Faults on your car you just never get round to fixing...
Discussion
I am a bit anal about fixing things..... My mate however is just the opposite....
He has had a MK1 MX5 for 7 years... after a couple of years it developed a strange fault on the gearbox where it would not select 2nd and 4th gear. I suggested a second hand gearboxes on these are cheap, best to just change it.
He came around in it today, and 5 years later he is still going from 1st to 3rd to 5th!!!!
anyone else just leave things?
He has had a MK1 MX5 for 7 years... after a couple of years it developed a strange fault on the gearbox where it would not select 2nd and 4th gear. I suggested a second hand gearboxes on these are cheap, best to just change it.
He came around in it today, and 5 years later he is still going from 1st to 3rd to 5th!!!!
anyone else just leave things?
When I got my rover in June, the aircon wasnt working. No leaks, but the compressor pulley bearing was shot, so someone fitted a shorter belt.
I got a compressor, a belt, and paid the aircon man in advance to gas it. Have I fitted it? Have I hell? Though I may this weekend, as its now cold, and wet, and I have no real need for it! Haha
I got a compressor, a belt, and paid the aircon man in advance to gas it. Have I fitted it? Have I hell? Though I may this weekend, as its now cold, and wet, and I have no real need for it! Haha
buzzer said:
I am a bit anal about fixing things..... My mate however is just the opposite....
He has had a MK1 MX5 for 7 years... after a couple of years it developed a strange fault on the gearbox where it would not select 2nd and 4th gear. I suggested a second hand gearboxes on these are cheap, best to just change it.
He came around in it today, and 5 years later he is still going from 1st to 3rd to 5th!!!!
anyone else just leave things?
A friend of mine had a knackered old mk3 Golf 1.4 with a 4 speed manual box. 3rd was gone, in much the same fashion as your mate's MX5. He drove it around (and I often did) for at least a year in that state, and you had to really nail it to the top of 2nd gear in order to get any sort of go in 4th He has had a MK1 MX5 for 7 years... after a couple of years it developed a strange fault on the gearbox where it would not select 2nd and 4th gear. I suggested a second hand gearboxes on these are cheap, best to just change it.
He came around in it today, and 5 years later he is still going from 1st to 3rd to 5th!!!!
anyone else just leave things?
Exhaust snapped on my car about 18 months ago. Was a clean break and the exhaust is in pretty good condition otherwise and was going to weld a sleeve around the 2 pipes
Sleeve is in place being held by 2 clamps and has been ever since. Engine management is on and won't stay off when reset but plugging it in says that this is simply down to the exhaust.
It's passed 2 MOTs so I'm not bothering as it's only a shed
Sleeve is in place being held by 2 clamps and has been ever since. Engine management is on and won't stay off when reset but plugging it in says that this is simply down to the exhaust.
It's passed 2 MOTs so I'm not bothering as it's only a shed
ive got a duff reversing sensor. could easily fix it for £50 and 10 minutes of my time but i dont care for them
on another car ive had a really slight slow puncture. it drops about 10psi over the course of a month and i just top it up rather than fix/replace it... i will get round to that one day soon though
on another car ive had a really slight slow puncture. it drops about 10psi over the course of a month and i just top it up rather than fix/replace it... i will get round to that one day soon though
nitrodave said:
ive got a duff reversing sensor. could easily fix it for £50 and 10 minutes of my time but i dont care for them
We took the wife's car to Longleat a few years ago. The monkeys there now presumably beep when they reverse because the car certainly doesn't. There didn't seem much point in replacing them because we both have eyes. The automatic boot closing button in the bootlid - I'm sure Audi will want several hundred pounds to fix it - I'll just close it manually thanks.
The motor in the MMI screen is also knackered so it grinds and makes godawful noise when it opens and closes - but again, I'm sure Audi will want a whole heap of cash to fix it so I shall live with it for the time being.
The motor in the MMI screen is also knackered so it grinds and makes godawful noise when it opens and closes - but again, I'm sure Audi will want a whole heap of cash to fix it so I shall live with it for the time being.
I've had quite an expensive year so the list of faults on the XK8 is starting to get bigger.
In order of importance:
[*] Using oil (slight oil misting visible in engine bay and occasionally smoky on start up, not looking forward to getting the bill for that)
[*] Aircon bust & heater not brilliant
[*] Driver's window stuck
[*] Passenger seat ecu dead
[*] Electric mirrors buggered (and n/s glass held in with glue)
In order of importance:
[*] Using oil (slight oil misting visible in engine bay and occasionally smoky on start up, not looking forward to getting the bill for that)
[*] Aircon bust & heater not brilliant
[*] Driver's window stuck
[*] Passenger seat ecu dead
[*] Electric mirrors buggered (and n/s glass held in with glue)
One of the front tyres slowly loses pressure. It only needs air every few months or so and since I check pressures more often than that it's not really an issue. The tyres are almost worn now, so should fix itself soon.
Edit: I did drive around in a Saab 9000 turbo with no third gear and a leaky clutch slave cylinder for about a year though.
Edit: I did drive around in a Saab 9000 turbo with no third gear and a leaky clutch slave cylinder for about a year though.
Edited by McFarnsworth on Thursday 23 October 15:31
One of my own cars went for 4 years with no speedo (due to needing an ABS ecu) so it had no ABS or speedo, finally sorted it this spring.
Years ago had a Lancia Beta coupe that snapped its seat belt clip when I was testing the brakes (the steel flexy thing the seat belt clips into that's bolted to the floor snapped clean off!). I just used the passenger seat belt clip until it came round to its next MOT.
Years ago had a Lancia Beta coupe that snapped its seat belt clip when I was testing the brakes (the steel flexy thing the seat belt clips into that's bolted to the floor snapped clean off!). I just used the passenger seat belt clip until it came round to its next MOT.
Currently the full beam switch on my Leon. No idea how long it's been broken for as the last time I really went anywhere without streetlights when it was dark was ages ago, but drove up to my parents' a couple of weeks back and realised that, though the pull-to-flash function works, the switch doesn't. Probably need to look at sorting that soon with the dark nights closing in...
Pretty sure it's an MOT failure too.
Pretty sure it's an MOT failure too.
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