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General Car Chat / Re: Audi A6 Allroad questions

« on: 20 March 2026, 13:10:27 »

Given Bose do not make automotive audio systems, and that the Bose system will be little more than an amp, maybe different speakers, and 'Bose approved' tuning file, you won't be missing much (they are also probably the worst of the badged systems out there).

I would be moving your existing solution over (assuming the speakers fit!), you should be pretty safe using the speaker level feeds

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General Discussion Area / Re: Andrew arrested

« on: 20 February 2026, 08:47:38 »

Perhaps our illustrious leader has been asked to step down...

If our Dear Leader manages to get away with handing over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, he might go then with his big brown envelope tucked under his arm. 

Trump has said the whole Chagos surrender is a complete bag of shit. But this time next week he may say it's a great deal (again)

I can't see anyone can sanely consider it a good deal, give away something you own and then lease it back for £100M per year

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General Discussion Area / Re: Andrew arrested

« on: 19 February 2026, 12:06:11 »

I note it is his birthday today, probably not the police uniform and handcuffs he was hoping for

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General Discussion Area / Re: Andrew arrested

« on: 19 February 2026, 11:32:27 »

Interesting that Mandy hasn't been.....I suspect those in power are to scared he will scream like a little piggy

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General Car Chat / Re: Stellantis to bring back diesel

« on: 18 February 2026, 08:51:07 »

I have been out, and driven, the new X900 a few times.

We all agree that a V12 would work nicely in it but, the 1000bhp is also pretty interesting

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General Car Chat / Re: Stellantis to bring back diesel

« on: 17 February 2026, 07:40:48 »

We have a program internally to extend ICE life ( it is already reported in the news)

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 11 February 2026, 07:25:18 »

Picked up a brand new set of front discs, pads and wear sensors for the Cat for only £50 (new) from somebody who had his written off before they were fitted, pleased with that for the 380mm setup 

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General Car Chat / Re: Disco Sport TD4...

« on: 11 February 2026, 07:23:40 »

Coded it out on the 530D, stupid, stupid idea

Same here,  although I’m lucky with mine that when I went to code it out, I get three choices.

Default on, Default off and memory. Memory selects the last chosen setting on start up, so in my case I choose to deactivate it once and it will stay off forever until somebody presses it to change it, which won’t be me.    Why can’t they all be like this.

Very simple, Stop/start, as per the later speed limiter systems, is a legal requirement and has to default to on at every ignition cycle. 

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 06 February 2026, 08:55:19 »

With the features switched off, I'd expect no impact of charge level over a few days, as it's only powering alarm, entry system and telematics really.

Is your XJ a gen 2.1 infotainment system ? (I found a pair of new head units in the cupboard when cleaning up)

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General Car Chat / Re: BMW i4 M60 Arrived

« on: 04 February 2026, 07:49:04 »

Not tried the pre-heat thingy on Mrs Opti's I-Pace, or the heated steering wheel.

But I grew up with ice on the inside of the windows, so such things have a touch of the 'nancy boy' about them.

one of the best features, so nice coming into a warm car. You almost don't need a heated seat or wheel

We tried the 'preconditioning thingy' last night before driving to the supermarket...... preheated car for about forty minutes.

Car was good and warm with no misting up to clear away.

However, car was not plugged into the zappy and lost 3% of charge.....94% down to 91%. Hmm.

Its a 7kW heater (hence the range loss when ran for forty minutes), you only need to run it for five to ten mins

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General Discussion Area / Re: Doctors and waiting times

« on: 03 February 2026, 12:02:03 »

I am not old enough to play golf, and I suspect i never will be

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General Discussion Area / Re: The latest Epstein case files...

« on: 02 February 2026, 12:55:24 »

I heard the latest release had a photo of TB with Epstein's dog

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 02 February 2026, 12:51:11 »

With the features switched off, I'd expect no impact of charge level over a few days, as it's only powering alarm, entry system and telematics really.

Been a lurker on Tesla groups, when they were on the short list. There is a 'phantom' drain issue there, but I think it's due to all the cameras and sentry mode etc. Not unheard of for considerable amounts eg 20% of power lost in a week. Other functions like a climate over product to cool if car gets to hot etc are on by default.

So far the i4 is just like a normal car just that the power plant is electric. None of this pointless Tesla style EV extra functions.

Sentry mode will always eat power (it uses the ADAS processor which is a water cooled monster), other than that it should be circa a 50mA 12V drain which can either be taken from the 12V battery or from the traction battery via the DC-DC, but, it will be pretty insignificant on range/percentage calcs

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General Car Chat / Re: Merc MAF code

« on: 02 February 2026, 10:21:56 »

If you clear the codes do they instantly return, or only when revved/loaded?

The code is saying the MAF is not seeing the weight of air it expects for the engine operating conditions, that is usually as a result of gas getting in/out when it shouldn't (hence the question about the EGR as if it is clogged/stuck shut then the MAF would expect to see less air, if stuck open, then the MAF would expect to see more air, remembering that on a diesel, MAF is open at idle and closes as boost comes on)

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General Car Chat / Re: Merc MAF code

« on: 02 February 2026, 07:36:44 »

DPF diff pressure very low and yet there is a back pressure of over 1 bar?

What state is the EGR?