April 2023
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Ford fiesta, 2009, 1.6L engine 135k miles.... Read more
Hi All,
desperately need help, no one seems to be telling me what I need so maybe it's very simple and I'm acting a muppet, but I'm just trying to finish wiring up a GPS tracker into the rear cargo fuse box. I only have one slot available, which is slot no. 11 (tailgate option 40amp). I was going to use a spare connector cable with a jumper from my dash came and slot in one of the main fuse slots, but they don't have metal holding pins in the back, so the only one I can use is the number 11 with two pins sticking out. Unless I piggyback of the other three which are tailgate lights and rear heater. Does anybody know what type of connection block I need, which will slot onto these fusebox pins in connector slot no. 11 and then to the positive cable of the GPS tracker? I currently have the pos cable going to nothing and the neg grounded to the car. Is someone could help, would be most grateful. Thanks ... Read more
How about using a piggy-back fuse?
Hi All,
Need some help, wiring in a GPS tracker on my car, using the rear cargo fuse box which currently has 3 connections being used, tailgate lights and heater. There are no pins at the back of the connector slots in any of the others, so I can't use my surplus dash cam cables with jumpers connectors. The only free slot is No. 11 which is unused and a trailer hitch option, and the only one with metal pins. Only thing is it's a smaller connection and I can't find what connector to use. For someone who knows what they're talking about might be a simple fix. It's a 40amp capacity slot, but I was going to use a 2amp fuse to avoid electrical fires if there's an issue. I just need to find what connector to fixed the positive cable of the tracker to and then slot it in the slot .I've currently attached the neg to a ground but just need help with the final steps. I bought a fuse from Halfords, which is 40amp, which fits the slot, it's a block fuse, but don't think this is what I need. Someone said just use spade connectors and slot on the pins. But would that be safe and for both pos and negative cables of the tracker? ... Read more
There are no specific pins that fit the fuse contacts, but you can use an “add a circuit “ piggy back fuse holder . Available on line . Just make sure you get the correct type . There are at least 4 different sizes depending on type of fuse used in your box .
Do the dealers buy new cars from factory using their own money or they borrow the car from manufacturers and pay them back only when the cars are sold?
Most new stock will be on a manufacturer or importer run stocking finance system, some larger dealers (such as Arnold Clark) used to bulk buy and sell cheap using their own funds I believe but the days of forecourts being full of pre-reg bargains are gone sadly.
The dealer I worked for owned all their used stock outright, they were cash rich and stable. But even they had all their new stock on a financing agreement with Mitsubishi and Proton.
Followed manual about changing the rear wiper and it doesn't come down I took it to Halfords and they gave up....I followed the instructions as written by a person on this site, saying using the process of getting the front wipers to stop half way will also bring the rear wiper to rest mid screen, that doesn't work either.....any ideas Read more
Putting the front blades into service mode , should put the rear into the same .
'Service Mode' !! Good grief, why do some manufacturers make life so complicated ?
1986 review from Motorweek.
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I love that they kept the old body style on sale alongside this in v12 only for another 6 years or so. Looking now, I am not sure which I prefer. But I definitely prefer both to the X351.
“The new XJ6 is quite simply the best luxury sedan that money can buy.” I think they liked it! Read more
The 2.9 aj6 was said to have problems. But oddly I never saw one.
They were targeted to countries where there was a huge tax hike for anything above this engine size. ...
This link is to a report of a burning car rolling downhill into a bus.
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Cant answer for VW, but I have a BMW X3 and when that's switched off, the transmission moves automatically to P and also the electronic parking brake is applied. Both IMO are good safety features. The car cant be driven with the drivers door open either.
Use to have a 69 plate Qashqai (manual) which also applied the electronic parking brake on switch off. ...
Has anyone used ChatGPT to answer a forum question and copied and pasted the answer?
Would we spot this, given the reputed performance of this? Read more
Fuelled was deliberate. Trying to poke fun at the oh so clever AI hence the overuse of punctuation. ANA sends regards and would like to know what predictive text is?
UK's first Dutch-style roundabout which gives cyclists priority sees increase in accidents (msn.com)
Like so many I disagree with drivers having to stop in the most dangerous place to give way to bikes and pedestrians, but like so many gov ideas they are here to stay.... Read more
They need to get the basics right first (which will benefit FAR more people) before embarking on 'grand schemes', which often are huge wasteful proverbial white elephants (like cycle routes that go nowhere / are imcomplete or unstuitable) - most of which don't get adeqautely maintained....
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As you have found a 'defect' and corrected it, I would assume you could drive the car as usual. But this is a car with some built-in 'intelligence' so it may choose to do something unexpected. OTOH you said 'the oil light' which I would take as a warning - to which you have responded. Does the handbook suggest anything ?