July 2022
So, if you are not familiar with it, the new Citroen Ami is a tiny electric town runabout. When I say tiny I mean a tad over 2.4m long and a tad under 1.4m wide. One would assume such a vehicle would be easy to park, but this YT video clip suggests otherwise (sadly we don't get to see the outcome). Watch and try not to laugh!
Well today took the car for its 2nd service, technician has mention the wipers not being in great condition (its only pine neddles getting stuck under the rubber), and both my rear tyres having a puncture (although I drove 2500 miles road trip to Europe and not had any alert for low pressure and I have also checked regularly, puncture on both tyres both on the part that has more rubber,irreparable they say... funny thing is they replaced them but with different brands and one doesn't even look completely new, neither they did the complements wash and vaccum although it's on the invoice. Being a mobility car I don't pay anything but I think it's a rip off, like trying to get Motability to authorise the bacteria cleaning of the Ac, seen the prices at the dealer.... What would be correct, or would you complain about the tyres even though they were free, I wouldn't had put them on different brands on each side myself. I just think there is some kind of cowboy outfit there and they are always trying to make money out of Motability every time. If you cant get the tyres on both sides same brand that day, wouldn't it be better to wait...? Read more
I have never understood the blanket prohibition by tyre repairers on repairing punctures on the shoulder or sidewall.....apart from the bleedin' obvious but unstated reason!
If the puncture is tiny and slow, I can't see that removing the small offender and sealing the minute orifice with the usual goo and repair patch would result in either failure or undue risk. The pressure it has to withstand is usually only a fraction of the pressure in my flimsy and oft repaired bicycle tyre tubes. ...
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Hopefully a small, weird one, but I have newly acquired a 1.9CDTI Signum (2006) and noticed one of the brake lights was not working. I’ve reconnected it and the spanner in car light came on. That’s fine, turned ignition off and back on again and it stayed off. However the EML was then on. But when I remove the brake light bulb the EML stays off
Any ideas over why and what I can do? Apart from the obvious of “it’s a Vauxhall” and “Don’t buy Vauxhall”. As apart from this it’s actually a really nice car, comfy, fairly and practical and different enough.
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Not sure how you have reconnected the brake lights. All the lights are on one circuit board . Are you sure the correct bulb has been fitted ? The rear lights on these are smart and are controlled by the rear electrical module.
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I'm having terrible trouble trying to remove the rear brake caliper carrier from the hub.... Read more
Thanks very much for that...
So corroded it's and to see what it is....
The BBC is reporting that BMW has introduced a new heated seat subscription in UK.
That means all the add-on options have to be reliable, otherwise, they would have to repair them?
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Just a few thoughts on recent family experiences since we were able to travel from Nov 2020 on
Easyjet Luton Lisbon. Late, chaotic. Nov 2021... Read more
A friend of mine who is disabled had a dreadful experience with Ryanair recently. They neglected to inform Bristol airport that they had disabled passengers and they were left on a deserted plane for over an hour after the other passengers had left.
Indications: Slow response to accelerator, especially in second gear; abnormal instantaneous consumption – typically 80mpg instead of 65 on level M'way
Engine starts and apparently runs normally; only known possible triggers: 20 litres diesel added recently, plus the dregs of a bottle of injector cleaner. Car has no DPF, done 85K miles.... Read more
<< Haynes also recommends oil and filter changes for the 1.6 HDi engine at 6K miles, not 12K as in the Peugeot service schedule. >>
The same Haynes advises changing the timing belt every 36K or 3 years - but I wasn't going that far, in view of discussions on here. Mine was done at 10 years (as in the car's service schedule) and 71K.
GF persuaded me to buy one of those Lithium jump starter packs from Costco. Deltran "Battery Tender" brand.
User Manual of course all in Chinese, and the (US) company seems to have an unusually flakey website that more than half the time doesn't find the products, but I managed to hit a window of opportunity to download a pdf.... Read more
Yeh, that's why I thought a supercap-based device might be better.
Probably shouldn't be relevant, but that ".pdf" manual file came down with an .NL extension (Natron file format) requiring special software to read it....
Hi all,
Just watched a Bangers & Cash programme (Mathewsons of Thornton-le-dale) A vintage car was up for auction. It was plainly badged AUSTEN & referred to in the programme as AUSTIN in pronunciation. I've tried the internet for such a model, but always get it spelt as AUSTIN.... Read more
Here was I wondering if it was an Austin ten (Austen?).
i'm looking to buy a used Citroen C3 Picasso. Found one (2010) that is generally nice, but I could see a little oil on the underside at front. Not that much, and there was no oil dripping onto the ground after the engine had been running a while. Links to pics:
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Is this any cause for concern or pretty normal for this age of car and not anything to worry about?! Read more
It will only fail the MoT if a leak produces a puddle more than 7.5 cm diameter during 5 minutes.
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Exactly. It's not bad driving, they just don't care about contact. When I was in France I saw them going backwards and forwards hitting other cars until they were parked. That was a few years ago mind, though I can't see that it's changed now.