WAMT....what annoyed me today!

srichards said:
I use event tyres for tyres now. I won't even take a car to any of them for a simple tyre re-seal as they'll probably start some nonsense.
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I have local independent, I've used them for years, always polite, always efficient and best of all tends to be or beat the best prices in town.

Although I've not compared them to the black circle, that now also operate out of my local Tesco.
I'll need one on each corner soon, so I'll need to dig around shortly .

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srichards said:
I use event tyres for tyres now.
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I understand that they have been or are about to be taken over by the AA.
According to the mobile guy that came to me sometime ago.
 
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dejongj said:
Tbf if there is only 1500 miles left on the other tyre on the same axle the shop did the correct thing in recommending to change both. For safety and predictability in handling I nearly alway change an axle pair. And put the best thread on the axle I have least control over; I.e. No power and no steering.

A tpms can require quite a few rotations before it kicks in. Especially if the shop did the right thing and reset it.

Out of interest, what car is it? 2bar seems very low. Not withstanding that, they should have ensured all are the same.
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The car is SEAT Leon ST FR with 225/14 'profile' tyres (from memory) and car tyre info label says 2.00 bar all round unless 5 up with a boot full of luggage.......never been that full so cannot recall front & rear figures which I think are different when laden that way.

And it is the fact that did not do what they said would do and to top it overinflated the new one!!!! My local place (a smaller chain in Surrey) are IMO very good and seem on the ball all the time....yes they do offer an upsell where such an opportunity arises like a 4 wheel track vs just the fronts but without the nuanced pushy ways of other places.

Totally at a tangent......................all those places offering cheap A/C regassing, do they actually check for and rectify the possible reason for the need (in most cases?) i.e. a leak......that all the regassing in the world will not cure!
 
The place I took mine to for a regas did. Refilled then checked it 1/2 an hour later to see if there were any traces of fluorescence anywhere.
 
Box Brownie said:
The car is SEAT Leon ST FR with 225/14 'profile' tyres (from memory) and car tyre info label says 2.00 bar all round unless 5 up with a boot full of luggage.......never been that full so cannot recall front & rear figures which I think are different when laden that way.

And it is the fact that did not do what they said would do and to top it overinflated the new one!!!! My local place (a smaller chain in Surrey) are IMO very good and seem on the ball all the time....yes they do offer an upsell where such an opportunity arises like a 4 wheel track vs just the fronts but without the nuanced pushy ways of other places.

Totally at a tangent......................all those places offering cheap A/C regassing, do they actually check for and rectify the possible reason for the need (in most cases?) i.e. a leak......that all the regassing in the world will not cure!
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Wow very low pressure for a relatively low profile tyre on a sporty car. I'm amazed, but hey if that is what it says on the label. My golf, not far away in performance, is seriously more pressure.
 
dejongj said:
Wow very low pressure for a relatively low profile tyre on a sporty car. I'm amazed, but hey if that is what it says on the label. My golf, not far away in performance, is seriously more pressure.
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Just checked it online and fronts are 29 psi or 1.99948 Bar. That does seem very soft though. My Mondeo had same sized tyres and they were 36 psi (2.48 bar) on the front, admittedly the diesel engine would have been heavier, but even the rear was 34 psi unladen.
 
nilagin said:
Just checked it online and fronts are 29 psi or 1.99948 Bar. That does seem very soft though. My Mondeo had same sized tyres and they were 36 psi (2.48 bar) on the front, admittedly the diesel engine would have been heavier, but even the rear was 34 psi unladen.
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Good point about the weight, the engine is a petrol 1.4litre with modern knobs & whistles called ACT. Basically it switches between 2 and 4 cylinder running....very clever and no discernable 'switching' on the changeover. Unlike my old 1.6TDI Leon I can trust this on overtaking, the TDI had no guts for overtaking. The TDI was afteral 105PSI and the 1.4 is 150PSI so about 50% more horses under the bonnet :)

So yes it seems that the engine and body are quite light compared to if a diesel lump was in there?

