Had a quick check of the voltage before setting off. This is very low and suggests the battery isn't in the best of health. https://autoshite.com/uploads/monthly_2023_11/PXL_20231105_192144630.thumb.jpg.8bf6419d0b3cf38dc1b5a6cc5d6e65e5.jpg Scan tool on the engine ECU matches up this dash diagnosis m...

My Spaceship Civic does too. So did mine and our Mk9 Civic. But this Merc has two catches built in the hinge to allow it - one on each side, to allow this to happen. I imagine it cost quite a bit to engineer in and manufacture the extra bits to make it work. Honda, being Honda, just made an extra h...

This car has been living under a tree for a number of years. So bits of moss and such had started growing out of it. (I know those tyres are pretty shite - they can wait for a clean MOT first) https://autoshite.com/uploads/monthly_2023_11/PXL_20231105_160419202.thumb.jpg.078182ebe6b6f04e0de997a6d1c7...

Next up was the offside cataract. Can't be having this, not least as one of the first owners and longest owning owner was an eye consultant. https://autoshite.com/uploads/monthly_2023_11/PXL_20231105_143953908.thumb.jpg.3fe1ecb9088fd1f4517c690d4eb291ec.jpg Near side isn't anywhere near as bad.  http...

This afternoon I had some fiddle time.  First stop was a poke around under the hood as I haven't had a chance to properly look here yet. It's very clean under here and the access is phenomenal compared to many moderns  https://autoshite.com/uploads/monthly_2023_11/PXL_20231105_143917814.thumb.jpg.a1...

Scruffy Bodger wrote: ↑Sun Nov 05, 2023 1:36 pm https://ofgear.dk

Is it that gearbox? That system offers adjustable lockup.

Dunno but probably. That looks nifty but I don't fancy explaining how to use such a thing to my wife when she needs to drive the car late one evening home!

I definitely want this car to be a keeper. Despite what Mrs SiC currently thinks.  It reminds me very much of the Saab 9-3 I had. The drive position and control responsiveness makes me so much calmer and less stressed when driving. Like I can't be bothered to overtake a dawdler. I could but can't be...

As everything is currently very happy in the SBC department, I feel inclined to neither fiddle or let anyone else fiddle with it. Just have a look and see if anything has been touched on it since leaving the factory.

They're phenomenal value for money. Yes they are complicated compared to similar aged cars but that means it has dated much better inside than them. While SBC is a liability, it does have its big benefits like Hold and Stop functions. I think on mine the SBC is really the only big liability on the c...

I wish they put the 2.0 type-r engine in the estate.