pootler

HI, I have a 2006 2.2cdti sport FR-V. I love it and so does our 10 year old in the middle seat:-) I recently had to do a couple of thousand miles in a matter of three weeks - the car has already done 166,000 miles, but has never missed a beat. The car drives great, but I have noticed it is taking longer to crank. it would previously start in a second , but now it i taking between 2-5 ? One started , it drives fine, no loss of power,etc, and doing a reasonable 41-44 mpg on a run. ( I am not a boy racer :-) ) I am not a mechanic but should I be concerned , as I have to do another thousand miles over the next two weeks. This is motorway driving. Thanks Keith

Hi - new to the forums. I have been building a car pc for the best part of two years on and off :-) I know car pc's have dropped off the radar- but its what I have to work with. This is not professional, and I am using the bare minimum hardware that I have , and that I can get? It consists of a Windows 10 Tablet which is placed in front of the main fascia. It is not in the fascia and I have done no fancy work to make it fit in - it looks fine. I have a box that fools my honda into thinking that the audio output of the tablet is part of the multi cd player, so it ouputs fine. All of the accessories are usb and housed in a separate box in the glove compartment. There are five usb devices , in a powered usb 3 hub. The tablet has a full size usb port. This enables me to receive DAB radio, external GPS, Bluetooth receiver, windows mce remote. and external usb microphone. Although I have a shiny windows tablet in front of me, I have NO intention of touching it whilst driving - the system is set up so I can input 95% of info using a cheap chinese steering wheel remote ( MCE ), for switching functions, and I also have limited voice control. Not forgetting hands free. The hub receives power from a 12v to 5v convertor ( 5V 3A ) via the acc cigarette lighter fuse The tablet receives power direct from fusebox ( 12V 3A) via the acc fuse. This is done with add -a -fuses, so additional fuses are there for the devices. Both provide power when ignition is off for listening. o.k, so everything works, but I have one major frustration - you may all laugh now :-) The install works fine when in 'acc'' mode, so I can listen without the car running. But , when I turn the engine on, the Honda FR_V disconnects all power to everything :-(, so the tablet survives ( it switches to battery power for the brief moment it loses it from the car), but my accessories disconnect , and with the wonder of Windows ( ! ), they dont' connect properly after that. The unit needs to be restarted to begin working correctly again ;-(. Now , as explained , when it comes to electrical stuff, I am total NOOB, but can follow clear instructions. Does anybody have a solution that I may be able to follow to prevent this? I cannot have any permanent feed to the usb accessories, as this would drain the battery fairly quickly ( the hub is drawing around 2A ) Many Thanks in advance