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    Thread: Rear carrier for single bike
Post: Rear carrier for single bike

Hello again!  Still got a Berlingo (single rear door) and I need some info. I have a rear carrier from some years back; I'm not too happy about fitting it using the rear windscreen to support the uppe...
peterws B9 Second Generation 1 2,237 10-05-2018, 03:02 PM
    Thread: Start/stop eco mode
Post: RE: Start/stop eco mode

I drove a Qashqai wi stop start, and an electronic brake. And darkened windows. Vowed my next Berlingo would have none o them things. Had to buy a 63 plate . . . mightnt be brill on fuel, but I wil...
peterws B9 Second Generation 6 12,872 04-03-2016, 09:44 PM
    Thread: Time for New Tyres
Post: RE: Time for New Tyres

You put on winter tyres? And then change em when spring comes? Come on! This is the UK. . . and you can stilll get chains. . . :)
peterws B9 Second Generation 33 27,871 27-11-2015, 03:22 PM
    Thread: 6 weeks, 2500 miles, some thoughts
Post: RE: 6 weeks, 2500 miles, some thoughts

(16-09-2015, 04:59 PM)rnamman Wrote:  In my 2014 VTR I don't have a problem with the location of the speedo, but I do find it hard to read the instrument panel on bright sunny days unless I swit...
peterws B9 Second Generation 18 14,488 21-09-2015, 10:00 AM
    Thread: Suspension
Post: RE: Suspension

I just got a 63 plate with 13k miles.  It has no front end rattles.  The previous two did.
peterws B9 Second Generation 360 382,540 05-08-2015, 08:56 PM
    Thread: Speedo display
Post: Speedo display

This is not easy to read when the suns ahead.  Could do wi brightening up somewhat. . . apart from turning on the lights, how would i do this?
peterws B9 Second Generation 1 2,536 30-07-2015, 05:18 AM
    Thread: Tyre pressure and fuel economy
Post: RE: Tyre pressure and fuel economy

I reckon every car ive ever had runs on 32/34lb sq in, the upper figure for when er indoors gets in. . . i run my shopping bike on those pressures too. And its comfy until the bike bottoms. .. Had a m...
peterws B9 Second Generation 16 4,152 24-07-2015, 09:17 PM
    Thread: led lights in front bumper?
Post: RE: led lights in front bumper?

I reckon the latest model doesnt have em any more. Why not just leave them unlit, as they are? Still look nice. . .
peterws B9 Second Generation 9 9,373 24-07-2015, 09:08 PM
    Thread: 115 or 90?
Post: 115 or 90?

Just wondering what the difference is, practically speaking, between these two engines;  My current has the smaller and I`ve not been underwhelmed.  Reason I bought it was it ticked all the boxes bar ...
peterws B9 Second Generation 6 5,411 20-07-2015, 01:49 PM
    Thread: Hire Cars; A comparison.
Post: Hire Cars; A comparison.

Comparison with B. of course, and how they measure up.  Since I got my first, in 2012, the second in 2013 (both morability cars since She has mobility issues) and the latest but a few days ago. We hav...
peterws B9 Second Generation 0 2,165 05-07-2015, 05:46 PM
    Thread: Servicing Price plan . . .
Post: RE: Servicing Price plan . . .

I'm not going to bother,  I'll pay as  I go.  Then, if I forget,  I don't pay!  Simples. . .  :)
peterws B9 Second Generation 2 2,981 05-07-2015, 05:24 PM
    Thread: Servicing Price plan . . .
Post: Servicing Price plan . . .

I`ve been offered £200 off a four year plan on my year old "new" Multispace.  Dd of course.  Anybody any experience of these plans, because on doin` the maths, things don`t add up from my point of vie...
peterws B9 Second Generation 2 2,981 03-07-2015, 08:08 PM
    Thread: Tinted Glass!
Post: RE: Tinted Glass!

Well, i got me another. Late model special, somewhere between VTR and XTR which was unexpected. Getting rear parking sensors fitted, (a must) . . . .Very nice blueish interior too. Pick it up Frida...
peterws B9 Second Generation 9 7,954 30-06-2015, 07:56 PM
    Thread: Headlights 'halo' in windscreen
Post: RE: Headlights 'halo' in windscreen

India Pale ale, brewed for drinking and keeping, in hot weather.  A taste of Dear Ole Blighty to the Colonials on the sub continent.  It`s generally weak through necessity.  I like it greatly.  Flower...
peterws B9 Second Generation 17 14,186 21-06-2015, 08:51 PM
    Thread: Tinted Glass!
Post: Tinted Glass!

Dontcha love it?  Well, frankly, no.  And the latest XTR s have heavily darkened glass rear of the driver.  Oh, acnd black interiors.  A sort of vampires paradise. Now since the chance of meeting Ms ...
peterws B9 Second Generation 9 7,954 20-06-2015, 01:05 PM
    Thread: Compare?
Post: Compare?

Had occasion to use a Ford Galaxy and Vauxhall Zafira recently over a decent period. Good seats, plenty o` room, heavy steering, clutch and brakes and good fuel consumption for their size. If I knew...
peterws B9 Second Generation 2 2,718 08-03-2014, 05:49 PM
    Thread: Window Tint
Post: RE: Window Tint

"I really can't see many circumstances when window tints would directly lead to 'a claim' and if anything add to the vehicle security. " Window tints? HOW dark? They can only obscure vision; there`...
peterws B9 Second Generation 38 22,660 07-03-2014, 07:08 AM
    Thread: Mk 2 or Mk 3? Honest comparison, guys!
Post: Mk 2 or Mk 3? Honest comparison, guys!

From those who`ve had both . . .the new has the funky shape, but the earlier has an airier interior which I still find attractive. (glass isn`t tinted. I hate tinted glass, it`s everywhere now.)
peterws B9 Second Generation 10 10,344 15-11-2013, 02:27 PM
    Thread: Suspension
Post: RE: Suspension

And I was naïve enough to think they all rattled! Question is, do they need sorting every week, or every month? Yes. My last Berlingo rattled too. But heavy metal music makes it go way . . .
peterws B9 Second Generation 360 382,540 15-11-2013, 02:23 PM
    Thread: driver seat legroom
Post: RE: driver seat legroom

Mine`s at full stretch too. Just right for me, but no spare!
peterws B9 Second Generation 16 15,346 15-11-2013, 02:19 PM