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Technical Help & Discussion => Mobile Phones & Other Handheld Devices => Topic started by: Clive on January 09, 2011, 23:21

Title: My brand new phone
Post by: Clive on January 09, 2011, 23:21

Eat your heart out Simon.  Look what I've just bought myself!   :smirks:

LINK (http://www.pc-pals.com/pics/My_New_Phone.wmv)

Title: Re: My brand new phone
Post by: Simon on January 09, 2011, 23:44

:haha:

Title: Re: My brand new phone
Post by: Delgado on January 10, 2011, 08:53

Looks good-How long do the batteries last? :hehe:

Title: Re: My brand new phone
Post by: Clive on January 10, 2011, 11:53

Depends which app I'm using!   ;D

Title: Re: My brand new phone
Post by: Simon on January 10, 2011, 12:35

Using it to jump start the Jag must drain it a bit.  ;D

Title: Re: My brand new phone
Post by: Clive on January 10, 2011, 13:13

Amazingly,I haven't had to use it for that yet.  It's still  on the original battery which is now coming up to 7 years old.  I admit I only use it for long (ish) runs but I don't recall any other batteries lasting this long.   :dunno:

Title: Re: My brand new phone
Post by: Simon on January 10, 2011, 13:39

Is it garaged?  The cold often kills them. 

Title: Re: My brand new phone
Post by: Clive on January 10, 2011, 20:34

No, I've always parked it on the drive and it starts in an instant whatever the weather.   8-)

Title: Re: My brand new phone
Post by: Simon on January 10, 2011, 21:48

Good battery, then.  Having said that, I can't remember the last time I had to change mine, and I've had the vehicle since 1996!  I remember it having a battery, but it was several years ago.

Title: Re: My brand new phone
Post by: Clive on January 10, 2011, 22:51

I thought you changed to  Peugot a few years ago?   :dunno:

Title: Re: My brand new phone
Post by: Simon on January 10, 2011, 22:56

I have the school minibus, which is the 1996 vehicle (a Peugeot Boxer), and a Peugeot 806, which is the taxi.   

Title: Re: My brand new phone
Post by: Clive on January 10, 2011, 23:03

Ah right.  I remember you had a problem with the 806, was it a door lock or something?  I had a Scenic before the crappy little Dagenham Dustbin I bought last year
and I had to replace the battery on that after 4 years. 

Title: Re: My brand new phone
Post by: Simon on January 10, 2011, 23:40

Yes, I had a spare key cut for the 806, but it was a bad cut and got jammed in the lock. Wonderful vehicle, though, and drives like new.

Title: Re: My brand new phone
Post by: Clive on January 11, 2011, 07:08

I was very happy with my Peugot 306 which I kept for 4 years and had no trouble at all with it. 

Title: Re: My brand new phone
Post by: Simon on January 11, 2011, 09:11

My old 406 did 340,000 miles before it conked out!

Title: Re: My brand new phone
Post by: Rik on January 11, 2011, 11:12

You really should have had it serviced, Simon. ;)

Title: Re: My brand new phone
Post by: Simon on January 11, 2011, 12:10

It probably wouldn't have lasted so long then!  ;D

Title: Re: My brand new phone
Post by: Rik on January 11, 2011, 12:13

 :laugh:

Certainly not at my dealer it wouldn't. :)

Title: Re: My brand new phone
Post by: Simon on January 11, 2011, 12:19

We use a local garage.  Dealers tend to be too expensive.

Title: Re: My brand new phone
Post by: Rik on January 11, 2011, 12:32

I agree, but I got a package that covered the first six years, then they screwed up so I got a seventh year, they screwed up again, so year 8 is going to be cheap. :)

Title: Re: My brand new phone
Post by: Clive on January 11, 2011, 20:35

340,000 miles is incredible Simon.  A friend of mine has one which has covered 104,000 miles virtually trouble free so they must be an excellent car.  8-)

Title: Re: My brand new phone
Post by: sam on January 11, 2011, 21:21

Quote from: Simon on January 10, 2011, 23:40

Yes, I had a spare key cut for the 806, but it was a bad cut and got jammed in the lock. Wonderful vehicle, though, and drives like new.

I remember that... was a comedy of errors on the part of the locksmiths if I remember rightly - its probably all documented here somewhere

Title: Re: My brand new phone
Post by: sam on January 11, 2011, 21:36

and yep I found it in the danger zone...

Title: Re: My brand new phone
Post by: Simon on January 11, 2011, 22:49

 ;D