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integrale_evo wrote: Tue Sep 20, 2022 7:27 am No point posting too much until it turns up, then there will be lots of nerdy details I’m sure

those dolphin graphics are the nuts.

I do have one of the pioneer oled ones, but mine had the f1 car and eagle, not the dolphins. Too new anyway, I bought it in 2001 for my metro

I can’t find it though, I’d like to see if it still works.

Have you used Rose Passion ? I’ve had some small parts from them, prices were good and service excellent.

Can't get a garage to look at the car for re-MOT till next thursday. After I'm back from Coventry. So, train it is I guess.

Le Sigh.

Sundayjumper wrote: Tue Sep 20, 2022 10:17 am Have you used Rose Passion ? I’ve had some small parts from them, prices were good and service excellent.

That's where I ordered my stuff from! Rose Passion are the only people stocking an S4+ front spoiler, aside from Roger at 928sRus in the US and his are way more expensive, and that's before you factor in the ridiculous shipping charges. Rose Passion also made it easy to order all the extra bracketry as they use the PET diagrams on their site. At some point in its life, someone's hit a kerb and ripped the spoiler off, and then they removed pretty much everything else which is why I had to order everything. The main support bracket was £300 alone, I was kind of hoping they'd left that on the car, but no such luck.

MOT on the Fabia passed with no advisories. All of 560 miles since the last one.

The horn wasn't working but the chap just said to get it fixed, he'd passed it anyway. And that was collected and returned at no extra charge. I shall continue to use them, for sure.

Suspect the horn wiring has just come loose, in the same way that the windscreen washer tubing had popped off. I blame the somewhat rough in places Kemble Targa for that.

Image courtesy of evo mag.

About 18months ago I mentioned that I'd had a discovery with the Evora lights : sidelights are activated via the top right aluminium button to the right of the steering wheel. Headlights the one beneath that. For the first four years of ownership, when reaching my destination (during hours of darkness) I would switch off first the headlights, and then the sidelights. Expressing that this "two separate button press" was always a bit of a pain is a fairly mighty first-world-problem whine. . But it always was.

18-odd months ago I discovered that - if I just press the sidelight button after switching off the ignition - I get approx 45secs of guide-you-home headlights before they all switch off. Awesome - how was I so dopey to miss this for so long. . Button pressing requirement reduced from two to one.

Yesterday I stopped for fuel. I always switch headlights off when I do this and just leave the car on sidelights. Except yesterday. As I went to pay I realised that my phone was still in the car, so I locked it, and glanced behind to check that the hazards flashed their confirmation. Which they did. But at that point I realised I had left my headlights on.

As I returned to the car however - headlights were off.

Tested it again at home, and yes - if you leave the lights on, exit the car and lock it - you get the same 45-odd seconds of guide-you-home headlights and then they turn off, thus further reducing any button pressing requirements from one to zero.

I have owned this car for over 6 years....

6 years and never RTFM

integrale_evo wrote: Thu Sep 22, 2022 9:47 am 6 years and never RTFM

Read a destruction manual? Are you mad?

mik wrote: Thu Sep 22, 2022 8:22 am
Tested it again at home, and yes - if you leave the lights on, exit the car and lock it - you get the same 45-odd seconds of guide-you-home headlights and then they turn off, thus further reducing any button pressing requirements from one to zero.

I have owned this car for over 6 years....

Not auto headlights then?

I get a lot of people telling me I've left the headlights on when both cars have guide-me-home lights.

KevH18 wrote: Thu Sep 22, 2022 2:57 pm
Not auto headlights then?

Manuel lights
Manuel wipers
Manuel box

mik wrote: Thu Sep 22, 2022 3:03 pm

KevH18 wrote: Thu Sep 22, 2022 2:57 pm
Not auto headlights then?

Manuel lights
Manuel wipers
Manuel box

Manuel locks and ignition? Key?

@mik is old school. He had it retrofitted with a hand crank.

Had to fit a new bulb yesterday, but another clean MOT pass for the Stepwgn this afternoon, not bad for a teenager.

Followed an identical but maroon one home that's being used by a dog walking business (registration DO56 BUS). Think I've seen half a dozen around here now.

nuttinnew wrote: Thu Sep 22, 2022 3:05 pm

mik wrote: Thu Sep 22, 2022 3:03 pm

KevH18 wrote: Thu Sep 22, 2022 2:57 pm
Not auto headlights then?

Manuel lights
Manuel wipers
Manuel box

Manuel locks and ignition? Key?

"Series 1" Evora key is from the extra-shonky ford parts bin

It does have central locking but you do need to use your key when you leave your interior light on with the car parked at the airport for a week....

mik wrote: Thu Sep 22, 2022 3:50 pm "Series 1" Evora key is from the extra-shonky ford parts bin

Alarm fob for the 4.3 Vantage is Volvo ! It's covered in lovely leather but if you press the leather firmly you can make out "VOLVO" embossed in the casing underneath

Edit to add pic from internet; not mine:

mik wrote: Thu Sep 22, 2022 3:50 pm when you leave your interior light on with the car parked at the airport for a week....

Oops. Did it still start ok?*

@Sundayjumper At least they made an effort to disguise it (and hopefully the leather tends to stay attached)

*On Sunday it'll be four weeks since I've driven the A2, three weeks the derv A2, hopefully the batteries were well charged when parked...

Screw in my right rear tyre on the Merc, it holds air for a few days and is getting a service on Tuesday, It is over an inch from the sidewall so hoping it is a repair as the tyre was about £160.

mik wrote: Thu Sep 22, 2022 8:22 am
About 18months ago I mentioned that I'd had a discovery with the Evora lights : sidelights are activated via the top right aluminium button to the right of the steering wheel. Headlights the one beneath that. For the first four years of ownership, when reaching my destination (during hours of darkness) I would switch off first the headlights, and then the sidelights. Expressing that this "two separate button press" was always a bit of a pain is a fairly mighty first-world-problem whine. . But it always was.

Might have been earlier than that as I think you told me about it!

Still, pressing the buttons in a row always felt like a shutdown sequence so I quite liked it

New rubber. Should do me for another 30,000 miles.
Nicely dated 1422 (week 14, 2022) so pretty new, though they've only been out about a year, so I wasn't expecting anything else.


Also grabbed some new wipers for the Fabia whilst I was in CostCo, as the existing ones were juddering like a bastard.