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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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> From past experience, replacing wiper blades has no effect.
You're doing something wrong then (once the guy who replaced a blade on my
car screwed it up so it was twisted the wrong way), or the wiper mechanics
are bent or something. Assuming everything is clean (including the
windscreen as Darren said) then new wiper blades should work perfectly, what
else could be wrong? Do you really think everyone drives around accepting
badly-working wipers?
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scott wrote:
>> From past experience, replacing wiper blades has no effect.
>
> You're doing something wrong then (once the guy who replaced a blade on
> my car screwed it up so it was twisted the wrong way), or the wiper
> mechanics are bent or something. Assuming everything is clean
> (including the windscreen as Darren said) then new wiper blades should
> work perfectly, what else could be wrong? Do you really think everyone
> drives around accepting badly-working wipers?
Well, if it's not fixable, what else are you going to do?
The only thing I can think of is that some people buy more expensive
wiper blades, which consequently work better. (I usually buy the £7 ones
from Halfords. I'm sure they're not the finest qualify, but nobody else
sells 'em.)
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> Well, if it's not fixable, what else are you going to do?
But it is fixable. I would be rather surprised if, after replacing the
blades, you still continued to get a nice arc of muck when you use them. I
just don't understand physcially how having a brand new wiper blade (of the
correc type and fitted correctly) and a clean windscreen (including the area
where the blades rest) would cause that to happen.
> The only thing I can think of is that some people buy more expensive wiper
> blades, which consequently work better. (I usually buy the £7 ones from
> Halfords. I'm sure they're not the finest qualify, but nobody else sells
> 'em.)
How about going to the Renault garage to buy the original ones meant for
your car?
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scott wrote:
>> Well, if it's not fixable, what else are you going to do?
>
> But it is fixable. I would be rather surprised if, after replacing the
> blades, you still continued to get a nice arc of muck when you use
> them. I just don't understand physcially how having a brand new wiper
> blade (of the correc type and fitted correctly) and a clean windscreen
> (including the area where the blades rest) would cause that to happen.
It's not that it leaves muck behind, just that it swears the water
around. Parts of the screen are cleared of water, and other parts aren't.
> How about going to the Renault garage to buy the original ones meant for
> your car?
Heh. Well, I guess there might be one in England somewhere...
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>> How about going to the Renault garage to buy the original ones meant for
>> your car?
>
> Heh. Well, I guess there might be one in England somewhere...
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=renault+dealer+milton+keynes
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>>> How about going to the Renault garage to buy the original ones meant
>>> for your car?
>>
>> Heh. Well, I guess there might be one in England somewhere...
>
> http://lmgtfy.com/?q=renault+dealer+milton+keynes
OK, so what do we have here...
Camden Renault, which shut down last year.
Select Car Sales, which is in Bletchley. (But I guess that counts...)
A place in Bedford.
Pilling Mazda, which is an official Renault dealer? In Westcroft (so,
fairly close by).
And that appears to be it, at least as far as Google Maps can tell me.
Checking http://www.dealer.renault.co.uk/ ... Yes, apparently Pilling is
the only official dealer.
So I guess there are a few in this country, they're just rare.
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