December 2009
As I transition from the Altea (leaves my care 5th Jan) to the Lancer (arrived in my stable November 28th) Its hard not to do side by side comparisons. One of which is lights.
The dipped beams on the Altea (H7's) are superb. Bright white and sharply defined.
The lancer (H4's) are not bad, good beam definition, not patchy, but not quite as good as the Altea. So upgrade bulbs to be slipped in. (access to the bulbs is super, nothing much in the way - probably classed as just a "one knuckle" graze)
Now I have determined from the web that the Philips x-treme +80% or the philips vision plus +50% are the bulbs to go for for performance.
Questions
Are the +80% really that much better than the +50%
Whats the longevity of +80% bulbs compared to the +50% or standard bulbs.
I popped into a halfords super store to find that they a: only had own brand bulbs (generally not good writeups) and b: they were expensive like for like to philips bulbs available on line.
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volvo v70 d5 2003 is being hard to start from cold. i have put new glow plugs in but there is little improvement. any suggestions, thanks. Read more
Almost certainly, one or more injectors is on its way out. This is a common issue on 03 D5s.
You can get them checked out and only have the duff one(s) replaced by a diesel common rail specialist.
My dad had an accident last night (slipped on a pavement) and as a result is in hospital waiting for an operation. He broke his arm and shoulder (just like last time, just three years ago :( ).
Now I can't see him being able to drive for a few months like last time. Last time we SORNed his Escort and stuck it in my grandmas damp garage as a result it rusted to bits on the chasis and because it had not been driven for months just seazed up. We sold it for £146 with no MOT.
So this time we are thinking of selling his Fieata while it still has 8.5 months MOT. The problem is I don't want to sell it to a trader because we would get nothing for it, I would rather buy it myself for £200 or so and do it up. However I've seen a lot of similar cars (my dads is a top spec Ghia) for sale for around £800, if I stuck it in the private adds for £650 for quick sale would we just get lots of hassle?
We have sold lots of cars for spares on the private adds before, but this is the first time we are thniking of selling a working road legal car and I expect buyers might have more expectations. Maybe a good ebay add is the best way to go.
Finally does it always take months before being able to drive after a broken arm? If its just going to be a few weeks to recovery then we may as well leave the car ont he road. Read more
Sorry to hear about your dad Rattle, if its his left arm, he will be back behind the wheel a lot quicker than if its his right one.
Re: auto gearbox, I can (and have ) driven with one arm before now + of course I only use one of my three legs.
Good Luck to him comrade.
Any BR with imported Nissan Serena / Elgrande mini vans / Maxima
Nissan is recalling more than 345,000 vehicles in Japan and abroad due to faulty brakes and fuel gauges.Comp any spokesman Mitsuru Yonekawa said the recall affected a total of 345,306 vehicles.
Nearly 92% of the recalled vehicles were sold in Japan, with the rest mainly in Asia.
But added the corrosion could cause malfunction for parking brakes.
The recalled vehicles were the Elgrand minivan, the Serena minivan and the Cefiro sedan.
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Hi ive had a diagnostic machine on this vehicle & it flashes up code 59 but there is no code 59 listed on the diagnostic machine. There is a code 58 then a code 60. The owner of the vehicle has mentioned it starts hesitating & try's to cut out as though it is in limp home mode but i have driven the vehicle for about 10 miles with no problems. Has anyone experienced this before.
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I have a horsebox built on an Iveco 6.5 ton chassis (2002). Of course, there's no manual with it!
On the dashboard is a round push button with a symbol that looks like an H. On closer inspection it seems to represent ths front and rear axles and driveshaft, with the wheels shown at the top and bottom of the uprights. In fact the front wheels are shown slightly turned.
What is it for?
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... just remember it is your friend when stuck on a muddy field:)...
Agreed.
From my experience of mudplugging on agricultural tractors, I'd rather have a diff lock than four wheel drive.
I was driving towards this crossing last night, when a number of pedestrians from both sides started to cross (the crossing man was on red). I was in the right hand lane going north and the pedestrians had basically reached my lane on both sides, with one actually crossing in front of me.
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Obviously I had to stop and had a few seconds of trying to judge whether the pedestrians were going to try to walk in front of me, much to the annoyance of people behind me. There was beeping of horns, but I couldn't very well go through until I was sure that they weren't going to walk in front.
After ascertaining that they had stopped walking (they didn't move back and so were stopped in the left north hand lane and right south hand lane), I drove on and noticed that the crossing man then turned green after I passed.
What I don't get is, how is the crossing man light timed compared to the traffic lights? I imagine that when the north-south lights are green the man is red, but does he turn green when they turn red, and what about traffic coming from the east and turning north?
There is no light to directly "protect" the crossing, so I don't really understand what the protocol is. There is a button on the lights, but does it actually do anything? Perhaps it prevents the east side lights turning green, so that you can't turn north?
Any guidance would be appreciated.
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But it is important not to stop completely when it's your right of way unless
you absolutely have to.
Yes, I am sure that is good advice, I could perhaps have kept moving forward slowly, will bear that in mind. Was difficult because a car in front had slowed for the same pedestrians, so I was almost stopped behind that car anyway (apart from that car the road was pretty much clear - was about 11:30pm, so there was no question that I could not clear the box junction - except for the pedestrians who decided to start crossing).
Anyway, I have just posted another situation where I was perhaps *too* assertive. Let's see how that one turns out! :)
All good for my learning. Thanks.
Need help please! I have a Peugeot 406 coupe 1999 2 litre and the diagnostic light
comes on intermittently, the speedo and rev counter then go mad up and down and eventually go to zero, also the radio goes off and indicators do not work. Any ideas would be gratefully received. Read more
hi i have the same problem. Did you find a solution
I went to use my spare fob & the batteries were flat.Does this mean the fob will have lost it's memory & will require resetting? Read more
Try the info from the following website:
www.nissanprimera.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10...2
Just done 20,000 miles in a bit under 2 years in my 2.0 TDCi Zetec estate, so I thought I'd report on my ownership impressions so far.
The good:
Huge amount of room for driver, all passengers and luggage. Interior a nice place to be and materials seem robust. Very comfy seats, fully adjustable driving position, plenty of space around pedals.
Excellent ride, both taut and compliant, and excellent road noise suppression on standard 215 / 55 16" tyres. Handling very good, very little body roll and quite neutral steering although you can still tell it's a big, heavy car at speed.
Engine is more punchy than the figures suggest and really does go well. Revs smoothly and is fairly quiet even when revved hard.
After a week or so of driving it really doesn't feel as big as some road tests would have you believe.
It's averaged a genuine, measured 42.5mpg (43.3 on the computer, which I have never reset), 70% driving in urban 30 / 40 limits and journeys under 10 miles, 30% motorway / A road trips. Considering the size & weight of car I think this is pretty good.
No DPF problems, regenerations are now unobtrusive. I reported before about the "oil service" light issue: www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=65055&...e
The indifferent:
Slapdash assembly-line work under the bonnet, with intercooler hoses and clips, and vac pipes not fitted securely. Correcting this cost me a few skinned knuckles but has paid dividends in better throttle response & driveability.
Annoying buzz in driver's door corrected by tightening trim screws which were a bit loose.
Some interior plastics could be better quality.
It's needed nothing apart from washer fluid, a service at 12,500 miles and the oil drop I mentioned above.
All in all, I've found it to be an excellent family barge / long distance workhorse, and a pretty good A-road charger to boot. Read more
I always find these ownership reports interesting, so the least that I can do is say "Thank You" for taking the trouble to write one.
Mondeos are seriously good cars these days. I'll have to add it to my list of "Cars to be considered".
Browse
Off at at tangent again and sorry about that but for some reason I notice these things....driving home tonight I passed a bloke reversing on to his drive with a duff dipped beam bulb on his car. Nothing too remarkable about that of course but the ironic bit was that his house is festooned with what seems to be more Christmas lights than Blackpool. As our colonial cousins would have it....go figure.....