The accessory you never knew you needed...

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The accessory you never knew you needed...

Post by xantia_v6 » Wed Oct 15, 2014 7:39 pm

the ultimate status symbol for the XM owner.

No connection etc etc.
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Re: The accessory you never knew you needed...

Post by MTXM » Wed Oct 15, 2014 8:45 pm

I bought one of these at ICCR and thought it was pretty cool, except the quality is very poor and it stopped working almost immediately! Regards, Matthew T.
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Re: The accessory you never knew you needed...

Post by russ92xmsed » Wed Oct 15, 2014 8:50 pm

:lol: ... Nothing to do with it being associated with an XM at all!! It's very 'period' isn't it! :lol:
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Re: The accessory you never knew you needed...

Post by Ciaran » Thu Oct 16, 2014 10:18 am

MTXM wrote:I bought one of these at ICCR and thought it was pretty cool, except the quality is very poor and it stopped working almost immediately! Regards, Matthew T.
Even the one in the Ebay listing has a blank screen from picture 2 onwards! :lol:

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Re: The accessory you never knew you needed...

Post by White Exec » Thu Oct 16, 2014 12:57 pm

Probably the original battery...!
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Re: The accessory you never knew you needed...

Post by Ciaran » Thu Oct 16, 2014 1:19 pm

Well then the usual fix of replacing it with a diesel battery should get it working in no time.

Wonder how that little LCD display would like 800 cold cranking amps up it :lol:

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Re: The accessory you never knew you needed...

Post by Peter.N. » Fri Oct 17, 2014 11:01 am

... a wire running up your arm to your inside pocket.

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Re: The accessory you never knew you needed...

Post by White Exec » Fri Oct 17, 2014 11:21 am

...and to the pacemaker...
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Re: The accessory you never knew you needed...

Post by Dieselman » Sun Oct 19, 2014 3:23 pm

Ciaran wrote:Well then the usual fix of replacing it with a diesel battery should get it working in no time.

Wonder how that little LCD display would like 800 cold cranking amps up it :lol:
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