Post by yamaha on Jun 5, 2008 12:48:56 GMT
Well, after sitting in it's box in the lounge for the past 18 month - I suddenly had a brainstorm yesterday, and decided the time was ripe to fit it in the Bongo.
The fact that we have a journey up to Manchester and back next week also played a part in galvanising me into action.
It'll be SO nice to be able to twiddle my right foot on the motorway - instead of trying to find different comfortable positions that don't send the foot to sleep!!
The kit I bought is a Waeco MS-50 - it was about £100, inc delivery - and it's a great bit of kit.
www.waeco.com/en/298_452.php
I guess it took about 4 hours all in - including hiding the control box and tidying up the cables. Luckily the Bongo has an easy place to get the vacuum feed from - and also an electronic speedo for the pulse signal.
All in all - can't imagine why I didn't fit it sooner - it would have been invaluable for our French trip last summer!!
It's brilliant - can be used down to about 30mph - and it worked also at 75mph - I don't tend to drive any faster these days, so ideal.
It maintains the set speed to about 1-2mph, so I'm over the moon with it. So that's one job I can cross off my "To Do" list - which seems to get longer, not shorter!!
Mike
The fact that we have a journey up to Manchester and back next week also played a part in galvanising me into action.
It'll be SO nice to be able to twiddle my right foot on the motorway - instead of trying to find different comfortable positions that don't send the foot to sleep!!
The kit I bought is a Waeco MS-50 - it was about £100, inc delivery - and it's a great bit of kit.
www.waeco.com/en/298_452.php
I guess it took about 4 hours all in - including hiding the control box and tidying up the cables. Luckily the Bongo has an easy place to get the vacuum feed from - and also an electronic speedo for the pulse signal.
All in all - can't imagine why I didn't fit it sooner - it would have been invaluable for our French trip last summer!!
It's brilliant - can be used down to about 30mph - and it worked also at 75mph - I don't tend to drive any faster these days, so ideal.
It maintains the set speed to about 1-2mph, so I'm over the moon with it. So that's one job I can cross off my "To Do" list - which seems to get longer, not shorter!!
Mike
