Recent content by octagon

I'm old school. My private plate is A1 . . . (my initials)

Why go to the needless expense of changing brake pads and battery? Wait till they wear out/fail and then change them, otherwise needless expense. Spending for the sake of spending?

Why go to the expense of changing brake pads and battery? Get your money's worth, and when they fail then change them. Otherwise it's a needless expense.

When I first had my ZS EV I didn't have any success getting Android Auto to work (with cable) on my then mobile; Huawei P30 Pro. I was resigned to using the out-of-date in-built navigation system. When I changed my mobile to a Xiaomi 11T Pro Android auto worked. I wouldn’t say faultlessly, it...

To turn of the fan completely just press the left had knob.

I use a moderately stiff hand brush to clean the wind deflector.

LED Exterior replacement bulbs are not E-marked. As a result they are a MoT fail. Full stop. End of story.

Non-standard wheels count as modification. This may impact on your insurance premium.

Surely, if more powerful struts were used it would make the tailgate more difficult to close.

Why, it's not a BMW or Mercedes.

What does the handbook say?

I'd have been interested in this if You'd have been in the UK. These are horrendously expensive to buy new.

Long press of the radio button turns off the radio. The screen goes black, with just the date and time showning.

I got the Streetwize GPS Tracker from Ald. I think it was £40. It came with a '1p mobile' SIM. It works very well. I power it from the USB socket adjacent to the Android Auto/Apple Car Play socket and it hides away nicely. the 1p Mobile SIM makes using the tracker quite affordable. They are...

When I worked in a bodyshop we used to get vehicles with this fault. It usually happened when the window was usually tried to be lowered when the glass was frozen.