I was bothered about just how relieable my car battery is considering it does only short journies. I bought a bluetooth battery monitor. It was a bit more expensive than I would have liked (Chinese shippoing costs have gone through the roof) but once fitted is very convenient as the phone keeps track and can warn of impending trouble.
It turned out to be more expensive than I expected as it shows that the battery needs replacing. Better than finding out miles away from home I suppose.
very true - how old is the battery?
Mike
No idea. Probably as old as the car which is from 2015. It did fail once starting but worked with the little Li-Ion starter pack then I took it for a run. The rest voltage is supposed to be about 12.6v but it goes down to about 12v (confirmed with multimeter). As we are coming into summer I could maybe just chance it but for convenience I'll deplete the kids inheritance a little.
My motor is very, very old.. I hardly use her.. The battery has been replaced a couple of times.. I do take her for an early morning run through the lanes.. then back home on duel carriage way..
Being old .. she never gets nicked.. :smiley:
Quote from: klondike on February 09, 2022, 09:34:45 AM
No idea. Probably as old as the car which is from 2015. It did fail once starting but worked with the little Li-Ion starter pack then I took it for a run. The rest voltage is supposed to be about 12.6v but it goes down to about 12v (confirmed with multimeter). As we are coming into summer I could maybe just chance it but for convenience I'll deplete the kids inheritance a little.
Very wise - nothing worse than a flat battery miles from anywhere
Mike
Now I promised myself I would never do this but the opportunity is just too good to miss
Quote from: Scrumpy on February 09, 2022, 09:40:55 AM
duel carriage way
:duel:
:grin:
Quote from: Scrumpy on February 09, 2022, 09:40:55 AM
My motor is very, very old.. I hardly use her.. The battery has been replaced a couple of times.. I do take her for an early morning run through the lanes.. then back home on duel carriage way..
Being old .. she never gets nicked.. :smiley:
Thereby hangs a tale. A good few years ago I drove a Mk II Cortina. At the time of this tale it had over 100,000 miles on the clock. I had arranged to pick up a couple of friends from Heathrow. They were surprised to see that I had the car immobilised by a Krooklock. 'What's that for?'
'Well, I don't want it nicked!'
'Nicked? C'mon Mike - who'd want to steal that old thing?'
Five miles down the road I was pulled over by a police car. Quick chat, then
'Sorry to stop you, sir, but we've had a report of a white Cortina being stolen. Good night!'
One up to Rolls!
Mike
Quote from: klondike on February 09, 2022, 09:43:28 AM
Now I promised myself I would never do this but the oppurtunity is just too good to miss :duel:
:grin:
Ooo - you're brave
Mike [1120]
What's it called then.. !!!!
Old cars were the easiest to pinch. They have to either steal the keys or go high tech to steal modern vehicles with immobilisers.
It can't be hard though. My next door neighbour ran his own removals company. He had a yard where the big lorries were kept but he also had a Mercedes Sprinter for small jobs and also often came home with it. He parked it in a side road.It got knicked. He had a job on so hired one which he parked in the car park over the road. It got pinched. He got me to pull the CCTV so he could pass it to the police so that they could officailly ignore it and do nothing. The bloke was walking along the road with no obvious tools.Spotted the van and walked over to it. Within seconds of disappearing behind the thing the cab light came on. Within a couple of minutes it was being driven away.
Incidentally many crook locks are pretty much useless as the thieves can easily break them apparently.
the two fencers are duelling, hence klondikes smirk... :smiley: ...
the carriageway is dual as in two....but then you knew that you were just trying to get my post count up, werent you...
Quote from: klondike on February 09, 2022, 09:58:33 AM
Incidentally many crook locks are pretty much useless as the thieves can easily break them apparently.
I don't see how they could be
easily broken - it would need a hammer and cold chisel or the like to smash the lock area.
Mike
well there are plenty 'cold' chisels oop north
Quote from: Michael Rolls on February 09, 2022, 10:27:26 AM
I don't see how they could be easily broken - it would need a hammer and cold chisel or the like to smash the lock area.
It depends on whether you care about damage to the vehicle. Car thieves are not usually over fussed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd2Op5VpUrg
Hadn't thought of sawing the steering wheel
Mike
That's because you owned the car....
Could be
I had an old Astra years ago, one night I parked it opposite the Empire theatre in Liverpool, in the days when you could park on St George's plateau. Anyway, came out of the theatre about 11pm to find the steering wheel was on the front seat !!!!
Me, having a blonde moment picked it up and tried to push it back on :grin: :grin: It was a quick note for the traffic warden, the train home and a tow truck in the morning.
The car I've got now is 2005, unlikely to get nicked but that's what I thought about the old Astra :smiley:
I used to have an Astra.. I loved it.. I now have a Peugeot 206.. Very old motor.. Never lets me down..
No safety lock or alarm.. I unlock her manually.. Can't be arsed to change batteries in key..
Used to put a lock across steering wheel.. A yellow one.. !!
Quote from: klondike on February 09, 2022, 09:43:28 AM
Now I promised myself I would never do this but the opportunity is just too good to miss :duel:
:grin:
Ok.. One up to you.. But be afraid.. very afraid..
With my sausage fingers you'll get lots of chances. It's why I promised myself to never do it :grin:
The main reason I had to was because of the duel smiley.
You did well.. Made me smile.. :grin: :grin:
If it couldn't have been a joke it wouldn't have happened. I think I even refrained from many opportunities with The Deep.
I didn't, I couldn't resist The Deep :grin:
No fun in correcting on spelling mistakes unless it's a giggle.. Like with Beannie..
The Deep was so up his own ar*se it was a pleasure to trip him up..
Some were typos for sure but I think others were genuine misspellings which given his supposed job seems odd. I suspect his true role was a lot more humble than he made it out to be.