Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

1 = quickest, by the clock
2 = pretty quick, but direct
3 = the most direct method

google maps is the gold standard, shirley?

Pay the subscription and get tomtom. Google maps is dreadful

Think Waze must be part of the Google thing, as the only extra GPS thing allowed in Android Auto. Also note Google now has speed camera and accident hazard notification. It is let down by not having the speed on view.

Used CoPilot for a while, and it did have some good features, like speed limit reminders, but found that Google maps tended to do the job just as well and had better traffic data. Tried using Waze but as has been mentioned, it tends to try and save you literally seconds, which gets tiring fast. I think it also uses up a lot of mobile data.

GM is the only bit of kit that has successfully managed to deliver me to the front door of my brother's gaff out in the sticks.

tomtom usually lands you up in an industrial estate a good mile and a half away.

zackly! lets you set the cruise control at 82

No idea how well theyre supposed to work really. Could probably do with fresh pads but I'm not skilled enough to do that (yet)

but I'm not skilled enough to do that (yet)

If you can build a bike, you can change brake pads

Is this a precursor to you trying to make me join the navy?

If you can fix a bike you can fix a...

TYPE 45 DESTROYER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HA71tYl640

Are they discs all round or drums in the rear?

Changing disc pads is something you'd definitely be able to do, drums are a bit more involved but easy enough still. How's the pedal feel? Is it at all spongy as it may be time for a bleed or fluid change.

I get pretty paranoid about brakes these days because when I was in NZ I had a total brake failure and put my little 4x4 corolla through a fence and then ended up on a sandy beach!

I get pretty paranoid about brakes these days because when I was in NZ I had a total brake failure and put my little 4x4 corolla through a fence and then ended up on a sandy beach!

Crikey. Could you pull the handbrake for a save in that situation? Handbrakes are often cable operated are they not?

Honestly, couldn't tell you. I can do bikes but my car knowledge is non existent. Yeah pretty spongy, would a bleed be possible on the roadside? Just need to watch some youtube videos i guess

Advice needed pleeeeease.
I bought a 2018 Skoda Fabia about 6 weeks ago. The EPC light came on this evening. Don't know why. The car still runs but in EPC/limp mode (revs are all over the place and it's juddering). What is the best course of action?

1. Get it recovered?
   
2. Drive it in EPC mode to the nearest approved repair place (8 miles away...)?
   
   

Obviously the car's only just over a year old. Is this likely to be covered under warranty from Skoda?

Cheers!

Not really, I was breaking hard going into a corner after coming down a pretty steep hill descent and the piston in one of the rear drums popped out causing total loss of pressure. Nek minnit... on beach.

Definitely doable by the road side but easiest if the road is flat, it's a fair bit less delicate than bleeding bike brakes. I'd offer a hand but I'm rarely in the country these days.

Here's a good video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1NvtUwfRJc

In theory it should allow you happily to get to the nearest garage- thats what it is for. But if you have Breakdown cover - use it.

All 6N polos have drums on the rear (in the UK). They have self adjusting shoes and are notoriously shit.

When they stop self adjusting, the brake pedal gets longer in travel and it makes them feel rubbish. I’d be tempted to chuck a new set in and give all 4 brakes a bleed / a full fluid change if it’s not been done in the past 3 years

I thought car systems had dual lines so that a failure should only take out 2 brakes i.e. front L and rear R

Hopefully you knowledgeable lot can help me... I've got a Mk5 Golf R32, I noticed both my rear tyres are significantly much more heavily worn on the inside edges than the outside. Like, from the outside edge they look fine but looking from kneeling down at the rear of the car there's metal belt showing through the inside edges. I've had two new tyres fitted today.

Both rear springs were replaced in October last year during MOT as they were knackered.

Is this tyre issue likely to have stemmed from the springs being knackered, or is there something else that'd likely need doing? It was serviced last November and nothing was picked up/mentioned then.

Do I need a 4 wheel laser alignment etc or should I take it to a trusted VAG tech first to see if there's something else worn out?

Cheers!

The speedo is great but there are a few kms difference between what my phone says and what my car says, at least 4-5kms p/hr... Good to have that alert when you're going over the limit...

Would fitting discs all round be ridiculously expensive? Doubt the brakes have been bled so would probably be easier to start with that

Mine has a rear disc conversion, you can directly swap all the parts from a later GTI model straight over. I think I paid £120 for a complete 2nd refurbed setup? It’s quite an easy conversion really