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[sevenlayermuddle]

Oh dear. I’m afraid I have no real faith at all in franchised dealers, regardless of make, these days.

Don’t be too negative about serviceability though.  I think that's just a consequence of the fact everything is designed by computer... maximum amount of tech into minimum space.  Enabling all the safety gear, impact bars, crumple zones and airbags etc, yet still the same room for passengers and luggage.

Even my 12 year old Volvo, last week I noticed needed a side marker bulb.   Officially, the whole front bumper is supposed to be removed, so the headlamp assembly can be extracted.   I felt chuffed as I managed it by ‘simply’ removing the air cleaner, the air cleaner housing, the electric brake vacuum pump that kicks in when engine isn’t running, and lot’s of other bits.   

Was so much easier on my all time favourite car, MK3 Cortina.

[tickmike]

I am loosing faith in them as well.
It's odd how some of the cars out of the factory the WiFi connection to an external source works and some of them do not.
Still waiting for the service manager to reply to me (but I do not know even if he got my email as they seemed to be plagued with IT problems on the main Inchcape system and is down a lot  ).

Not sure how they can tell me they buffed out the paint scratch but there is no sign of any work being done on it. 

Well done on the lamp replacement, all mine are LED but they do wear out eventually.

I fitted an MGB overdrive on a Ford Escort MKII once and Ford Research said they did not know of another one at all on any Ford car at the time, before the days of 5th and sixth gears. 

[sevenlayermuddle]

I had Escorts as well, marks 1, 2 and 3.   All inherited from Dad, when he upgraded his own cars.

I remember persuading him (Dad) to assist me removing the gearbox from the mk1, with the car on ramps in the driveway, the two of us lying underneath.    Not being particularly mechanically minded, his job was just to help me take the weight.   And being at the wrong end, he was the one who got a face full of lovely gearbox oil, dribbling from the output seal when we removed the prop shaft.  Happy days.

Sorry to hear the WiFi problem persist.   

[Ronski]

Trucks and cars are far too complicated these days. I was speaking to one of our subcontractors yesterday. His Ford Kuga has been to various specialists and they can't work out why it keeps going wrong every few months, his only option now is to move it on.

[tickmike]

Well at last they have got this working by re-installing the 'In-control' software again (took 5 hours  )
Now I see the access point IP and DNS IP's, the apps and website do now work.
My Sat-nav tells me there is an update but does not say how big the file size is  Like a lot of cars now the car with just the ignition on goes into 'Battery Saving Mode' after about five minutes which may be good for the battery but if you then have to have the engine running while I do the update it is going to waste a lot of fuel.

[Ronski]

Good to hear they finally got it working, hopefully it will just download the update with ignition off, only one way to find out.

[tubaman]

Doesn't it have an 'auxiliary' position that just powers-up the satnav etc without the actual ignition being on? I've not used a car that doesn't.
 

[sevenlayermuddle]

but if you then have to have the engine running while I do the update it is going to waste a lot of fuel.

You may be worrying too much.

I did once research the amount of fuel used when idling.   It was when preparing for a long trip in forecast wintry conditions, and I wanted to know how long I’d be able to maintain heat for if the traffic got stuck in snow.

I don’t remember the exact fuel consumption, but I do remember it was nearly nothing - literally, trivial.

Obviously, don’t do it in your garage though - which would quickly fill with poisonous exhaust.

[tickmike]

Doesn't it have an 'auxiliary' position that just powers-up the satnav etc without the actual ignition being on ?

Yes that is what I use but after about Five minutes you get a message to say start the engine or the system will shut down ( and it does  ).