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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #20385 on: 19 May 2020, 08:58:16 »
Quote from: terry paget on 19 May 2020, 08:36:11

I presume that was the commendably rust free silver estate we saw at Brackley.

Mine is the Ultra rare star silver CDX Saloon ,seen here surrounded by more common colour omegas at Brackley  :D ;D



picture courtesy of one of TB's  surveillance satellites  ;D

Such a shame you intend to scrap your last estate Terry ,particularly as it's a manual gearbox one  :'(
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #20386 on: 19 May 2020, 10:43:56 »
Quote from: Rangie on 17 May 2020, 14:55:50
Cleaned the sidesteps / running boards up on the Range Rover Sport, they always looked a bit pitted & stained  even after a wash so a bit of elbow grease and some Solvol Autosol  metal cleaner & they look like new again & working in glorious sunshine 😎

Deployable or fixed ones?
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #20387 on: 19 May 2020, 11:07:50 »
Quote from: dave the builder on 19 May 2020, 08:58:16
Quote from: terry paget on 19 May 2020, 08:36:11

I presume that was the commendably rust free silver estate we saw at Brackley.

Mine is the Ultra rare star silver Saab (Vectra) ,seen here surrounded by more common  omegas at Brackley  :D ;D



picture courtesy of one of TB's  surveillance satellites  ;D



Fixed for correctness
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #20388 on: 19 May 2020, 18:54:35 »
The silver estate that was in pretty great condition belongs to a non member.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #20389 on: 19 May 2020, 18:55:40 »
Pussy's alarm went off twice yesterday, so more electricity put in.  TBE is currently having electricity, and taking an awful lot. I suspect all its short journeys aren't great to the battery.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #20390 on: 19 May 2020, 19:03:03 »
Removed central locking motor from n/s/f door. Then stripped it down ready for microswitch replacement.
Hopefully a little bag of switches will arrive tomorrow so I can take the whole gubbins in to work tomorrow evening and get the switch swapped over.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #20391 on: 19 May 2020, 19:31:24 »
Quote from: TheBoy on 19 May 2020, 18:54:35
The silver estate that was in pretty great condition belongs to a non member.
Would that be the non member that doesn't live in Reading? ::)
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #20392 on: 19 May 2020, 20:09:59 »
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 19 May 2020, 19:31:24
Quote from: TheBoy on 19 May 2020, 18:54:35
The silver estate that was in pretty great condition belongs to a non member.
Would that be the non member that doesn't live in Reading? ::)
He would bean ex member  ;D
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #20393 on: 19 May 2020, 21:04:57 »
Quote from: TheBoy on 19 May 2020, 18:55:40
Pussy's alarm went off twice yesterday, so more electricity put in.  TBE is currently having electricity, and taking an awful lot. I suspect all its short journeys aren't great to the battery.

I went to move the Mondeo this afternoon and it was as dead as the proverbial parrot!  :( 

Luckily I hadn't bother to lock it, so after a bit of a faff pulled the battery out and it's currently on charge. I'm not holding out much hope though as it seemed fine yesterday, but completely dead today....  :-\  :'(

Best put some leccy in Golvo tomorrow.  ::)
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #20394 on: 19 May 2020, 21:44:22 »
Quote from: Sir Tigger QC on 19 May 2020, 21:04:57
Quote from: TheBoy on 19 May 2020, 18:55:40
Pussy's alarm went off twice yesterday, so more electricity put in.  TBE is currently having electricity, and taking an awful lot. I suspect all its short journeys aren't great to the battery.

I went to move the Mondeo this afternoon and it was as dead as the proverbial parrot!  :( 

Luckily I hadn't bother to lock it, so after a bit of a faff pulled the battery out and it's currently on charge. I'm not holding out much hope though as it seemed fine yesterday, but completely dead today....  :-\  :'(

Best put some leccy in Golvo tomorrow.  ::)
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                 .....  ITS NOT DEAD! ....  it’s just resting........



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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #20395 on: 19 May 2020, 22:59:29 »
Quote from: Raeturbo on 19 May 2020, 21:44:22
Quote from: Sir Tigger QC on 19 May 2020, 21:04:57
Quote from: TheBoy on 19 May 2020, 18:55:40
Pussy's alarm went off twice yesterday, so more electricity put in.  TBE is currently having electricity, and taking an awful lot. I suspect all its short journeys aren't great to the battery.

I went to move the Mondeo this afternoon and it was as dead as the proverbial parrot!  :( 

Luckily I hadn't bother to lock it, so after a bit of a faff pulled the battery out and it's currently on charge. I'm not holding out much hope though as it seemed fine yesterday, but completely dead today....  :-\  :'(

Best put some leccy in Golvo tomorrow.  ::)
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                 .....  ITS NOT DEAD! ....  it’s just resting........

No it's not!  It has ceased to be... it is (probably) an ex-battery!   ::)

I'll see if it goes 'voom' tomorrow after I've put 4000 (ish) volts in it!  ;D
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #20396 on: 20 May 2020, 01:08:02 »
 ;D lovely plumage
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #20397 on: 20 May 2020, 07:23:58 »
Quote from: dave the builder on 18 May 2020, 21:49:44
2 years ago Today I started driving the Omega and waved goodbye to my Carlton
managed to haggle £90 off the insurance renewal , cheeky b******   :P

Pathetic.;D I blagged £160 off, but it was house and two cars combined.::)
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #20398 on: 20 May 2020, 11:15:44 »
Quote from: Shackeng on 20 May 2020, 07:23:58
Quote from: dave the builder on 18 May 2020, 21:49:44
2 years ago Today I started driving the Omega and waved goodbye to my Carlton
managed to haggle £90 off the insurance renewal , cheeky b******   :P

Pathetic.;D I blagged £160 off, but it was house and two cars combined.::)
I can still make savings on home insurance ,though that is very cheap anyway
Plus I can save when Mrs Builder's Motor policy is due  :)

Though, I've seen her drive  :o if I was her insurer , the policy would be considerably more  :D  ;D  :-X
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #20399 on: 20 May 2020, 11:33:55 »
Actually drove the Range Rover today ! Had to go up to the caravan storage to empty some equipment out of the van in readiness for its service in 10 days time, very little traffic about.
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