So what have you done to your car today?

[Andy B]

I've just bought a pattern crank shaft/position sensor for my Smart!! 

Dealer wanted £164+vat! Pattern Hella sensor was almost £45 delivered ..... 

[countrywoman]

The seats fought back, they fitted before but had to wrangle them to fit. Vinyl paint still tacky as well. PIA for me to post pics on here.

[Viral_Jim]

I've just bought a pattern crank shaft/position sensor for my Smart!! 

Dealer wanted £164+vat! Pattern Hella sensor was almost £45 delivered ..... 

Something in the water? Or rather the weather....

The galaxy died at some traffic lights yesterday, started straight back up. Nothing on the diagnostics scan suggests to me a crank position sensor failure brought on by high under bonnet temps.

Sadly with no other evidence to go on my only option is to fire the parts cannon at it  . Still, at £25+VAT it's not a massive ask on one of these.

[Andy B]

I've just bought a pattern crank shaft/position sensor for my Smart!! 

Dealer wanted £164+vat! Pattern Hella sensor was almost £45 delivered ..... 

Something in the water? Or rather the weather....

The galaxy died at some traffic lights yesterday, started straight back up. Nothing on the diagnostics scan suggests to me a crank position sensor failure brought on by high under bonnet temps.

Sadly with no other evidence to go on my only option is to fire the parts cannon at it  . Still, at £25+VAT it's not a massive ask on one of these.

The car actually died Friday evening after I'd dropped my grand daughter off at home. I left it outside her house Friday night, went to work in the ML. I tried starting it on the Sat evening but it wasn't having it. I called recovery yesterday who I arranged to meet at the car, I got there 1st, put the key in really just to take it out of gear but tried starting it ..... & away it went first time!
Code reader suggested it was the crank sensor ....  Sensors on line were all kinds of money from about £8 
Anyway, the sensor is dead easy to get to if it dies again.

[Rangie]

Booked the RRS in for its service & MOT next month .

[YZ250]

Treated the Audi to a new set of front brake pads. Not fitted them yet but will do soon, as although they're only around 60% worn they have started kicking out more dust, and I hate dirty alloys.    Rears to follow shortly as using cruise a lot appears to wear front and rears at an equal rate.

[Raeturbo]

How does cruise control affect the  life of the pads?

[Doctor Gollum]

How does cruise control affect the  life of the pads?

It shouldn't unless it's advanced cruise that also slows the car... In which case slowing the car from the rear makes for smoother braking from a passenger comfort perspective as it limits the nose dive effect.

That said I found the brake bias on my Altea to be heavily to the rear, so my first thought is that accelerated rear brake wear is either a VW thing or indicative of a fault.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Treated the Audi to a new set of front brake pads. Not fitted them yet but will do soon, as although they're only around 60% worn they have started kicking out more dust, and I hate dirty alloys.    Rears to follow shortly as using cruise a lot appears to wear front and rears at an equal rate.

Its far more likely to be the stability system using the rears for vectoring that is making the wear even, adaptive cruise still uses the same brake bias as using your foot to ensure stability when slowing

[YZ250]

Treated the Audi to a new set of front brake pads. Not fitted them yet but will do soon, as although they're only around 60% worn they have started kicking out more dust, and I hate dirty alloys.    Rears to follow shortly as using cruise a lot appears to wear front and rears at an equal rate.

Its far more likely to be the stability system using the rears for vectoring that is making the wear even, adaptive cruise still uses the same brake bias as using your foot to ensure stability when slowing

You may well be right Mark.    When I questioned the equal'ish wear, I was told that it was partly down to the adaptive cruise, so maybe a combination of both.    I'm used to the rears lasting much longer than the fronts on previous vehicles but these are 60% worn on the front and not far behind on the rears. 

[YZ250]

How does cruise control affect the  life of the pads?

It shouldn't unless it's advanced cruise that also slows the car... In which case slowing the car from the rear makes for smoother braking from a passenger comfort perspective as it limits the nose dive effect.............

Yes, it definitely applies the brakes, as I see the third brake light come on in the tailgate spoiler reflection, which I believe has been a requirement for legislation for many years now. 

[YZ250]

How does cruise control affect the  life of the pads?

It shouldn't unless it's advanced cruise that also slows the car... In which case slowing the car from the rear makes for smoother braking from a passenger comfort perspective as it limits the nose dive effect.............

Well you could be right Al. I just googled VAG ACC rear pad wear and it appears that under very light braking it applies rear bias for the reason that you stated, and uses normal bias for heavier braking....... and pre-sense for those suicidal moments.   
Maybe it's just a VAG thing.    or maybe it's total horse shite. 

[Marks DTM Calib]

How does cruise control affect the  life of the pads?

It shouldn't unless it's advanced cruise that also slows the car... In which case slowing the car from the rear makes for smoother braking from a passenger comfort perspective as it limits the nose dive effect.............

Well you could be right Al. I just googled VAG ACC rear pad wear and it appears that under very light braking it applies rear bias for the reason that you stated, and uses normal bias for heavier braking....... and pre-sense for those suicidal moments.   
Maybe it's just a VAG thing.    or maybe it's total horse shite. 

That's bloody dangerous, as the vehicle has no idea what the road conditions are and could easily spin you if you were on an icy patch

[Rangie]

Had the RRS valeted, it was pretty dirty after our trip to Devon & the various dusty paths we've driven over taking the dogs out & sand from the beach being trodden into the carpets , it's now sparkling in & out, the young eastern European lad gets a lot of business from my neighbours now so he reduces mine by a tenner.

[TheBoy]

Speaking of VAGs, I dumped mine in the short stay, and now running around in a VAG shitbox.

I singlehandedly makes the Battlebus feel powerful and fast