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Will access mode stop your cat escaping?
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ChemicalJasper
Joined: 19 Jun 2008
Location: Lincolnshire
Posts: 8
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| Will access mode stop your cat escaping? |
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....That is to say
There have been number of thefts of Catalytic converters from cars (4x4's) in my area.
I don't usually use the access mode (I generally use the philosophy the more you use anything, the more likely it is to break  )
Do you think in access mode it might keep my cat safer? - I don't think I could get in myself! Don't worry..... it only seems Kinky the first time you do it!
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 Fri Jul 18 2008 8:24am |
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PaulP
Joined: 04 May 2007
Location: Barcelona
Posts: 760
 
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ChemicalJasper wrote:Do you think in access mode it might keep my cat safer? - I don't think I could get in myself!
The next time you're out and about in Lincolnshire, have a look at the shady people walking around. If they are all chubby bloaters then access mode will help you.
If they're all skinny looking criminals then it won't help you....just stick it in Off-road height to help avoid people hitting you with their car doors and hope for the best.  2006 TDV6 SE Auto Buckingham Blue
2007 Golf GT DSG
1990 Audi 90 2.2E Sport 5-cyl Tornado Red
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| Fri Jul 18 2008 9:27am |
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Neil Pettersen
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
Location: Twofers at the Coffee Club ..ummm
Posts: 518
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ChemicalJasper wrote:...the more you use anything, the more likely it is to break ......
....Have you considered a bus pass ....... if you worry like this about such slim chances then
you'll be too scared to leave the house to burglars . Just get in the D3 and enjoy it  Disco3.co.uk ; We all know nothing about something
Who's lookin'
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| Fri Jul 18 2008 9:59am |
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Rob Bruce
Joined: 18 Jun 2006
Location: Canberra
Posts: 508
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 I assume MY05 TDV6 just has mufflers and no cat. converter,
With a lot of reference to cat. converters now is this a new thing for TDV6, I know the petrol ones have them.
Just checking 
Rob MY05 TDV6 SE, dirt colour, AT2s road, STTs fun, snorkle, roof rack, engle fridge, uhf, magellan sat, dual batt, arb bull bar, winch, & other stuff.....
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| Sat Jul 19 2008 7:12am |
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Slimer
Site Moderator
Joined: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Nanny State
Posts: 11951
 
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Pretty sure they all have them and have done since release, UK spec do at least
They're fairly inaccessible too so we should be the last choice for the 'cat burglars'    
Not so common...
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| Sat Jul 19 2008 11:14pm |
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Bushwanderer
Joined: 27 Nov 2007
Location: Sydney, Australia
Posts: 246
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Hi Rob,
I think that you'll find that big hunk in the exhaust is a catalytic converter, even on TDV6s.
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| Sun Jul 20 2008 10:49am |
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Rob Bruce
Joined: 18 Jun 2006
Location: Canberra
Posts: 508
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BW. Thanks for that, I had assumed that large one on the exaust was a muffler, it seems rather tinney for a cat converter but so be it.
 If so some gains could be made when cat converter gets rusty by replacing it with a muffler
Or would this be a bad idea
Rob MY05 TDV6 SE, dirt colour, AT2s road, STTs fun, snorkle, roof rack, engle fridge, uhf, magellan sat, dual batt, arb bull bar, winch, & other stuff.....
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| Mon Jul 21 2008 8:24am |
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Bushwanderer
Joined: 27 Nov 2007
Location: Sydney, Australia
Posts: 246
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You may well think that, but I couldn't possibly comment!
(with apologies to the British political comedy, of which name escapes me at the moment. Was it "King of Cards"?)
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| Wed Jul 23 2008 6:44am |
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Bushwanderer
Joined: 27 Nov 2007
Location: Sydney, Australia
Posts: 246
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Thinking, thinking. Maybe "House of Cards".
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| Wed Jul 23 2008 6:47am |
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Rob Bruce
Joined: 18 Jun 2006
Location: Canberra
Posts: 508
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BW, Silly me Would I sugest such a thing
Early cat comverters had quite a lot of back preasure, and slowly as they aged this increased , assume from soot etc, but modern ones may be much better
Rob MY05 TDV6 SE, dirt colour, AT2s road, STTs fun, snorkle, roof rack, engle fridge, uhf, magellan sat, dual batt, arb bull bar, winch, & other stuff.....
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| Wed Jul 23 2008 8:46am |
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