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General Discussion Area / Re: B*gger!!
« on: 03 January 2007, 16:29:56 »
Thats a bugger! sorry to hear that, seams to be fate bringing you back to Omega's 
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General Discussion Area / Re: Insurance question
« on: 01 January 2007, 11:45:21 »Quote
QuoteAll of these companies should have come back on "confused"I've found you don't always get the best quotes using the 'find cheapest' websites...
confused.com sucks, takes years to enter in all the info they want, and never give you an accurate quote.
I am with Direct Line, 5 years NCB, 3 points, driveway here and in Hayes, London. £450 ish - Fully comp, and i am 22!! i know a guy who is 18 and lives in Hayes with a 1.4 Corsa and pays over 2k for insurance
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General Discussion Area / Re: MOT day tomorrow
« on: 02 January 2007, 19:29:19 »
Nice one, hope it goes well.
Guessing £30 is for 1/2 labour?
Was in Halfords today could not believe the price of Oil, some of the top branded Mobile and Castrol stuff was £45 for 5L !!
Even Halfords own cheap brand was £11 for 5L, well chuffed at TC GM stuff at £8.50 + Vat
Guessing £30 is for 1/2 labour?
Was in Halfords today could not believe the price of Oil, some of the top branded Mobile and Castrol stuff was £45 for 5L !!
Even Halfords own cheap brand was £11 for 5L, well chuffed at TC GM stuff at £8.50 + Vat
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General Discussion Area / Re: Good days shopping
« on: 02 January 2007, 17:38:16 »Quote
No, not for oil, you stick them to the engine/wing etc and put bolts in them as you remvoe them....dont loose them then!
Sounds useful, i already lost one of the covers for the wipers nuts, when removing the scuttle once.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Good days shopping
« on: 02 January 2007, 17:05:36 »Quote
I recommend one of those magnetic trays .......very useful.
Magnetic? you mean it sticks the sump?
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General Discussion Area / Re: Good days shopping
« on: 02 January 2007, 16:55:53 »Quote
QuoteAlso went over to Halfords, bought myself one those 150 piece socket sets for £99, got some heavy duty work overalls too and an adaptor so my breaker bar will work with the new set.
Get a thick rag to so you dont bruise your hands every time you use the spanners!
Yeah TB warned me on that, rest of the set feels good and chunky though
Only need a few more things now, my own brake bleed kit and oil tray, i keep having to borrow TB's!
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General Discussion Area / Re: Good days shopping
« on: 02 January 2007, 16:03:59 »Quote
QuoteAll in all a good day, although Vauxhall of Milton Keynes turned their nose up at TB's TC cardI have similar frequent discussions with certain members of the parts staff as well.... ....all in all, not my favourite dealer
And Marks_DTM is now having to fix all the years of 'servicing' done by that dealer on his prefacelift CDX
My dad hates them 2, when he was working at Fox Mile in MK Unisys had 100's of Vauxhalls. You rang them up saying can i book my car in, "yes sir no problem" - dad asks "can you give me a lift back to the office?" (its about 2 miles away max) "ohhh ermm i dunno sir might have a problem with that, errm err no sorry sir"
In the end he used another dealer who specialised in Vauxhalls, he just left his key at the front desk. They came and collected it, serviced it using GM parts, dropped it back with a bottle of wine on the front seat!!!
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General Discussion Area / Re: Good days shopping
« on: 02 January 2007, 15:36:41 »
plans for tommorow:
coolant change and flush on my 2.2 from Blue to red
cam sensor change
breather & throttle body clean
Replace Cam sensor
oil & filter change
Then onto my dads
Replace breather pipes, and clean others. Also clean throttle body
Oil & filter change
Change brake pads and sensors
Gunna be busy tommorow!
coolant change and flush on my 2.2 from Blue to red
cam sensor change
breather & throttle body clean
Replace Cam sensor
oil & filter change
Then onto my dads
Replace breather pipes, and clean others. Also clean throttle body
Oil & filter change
Change brake pads and sensors
Gunna be busy tommorow!
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General Discussion Area / Good days shopping
« on: 02 January 2007, 15:34:52 »
Borrowed TB's TC card today and done a bit of shopping!
4 x 5L Red Coolant
2 x 5L Oil - (They had an offer of buy 4 get 1 free, bit it was on the 20L bottles!)
