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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 28 March 2022, 20:12:51 »

Tried ordering various parts from Eurocarshyte ,the payment won't complete the order with paypal or 2 debit cards 
I assume if i go in store tomorrow the discount code won't work and they will expect me to pay sucker prices 

Finally resolved , sort of
I spoke to them and if you pay in store then you have to pay sucker prices with no discount 
they said keep trying to order online  ,it's because the website is busy 
I tried again a few times ,with 3 different debit cards and another paypal payment , no joy 

I then modified the order, removed delivery ,changed to "click and collect" and the order went through with confirmation email strait away   

why did I bother ordering from them 
because ....

2 x KYB Shock Absorber (Rear) 635720142 Vauxhall Omega 2.6 saloon 2003  £34.98 
2 oil filters ,
2 Bosch Cabin Filter ,
1 set amtech 5pc Screw Extractor Set

total £49.03
minus the discount
total was £31.41 INC vat    

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General Car Chat / Re: anybody know this

« on: 28 March 2022, 19:24:04 »

😂 too bloody true. Wonder what the firing order is?👀

I'd have to read the manual 
and after that, with my memory ,re read the manual 

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General Car Chat / Re: anybody know this

« on: 28 March 2022, 17:01:18 »

Like this…..?

https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/lycoming-xr-7755-3-radial-36-engine/nasm_A19781379000

No, too expensive for all the spark plugs ,let alone the fuel 

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 27 March 2022, 19:21:06 »

I didn't adjust the clock on my Omega
I'm a builder , I'll just be an hour later than the usual 'late' for 6 months 

Tried ordering various parts from Eurocarshyte ,the payment won't complete the order with paypal or 2 debit cards 
I assume if i go in store tomorrow the discount code won't work and they will expect me to pay sucker prices 

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 26 March 2022, 22:16:56 »

Washed the Omega and the Boxster. Now have half a bucket of the Sahara desert in my rinse bucket. 
Hoping to change the steering idler and front ARB bushes (for polys) tomorrow.

If you need more sand for your bucket , pop and wash my Onega 

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General Discussion Area / Re: I thought this covid lark was finished

« on: 23 March 2022, 18:36:46 »

Our kid was diagnosed with liver cancer 12 months ago. He's still alive, just.

Cancel that.

Really sorry to hear that Uncle Stemo 

Thanks, Dave, been expecting it for a while and kind of got used to the idea. Can't pretend we were close, hadn't seen him for years. Poor mother will take it quite badly, I expect.

Oh dear , A mother doesn't expect to loose a Son ,so they say .
though not pleasant for any of the family and friends .

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General Discussion Area / Re: I thought this covid lark was finished

« on: 23 March 2022, 18:21:46 »

Our kid was diagnosed with liver cancer 12 months ago. He's still alive, just.

Cancel that.

Really sorry to hear that Uncle Stemo 

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General Car Chat / Re: Astra J held to Ransom by Eden Vauxhall over failed MOT

« on: 22 March 2022, 18:47:15 »

Yes, Dave, the car owes me nothing and, if it went bang, it would be no great loss. But....it's needed every day and reliability is a must. I would obviously like to head off any problems before they occur, but that's not so easy with an ageing car.
You will say that any car, even a new one, can turn out to be unreliable but, if you do, I'll wear me beads out 

It's not let you down badly yet
keep faith in the Astra ,pat it on the dashboard and say "good job" 

rubbing your beads won't help , that's just blind faith 

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General Car Chat / Re: Astra J held to Ransom by Eden Vauxhall over failed MOT

« on: 22 March 2022, 18:18:56 »

The lad, btw, won the open and earned himself £3000.

That's a lot of pot noodles and Dominos 

Another 'worry is that it's never needed any work doing on it. No suspension, exhaust or engine work at all. It could all start going wrong at once and it could become the proverbial money pit 

Bolt on parts    cheap fixes with an indy Garage doing the work IF it needs any 

may as well stick with it till after WW3 

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General Car Chat / Re: Astra J held to Ransom by Eden Vauxhall over failed MOT

« on: 21 March 2022, 18:56:45 »

They cant stop you driving away only advise that the tyres are illegal and you could get fined, corroded spring is a fail BUT in has to be so thin it could snap (unless they have changed regs since I retired 2 years ago, ex tester)

BUT .... it's upto 3 points on your licence and £2500 per tyre if you did drive with the VTS device and MOT database showing "treadwear bellow legal limit" 

as for the spring , they are very thin (8 or 9 mm) on some astras and like much of the MOT guidelines ,"Open to interpretation"
and springs fail all the time ,mostly fracture ,pigtails/ends being very common ,not collapse due to being too thin due to rust IMHO

Manual : suspension#section-5-3-1

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General Car Chat / Re: Astra J held to Ransom by Eden Vauxhall over failed MOT

« on: 21 March 2022, 17:35:38 »

Nothing to stop you having the car recovered .
I know astra springs can be thin (even new) but I've never seen a spring " excessively damaged or corroded" ,they tend to snap long before that
Is the spring a fail or just an advisory ?
about 1 hours work to swap the rear springs as a pair I would think , never timed myself 
Tyres should have been swapped pre MOT if close to legal limit ,you would need to change them anyway .

Have you even got a price off the MOT station ? might not be that bad 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Lesser of the evils

« on: 19 March 2022, 19:27:17 »

Even buying UK produced oil and gas at the going rate would be better than buying it off Putin surely 
also gives some UK jobs ,as opposed to paying Russian army wages 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Well, come on, let's do Ukraine

« on: 19 March 2022, 14:41:38 »

I reckon these three cosmonauts might want to stay in space forever 

Russians board International Space Station in Ukrainian colours https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60804949

it's a good vantage point to watch all the nukes going off  :D

Watch out for strays.

I suspect the Ruskies are better shots with missiles than they appear to be 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Well, come on, let's do Ukraine

« on: 19 March 2022, 12:42:55 »

I reckon these three cosmonauts might want to stay in space forever 

Russians board International Space Station in Ukrainian colours https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60804949

it's a good vantage point to watch all the nukes going off 

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General Discussion Area / Re: P and O

« on: 19 March 2022, 11:43:30 »

"Any publicity is good publicity " so they say 

If Joe public needs to get from one side of a body of water to another ,whilst they might feel sorry for the EX P&O employees , Joe public will probably still use that P&O ferry ,because it beats swimming ,particularly when taking a car or other large item that's hard to tow while swimming 

If I was an ex P&O employee ,after how they treated staff ,I wouldn't want to work for them again anyway 

From P&O's point of view , making massive financial losses long term needed addressing ,the business was a "sinking ship"