bitman

buy a syringe at boots for a couple pennies and take some out till max marker and your OK just make sure to clean the cap before you open to prevent debris getting in the fluid and keep the cap on as much as possible to keep the air / moister out. i have a couple different sizes syringes for different jobs like (small) power steering fluid, brake fuid and (large) diff fluid.

if the heated rear screen is being used as antenna too then there is a capacitor to block the DC going into your radio, most likely that this capacitor is kaput. i have no clue where that capacitor can be as my06 Forester doesn't have it but you can buy them for pennies at Maplin and with a bit of smoke and solder an easy fix.

good call! glad you sorted it in the end. i must say that with a bit of corrosion on the bolt / nut of that battery clamp it's easy to get loose.

i did had a search in the service manual but cannot really find info about the remote key antenna location. the only thng i did find is the immobilizer antenna what sits around the keycylinder. in my previous vehicle, Kia Sorento, i could find a small antenna visual when the radio head was removed. the keyless module is located behind the Glove Box, wurth to have a look at the connecters

MOT time for the Rav4, passed :)

the only hng i can think off the top of my head, reciever antenna inside the car? i will have search to see where it's located.

sorry not really anything done on the car other then trying to get some contacts on 10 meters but the bands were dead

have a read in the comments of this article; https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/two-million-us-guilty-insurance-090910772.html

if you can get a NCD certificate from the US insurance they might accept it here. i could bring my 8 years UK NCD certificate to Australia and that was excepted.

bugger, sorry to hear that, it's very annoying when this happens when i had a Toyota Hilux people could just smash their doors against the running boards :o damaging their own doors

Norton is from the dark ages (ms-dos & pc-dos times)... as all antivirus scanners are; https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/05/is_antivirus_de_1.html

not in the car but still a Car CAM capturing traffic on the A23 from my kitchen iGO CAM 300 720P 1280 x 720

not sure if possible but just a little plug for Sim an Italian friend of mine for folk around Sheffield; http://blog.cafeportico.co.uk/ please if not allowed just remove this post

a nice classic the Giulia 1600 GT years back a neighbor of my had a perfect one but his girl friend crashed it :o did help him to get it more or less driving again, sad story thou.

i'm in the process of trying to save my battery but as i have no idea how old the battery is i'm also in the outlook for a replacement battery. did some search and came across the Yuasa YBX5005 battery as a possible replacement battery. question; anyone who used this battery?

i have bought a couple things here in the UK from the US and if it's bigger then an envelope changes are that Mr Custom is going to charge you. now that doesn't mean panic as for some things the US is still cheaper including import taxes. back in Australia we bought most Subaru parts from the US as they were most of the times cheaper then in Australia including p&p & gst. Also they have / had the rule if it was under $1000 it was exempt from import tax (gst). every little helps :P

it's a circle with no end

interesting; http://www.uniden.com.au/AUSTRALIA/CrashCamApp.html might have a look at it at some point...

i always had a weak heart for the Alfetta GTV but that's changed over the years including me living in Torino, Italia

as i hear most talk about turbo's is there life for N/A on this forum? :o ;)

classic nob

short answer; all insurances are scumbags full stop. long answer; the premiums are like the weather so YOU can only ask for quotes as they are most of the times different to every one so not one insurance does has the same premium every time. what i mean is that i might get a good quote at insurance x over insurance z but for you it can be the other way around. avoid to just take the renewal quote but look around. i had some good results by using Keith Michaels as Jason Robbery give me a discount since i'm a member of the HPOC forum but this can be total different for some one else.

yep, yep, driving fast is easy but driving responsible is some thing what only a few do right i'm afraid. i like driving fast too when on the German autobahn or on a race circuit but public roads are public roads and i have no mercy with people breaking laws as most of the times they take others with them... and here in the UK there are plenty of track days so no excuse IMHO

a quick jet wash at Sainsbury's to remove the sand

what a sad story that you have to live a life like that, simple souls IMHO