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General Car Chat / Re: What's everyone driving these days?
« on: 24 July 2022, 05:44:54 »
I bought a Mercedes E class 350Cdi Estate to replace the Elite Estate I used to have, really love it, i'd buy another if i need to replace it. I've also got a 1990 Porsche 928 which keeps me poor..

Unsung hero car. I like them. :y


Has always been my desirable Porsche totally unattainable over 30 years ago but I bought mine when prices were low 9 years ago. Not cheap to run around 15 mpg on E5 petrol, 911 owners tend to look down their noses at them, it does get used but probably not enough. It goes to LeMans Classic (but not this year) every other year, I do quite a few car shows with it, the 5Lt V8 sounds lovely..

NA so I'm guessing 300-350 ponies. :y

Around 320, there has been a couple of bolt on supercharger kits from the States for around $9K but mainly for LHD and not really suitable for RHD

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General Car Chat / Re: What's everyone driving these days?
« on: 21 July 2022, 09:46:43 »
I bought a Mercedes E class 350Cdi Estate to replace the Elite Estate I used to have, really love it, i'd buy another if i need to replace it. I've also got a 1990 Porsche 928 which keeps me poor..

Unsung hero car. I like them. :y


Has always been my desirable Porsche totally unattainable over 30 years ago but I bought mine when prices were low 9 years ago. Not cheap to run around 15 mpg on E5 petrol, 911 owners tend to look down their noses at them, it does get used but probably not enough. It goes to LeMans Classic (but not this year) every other year, I do quite a few car shows with it, the 5Lt V8 sounds lovely..

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General Car Chat / Re: What's everyone driving these days?
« on: 20 July 2022, 21:56:26 »
I bought a Mercedes E class 350Cdi Estate to replace the Elite Estate I used to have, really love it, i'd buy another if i need to replace it. I've also got a 1990 Porsche 928 which keeps me poor..

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General Discussion Area / Re: Dead Person
« on: 30 December 2020, 13:39:02 »

Leslie West - Singer, Guitarist with the band Mountain. Did some songs that most will have heard. Used to be really fat but lost weight in more recent years. Anyway, gone now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwql7NyQI4k

I saw Mountain in the 70's at the then called Rainbow Theatre in London, still have some vinyl and Cd's, time to get the 'Flower of Evils' out...   

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Test Zone / Re: Test Picture
« on: 27 May 2020, 16:27:19 »
We're fine thanks.. I still keep a check on this forum despite not owning an Omega.

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Test Zone / Re: Test Picture
« on: 27 May 2020, 16:17:58 »
I remember that, shut the road for a few days...

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General Car Chat / Re: Things you don't see today.
« on: 20 April 2020, 13:53:22 »
Green Shield Stamps..

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General Car Chat / Re: Formula One Autocentres
« on: 07 March 2020, 07:05:37 »
Lizze, my local one in Chatham (opposite Rochester airfield) were the cheapest for a pair of Continentals on my Porsche. I gave them a list of do's and don'ts, no air guns (he said they don't use air guns at all) the wheels need to be put back a certain way, there's a red dot on one of the wheel studs which goes opposite the valve, and the locking wheel nut goes over the red dot. Tyre pressure at 32 psi, and torque the wheel nuts to 110 N/m.

He wrote it on the job sheet and informed the fitter doing the work. I assume he did all that because I haven't checked yet... 

They seems a friendly bunch, I've used them before and probably use them again if the price is right.. But as said before it depends whose running the shop..

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General Discussion Area / Re: 3D Printer Chat
« on: 27 December 2019, 18:27:21 »
I've recently bought a Creality CR-10, as mentioned before they require a lot of setting up and then resetting when started back up. I have mine connected through a Raspberry Pi using Octoprint so its linked into my PC. Still trying to get to grips with 3D Cad drawings and Slicer settings.

There's a lot of stuff about most printers and software on youtube. Most of it seems to be making parts for the printers to correct in built faults before making anything useful..

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General Discussion Area / Re: Dead Person
« on: 04 June 2019, 12:06:12 »
Paul Darrow,, Blakes7. Dead.

Didn't another cast member die recently?  :-\

Jacqueline Pearce who played Servalan, died in September..

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Wither J3 for M20 or J2 for A2/M2

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I have 2 sets of towing/caravan mirrors for both a Pre-Facelift and Facelift Omega's. They clamp onto the mirror housing so are shaped to fit..

Free to anyone who wants to pick them up from ME5 Chatham Kent. I would appreciate a small donation to a charity of your choice..








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I sold my Omega over 2 years ago but never got round to changing the gearbox oil. I have 2 x 5 Lts of Fuchs Titan ATF 4000 Dexron III oil and a set of sump gaskets with oil filter..

£40 ono for the lot, pickup only from ME5 Chatham Kent






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General Discussion Area / Re: For the geeks...
« on: 16 August 2018, 10:59:09 »
I usually try to book the emergency exits seats for more leg room, invariably they are row 12 and 13, for some reason row 13 is usually available and I book it. If I'm unlucky then so are all the other passengers...   ;D

Trouble is, 12/13 are in the middle of the plane, and as often as not they board/offload front and rear so you'll be last off. Also the bacon butties will have run out long before they get to 12/13 from either the front or back.

I usually try for rows 5 or 6 - the first of the cheap rows. Reasonably quick off, and providing the muppets in 1-4 don't realise what they're missing there is usually some food left. The back rows are best for food though - the front cabin crew service the pilots first before starting on the cattle. The cabin crews down the back just start at rows 25/30 so once they've got my name on a butty I'm safe and can relax. However, if they don't offload from the rear steps then you will be last off which is risky on a Sunday night arrival into somewhere like Stansted..

I'm in no hurry to get off as the hold luggage will take ages to get off and to the carousel.. Just stay sat in your seat till the rush has gone..   :)

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