The Panda Nut
Nutty about Pandas Infected by Panda virus and OPD
Get out asap I managed to retire at 58 and dont regret it, apart from Im working harder than ever now. That cast iron bath I removed today is seriously heavy!!!
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Tyre pressure sensors with batteries in the wheel are an absolute bin fire past a few years old.
Seriously what is the point? You can do everything they do with a cheaper system..i.e. warn you of a puncture with ABS sensors.
However now I have constantly illuminated tps light because somebody fitted TPS stems that don't talk to the car. Because well why not?
Now need a third trip to the garage as of course they need to order the correct stems and fit and pair them to the car to shut the thing up.
Of course I'm sure that'll be next week when I'm not off work so it'll end up dragging on further.
Could be worse I suppose...given the only errant warning light is TPS.
Seriously what is the point? You can do everything they do with a cheaper system..i.e. warn you of a puncture with ABS sensors.
However now I have constantly illuminated tps light because somebody fitted TPS stems that don't talk to the car. Because well why not?
Now need a third trip to the garage as of course they need to order the correct stems and fit and pair them to the car to shut the thing up.
Of course I'm sure that'll be next week when I'm not off work so it'll end up dragging on further.
Could be worse I suppose...given the only errant warning light is TPS.
Never really had an issue with battery ones, at least they give a true pressure rather than calculated, 4 flat tyres is perfectly all ok for a pasive system
Mine are still on original sensors at 13 years old...
4 flat tyres is not ok for a passive system, that was sorted at generation 1 we're at generation 3 now.
All I know is it's taking 3 goes to fix something that doesn't need to even be in the car to achieve the same outcome.
The odds of all 4 tyres going down at the same precise rate are about the same as the car being hit by a meteor.
The issue with homeless, or indeed those on benefits, is that everything they need, for claiming to finding shelter, is online.
The citizens advice here has gone ‘online’. Yes, there are those that are homeless by choice, but many are just lost, forgotten, escaping abuse or the result of substance abuse
The Panda Nut
Nutty about Pandas Infected by Panda virus and OPD
That bath is still sitting in back garden...
I fitted the outsude tap but forgot the stop valve....
The locksmith came and fitted a new lock and hinges to the front door so thats better. Heating man has the parts so the boiler may be working by the weekend, but I have a load of pipe work to do so he can run hot water... 1 day to sort it.
I rescued 5m of very heavy gauge copper pipe 3/4" from the disused water tank in the roof. Twice as thick as new stuff! It was the overflow!. A few £ in scrap value there if we dont need it. There was enough 1/2" pipe to do all the water and radiator alterations so a result there. More ominous cracks in the internal walls found in the attic so more brick stitching to do. But progress is being made. When the new porch and rear windows come things will start in ernest. If my roofer turns up Friday Ill have my work cut out!. Im pretty well ready to start the bathroom now too.
Its amazing what a cleanup does for a run down house.
I fitted the outsude tap but forgot the stop valve....
The locksmith came and fitted a new lock and hinges to the front door so thats better. Heating man has the parts so the boiler may be working by the weekend, but I have a load of pipe work to do so he can run hot water... 1 day to sort it.
I rescued 5m of very heavy gauge copper pipe 3/4" from the disused water tank in the roof. Twice as thick as new stuff! It was the overflow!. A few £ in scrap value there if we dont need it. There was enough 1/2" pipe to do all the water and radiator alterations so a result there. More ominous cracks in the internal walls found in the attic so more brick stitching to do. But progress is being made. When the new porch and rear windows come things will start in ernest. If my roofer turns up Friday Ill have my work cut out!. Im pretty well ready to start the bathroom now too.
Its amazing what a cleanup does for a run down house.
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The Fabia has a passive system. If a puncture is detected, it seems to be quite alert to that, so is measuring the relative speeds quite accurately.
During the summer, I often take 4 people to a bowls match, sometimes 3-4 times a week. Fully loaded, the rear tyres are increased from 2.1bar to 3.2bar. If I don't remember to reset the system, it will take about 30 miles to wake up and start shouting. Takes a similar distance when I let the rears down again. The rear pressures are up and down like a yo-yo in the summer.
During the summer, I often take 4 people to a bowls match, sometimes 3-4 times a week. Fully loaded, the rear tyres are increased from 2.1bar to 3.2bar. If I don't remember to reset the system, it will take about 30 miles to wake up and start shouting. Takes a similar distance when I let the rears down again. The rear pressures are up and down like a yo-yo in the summer.
On the Citroën passive system I've collected a puncture and it's detected it within half a mile long before the tyre was flat.
Loaded some shopping up, got in the car, drove about 30 seconds and the TPS light came on. Got out to check to hear a loud hissing from the rear wheel which you would have heard while putting your bags in if it had been present previously.
It's sensitive enough that new tyres occasionally upset it until it "gets used" to them.
