Recent content by TimothyN

It would seem that twice a year you need to go and flick DST. In my opinion, it's pathetic, with all this technology, that they can't do it automatically, like every other bit of tech in the house...

Speak for yourself. Never seen the point in friends.

I was new to leccy cars when I got mine in June, so very limited experience, but I have yet to understand what's not to like about OPD?

I have mine on Normal and OPD and it remembers that every day, without touching it.

I'm sure he'd sit on the bonnet for a price.

I found it completely unusable. But I prefer to anticipate anyway, when I see the oncoming car's lights around the corner.

To be fair, I don't think I have any favourites on FM. Maybe setting R4 as one would at least stop the awful racket.

I have exactly the same problem, except that it switches to an awful rock station near the bottom of the spectrum.

I have disabled the automatic speed detection and use the speed limiter which I set myself. Works fine.

I was driving into low sun when a warning briefly came up that Forward Collision Warning and Active Braking were unavailable. Just when they are most needed! I'm surprised that they are wholly visual spectrum and don't also use radar.

If you are suffering a hard ride, ensure that your tyres are at 37, not the 41 or 42 it was probably delivered with. You'd be amazed at the difference; like a different car.

I was just about to say "that's a pain in the arse", but it seems you were able to otherwise identify it 🤣 Seriously, though, my sympathies.

I've slightly lost the track of who is disagreeing with whom about what, but I put photos here Post in thread 'Spare tyre' Spare tyre Of how perfectly it fits in mine.

Dare I ask, without being lampooned, what is the purpose of these things? Are they merely decorative or is there function as well as form?

Having driven solid German engineering for the last 20-odd years, I was really surprised today to hear the noise of being hit by (what I assume were multiple) acorns. The first time it happened, I happened to be passing an artic in the opposite direction, and I thought he had taken my...