July 2021
We are going to replace our driveway gates. There is a mature sycamore on each side.
Parts of the gates become sticky with goo from the trees.... Read more
BBC South is my local region and this record attempt has been covered a little on the local news although I'd be interested to see a proper dedicated programme. Not covered in the clip below was the faulty charger at Gretna which nearly scuppered the attempt.
Is a high mileage BMW a money pit or can they go the distance if properly and religiously serviced: auto gear box service say at 70k, regular oil changes say every 10k etc etc. A full BMW service history in my opinion is worthless as so little is done and what is done is done at length service intervals. YTOu could buy a BMW at a dealer with FSN at 45k miles and its only had two oil changes - ridiculous. Some independent specialists religiously follow BMW service schedules and some do not, so even quality varies amongst independents. As HJ repeats so often every car needs an oil and filter change at 10k or once a year.
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Despite my advice, oldest son bought 57k miles BMW series 3 saloon full BMWSH
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Need two new tyres. Looked at tyre reviews was thinking of investing in all season tyres, though it would mean replacing all four. Only need two replacing, so at this time i won't invest in all season tyres. It's a minefield so many tires to choose from, i'm low mileage user. School runs, and around town.
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I've merged the threads in this forum.
Got a monitored alarm and just got the renewal price of the contract of £598 which struck me as steep. Never thought to shop around and can't seem to find any comparison sites for this. Anyone swapped their monitoring company for a better price?
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would have expected some systems to be more generic and to be able to interface with smart phones via the internet and an app, so end users like you can monitor them, as long as the phone is on.
Many systems come with a SIM inside which can dial designated phone numbers if intrusion is detected. Of course, you have to make sure there is enough credit in the SIM to be able to dial you. ...
I’m looking to buy a last of the X250 XF 3.0 Diesel. I searched through the MoT history of one car and saw that it had an advisory for: "Fluid leak, but not excessive rear differential (8.4.1 (a) (i)) on its first MoT 3 years ago at only 20,000 miles. This advisory is not mentioned again on future MoTs. The car has a full Jaguar service history and has been serviced 3 times at the main dealer since this advisory.
I was just wondering if there is a known problem with the rear differential on the 2015 XF? I understand that there was a problem with the 2009 XF but am I right in assuming this would have been resolved by 2015? ... Read more
I think its a common issue. My late 2014 XF had the same issue and the whole diff unit was replaced under warranty. This was a few years ago now when it was in warranty.
Spun bearings seems to be more of a worry on those engines!
Hi. My car is Honda Jazz Automatic 2010 year model.
Back in July 2019, the car passed the MOT at Honda garage with advisory saying:... Read more
Not really sure what your point is?.
2019 it needed the nearside one done, 2 years later it needs the offside one done. What is the problem?. ...
Hypermilers in the USA with their ubiquitous automatics have long been familiar with this technique which I have used for many years. Here is an extract from one of their forums dated June 2008....
Here is a little tid bit on a technique that was taught to me while I was in the military (ARMY) for all of 14 years. The technique pulse and glide was born during WORLD WAR II when the greatest effective method in a war is to ambush fuel and ration supply convoys i.e trucks that was sent to refuel tanks,armored vehicles and troop transport vehicles.
Soldiers improvised and learned to use techniques the lead to fuel rationing and effectively increasing the Mpg's.
I was taught a modified version of pulse and glide
technique. and I have using pulse and glide ever sense 1996.
Which is PULSE= steady footing on that gas pedal and never I never repeat going above 2000 rpms ( keep your cool) GLIDE= coasting in neutral on all declines...... Read more
<< My longest downhill run in neutral would have been in 1964, in my Morris 1100, on holiday in the western States. Americans are very good at engineering long steady gradients, and we trundled for 11 miles down one somewhere in Utah.
Morris 1100 must have been a pretty unusual car in the US even then. Not Citroen DS "starship" advanced, but quite far out compared to the local product. >>...
Amazing how that side profile looks so close to that of the Toyota GT86's (which isn't a bad thing). Rather pricey though, given I don't recall the current model starting at £35k, more like mid £20ks.
Perhaps they are ditching the lower-powered models, which for me is a shame as they are an affordable alternative to the upper end (engine) spec decent hatch cars from other makes.
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Take a decent looking BMW 2 series then ruin it with really clumsy styling touches (especially the rear - just like the new 2 series gran coupe). Have they got Chris 'Bungle' back?!
It does look at bit like the GT86 / GR86 in side profile though, but those cars are so much better looking - just shows you how damaging it is to apply the 'corporate look' to a potentially good design.
I've owned my 2003 Golf Mk4 1.9sdi from 12 months old and 3k miles. According to VW a cambelt change should be every 4 years or 40k miles for this model. It's currently on 51k miles and has been regularly serviced (by me after the warranty expired) apart from cambelt which is perhaps a bit beyond me. It had the belt replaced every 4 years until 2016 when it had the water pump replaced as well. Since 2016 it's only done 11k miles and bearing in mind the value of the car should i leave it a bit longer or get it done. It's been garaged most of it's life and pretty much mint condition. Read more
VAG revised cam belt replacements down to 4 years/40k miles for older cars as some engines had parts that self destructed - the engine in my 2001 1.416v Octavia was one such engine where the carp plastic pulleys failed at just over 50k miles. Fortunately I was still under warranty at the time and the belt didn't fall off so the engine was OK. I stuck with 4 year/40k miles after that - the original manual said 110k miles.
I think the 1.9sdi is an old school mechanical distribution pump, pre pd, engine made of sterner stuff so I think you should be just fine especially as the water pump has been done before.
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The horse most definitely would not be better. We know this as an absolute fact because we have been there before. In the late 1800's most big cities were literally drowning in manure, there were huge environmental and health problems as a direct result. ...