LairdScooby

Shot ( opposite of [it']scold 😛 )

Admonish

True

Curious

Explores

If you open the throttle does it keep running longer?

Excursions

Elephant

I think that's why many of us are here, i've had a fair bit of advice and gained a lot of knowledge on here, as well as finding out a lot myself through research. Hoping to nurse mine through for a few more decades yet, it was a demonstrator originally then a one owner car until his demise when i bought it and became the second owner. I suspect in his final few years, the previous owner wasn't quite as fastidious as he originally was but overall, mine appears to have been fairly well taken care of. They all need TLC sooner or later though, those with errrrrrrrrr..................... "less cosseted" cars will no doubt find those tasks of TLC sooner than the rest of us and hopefully we can learn from them.

Compost

Just to clarify, the mirror hunts from left to right, not up and down when reverse is selected? Assuming you have the ideal normal position set in the memory, try adjusting the mirror left/right (past the limits it goes to when reverse is selected) and then hit the Memory button to bring it back to where it should be. Do this several times and then try reverse again. My theory is the tracks on the pots that give feedback of the mirror position have become dirty so the ECU that controls the mirror is trying to find that spot where it gets the correct feedback. Hopefully this will fix it, there may be a recalibration procedure for the mirrors that i'm not aware of (usually after a battery disconnect/flat battery) that might also fix things, other than that i think you'll need a code reader to see if any codes are present and then maybe investigate whichever ECU (General Electronic Module perhaps) controls the mirrors.

Prawn

Always sad when a once great car gets neglected in its "mid life". Hopefully you've caught it soon enough to give it some TLC and avoid any unnecessary repairs in the long term.

Monarchy

That sounds about right! I gave up trying to fdrive "sensibly" or "economically" when i discovered the best cruising speed for economy was an indicated 78mph on mine (actually ~73mph by GPS) and "!Removed!-footing" during acceleration wasn't exactly helpful either. Takes a bit of trial and error to find the best speeds etc but you'll get there.

If it did, it would make it cold due to air locks or just no coolant going through the heater matrices. When you take it into the garage, have a good look at the rear ends of the sills, the sill covers can hide a good few sins! 😮 That was my drivers side sill at the back, t'other side was similar. Worth checking and nipping in the bud sooner rather than later, i also had a hole in the passenger sill near the A pillar which was covered by the sill cover so wasn't seen by the tester at MoT time, i will be fixing it soon though. Then painting and treating, probably with : https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334562128817 When it comes back into stock!

That's a shame Bob, we know the DCCV is getting a feed from the fuse as the passenger side varies the temperature so that points to either the DCCV or the Climate Control Module. I'm wondering if it's possible to interrogate the climate pack with a code reader that has diagnostics on it?

Realm

Glad to hear you got it taxed Bob, i had a feeling you might have been up against the might and mystery of cyberspace! See how it goes with repeatedly trying the AC temerature up/down, i have another suggestion that's a bit more technical after that if it doesn't work though.

Teutonic

Amphicar

Good luck Bob, let us know how you get on!

Congrats on your purchase and welcome to the club! Regarding the tax, i suspect the dealer you got it from gave you the green slip intended for him - you may find you have to apply to the Divvy-La-La for a new V5 log book in your name. However, before doing any of that, try on monday afternoon again using what you have - i've known the website often has problems over weekends, especially those at the end/start of a month. As for your AC, silly question but you are aware there are two separate temperature controls, one for each side? If you set the passengers to minimum and then the drivers, if you don't touch the passengers you can control both from the drivers side. Next option is that the DCCV is sticking so try running the temperature for the drivers side up to max and down to minimum while driving or sat with the idle speed raised to ~2000rpm to help circulate the coolant. If the temperature hasn't been changed in a while the DCCV can stick and you will only get hot air out, no matter what. (It's a useful preventive maintenance at least once a month to cycle the temperature like this - you don't want to have to change the DCCV!) Alternatively, phone the DVLA tomorrow and ask them what's going on - they seem to be making it harder and harder to tax any vehicle these days, high time VED was scrapped and a small amoutn added to fuel duty to replace it - fairer and much easier to administer!

Amphibians

Lizard