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Omega General Help / Re: Hedgehog!
« on: 24 January 2018, 11:34:34 »
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General Discussion Area / Re: One For Ron - Road Use Charging
« on: 24 January 2018, 11:29:02 »..surely people who have to use their cars to get to work, do exactly that - clog up the motorways! One of my jobs is driving for a living, I spend a fair amount of time on the road & I still think it's the fairest way, white van man included. My elderly mum used do to about 10 miles a week to the shops..it's unfair for her to pay the same amount a sales rep in the same car doing 500 plus, not reasonable?The well known view, still stands: scrap the VED, add duty to the fuel so it is relative to how much driving you doI guess that might work for leisure drivers, but people who have to use their cars to get to work, and don’t clog up the motorways doing it, would be really peed off. Also, no mention of how the new tax would affect business drivers. If white van man had to pay through the pumps, everything would go up in price.......and I mean everything.
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Omega General Help / Re: Battery terminal clamp - dumb question cos I'm an idiot!
« on: 24 January 2018, 11:10:54 »I ordered an isolator as linked by Fuse 19, and after reading your post, Rods2, I'm glad I did.
Ok, I may not suffer a similar fate, but the car and its electrics are now 17 years old.....
Ron.
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General Discussion Area / Re: One For Ron - Road Use Charging
« on: 24 January 2018, 11:07:02 »
The well known view, still stands: scrap the VED, add duty to the fuel so it is relative to how much driving you do
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General Car Chat / Re: Vans.... any experts?
« on: 24 January 2018, 11:00:20 »....all sounds plausible to me. The other issue for me is paying for it! As well as being oldIt's a case of finding one of a size and shape that suits your use, and hoping you get away without too many of the expensive problems.
So basically the same as buying a car?Though I do get that vans are considered entirely 'consumable' - primary market, I guess, is medium and up businesses who run them until they're financially off the books (3 years?) and then dispose of them, at which point they get bought up on the secondary market that Ford/GM/etc don't give two hoots about..
On second thoughts, that sounds a lot like cars, too, just replace 'financially off the books' with 'the PCP is finished' and 'medium and up businesses' with 'people'!
I am maybe old school!? I have always tried to stick to the adage : "If you haven't got the money, don't buy it". My Dad kind of tried to guide me & other than a mortgage of course, if I can't afford to buy it, I don't buy it. I won't borrow money for a car - probably why I drive an Omega 
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Omega General Help / Re: Battery terminal clamp - dumb question cos I'm an idiot!
« on: 24 January 2018, 10:43:56 »Maybe a suitably positioned spanner under the bonnet is the answer.Provided I fit it properly, I don't see whats wrong with the isolator - no spanner to find or loose
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Omega General Help / Re: Battery terminal clamp - dumb question cos I'm an idiot!
« on: 24 January 2018, 10:42:25 »Pos and neg terminals are different sizes, the isolator should be fitted to the neg usually.Thanks...I will attempt fitting the new one when it arrives
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General Car Chat / Re: Vans.... any experts?
« on: 24 January 2018, 07:59:28 »This bloke is based in Oxford & sells ex plod, no idea if he`s any good mindThanks...I had already seen a couple they were advertising, will keep an eye
https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/forcevans
Ebay trading rules might play in your favour if it turns out to be a lemon
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General Car Chat / Re: Vans.... any experts?
« on: 23 January 2018, 19:29:43 »
I suppose there is always an element of luck....& risk. I can only try & mitigate against any huge bills/disasters by going for one with a good history
& reasonable mileage. There are an awful lot of Sprinters on the road, I assumed because they were very reliable but maybe it's because of lack of choice. The Transits seem very popular too but maybe for the same reason. The Transits are a bit cheaper so I could get something newer & therefore less likely to start rusting
Or maybe, I go cheaper & keep funds in reserve in case of any future big bills...
Anyhow, radar is now switched on & being monitored!
& reasonable mileage. There are an awful lot of Sprinters on the road, I assumed because they were very reliable but maybe it's because of lack of choice. The Transits seem very popular too but maybe for the same reason. The Transits are a bit cheaper so I could get something newer & therefore less likely to start rusting
Or maybe, I go cheaper & keep funds in reserve in case of any future big bills...Anyhow, radar is now switched on & being monitored!
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General Car Chat / Re: Vans.... any experts?
« on: 23 January 2018, 17:06:33 »
Are the new shape Transits likely to be any better than the old?
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Omega General Help / Re: Dti stall then non start
« on: 23 January 2018, 16:48:46 »
Is there fuel in the tank?
Could be the fuel pump maybe?
Could be the fuel pump maybe?
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Omega General Help / Re: Battery terminal clamp - dumb question cos I'm an idiot!
« on: 23 January 2018, 16:46:37 »Just a thought but aren't the +ve and -ve terminals different sizes (one larger than the other) - were you trying to fit it to the right one?...possibly not! It wouldn't be the first time I've done something totally idiotic & I'm sure it won't be the last, if that is the case
I could be talking bollards, mind
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General Discussion Area / Re: Driver caught with shed on roof
« on: 23 January 2018, 16:41:47 »
Sorry, I didn't mean to kidnap the story... 