Thanx for all the advices...going to follow them as soon as the temperatures here are dropping to a more acceptable level again (we had some not so appealing 36°C yesterday...). I'm also toying with the idea of looking after a V70 R I had found in the ads, but I'm still waiting for a message by the ...

Holiday! Yay! And finally some time to fix a few things before it's time for the inspection. But there is one issue which is really annoying the hell out of me (and the others being sometimes involuntarily caught up when it happens): After driving around for a time, the engine stalls sometimes when ...

Problem solved - just purchased a used Onkyo receiver with remocon. Had also uncluttered the stereo rack a bit.

The old shock pops off with a screwdriver, just pull the wire retainer off if there is one (usually is). Very, very easy to do. Mine were a bit more resilient - had to fight with the largest screwdriver to get them off. Once they were out, I had noticed that what once was grease had turned into som...

I thought it it has something to do with a seal worn out, since when starting with hot engine or accelerating after the engine had idled for a while, there is a puff of blue smoke leaving the exhaust (which does sounds like the valve stems to me). I consider the oil consumption (about 1l/3000 km) as...

Once again, I had to refill some oil - and once again, the engine acted choppy when starting after refilling. I have to shut it down and restart, then give a few blows with the gas pedal until it runs normal again. I have not overfilled it according to the marks on the dipstick, and I'm using ordina...

If you don't care about after market they were listed as "Evan-Fischer EVA1350809141498" which I believe was made by DEPO according to the boxes. They're no longer offered on Amazon and are manufactured in Taiwan. They have glass outers - not plastic. The amount of light I now get at nigh...

Replaced the windshield wipers with ones that doesn't emit a faint squeak all the time...and also replaced the common H1 bulbs of the driving light with LEDs. The effect is quite amazing...no, they don't turn my headlights into lightcannons, but the now white lights (manufacturers claim: 6500 K) do ...

All of the 850's should have come with a theft alarm of some sort. Fun fact: if you had brought an 850 2.5-10V on par with the serial equipment of the 2.5-20V in Germany, the price difference had been a measly DM60 (€30) in favour of the 10V. Nonetheless, the 10V was sold here in bigger numbers, an...

Hi, Ok it doesnt sound too hard to do, but it does sound tricky. Pulling panels off, getting the thing to fit, getting the panels back on properly. Maybe i'll just go with the broomstick idea :-) Make it a Nimbus 2000 or a Firebolt. :wink: Now, where is the best place to put a stick to hold up the ...