no offence meant skruntie, and what you say about summoning up the courage to do those first posts probably applies to most of us. Once youre on board you can not only enjoy a bit of banter but also be educated and entertained by the wealth and diversity of the knowledge of people on here. As you say, if a particular thread doesnt appeal, then dont participate. Most are probably like myself who joined when I got the mig and wanted access to some help and advice and found that the forum could offer a lot more besides.
No offence taken.
I have learnt quite a lot about the Omega, I certainly fell clueless compared to most. But it's surprising how many times I have been able to post a reply regards little problems to someone who is surfing in the early hours/at work and as they have got a soloution, like resetting the climate, windows or sunroof they were able to do the job as they got in the car next time.
I feel If I can learn something new every day then I am doing well.
Power steering assistance was my learning curve yesterday. I have a fauly seat heater it seems, and I caught the button whilt playing with the TC the other day, soon as the fuse blew it took out the climate control. Unkown to me at the time it also affected the power steering.
Drove the car to Doncaster yesterday to get a mate to finnish my brakes and forgot to change the blown fuse before I set off. So had a 15 mile run with heavyier steering and no climate. interestingly got a 37MPg ave with cruise at 47/48mph for the country twisties and maxed at 60 on the straights for just a steady run.
brakes sorted, fuse in, climate on, ctuise at 55mph, 65mph tops on the way homeand on straighter roads got a 27mpg average on the way home.
just realiesed, I reset the comp once on the move on the out journey, but reset before setting off on the return.
Might do both trips again with the fuse in/out same speeds/roads/direction to see if the steering did make a difference, would have thought more ecconomical when active though.