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General Discussion Area / Re: miggy sat nav

« on: 03 March 2009, 20:40:14 »

on a pre 98.5 car, there is a really shitty job of wiring the carin loom to car. will also need the simple job of moving tc switch, but you;ll struggle to get a matching TC switch if yours is pre minifacelift

yeah my tc switch is at the side of the radio but i will find some where to put that
 

Easy enough to move to switch bank above radio, but a matching button is harder to find.

Are they soft or hard touch ones?
May have a couple of the hard touch ones from my heaps of Vectra spares.

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General Discussion Area / Re: miggy sat nav

« on: 03 March 2009, 19:40:35 »

ive looked at my dash and i can see where it goes next to my radio just a case of popping the blanks out and fitting it there
just gotta get one now

which is best one to get

Not quite as simple as that i'm afraid.  

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General Discussion Area / Re: miggy sat nav

« on: 03 March 2009, 18:56:56 »

Which one? Phillips Carin or Siemens Navteq?

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General Discussion Area / Re: Vx Insignia - anyone tried one?

« on: 02 March 2009, 16:48:08 »

Yep, drove a few models around Millbrook.

Not impressed with the Autobox - Omega just drops down a peg when you gently press the throttle whereas the Insignia box insists you boot the throttle to the floorboards and hit the kickdown switch before it'll change down.

Apart from that it's a very nicely styled car with reasonable ride quality and the option of 4WD on the V6.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Lotus - Insignia? Anyone.

« on: 02 March 2009, 18:31:31 »

At the time of the Elsie, Vauxhall owned Lotus. That's not the case now.

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General Discussion Area / Re: experian credit check

« on: 01 March 2009, 20:21:10 »

Not really worth it, you'll have a good credit rating so I wouldn't worry  

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General Discussion Area / Re: tyre kickers (pain in the rear time wasters)

« on: 28 February 2009, 20:46:37 »

he couldn't speak a word of english but he understood me when i told him to f**k off

PMSL

The joy of selling cars!

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General Discussion Area / Re: Chrisgixer.......

« on: 28 February 2009, 19:50:36 »

Probably not as cheap though.  :-/

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General Discussion Area / Chrisgixer.......

« on: 28 February 2009, 15:15:42 »

Nav and TMC in display location.....  

http://forum.astraownersnetwork.co.uk/showthread.php?t=53224

Well not quite (NB. Astra has 16:4 aspect screen style), question is, where would you move the CID to?

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General Discussion Area / Re: What car next (and which forum to join)?

« on: 27 February 2009, 10:00:48 »

Usually it's rust that kills a car, not that the rust is terminal, just the fact that the car is worth less than the cost of the welding required.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Another one bites the dust...RIP Miggy

« on: 26 February 2009, 23:29:03 »

In my case there was no one to claim against or anyone claim against me as I was the third accident on the scene with no one else involved. I just decided to modify the crash barrier then spin a 180 degrees and slide sideways past the fire engine and upturned car in lane 1.

What you cannot see on the first picture is that the road is actually sheet ice, it was nearly impossible to stand up on it. The upturned car was acccident 2, out of shot there are two cars up the embankment - accident 1 and behind the fire engine are another sixteen vehicles - accident 4.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Another one bites the dust...RIP Miggy

« on: 26 February 2009, 23:12:00 »

Mine was estimated as at least 5K to fix....

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General Discussion Area / Re: Which would you choose

« on: 23 February 2009, 22:13:40 »

err neither. i would rather walk

That could be arranged

2nd class drive is always better than a first class walk when its raining!  

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General Discussion Area / Re: Which would you choose

« on: 23 February 2009, 21:49:18 »

I went for the Saab simply because it's a GM / Cavalier type product with a better public perception to the Ford. (Saab badge IMHO has a better image).

I suppose the other thing to keep in mind is the age of the driver because different age groups will have different views.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Any one going to WIM this weekend

« on: 23 February 2009, 21:56:32 »

Suggest you get lunch from the Bakery in Chesham town centre while you're over that way.....

Tooooooo many cakes for Tyler!!!!