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@16fra Hello, and welcome from Ireland Last 3 yes we were able to go on foreign holidays was to Italy, lake garda (Sirimione) 2017 sicily 2018 (i know. technically not italy, Palermo, catania and castellemmare del golfo) venice (chioggia and day tripped up) 2019. god i miss the food!!!

well, sachs springs, sachs dampers, febi buffer/dust cover kit and sachs top mounts now ordered..

yeah, i dont have a towbar. tbh i dont think the 1.6 has enough guts to do much towing anyway... just my opinion of course.. occasionally load the arse up, but not enough to go stiffer day to day.

yeah, but surely even the base can display something other than the temp..

same as 7zap.... so yeah, im gettin BDs... And matching dampers

ill try again... how do you change the big temperature display on your dashboard to, say, fuel economy or speed??

only checked the unbroken side, as i didnt want to disturb the broken one jacking that side up to check.

thread hijack.... ive had a broken rear spring for a while (only the pigtail at the top so just a bit off...) looking at new ones based on the colour coding of 1 white 1 yellow, for a 1.6diesel hatchback, 7zap says they are 1k0511115 BD springs, but parts websites with my reg i say "not compatible should be BE variant springs. i doubt they been changed from factory already so.... BD and feck the websites or BE. i out my vin into 7zap and it says it doesnt exist...

yeah, but on the wiper / indicator stalks there should be a button for changing what the display is showing. your is on temp in the photo, it displays other stuff too. or do you buttons on the steering wheel?

i had the same issue with my insignia. i always just leaned in from the passenger door side and pressed the internal lock button. then close the passemger door. it doesnt bounce the doors back ulocked as the driver door does, and less risk catching your hand in the window or dropping your key mid extraçtion...

are there any buttons on the wiper stalk? for cycling through the trip display info on the dash display?

nice little pedal this morning.

if you disconnected the battery, the steering thing will go away after a short drive. not sure about the rest

i have to do my regulator too, but i have a pack of rivnuts to use m6 bolts in case i need to get in there more easily again...

the bike using for my exercise battle is 30ish yrs old too... my dad bought it to replace his road racer after it was written off following a pothole hole related incident. it became my bike when i outgrew my 5speed raleigh mtb at about 12. it became auld lads again for a while after i finished uni and the bike was at home. he got a new one a few yrs ago, so i took the emmelle back again. shimano brakes and originally shimano trigger shifters that were changed to twist grips as he was struggling with his arthritic thumbs. i dont really like the twist shifters, but cant be arsed changing them

have you checked with Chain Reaction up there in nordy land? buddy told me they are good for equipment. @UndertheRadar link added to their shifter listing, in ascending price order. https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/mobile/gear-shifters?sort=pricelow

well, i slept okay, until swmbo woke up at 6. shes had a sinus issue the last 3 days (not covid, been tested..) so has been waking up to blow her nose frequently.. i got up at 630, and off i went. i bent the lockdown regulations a bit though.. needed a route change so went the river route, which exceeds my 5k limit by a little bit. was nice though, had a race with a Heron on the return leg, he won... 18.6km route, i can make it a 20 tomorrow morning

was it definitely the same noise though? a bit odd (to me) that a noise that present in a particular wheel speed range regardless of engine speed (dropping to 4th) is also present revving in neutral? was it a cold start revving or were you up to temp at the time? my senses keep saying check your wheel bearings..

are you connecting from the obd2 port in the car?

morning @szeta86 screenshot of page 39 from the manual for your bluetooth kit - according to that yes you can if your phone supports A2DP and you have the cable for the aux input on the radio. hope that helps

another few days of terrible broken sleep and eveni gs too busy to get out... managed it this morning.. felt it in legs after the few days off

but was it getting power? could you hear the motor trying, or was it fully dead? did you try putting 12v directly to the motor? dude, you even bent the door frame :(

jaysus you went to town on that... what were the symptoms before taking a sledgehammer to it? and what did you try?

is it worse turning to one side or the other? if its constant in all gears, comes in at a speed and then fades at another, its likely resonating. try listening at 30-35mph too...

just left it a bit loose, and only cut an x in it to tuck around and seal it