You're rightYou're just not hardcore enough lol
I'm not hardcore enough when it's coming into winter lol a clutch change is the last thing I want to be doing at this time of year, it'll last until the spring when it gets warmer as it's nowhere near slipping it just feels high, the clutch on my old Bravo was a lot worse I recall those Vauxhalls, there was a blank to removed and then fitted a bolt in the end of the first motion shaft to extract the shaft out of the clutch centre plate then, as you say drop the tin cover undo the clutch plate and jobs a good unI think the easiest clutch I've ever done many years ago was on a really early MK1 Vauxhall Corsa which had like a half moon shaped section of the gearbox which you could unbolt & remove the clutch without taking the gearbox off which I thought was a great thing & then on the later Vauxhall's they did away with that idea & I always wondered why they did such a backward step as being able to take just a section off the gearbox to do the clutch without removing the box was great, whoever thought of that is a genuis & I thought at the time why can't all cars be like this
Exactly I agree so much for progress, my dad told me about the old Vauxhall's as when he first started out as a mechanic in the early 80's he worked for a main Vauxhall dealer after starting out at Ford, the boss at Vauxhall went mad one day as the supervisor let my dad who was about 18 at the time loose with a 3.0 Opel Monza GSE & a Manta GTEI recall those Vauxhalls, there was a blank to removed and then fitted a bolt in the end of the first motion shaft to extract the shaft out of the clutch centre plate then, as you say drop the tin cover undo the clutch plate and jobs a good un
The earlier rear wheel drive Vauxhalls even the bigger ones and vans, prop off gear lever disconnected reverse light wires off then four bolts around gearbox and leave the bellhousing behind.
Even Mk1 Ford Transits used to take less than 30 minutes.
So much for progress
, my dad recalls the Monza had a car of the week sign on the roof which he forgot was there & it came flying off down the road 
I liked the old Saab 900s with the clutch on the front of the engine, on top of the gear box so you could pretty much remove it and change it in a few minutes, some fiddly bits but there are cars these days with harder to change bulbs.I recall those Vauxhalls, there was a blank to removed and then fitted a bolt in the end of the first motion shaft to extract the shaft out of the clutch centre plate then, as you say drop the tin cover undo the clutch plate and jobs a good un
The earlier rear wheel drive Vauxhalls even the bigger ones and vans, prop off gear lever disconnected reverse light wires off then four bolts around gearbox and leave the bellhousing behind.
Even Mk1 Ford Transits used to take less than 30 minutes.
So much for progress
I did change a few of those Saab design clutches in the day , but I wasn't keen though I can't remember why.
The flip forward bonnet didn’t help access some people removed the bonnet to do the clutchI did change a few of those Saab design clutches in the day , but I wasn't keen though I can't remember why.
Aye, in wheel pressure sensors? I've only ever had vehicles which do it via the ABS and I don't fancy the cost of the in wheel jobbies at all. It's one of the "features" which put me off the Ignis.
That and a lack of ooomph compared with a Panda TA. But in my view its weakness is that screen thing which just seems out of place in a small car and I found it impossible to use. Funnily my brother has a current (nearly) series Range Rover and it has a GEN 1 screen which he hates even after 5 years its still not easy or convenient and he actually thinks its verging on dangerous as its so slow. Upgrading to the much improved new version is thousands but he is going to sort it out this month. We could buy a decent Panda for the cost of that stuff LOL. The Smart phone bracket and USB power system used in the Panda may be crude by comarrison and small, but it updates to the latest versions at no cost and the navigation is the same. I have always thought is a better way than built in obsolesence of a fitted system. Im suprised I-Pad havnt made a car bracket and opened up a new market for in car screens, a bit of wi fi work and it could do a bigger better job and connect to the cars systems as well. Having the same system in the car as you ise every day would be a massive bonus. With a smart phone you can learn it and find stuff while in oyur arm chair!
Thats not vibration SIr, its the in built auto massager! They are all like it.
That would overtake my Mrs in icy / snowy conditions even if she were in the Panda where tou cant really tell about Ice and snow most of the time. May be is was her local nemesis.
Electric vws are all rear wheel drive as I recall plus probably a million modern electronic gadgets having a meltdown over the wheels slipping and not knowing what to do.
They are all different, although Tesco and ASDA are very similar.
A few years back we had a few refuse trucks fitted with an unusual rear hopper and bin lifts They looked stupid and caused a few accidents when the back swung out in cornering. The extra overhang was over 3.25m. Makers name eludes me which is just as well as I cannot libel myself. Most had been standardised on Zoeller which are close coupled. When they had an issue with the vehicle tester it was measured, and was something like 13 tons on the back axle, 7 tons on the front of the rear pair and only 4.5 on the front. Basically dangerous. As usual they made noises to shut the authority up and carried on as before. When you are driving around on icy roads, BEWARE refuse trucks, some may be less sure footed than they should be. It always made me wonder about the artics carrying a fork lift on the back. You can do someting with spring rates but you wonder about stability when both fully and partially loaded.
