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Mine also does this and as I understand its due to excess voltage drop during cranking. Basically the battery is on its way out and this shows up more during cold spell where more power required to crank.
Basically being a tight wad Scot I bought the resistor pack repair kit for 12 quid off e bay and whilst removing the old transistor from the board I have managed to damage the board. A section of the copper ribbon came off with the old component and I tried soldering the new component in and...
Mine has just started to do this today and oddly the fan now comes on after first click of the key when previously it only came on when ignition lights on??
Check the rear spring/s havent snapped with a loose piece jingling around as you drive. Not always immediatley obvious as it can be a very small section at the end (tail).
I am assuming you can get Virgin cable and not adsl? If so definitley Virgin. Never had any reliability issues at all but if you need to contact customer services then get an interpretor as its a call centre in the jungle somewhere.
I have just used the high definition Autoglym wax which I paid over the odds for at Halfords but understand it can be purchased much cheaper online. I have to say the finish was great and although only a small tub I used very little of it and from reading on here it seems to last ok.
You are checking if it is overheating and its charging output. Is it overcharging? Have a sniff around the alternator area, often voltage regulator fails causing overcharging and the burning smell.