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newbie - wallis6428 - 15-11-2014
Hi all. New to this forum although have been having a look around for a couple of weeks. Have 2l hdi 306 estate which we have had for a good few years with very few problems really. Have had a few pugs in the past, 205, 1.4 petrol 306 hatchback, 306 sedan, and now the 306 estate. Originally from Hull and now living Cambs.
RE: newbie - Jiffy - 15-11-2014
Welcome! Do you do much work on the cars yourself?
RE: newbie - wallis6428 - 15-11-2014
Thanks, yes do 95% of the work myself. Seem to spend most of my life fixing cars ( with help from forums like this ). If it's not one of mine it's someone in the family or a neighbour or friend. Think I need to get rid of a few cars to be honest.
RE: newbie - Niall - 15-11-2014
Welcome! So whats your intentions with the car? Is it just something to get you from A to B or will you be putting your personal touch on it?
RE: newbie - wallis6428 - 15-11-2014
Hi, the car is mainly a workhorse now. Mrs has used it as family car for a few years now, but i needed an estate to shift all my tools and bits of my other cars about so she allowed me to have it. It cost me a mercedes though!!!. Main thing is to keep the car reliable but there shall be a few improvements made along the way. The next additions shall be a couple of working lights, diesel fed pre heater ( these are great ), de cat the exhaust and maybe a stiffer suspension. As I run a few of my other cars on home made diesel I shall be looking at running this on it as well. But I have heard conflicting stories about doing this so we shall see.
RE: newbie - Niall - 15-11-2014
Im by no means a diesel expert so I'm sure ill be corrected here but I'm sure the HDi already has a diesel pre heater?
RE: newbie - JamesPT - 17-11-2014
Hello and Welcome!
RE: newbie - wallis6428 - 17-11-2014
Niall, that's not the sort of heater I meant. I have on one of my other cars a diesel run heater to preheat the car. I can set the heater so it shall come on when it gets below a certain temperature at certain times. So when everyone is scraping their windscreens and demisting in the morning I get into a pre-warmed car with clear windows. Apparently I can also set it to come on from my mobile phone but i haven't worked that bit out yet.
Hi, jamespt
Re: RE: newbie - bashbarnard - 17-11-2014
(17-11-2014, 05:16 PM)wallis6428 Wrote: Niall, that's not the sort of heater I meant. I have on one of my other cars a diesel run heater to preheat the car. I can set the heater so it shall come on when it gets below a certain temperature at certain times. So when everyone is scraping their windscreens and demisting in the morning I get into a pre-warmed car with clear windows. Apparently I can also set it to come on from my mobile phone but i haven't worked that bit out yet.Lots of people in germany have them as its illegal to run car when sitting at home to defrost. Would probably be a good idea for veg runners in the winter too
Hi, jamespt
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RE: newbie - 7057sam - 18-12-2014
Welcome nice to see a local ish owner