markeyszoo

Seems well stuck and you need to get it open to fix/oil. I would be tempted to put the motor into tilt up position and gently encourage it to move from below.

I had a problem with LV in the past and said i would never use them again. When i was self employed i had 2 vehicles. one for private and a van for work. Both had over several years earned their own NCB. When the van was involved in a minor car park scuffle and a claim was filed against it, LV removed NCB from both policies which annoyed me and never made sense to me.

Never say never. Price made me return to LV 2 years ago and they are efficient but just bumped my premium by £100 this time although having no claims so trying RAC for a change.

15 hours ago, Vintagesixtysix said:

Mine did exactly the same…

I got a new Stanley blade and a steel ruler and trimmed back all four.

They've not peeled back any further after four years plus.

trimmed back as in removed it all or just the loose bit?

Should i stick this back? Part of me thinks it is designed to be removed to show the chrome trim underneath?

Just started using google earth but cannot decide a good place to hang phone.

Dashboard is fairly crowded and where ever i put it, it blocks off some function.

Where do you put yours?

On 1/5/2023 at 2:41 PM, ahmed-abrar said:

had the work carried out yesterday & after 2 hour's of work they look as new as they can be. I've dabbled with various DIY options in the past (and failed)but  now rather pay someone who does restorations for a living to do it properly. by the way, he did use various machines, discs, 3M compounds & was finished it off with a GYEON PURE coating

How much did that cost?

29 minutes ago, H3XME said:

Just fill it in with a fluid that's okay to use in negative temperatures.. but yeah, you can empty it too. This is for up to -20ºC https://www.halfords.com/motoring/screenwash/halfords--20-ready-mixed-screenwash-5l---citrus-611784.html

like that idea, will buy some

I am going away over xmas for 6 weeks and will be leaving the car sat on the drive. In view of the cold weather forecast I am considering emptying the washer bottle.

I should hate for it to freeze and burst. Not concerned with engine cos it has antifreeze but am i being paranoid about washer bottle?

Mine does this and especially when full lock is applied. Sometimes does it going forward from stopped. Very loud and quite hairy.

xmas lights up early this year.

On 11/18/2022 at 8:01 PM, Spock66 said:

The current Government policy is to raise taxes, if it was not Vehicle Excise Duty it would be something else going up.

I don't have an electric car, but even if I did I would think at £165 per year that's a fair cop.

How many of the new electric cars are mobility purchases where no RFL is payable ?

dozens on eBay for less than £20. Nearly all. if not all, will reset. Get one with a code list book. eBay item number:374325516757

22 hours ago, ScoFair said:

Manually!?!? Who the chuff does anything manually these days 🤔

mainly those who can

it only takes 10 seconds to change manually. not a deal breaker🕛🕚🕙

Do the service logs show spark plug changes every 60,000 miles?

2 hours ago, royoftherovers said:

Halfords where Mike ?

It seems that we all should share in that gem.👍

 

Chorley but i think they all do it if you buy your dashcam from them.

Bought my dashcam from Halfords and for £15 they fitted it. The guy had all the tools for removing panels and trim and seemed to have little trouble with the fuse.

He had obviously done many before. took him 20 minutes and I was away.

I use the 2017 disc and mostly it gets me there, however i mainly use the sat nav for getting me home from far flung places and it does that well.

On 9/17/2022 at 11:33 PM, toffee_pie said:

I think people who can drive a manual gearbox have a better understanding, empathy even of how a car works in general - my missus is from Asia and only uses Auto - she has no clue how a manual stick works -- she says she can drive one but she is not using my car to try out her skills.

There is nothing wrong with autos and my next car will probably be one but manual’s will always have a place in the automotive world and some of the most expensive cars ever are manual

i have driven manuals where the "stick" was on the column and had only 3 gears, a vauxhall and a hillman. I have driven where the "stick " was sticking out of the dashboard, Renault and many where it sat on the floor. None was as good as the auto on my Lexus.

Having passed three score and 10 some years ago, I consider myself qualified to speak on the subject of old men and "stick" or manual gear change as we used to call it.

What you forgot is that my generation hardly saw any automatic gearboxes and nearly all learned to drive manual cars.

We may not choose to drive manual now but it is like riding a bike, you never forget, and anyway is not that great a skill.

Why is it your fault?

17 hours ago, royoftherovers said:

And we Beetle Owners who waved at each other

and the friendly wave from the AA man

and the man who came and filled your car up for you and washed the windscreen 

and the button on the floor left of the clutch pedal, which operated the Headlamps

and the radio which took 30 minutes to warm up

and Cross Ply tyres

I seem to remember a button on the floor that dropped a gear on an old Mercedes that I had, useful when overtaking.

I saw this for sale in Aldi a few weeks back, not in a fancy can. Does it really work.? I put some straight in the carb of a Corsair once, 1970's and it blew out clouds of smoke but the car was never the same afterwards. I suspected that i had removed too much built up carbon on the pistons?

10 hours ago, J Henderson said:

Nope. @markeyszoo has an 09+ facelift car. The bumper is all one piece.

Correct🚗

I could not follow this post until i realized that my bumper design was different and the "broken" piece is all one part on my car.