{"id":223,"date":"2011-10-25T18:17:44","date_gmt":"2011-10-25T17:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simkin.org\/wordpress\/?p=223"},"modified":"2011-11-12T11:35:12","modified_gmt":"2011-11-12T10:35:12","slug":"driving-me-landy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/simkin.org\/wordpress\/?p=223","title":{"rendered":"Driving Me Landy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Took the family out in the Landy. Had to charge the battery again to get it to start. Put half a tank of Diesel in it for \u00c2\u00a345 and then the seatbelt broke.Family had to sit thee whilst I got the spanners out. So much for going for a relaxing cuppa together.<\/p>\n<p>Steering is also making a groaning noise at low speeds. Cheap month it won&#8217;t be.<\/p>\n<p>Finally bit the bullet and ordered a Numax CXV-X 1000 battery from Tayna. Would like two really but can only stretch to one at the moment. Two batteries will need a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.x-eng.co.uk\/x-store.asp?MID=68#Sales\">split charge<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/simkin.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/numax.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-224\" title=\"numax\" src=\"http:\/\/simkin.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/numax-300x283.jpg\" alt=\"Numax CVX-X (1000Amp cca)\" width=\"208\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"http:\/\/simkin.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/numax-300x283.jpg 300w, http:\/\/simkin.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/numax.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">New battery has been a godsend. Starts first time, every time, no matter how cold it has got. I&#8217;m now officially ready for winter!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Seatbelt will come off eBay for about \u00c2\u00a330. Can&#8217;t avoid that either for safety, avoiding license points and to eventually pass the next MOT.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Steering is just going to have to grind for the moment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>Looking to purchase a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tayna.co.uk\/Car-Batteries-C48.html\">car battery<\/a>? Buy from Tayna and get next day delivery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Took the family out in the Landy. Had to charge the battery again to get it to start. Put half &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/simkin.org\/wordpress\/?p=223\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[253],"tags":[257,259,258],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/simkin.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/simkin.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/simkin.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/simkin.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/simkin.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/simkin.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/simkin.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/simkin.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/simkin.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}