******* Motors Chat Thread *******

Literally had one of my mirrors stuck this morning and door seal frozen, first time ever.

Ohh thanks for that. Was gonna try rub some silicone sealer on them later.

yeah, same here with mirrors, better safe than sorry! (Last thing I need now is a motor gone on a mirror or whatever and a 300 euro bill)

will turn on auto fold again when weather gets warmer.

Haha yep my e46 was a disaster this morning the windows froze solid to the seal ha.. the g30 funnily enough was OK.

They really weren't built for the cold haha. Mines the 530e so I must really start using the remote defrost setup 😂😂😂

Is that for Panda?

I know a very good FIAT dealer, who used to be Toyota dealer, who may be able to assist 😉

Car shed a trim piece off the belly this evening on a motorway that should remain nameless. Was a hell of a clonk when it let go and went under the wheel.

To whomever found it at speed. Sorry.

I've also left the occasional bolt, and exhaust end-pipe and a trail of rust shards all the way along that road at some stage or other- but that was a big piece to come off.

Depends.

Did you find the piece or not? And is there a bill associated with finding it?

Cars just doing it's own weight saving.

driving to shop earlier and car said outside temp was minus 3. So obviously below freezing etc road was fine and was not gritted and I had no slips or slides etc but there has been constant traffic on it all day

Got me thinking: at what temp does it get dodgy or is anything essentially below 0 degrees asking for a slide?

Anything below +4 can be problematic.

Lexus reduced their pricing on some models in the past six weeks, the NX450H+ Phev is reduced by around €2300 yet it’s reduced by £5000 in the uk, somebody is making Bank on this, Great car to be fair but why the disparity n price reductions ?

(sorry long post)

What would you do with a car that's been in a garage for 3 months for NCT fail on Emmisions.
Now it is a old car 1998 I have owned for 20 years, earlier in the year car had head gasket replaced also new catalytic converter.
I took it to this garage never use before it's local to me and had good Google reviews.
They have replaced cat convertor as the replacement one that was done earlier in year apparently wasn't doing it's job but the new one was still not passing Emmisions on there machine then they replaced lamda sensor, they then said it should pass now.
It has now missed the NCT I had booked so they said they will take it in but then  said on NCT day water pipe burst which they said can't get the part for, I  got the part online from Winparts and took it in them, they fitted said they will take it in for NCT, rang a week later it didn't go in because another pipe burst this time they could replace it as this time it was a standard rubber pipe.
Phoned up again  on Friday still hasn't gone for NCT because this time it over heated, was told they will ring me back next week.
This is our second car so been managing with one, the reason I have been patient with the wait the owner was diagnosed with cancer so didn't want to put pressure on them they do have 2 mechanics and a receptionist I actually have never spoken to the owner only receptionist.
Now the car was driving fine when it was taken in ,not burning oil, no water leaks never needed topping up after head gasket replacement, I believe now the car has now a overheating problem with 2 pipes bursting so under pressure but
I wonder if constant getting up to temperature for testing Emmisions for the last 3 months has cause a head gasket fail, even though it was replaced earlier in year.
Now what do I do going forward or what should the garage do in your mind bearing in mind in only went in with Emmisions fail 3 months ago now seems to have developed more problems.

Yeah was thinking same , wife loves the car because of 20 years ownership, but this time by the sounds of it, it 's the end of the road for it, now how to deal with garage do I just ask for the car back in a worst state then I brought it in and don't expect a charge.

Failed NCT on "chipped brake disc". Looks like the brake guard has been rubbing off the disc. No issues on brake test or pad/disc depth so fail is only for this visual. What do you guys reckon? Pad isn't touching this part of the disc so is it a harsh fail?