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General Discussion Area / next door neighbour sudden demise

« on: 11 November 2021, 23:32:13 »

my neighbour went to the gym with his son & my grandson , he is 45 & the two lads are 18. whilst my neighbour was on the treadmill he some how twisted his ankle . apparently the next morning he could hardly walk but still drove to work. after about two hours at work he collapsed with a massive heart attack & never survived. the post mortem showed the sprained ankle tuned out to be a big blood clot that travelled up to his heart & had he gone to the hospital there would of  more than likely spotted the problem .

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General Discussion Area / Rishi Sunak

« on: 27 October 2021, 23:03:13 »

the right honourable Rishi Sunak has had planning permission for work to be done on a stately home near Northallerton that he has purchased .
 the sum he actually paid for the property i believe hasn,t been disclosed but the cost of the refurbishment is estimated to be £1.5 million .
but an interior swimming pool is included in the price

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General Car Chat / Kangoo van

« on: 24 October 2021, 13:15:42 »

my son drove from york to hampshire last week & his van started to make a loud banging noise as he was driving.he had it  looked at whilst down there & it was deemed to be a right drive shaft so he had a new one fitted. he didn,t use his van whilst down in hampshire but on his way up north the banging appeared again. i suggested it could be a wheel bearing. has anybody got any other ideas. its driving ok ( says my son )  he lives about 35mls from me so not able to have a look as yet.

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General Discussion Area / E10

« on: 23 October 2021, 22:31:55 »

just a general enquiry , if i have a car that is deemed not compatible with E10 petrol can i still get the E 5 stuff ?

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General Discussion Area / Heat pumps

« on: 18 October 2021, 23:19:42 »

has anybody have heating sourced by a heat pump ?

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General Discussion Area / code of a killer

« on: 13 October 2021, 01:09:30 »

 he will be able to watch the series , in his case he should never have been eligible for parole.

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General Discussion Area / renewed my license today

« on: 04 October 2021, 22:47:22 »

 my  over 70 license reminder came today. my present one expires expires at midnight 23rd December. however i completed the form online and was informed on completion that i can expect it within 2 weeks.

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General Car Chat / antifreeze

« on: 30 September 2021, 14:50:13 »

back in my omega era I have about 4ltrs of red antifreeze & my present car has the green coloured stuff & needs a cupful in to top it up . wise or not to use what i have ? , common sense suggests Not

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General Car Chat / small coming together of wing mirrors

« on: 28 September 2021, 23:27:21 »

driving home yesterday & part of my journey meant i had to drive through  village which is notorious for being a speed trap, as i was almost through the road narrows with a blind bend & at that moment a black bmw coming towards me took the bend & took my wing mirror. luckily for me the only damage was the casing which is obtainable from the dealers £33  come as a primed unit so needs painting. ebay has the from £10 but no o/s. its not worth an insurance claim & as i was going downhill i may have the bmw,s number plate on my dash cam. if i do can i find out the owner without reporting the prang. ??

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General Discussion Area / pet hates

« on: 19 September 2021, 10:56:20 »

one of my pet hates is Philip Schofield advertising " we buy any car "  . i doubt that he has had a quote from them. also they quote far below the list price. also funeral plans for the elderly such as Sun Life that ask for a lot more paid into than they will pay out.   

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General Car Chat / cars owned

« on: 28 August 2021, 01:44:15 »

a mate was asking me if i remember all the cars that iv,e owned ,  thought i would but was hopelessly wrong. my first car in 1964 was an Austin A35, 3 forward gear column change (i think). as my career was a merchant seaman i only used it whilst off ship but i would lend it to a guy so he could use it for family days out. we once changed the clutch & the bottom bolt & the next two were missing too . somebody had spot welded the steel gearbox to the bellhousing . i sold & the guy who bought it was disabled & had it full converted to complete hand controlled. his great grandson told me yesterday that it still gets driven albeit 2-3 times yearly. but iv,e been invited to go & see it, & its kept only 6 mls from where i live.

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General Car Chat / tyre change woes

« on: 04 August 2021, 22:42:06 »

i set off last friday to go to York as my daughter was coming up from hampshire for the weekend. i,d only got a few miles  & a n/s rear tyre blew. the rain was a heavy pour down & i was absolutely soak ed by the time i put a space saver wheel on. i decided to head off back home as i do have a matching spare wheel . wheel on showered & changed headed to York. forward to the Monday i took the tyre to be repaired & was informed it was wall damage & also the o/s tyre had cracks in the wall so i ordered two michelin supremacy, to be put on the next day. what i hadnt realised when i  set off to go to York i must have left the locking nut key on the nut which came off as i drove.  the tyre depot wouldnt attempt to change advising to buy a key. rang the dealers & a new key would take 10days. so i ordered it & was told the cost would be £110. yesterday evening i decided to have a look for the original locking key & glad to say somebody did see it & put it on a gate post about 1/2 mile from where i live. got my tyres put on today.   

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General Discussion Area / madeira entry form

« on: 29 July 2021, 23:41:48 »

i have been trying to fill out a entry form to enable me to holiday in Madeira ( its in english) but as soon as i put my email address and password i am getting a red warning written in Portuguese which translates  to " Error ,Cannot authenticate credentials . not sure what to do 

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General Car Chat / custom charge

« on: 13 July 2021, 12:19:29 »

my son has recently had a laser level stolen & ordered one off amazon he didn,t know at the time of ordering but it was bought from a German company.. he has had a letter this morning telling him he needs to pay , Customs Duty. Import V.A.T, & a Clearance fee.  totalling  over £6 i guess its beware when purchasing anything from Europe

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General Car Chat / mot history

« on: 21 June 2021, 20:56:19 »

been looking to buy a tidy looking berlingo but it has only a month mot left. i asked the vendor why he hasn,t tested it & he was rather vague with an answer. had a look at its mot history & on the 6th july it failed on various things. n/s drive shaft , wheel bearing , steering rack ball joints & both wiper. then on the same day it had another test & passed. But at a different test station than the original.