Your fleet running reports

[duncs500]

Welcome to the forum! No idea how you found us, but new contributors always welcome.

[jamcg]

Like the wheels on that. Are they formed like that or part of the new trend of clip on aero covers?

[mik]

Welcome to the forum!

Member since the start of time ov9, but post count < 1 per year

[duncs500]

Welcome to the forum!

Member since the start of time ov9, but post count < 1 per year

[jamcg]

I’ve learnt over my time here you don’t need something “worth posting” because when you’re interest is cars that covers pretty much everything. I just don’t post about the focus because it just works and doesn’t need anything doing to it apart from a bit of petrol

Which reminds me, do manufacturers not consider the position of the filler on cars anymore, it’s very difficult to get hold of the petrol nozzle in a comfortable manner when refuelling this car

[Jobbo]

After a few years of not having a car worth talking about, it's time to stop lurking after I picked up a new car this week:



Opted for a Polestar 2 MY23 Long Range Dual Motor as in NZ they're currently offering some great discounts, and I figured I could live without the additional ~10% range of the MY24.

Hard to judge too much so far, it's by far and away the nicest car I've owned - but so far;

- Driving wise it feels really composed despite weighing a little over 2tons, and wasn't unsettled by Auckland's crappy roads.
- Android Auto seems to work reasonably well, haven't felt the need to use carplay yet as the inbuilt apps seem pretty good.
- The range estimates are a little on the conservative side, which probably isn't a bad thing - have a decent road trip planned next weekend which should test that out.

I like those. Bit of a forgotten car over here I think, but I see at least one a day.

[nuttinnew]

I think all the ones I've seen in the wild - a few, but not many - have been white, maybe they've just been dealer demos. The wheels certainly didn't look as biiig as those do on yours

Feel free to post road trip pics, whatever car they're done in

[nuttinnew]

Stability control ftw. Not mine, Jaaags, it prevented an XE that needed more than a dab of oppo from sideswiping me earlier as I sat at traffic lights at a crossroads.

[Matty]

I think all the ones I've seen in the wild - a few, but not many - have been white, maybe they've just been dealer demos. The wheels certainly didn't look as biiig as those do on yours

Feel free to post road trip pics, whatever car they're done in

Yeah, white seems to be the only colour I see them in. Getting quite cheap now, like most EV's I guess - but 2021 starting at £18k

[Explosive Newt]

After a few years of not having a car worth talking about, it's time to stop lurking after I picked up a new car this week:



Opted for a Polestar 2 MY23 Long Range Dual Motor as in NZ they're currently offering some great discounts, and I figured I could live without the additional ~10% range of the MY24.

Hard to judge too much so far, it's by far and away the nicest car I've owned - but so far;

- Driving wise it feels really composed despite weighing a little over 2tons, and wasn't unsettled by Auckland's crappy roads.
- Android Auto seems to work reasonably well, haven't felt the need to use carplay yet as the inbuilt apps seem pretty good.
- The range estimates are a little on the conservative side, which probably isn't a bad thing - have a decent road trip planned next weekend which should test that out.

I tried one out pre buying the Tesla, so this would have been 2022, but was really underwhelmed by the brakes which let it down dynamically. Although I didn't test the performance pack one which had chunky discs all round.

[Matty]

Finally fitted/fixed the aftermarket radar exploit, so can finally feel a bit happier about leaving the car unattended without it going missing. Another was stolen recently in Sutton, and another guy has had 3 (!) attempts to steal his down south.

Although now having removed the radar, and how tricky it is to release properly, I can imagine they'll do a lot of damage to the unit/plastics in their rush to pull it apart before they fail to start it unfortunately.

Either way, was fairly easy fix, understandably the whole process/equipment is being kept as secret as possible, but I doubt the theives are goint to go as far as jacking the wheel and removing the arch to bypass it, so I'd say things should be ok now

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[Explosive Newt]

Finally fitted/fixed the aftermarket radar exploit, so can finally feel a bit happier about leaving the car unattended without it going missing. Another was stolen recently in Sutton, and another guy has had 3 (!) attempts to steal his down south.

