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General Car Chat / Re: Original was bad enough
« on: 07 August 2023, 21:22:54 »You either love or hate Citroens, I hate them.
wouldn't have a new Citroen given to me (we have a C3 here) but I'd have a proper early DS or a SM
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wouldn't have a new Citroen given to me (we have a C3 here) but I'd have a proper early DS or a SM
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General Car Chat / Re: Main dealer code read
« on: 07 August 2023, 17:14:35 »
doesn't surprise me. I believe Mercedes charge £195 to just have a look aka diagnostic fee.
I once rang to ask how much to fit blah blah blah .... the reply was, we'd need to charge you a diagnostic fee first
I didn't need anything diagnosing ... just a price to fit.
I once rang to ask how much to fit blah blah blah .... the reply was, we'd need to charge you a diagnostic fee first
I didn't need anything diagnosing ... just a price to fit.
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General Car Chat / Re: Inconvenient location for an EV to catch fire
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Omega General Help / Re: handbrake pads
« on: 06 August 2023, 20:36:18 »Sorry for late reply I have recently had an mot and was told the problem with my handbrake would need a complete braking rebuild on one side. I await a quote for them to do the job.
Sod the quote, you want an explanation of what that means and why it's only on one side.
What he said
sounds like a bit of upselling by the MOT place to me
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General Car Chat / Re: vauxhall mokka tyre pressure fault
« on: 03 August 2023, 12:22:10 »A lot of these 'driver aids' are just to pander to drivers who are to idle to check their car once a week. I also know when it's raining ,because i see these funny wet spots all over the windscreen..
My sentiments entirely, I'd sooner trust my judgement after checking items rather than relying on some "aid" that is prone to failure, and after 52 years I'm still doing fine..👍
so what are you thoughts on ABS? Can you out brake your car's ABS ?
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General Car Chat / Re: vauxhall mokka tyre pressure fault
« on: 02 August 2023, 13:17:04 »...
Pretty sure the indirect system is no longer allowed as it was shown to not give the intended warnings (I am told it never met the original regs).
so another money making plan ... £100 a corner pressure/temp sensor on each wheel!
the indirect on mine has high lighted a slow puncture
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General Car Chat / Re: vauxhall mokka tyre pressure fault
« on: 02 August 2023, 00:06:00 »....
I won't change my habits of a lifetime though .
I never said you needed to .....
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General Car Chat / Re: vauxhall mokka tyre pressure fault
« on: 01 August 2023, 22:15:04 »....
My car would give a low pressure warning that could be made to go away if the car was driven for a mile or two. Presumably because the tyres became warmer.
direct or indirect system?
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General Car Chat / Re: vauxhall mokka tyre pressure fault
« on: 01 August 2023, 22:13:21 ».....
I do check mine weekly & always have done since I started driving in 1971 , basic stuff really tyres oil screen wash etc.
and do you regularly have to top your tyre pressures up? My tyre pressures rarely alter ....
.... and you've been driving not that much longer than me
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General Car Chat / Re: vauxhall mokka tyre pressure fault
« on: 01 August 2023, 18:09:37 »TPM is a pain in the arse.
The system in my old Jag would always show an error message when the weather was very hot or very cold.
the only time I've had a problem with the indirect system on my car was when I had a wheel that wasn't balanced very well (or it threw a weight
) It was forever telling me to check tyre pressures when there was next to nothing between them & the system had been reset. Had the wheels/tyres rebalanced & that was it .... sorted! No idea what the relationship between ABS sensors & unbalanced wheels could be
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General Car Chat / Re: vauxhall mokka tyre pressure fault
« on: 01 August 2023, 18:05:39 »A lot of these 'driver aids' are just to pander to drivers who are to idle to check their car once a week. I also know when it's raining ,because i see these funny wet spots all over the windscreen.
Who honestly checks their cars' tyre pressures weekly ... or even at all, unless they think a tyre is soft
I like the auto wipers on my ML .... but I manage quite well with our other cars that don't have it
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General Car Chat / Re: vauxhall mokka tyre pressure fault
« on: 31 July 2023, 22:06:17 »the same corner needs air, tho as I said it doesnt , anyway its a job that requires the bead popping so its booked in to a tyre shopa mokka on a 16plate is telling me a tyre needs air, but it doesn,t . is there a sensor on the wheel that may be faulty, the tyres are recent all round
& in good nick.
is it telling you that a specific tyre is 'flat'? Or is it telling you that you that one of your tyres is 'flat'?
but is the car telling you that you have a particular tyre that's flat ie direct system that has a pressure/temp sensor in each tyre & tells yo the pressure of individual tyres?
OR is it telling you that you need to go looking & one 1 of the 4 tyres is flat ie indirect that uses the ABS?
