Things you found on your car, after a period of ownership
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Just remembered something else. While changing the horrible MSport suspension for something more suited to UK roads, I found this:
Somehow, a cigarette filter tip had found its way into the top mount. As far as I know there had been no suspension work done by either of the previous owners since the car was bought new in 2007, so god knows how long it had been there!
Somehow, a cigarette filter tip had found its way into the top mount. As far as I know there had been no suspension work done by either of the previous owners since the car was bought new in 2007, so god knows how long it had been there!
carlove said:
Ray Luxury-Yacht said:
My Skoda Octy VRS has a tiny, '3rd' sun visor above the mirror that folds down just like the full size ones wither side.
In so many cars I've had before, sod's law dictates that even though you have both big sun visors down, the bloody sun still gets you through the tiny gap above the rear view mirror.
Well NO MORE! Not in my Skoda anyway!
You've just added another reason to my 'Reasons I should have bought that VRS instead' list. In so many cars I've had before, sod's law dictates that even though you have both big sun visors down, the bloody sun still gets you through the tiny gap above the rear view mirror.
Well NO MORE! Not in my Skoda anyway!
I drove my girlfriends Golf for the first time last summer and parked it in Putney; I went back in the morning to pick it up and drop it home.
2 hours later she called me up screaming at me telling me I've broken her car. She told me what was wrong and that the AA were on the way. I decided to go home, took the keys and started the car immediately, to her amazement.
In 13 years she has never used a steering lock; or knew how it worked or that her car even had one! "THE F****G KEY WON'T TURN"....
2 hours later she called me up screaming at me telling me I've broken her car. She told me what was wrong and that the AA were on the way. I decided to go home, took the keys and started the car immediately, to her amazement.
In 13 years she has never used a steering lock; or knew how it worked or that her car even had one! "THE F****G KEY WON'T TURN"....
addz86 said:
I've discovered that if you drop anything behind the passenger seat of a Exige, it becomes part of the car. You're never going to be able to get it out again. No matter how much you swear.
Same as in my old VX220. When I took the passenger seat out I remember finding some loose change, various pay and display tickets, a few lighters and a mobile phone.I only found out the other day that the "Home" light option (where your car turns its lights on for x amount of time after you unlock/lock it) on my 911 only seems to turn the lights on when the car senses it's dark outside. This is slightly confusing because my car doesn't have an option for automatic headlights.
Similarly, I've also found the puncture repair kit after a bit of spirited driving meant the front panel in the boot became detached. I never knew it was there.
sebhaque said:
Same as in my old VX220. When I took the passenger seat out I remember finding some loose change, various pay and display tickets, a few lighters and a mobile phone.I only found out the other day that the "Home" light option (where your car turns its lights on for x amount of time after you unlock/lock it) on my 911 only seems to turn the lights on when the car senses it's dark outside. This is slightly confusing because my car doesn't have an option for automatic headlights.
Similarly, I've also found the puncture repair kit after a bit of spirited driving meant the front panel in the boot became detached. I never knew it was there.
kapiteinlangzaam said:
I just bought a 4 year old Volvo XC90 from a colleague.
I was reading through the spec sheet after buying and pointed out to him that it was cool it had a stand-alone Webasto engine/cabin diesel heater.
What........ said he.
He bought the bloody thing new and didnt even realise he had specced a diesel heater It came as part of a package apparently!
Excellent bit of kit. Does yours pre-heat the coolant as well as the air going into the cabin?I was reading through the spec sheet after buying and pointed out to him that it was cool it had a stand-alone Webasto engine/cabin diesel heater.
What........ said he.
He bought the bloody thing new and didnt even realise he had specced a diesel heater
It came as part of a package apparently!Not exactly a 'feature' of the car, but my S15 Silvia had a Billy Joel CD in the CD player fresh from Japan Also noticed the typical Japanese extras, like toll booth card reader holders, flare holders and so on.
Took me a while to realise that the radio antenna is actually in the back window as well. Spent a while looking for that
Also noticed the typical Japanese extras, like toll booth card reader holders, flare holders and so on.Took me a while to realise that the radio antenna is actually in the back window as well. Spent a while looking for that
PowerslideSWE said:
Found a way to set the mirrors not to auto dip when selecting reverse on my E38. There is a rather generously sized button for just that, adjacent to the buttons that adjust the mirrors as it turned out...
There is also a way to do that on Mercs, I think you leave the button to select left or right adjust set to left (or right I can't recall)Not seeing any front fog lights fitted to my 2000 Audi A3 I just guessed the car didn't have any...so never looked for a button for them..
It's only after having the car for 6 months I noticed that if you pull the light switch out one clip the front fog lights come on and two clicks the rear come on.
I hadn't realised that the front fogs are built into the headlight beam unlike the A4 which had them fitted into the lower front bumper,
It's only after having the car for 6 months I noticed that if you pull the light switch out one clip the front fog lights come on and two clicks the rear come on.
I hadn't realised that the front fogs are built into the headlight beam unlike the A4 which had them fitted into the lower front bumper,
went out with a car dealer mate who had just taken a countach in part ex, we went out to play, needed to put petrol in it. We spent 30 minutes looking for the filler, eventually went into a shop bought a car magazine, found a dealer who had one for sale, called him and asked him where it was.
meanwhile much mirth from the punters at the petrol station as we had bonnet, boot, doors everything open. Turns out it is under one of the earlike intakes on the roof
meanwhile much mirth from the punters at the petrol station as we had bonnet, boot, doors everything open. Turns out it is under one of the earlike intakes on the roof
BigBen said:
PowerslideSWE said:
Found a way to set the mirrors not to auto dip when selecting reverse on my E38. There is a rather generously sized button for just that, adjacent to the buttons that adjust the mirrors as it turned out...
There is also a way to do that on Mercs, I think you leave the button to select left or right adjust set to left (or right I can't recall)Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff