Slightly related... what is the correct thing to do at traffic lights?
Stay on the foot brake? Handbrake? Neutral? Park?
I never did a lesson in an Auto and opinion seems divided online.

She's not perfect, but the driver's door latch is already down one microswitch so we're not that far from being unable to sync a fob at all....
plus, it bugs me! :)

Richard, I'll double check but I think I've left it enabled. If it's me being thick again, great! hehe

After the rolling code/EKA debacle this morning, my just drove it and locked it on the key as the fob wouldn't work. I was surprised as it has always synced in the ignition barrel until now without any further effort.
However, doing the door lock waggle, key press dance (I'm not quite sure what combo it was, but it worked) re-synced the fob.

On the basis that there's only so much "Character" I can put up with on a car, has anyone ever replaced the RF receiver ring thing in the ignition switch?

180 miles / 63 litres = 2.8 miles per litre on the OB scale.
That's on gas, and she rarely sees a dual carriageway.

Interesting, as Old Man Emu are definitely experts in the field. But.. they cannae change the laws of physics!

No, I think you're underestimating the sheer power of the light side :)

Ah hah :) Thanks Richard.
It's probably delayed Karma from when a very annoying house mate at University had a car with the same system. She never paid her bills and never offered any of us a lift. She did leave her car keys on the mantelpiece though.... :)

An RF filter would be a great idea - but the battery wasn't flat.
I wonder if it was anything to do with a certain 8yo being in charge of the key for a while. Is the P38 one of those cars where the rolling code rolls over if you press the buttons on the fob too many times without the car in range?

Technically nothing, but I did have to talk my wife through the EKA unlock over the phone. I don't know why it suddenly demanded the EKA, it hasn't needed it for months. Maybe my neighbour has bought a new radio controlled gizmo...

I haven't any experience with Bilsteins on a P38 but they are excellent quality.

Still waiting for my pollen filters too... clearly they couldn't cope with the INSANE DEMAND generated by this mega-site :)

Nothing! My wife actually drove it for a change :)

Gilbertd wrote:

If you've got the Hankook, it can run the ABS pump, the EAS compressor, both blowers on flat out, all the lights and still crank the engine over without any problem......

I do, and it certainly can :) I was just babying it for no good reason.

Hah, that would do it!
Ours are not at all tubby, judging by the amount of cars they get through they must be pretty damn fit.

My 8yo and his friends use them quite a lot. Also the guys/girls down at the local hand car wash need them to get to the roof!
They do need regular hosing off.

Good shout, but I don't think so. I'd walked away in disgust and came back a few seconds later thinking "may as well" with the gear lever waggle.
In fact it had plenty of time to prime before the first go as I had let the ABS pump finish priming before cranking. I often do that if the car has been sitting a while as I think it gives the battery a slightly easier time. Whether it makes a real difference or not I don't know, but the ABS pump does draw a few amps.

Personally I don't like the look of the gap between the side steps and the ground when the suspension is on the bump stops. Gilbert might get away with it* but I'm sure I wouldn't!

*the slim slip of a lad :)

It must have been coincidence, but it was a convincing one - she went direct from crank only to running smoothly with nothing in between apart from the gear stick waggle!
The Duchess has her little moods :)

Hmm, I'm pretty sure it said P on the dash. I'll double check next time. I guess it could be a fuel issue, but there aren't any symptoms once it's running. Maybe it's leaking down between runs. I'll get a fuel pressure gauge on it this weekend.

Crank no start this morning, not even a cough. I gave her 4 hits of about 10-15 seconds each, then just for the hell of it I decided to run the gear lever through the gate from P-1-P. Then she started straight up and has behaved perfectly through 4 stop start cycles since.
Is there a separate Neutral Safety Switch circuit/switch to the one that supplies info to the dash?