January 2010
I understand what this is but not sure what I need to do when the light comes on, should I ease up on the brakes or what ?, also will this feature help me in the current icey conditions i.e I'll get a chance of actually getting round the corner instead of sliding into a hedge. Read more
what i need at the moment is a route planner, like GPS or AA web site route planner, which tells me what the weather forecast along the route will be when I am at each part of the journey
anyone know of something like this?
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But will the planning system predict the HGV that jack-knifes just in front of you, or the dump of snow half an hour before you reach that point, or the road now blocked, being cleared in an hour?
Hi all,
Just thought I would add this one as well as I had this problem earlier this year. got in the car one morning ignition on but no fuel pump delivery, checked all fuses connections to the pump and relay all fine. for no reason it righted it's self but a few days later same thing happened again and had to have the car transported home.
The fault turned out to be a bad connection in the multi plug connector, this lies directly behind the battery just to the left of the ecu.
There is also another multi plug just below this one, I also cleaned the connectors in this as well.
I used the wife's emery board as both connectors have male pins as opposed to male female, bit of a strange set up but there you go.
Hope this helps.
Regards to all
Steve. Read more
Hi Steve,
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Hi there,
I've survived so far without the need of a car but long journeys on the bus to work have finally taken their toll. Therefore, I'd like to get a car which is economical, low maintenance and which holds its value well - to take me to the other side of the city and back every day. The car will be insured under my 30 year old girlfriends name so its not going to cost much to insure.
I'm currently looking at 2005 1.6L honda civics and vw golfs - 3 door preferably, with under 100000km on the clock. Is this a good starting point? What other models, years, specs, etc. should I consider? I'm willing to spend more on the car if its worth it in the long run regarding economy and problems etc.
Thanks very much for your help!
Barry
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Sorry, I'm in Sweden but from England...
I watched a couple of cars slide into each other yesterday. In the first accident the car slid across the road and into the side of another car coming the other way, the other a car overshot the road junction and was hit by the car on the main road. In both cases the damage was minor, but wonder in such situations is it a case of tough, repair your own cars or is there still someone to blame Read more
:-))) PU
my swmbo has a problem, she wants to recover some furniture items from rome in italy
a transit would fit the bill size wise... my idea is to go over on squeezy jet buy a cheap van
in italy and drive back to blighty via the ferry in holland ( we plan to visit a reletive at uni in amsterdam) but she was saying that when you buy a vehicle in italy there is a tax on the change of owner ship.....the other idea is to hire a van here in the uk but i think it may be a bit expensive fuel wise doing the round trip....any help or ideas would be welcome , thanks zoo Read more
My advice would be to get in touch with UK removal companies who specialize in European removals - if there is no time pressure, wait until they have a job to Italy and they can bring your furniture back rather than drive an empty truck. Should be cost effective.
BIG
Following discussion of winter tyres on this forum I decided to give them a try. I have recently been driving the business ford ranger 4x4 pickup and despite it being 4x4 its a bit of handful on slippery roads and i dont really like it.
Decided to use a seat Ibiza 1.4 runabout that we have instead. I managed to get a set of 15" alloys for next to nothing and cadged a set of vredestein snowtrack 3 tyres from our wholesaler.
I have had these on for a week and they are outstanding. Grip is excellent in snow and slush and good even on ice. Last night I had to drive the ranger and ended up sliding into a kerb on a corner and slightly damaging a wheel. Driven the ibiza again this morning and it is massively better and much more reassuring to drive. The only thing is to not become overconfident and also remember that other cars dont have the same level of grip.
I am definitelya convert to winter tyres now. Read more
>>are Winter tyres ok to use in the summer?
Yes. I ran winter tyres over the entire summer (albeit only on one axle) in 2008. I had no problems. Yes, they may wear a little faster, and their grip level will not be as good as the best summer tyres, but IMHO, the difference is not significant.
Theres a loud rattling which is what I presume coming from the exhaust, mostly when idling or at low RPM's, recently the noise has got worse and the exhaust warning light is now on but not flashing, just a solid light. No loss in performance whatsoever, however the noise is becoming louder and more occuring. Anybody got any ideas? Read more
Well it needs replacing anyway. Looks like the part will cost you £200-300 + labour. Strange for an '04 to already need a new one.
My Allroad has been absolutely dreadful - I will never buy one of these again. It suffered a catastrophic failure of the coolant system, aircon unit fell apart, oil light comes on on a regular basis and now the alternator has given up the ghost - all within six months, and it has cost me thousands of pounds. Audi garage paid up for premature failure of several of the parts, but I no longer have any faith in this model.
Truly rubbish for a premium brand. Read more
Snow here tonight in North Devon and a colleague has a 55 plate 'S' type diesel Auto' Traction useless in these conditions. Now I have guessed (and a small wager) that the gearbox has some sort of tiptronic/manual function up the left hand side of the gate thereby allowing him to select a higher ratio from rest and giving more traction and/or being able to change up ealrier having the same effect.
Will I be the winner??
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>>The S-type is a pig in slippery conditions, be best to leave it and take a bus.
Bang goes my wager then. I always wondered what the 'S' stood for!
I always wondered what the 'S' stood for!
Sport....holds the gears a bit more and changes down a bit earlier e.g. half throttle without 'sport' might not have a change down, with 'sport' and it would.
Spot my exclamation mark WP, to the take the Bus reply???.Wonder what ?S? stood for!!!
Best get a Jimny. It got the ?S? type man home up very rural lanes, 8 inches of snow + my Seventeen and a bit stones and five bags of coal, Bird peanuts and seed and two sacks of dog food, shovel, can of petrol, a few tools too. Blooming carp these 4x4?s
Best regards as ever..M
Browse
As above.
The Skoda Superb diesel (Passat clone) is actually pretty good on snow and ice (perhaps its only redeeming virtue in the handling dept other than straight line stability). The reason for both is the large overhung mass of the engine ahead of the driven front wheels. The diesel engine is heavy and also has the facility to move along with minimal applied torque using the idle governor (foot off the accelerator).
I've been using it quite a bit in the snow - complete with trailer. It would be virtually useless and undrivable without the facility to turn off the traction control - there is just not enough power available with TC engaged to make any useful progress on ice.
An experiment I've been meaning to try - but I'm not yet brave enough - is to try using the cruise control on ice to maintain a steady speed. It's usable down to 20 mph on the B5.5 so in theory at least, you could engagae it at that speed in a highish gear and leave the electronics to cut the engine revs when wheelspin occurs.
Anyone tried it?
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