Car (or bike) Chat!

[CageyH]

Just had to pull the front bumper off my Superb.
The charging actuator flap stopped working properly. I managed t9nblock it in the closed position so that I could drive the car without an annoying warning.
New part was about €25, but it took me just over an hour to change, as the part is screwed on from the back.

Gemini suggested you could remove the charging dock without taking the bumper off, but I do jot see how. So rather than break something, I did it the safe way.

[Alex_UK]

Daughter passed her driving test yesterday afternoon. Great news for her, bit of a worry and expense for me, plus unfortunately I won’t get to listen to her car stereo as much now which despite being rather gimmicky “Fender” branded is actually very good!



We found the car back in early April but I didn’t want to jinx anything by posting until she passed!



As you can see, she loved it from the off!



As they say in the US of A - fully loaded - aside from the Fender stereo someone had fun with the options list adding full leather and panoramic sunroof amongst other things.



2.0 TDi Sport, 72,000 miles and full history, it’s the best car in the family! (Insurance now she has passed £1,340 which i didn’t think was too bad.)


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[Macca]

Wonderful and not a bad first car too - congratulations to her.

[gninnam]

Retired at the end of March so decided to treat myself to a new car. Last car was a company car which was a BMW i4 so I knew that electric was for me.
Bought a 3 month old Audi e-tron GT Vorsprung which I have had now for nearly 2 months and absolutely love it.







Manages around 330 miles on a full charge and a full charge at home costs around £12

[Alex_UK]

Very nice Andy. I suspect with diesel prices now I would get 33 miles for £12!

[gninnam]

Very nice Andy. I suspect with diesel prices now I would get 33 miles for £12!

Thanks Alex and I hear you on the price of fossil fuel although it has come down over the last few weeks.
I was going to buy a van to convert to a camper but the prices of diesel at the time made me think twice.
Now it has started to come down, it may be on the radar again.................

[rmcin626]

Retired at the end of March so decided to treat myself to a new car. Last car was a company car which was a BMW i4 so I knew that electric was for me.
Bought a 3 month old Audi e-tron GT Vorsprung which I have had now for nearly 2 months and absolutely love it.







Manages around 330 miles on a full charge and a full charge at home costs around £12

Very nice car Andy, would have loved that a few years ago but now still very happy with my Q5.

[gninnam]

Very nice car Andy, would have loved that a few years ago but now still very happy with my Q5.

Thanks Robin - not too shabby a car is the Q5.
I have had 3 other Audi's over the years ( 2 x A8 4.2 v8 and 1 x TT 225 MK1) and have always enjoyed the experience.

[Barry]

Another happy Audi driver here.

[CageyH]

I have just had a weekend of car maintenance that I don't want to repeat.
I changed the front (DCC) shock absorbers on my Skoda Superb. I had planned for about 6 hours to get the job done, but it is really a two man job at times, so I had to struggle tonget it done. It was going well until I came to to the front left strut, where the driveshaft did not release cleanly from the hub, and over extended. This meant cutting the CV boot clamp in order to get the tripod bearings back in place before I could start to refit the hub.

I ended up spending eight hours onnthe job, and I still have to fit a proper clamp on the cv joint.

I am getting too old for this crap, but I saved a heap of cash doing it myself.

I also changed out the windscreen washer pump this morning, as the rear washer connection was leaking. The seal was OK, so it had to be the pump.
Job is done, and there is no leak. Access was t8me consuming.

Time for a beer.... or three.