PS I just remembered that when I checked the pressures about a week after I got it they were 10% high all round at 2.20 bar and this was after PDI and a 300 mile delivery mileage. This was from a general supplier not a Seat specialist, though thinking about it it must have been multi franchise outlet. I was since advised by the local tyre place to stick with the label figures especially as they are low(er) profile compared to what I was used to on previous cars.
 
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Box Brownie said:
Good point about the weight, the engine is a petrol 1.4litre with modern knobs & whistles called ACT. Basically it switches between 2 and 4 cylinder running....very clever and no discernable 'switching' on the changeover. Unlike my old 1.6TDI Leon I can trust this on overtaking, the TDI had no guts for overtaking. The TDI was afteral 105PSI and the 1.4 is 150PSI so about 50% more horses under the bonnet :)

So yes it seems that the engine and body are quite light compared to if a diesel lump was in there?
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Oh I had a totally model in mind when I saw the FR label. That is like just over half of the power of an FR. I guess I was wrong.
 
dejongj said:
Oh I had a totally model in mind when I saw the FR label. That is like just over half of the power of an FR. I guess I was wrong.
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It does carry the FR badging and the FR on the steering wheel and yes there are other ST variants with bigger petrol engines that also have FR before you get to Cupra as far as I recall. As mentioned I do like that it accelerates safely and pulls well through the entire rev range so no sudden loss of oomph. So I surmise it is the lowest powered FR version which before ACT was at 140PSI so they managed to wring another 10PSI out of it ;)
 
Box Brownie said:
Good point about the weight, the engine is a petrol 1.4litre with modern knobs & whistles called ACT. Basically it switches between 2 and 4 cylinder running....very clever and no discernable 'switching' on the changeover. Unlike my old 1.6TDI Leon I can trust this on overtaking, the TDI had no guts for overtaking. The TDI was afteral 105PSI and the 1.4 is 150PSI so about 50% more horses under the bonnet :)

So yes it seems that the engine and body are quite light compared to if a diesel lump was in there?

PS I just remembered that when I checked the pressures about a week after I got it they were 10% high all round at 2.20 bar and this was after PDI and a 300 mile delivery mileage. This was from a general supplier not a Seat specialist, though thinking about it it must have been multi franchise outlet. I was since advised by the local tyre place to stick with the label figures especially as they are low(er) profile compared to what I was used to on previous cars.
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I'm somewhat surprised that the TDi was sluggish on overtaking, unless the fuel is injected into the manifold and not direct injection into the combustion chamber. Modern Turbo diesel engines usually produce a good amount of torque which is what you want for overtaking more than outright bhp.

I've seen the video on youtube of how the cylinders are disabled, I knew SEAT had this but assumed they were deactivating just the one cylinder. Ford should be releasing some engines next year with cylinder deactivation, although their method of deactivation is different. I had the pleasure of being the first to actually test it on a Ford engine, at some speeds the transition was quite smooth and the engine sat happily purring away and didn't even shake, some of the other engine speeds need a bit of work to bring the other cylinders in to balance out the transition and stability once deactivated, but it certainly is impressive. I'll have to see if they are willing to let me drive one of the test cars with the engine installed.
 
My 1988 BMW already had cylinder deactivation. It could run on all twelve or fewer depending on the load.
 
nilagin said:
I'm somewhat surprised that the TDi was sluggish on overtaking, unless the fuel is injected into the manifold and not direct injection into the combustion chamber. Modern Turbo diesel engines usually produce a good amount of torque which is what you want for overtaking more than outright bhp.

I've seen the video on youtube of how the cylinders are disabled, I knew SEAT had this but assumed they were deactivating just the one cylinder. Ford should be releasing some engines next year with cylinder deactivation, although their method of deactivation is different. I had the pleasure of being the first to actually test it on a Ford engine, at some speeds the transition was quite smooth and the engine sat happily purring away and didn't even shake, some of the other engine speeds need a bit of work to bring the other cylinders in to balance out the transition and stability once deactivated, but it certainly is impressive. I'll have to see if they are willing to let me drive one of the test cars with the engine installed.
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Ref The TDI, it was fine for get aways from the lights but anything mid revs or higher as you changed down for an 'at speed' overtake it just had no real oomph. Just could not trust it for a proper passing run of even a single car where every other car I have driven )in the past) in 80% of the situations would have been fine......in many ways that car was the most, performance wise, disappoinitng car I have driven. Note ~ this was the 1.6 not the 1.9 they previously used in the Leon.

