Car advice

[RandomGuy.]

Just now, TxRover said:

This will cause legislation like the right to repair stuff for phones and such, but it’ll take time…it is stupid, counterproductive and very anti-consumer. 

Cars these days arent meant to be fixed, its just silly. When designing a car its apparently written in youve to be able to change a headlight at the side of the road, which is obviously near impossible on most cars.

Done a clutch slave cylinder on a Tiguan today. Old cars you just take the pipe out, 2 bolts, new one on and bleed. This i had to remove the gearbox to get into the 3 bolts.

[Sergeant Wilson]

I've got a red car. It's not very big.

[101]

1 hour ago, Arthur daley said:

A quick multimeter test would give you an idea of the battery volts without the need of a battery tester to check the voltage so your not stranded on your trip next week to rule it out ,that’s  if it’s not going in to the garage before then as a recovery aa/rac would be a dear day out for them to replace a battery  if stranded . 

I don't have a multimeter, I might pack some jump leads as a precaution however the garage provide breakdown cover for the first 90 days so it's their bill to pay if it goes tits up.

[Molotov]

2 hours ago, RandomGuy. said:

If its running fine then I'd be surprised if its doing anything serious. The fact you've got a stop/start fault heavily suggests its the battery though, which I just noticed you mentioned in an older post.

Lot of batterys are now coded and while they can be charged enough to run the car, if they dip below a certain voltage they'll stop doing certain functions. Start/stop is always the first to go.

I got to reason that the financial and environmental cost of replacing a car battery and the stop/start nature of the car was far more damaging that I turn off this stupid feature.

[Molotov]

Too many modern car issues are caused by failing or faulty computer components. 

That could be down to cheaper components being used to reduce production costs that result in many more unnecessary service charges by dealerships. 

Or it could be that the manufacturers realise that they can limit the lifespan of vehicles. 

They have been doing it for years with “modern” phones, laptops and tablets. 

I’m glad I still have my Nokia 3310!

What a device!

[Andy Dufresne]

Still no sign of the wiring loom turning up from Vauxhall for my wife's car,it is 3 months next week they have had her car.

[TxRover]

2 hours ago, Andy Dufresne said:

Still no sign of the wiring loom turning up from Vauxhall for my wife's car,it is 3 months next week they have had her car.

Probably got used to patch up a Russian T-80 that some farmer captured.

[kingjoey]

On 05/01/2023 at 22:02, Sergeant Wilson said:

I've got a red car. It's not very big.

Mine is blue

[Alert Mongoose]

[RH33]

21 minutes ago, Grem456 said:

Hi all. I drive a BMW X5M. Very cool car, everything in it suits me. But as you all know with the German cars very often strange things happen. this is me compared to the Japanese, with them I never had any problems. Constantly began to knock out different errors on the dashboard. I have already visited all possible service stations. They couldn't help me anywhere. I need to go to the dealer, and this service costs unreasonable money. Okay, if it helped, but so I went to them and in half a year again the same picture. After much anguish, it was decided to buy an OBD. Now I myself without any help, once a week, sometimes more often, read all the errors and just one click smartphone reset them. I understand that this is wrong, but no one can help me. Even the dealership does not give me any guarantee on their work. Maybe someone will find this information useful. If you have this situation and no one is able to help you, do not bother, just solve the problem yourself.

Oh, please share your useful link......

[PWL]

49 minutes ago, Grem456 said:

 If you have this situation and no one is able to help you, 

[RandomGuy.]

You can do the same with housefires.

A room on fire? Simply close the door so you cant see it anymore.

Problem solved.

[KnightswoodBear]

7 hours ago, Grem456 said:

Hi all. I drive a BMW X5M. Very cool car, everything in it suits me. But as you all know with the German cars very often strange things happen. this is me compared to the Japanese, with them I never had any problems. Constantly began to knock out different errors on the dashboard. I have already visited all possible service stations. They couldn't help me anywhere. I need to go to the dealer, and this service costs unreasonable money. Okay, if it helped, but so I went to them and in half a year again the same picture. After much anguish, it was decided to buy an OBD. Now I myself without any help, once a week, sometimes more often, read all the errors and just one click smartphone reset them. I understand that this is wrong, but no one can help me. Even the dealership does not give me any guarantee on their work. Maybe someone will find this information useful. If you have this situation and no one is able to help you, do not bother, just solve the problem yourself.

