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The fan going ape is something they do when there is an issue.
I had coil packs go pop and got exactly the same as you. In more or less exactly the same circumstances. In fact I could deliberately make it do it, hold the gear till above a certain engine RPM and *ping* EML and limp home mode...
You won't notice the first stage, as you can't see it from the driver's seat. Or at least, I never could.
Stage two, well you should be watching the road at the speed it comes up.
Definitely good riddance.
My Mum died in February, so despite everything else that has happened, 2020 is the worst year in a long time.
Well unless you count 2019, when my Mother in law died..
Just for a balanced argument. I've not had a spare in my last 3 cars.
A 508 GT, RCZ and my current GT86.
I've never had a puncture in over 20 years of driving. I guess I must be lucky.
My Rover had a slow puncture due to a corroded alloy wheel, but I'm not counting that, as it took well over a...
You could, but then you could say that about anything.
I know someone that just bought a second hand Qashqai.
I told him he could have bought a V12 7 series BMW for that money. I mean I'd rather have something with TVs in the back and leather everywhere than a crappy frontwheel drive bore box...
I vaguely recall some are "timed" and are live until the car goes to sleep.
I can't remember which ones but the one I ran my dashcam from certainly was as it would stay on for a certain period of time after locking the car. Something like 30 seconds maybe.
As for which aren't, I've no idea. I...
I've had the .co.uk bookmark on my phone since I got my RCZ, so 2016 possibly. Only realised it had changed when like you I kept getting an error on it. Then one day I noticed my pc said .com 😆