Tag: Service and Maintenance
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My Cabiolet soft top gets a thorough clean
My little Smart Fortwo Cabrio’s soft top hasn’t had a spa-day for a very long time. So last night it got a quick wash, its top got scrubbed, and at the end it got it’s top protected from the elements. I started out with cleaning the top with ValetPro Drop Top Cleaner. Then while the…
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TurtleWax ClearVue Rain Repellent
There is a long list of Rain Repellent products that all do the same. TurlteWax ClearVue is only one of them. My TurtleWax ClearVue Rain Repellent is probably more than 5 years old, but still works.Very little is needed, so I think I will have it for several years more. However I do feel that…
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ValetPro Drop Top Cleaner for your soft top cabriolet
ValetPro Drop Top Cleaner removes all the dirt, bird poo, grime and algae from your cabriolets fabric roof, before you treat and seal your soft top from the elements. I use it to clean the fabric before applying ValetPro’s Drop Top Protector.ValetPro recommend that you buy a special brush for scrubbing the top, but I…
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Sealing your cabriolet with ValetPro Drop Top Protector
ValetPro Drop Top Protector is used to seal your cabriolets soft top against dirt and the elements, and thereby prolong its life. Before applying the ValetPro Drop Top Protector you have to clean the soft top fabric, preferably with ValetPro’s Drop Top Cleaner, or a similar product. When the soft-top has dried, or almost dried,…
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Optimize Chenille Wheel Brush
The Chenille Wheel Brush from Optimize was a huge upgrade compared to the old one from Biltema. Chenille (which comes from the French word for caterpillar) is what does the magic here. The brushwires on the previous one needed to be scubbed far harder and longer, compared to this brush, which almost feels like a…
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New front suspension arms, new car
My Smart Fortwo has yet again, visited the Smartcars garage. This time after failing the vehicle inspection (as expected). It needed two new front suspension arms, and at the same time one of the engine mounts was in need of replacement. It felt like a dream when I got it back. The new rubber bushes…
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Visiting the vehicle inspection centre
I’ve been at the vehicle inspection centre today, or “Synshal” as they are called in Denmark It’s always “interesting” to get a new car inspected, without fully knowing it’s history. I didn’t expect it to pass, because the last few weeks, I have had a suspicion, that one of the joints on the sway-bar needed…
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Unresponsive throttle and low RPM
As mentioned at my last trip to the smartcars garage, it still had a few issues with cold starts. I was hoping that it would get better, and that it only was coke deposits, that needed to be burnt clean, after they fixed the other issue I had with it regularly going into limp mode.…
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Vehicle inspection in Denmark
A lot of countries have a system, where cars regularly have to attend some kind of vehicle inspection, in order to stay on the roads. Denmark is no different. Here we receive a notice about two months before we need to have our car inspected. Cars have their pollution levels checked, tested their brakes, the…
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Undersealing my Smart Fortwo at Pava
Since I wish to keep my Smart Fortwo as long as possible, I’ve chosen to get it undersealed at Pava Slagelse. The reason that I chose Pava in Slagelse, is that one of the owners has a bunch of Smart Fortwos. Therefore I expect they have the knowledge of how to dismantle them, where they…