May 2024
Sitting in garden this morning reading paper, suddenly noticed a steady hum. Not plane, or approaching train. A minute later hundreds of insects appeared above the lawn - bigger than mozzies, smaller than bees - stayed for about half a minute and moved on, presumably on the gentle breeze. Soon after that there appeared a strong smell, best described as cat-pee, which also cleared after about a minute. Don't recall having this experience before - any ideas ? Read more
Got a 2010 Porsche Boxster 987 Gen 2. 2.9 PDK with PCM3.0. The PCM unit is shows "loading maps... " Other functions of PCM like phone, radio, ipod etc works OK. Has been working OK for years previously.
Tried removing fuse row C F10 PCM3 TRM30. leaving out for 2mins to PCM unit, no difference. ... Read more
Hello Paul. I’m not local to Byfleet, and it’s not the local Porsche dealer about a mile away from Cartronics which I saw as I took the unit down and collected it on my motorbike. Saved a lot of time filtering slow traffic on M25.
Left rear fog light broken.Can i make it ok? Read more
Thank you for my look of the broken reflector. I did not know the bulb was not in it. So there
is no MOT about this bit?...
Hi all
I'm looking for some recommendations on an automatic family car.... Read more
The globally ubiquitous Stellantis powertrain of the 1.2 puretech engine and reliable maintenance-free Aisin EAT6 gearbox is found in many family cars, especially Peugeots, Citroens and Vauxhalls in the UK. I'd avoid anything earlier than 2019, because their Dayco cambelts were prone to crumbling, especially if cheap non-spec oil was used. We are very happy with our Peugeot 2008.
Morning All,
After some advice from you helpful people as I'm on a dreadful run of buying cars that let me down within a couple of years despite my best efforts into researching them!... Read more
‘ If you do buy a charger make sure it is compatible with whatever tariff you might be looking at. With Octopus I think it is mainly the Ohme ones.’
It’s only Intelligent Octopus Go (a tariff that watches wholesale electricity prices every 30 minutes) that requires a compatible charger. The regular Octopus Go tariff will work with any charger, as will every other supplier’s tariff.
I know folks that use a 3 pin plug to run their EV, but they’re low mileage users - at c2.2kW output, it’ll take 24 hours to fully charge a 40kW/h battery.
Be aware that LEAF does use a charging socket that isn’t now the most common (putting it mildly) on public chargers, so any search for amps will have to be filtered to look for Chademo connections. You will find them in the wild at existing sites, but I don’t see many being installed now.
My friend has had two wheels damaged by potholes and one tyre.
The tyres are 35 profile and the tyre store reported that he had seen seven similar cases recently.... Read more
Didn't say steel wheels were "exempt from cracking", but most things are relative, and I would say they are relatively exempt from cracking.
I'd think it a fair bet that an alloy wheel would have been destroyed in the incident I describe above, and if it were repairable, it would have required a bit more than a BFH and the willingness to use it....
OK £240k isn't quite a quarter mill, and yes it is a 22B, but that asking price is still a bit of a shock!
Well the Impreza in the link at the start is still for sale, but the price for it has been well and truly dwarfed by another one.
C1682078...
Hey all,
Recently got a new car that I insured in the middle of march for £1,894 (ouch).
Out of curiosity I re-quoted for the car as I will of passed my test on the 14th and be droving for 5 years and my insurance has gone down a lot.
I'm currently getting quotes from my same insurer (esure flex) for £992 and sheilas wheels for £1100 on the 14th of may.
I have checked with my current insurer (esure flex) who will offer me a refund of £1550.73 to cancel my policy early, meaning if I re-insure with them again with the cheaper quote I will be getting £500+ back.
Im aware I will be missing out on just over a month towards my no-claims bonus but this does not bother me.
My question is there anything wrong with doing this? Can I be penalised or anything for cancelling my insurance early and taking out another quote with the same insurer?
TI; dr: Quoted in march (esure flex) £1,894. Checked to reinsure with same company its £992, saving massive if I cancel insurance early. Is this okay to do?
Thanks! Read more
It may be of interest that when I spoke to my insurer about the increase in renewal premium, I asked if taking my wife off cover would affect this.
The answer was it would increase the cost, but not as much as substituting my 49 year old daughter as named driver....
I reversed my car on a hard lock two days ago and suddenly multiple warning lights came on - low tyre pressure, Electronic Stability, ABS, Park Pilot not working.
This persisted for 10 miles or so on and off until home.... Read more
They appear to have fixed the problem.
Wheel bearing possibly found when they had the car in the air and spun the wheels or heard the noise on road test and then checked, wheel bearings arn't cheap any more often come as part of a complete hub assembly....
sweat bees or hoverflies, most likely.