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 Winter tires/Rims from a Volvo XC90 |
egipp
 26th Jun 2011 10:13 am
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Forum: North America · Replies: 29 · Views: 33961 · Subject: Winter tires/Rims from a Volvo XC90 |
| Arctic Fire, OE factory fit on SE in Australia, 6 spoke, 17" alloy, 235/65AT. OE tyres were Goodyear Wrangler, now running on Michelin |
| Winter tires/Rims from a Volvo XC90 |
egipp
23rd Jun 2011 10:17 pm
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Forum: North America · Replies: 29 · Views: 33961 · Subject: Winter tires/Rims from a Volvo XC90 |
| Arctic Fire, I don't know about the Volvo stud sizes, but my 2009 i6 is fitted with 17" wheels as standard, so yes you can fit 17s. as a size. |
| 12V power in dash area? |
egipp
23rd Jun 2011 4:43 am
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 74 · Views: 64965 · Subject: 12V power in dash area? |
| Sorry all, don't know what happened to my earlier post; I'm pretty sure I didn't send it twice, certainly not with an hours gap. Re Jimmyb79 and alex_pescaru's reply, I took power from F5, ignition sw ... |
| 12V power in dash area? |
egipp
22nd Jun 2011 3:43 am
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 74 · Views: 64965 · Subject: 12V power in dash area? |
| G'Day Arctic Fire, First, thanks for your very kind comments - glad you like it. The material used is 1mm thick clear plastic sheet, supplied and cut using the 1490T, minus it's outer frame, as a temp ... |
| Whiney First gear and Tow harness ?'s |
egipp
14th Jun 2011 7:29 am
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 15 · Views: 7013 · Subject: Whiney First gear and Tow harness ?'s |
| Sorry to have been confusing! Mine is exactly as you describe, only the first gear has a whine. |
| Whiney First gear and Tow harness ?'s |
egipp
13th Jun 2011 10:54 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 15 · Views: 7013 · Subject: Whiney First gear and Tow harness ?'s |
| G'Day Arctic Fire, my i6 auto, 61,000km, is exactly the same for first gear against the other five, has been since new. A loan one I had during service was also the same, so I am sure this is normal a ... |
| Door/Boot unlocking |
egipp
13th Jun 2011 3:48 am
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 15 · Views: 10500 · Subject: Door/Boot unlocking |
| Under 'Remotes' in the handbook are a number of options for programming the key fob - at least for down under models! |
| Accuracy of OBC |
egipp
4th Jun 2011 6:23 am
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Forum: General · Replies: 35 · Views: 15365 · Subject: Accuracy of OBC |
| I found the OBC, the GPS, and filling to the brim gave results to within 2% of each other so the OBC would appear to be fairly accurate over a longish trip. |
| Fuel Gauge telling porky's |
egipp
30th May 2011 2:31 am
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 4 · Views: 2826 · Subject: Fuel Gauge telling porky's |
| Not exactly on topic, but we did a 700km trip up into the Victorian High Country last weekend, about 400kms on steep, winding paved roads, 100kms on fairly arduous off road 4 wheel drive tracks, inclu ... |
| Tyres - I'm confused |
egipp
30th May 2011 2:08 am
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 32 · Views: 18276 · Subject: Tyres - I'm confused |
| I changed to Michelin Tour HP when the OE Goodyear Wranglers wore out; results so far, much quieter, seem smoother on highway, certainly as good off road. My tyre dealer told me they would last longer ... |
| FREELANDER INSURANCE |
egipp
30th May 2011 1:36 am
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Forum: General · Replies: 16 · Views: 9392 · Subject: FREELANDER INSURANCE |
| May be of interest -probably not- but in Victoria, third party insurance is included by the State in in the annual registration fee (road tax in the UK) of, for my petrol Freelander, $508, £330. There ... |
| Travel Pictures |
egipp
27th May 2011 10:42 pm
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Forum: Australia & New Zealand · Replies: 54 · Views: 42698 · Subject: Travel Pictures |
| Alex, Have you ever considered taking over Land Rover customer services or, better still, setting up as a dealer? If so, please come to Australia - you are a gem! |
| Has anyone had the Garmin 1490T installed by the dealers? |
egipp
4th May 2011 1:08 am
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Forum: Australia & New Zealand · Replies: 92 · Views: 68750 · Subject: Has anyone had the Garmin 1490T installed by the dealers? |
| Hi Whyte, The extra masks are currently sitting with the plastics shop in my local township - I should be up there in the next few days and, if you like to PM me your address, I'll gladly send it on t ... |
| Has anyone had the Garmin 1490T installed by the dealers? |
egipp
3rd May 2011 10:30 pm
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Forum: Australia & New Zealand · Replies: 92 · Views: 68750 · Subject: Has anyone had the Garmin 1490T installed by the dealers? |
| Well done whyte, the loud speaker move is a good effort - might you get the sound improvement if you connected the right size speaker for the mounting? That is, I imagine, if the speaker impedance can ... |
| Has anyone had the Garmin 1490T installed by the dealers? |
egipp
2nd May 2011 11:03 pm
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Forum: Australia & New Zealand · Replies: 92 · Views: 68750 · Subject: Has anyone had the Garmin 1490T installed by the dealers? |
| Thanks for the map information jaksbak, I'll certainly have a look at that. On the power question, mine takes a feed from the fuse box behind the glove box, and I put a switch in the line, mounted in ... |
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