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Wondering if there is anybody near Ottawa or Montreal area that would have a rear window for an 2005 smart CDI. Shattered mine when installing gas strut......😮‍💨

“I love to go and see all the things I am happy without.” Socrates

Sold for asking price, the buyer mentioned that they use this motor in military grade drones. Any confirmation on this?

Does anyone have a guide on getting to the high pressure fuel pump and removing it? I'm going up to my mother's soon and would like to take it off and switch with a known good pump from my running car

Although it doesn't 'boil' the water, it's very possible. I purchased a tracer, I suspect the water pump.

It's got to be a head gasket slowly letting go, if there is no sign of a leak under the car.

Every 3 months I lose 1 l of antifreeze ... where? The oil is black, not emulsified, the smoke is colorless and only during brutal acceleration is it black so there is a crack in the cooling circuit. Where could it be?

The new thermostat (Wahler) is not working properly. It takes too long for the water to reach 3 dots.

There are still some really great micro-cars available in Europe, but the math ain't mathing on these. I would LOVE an ultra-compact EV to have in the driveway for convenience, but only if it comes with a truly affordable lease.

Now I have another car (smart fortwo 2005 cdi) which is on its second thermostat in 4 years.

Unfortunately, only I caught spring, the car didn't.

Won't be sold here, and even if it was offered here, they'd sell a handful. Not much car for a truckload of money. I think what was a cool idea in 1998 is a far less cool idea nearly 30 years later.

Alberta trip pending... Aug 21-??? I have a jug of 0w8 and might drop the oil Thursday in advance now that we have passed the 1000-mile mark. Or, it's there for doing immediately on return. Toyota only changes the oil at 16k, which I am not going to do - it'll be at 8,000. Such low tolerances....

Up to 25,000 GBP? What? X 1.88 to CAD So, the answer to the unasked question is - don't even ask the question.

Photo of Snowball celebrating its 200K km with a CEL.

New Smart #2 EV: ForTwo successor leaked ahead of official reveal https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/smart/366334/new-smart-2-ev-fortwo-successor-leaked-ahead-official-reveal Word is that the new EV architecture will give it 300 km range, which is pretty spectacular. The range was the major limiting factor in the last electric smarts.

Yeah I've seen that happen to an Ioniq5 in BC. A ding in the floor causing warranty to be cancelled and a writeoff. Luckily for me, M-B PHEVs have their batteries above the rear drive axle.

Howes! (Always worked for me, but, YMMV)

Not to pick on MB specifically, but I was also just sent this: EQS 450 - written off https://www.facebook.com/reel/863062509574832 I have seen stories on other brands and similar incidents causing a write-off. Yikes.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1Gt2JxH2uo/?mibextid=wwXIfr Yikes!

I changed the RF wheel bearing for Julia on Sunday. Wow was the old one noisy! Then today it threw another CEL. She checked the code: P0302. Car has just hit 200,000 km.

I had a quick look at my Prius data in the Fuelio app - just to get an anecdotal idea of the summer/winter difference. I'm not likely to extract out all the data and crunch further, but, I can suggest a winter average approaching 5.5, whereas summer is 4.8. Meaning about a 15% winter penalty. The Rav4 will likely be similar, but it'll still be a great number, and likely still LOWER than the 2007 Gen II Prius! (Hi Eddie!)

“Knowledge of means without knowledge of ends is animal training.” Steve Martin - actor / comedian

Well, the numbers are real! Filled up at a different gas station today that didn't have a vapour loss rubber on it, even sloped downhill slightly... Second tank anecdotally was probably at least 10% more highway driving and)or higher speeds. Used sport mode a few times just to see what it could do. And actually the custom setting is best, you get Eco fuel economy and air conditioning with Sport feel on the steering (tighter). Except that it will not automatically keep either Sport or a Custom setting the next time you start the vehicle, it will revert to Normal! Only Normal and Eco will be kept as the drive mode the next time you start the vehicle. C'est la vie. First tank: 4.1 Second tank: 4.4 😲 "I scare myself"😨 (Thomas Dolby) "It's some kind of voodoo!"

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