Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2023 10:24 am
Typically how much is a steering wheel retrim ? Mine could do with it too but it’s not a priority for now.
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Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2023 10:38 am
My last one was £150, that was a fairly simple retrim being just a thicker rim and perforated leather.
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2023 11:18 am
Update: 4 litres of water emptied out of the dehumidifier so far. The carpets are now damp, not soggy and no longer squidge.Sundayjumper wrote: Sun Oct 08, 2023 10:32 pm It takes *ages* to dry out properly. AGES. There's a pretty thick layer of foam under the carpet and it'll be soaked right through. Make the most of the decent weather while it lasts and leave the car open when you can. Lift the carpet if you can and stick towels in to draw the moisture.
I got my 7 at the very tail end of December when simply airing it a lot wasn't an option. I was commuting an hour+ each way to a new job and even running the heater as hot as I could bear and leaving a dehumidifier in there overnight it must have taken a month to fully dry out.
Sorry
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2023 9:44 am
Zoe has a fresh MOT, nothing of note. It continues to do what it does well.
Do need a thorough clean and my wife kerbed the near-side front quite badly a few weeks ago, so will get it sorted.
Annoyingly the lower window trim rubbers on all four doors is lifting. It appears to be a case of TADTS, but I might see about replacement costs.
Do need a thorough clean and my wife kerbed the near-side front quite badly a few weeks ago, so will get it sorted.
Annoyingly the lower window trim rubbers on all four doors is lifting. It appears to be a case of TADTS, but I might see about replacement costs.
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2023 8:53 am
Car dropped off for MOT, and what with work being busy I've been neglecting it a bit, so not expecting to sail through with flying colours etc 
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2023 11:58 am
Corroded brake lines at the front and the usual laundry list of advisories that I've not got around to fixing - can't argue with that. Will see when they can fit me in I guess.
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2023 2:59 pm
Did this. Error followed from outlet to inlet. Ordered a pair from your link.Sundayjumper wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2023 1:36 pmTake them both out, swap them over, see if the error moves to the inlet ?scotta wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2023 12:55 pm I was taking the "Outlet" to mean the exhaust side. Not sure though.
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2023 3:00 pm
In other news I’ve borrowed a ramp and painted the subframe with some POR-15.
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2023 6:12 pm
Picked up a pair of genuine bmw roof bars for the x5, both keys + fitting tool and don’t look like they’ve ever been fitted. £40 off Facebook 
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2023 6:18 pm
Will have a towbar fitted to the Galaxy for mostly bike carrier duties (need to buy one of them too). Any recommendations?
Has rear parking sensors, so it appears that a detachable one is the thing to have, but the guidance seems mixed.
As for a bike carrier what do you use? Can't get a five bike one that looks like it'll work, but for four there are quite a few options.
Has rear parking sensors, so it appears that a detachable one is the thing to have, but the guidance seems mixed.
As for a bike carrier what do you use? Can't get a five bike one that looks like it'll work, but for four there are quite a few options.
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2023 6:24 pm
Towbars - Westfalia are top IMO, it's what I have on on the Cayenne and I had the same on the Touareg.
OTOH, I bought a fixed Umbra towbar for the Vito and was pleasantly surprised how good it was for the money. I've no experience of their removable ones though.
Bike carriers, more than one or two on a tow bar gives me the willies, they stick out so far, it feels wrong having that mass hanging off a single point.
OTOH, I bought a fixed Umbra towbar for the Vito and was pleasantly surprised how good it was for the money. I've no experience of their removable ones though.
Bike carriers, more than one or two on a tow bar gives me the willies, they stick out so far, it feels wrong having that mass hanging off a single point.
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2023 6:26 pm
Can there be such a thing as a shit towbar? You’d hear about it on the news quite fast if one snapped and a caravan/trailer went flying across the road 
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2023 6:49 pm
I’m sure they’re all ‘fine’ but having looked quite extensively at x5 ones there’s definitely a difference in the quality of bracketry and construction between them.
Bike carriers always look dodgy, but I’d have thought the load of a few bikes would be tiny compared to what it might get from a reasonable trailer / caravan. It’s more often the state of the rear suspension which looks more concerning as if there’s 4 bikes on the back there’s usually a car full of people and a boot full of luggage too!
Bike carriers always look dodgy, but I’d have thought the load of a few bikes would be tiny compared to what it might get from a reasonable trailer / caravan. It’s more often the state of the rear suspension which looks more concerning as if there’s 4 bikes on the back there’s usually a car full of people and a boot full of luggage too!
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2023 7:46 pm
The way the bar is mounted is much nicer looking on the more OEM tow bars. Westfalia are OEM for many German makes.
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:01 pm
yeah, I've always bought mine off Facebook, my M2 ones were unopened with all the single use stick on protectors and the thread clearers all there despite being described as used! They were very cheap, but more than £40!integrale_evo wrote: Sun Oct 15, 2023 6:12 pm Picked up a pair of genuine bmw roof bars for the x5, both keys + fitting tool and don’t look like they’ve ever been fitted. £40 off Facebook
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:17 pm
I have a swan neck on the ML which carries a Bak Rack and a 60 kg tent or a bike rack which holds 4 bikes.DeskJockey wrote: Sun Oct 15, 2023 6:18 pm Will have a towbar fitted to the Galaxy for mostly bike carrier duties (need to buy one of them too). Any recommendations?
Has rear parking sensors, so it appears that a detachable one is the thing to have, but the guidance seems mixed.
As for a bike carrier what do you use? Can't get a five bike one that looks like it'll work, but for four there are quite a few options.
After looking at a Thule one I went and bought a Halfords one. It was sturdier, a little more fiddly to set up for 4 different sized bikes but very very stable and quality wise it’s holding up amazingly well. We strap all 4 bikes on, then strap the front pair and rear pair together.
All I do prep wise is de-grease the tow ball before I fit it.
Dave!
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:25 pm
Cheers all!
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 10:52 am
We borrowed my mates carrier when i had the X5. Day trip to holy island with the bikes. I was very surprised with how solid they were on the towbar.Sundayjumper wrote: Sun Oct 15, 2023 6:24 pm Towbars - Westfalia are top IMO, it's what I have on on the Cayenne and I had the same on the Touareg.
OTOH, I bought a fixed Umbra towbar for the Vito and was pleasantly surprised how good it was for the money. I've no experience of their removable ones though.
Bike carriers, more than one or two on a tow bar gives me the willies, they stick out so far, it feels wrong having that mass hanging off a single point.
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Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 4:24 pm
How do they actually work? I mean, the tow bar is a ball, so how do the carriers not pivot and swing about?
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 5:01 pm
The Halfords one is a 4 piece cone, a bit like a dremel clamp. You then open it up and slide it over the ball, draw them up into the cup which tightens onto the ball. This cup also has a pinch bolt which I tighten to roughly 60nm ish.
I can stand on it at 135kg and it doesn’t move.
Dave!
I can stand on it at 135kg and it doesn’t move.
Dave!