Its not the rust that you can see, it's the rust that you cannot...
Most bolts will break free with a 2 ft breaker bar and a good fitting socket.
Ive never seen a caliper bolt actually shear.
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The Passat is a keeper. Low mileage and low fuel consumption. Carbon build up a worry but it has not had the VW (cheat) conversion:-)
Changing cars at our age always a worry. The dash on my daughter's Tesla is beyond understanding:-(
I wonder how old you actually are, I bought my (new) electric Skoda at the age of 81. No problems.
I don't suppose you have attempted that on a 13 year old vehicle!
I have decided to stick with the MOT appointment. The real issue is that a fail clashes with a planned holiday such that the MOT will have expired before I can organise repairs.
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I'm in my 80th. year:-)
I'm not likely to be the driver. I suppose she is relatively adept with her i-phone but pretty much inept at anything digital.
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These days you may have to RTFM :) and you have to find the menu item that allows you to see text.
Do different to much software where many menu items default to just meaningless icons
18-22 y/o cars are ULEZ compliant
I don't worry about understanding modern cars, but I *really* don't want touch screen(s) in a car.
The only 'digital' thing that I'm aware of is the speedometer. There are numbers displayed rather than a needle over a dial.
I have tractors older than that but it is 25 miles away.
One way is to combine the MOT with a routine servicing on the grounds that most potential MOT failures should be covered by the service.
No. Mostly mine were 15-25 years old back in the day :-
Well you wont need the car on holiday will you?
Quite. Excellent plan if use was anywhere near 10k/annum. Currently less than 2k.
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The problem being needing to pay a full retest fee if the faults aren't fixed within 14 days of the MOT. It is often a race to get it booked in and done in time.
Although there is the option of leaving it with the testing station to fix it while you are away - depends if their quote is likely to be fair or not.
Theo
Zoe's battery is air-cooled, but properly. It has a complete fan, chiller and heater group just for the battery.
Zoe's motor is also air-cooled, with a big fan and duct the first thing you see when you open the bonnet.
The electronics are water-cooled with the usual radiator and header tank.
nib
I plan to take the other one. I'll be admiring the windmills as we go through West Suffolk:-)
They're actually a lot easier to use than the up-down-left-right-OK buttons of the previous generation's info systems. The much bigger screens help to.
nib
Even more reason to give it an annual service then. Very low mileage isn't necessarily a Good Thing !
Servicing intervals have always been a specified mileage, or a specified time limit (typically 12 months) for that reason
Assuming they let me drive it home:-)
Current thinking is to ask for a quote. Bit tight within the 14 days to get someone else to do the work and take it back but just about possible. Holidays are a nuisance!
Current part exchange value about 2k.
The problems occur when the basic function you want is two or three levels of screen down. Not ideal when actually driving.
The worst sat nav screen I've seen was in a French car where after tying the first few letters of a place name half the keyboard would be blanked out because the software was predicting what you were going to write and it HAD to be right, no question about it.
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