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Got the car back, pretty much 3 weeks without. The BCM had filled with water and was deceased. Part arrived on Monday and is fitted. Stung me, all in, with fitting, VAT and a call out when the problem was originally spotted, £728. BCM was £350, vat about £100, the rest was labour. Not how I wanted to kick off the festive period. Still have to program the keys with Nissan apparently.

Think we're heading to The Cellar for NYE then across to Irish Village. Been a couple times before, its some place. 360 out back of Jumeriah still tops the list for me though.

YOU LUCKY SOD! were abouts u stayin in dubai mate? I'm staying with my uncle just off Umm Sequim Road (only reason i remember is he told me its Ummm See that Quim). First Christmas in 8 i've been single, too many memories back here. Booked in an all you can eat and drink buffet for Christmas dinner, gonna feel very strange. Doing an RS4 saloon experience at the autodrome and plenty indoor snowboarding.

Call me scrooge but i'm not getting a tree or any decorations, could be something to do with the fact I'm going to Dubai for Christmas and New Year! Goodbye cold cruel Britain!!

Join the club mate, almost a year to the day of flawless, happy, trouble free motoring and the whole thing goes t1ts up. BCM full of water, major electrical issues, £350 + VAT + fitting and a 5 week wait. Merry Christmas

BCM full of water and green with mould!

Ex g/f i think now, they've split apparently. She's single Stew, make your move.

I'm off to Stockholm this weekend with the lads. Can do next weekend or weekend after then off to Dubai for Christmas and New Year.

Thats a really really cruel trick Stew. Really cruel.

Update - 2 auto electricians just spent an hour at it. Said the installation was a bit ropey (but they would eh?), snipped a few wires and low and behold we have life!! Engine starts, stereo on, air con on, dash lights on BUT........ No lights, hazards, full beam, indicators, tail lights (brake lights DO work), no central locking and no electric windows!! After more poking they ask me to drive it up to the workshop tomorrow morning. Minute I walk away from the car, lights come on...... wont switch off at the stalk!! So had to disconnect the battery to stop it running flat over night. They were thinking body control module? Please someone tell me this isnt expensive!

Yeah thats what the Auto Elec folk reckon aswell but i'll be damned if I can find anything in the notes how to do it, just tells me how to disarm and how to resynch control modules. Tried both with no success. Just waiting now for the 'professionals' to come out.

Battery replaced - still no joy with the locking. Getting a full light up on the dashboard, stereo works, lights ok. Its an aftermarket alarm/immob (Meta Systems), tried the resynch on the key fobs, nothing. Both got new batteries. The local dealer is Kirkhill Auto but they dont do callouts, not much use if my immobiliser has immobilised the car is it!!! I've called Taylor's to come have a look, cos i've now hit the limit of my expertise and patience and really dont care if i have to pay to get it sorted now. Grrrrrrrrr. Strange thing is when I plugged it all back in, the lights and wipers all stayed on and the TC light was on, all switched off at the stalks/console. Bloody snow!

Sunset coupe at junction coming onto Carden Place and GM SA** *** on Stanley Street to Albyn Grove leaving no room for someone coming the other way then wheel spinning off!! Tut tut tut tyres wont last long at that rate

My Dad's coming past with a charger tonight but yeah I'll probably just get a new one. Nothing was left on, double checkd all the lights etc and nothing is on. Could it just be 4 days sitting under a pile of snow??

HAHA just tried jumping, only gave enough juice for the alarm to blast out but nothing for the car, disconnected and the bloody thing still went off!!! Looking like a new battery or recharge job.

Problem - one VERY dead battery. Damn it.

Aye might need the batt unplugged for a while to reset. The car wont start if I cant get the immob to work, its after market and needs the immob off otherwise you get nothing. I'll try again at night but wont set the alarm off then try again tomorrow morning. Never done this before though, very confusing. The LED is coming on the immob key fob and i've put a brand new battery in the key. Tried my spare set for both so def something wrong with the sensor and not the keys.

Still no joy. Dont want to manually open the doors cos the alarm will go off. Bollocks!!

Nah we're back to normal today, all melted overnight. Little bit of rain this morning washed it all away. Just left me with a sulking Zed now. Had another bash 10 mins ago but still nothing, new battery in the remote for good measure.

Aye thought it might just have been in a sulk. I've cleared the snow so try again later. It better get used to this, it lives in Aberdeen now!

Just been to the car for the first time since Thursday evening cos of the snow. Tried to unlock, nothing. Tried the immob nothing. Can see the red light for the alarm being armed is on, little LED on the fob lights up when i press it but getting no response. Tried the backup key and fob, same thing. Its been under a pile of snow all weekend, so thinking cold might have disagreed with it??

Stew, city centre was sheet ice last night. Nothing looked gritted. Must've snowed a heap overnight aswell cos it all looks fresh. Just got to keep telling myself, 28 days till Dubai.

Ah i remember those days fondly Stew, up the golfie on the sledge. I remember Shaun Stevenson crafted a homemade snowboard out of a skateboard with a pair of his dad's slippers stuck to it as bindings! Just got up an hour ago Adam, was rudely awoken by a workmate at 4am who thought she'd buzz my flat on the way home. Gonna try boarding tomorrow but hate battling the kids and skiers on a Sunday up Lecht.

Woke up to this lovely scene in Aberdeen today.

Ah cheers. Did try the original plugs but they just wouldn't go. I've bought slightly larger screws, the length just wasn't quite there with the ones supplied.