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On Sat, 25 Apr 2026 20:08:45 +0100
Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:

On 23/04/2026 10:39, Davey wrote:

On Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:29:07 +0100
wasbit <wasbit@REMOVEhotmail.com> wrote:

On 22/04/2026 12:10, Clive Page wrote:

On 21/04/2026 15:15, Dave W wrote:

On 21 Apr 2026 12:03:06 GMT, Tim+ <timdownieuk@yahoo.co.youkay>
wrote:

NY <me@privacy.net> wrote:

On 21/04/2026 12:22, Dave W wrote:

The battery got
drained because the direction indicator lever was off-centre
when the ignition was switched off - blinkers stay on
permanently with no warning given, taking 1 amp. A kind
passer-by once warned me that I'd left the lights on and I
discovered this apparent design fault.

Interesting. I've never heard of the indicators working when
the ignition is turned off.

ItrCOs not a design fault, itrCOs a feature on many cars (certainly >>>>> on VWs and
Audis etc) and is meant to be used as a rCLparking lightrCY.

Tim

Seat is allied to VW. What's the point of a parking light,
especially as it drains the battery?

As far as I know, if you park on the road where there are no
street lights or facing the wrong way, you are supposed to show
lights at least on the road side of your car, red facing the
oncoming traffic and white the other way.-a Once upon a time you
could buy little lights showing red one way and white the other
which you could plug into the cigarette lighter socket and shut
in the window on the traffic side of a parked car.-a Maybe the
facility your car has is a more modern version of that?

That's ok if your cigarette lighter socket, or whatever it is
called these days, stays powered when the ignition is off. A lot
of them don't.

Like mine, which powers the dashcam. If I leave the car for more
than a few minutes, it powers down, so the dashcam does not record
if anybody attacks the car while I am in Morrisons.

There's your problem. Go to Waitrose instead.

Waitrose and Tesco are 5 miles away, Waitrose is 18 miles. Not far
from the hospital.....
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Davey.
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On Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:39:55 +0100, Davey wrote:

Like mine, which powers the dashcam. If I leave the car for more than a
few minutes, it powers down, so the dashcam does not record if anybody attacks the car while I am in Morrisons.

Morrisons should be really quick. Run in, grab what you want, and run out again. No need to pay - they won't stop you.
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On 26 Apr 2026 10:27:02 GMT
Bob Eager <throwaway0008@eager.cx> wrote:

On Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:39:55 +0100, Davey wrote:

Like mine, which powers the dashcam. If I leave the car for more
than a few minutes, it powers down, so the dashcam does not record
if anybody attacks the car while I am in Morrisons.

Morrisons should be really quick. Run in, grab what you want, and run
out again. No need to pay - they won't stop you.

You would be stopped by the Charity of the Month right in the middle of
your path out to the car park, though, as they wave money buckets at
you.
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On 26/04/2026 12:19, Davey wrote:

On 26 Apr 2026 10:27:02 GMT
Bob Eager <throwaway0008@eager.cx> wrote:

On Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:39:55 +0100, Davey wrote:

Like mine, which powers the dashcam. If I leave the car for more
than a few minutes, it powers down, so the dashcam does not record
if anybody attacks the car while I am in Morrisons.

Morrisons should be really quick. Run in, grab what you want, and run
out again. No need to pay - they won't stop you.

You would be stopped by the Charity of the Month right in the middle of
your path out to the car park, though, as they wave money buckets at
you.

Nick their bucket, throw a "Thanks Pal" over your shoulder as you
continue on to your getaway car.
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