Recent content by Eddie Smiles

Not the same noise Willo. The noise from mine is a high pitch whine audible even from inside the car after you switch the ignition off and running at the same level for about 30 seconds or so. It is not a loud noise but you can certainly hear it if you have normal hearing. It's my wifes car but...

Thanks for the replies #2 and #3. Firstly, why am I not fitting it myself? Same reason as I don't cut the grass, clean the windows, or the car, fix a leaking tap or paint the windows. It's because in Turkey you pay to get someone to do all these things for you :o . Labour is cheap and there are...

Guys, my wife thinks the reason cars are automatic is so that you can talk on your mobile whilst driving to your next social event. This she has in common with 75% of the Turkish driving population. I need to fit the Nokia CK-7W car kit to cure her of this habit and will get one of the many...

Cold? Well yes it is by Izmir standards. Normally this time of year we get temperatures down to about 8/9 degreesC at night. Cooler tonight though, around about 3/4 degrees, it never freezes. Interesting what you say though, it only seems to manifest itself at night, when it is cooler...

Hello from Izmir Turkey to all the LR fans. It's a pleasure to be here. Roads here in Turkey are :mad: so in November 2005 year we changed my wife's car to a Freelander TD4 2006 model. She was reluctant at first, having driven a VW Polo up until then :o but is now a total convert :p ...