*5 hours* out in the yard today to install new microswitch unit for #VW #DSG gear selector - whole entire centre console of #VWPolo had to come out - a bear of a job, especially removing a fiddly connector for the USB and getting it over the handbrake lever). Switch fitted and then it all has to go back together.
At least now I don't have "error: workshop! Leave vehicle only in position P" randomly coming appearing and USB music playback still works #CarMaintenance #AutoRepair #bladibarsket
High level #brake light stopped working last night - found broken cable in loom between C-pillar and tailgate (this is a common problem due to the boot being constantly opened and shut). Managed to splice cable (after initial hassle with a duff splice I had to cut off and being left with even shorter bit at the tailgate end to work with. Tested the fix, wrapped splices and extra cable piece with Tesa tape and put the grommet back on..
I've mostly always driven #superminis and am regularly on the road late at night - whilst I've noticed other drivers take more chances if I'm in something like the shed of an #Opel / #Vauxhall #Corsa we use as a fleet car, I rarely get bother in the #VWPolo - but I suspect many they see a brown man who looks younger than he is, think "he's probably got a knife in the door card" and their paranoia is the only thing stopping any conflict..
Finally a day when it was not pissing down nor below zero, so took the opportunity to do a maintenance wash on the #VWPolo to clear a months worth of winter grime #CarDetailing #Valeting #AutoDetailing #Detailing
#VWPolo #6C #SEL reached 40 000 miles (64374 km) today (so I have driven 23 416 miles (37 684 km) since I got the car in 2021) . Including the VW Polo 6C SE I previously owned, and courtesy cars/fleet cars I estimate in total I have driven 36 800 miles (59 224 km) since I started driving in April 2019..
Unfallflucht in Zirndorf: Polizei sucht nach rotem VW Polo
Am Mittwochabend, den 19. September 2024, kam es in Zirndorf im Landkreis Fürth zu einer Verkehrsunfallflucht.
https://fuerthaktuell.de/zirndorf/1310/unfallflucht-in-zirndorf-polizei-sucht-nach-rotem-vw-polo/
Did my first #oil #service at the weekend (after researching what was involved, they don't publish Haynes manuals for a #VWPolo 6C so got a copy of "So Wird's Gemacht".
Hardest part of the job was getting plastic cover back on (near 0 space under the ramps and the clips kept springing out), and clearing a small quantity of spilled oil (I put the drain can too near the sump plug, forgetting the oil would travel about 100mm further due to gravity) #CarMaintenance #AutoMaintenance #VW #cars
Location of 7,5A fuse for windscreen washer pump motor (in orange oval) for RHD #VWPolo 6C (fixed this for a work colleague after the last cold spell as fuse had opened, probably due to screenwash freezing in the jets and motor stalling).
This fusebox is found behind the plastic cover below steering wheel and above pedals.
If you are in a country which drives on the right, this is flipped 180 degrees, the fuse you want will be on far left rather than far right.
