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What I do is set the cruise control about 2-3 MPH above the posted speed limit and then sit back, relax, and enjoy the drive.

Speeding on most of today's roadbeds requires constant attention and is extremely taxing mentally. I haven't owned a radar detector since about 92.

Why would you expect that adding more cooling capability would result in your engine running cooler??

It's the thermostat that determines how HOT the engine runs and unless your engine tended to overheat you just needlessly spent huge bucks.

Either way were it me I would move the A/C condensor functionality to the center and improve the engine cooling efficiency that way.

After about 8000 miles my OEM conti's were so noisy you couldn't hear yourself think(??). Conti re-embursed me for the "unused" mileage and I put Bridgestone Potenza RE730's on.

BIG MISTAKE.

Within 5,000 miles it sounded as if my front diff'l bearings had failed.

My 2001 C4 is now shod with Michelin PS2's, only about 3,000 miles, Memphis to Seattle, very pleased so far.

My 2001 C4 has LED bulbs all around. I even bridged the "fog" lights, both sides, into the brake circuit so that those light up along with the high mount when I use the brakes for a more different, noticeable, look brake off vs brake on.

The only downside was that the cruise control would not engage until I installed a relay to bridge in a low resistance halogen bulb with the brake off.

The amber turn signal led bulbs will need a parallel resistor so the turn signal timing relay will work.

Used take-off Bridgestone Potenza RE30 complete set on ebay.

Go get a set of personal plates, lose the front one as soon as it arrives and immediately order a replacement and keep the replacement order documents in the car.

"Gee, officer, see, I ordered a replacement right away but it never came..."

(they will replace standard plates, both, from the stack.)

AS I said before....

Battery...!!!

Motor turning over a bit slower than normal during startup....

It takes up to an hour to clear out the leftover moisture (that forms a home for the microbes). Google for "electronic evaporator dryer" and "airsept", and read.

This first came up when I had Lexus flush the brake system on my 92 LS400 recently. The technician explained that the way he activated the Trac system was by running the car in gear on a lift. The rear wheels turn, the front doesn't and the trac system activates because it thinks the rear wheels are slipping.

It's a simple matter to hold a front wheel "still", virtually no effort, due to the open front diff'l the opposite wheel will simply rotate twice as fast.

Modern day systems disable almost all accessories, including the A/C clutch, during starting

Just get all four wheels off the ground, run the car at ~5MPH with PSM. Without PSM simply and apply the brakes while "running".

With a C4 have someone hold a front tire, CAREFULLY, in place

If your  clutch as slipping at a low rpm, low torque point (high gear), you would notice an even more severe slippage in lower gears.  Because you are  not experiencing this, I doubt it is the clutch.

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In lower gears the torque level that the clutch can "couple" without slipping is multiplied downstream and so there is actually less probabilty of clutch slippage.

Try starting out in 4th gear from a full stop as a perfect example of this, clutch will slip every time yet work perfectly in proper startup gear.

That looks a lot like, exactly, the switch used by some of the aftermarket seat heating kits. Driver's seat OEM, or aftermarket?

Just put the transmission in reverse while setting/storing seat memory.

The voltage indication during cranking is likely meaningless. Should be close to 14 volts after driving/charging.

WAIT, STOP!

There is a low pressure cutout switch that if the "freon" is too low the compressor clutch is disabled.

Have you tried "max cooling"??

If you run the temperature setting to max cooling then the system ignores all the sensors and closes the reheat/remix path. If this works then you may have an open cabin atmosphere temperature sensor which would falsely indicate the cabin as COLD.

If it, the above, doesn't work then you may have a failed remix/reheat servomotor that's stuck in a position that causes a large portion of the system airflow to be reheated via flowing through the heater core.

Your spray solution probably dripped down into the control head. Most electronic systems will work once they dry out.

The proper place to spray an anti-bacterial solution is into the area, air intake, below the pollen filter. Turn the blower on but not the A/C and have windows down or door open to exhaust the mist laden airflow.

Google for "electronic evaporator dryer" and read that material.

It helps tremendously if you leave the windows down in the garage each and every night.

But "NOW" I can say how fast I was going. At the time I only knew that my engine had gone overspeed, 7,000 RPM, because I was distracted and was not "timely" in shifting from 2nd to 3rd. According to the owners manual 7000 RPM in 2nd gear equals ~70 MPH.

I think the problem the officer might have in court is that he wrote the citation as if it was a moving radar citation ONLY. According to the Texas operations manual for traffic radar writing citations based on moving radar cannot be legally supported...

But.

