Things you found on your car, after a period of ownership
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Had a hire car for the missus, an 11plate VW Polo. she drove it a while before needing to refuel it, at the petrol station we both couldn't work out how to open the fuel filler cap! There's us in the middle of a busy Morrisons petrol station at the pump flapping about how the hell it opens. It had no keyholeon it, nor was there any lever to pop it and it didn't just pull open like the rest of our cars did. Much flapping later, turns out you simply push it in the pop it open! Doh!
In my old Corrado G60, I'd read on the forums about people cleaning their rear spoiler by extending it out using the 'service button'. Took me a good 6months to find the switch for it simply located just under the steering wheel panel to the right of it.
Oh and cleaning out my pug 306hdi the other day, I emptied out the front seat pockets that are on the back of the seats. Found 3p, 2 biro Pena and a receipt for 4 Peugeot mudflaps and labour charge from August 2000 when it was new. Lol.
In my old Corrado G60, I'd read on the forums about people cleaning their rear spoiler by extending it out using the 'service button'. Took me a good 6months to find the switch for it simply located just under the steering wheel panel to the right of it.
Oh and cleaning out my pug 306hdi the other day, I emptied out the front seat pockets that are on the back of the seats. Found 3p, 2 biro Pena and a receipt for 4 Peugeot mudflaps and labour charge from August 2000 when it was new. Lol.
Edited by PaulG40 on Monday 2nd January 22:19
A keyring with 'Emma' written on it and a couple of pens in my first car. Dad's car came complete with a Daniel O'Donnell CD in the changer.
There is a compartment in my current car which took me 18 months of ownership to discover, and another one which even the dealer hadn't found as it was filthy inside - made me wonder what sort of a state the rest of the car was in when it came in...
There is a compartment in my current car which took me 18 months of ownership to discover, and another one which even the dealer hadn't found as it was filthy inside - made me wonder what sort of a state the rest of the car was in when it came in...
Funnily enough I was rummaging through the boot of my Pajero today to check the tank filter when I found a ball bearing, not unusual I thought as I was wondering if one of the seatbelts in the rear had broken and spilt itself everywhere when I looked a little closer and saw two dents on the ball opposite each other, yes I had found the ball from someones manky body piercing! My hands were covered in veg oil and diesel but when I realised what I had, all of a sudden they felt dirty!
911Ads said:
sticks090460 said:
The fuel filler cap on a Volvo XC90 doesn't lock immediately when you lock the doors, but does so after about 10 minutes. This is so one can lock the car when filling up apparently. I found this out after complaining to dealer that it wasn't working correctly. RTFM in future I suppose!
lol...I called the dealer with the same issue when we first got ours!Found some cannabis resin (about £5 worth) behind the pop off rubber Renault badge thingy in the middle of my old 5 GT Turbo's steering wheel.
Oh and also some home made DIY boost mod (the adjuster had broke, was just a small hole near the gear stick surround) after taking the gear stick surround off i found some copper pipes leading to the engine bay. So the previous owner was a stoned plumber. The turbo gave way before i had chance to fiddle with the broken adjuster. True story that.
Oh and also some home made DIY boost mod (the adjuster had broke, was just a small hole near the gear stick surround) after taking the gear stick surround off i found some copper pipes leading to the engine bay. So the previous owner was a stoned plumber. The turbo gave way before i had chance to fiddle with the broken adjuster. True story that.
dealer had resprayed the wheels without removing them.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff