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General Discussion Area / Re: Thinking of a BMW.

« on: 28 March 2008, 09:44:25 »

I think, whilst the BMWs of up to the 80's / early to mid 90's stood out as being better than average, the recent cars that I've sampled have been rather disappointing.

Interiors with acres of bland, black plastic which rattles and creaks as you go, uncomfortable seats, quirky styling which I guess you'll either love or hate, and reliability doesn't appear to be what it used to be either. About the only saving grace is that they haven't been tempted to cheapen their model range further and go FWD.

Give me the Omega any day, especially at half the price!

And I'm not even going to go on about the "burberry" image...

Get one by all means, but make sure it's a 70's 3.0 CSL, a 2002Ti or, at the very latest an 80's 635CSi  

 

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Be Careful about 'Naming and Shaming'

« on: 28 March 2008, 09:26:42 »

That the Admins and Mods - and the provider of this forum - can be held legally responsible for other's content, while doing a voluntary job in good faith, is is plain wrong. It is also a poor reflection of our pathetically litigious and selfish society.

Absolutely. The law needs clarifying here. The way I see it, if the admin / owner of a site responds in a constructive way to complaints of unfair information posted therein he has done all he can. What can he be expected to do other than remove the information when it is brought to his attention? Personally moderate every post before publication?

Problem is, once a lawyer sees the opportunity to make some money they will go for everyone, due to lack of any real legal pprecedence on the matter.

It probably doesn't help that most of the legal system are stuffy old baffoons who don't understand the internet, nor the actual contributions made by the various parties involved in hosting, running and contricuting to a web forum.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Read the text carefully....

« on: 28 March 2008, 00:06:57 »

People seem to think they can sell any old cr@p.  

Might be useful for a fiver if I had a cambelt failure on the drive and I wanted to fire it up for a quick compression test before spending too much, but the title should indicate that it's second hand IMHO.

Then again, add 8.50 postage and even the starting price is a rip off.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Manifold vacuum

« on: 27 March 2008, 09:19:01 »

Fantastic bit of kit, one of the single most useful bits of engine diag kit there is!

And unfortunately, they are little used these days....

....even I`ve got one!  
Albeit a simple Gunson`s combined vac/fuel-pressure gauge.....`used it for car and aircraft engine fault finding over the years.....it`s quite old: do they still make `em?

Gunson's "lo-gauge", I think?

I bought one from Halfrauds a few years ago so I assume so.

'ere you go: http://www.frost.co.uk/item_detail.asp?productID=9116

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: rather telly

« on: 27 March 2008, 14:39:44 »

My 32" Sony CRT is still going strong after over eight years of service.  Hard to belive it retailed at £1500 back then and I paid £1200...

Mr Hagon

Mine too. Got it half price refurbed through a mate of mine who worked for Sony. It did go pop once and was fixed under warranty. Has been superb since. Daren't change it as the reliability of TVs in general seems to have taken a dive since then. (not to mention the programmes)

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Opinions Please

« on: 27 March 2008, 14:36:13 »

Irmscher rear end looks good to me.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Does it?  IR or Radio

« on: 27 March 2008, 16:09:32 »

112 and 999 are the only two numbers that you can dial from a phone with the keylock on, because they are both emergency service numbers

You can actually dial them without a SIM card in the phone.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Does it?  IR or Radio

« on: 26 March 2008, 22:19:07 »

1 does, in Europe anyway.

2 doesn't since modern keys work on RF. I guess it would if it was ultrasound... maybe.

3 doesn't unless you have a particular model of Nokia. Advice seems contradictory but it changes a codec that uses more/less power therefore more/less battery.

4 does - it shows your IMEI number. But it's on a sticker under the battery (usually) anyway.

Snopes forum discussion says this:
http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=3419

Thanks for the info - this worked on my Omega - with the handset on speakerphone. Way cool  8-)

What, the unlocking trick? breaked if I know how, and I've worked with mobile phones for 16 years.

1 and 4 are the only 2 that look remotely feasible to me. And 4 is irrelevant because the IMEI is on a label, and your network operator will know it and block it at your request anyway.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: I'M OFF...................

« on: 26 March 2008, 22:46:09 »

Have a good trip

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: 3 ltr Consumption

« on: 27 March 2008, 12:42:26 »

I'm averaging about 23mph in my 3.0 facelift MV6.

 

Heavy traffic round your way?

 

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Hummer - Vauxhall

« on: 26 March 2008, 16:22:14 »

I agree. Awful things.

However, it'd REALLY P*ss Ken off, and considering half of us are in the top CO2 band anyway....

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Dilemma - Whats important - Net Pay or Job Title

« on: 26 March 2008, 21:46:30 »

Just checked its Widows...

I'm with them - pretty good

Unless you fly gliders and want life insurance.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Dilemma - Whats important - Net Pay or Job Title

« on: 26 March 2008, 16:20:14 »

It's they who want to create this new role, and they who want you to move into it. Why should they get a bargain in with the deal? Why should it cost you?

I'd stick to my guns. If they still want you to move, they'll make it more attractive to you.  

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: what do you think to this.....

« on: 25 March 2008, 12:57:49 »

Will be collecting it this week, have no idea what's wrong with it currently, the 'mechanic' who looked at it was speaking to me today, rekoned it was a piston gone, but yet no smoke, oil or water loss

I recall someone mentioned oil pump / low oil pressure problems on 2.6s.  :-/

Could just be a stuck lifter perhaps or low oil pressure not filling the lifters properly.

Anyway, looks like a nice car and a good project.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: what do you think to this.....

« on: 18 March 2008, 23:23:00 »

I'm 100% sure I'm up for 440 quid after 2009. Luckily my tax comes up in January so I've got almost 2 years..

For a car that's right on the borderline, it's got to be a consideration.

If it were a 2003 car, perhaps less of a concern, but if it's a keeper, it'll soon be double the cost to tax as a car 6 months older, and if it's a project, I'd wonder how resale values are going to be hit. :-/

Then again, who can rely on this government to stand by what they've promised? The goal posts will probably have moved by then

Kevin