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 FL2 Tyre life (average pole) |
jbvox
 10th Aug 2010 9:36 am
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 34 · Views: 18973 · Subject: FL2 Tyre life (average pole) |
| at 50.000 km changed my goodyear's (original) for wintertyres, depending tyrecenter they could still do 10.000 to 15.000 km more but I didn't use them anymore (tyre at 50% looses 75% of grip in rain.. ... |
| Brake Pad and Brake Disc Wear Limits |
jbvox
10th Aug 2010 9:15 am
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 18 · Views: 15095 · Subject: Brake Pad and Brake Disc Wear Limits |
at 79.000 km and according to dealer half way my brakepads(still the original set)
Must say that I do lot of highway (80% of the time) were I don't have to use the brakes a lot...  |
| 3rd Service prices |
jbvox
20th Jul 2010 9:24 am
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 115 · Views: 84620 · Subject: 3rd Service prices |
| I have an average speed of around 70 km/hour on the dash, not bad for a small country like ours. it's because I do 80% of my driving on highways and during low traffic so i can drive without braking a ... |
| 3rd Service prices |
jbvox
20th Jul 2010 8:55 am
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 115 · Views: 84620 · Subject: 3rd Service prices |
third service done (75000 km,22 months old...  ) payed 330 € still my first brakepads and still good enough till next service . should I brake more often? |
| engine idle speed takes a while to return to normal (750) |
jbvox
6th Jul 2010 12:18 pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 16 · Views: 13622 · Subject: engine idle speed takes a while to return to normal (750) |
| mine is doing the same (pauzes at 1000 rpm before going down @ 750 rpm) and this since the first day. In cold temp it's less than now (warm) and I was told that this is normal... I have NO DPF, and wa ... |
| Noisy FL2 TD4 |
jbvox
19th Jun 2010 11:54 am
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 1 · Views: 2120 · Subject: Noisy FL2 TD4 |
| after my second service mine made a lot more noise, don't know why, but recently had to add a liter of oil (stick on minimum) and the noise was gone. wondering myself now if they really changed the o ... |
| Off the road problems? |
jbvox
4th May 2010 12:44 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 9 · Views: 4140 · Subject: Off the road problems? |
| Always a good idea to check if the brakes (handbrake) is not sticking, this happens when a car is not driving for some time (rust on the discs) just be carefull when driving off for the first time and ... |
| Oouch that hurt |
jbvox
24th Mar 2010 1:51 pm
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Forum: General · Replies: 14 · Views: 5742 · Subject: Oouch that hurt |
 I'm glad I'm not the only one who scraped the front side of the car... Did something like yours when entering my garage (I've to turn in backwards due to lack of space) but left it like it was (mi ... |
| Cars we have owned |
jbvox
23rd Mar 2010 12:42 pm
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 103 · Views: 52232 · Subject: Cars we have owned |
Maybe your member name should be JBVAUX 
back in the day the Opel Manta GTE was the car to have[/quote]
Have been driving the manta several times! great car, expensive in tires, but n ... |
| Cars we have owned |
jbvox
8th Mar 2010 12:48 pm
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 103 · Views: 52232 · Subject: Cars we have owned |
vauxall chevette 2D 1.2 silver
vauxall chevette 4D 1.2 red (even the interiour...)
(both lefthand drive...)
opel corsa 1.2 blue
opel corsa 1.2 dark red
opel corsa 1.5 D grey
opel corsa 1.5 TD ap ... |
| Rear Window Wiper. |
jbvox
22nd Jan 2010 11:38 am
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 38 · Views: 14346 · Subject: Rear Window Wiper. |
| looks nice, is a update I liked to do since the first day I had my FL2, the original wiper looks prehistoric compared to the rest of the car... Have to do it one day... |
| Performance info - Diesel |
jbvox
4th Jan 2010 1:51 pm
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Forum: General · Replies: 23 · Views: 9798 · Subject: Performance info - Diesel |
| recently done a up and down to Denmark via Germany and my diesel had no problems with Autobahn speeds (in fact most of the time (=three quarter of the time) I was glad I could do more than 40 km/hour ... |
| Any issue with leather wrapped steering wheel? |
jbvox
31st Dec 2009 10:43 am
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 15 · Views: 11341 · Subject: Any issue with leather wrapped steering wheel? |
I had the sticky steering wheel also some months aga, told it to the dealer, and a week later they installed a new one (warranty  ) no questions asked... I wished was everything so simple... |
| Failing Parking Sensors Poll |
jbvox
7th Dec 2009 11:27 pm
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Forum: General · Replies: 95 · Views: 60555 · Subject: Failing Parking Sensors Poll |
I have only rear sensors (it's an S) and in heavy rain(which we also have over here in Belgium) sometimes when reversing (with no obstacles behind  ) the bloody thing starts saying me I am to c ... |
| For those on-line, who actually owns an FL2 ? |
jbvox
21st Oct 2009 3:21 pm
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 27 · Views: 11325 · Subject: For those on-line, who actually owns an FL2 ? |
| one here too... one year already and 50.000 km all enjoyable. |
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