experiment

It is possible to buy a widget called an ESL emulator. I am guessing that the EIS sees this as a good unit and allows the engine to start, all other things being equal if the ESL fails. (It gets an ESL good signal which allows it to proceed.) That proves the key is awake and that the EIS is good...

I've never understood all the fuss about winter tyres, partly because in bucks, we only get bad snow and ice for a week at the most. During the past few winters using carefull driving, I have been able to get around perfectly fine with my all season contis. The only time I have got stuck, is...

Having looked at all the options for aftermarket exhausts and not really getting excited by whats on offer, I thought I'd buy a second hand rear section and open it up and see what could be done to liven it up a little. Given that my SL didnt come with a centre box as standard, the silencing is...

I know this is likely to be a very select audience due to the limited numbers of the 3.5 petrol engine around, but hoping for some stats. Also appreciate variation likely due to variation in size/weight of cars. Earlier this week I decided perform out a non-scientific test of my car's MPG...

This is one that might interest some of you, I have just taken on some work with VW Motorsport for the summer which will see them run some diesel performance cars in one of their race series. Anyway yesterday I met with one of the race engineers who will be responsible for this programme and we...

Having already removed the viscous fan from my car and knowing that most cars are overcooled I decided to try adding a radiator blind, not to make the engine warm up more but to act as an aerodynamic dam. I read that approximately 30% of aerodynamic drag is caused by air getting trapped in the...

Have been talking to the wife -- usual conversation regarding cars -- Do we really NEED two cars ??? So on the calendar have been marking as follows 0 = used only one car this day x = used two cars but could have used only one with planning xx = used two cars and needed two cars...

I remember Dieselman filling his fuel filter up with engine oil as an experiment to see if if his E300TD would run on it and it did with NO smoke at all. I tried the same on my Caddy last week and I can confirm that it works. This got me thinking. If it can run on new oil why not used...

Zero tolerance of speeding is not that far away as technology progresses, so I thought (as a result of a discussion elsewhere) I'd try driving with an absolute compliance with speed limits (ie not break the limit, rather than drive at the limit). So, for the last week and 1100 miles I've not...