What I Did To My Saab Today.

[wrighar]

Took the 9-5 Estate into Kwik-Fit for MOT/service and came out 650 quid poorer. (Brakes f & r, track rod end mostly)

steve

Not somewhere I'd take a car....

[Paper Plane]

Drove home with the top down for the first time this year.

steve 

[sgould]

I played with the Tech2 and also reprogrammed the Kenwood satnav/audio.  Ended up with a flat battery!

Can the Tech2 do a battery test?  I can read voltages, but I can't find anything else.

[Audax]

Nope, Tech-2 can't test the battery. You need a battery tester for that.

[sgould]

Thanks!

I'll get Halfords to do that then.  The battery is still under the 5 year guarantee.

[MikeIOW]

I gave mine a jolly good hoover and clean :-)
Actually that was last night.   Today I peddled for 40 miles with a mate.   What a mistake that was: cream crackered now!!

[Paper Plane]

Took the 9-5 Estate into Kwik-Fit for MOT/service and came out 650 quid poorer. (Brakes f & r, track rod end mostly)

steve

Not somewhere I'd take a car....

Careful, my son is a supervisor at one of their Scottish branches.

steve

[Audax]

Blame me for the snow we'll inevitably get in the next few weeks now as today I swapped winter tyres for summer tyres. Looks like I will get 1 more season out of these winter tyres with careful usage (this time they'll only get put on when we have credible forecasts of snow and ice). Must say that having put the Falken FK-452 on last year I'm not so impressed with them as they are wearing quite quickly compared to the Nokian winter tyres!

[Audax]

I actually don't believe this, no snow so far this winter here... until right now, less than 2 hours after swapping the wheels!

[collywobble]

I actually don't believe this, no snow so far this winter here... until right now, less than 2 hours after swapping the wheels!

I have been running Falken 912's on my 2.2 TiD Estate now for nearly 7 years and currently have two of the newer 914's on the back.  Wear, grip and ride comfort is excellent. Tyrereviews website gives 452's only 74% with the main complaint being wear - or lack of it - but gives the 914 85%.  My winter tyres are Maloya (owned and made by Vreidestein) Davos M + S and stopping on wet roads is outstanding. Haven't had any snow to try them in anger for 2 years now.

[Audax]

I have been running Falken 912's on my 2.2 TiD Estate now for nearly 7 years and currently have two of the newer 914's on the back. 

Actually, I'm being daft I've got the 914's fitted! They are: ZE-914 225/45 R17 W (94) XL, I'll see how they go as maybe they just bedded in quickly but if they keep wearing at this rate they'll not be something I'd be buying again!

[mikeloadsasaabs]

I actually don't believe this, no snow so far this winter here... until right now, less than 2 hours after swapping the wheels!

Unbelievably, today is only the third time this winter we've had snow here in Austria! Still got the winter tyres on luckily. Yesterday it was 22°C, today 0°C and snow 

[TomPaine]

I actually don't believe this, no snow so far this winter here... until right now, less than 2 hours after swapping the wheels!

And the gritters are out in Oxon, for the first time in three weeks.

[Audax]

Today I put 2 new Osram nightbreaker bulbs in for dipped beam. One popped the other day after being fitted for about 12,000 miles (I always leave the lights on when driving) so I figured it was time to replace the pair, taking the bulb out the other side it showed signs of distortion on the filament so probably doesn't have much life left but will do as an emergency spare.

[sgould]

Today I fitted a set of Tyrepal wheel sensors to her car.  She may notice a flat tyre if it bleeps!!  

And if it works, I may get one for myself!

http://www.tyrepal.co.uk/tyre-pressure-monitoring-system-applications/tpms-for-cars