Now that you've got your grubby little hands on a car, the one thing as a priority is, you really should fit a low coolant alarm if not already fitted, this will potentially save your engine and shitloads of cash, in the long run. nothing wrong with you tarting up the interiour of the car, and upgrading the sound system, indeed they sound similar tt what I've done on my car, but those things won't actually improve on the design weakness of the car.
Just tying to save you the pain and suffering, frustration, heartache and the associated wallet ache!
Another hard won lesson on living with one of our cars is to fit sme tail light cover to the inside of the tail lights (in the boot)
these will save you from damage to the tail light wiring and/or the tail light circuit board getting knocked off every time you put shopping bags in the boot! I believe that these are still available through various suppliers
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Well that's a most kind and generous offer.......but I hope you don't mind if I decline it?We’ll Bugger me,
M
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"Reputable Insurer" that surely has to be the oxymoron of the year! 🤣Talking of car insurance I've just found out my daughter has been paying £2500 a year to insure her tiny 1.2 litre Fiat 500. Late 20s, 5 years no claims and they've been insisting on the indignity of a damnable black box too. WTF. Like a mug she had stayed with the same company and just assumed it was normal for the premiums to keep increasing and so had doubted she could afford to run anything a bit quicker.. Now we've had a conversation she's moved to a different insurer for around £ 500 plus the penny has dropped she's she can feasibly upgrade to a faster car whilst still saving money compared to her old premiums. I do wonder how the hell a reputable insurer can regard such blatant overcharging as remotely ethical.
Then there's us agonising about the whys and wherefores of dispensing with the pointless and troublesome superlock, remapping an ECU to improve economy, painting our wheels a different colour etc.etc.
No doubt these profiteering wankers would charge motorcyclists higher premiums for not having an ashtray if they could.
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I tell ya what, when I rip out all the useless security shit, I'll send it to you, so you can tell your mates at the insurance company you got extra, I'm sure the bastards will still rip you off when it comes time for them to pay up! 1.pngRegardless of what we think about the features included in the security system it is a standard feature.
When applying for insurance cover here in the U.K. we are usually asked a standard series of questions.
Near the top of the list is “what alarm” or other security features are included, soon followed by “what modifications” have been carried out.
So, it is important to have the perishing locks working or declare that one aspect such as “superlock” is disabled. At that point you will be directed to a broker and up goes the cost of insurance.
An insurance company will not care about any self inflicted damage caused to door cards etc whilst trying to overcome a failed superlock.
You might be able to be “economical” with the truth if the car were stolen by answering positively to the question was the car locked. The answer might be “yes” but without declaring no it was not superlocked.
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It make me shake my had in incomprehension that all over the car they cheapscated and yet they spent money including worthless shit like this and the alarm!
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I always try to recommend the checks that cost nothing more than elbow grease first before getting into potentially more costly diagnostics.
Once you've settled upon the cat as a contributing culprit, the sole culprit or or even cleared it's name, we will guide you through any further actions required.
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L/H locks would be a mirror image of a R/H lock so whatever is asymmetrical about one will be opposite on the other. I wouldn't mind fitting a L/H lock to my car.
It's just temping fate............One day, I can see the battery being flat and the drivers door lock choosing that moment to shit itself, of course I'll need to get in desperately and wont be able to because the imbiciles only put a lock on one side!
Of course one I have locks on both sides, providing me with an easy solution, then fate just won't bother and this problem will never occur, as I'd taken all the fun out of it!
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My car has no internal movement sensor, I dunno if a P/O binned it because it was nothing but trouble or maybe it wasn't fitted........I dunno and don't care much, pretty sure I would only end up binning it anyway!
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Yep sunning is the word.....41C today! Hotter than a curried fart.........Most unpleasant!
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Yes it's always difficult to get the best out of a car on a mountain road, with the minister for war present, ready and willing to cross the floor to join the opposition and making a motion of a vote of no confidence at any displays of enthusiastic driving!
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