On balance though it's infinitely preferable to dicking about with the alternative. It's not that it's massively inconvenient because I know the system is broken so I ignore the light..but I bet after this is fixed six months down the line another battery goes..and then another 3 months later..and then the last one. Of course it will be out of the dealer warranty by sensor 2 so it'll be more convenient to just throw it at a closer garage.
I hate having warning lights...even if I know they are spurious.
Loaded some shopping up, got in the car, drove about 30 seconds and the TPS light came on. Got out to check to hear a loud hissing from the rear wheel which you would have heard while putting your bags in if it had been present previously.
It's sensitive enough that new tyres occasionally upset it until it "gets used" to them.
On balance though it's infinitely preferable to dicking about with the alternative. It's not that it's massively inconvenient because I know the system is broken so I ignore the light..but I bet after this is fixed six months down the line another battery goes..and then another 3 months later..and then the last one. Of course it will be out of the dealer warranty by sensor 2 so it'll be more convenient to just throw it at a closer garage.
I hate having warning lights...even if I know they are spurious.
I agree, in the old days most vehicles had gauges in the them giving all sorts of details, then I believe it started in America to simply use warning lights, otherwise known as "idiot lights" as even an idiot can see something is wrong.
However in the 1970s I knew a lady who drove her Austin 1300 car to a standstill on the M5 motorway, when recovery arrived they found the fan belt had broken and the engine had got so hot the plastic oil filler cap had melted down into the rocker gear!!!
When asked about the red warning light she said she hadn't seen it, but her young daughter spoke up and said it had been on for ages on the journey!
Needless to say the engine was scrap!
So we can slash all four of your tyres to test that.
I think the tolerances of the passive one must be huge, between heating, corners, loading all affecting the averave rolling radius.
I can understand people not seeing a warning light, as most never look anywhere other than straight ahead, choosing the speed according to what feels right for the situation, or just following the one in front, mostly too closely.
Many years ago, a colleague had to look at his mother-in-law's car, as the battery had 'suddenly' gone flat. As he connected the jump leads, there was a little spark. Thinking the radio might be let on, he jumped in, to find the interior lamp on. As is usual in most cars, this is directly above the interior mirror. Yet mother-in-law had not noticed. She remembered she'd used the light about three days earlier. So that's three days without looking in the mirror.
It is not surprising that a lot of new cars have so many lights, and 'bongs', because drivers have no idea what is happening around them, or to their vehicle.
With any warning light, we need one on the roof too, to warn others to give more space.
Mmm, agree. Saw someone on the motorway yesterday driving while watching youtube on their phone.
If you're stupid enough to not notice all 4 tyres have been slashed before driving off..you aren't going to notice a warning light.
That and the sound of 4 flat tyres...and the bizzare feeling that for some reason it's really hard today to reach 40mph.
I'm not massively concerned about someone slashing my tyres.. although I understand having interacted with you that it is a very real daily concern for you for good reason.
Also having had a passive one...the tolerances are not huge, last puncture I had was a screw through a side wall on a 6mm tyre (****ing building site down the road). It was replaced with a new 7mm tyre 1mm difference was picked up by the system.
Because all 4 tyres are in the same space so heating and cooling happens to them relative to eachother. It's doesn't care what the actual size of the tyre is...all it cares about is how it compares to what it is expecting. If it's going faster than the others the diameter is smaller it's probably going flat.
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Everything is now being affected by this. I've just run into it while trying to arrange Physio for my new hip. I rang my medical insurance yesterday to ask if I can have some physio as my consultant advised it around week 3 following the surgery. Yes, you can have up to six sessions if required. Great, so how do we go about it? They gave me a choice of appointment times with their designated provider for an initial appointment which will be by video call. Hold on i don't have a smart phone. That's all right you can do it on your laptop they said. Well, maybe I could if I knew how to do it? All right, we'll send you an instructional email as to how to do it. Later yesterday the email arrived with instructions to scan the QR code at the bottom of the page for details - AAAAARGH! I can't scan a QR code because I don't have a smart phone! So, just rang them this morning and someone will ring me back at 12.45 and conduct a telephone consultation with me. - And they wonder why so many of us old duffers don't claim the benefits we're due!
Yes, my physio is all arranged via an app, (My Pathway) if you’ve no smart phone or iPad you’re buggered
I'm not on the motorway often but I don't think I ever make a local journey without seeing someone on their phone. To get to our local pharmacy I have to walk alongside the Ferry Road for a good 10 minutes. This road is very busy with stop start traffic most of the time and I don't think I've ever made the walk without seeing someone nattering away into their phone or texting. They're stupid too because you can always tell the one's which are texting because they repeatedly look down into their laps and then up to look at traffic ahead - that is the more "caring" ones do, gthe others just keep looking down until the car behind toots them because they haven't moved when the car in front did.
This whole thing about not using mobile phones behind the wheel is an absolute joke. Something quite draconian needs to be done to stop the stupid idiots from doing it.
The irony of this statement being that the people PB was referring to literally have the device needed to access online services. No credit? No worries all tesco stores have free wifi you can also of course go to any library where they have internet access and staff to help you if you’re not sure how to use it…..
