December 2021
I have a question about the air that comes into the cabin of a Modus. I'm wanting to know: Where exactly does this air first enter? What is its route? Does the air come in through the big grill at the top of the engine cover (I'm meaning the bit that's visible when bonnet is closed) and make its way through heater and filter via a sealed route? Or is the air just drawn in directly from the engine area?
I'm asking this because I suffer from multiple chemical sensitivity and can react very badly to the tiniest amount of 'engine fumes' that make their way into the cabin. I'm looking to buy a car that doesn't affect me. I experience no hint of a reaction in a Smart car btw. I assume this is because the engine is in the back and the incoming air goes nowhere near the engine. So I could (and may yet) buy a Smart... but I can't think of a car I dislike more!! So to find a car other than a Smart in which the cabin air enters via a route that's truly isolated from the engine would be amazing!
I gather that in most cars the air enters through the grills near windscreen, and is supposedly kept separate from the engine bay by rubber seals. But it's clear to 'sensitive me' that these seals are not effective at stopping all fumes from the engine making their way into the cabin. (By fumes I'm meaning the ever so slightly oily smell you might notice with an older engine if you stick your head under the bonnet with engine running - the tiniest bit of such stuff destroys me!)
The symptoms I experience are not immediate but will build up over a few days of exposure. So I can't ascertain from a test drive whether or not a car will suit me. (I'm also massively sensitive to interior valeting chemicals, so the whole business of buying a car has become 'almost impossible'... sigh...)
Looking at the Modus (or Grand Modus) it appears that the route of the air coming into the cabin may perhaps be better isolated from the engine than in other cars. I'm hoping that someone here who knows this car well can tell me for sure whether or not this is the case.
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I am thinking about buying a printer for my daughter and her family for use in the new extension they have built. At one time an easy decision - a Canon MG5750. I bought one some years ago for around £50-60 and it worked well for a good period of time until it threw a print head fault. Not uncommon with them apparently. They are still, patchily, available but prices have shot up.
I replaced it with a Canon TS8250 bought on the basis of photographic print quality, big mistake. Replacement cartridge sets, even generic ones, are around the £40 mark for a set. My A3 Pixma IP8750 takes cheap replacement cartridges, around £10-15 a set, and produces excellent results. it is possible to buy a CISS (continuous ink supply system) fro the TS8250 but whilst economic to do so is a bit of a an untidy afterthought solution and good money after bad as I see it. Hence the TS8250 is now just an expensive scanner/copier. ... Read more
I have been using monochrome printer in my office. it has satisfactory results.
The government has no incentive to take action. Their agenda is the promotion of EV's. They hope that the more unhappy drivers of petrol and diesel cars become, the more likely they are to go electric. Read more
If RAC really believe this is true they are free to open RAC fuel stations and charge less. They will make a killing.
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