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Na, you pick up a phone, maybe press one button and speak and listen to one person unless a conference call. You pick up a walkie talkie, single channel or not and speak pressing a button. Holding it. Like other devices now banned, cameras taking a picture. On the track i can see why a crap set of radios with iffy sound, but seriously there is hands free communications for these professional film makers driving on roads.

@Jemm please could you maybe give your threads a title and not always just Jemm There are different Models for different world regions and some do have more practical tyres, less about style and more to do with doing a job. Even before 2010 it mattered if a RS or Scout or whatever with whatever trim or engine size which tyres were standard on cars and different in different world regions. In Australia in 2011 a Fabia Monte Carlo had 16" rims & 195 wide tyres Higher sidewalls as in some of Europe and in other places and the UK they were on 17" and 205/40 R 17 tyres. If you want smaller wheels, narrower tyres with more profile look at the recommend size for using with Snow Chains. You can find a more suitable All Terrain, All Weather or off road tyres in that size usually.

@Graham Butcher I was a HAM operator & Motorsport Radio Communications Marshal, & have used CB,s since 1978. It does amaze me the legislation on hand helds as they use has never banned the use while driving. But then Emergency Drivers / Police one handed driving while touching a button near their chest / lapels is an odd thing to still be acceptable.

It is strange that CB Radios or mics and 2 way radios for communications can still be hand held & legal in the UK. There letting cars run out antics is very very dodgy at times & places. Not only CarWow, Rory as well with Autotrader.

There are Apps that might tell you in advance and be accurate. Some very much better than others, but that still can not be relied on if you want to risk it for a biscuit and run to near no range. Once you have been at facilities and have gained some knowledge you might be more confident on what you are about to encounter at that location. There are vehicles and phones that work better than others for info, and there are still crap Phone Reception areas, and that is also an issue with Chargers & SIM cards and Communications. Even phone reception to a 'Support call centre'. Unbelievable but Mobile Phone Reception at Edinburgh Airport park and ride can be pathetic as was CPS / SWARCO in Broughty Ferry's communication with the chargers.

Edinburgh Airport Park and ride, the 6 BP Pulse 50 kW chargers out of service now for near 8 months, since there was flooding in October. The 4 x 11/22 AC sockets are hit or miss if working and the 40 7 kW unreliable so people can not trust to Park & Charge and come back and them having charged the car. Capital Cities Airport, Tram and Bus Park & Ride facility and an embarrassment for Scotland. I check if they are back working each time that i am very near just incase they are back on as people are less and less reporting in on ZapMap or PlugShare about if working or not. In the good old days there might be at least 3 working. Nothing now, not even the 1 original that kept dispensing free.

Dragging around for 60,000 miles might not be an issue for a rear diff. The 3 -5 meters of reversing a boat / jetski on a trailer into the water, fresh or sea water and again to get the water craft out of the water is why a rear diff oil change can be 'simply clever' / common sense. So if Wheel Bearing are ruled out and the Haldex is not an issue then maybe drain that rear diff and see how the oil looks.

Welcome. ? Are you asking how to remove the trim?

Welcome. The rear diff is not a weak point or a common problem. No harm in changing the oil. Check the Prop shaft Donut,s condition. Hopefully no error was made with the Haldex Service and they drained it and not the Diff (That is sadly common.) and a proper clean out was done.

This TPI is for Dealership staff to try and have Euro 6 1.2TSI,s that run crap on start up believing that is perfectly normal.

He is a bit of a muppet. I can not get over the London to Australia and back 22 times comment, then the seats and twice around the world when it could be 17 times around the world in 430,000 miles

Check the pressures are good now when checked cold. (& reset the TPMS)

Reform UK GE Candidates even in Scotland says they want cheaper energy and that is a Mix of Renewables, wind, solar & hydro which are too expensive, Oil & Gas from around the British Isles to save importing and Small Modular Nuclear generation. Well good luck with North Sea Oil & gas because the right to extract that has been sold, & there is only one power station, the one nuclear power station is closing and there is unlikely to be new nuclear in Scotland and as for the Wind, Solar, Hydro & Battery that is in place and in the further building and development stage. I guess that Reform UK backers have Investments in Small Nuclear Reactors & need that going ahead just as a few Tory Senior Politicians have. @Lady Elanorethere is a video i posted yesterday in the EV Depreciation thread on Taycans.

I had a look at how many MINI Electrics were first registered last year in the UK and there were quite a few thousand especially in the 2nd half of the year , Level 1, 2, 3 & Special Editions, Resolution & Shadow. I see in the last Quarter they Registered the New MINI Cooper SE that they had brought in for Media and for Showrooms as they are not yet on sale. It will be interesting to see how many more of the current ones and the New MINI Cooper SE & the MINI E they have registered in the first 5 months of 2024. These will be from China.

I heard on World Service Radio last night that BYD can still make 9,000 Euro profit per vehicle even with the tariff imposed.

BYD is playing the game, much as VW / Audi do and Suzuki has for 2 decades. Build cars in a car plant or 2 or more in Hungary and then there is energy security due to Viktor Orbans special relationship with Vladimir Putin.

Sorry i can not recommend any VW Specialists or even a mechanic in your region that will be more clued up then those that have your car.

@Rburkitt Where are you, or the car, North of England or Scotland?

VW are partnered with SAIC to use credits from them. TESLA a gun for hire. GWM,s are building Electric MINIS for BMW /MINI. Renault / DACIA have the New Small EV to get loads of First Registered this year. BMW- MINI will get loads of Electrics registered. Just looked at the Electric Cars Motability have listed now, 235 BEV,s to choose from and many £0-under £1,000 advance payment. Last quarter there will no doubt be many £0 advance payment. Abarth doing them cheap petrols, but also Abarth electric cars. Even the Electric People Carriers are now £1,000 or less Advance Payment. EDIT / PS Enyaq, Born & ID.3 very low Advance payments which is a sign there are enough available and VW Group need them bought and First Registered.

Is that actually 8 brands for VW. 14 for Stellantis, 2 for BMW & 2 for Geely, & Hyundai including KIA, Renault / Dacia ? SAIC - MG.

Welcome. Maybe best if you say what engine the car has, petrol or diesel and what size. There is something very wrong with whoever has the car if they can not diagnose the fault or cause of Engine Management light being on.

People that have them are keeping them and the 2 that i used to see where going somewhere after they went to the chargers to charge for free. The drivers had bought them from family members and were not selling no matter how often people asked.