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General Car Chat / Re: Abbreviations and acronyms.

« on: 23 December 2009, 18:13:37 »

he did not fit them right, or it was his sh!t merc, nightbreakers are excellent 

Not reading it right again Tunnie OP was on about the Philips Extreme

Thanks Rob, yes it was X-tremes being slagged off.

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General Car Chat / Re: Abbreviations and acronyms.

« on: 23 December 2009, 17:38:27 »

OK guys, I now know that I have non-HIDS, and have been recommended to fit nightbreakers or X-tremes, however, read this review of X-tremes on Amazon:

 ".....visibility on dip was 80% worse than with standard bulbs, so bad in fact that standard bulbs were refitted restoring visibility. Main beam was no better than standard and had a distinctly washed out appearance. Don't waste your money, they're rubbish." This was on a Merc. Any comments? :-?

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General Car Chat / Re: Abbreviations and acronyms.

« on: 22 December 2009, 16:33:09 »

Thanks Chris, its the car related one I have the biggest problems with.
Mick

Me too Mick, I really enjoy reading all the chat, but it is sometimes like a foreign language

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General Car Chat / Re: Abbreviations and acronyms.

« on: 22 December 2009, 16:22:30 »

Ta, and refers to what, Light bulbs perhaps?

exactly 

The lights normally fitted to CDX, MV6 and Elite iirc, brighter than the halogen type 

Thanks JB
So my 99 pre facelift CDX should have HID's :-? Would I still benefit from Nightbreakers or Extremes? :-? :-? :-?

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General Car Chat / Re: Abbreviations and acronyms.

« on: 22 December 2009, 16:18:25 »

Sorreeee, found 'em now!!! But what is a HID?

Where did you find them please. I also have problems with them.
Mick

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1160943437
 Not complete, but helpful nevertheless.

Happy Crimbo

Chris

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General Car Chat / Re: Abbreviations and acronyms.

« on: 22 December 2009, 12:02:27 »

Ta, and refers to what, Light bulbs perhaps?

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General Car Chat / Re: Abbreviations and acronyms.

« on: 22 December 2009, 11:36:04 »

Sorreeee, found 'em now!!! But what is a HID?

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General Car Chat / Abbreviations and acronyms.

« on: 22 December 2009, 11:31:52 »

Would it be possible for the Mods to post a list of definitions of all the different abbreviations used? I can work out some of them, but many pass me by. Pretty please :-? :-? :-?

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General Car Chat / Re: Petrol in a Diesel

« on: 20 December 2009, 16:38:33 »

Ran a '36 Austin 12 on paraffin during the petrol shortage in '56. Started on petrol then ran, well walked, on paraffin. Don't recall any serious difficulties, apart from avoiding PC49.

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General Car Chat / Re: Insignia seats

« on: 09 December 2009, 18:25:18 »

http://www.carkeys.co.uk/news/2009/november/27/16942.asp

Looks "superb", but will not be cheap in a decent variant.
give it 5 years as Tunnie says, and they might be affordable, esp. the Estate which I would want

Call me cheap, but i don't see the point of buying something so new, its only going to fall in value, and loose pots of money.

I bought my 2000 plate Omega in 2005, and the 2006 plate GS in 2009, there is no point buying brand new! Better off waiting a few years until most of its value has fallen away

I agree with the basic premise, and I did buy my Omega at only 8 months old and 7k miles, not cheap at two thirds of list price, but I have now owned it happily for ten years, so I guess it owes me nothing. I have not spent more than £500 for other than service items, and it has been a wonderful car. Just as reliable as my '59 Beetle owned for 12 years, and my '72 Renault 16 for ten years.

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General Car Chat / Re: Insignia seats

« on: 09 December 2009, 17:33:14 »

http://www.carkeys.co.uk/news/2009/november/27/16942.asp

Looks "superb", but will not be cheap in a decent variant.
give it 5 years as Tunnie says, and they might be affordable, esp. the Estate which I would want

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General Car Chat / Re: Insignia seats

« on: 09 December 2009, 16:33:50 »

i have sat in the Insignia a couple of times waiting for parts at the Vx dealer, the interior design is nice, i like the dash layout, and position of everything, but it just feels so dark and small inside. Visibility is crap looking out the back window, i know its a Vectra replacement not Omega, but it feels a LOT smaller.

Seats rock hard, but then again it is brand new  :-/

I am 6ft4, and lanky, get back into the Omega and i can sink into its nice soft seats, with buckets of room and in a light cabin with loads of space.

Don't know what to do when Omegas become too old 

Yes, yes-I know, but go and drive the new 2009- Skoda Superb-they are stunningly well built and luxurious.
I'm waiting for the day they will be cheap enough secondhand...cheapest base model secondhand is still 12k+ 

To all disbelievers go out in one before making comment-there's a 3.6 V6 4wd and a 170BHP diesel in the range-and DSG boxes, too-LOVELY   

I am defo going to check these out! But have they got 'longleg' legroom?

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General Car Chat / Re: Insignia seats

« on: 08 December 2009, 22:44:37 »

not everyone has a sport seat arse. Mine does not fit jag x type sport seats either, the side bolsters are right under the backs of my legs. Very uncomfortable.

Deliberately sat in mv6 seats to try them and their fine, so it can be done. Just needs a test driver of more  (coff)  normal proportions to help the design process.

I'm certainly not heavy at 13 Stone and 6'4", so perhaps the hard seats in the Insignia are to cater for the modern trend to obesity!

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General Car Chat / Insignia seats

« on: 08 December 2009, 16:47:23 »

Sat in an Insignia SE today to check it out. The seats are b****y uncomfortable, very firm and with a very short squab, so little thigh support for us lankys. You would not want to drive in one for any distance.
I would not buy one of those. How can a company that designed the superbly comfortable mig seats come up with such a crap design? The first part of any car design should be comfortable seats.

Then I sat in the cheaper S, which has more comfortable seats! Go figure!

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General Car Chat / Re: Poilce Tyres PSI

« on: 08 December 2009, 17:26:17 »

I'd be guessing the usual pre-flight kick to see if it's still inflated.

 

takes me back to my raf days that 

kick the tyes and light the fires 

You forgot the ending,"Last one up's a cissy!"