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We are meeting from 11.00am for a few hours.  Lunch available, or just a drink, or a snack.

Ace Cafe London 
North Circular Road
London NW10 7UD.

Note: The Ace Cafe is inside the London Low Emission Zone.

I've just realised that I posted this a year ago!

I really need these gone.  I'll advertise elsewhere next week.

Collect only.  BUT I could take them to Swedish day in Yeovil, Somerset, on 10th May

White vinegar is said to be a deterrent.  Also orange/citrus spray.

Good job!

I'm surprised that the insignia is so similar.  I would have expected ~GM to have cheapened things.  I was recently in my daughter-in-laws Jaguar and my son's Hyundai i20.  Neither doors open as far as the door on either of our Saabs.

I have a 2007 9-5 and the foglight bulbs are sttandard tungsten filament H8 bulbs. Not halogen, xenon or LED.

The attached pictures are the standard item.  I don't think that the foglight is measured in the MOT, other than "all lights fitted to the vehicle must work".

The rubber tube is an air vent.  It prevents the glass from misting up. 

No. The original range was 1.8i.  It was sold with no rear ID badge and had a 122hp non-turbo Vauxhall engine (Simtek?).  The the 150hp 1.8t.  The 2.0t and the 210hp Aero with the bigger turbo.  There was the 2.2 diesel.  The 1.9 diesel and the 2.8 V6 came later.

It was aimed at the fleet market.  You needed a car that was demonstrably lower grade than your boss.

Even stranger, the difference in price, when the NG9-3 was launched, between the 150hp 1.8t and the 175hp 2.0t was £1000.  Our local dealer, now long gone, told me that they sold more 195hp Hirsch upgrades for £895 on the 1.8t than any other UK dealer, because they explained that you got 20hp more than the standard 2.0t and saved a few quid.

I have no experience of electric cars.  I would be a bit worried about any DIY engine and battery work, as I have no experience of either.  The engine is only one moving part, but the electronic controls would worry me.   There's not much experience of old electric cars.  Would your own friendly mechanic know how to fix things?

But those cars are £2000 to £3000 and for an extra car, that sort of outlay would buy a lot of petrol for a Peugeot 107.

Well done!

My 9-5 is back in favour after a long period last year with poor starting and no codes, but nothing to pin down.  Eventually, after a failed hot start, I changed the CPS and it's been fine since.  I should have done the CPS earlier, but it's a pain with the 3 inch down pipe in the way, and the CPS itself was barely a year old.

I'm back with the computer that I keep my photos on.  Here's a typical item from the eSID3 code reading

Have you considered using a local radiator repair company?  I have used ones around here in the past and the quality was very good.  The ends were reused and a new core fitted.

I'm not sure I can be of direct help. But if you are remote from a Tech 2, you may find benefit in fitting an eSID3.  It seems to read all the Saab codes which an Elm reader can't access. I can read engine codes and I've seen codes for door mirror malfunctions, lock problems and other "Saab only" codes.

I've had mine for nearly two years and it's paid for itself many times over.  Apart from just saving getting the Tech2 out, it has saved the hassle and cost of recovery more than once.  My wife is a professional singer and often travels on her own late at night from some distance away.  There have been occasions when a warning light has come on.  She has read the code, phoned me, and I've checked and found it to be non-urgent, and she has cleared the code and driven home.

eSID plugs into the diagnostic port and remains there.

https://esid.se/

And, although there was only sketchy evidence of spark escape on the original, it must hace been. there.  The car is running much more smoothly.

On second thoughts, I did have a whistle a while ago on the 9-5.  It amended and went if I turned the zircon on and off.  Getting the refrigerant topped up stopped the noise.

Have you got the bent metal wear detectors on the front brakes?  If so. your pads may be worn out.  But you should also get a squeal when braking.