gold rover
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Jumped in put key in ignition and she gave me a thank you for her new cover. For a while she has been playing silly beggars with ignition barrel/ steering lock. Key in fiddle around , move steering wheel a bit, steering lock then decides to release. Then key out and back in before she would move to position 1. Today, I took the cover off, jumped in , expecting the usual faff, instead, key in steering lock released and straight round to start ignition. Not even a one off. She did it 4 times today. 
I didn't say anything about it in her hearing range though.
I didn't say anything about it in her hearing range though.
Grrrrrr
Technician, Bodgit & Scarper Ltd
The L322 has heating elements in the black border at the bottom specifically for the wipers which are controlled by the same parameters as the heated mirrors- but that doesn't keep the wipers as toasty, ice free and flexible as moving them to the visible lower part of the screen, they (apparently) work better with the reduced snow load, and yes, I've got a heated screen too
My P38A heated mirror has failed on tghe passenger (LHS). Yoiu never know how good it is until it stops working, especially given how frosty it has been recently.
I bought 2 new ones recently, they are great, but not tinted. Big mistake
Scotiawhiskers
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Used him for the dentist, garden centre and BIL run yesterday. So secure and easy on the rutted sideroad ice.
Tore the 4 seasons cover slightly when wrestling it off, it had frozen slightly to the roof. Going to need thawing and some tape as a temporary patch on it. It was like trying to move a giant cardboard shed where it was frozen, and all the bungies had no give as frozen rigid too.
Filled him up and for the last 220 miles he'd done 19.25mpg. happy with that.
Weirdly later on in the day he was matching the speedo to the GPS, rather than showing a 10mph lag from it.
Tore the 4 seasons cover slightly when wrestling it off, it had frozen slightly to the roof. Going to need thawing and some tape as a temporary patch on it. It was like trying to move a giant cardboard shed where it was frozen, and all the bungies had no give as frozen rigid too.
Filled him up and for the last 220 miles he'd done 19.25mpg. happy with that.
Weirdly later on in the day he was matching the speedo to the GPS, rather than showing a 10mph lag from it.
Graculus
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Finally got around to retrofitting Lane Departure Warning & Traffic Sign Recognition, the mirror / camera assembly cost me £10, it took a while to find the correct trim & lens shroud - £13! a quick CCF edit with SDD and the menus became available on the instrument pack.
To be honest, the calibration & test drive probably cost more than £23 in fuel...
It was more of a 'because I can' job than a 'need', the only other upgrade I've looked at is a HUD, but they're costly, even from a breaker, and the upper dash is completely different so that would have to be changed as well - plus, you wouldn't know if the hardware was fully functional until it was all installed & configured, so as handy as it would be, I'll not be bothering!.
To be honest, the calibration & test drive probably cost more than £23 in fuel...
It was more of a 'because I can' job than a 'need', the only other upgrade I've looked at is a HUD, but they're costly, even from a breaker, and the upper dash is completely different so that would have to be changed as well - plus, you wouldn't know if the hardware was fully functional until it was all installed & configured, so as handy as it would be, I'll not be bothering!.
Datatek
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Maybe the wheels were spinning on the ice
Scotiawhiskers
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Think he'd have been handling weirdly with wheelspin, and this was on the bigger, clearer roads.Maybe the wheels were spinning on the ice
Took him to get bird food, have lunch and shop today, still staying in sync at all speeds. Pleasant, but makes me wonder what other mischief he's concocting instead.
I normally do those in pairs kermitudeJust replaced passenger side drop link, came off easy enough but no special washer!! Obviously not seen when it was done last timenot by me
It's gone on, can't be any worse than the old clanky one!!
I take your point. Previous owner.. or possibly the place i bought it from had obviously only done the noisy one.I normally do those in pairs kermitude
Only just had an mot!! They didn't pick up whatever it is
I get it if i go over a pot hole with the left front wheel, not heard it over speed bumps but they are quite gentle
The roll bar is passive, not seen anything to suggest otherwise. It's a 2012 model if that makes any difference
Would never have considered that! Voss connection is the electrical bit in the top?
Assume that would mean a new unit? The bag is past it's best but doesn't seem to be leaking. Assume it's original to the car