Although now having removed the radar, and how tricky it is to release properly, I can imagine they'll do a lot of damage to the unit/plastics in their rush to pull it apart before they fail to start it unfortunately.

Either way, was fairly easy fix, understandably the whole process/equipment is being kept as secret as possible, but I doubt the theives are goint to go as far as jacking the wheel and removing the arch to bypass it, so I'd say things should be ok now

Is this some kind of bypass around the vulnerability that thieves can plug in through the radar and access the ECU to clone keys / start car? Are you able to say anything about what it does, without compromising keeping it secret from ne'er do wells?

[Matty]

Is this some kind of bypass around the vulnerability that thieves can plug in through the radar and access the ECU to clone keys / start car? Are you able to say anything about what it does, without compromising keeping it secret from ne'er do wells?

Video which shows it fairly well here - https://youtu.be/r89pmM9bUyY?t=274 - note 4 minutes, but as he mentions I've seen others being stolen in under 2 mins (a large chunk is due to them having a steering lock which they have to cut off in this video). Assumption is they access the system via that port, which allows them to clone a key (hence one goon needing to be inside the car at the time).

As for the fix, most garages install a metal plate that stops the unit being removed by blocking the fixings that hold it in. This is a software solution that maintains looks/fittings.
I suppose with a metal plate it's also a visual deterrent...with this they'd never know it was fitted until they've mangled your front end trying to get it running!

[John]

A colleague had their Toyota CH-R stolen by removing the headlight and then connecting *something* to the car via the headlight wiring, this then allowed the thieves to unlock and start the car. Quite common on that model according to the police.

[nuttinnew]

but I doubt the theives are goint to go as far as

Don't say that

[simon_g]

A colleague had their Toyota CH-R stolen by removing the headlight and then connecting *something* to the car via the headlight wiring, this then allowed the thieves to unlock and start the car. Quite common on that model according to the police.

Long, nerdy read about CAN injection theft here: https://kentindell.github.io/2023/04/03/can-injection/ - a security researcher had his own car stolen then bought one of the devices that are used to do it. Pretty shocking how vulnerable a lot of cars are to it.

[Sundayjumper]

That's more normal than I was expecting

So, what's the list of shit that's currently broken on it?

I've only driven it home from Marlow so far, but right now the list is:

Warped brake discs
Flaky central locking on the nsr door

Otherwise seems good. Suspension is firm, as it should be, my RR was a wobbly mess. Much slower than the RR though. Cruises along at 80 no worries but doesn't have any OOMPF. That's fine though. General condition is very nice and a bonus that wasn't in the advert and owner was seemingly unaware - it had a new engine from Land Rover 40k miles ago. These engines do have a bit of a reputation so this is a nice thing to have.

[Beany]

If it's had a new engine, then it's clearly ripe for a remap to give it a bit more oompf or even oomph if we're committed to the correct spelling.

Some sniffing about suggests that all variants of the three litre TD seem to respond well when the wick is turned up.

Like, ~300bhp and >500lb/ft perky on a dummy-dummy-roadside-flash remap for the SDV6...

[integrale_evo]

Took the x5 for a decent run on Saturday, 209 miles and 24.3 mpg which I’m not unhappy with for a 2.3t brick with a v8 and pretty fat tyres.

[Sundayjumper]

If it's had a new engine, then it's clearly ripe for a remap to give it a bit more oompf or even oomph if we're committed to the correct spelling.

Some sniffing about suggests that all variants of the three litre TD seem to respond well when the wick is turned up.

Like, ~300bhp and >500lb/ft perky on a dummy-dummy-roadside-flash remap for the SDV6...

You're so obsessed with remaps ! I'm in no hurry and there's going to be broken stuff to fix first. Even if it's not broken now, it will be tomorrow or next week. Just watch. FWIW, if turbos need to be replaced, first step is lifting the body from the chassis. I am PRAYING that the new engine included new turbos too

And I only said "Oomph" as a reference to the band. Very very niche

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oomph