mcmyk

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• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 5 hours, 25 minutes

  

  So in relation to my earlier post where start stop wouldn't work:

  In true @Dammit style, this morning my Alltrack lit the dash up like a christmas tree, flagged an airbag fault, flagged a tyre pressure monitor fault, reset the analogue clock 8 times, clicked all the relays, moved the seat and wouldn't start.

  Hopefully it's just that the battery has carked it.

• Rapha, nice but a bit pricey?

  in Bikes & Bits • 1 day, 1 hour

  

  The only winter kit you need is the indoor training shirt apparently

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 day, 3 hours

  

  I think it's just because it's been super warm here for a few days and the conditions at which it works haven't been met:

  Requirements for the engine to automatically switch off:
  The driver must be wearing their seat belt.
  The driver door must be closed.
  The engine hood must be closed.
  The engine must have reached minimum operating temperature.
  For vehicles with Climatronic: the temperature inside the vehicle must be within the pre-set temperature range and the humidity must not be too high.
  The windshield defrost function must not be switched on.
  The vehicle battery must be sufficiently charged.
  The vehicle battery temperature must not be too low or too high.
  The vehicle must not be on a steep incline.
  The vehicle must not be in reverse gear.
  The vehicle must not be in off-road mode.

  Requirements for the engine to automatically restart

  The engine may restart automatically under the following conditions:
  If the vehicle interior becomes very hot or very cold.
  If the vehicle rolls forward or backward.
  If the vehicle battery voltage lowers.
  If the steering wheel is moved.

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 day, 15 hours

  

  In strangely similar circumstances to @Dammit the start stop on my Passat hasn't worked since i bought it. It did work when i test drove it though

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 3 days, 21 hours

  

  There was a T16 road car, that looked like an Mi16 with a 2.0 turbo

  https://www.secret-classics.com/en/peuge­ot-405-t16/

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 3 days, 22 hours

  

  Yep, We got the 2.0 TDI, 170bhp with the 6sp DSG.

  I’ve literally driven it around town twice so far, but it’s great to drive. I’m not quite used to the DSG or the size of it yet so reversing up the drive was interesting

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 3 days, 23 hours

  

  Yeah my mates had a few 205s with an Mi16 swap between them. One of them also had the equivalent Mi16 BX too

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 4 days, 1 hour

  

  MI16 and T16 no?

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 4 days, 4 hours

  

  Did a buy

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 5 days, 23 hours

  

  I bought my last car in the UK on PCP - it worked out great for me at the time (I had recently graduated from my masters and had a full time job but not heaps of savings to buy a car outright).

  I spent 10,400gbp with 1% deposit, over 3yrs with a ~6k baloon payment at the end. I think repayments were about 180gbp a month. I ended up buying the car out right at the end and using it for another 3yrs before I sold it when i left the UK.

  The deal I got was a bit sweeter as it also included 3yrs free servicing and a lower than normal interest rate (i think it was 3%?)