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> About the only thing that can go wrong with a tray-load drive is if the
> disk isn't sitting in it properly, and it gets mashed when the tray tries
> to shut.
Or if, for example, as the tray was closing you went over a little bump and
the CD moved... Or worse you are carefully trying to press the CD into the
tray when you go over a bigger bump and you snap the tray right off!
FWIW I've had a slot load CD drive in every one of my cars (I nabbed my
dad's old one for my Pug 205!) and never had any issue with them damaging or
scratching discs.
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> I have a slot CD player that won't always release my CDs.
Happened on my Peugeot 206 when it was about 4 months old - took it back and
they put a new one in there, and posted me back the stuck CD a few weeks
later! No problems after that - guess it was a design issue they fixed.
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>> Go ahead and give Saab 9-3 TTiD or BMW 123d a test-drive. They both have
>> *two* turbos, still no whistle nor mentionable lag.
>
> Oh yeah, like they're *really* going to let some college kid test-drive a
> £400,000 car. :-P
a) you're not a college kid, and b) they don't cost that much. The Saab or
BMW dealer is going to jump all over you to try and sell you the car, of
course with some horrendouly expensive finance scheme that they get
commission for :-)
> Still, the only vehicle I've come across that had a turbo was a busted old
> Land Rover that was, like, 30 years old or something and rusting apart...
> Maybe they've improved since then?
You think? No sh!7.
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> Yesterday I thought I had a front-loading 6-disk CD changer which might
> even support MP3.
>
> Today I discovered that there's no MP3 support, but more seriously there's
> no CD changer either. It plays one and only one CD.
Haha, you've been had!
> So not only is this thing slot-load, but I'm going to be doing an awful
> lot of loading and ejecting disks! o_O
Doesn't it have an aux input, just get an iPod or something, that's what I
do.
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> My previous car (exact same brand and model, just the previous revision)
> had a clutch which behaved normally. (Although it was starting to wear out
> TBH. One more reason to get rid of it!)
Maybe get the clutch checked out, it might need adjusting? (if you still
need to do such things nowadays, IDK)
>> That's actually a good thing. Light automation rocks, when you get used
>> to it you'll hate the German cars without it :-).
>
> This morning I drove to work on a dark, cloudy day - but the computer
> still decided I didn't need my lights on. *I* would have kept them on
> anyway...
I just have my lights on all the time, think I've only touched the light
switch about 5 times in the 18 months I've had the car, it just stays in the
"on" position.
> The wipers leave little streaks behind at exactly eye-height [but only on
> the driver's side].
Clean them! Or more extreme, replace the wiper blades (like 10 quid from
Halfords and 10 minutes to attach).
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>> Yesterday I thought I had a front-loading 6-disk CD changer which
>> might even support MP3.
>>
>> Today I discovered that there's no MP3 support, but more seriously
>> there's no CD changer either. It plays one and only one CD.
>
> Haha, you've been had!
More like the sales staff just don't know what they're talking about.
>> So not only is this thing slot-load, but I'm going to be doing an
>> awful lot of loading and ejecting disks! o_O
>
> Doesn't it have an aux input, just get an iPod or something, that's what
> I do.
There's instructions in the manual for how to enable or disable aux
input. But, helpfully, it doesn't say WHERE IT IS.
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>> My previous car (exact same brand and model, just the previous
>> revision) had a clutch which behaved normally. (Although it was
>> starting to wear out TBH. One more reason to get rid of it!)
>
> Maybe get the clutch checked out, it might need adjusting? (if you still
> need to do such things nowadays, IDK)
I specifically asked about this when I did the test drive, and they
promised me they would look at this as part of their 101-point check.
But, as far as I can tell, they did nothing.
>> The wipers leave little streaks behind at exactly eye-height [but only
>> on the driver's side].
>
> Clean them! Or more extreme, replace the wiper blades (like 10 quid
> from Halfords and 10 minutes to attach).
From past experience, replacing wiper blades has no effect.
OTOH, at least these wipers don't make that grounching noise when the
screen is dry...
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scott wrote:
>> About the only thing that can go wrong with a tray-load drive is if
>> the disk isn't sitting in it properly, and it gets mashed when the
>> tray tries to shut.
>
> Or if, for example, as the tray was closing you went over a little bump
> and the CD moved... Or worse you are carefully trying to press the CD
> into the tray when you go over a bigger bump and you snap the tray right
> off!
Ah yes, tray-load in a moving vehicle is another matter. ;-)
Still, you could have the disk half way in the slot and snap it off the
same way. (A slimsy little CD presumably being drastically easier to
snap than a ruggid tray.)
> FWIW I've had a slot load CD drive in every one of my cars (I nabbed my
> dad's old one for my Pug 205!) and never had any issue with them
> damaging or scratching discs.
Well, as I say, I don't use original CDs in the car anyway, so...
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"scott" <sco### [at] scott com> wrote:
> > Quizzical fact: I passed my car driving test first time, in about 10
> > minutes, after one driving lesson and driving through a red traffic light
> > and parking on the pavement (sidewalk) in a major city.
> >
> > How?
>
> Because they were desperate for people to drive stuff in the war and were
> handing out licenses to anyone with at least one leg and one foot? :-D
You were learning to drive an emergency vehicle?
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> Still, you could have the disk half way in the slot and snap it off the
> same way. (A slimsy little CD presumably being drastically easier to snap
> than a ruggid tray.)
But IME you let go of the CD long before it's halfway in the slot, if you go
over a bump before you get to that stage then the CD is free to rotate and
nothing snaps.
> Well, as I say, I don't use original CDs in the car anyway, so...
Me neither - which is why I didn't care about just chucking them all in the
glove box with no cases.
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