Recent content by benthomas

Currently in between P38's

No that's not what the wife says!! Decided the P38 wasn't destined to sit on the drive waiting for attention after getting the company car, went to start it on Saturday morning and battery flat as a witches t1t, so that made my mind up to sell it and let someone else appreciate it. Listed it...

Its a Rangie, drive over their car !

Well took delivery of the Auris Hybrid today and its, well, "nice" but i honestly prefer the comfort of my 18 year old Rangie and i miss the hairs standing up on the back of my neck every time i hear a "Beep"

Probably not the answer, but as my recent post "EKA stupidity" i got away with twisting and holding the Key in the unlock position till the flashing alarm light on the dash went out then put the key in the ignition and it sync'd by itself. Please don't batter me if this is duff info but it...

Phew !!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the lead Grrrrr, Turn driver doorlock to unlock and held it there til the alarm light deactivated, then put the key in the ignition, hey presto all the other doors unlocked, turn igition and it warned "Alarm activated" and it started. Turn off and its sync'd...

I think ive done the stupidest thing ive done in my life. Had fob battery warning all day, knew i had new batteries at home so didnt worry. got home Locked car, 2 hours later remembered in need to change batteries, changed them, went to car not responding to remote, unlocked it with key, alarm...

Will check the connector for corrosion as a first off, if not I've got a driver in the garage so its only an hours work to swap it over, hopefully that will be the end of it.

It's a 98 dse, i'm sure the fault is something or nothing as when it flashes up it doesn't drop, or give the 35mph warning, as soon as i touch the OBD plug on the socket it does the beep beep beep, i unplug and 3 seconds later all is well again. I suspected the Driver as i swapped it with the...

Not sure if this is the perfect stuff to use but i have used a product called tiger seal to fit a body kit in the past and it really does stick, after 48 hours it is impossible to remove without destroying the kit.

Wont sell a car with a known fault, i'll be swapping the driver pack back to the original one when i get a spare hour, its only thrown this random fault since i fitted a rebuilt spare valve block and swapped the driver pack.

Well the company car gets delivered on Monday, went for the Toyota Auris hybrid Sports tourer in the end, will only cost me £52 a month in tax and states 80mpg+, that's my monthly fuel bill slashed. Decided to keep the RR for at least 3 months then it will still have 6 months MOT to sell it on...

Well today i discovered that the random EAS fault that pops up mainly when i leave it running in park, is cleared simply by plugging the OBD Serial cable in for a second and removing it, Strange? Only found out as when i plugged the cable in it fell straight back out and had cleared the fault...

The issue was me, the Op's manager having a Merc and the MD having a Merc. We have to know our place !!!

Yeah, i had to laugh when i was given my choice of cars and monthly lease allowance then told i couldn't have the C220cdi touring i had picked as the MD only had the E220, and they said the car had to reflect the company image and a skoda octavia and Mondeo was on the list they mentioned, never...