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[Ormes]

Thanks Slindy... I will look into it

[ianrm]

Quick update- 

 

235 670 miles 

 

Best mpg 87 mpg over a full tank of fuel

[slindborg]

Our best is under half that Something like 21.6k for a 5year old car (

[Ormes]

So... coming back to my amazing discovery that there is a USB socket hidden under a little flap ...

 

Is it possible to skip albums or select a specific album, or does it just put all tracks in one big list and play through it?... if just a big list then that is a bit, erm, sh1t... can you define playlists as a sort of workaround?

 

Cheers .org   ...I would have asked the fiatforum but they seem like a bunch of, erm, cnutpuffins.

 

[ianrm]

The Fiat forum is not the friendliest place, there are some very opinionated members who tend to rip into members if if they don't agree with something.

 

It took me ages to get round to updating my system to run my ipod with Blue ME, it needs an adaptor.

 

I used this site and updated mine and it now works   http://www.blueandme...&lang=en#/home/

[Ormes]

Doing the update as we speak... cheers Ian

[p4cks]

The Fiat forum is not the friendliest place, there are some very opinionated members who tend to rip into members if if they don't agree with something.

 

It took me ages to get round to updating my system to run my ipod with Blue ME, it needs an adaptor.

 

I used this site and updated mine and it now works   http://www.blueandme...&lang=en#/home/

 

So if I'm reading that properly then you don't have the adapter now that you've downloaded the update on to the USB stick as prescribed?  

[ianrm]

I still use the adaptor with the ipod but to be honest I have not tried using it without. I'll try tonight and let you know.

 

When doing the update it would not accept the latest up update but did ask me to do the older up date first which worked so I left it at that.

 

 

[Ormes]

I still use the adaptor with the ipod but to be honest I have not tried using it without. I'll try tonight and let you know.

 

When doing the update it would not accept the latest up update but did ask me to do the older up date first which worked so I left it at that.

 

 

 

Due to the fact that the words displayed on the screen during the update aren't particularly consistent, I pulled the stick out before it had finished... she didn't like that, and when I turned the ignition on again she started shouting at me in Italian and wouldn't read the music USB... went through the update again, this time in Italian... I was a bit more patient this time and it all resulted in the update completing and the English lady returning

[slindborg]

Cunning. Mine runs some android phone audio, used to run my s6 but an android update stopped that It's not the best system known to man, but it does work.. I use voice and ask 'play anything' lol

[slindborg]

Also, I'm yet to find a fiat forum that isn't totally sh*t

[ianrm]

I tried my ipod without the Blue Me adapter and it didn;t work.

[slindborg]

Which iPod is it? I can use my little square nano (old connector) fine, and the ipad2 works fine toooooo.

[ianrm]

Another mileage update 

 

1/4 million miles now 

[jules_s]

Another mileage update 

 

1/4 million miles now 

 

Fair play

 

TBH I was tempted, but the deal on the Aygo ended up being 50% of what the 500 would have cost

 

Better colour too

[Ormes]

OUCH (and things)... £560 to get her through her service + MOT... failed on n/s lower front wishbone/control arm.  Can't believe just how many bits of suspension have been replaced to date, given it's 4 years old with low 40's on the clock!  ...and I needed to send it back to have the tracking done again as the steering wheel was pointing to the left... and they haven't put my front bumper back on properly, which I will ask them to rectify when I can be arsed.

[slindborg]

I drove the Abarth for the first time in a while today.... Pulling to the left like a bastard.

Check tyre pressures, fine, adjusted to the same anyway.

Tyre wear is the same

Same brand/model/size tyres

Rears are all sorted the same too.

Still pulls, noticeably... like into the kerb after 10seconds of hands off at 30mph.

 

I did the top mounts 2 years ago, and caked them in grease so should be fine, and tbh it didnt feel any different before or after doing the mounts

Any common things to go arwy undre these things?

Its not been kerbed hard, the wheels look grim but nothing remotely fresh or harsh, think parking grazes.

 

[AlfaAversion]

Is it the electric steering mucking about , I've had few 500s that don't self centre due to the EPS Tried swapping wheels over ?

[slindborg]

Ohh fun, the Mrs discovered that the heated rear screen had stopped working. Quick Google shows it's a common problem...... Bastard Italian electrics. So today I cut out a chunk of the wires linking the boot to the car and replaced them. Didn't do all of them as I want to come back and do it properly with connectors inside the car at a later date. The crux of the problem is the location of the wires to boot lid link. It all twists in an s shape when close so over time will wear through cheap cables oh fun

[ianrm]

Gave you something to do on a Sunday afternoon.