2 x 500ml Brake Fluid
Brake Sensors
Breather Piper for a 2.2 (cheaper than carb cleaner)
And the smallest item was the most expensive, the cam sensor.
Also went over to Halfords, bought myself one those 150 piece socket sets for £99, got some heavy duty work overalls too and an adaptor so my breaker bar will work with the new set.
All in all a good day, although Vauxhall of Milton Keynes turned their nose up at TB's TC card - He said these cards only have certian zones or something, bull i thought cause TB buys all his stuff here - Anywho he gave me trade anyway but charged to some random business :-/
Also found my car prefers country driving!!, did blast to Milton Keynes reset the MPG when i left home, 25 miles each way of country driving, gave it some stick to, 70 most of the way 2 overtaking from 45 to 80... 6k rpm the lot... town driving though Buckingham & Milton Keynes also back in Brackley via the Bank. Got home averaged 31.4
4 x 5L Red Coolant
2 x 5L Oil - (They had an offer of buy 4 get 1 free, bit it was on the 20L bottles!)
2 x 500ml Brake Fluid
Brake Sensors
Breather Piper for a 2.2 (cheaper than carb cleaner)
And the smallest item was the most expensive, the cam sensor.
Also went over to Halfords, bought myself one those 150 piece socket sets for £99, got some heavy duty work overalls too and an adaptor so my breaker bar will work with the new set.
All in all a good day, although Vauxhall of Milton Keynes turned their nose up at TB's TC card
- He said these cards only have certian zones or something, bull i thought cause TB buys all his stuff here - Anywho he gave me trade anyway but charged to some random business :-/Also found my car prefers country driving!!, did blast to Milton Keynes reset the MPG when i left home, 25 miles each way of country driving, gave it some stick to, 70 most of the way 2 overtaking from 45 to 80... 6k rpm the lot... town driving though Buckingham & Milton Keynes also back in Brackley via the Bank. Got home averaged 31.4
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General Discussion Area / Re: Cruise Stalk Part number (Petrol)
« on: 02 January 2007, 19:31:25 »Quote
QuoteOrder it and pay for it while you have TC card, then pick it up in a few days... You could try calling them, quoting TC number and giving your credit card number over phone - the old chap in there may be happy to do that and save you a trip...QuoteAll Petrol (4 wire)...
SWITCH, ASSY., TURN SIGNAL/DIM/DIP (IDENT BJ) 20SE, X20SE, X20XEV, X25XE, X20DTH T1000001- 9181011 12 41 215 1
Note: FOR AUTO CRUISE CONTROL
Ignore breakpoint, this one supersedes earlier ones...
Cheers, i'll save that for later. I might pop to Banbury tomorrow as well if time and get a stalk for my Dad.
Good idea that!! I can use dads credit card too!
Nice one, i'll ring up tomorrow and do that. Think I will note the number down so i can do that in future too
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General Discussion Area / Re: Cruise Stalk Part number (Petrol)
« on: 02 January 2007, 18:45:06 »Quote
All Petrol (4 wire)...
SWITCH, ASSY., TURN SIGNAL/DIM/DIP (IDENT BJ) 20SE, X20SE, X20XEV, X25XE, X20DTH T1000001- 9181011 12 41 215 1
Note: FOR AUTO CRUISE CONTROL
Ignore breakpoint, this one supersedes earlier ones...
Cheers, i'll save that for later. I might pop to Banbury tomorrow as well if time and get a stalk for my Dad.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Cruise Stalk Part number (Petrol)
« on: 02 January 2007, 18:08:14 »
MK Vx did'nt have one or I would have got one, its for my dads megga.
Might order one from that three valleys place
Might order one from that three valleys place
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General Discussion Area / Cruise Stalk Part number (Petrol)
« on: 02 January 2007, 09:19:28 »
As above, don't want the dealer to quote me on the wrong one. Need a part number on a stalk for a petrol omega.
Thanks
Thanks
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General Discussion Area / Re: 2007 Caption Competition
« on: 01 January 2007, 17:38:42 »Quote
Gwilym finally gets round to doing a 'How 2 fit omega roof bars'
I like that one.
"BBC Top Gear News - The Toyota from Season 6 Episode 4, gets a new lease of life, sold in Iraq as a 'good runner' by James May"
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General Discussion Area / Re: holiday destinations plz...
« on: 01 January 2007, 22:10:54 »
they had a dogs water bowl outside even though it was shut. We made use of that, well the dog did anyway 