this is taken from Peugeot's recommendation.
I'd be reluctant to do any long, hard journies where the oil gets hot until I replaced it with the correct spec.
Pricey stuff as well!
Took the works van to a petrol station insnip(no naming and shamming) at 2am for full tank of diesel for a nice old jolly to skipton.
Got to station found it had a closed sign but there were taxis filling up at the pumps, so i parked the van up in line and the attendent said no fuel were empty!
Still this guy is filling up the taxi so i said either serve me or it's trading standards in the morning i got fuel but what a snip cheek.
snip
Read more
^ ah, that makes more sense!
my car seems to run fine if left overnight but on occasions when when left for a few hours after my first trip the engine will start running idling rough . Almost feels like the ECU may be running in limp mode . I kinda ruled out HT leads and plugs because it starts ok and runs ok first thing in the morning . any ideas would be helpful cheers Read more
We had a lemon thread the other day and got to thinking what the peaches over the last few years have been. Maybe a bargain car or one that just somehow you were very fond of and gave you that magic moment or two. My old Victor (fd) I think 2 litre once on a late night trip from London to Dorset with a deserted M3 on a clear night was brilliant, headlights on for miles and just purred along. Some summer trips on the old Honda 250 bike were lovely too. Read more
2 Volvos.
A 1983 (Y) 360GLS, metallic green with beige interior. Mmm. Bought for 150 quid with over 100k on the clock a year's MOT and road tax in 1998, and did over 30,000 trouble free miles in a year. Didn't spend a penny on it apart from a pair of tyres. Then I fancied a change and gave it to a friend in need, who taxed and MOT'd it and ran it for another 6 months before the head gasket killed it. A great bangernomics success story.
I replaced it with a G-reg Volvo 480ES with 150k on the clock, which cost a wee bit more at £1500. This car drove like new, and went for 25k miles without a problem, apart from the occasional inexplicable refusal to turn over, a problem which would suddenly go away after an hour or so for no apparent reason. After a year or so, it was hit whilst parked by a municipal dust cart and written off (incident eye witnessed and reported to me when I returne dto the car, but the witness had not taken the reg number). The council never owned up to the incident, and I suffered a total loss as I had TPFT insurance only. Drat. Lesson learnt.
I loved both cars and still miss them - obviously the 360 was by far the better value as it was virtually free, but the 480 was a lovely car too.
Quite fancy a C30 now, thinking about it. If only I didn't need 4/5 doors.
My wife has a 56 plate Focus 2.0L turbo diesel which developed a weird fault at the weekend. Parked on the drive and locked up the wipers, headlights and indicators all came on together. The headlights were actually flashing on and off. Unlocking the car and using the key and fiddling with switches did nothing to stop it and since it was 11 pm and dark the only way I could stop it was to drop the fuseboard in the passenger footwell and pull the main plug out. The next morning I reconnected the plug. The wipers/lights/indicators were OK but now I had no starter with the message 'engine systems fault' on the display. The car was towed to the main Ford Dealer who subsequently declard that water had been found in the fuse box and that would be £540 to replace. I had checked for water before taking it in and everything was bone dry. I towed the car away and am now left pondering the problem. Any ideas gratefully received. Read more
Pollen filter for AC housed very close to fuse board. Maybe moisture originated from here if the pollen filter hasn't been changed recently.
Browse
.jpg)
Because that's not gadgety enough.