As for the 1.4 ACT 150PSI engine, at the time I was looking I was told that unusually for a VAG car it was the SEAT platform that was getting it first with VW and then Skoda slatted for some months ahead. The person telling said that such newer technology usually starts in VW then the others!
 
WAMT ...yet another thread degenerating into a conversation about cars.
 
StewartR said:
WAMT ...yet another thread degenerating into a conversation about cars.
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C'est la vie, afteral they are a source of great annoyance at times ;)
 
Shaving! I've tried every possible method I can think of but I still look like a 15 year old's first attempt and feel like I've had my neck dipped in acid. Going back to the beard I think!
 
Burning my hand on the kettle!
 
Seeing just by how much my current insurer is taking the pee with its renewal offer. Cheapest quote less than half of what they wanted for the same cover!
 
srichards said:
Seeing just by how much my current insurer is taking the pee with its renewal offer. Cheapest quote less than half of what they wanted for the same cover!
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Its almost like they dont want you to renew with them isnt it. Bloody wierd. They must know everyone is using compare sites and yet they still treat you like a witless numpty who's just going to automatically renew. I feel sorry for the poor sods who do.
 
DorsetDude said:
Its almost like they dont want you to renew with them isnt it. Bloody wierd. They must know everyone is using compare sites and yet they still treat you like a witless numpty who's just going to automatically renew. I feel sorry for the poor sods who do.
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Last year I was that witless numpty. Too much other stuff going on to have the energy to change and sort out quotes and change DDs etc. It was easier just to pay another few £ a month.
 
A car pulling out of a side turning and turning left, then continues to swing wide onto the wrong side of the road, as I was approaching on the other side of the road,
and somehow it was my fault. :rolleyes:
 
Somebody did that turning into a side road yesterday - took it way too wide and went head on into the car waiting a the lights to turn right. Luckily I was right beside a turn off so could whip round the block and avoid the blocked bit.
 
Women drivers in Ford Focuses :banghead::banghead::banghead:
 
Gremlin said:
Women drivers in Ford Focuses :banghead::banghead::banghead:
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Funny you should say that, guess what the woman that wanted to drive on my side of the road was driving? :D
 
Cobra said:
Funny you should say that, guess what the woman that wanted to drive on my side of the road was driving? :D
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A Vauxhall Astra?
Oh.....wait..... :(
 
Cobra said:
Funny you should say that, guess what the woman that wanted to drive on my side of the road was driving? :D
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I had 2 of them today, both acting like ******** !!!!!! Luckily I avoided both, even the one that reversed out, panicked and sat there blocking the way, I had nowhere to go
(cul de sac) !
 
Gremlin said:
I had 2 of them today, both acting like ******** !!!!!! Luckily I avoided both, even the one that reversed out, panicked and sat there blocking the way, I had nowhere to go
(cul de sac) !
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Oh I like those people - narrow road they see you approach and just slam on and sit in the middle of the road! How did that help dumbass, does your car get narrower when you stop? Just move over and keep on rolling past!
 
Unusually Amazon ...

I ordered something Monday 8th that was in stock and fulfil by Amazon.
I went for the free delivery, as I've found the 99% of the time its PDQ,
Items are usually dispatched 1-2 days after the order is placed and delivered 1-2 days after that.

The started delivery was 12-15th.
Looking at the status, on Tues 9th it said getting ready for dispatch on the 10th.
As I have a massive Amazon warehouse about 5 miles away, that usually means a couple of days till delivery.

Well, today its still saying "preparing for dispatch"
2 days after the original dispatch date.

Looks like they will fail this time...
 
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Alan Clogwyn said:
Shaving! I've tried every possible method I can think of but I still look like a 15 year old's first attempt and feel like I've had my neck dipped in acid. Going back to the beard I think!
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Get yourself a shaving brush and proper shaving soap (Palmolive Classic shave stick is a good starter for 50p in supermarkets) and prep beforehand (hot water wash or towel, pre-shave oil). A decent razor with a sharp blade helps too, of course. All these things help reduce irritation.
 
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