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I'm rather a long way oop north - Lochcarron on the NC500. How many 100s of miles south are you? :D Otherwise I'd very gratefully jump at the chance of an in person tutorial.

Thanks at @CatmanV2 & @philw696 I'll have to work out how to use the Autel (when it comes, post is intermittent at present) and will report back...

No, battery is charged in circuit.

Afternoon, all, Highlands trouble: At ignition on I got the MSR, ASP, suspension, ABS warnings and lights, go slowly to dealer. Car had been idle for 3 weeks. Started fine, didn't try driving. Searched forum, hmm, perhaps battery related. Charged battery with CTEK, 80% after 4 hours. Faults...

Scenery'll still be here when you come again!

Caught Mr & Mrs Eb today in Lochcarron so they've got that far! I saw them pull up on the lochshore opposite my house with QP on the drive so popped out for a chat :) Good to meet and trust the next destination was made.

Ditto - I'm on the NC500, Lochcarron. There's an Inverness cars'n'coffee this Sunday.

Thanks, RR. I'm back home (Highlands) by then otherwise I'd come :) I occasionally attend Inverness Cars'nCoffee

Maroon QP exiting Pershore towards Worcester about 16:30 yesterday. First time I've seen another when I've been out in mine - green QP V! Appropriate acknowledging gestures exchanged :).

I got as far as researching, have not bought, but I was going to plump for a Carcoon alternative from inthegarage . If you've not come across them before they're inflateable instant garages with air circulation. You need (modest) power to keep it up (oo er, missus) but avoids both abrasion and...

I'm using mansplaining in a gender non-specific way :D Sort of the modern equivalent of teaching one's grandmother. LEDs are (more or less) not ohmic at all rather than just being non-linear. A typical equivalent circuit is a voltage source of about 2V in series with a very small resistor. i.e...

Your solution is the wrong way round IMHO To get a minimum resistance across the lamp you need to a parallel resistor or have a low(er) resistance LED :) At the risk of mansplaining ;) ... ...it's complicated by the highly non-ohmic characteristic of filament lamps. Particularly that their off...

Loudlink worked for me mostly. An oddity is it turns the 'phone's music volume to 0 on each connection. Apart from that and the below the toughest thing was getting the CD changer out! It was unexpectedly expensive. Ts&Cs suggest VAT is included but it isn't uniquely for UK buyers. Which would...

I'm west coast - Lochcarron. There's a 2010 GT (IIRC) in Inverness. Met him at Cars'n'Coffee.

I had to redo membrane seals on my daily shed Jazz - rear footwell puddles! Any acrylic gun-applied sealant will do. There's automotive types but for the Jazz I used Unibond Weatherguard window frame sealant. The materials suggested above might be more "proper" though :)