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It’s standard practice for a good painter tbh. It’s a small area of damage, but to blend the colour into the qtr and make the repair impossible to spot, it’s a job that takes a bit of time and skill to get 100% correct. It’s a metallic finish, which just makes colour matching a bit more difficult.

Ouch !. Doing that would make me feel sick 🤢. It’s the rear wheel arch, which means the colour will have to be blended into the rear quarter panel of course.

Maybe omit them from the build sheet and put some nice bedding planets in each corner 🤷🏻🤣.

The last distinct marque badges used by British Leyland (BL) disappeared with the Morris Ital in 1984, but the overarching Austin Rover Group continued using badges like Rover, Austin (on the Metro/100 Series until 1997), and MG, with the very last cars wearing the core BL badges being the MG...

Thanks - I will give it a go 👍. I have not used the Sat Nav on this car as of yet. So, just booted up the Sat Nav for the very first time and I can see a 20 Mph sign in the bottom R/H corner of the centre screen, when I backed off the driveway. Which does correctly suit / match the speed limit...

Our S5 has suddenly started misbehaving with regards to speed sign recognition. I have the warning turned on, because of the large amount of 20Mph speed limit restrictions in Wales. Last week we had been travelling through a 20Mph limit and it was correctly showing the 20Mph symbol in the...

No - The indicators are factory fit, it’s the column switch that has been removed, as they don’t get used ! 🤣

Technology is a marvellous thing !. ( When it works of course ).

The car maybe new or nearly new, but this does not necessarily mean that a parasitic drain is not totally out of the question. Having worked in a car assembly plant on a secondment for about 18 months, you maybe a little surprised to see just how many items get replaced on brand new cars per...

Unless the car has a large parasitic drain of course, that could be as a result of a relay etc not unlatching correctly, then even if the car receives a top up charge from the traction battery every 5 hours, then this may not be enough to replace the charge to full capacity. Over time the...

It will be fine until the cold weather returns, then it will stick again for sure. They should be lubricated as part of the annual service really, I think. Lubricating door hinges and locking mechanisms was always on the service sheet back in the day. Today, they favour spraying them with a...

@emmrecs Although I do use the App myself, I would say that my usage is what you might class as fairly normal ?. At a guess, I would say an average of once every couple of days or less. In cold weather, you may use it a couple of times in a day to turn on cabin heating etc. But then I can go...

I was of the opinion that the "resistor pack" only controls the turning "speed" of the 12 volt heater fan motor itself ?. Without the resistor in-line, the heater fan motor would be left producing one single max speed. Installing a resistor, allows the fan speed to be reduced in speed in...

I do find it a bit disappointing that you can’t have the climate control, preheat the cabin and then request to heat the front seats 💺 or the steering wheel. If you choose the steering wheel first, then request the heated seats, it will turn off the first request of the steering wheel heating ...

As a rough guide, when charging from a 7 kW wall box, you will add about 25 miles of additional distance range to your battery, for every hour it is on charge. Charging to 80% SOC then100% for longer trips, or 100% about every 6 weeks or so, just to help balance your pack, Rapid charging can be...