January 2010
I use my car intermittently- usually short journeys < 10 miles, occasionally much more. My car is 3 years old and done almost 15000 miles. Should I change the CVT oil ( Using Honda's CVTF)? Read more
If I turn the key to position 2, the orange spiral light (I think this warms the injectors??) flashes on with all the rest then goes off. It never stays on even at -5 degress C. Then I start the engine and it would happily tick over all the time. But if I start driving and then come to a stop at some lights for example, then engine will cut out. It seems the car lets the revs drop too low and it cuts out. This will go on for about 2-3 mins, after that it's fine. I can take my foot off the pedal and it will keep turning over.
Does anyone have any idea what this could be?? Read more
On another thread the conviction of people reversing up a slip road has been discussed. As there is never a traffic car when you need one, should traffic trained police officers, (not council jobsworths), use fixed CCTV cameras monitored in a control room to prosecute dangerous driving and other offences. Or does it already happen, and if so who makes the decisions? I don't mean the bus lane or parking minor offences. Read more
I'd be against any further investment in cameras, intelligent ANPR or otherwise. We've blown too much for too little return on this snake oil.
Between CCTV and anti-terrorism shennigans, i can't imagine the scale of the money that's been wasted. Becuase it's not rubbed in Joe Public's face, he never stops to consider it.
I'd really rather have another couple of high tech hospitals, better support for disadvantaged (thinking more disabled not bone idle btw) people, less duty on fuel etc.
There's all the trust problems inherent with them too -- who watches the watchers. I don't buy into selling our freedoms on a whim of "well if you've nothing to hide", people lost their lives to give us these freedoms i wouldn't give them away just like that.
I know where you're coming from ON, and i empathise, but i think as a nation we're too quick to introduce cameras, or worse (!) legislation.
can anyone help me with a link to download a manual for a Vauxhall Movano MWB 2.5
I think the pump is leaking and need to strip and replace. All help greatly appreciated folks! Many thanks happyspanner Read more
Does anyone know how to remove this message appearing? Help/advice would be much appreciated. Read more
1. Get in your car and shut the door.
2. Put your key in the ignition
3. Turn your ignition key to position 1
4. Push in your Odometer reset button and hold it in while holding it move the ignition key to position 2 while holding down the odometer reset button.
5. After couple of seconds of holding the button down and the key in position 2 your service light will start to blink once that happens let go of the reset button and start the car.
That should do it.
Just been out in the the Yorkshire rain and returned with the van covered in the remains of road salt.
Washed straight off (and underneath) though as it does so readily when wet - and that without an end on the hose due to it splitting in the cold weather.
Worth it? Maybe. It feels better, psychologically, anyway ;-)
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...Anybody want a cat?...
Only if it would kill the one belonging to my neighbour which uses the boot of the CC3 as a stage.
I have been reflecting on the positive aspects of motoring in the UK - contrasted with elsewhere. Massive efforts have been made to allow the motorist to be mobile - regulations, cameras regulating the speed of idiots - and allowing regular motorists to drive normally - and so on. The much maligned Heath And Safety - risk assessments - underpinning and enhancing our life experiences.
I regularly see a Gent I knew around 10yrs ago. At that time he was driving a Landcruiser and was fit, young looking - and a decade younger than me.
Now, I see him moving along the outer ring road, heading in towards the City - he`s wearing an all enveloping cape that covers him from the neck down - and the working parts of his powered wheelchair - just leaving the wheels exposed.
He looks incredibly vulnerable as he takes the spray and rain - but the City is only 10 minutes or so away and on arrival he will have free access, where risk assessments will have taken place at every establishment he enters.
Perhaps he was able to keep motoring until recently - or maybe still does due to great thought, commitment and resources being deployed - from car conversions to financial help.
Contrast that with my second home in a small City in the Philippines. Total disregard for disability - all city pavements being raised - not even a single ramp. It`s not about money - it`s the prevailing mindset that it doesn`t matter.
I have a friend who owns a small bakery and a small engine drives a dough machine. The exhaust puffs out straight onto the bread - while a 2` addition to the pipe would redirect it.
You can see where Heath and Safety regulations come from when you consider that, as it was the same here a few decades back and car manufacturers thought nothing of harm to drivers or others in car design. Traffic just chokes the streets in Tacloban and it`s a free for all.
It`s pretty good, motoring in the UK - although the `negative feeding` personalities of many people cause the generation of tabloid rubbish that is eagerly lapped up as `truth`
The question is - can a 100 post thread be generated that`s entirely positive about UK motoring?
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Cracking winter ride today - 90 mile round trip, A class rurals, dual and some town work. Weather was sun, snow and spray - tucked up into a BMW Rallye2 suit - Alt Berg Boots, and heated grips kept me warm, ABS servo brakes kept me safe, a superb engine and chassis kept the endorphins spinning - superb trip, naughty speeds on the dual kept my protestant guilt glands working...sweet.
I have recently bought a petrol 1L 2001 vauxhall corsa C with 64,000 miles for £1200. I was just wandering if anyone knew roughly how many miles i will get out of it and what the mpg is like, becuase i will be doing around 20,000 miles a year for commuting to work and such. any feedback would be great cheers Read more
40 mpg should be easy if engine is in good fettle
have the oil and filter changed straight away irrespective of what you were told by the seller
keep your oil level topped up at least weekly as these engines dont hold much to begin with
keep your eye open for the oil pressure switch at the left front leaking as they often do
basically keep the thing maintained and it will serve you well
It's an interesting one that Teves sensor.
From reading back on your posts HJ VW and VOSA have said that this is not a safety issue as they only deal with faults that come on suddenly and are likely to cause death or injury.
I'd be interested to hear how they compare this sensor with the Toyota faults.
From what I can make out this sensor is far more likely to fail without warning than the faulty pedal which Toyota claim is a gradual failure and I'm inclined to believe that. So, from a layman's perspective the first of their two criteria would appear to more closely match the Teves fault than the CTS one.
As for likelihood of causing death, well I'm inclined to think that both are in the realms of the very unlikely without significant driver negligence. In the case of the pedal the fault will have most likely given fair warning first, and any semi-alert driver should be able to compensate. In the case of the sensor, it seems to me that it is possible that this could catch a driver out if he's driving on the edge of the available traction and the ESP fails to activate when expected, or worse half-way through a marginal manouvre. Both, therefore I would have thought would have a theoretical, though unlikely chance of harming a responsible and aware driver.
So yes, I would say that if one should be recalled then really so should the other -- although the cost of replacing these modules would be massively more expensive than the pedals, and if millions of cars are involved it could conceivably cause VW significant financial problems.
I have to agree though that the fact this isn't being publicised, especially given the higher apparent incidence is puzzling.
At this very moment there are 4 (four) sequential queries from different owners featuring the utra reliable Honda Civic. Has anybody ever seen a greater number for a single model? I think I recall 4 for a Peugeot 306 - no surprises there then! Read more
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........but for Honda CVT's (as the OP states) it's now 'CVT-F' oil.
Bit old this thread!