1. Does it matter what software version the car is running if I buy a new intravee unit? My ability to permanently disable any piece of IT hardware is legendary so I would much prefer a plug and play solution and not have to either update the intravee or car!
2. Alternatively is there anyone in Kent (Canterbury area) who does software updates and intravee programming for a reasonable price?
3. The most popular idea seems to have the intravee in the boot either in place of or above the CD changer, the alpine unit under the back seats and the ipod in the centre console. Is there any issue with putting everything in the boot given you get full control through the steering wheel/head unit? I only seem to change the ipod every couple of weeks or so given the mileage I do so daily access is not really an issue at the moment.
4. I have DSP which I think means I need to get the ‘Dice DSP Adaptor’ to go between the car and the Intravee II unit, unfortunately I cannot seem to find anywhere that has them in stock. Can anyone tell where I can buy now if indeed I do need this? Toys in Your Car are coming up as out of stock…
On a slightly different musical note I was driving down to my sisters over the weekend and which is all single carriage A roads and B roads. During overtakes the engine sounded pretty rough above 5-5500rpm, not in a broken way just not as nice as lower down the engine range. Is this a characteristic of the 4.6 V8, what causes it and what would fix it? It has that proper V8 'woofle' at lower revs (less than 5000 rpm) its just a pity it doesn’t sound like this throughout the entire rev range!
I am planning on taking the kids up to North Wales this weekend to see Aunts & Uncles so i am very much looking forward to driving up in comfort but not so much looking forward to two tanks worth of Shells finest; the total trip will be in the order of 700 miles or so, two tanks thereabouts by my reckoning.
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