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Rich B wrote: Sat Feb 13, 2021 6:47 pm

Mito Man wrote: Sat Feb 13, 2021 6:40 pm I've been looking at this but it costs a silly amount for the old CCC idrive. I will stump up for it whenever I have my next big roadtrip though as it's worth it.

yeah, my M3 was the CCC, it was pretty limiting, I ended up just putting a DAB module on it that pretended it was a CD changer.

Barry wrote: Sun Feb 14, 2021 10:55 am Civic battery dead this morning, even the alarm was going off when I tried to open with the physical key, and I've never heard it go off before!

So yeah, Halfords solar panel trickle chargers don't work (at least not in UK winter). Back to occasional battery charging then.

Also, mould on back seats (they don't get direct sunlight), so that was awesome.

V8Granite wrote: Sun Feb 14, 2021 3:25 pm

Barry wrote: Sun Feb 14, 2021 10:55 am Civic battery dead this morning, even the alarm was going off when I tried to open with the physical key, and I've never heard it go off before!

So yeah, Halfords solar panel trickle chargers don't work (at least not in UK winter). Back to occasional battery charging then.

Also, mould on back seats (they don't get direct sunlight), so that was awesome.

A lot of them actually drain the battery as they don’t run a regulator. Lots of Solar panel and controllers would work great but if your car doesn’t have a high drain naturally then once a month on a charger or a drive is far easier.

Dave!

Broccers wrote: Sun Feb 14, 2021 2:46 pm Washed the boxster this morning in the local jetwash which had me looking like bamby. Been out in it this aft and its now covered in crap again. Pointless waste of time. Enjoyed having a drive out tho after a week or so of not going anywhere.

I'm glad I bought a new battery - they are worth buying if yours is old, bite the bullet.

Explosive Newt wrote: Sun Feb 14, 2021 7:29 pm

Broccers wrote: Sun Feb 14, 2021 2:46 pm Washed the boxster this morning in the local jetwash which had me looking like bamby. Been out in it this aft and its now covered in crap again. Pointless waste of time. Enjoyed having a drive out tho after a week or so of not going anywhere.

I'm glad I bought a new battery - they are worth buying if yours is old, bite the bullet.

It was very slow to crank up on Saturday, admittedly having been barely driven for the past month and a bit. Hopefully a couple of hours' driving has put a bit of lead back in its pencil but perhaps I should get a new battery in when I get the microswitch for the roof closing looked at.

There is an attachment for some kind of charger already hooked into the battery. If I can work out what it is, I might buy the corresponding charger to plug into it.

Although that is not a good plan for the future as the Mrs and I have put in an offer on a house without any off-street parking... (in our defence, it's verrrry nice).

GG. wrote: Sun Feb 14, 2021 9:51 pm Felt I had to do mine today as it was so covered in salt it looked like someone had speckled it with paint (you can see on the 944 in the background what I mean)

Hand were so cold by the time I finished that when I washed my hands in warm water afterwards it felt like my fingernails were going to come off



Seemed to attract a lot of attention driving around in a gleaming car when everything else was covered in muck. Rained four hours afterwards so pretty sisyphean task at this time of year as others have remarked.