Since the car is from the US, it came by default with the idiotic aspheric driver-side mirror with magnification. You can’t really see anything through a mirror like that, except maybe the face of the driver behind you. So I decided to replace it with a regular, non-magnifying mirror. I bought an aftermarket mirror —…
A week after buying the car, I noticed that while standing at a parking spot or a traffic light (i.e. at idle), the dash would show “Switch Off Engine! Oil pressure too low” along with the oil can icon. It only appeared with warmed-up oil, in the 75-85°C range. If the oil was colder or…
Ever since I bought the car, I’d had four climate control errors, and after an attempt at adaptation, two: 328965 — Actuator, front air distribution flap B1091 54 [009] — Missing calibration/basic setting Confirmed — Tested after clearing the memory 329989 — Actuator, defroster flap B1090 54 [009] — Missing calibration/basic setting Confirmed — Tested…
After buying a car with decent mileage (127,000 km), pretty much right away the question came up of doing a major service. Since the car is from the US, they’re not as fussy about maintenance over there, and after the restoration process here, the dealer that sold the car didn’t fuss much either — according…
After buying the car, it turned out the battery was pretty weak, and there were a bunch of module errors because of it. I decided to buy a new one, and went with a Varta 6СТ-77 SILVER dynamic. I was offered an AGM, like the one that had been in there before, but figured it…
