Yes seconded. They are great. Look for the user forums for MES too
All in the name of sport.Do you mean stand outside in a thunderstorm holding a metal object high in the air to see if you get a connection???
Hi Dripsey,Hi Bill. Do you by any chance have the MCS software? Nothing appears able to reset service interval spanner on 2019 500x. Help
Like you PB, I don't have a Fiat which needs this yet. However I'd be very interested to know how you get on with it.
There does seem to be a policy by manufacturers to make it almost impossible for owners to repair their own property.
Many years ago Mrs J's sister and her husband went to live in Cyprus - before it became a popular tourist destination and we would go to stay with them for our holidays.They had an old house on the road between Larnaca and Dhekelia base and did most of their household shopping in Larnaca. I remember being absolutely fascinated by a chap who repaired car bodywork on the roadside on the outskirts of the town. Seemed to be just a few hammers and dollys and his wonderful skill with them. Could have watched him for hours.There does seem to be a policy by manufacturers to make it almost impossible for owners to repair their own property.
I recall it was BMW I think in the early 80s that first brought out a tool to confirm their models had been serviced by the dealer, however shortly afterwards it was possible for dodgy car salesmen to rent a similar tool from the local Motor Accessory shop for a few minutes to turn off the service light without actually doing the service!
There was meant to be some form of European Regulation to allow non franchised dealers to work on vehicles without invalidating any warranties, but that seems to have been watered down.
I often wonder how Third World Countries get on, as there seems to be many new vehicles, but few Dealers? I did think maybe they have a simpler design of ECU system.
I found a few years ago I couldn't even fit a replacement circuit board into a washing machine as it had to be programmed by their "engineer" with laptop.
Looks like your well and truly getting there now? Don't know about you, but I always like to feel there's something needing doing, I don't know what to do with myself if I've not got anything "in the pipeline". Think it keeps you going? otherwise I'd probably just sit down and never get up again!
I am a bit like that, now I am retired I end up buying cheap bangers that need work which keeps me occupied, trouble is the jobs always expand and at the end of the day they are still only old bangers which are worth nothing so hard to get my money back.
I tried my hand at the car sales and I agree with you 100%. I think we actually sold quite good used cars with them all getting a workshop check and anything of consequence being sorted. However the one that really decided me to give it up and go back on the tools was an NSU Prinz I took in as a part ex. It was a very tidy looking car but it's wee 2 cylinder engine sounded like a bag of nails and ran so poorly it had trouble just moving at all! Because it looked so nice I sat it in a corner of the showroom but it didn't get a look from anyone so, after about 10 days it went outside onto the lot beside the petrol pumps. I couldn't actually tell you how long it sat there without a single expression of interest from anyone except the boss who pulled my leg roughly every second day about how it was a mounting negative equity purchase on my part. For those who don't know every used car has to carry some of the expense of the business against it - so advertising, premises costs, etc. If you keep it too long then you can't show a profit on it so get no commission when it's sold. Anyway, long after it had passed that point, an elderly couple walked into the showroom wanting to buy it, I think the wife thought it was "cute". I kept thinking "No Jock, you can't do it. What if they were your Granny and Grandad? No way you'd sell it to them". I tried quite hard to put them off and steer them towards something else - almost anything else would have been better. But in the middle of all this the garage owner walked in and took over and sold it to them. He pulled my leg terribly for ages after that - "Call yourself a salesman"? etc. I felt really awful about it and decided as soon as I could get a better job I was leaving - went back on the tools and stayed there.We used to say a good mechanic makes a poor car salesman as they try and fix everything they see wrong , unlike car salesmen who just tart up the outside for the buyer, do the bare minimum, sell the vehicle and when anything goes wrong say it's not covered by the warranty.
I got into bed with Paypal some years ago so I tend to gravitate towards ebay. Have to say it works well for me but you do have to be "aware" and do your due diligence not to be caught out.I try and avoid the retailer that starts Am.... but I'm on a free trial of Pr.... right now that I picked up when I bought a couple of books recently
So Saturday I bought a Bosch GSR12V driver , arrived today , excellent little thing (it took 15 years to wear the predecessor out)
Just now I happened to be looking at other stuff, and spotted my Bosch had gone up slightly and was now being offered with an £11 voucher, making it about a £6 cheaper than what I paid two days ago...
I requested a call-back... explained how I've literally just received it today and the price has gone down ...... not a huge amount but it's the principle of the thing...
So Mr Zaphod, we can't offer retro discounts but what I can do is arrange a return for the item and you can buy it again with the voucher applied
So they'd rather waste (their) money on paying for a return and subsequent processing than just give me a partial refund of £6
Well Ama.... if you want to **** about I'll go along with it , return arranged and another one ordered , absolute insanity
Absolute insanity !!
I don’t think that’s all that unusual. If you bought it from a shop they wouldn’t do a partial refund of the difference they’d make you return it and you’d have to buy it again at the cheaper price. The fact they will let you return it without any reason probably makes it easier for you, as any other shop wouldn’t let you return it just to get a lower price.I try and avoid the retailer that starts Am.... but I'm on a free trial of Pr.... right now that I picked up when I bought a couple of books recently
So Saturday I bought a Bosch GSR12V driver , arrived today , excellent little thing (it took 15 years to wear the predecessor out)
Just now I happened to be looking at other stuff, and spotted my Bosch had gone up slightly and was now being offered with an £11 voucher, making it about a £6 cheaper than what I paid two days ago...
I requested a call-back... explained how I've literally just received it today and the price has gone down ...... not a huge amount but it's the principle of the thing...
So Mr Zaphod, we can't offer retro discounts but what I can do is arrange a return for the item and you can buy it again with the voucher applied
So they'd rather waste (their) money on paying for a return and subsequent processing than just give me a partial refund of £6
Well Ama.... if you want to **** about I'll go along with it , return arranged and another one ordered , absolute insanity
Absolute insanity !!
Will say I didn't..and hopefully he got there..Tell him to stand on the roof of his car and look for the wind sock.An older gent pulled over and asked for directions to the local Gliding club (doesn't everyone have one?).
Bit of a challenge as it's only 10 mins away but also in the Back Of beyond in terms landmarks very much turn "left at the field if you see cows you've gone too far".
While chatting I couldn't help but notice the large screen in the centre of his VW Tiguans dash that I am absolutely sure would have had sat nav.
I suppose the question is it bad manners to offer to set someone's sat nav for them?
I'm still pretty hopeless at setting up our sat nav in the Scala. Mrs J usually does it while I start off on any journey if it's somewhere we don't know. On my own I still get out the AA motorists map!An older gent pulled over and asked for directions to the local Gliding club (doesn't everyone have one?).
Bit of a challenge as it's only 10 mins away but also in the Back Of beyond in terms landmarks very much turn "left at the field if you see cows you've gone too far".
While chatting I couldn't help but notice the large screen in the centre of his VW Tiguans dash that I am absolutely sure would have had sat nav.
I suppose the question is it bad manners to offer to set someone's sat nav for them?
Firstly yes everyone has one ours is Tibemham which was an old ww2 airfield, they do winch and tow launching, and we get cars every weeks driving up and down the A140 towing extra long plane shaped trailers.An older gent pulled over and asked for directions to the local Gliding club (doesn't everyone have one?).
Bit of a challenge as it's only 10 mins away but also in the Back Of beyond in terms landmarks very much turn "left at the field if you see cows you've gone too far".
While chatting I couldn't help but notice the large screen in the centre of his VW Tiguans dash that I am absolutely sure would have had sat nav.
I suppose the question is it bad manners to offer to set someone's sat nav for them?