Have you considered winding the windows down and putting the heating on full blast? 

[Andy Dufresne]

Arnold Clark have now sent my wife's car to an auto electrician and he has said what my wife's son said 7 months ago it is the fuel sender unit,he is funny enough an Arnold Clack mechanic.

[8MileBU]

38 minutes ago, Andy Dufresne said:

Arnold Clark have now sent my wife's car to an auto electrician and he has said what my wife's son said 7 months ago it is the fuel sender unit,he is funny enough an Arnold Clack mechanic.

Arnold Clark are fucking chancers. Just had car serviced by them (normally go to Farmers on Grahams Road but they quoted £50 higher on the phone than their website said) and AC offered the next best price. Anyway they phoned my missus when the car was pretty much ready but they wanted to give a “urgent advisory” on both the front and rear disks and pads which they could’ve replaced there and then for £500-and-something.… The car hasn’t even done 25000 miles! 
 

Clearly Arnold Clark still in the dark ages and think they’ll make a fast buck if it’s a women they’re dealing with. 

Just to be sure though I went and asked the neighbour a couple of doors down (a mechanic) to have a quick look. He said they look like they’ve done about 5000 not 25000.

Edited January 19, 2023 by 8MileBU

[Arthur daley]

On 17/01/2023 at 14:43, RandomGuy. said:

You can do the same with housefires.

A room on fire? Simply close the door so you cant see it anymore.

Problem solved.

Little known hack that firemen don’t want you to know . 

[Uncle Psychosis]

Folks, 

Mrs Psychosis needs a new car because her Focus is dying. 

High on the list is a Citroen C4 Grand Picasso. 

Any thoughts? What I know about cars can be summarised as "you get small ones, big ones, fast ones, and they come in all different colours". 

[Derry Alli]

On 17/01/2023 at 14:43, RandomGuy. said:

You can do the same with housefires.

A room on fire? Simply close the door so you cant see it anymore.

Problem solved.

Worked for Grimbo. 

[beefybake]

14 hours ago, Uncle Psychosis said:

Folks, 

Mrs Psychosis needs a new car because her Focus is dying. 

High on the list is a Citroen C4 Grand Picasso. 

Any thoughts? What I know about cars can be summarised as "you get small ones, big ones, fast ones, and they come in all different colours". 

As mentioned elsewhere on P&B, IIRC....., Ford, Vauxhall, Citroen, Peugeot are disposable cars.

Also steer clear of any and all combinations of small engine, turbo-charged, and diesels.

Suggest, in descending order of preference....  A Toyota, Honda or Mazda.

 

 

 

[TxRover]

1 hour ago, beefybake said:

As mentioned elsewhere on P&B, IIRC....., Ford, Vauxhall, Citroen, Peugeot are disposable cars.

Also steer clear of any and all combinations of small engine, turbo-charged, and diesels.

Suggest, in descending order of preference....  A Toyota, Honda or Mazda.

Second that…but a couple of tips:

Instead of the factory maintenance schedule, change the oil every 5,000 miles or six months. Do that on a Toyota instead of the “recommended” 10,000/1 year, and it will last 300,000+ miles (watch The Car Care Nut on YouTube for examples…master Toyota tech).

If you have a Honda (or Nissan, or anything) with a CVT, change the fluid every 30,000 miles and it will last much longer. 60,000 mile changes don’t help, even if that’s the recommendation.

If your vehicle has a lifetime fill transmission, change the fluid at least every 100,000 miles…the manufacturers idea of “lifetime” is about 100,000 miles. Note that dealers may actually decline to do this job.

If you have a Subaru, go to a specialist because it’s entirely too easy to miss one of the gearboxs/differentials and/or miss fill them.