First, I didn't admit that I was speeding, I only admitted to the officer that I didn't really know how fast (OR NOT!) I was going because I was distracted and I missed a shift.

I told him what had happened so he might see that the presumptive overspeed (roadway) would have been brief and unintentional. I'm sure he took my statement as meaning I couldn't prove I wasn't speeding and therefore he wrote the citation, valid or no.

He said that he was Eastbound and what he saw was my car passing everything in sight as I came around the curve (apex 3000 feet from rest stop I-10 entry westbound) . He said he visually judged me to be doing 86 and looked down at his radar and it indicated 88 MPH.

I then told him that I agreed, I HAD been passing everything in sight at that point and time because all four of us, three cars in front of me and myself, had just left the rest area and I had (of course) accelerated faster than they.

He then stated that he was also trained to use road signage and posts to visually judge a car's speed.

It is my understanding that our entire conversation by the roadside was video taped with the officer wearing a wireless mike.

Obviously I have since learned that the engine overspeed due to my failure to timely shift from 2nd to 3rd would not have allowed me to exceed ~70 MPH.

There are numerous reasons why I am certain it was the shift to 3rd that I missed but maybe the most telling one is that the top end of 3rd is over 100 MPH. As I said to the officer when he first stopped me and told me he clocked me at 88 MPH, " I don't think I was going THAT fast".

There is simply no way I could have been over 100 MPH and have it "register" that I was going less than 88.

I converted to the clear with green leds (wimbledon green C4) that illuminate with the DRLs/parking/street lights and then switch to amber led with turn signals.

I used to live in Texas, I have gotten many a ticket there. The best policy is dont get caught speeding. However now that you have there are a few things you can do.

1. Call the court an request defensive driving school. (this works once) this will allow you to pay the fine and I do not belive it will go on your record.

2. Get a Layer, Police in Texas write hundreds of tickets a day, trust me he cant remember everyone he gave a ticket to.

3. If you were in a small town it gets more difficult to find a Traffic lawyer.

4. Buy the very best Radar detector and keep on at all times. (Check the State Law first)

I lived in DFW metroplex we used Traffic Lawyers when ever possible. The bottom line is to take care of the ticket by the court appearance date shown on the ticket by ether no. 1 or 2.

Good Luck

D

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1. The defensive driving deal only works if you have a tX driver's license.

2. Last resort. He WILL remember this one, we had a very long conversation roadside.

3. Redmond WA is NOT a small town, just the attitude.

4. Gave up on radar detectors long ago, too many falses. Just be in no hurry (retired), always use cruise control when possible, have a wife as navigator by my side who also watches speed limit signs AND my speed. Of course those ahead who do have detectors (lots of those out there) brake lights (even detector light itself often at night) often give me warning.

Wife's rules on Autobahn:

No cruise control over 100MPH.

No consistent speeds over 130 MPH.

But she wasn't always watching......

The problem was that when the officer stopped me I honestly couldn't say I hadn't been speeding. I did tell him that I thought 88 was a bit of a stretch however.

I had helped a lady with an overheating radiator at the rest area just East of Van Horn. She pulled out shortly before I did and as I accelerated up to speed she waved a "thanks" just as we passed (~3000 feet from the rest area) her and wife and I both waved back and I missed an upshift to third. Engine didn't like that but clutch in quickly and no harm done. Well no harm to the car anyway.

Except I didn't then know that the max speed at the top end of second is ~70 MPH.

When I let it be known that I would contest the citation the officer asked:

"Why would you do that, you just admitted that your engine over-speeded?"

I told him that I really didn't know how fast I had gone when the over-speed happened. Later tested and looked at the manual. test was ~66.

Well, I live in WA, so appearing in court in Van Horn TX is not exactly a desirable solution.

I have discovered that the TDPS manual covering the officers instructions on the use of moving radar basically says "don't go there". While stationary radar's reliability and accuracy is accepted ("Judicial Notice") by all US states and therefore cannot be challenged(***) in court, moving radar is an entirely different matter. NO US state had yet signed off on its use and/or accuracy.

*** but you can still challenge the officer own observations and certainty that it truly was your vehicle that the radar was "seeing" at the time of the citation.

Yesterday I FedXed a packet to the court asking that they have the county attorney (who will prosecute the case if it should come to that)review it and determine if the citation had validity.

Hopeful.....

Moving traffic radar speeding citation at mile marker 144 Westbound on I-10 just east of Van Horn TX. Officer traveling in opposite direction said he clocked me at 88 in a 75. Absolutely certain he was wrong, but.....