Recent content by davidwilson666

To the best of my knowledge, even if your fully comp insurance gives you 3rd party cover on other cars, the other car has to be insured properly by someone else. I believe the idea is to stop you buying a Clio and a Ferrari, insuring the Clio fully comp, and driving the Ferrari 3rd party and not...

When I changed my pads, I put the pad nearest the engine in place first, then put the caliper in place and braced it against the new pad, then pulled like a b**ch until it had receeded enough to fit the other pad in.

My mum went looking at a new Yaris a couple of years ago, and my bro was with her, so he asked the salesman, bro "What's the 0-60" salesman "Well, depends how hard you accelerate, normally about 10s, but if you really give it some, probably about 7s" bro *stunned silence*

Averaging 55mpg out of my DCi80, my record is over 90mpg on a run once.

I've seen these bulbs https://www.autobulbsdirect.co.uk/product.php?productid=16358&cat=607&page=1 and I'm wondering if they're worth getting, also there are 80W bulbs available. I've had one of mine go, so thought I'd upgrade them, but not sure whether to go for these or just get some Phillips...

Yeah, I got one of those in the post today, not sure if I can be bothered to go for the test-drive or not though.

55-60mph is best for most cars MPG, too low and the engine is labouring, not working efficiently so you'll end up with rubbish MPG. If you're that concerned about MPG get a diesel, DCi's will do 50 when ragged round town, and up to 90 if you drive at 55-60 on the M-way.

I rag my car and didn't change my pads until 27k, and they still had a few miles left in them.

You going to Le Mans mate?

The iPod charges through the lead as well so no problems there.

You just disconnect the old HU, and then plug in the new one, couldn't be easier, but you will lose your remote controls and display unless you pay out for a an extra lead, think they're about £30.

I bought one a couple of months and am really pleased with it. Only bad thing is that it can take a while to search for an artist, but that's the problem with having 1,000s of tracks at your disposal, and its as good as if not better at accessing the iPod than any other HU I've come across...

£50 road tax on my DCi80! Back of the net! I really don't know why they don't put road tax on top of fuel duty, it would be so much fairer, pay for what you use, no admin costs for collecting it, and the more efficient your car is the less you pay.

I have Tomtom working on an iPaq, works brilliantly, plus I have a bluetooth receiver with the Sirf III chipset, and it works flawlessly from under my driver's seat!

86mpg in a DCI 80, Exeter to Nottingham and back on half a tank!