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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: Yesterday at 20:10:58 »
Slow as in foot flat to the floor on a slight incline in 3rd, 50kph is all it would give....
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: Yesterday at 20:09:40 »
A white one. No idea what it is, and it's out of view. But it is dangerously slow.
Optie will cream his jeans because it is petrol.
Optie will cream his jeans because it is petrol.
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General Discussion Area / Re: The Royal Train
« on: Yesterday at 20:07:53 »
Even Charlie realises that trains are stupid Victorian technology, and should be resigned to history...
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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: Yesterday at 20:06:08 »I remember that well, shame they ruined Friars Square and the underground market with the crap redevelopment 35ish years ago. I know the old Friars Square was a bit 1960s brutalist, but was miles better. And it had a Wimpy.Wimpy …….
A couple of years back, their famous Bender in a Bun got renamed Mr Bendy. Clearly that is too much for middle class Oxfordian types with nothing better to do, and has now called Pork Bendy.
For years I thought Wimpy had gone completely, since we lost the one in your old homeland formerly known as Cadena Cafe. It was years later that I realised that they still existed.
How the hell can a Pork Bender be more acceptable than a Mr Bendy.
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: Yesterday at 20:00:31 »
Speaking of VAGs, I dumped mine in the short stay, and now running around in a VAG shitbox.
I singlehandedly makes the Battlebus feel powerful and fast
I singlehandedly makes the Battlebus feel powerful and fast
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Omega Gallery / Re: First daylight in 4 months...
« on: 01 July 2025, 14:36:14 »
That looks pretty tidy 
Post up more
Post up more
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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: 01 July 2025, 07:49:27 »
Wimpy pissing around with their menu, trying to be trendy.
Fortunately the bloke knew I just wanted a halfpounder, delivered on a nice china plate, with a knife and fork.
A couple of years back, their famous Bender in a Bun got renamed Mr Bendy. Clearly that is too much for middle class Oxfordian types with nothing better to do, and has now called Pork Bendy.
Fortunately the bloke knew I just wanted a halfpounder, delivered on a nice china plate, with a knife and fork.
A couple of years back, their famous Bender in a Bun got renamed Mr Bendy. Clearly that is too much for middle class Oxfordian types with nothing better to do, and has now called Pork Bendy.
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 30 June 2025, 08:17:32 »I tend to use the short stays when going abroad, though that is more about my idleness and utter hatred of those transfer buses than any concern about my car. And as a rule, they ain't the cheapest.Retrieved TPC from Gatwick Long stay. The ground all down the right side was covered in glass.There is no way that I would leave my car, no matter how plain and boring, in any long stay car park.
No damage or evidence and tampering on my car, so can only assume that it was less interesting than whatever was parked next to it
Someone had a shitty end to their holiday
That said, the short stay at Luton is well known not to be the safest place, and ever since that burnt down, we take things like house keys with us
One place I won't leave mine is the car parks in Birmingham city centre, as the cartel of gangs use them for acquiring parts to sell, and the police see them as no-go areas. Even shitboxes are targetted, depending on whatever they have sold on egay etc.
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Omega General Help / Re: Oil cooler from ACS Parts
« on: 28 June 2025, 10:51:19 »
I should add the latter GM oil coolers were stainless, so tend to be more corrosion resistant than the earlier ones. I think the changeover point was around 1997?
If you have a stainless one, and keep on top of coolant servicing, they tend not to give problems.
If you have a stainless one, and keep on top of coolant servicing, they tend not to give problems.
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Omega General Help / Re: Oil cooler from ACS Parts
« on: 28 June 2025, 10:49:34 »
Never used that one.
You may wish to replace the oil cooler plate at same time, as these sometimes corrode and leak.
You may wish to replace the oil cooler plate at same time, as these sometimes corrode and leak.
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 27 June 2025, 13:26:02 »Ad no longer visible, but I'm guessing some clapped out Merc that will struggle to outlast the Mundano?https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202506233799176
Thar do lad. Local and reasonably priced. You'll not miss it long
You never fail us!
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 25 June 2025, 17:22:07 »The Mondeo catastrophically failed it's MOT today.What's killed it? Rust?The End.
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Omega General Help / Re: Gearbox issues
« on: 25 June 2025, 17:20:45 »
Assuming fluid level is correct, at that stage in the UK, we'd replace the box - but spare parts from breakers are cheap here.
If you read the codes in the transmission, are you seeing a P0730 Incorrect Ratio?
If you read the codes in the transmission, are you seeing a P0730 Incorrect Ratio?
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Omega General Help / Re: Omega X25XE Oil pressure light flickering at idle
« on: 24 June 2025, 08:59:39 »
As Doctor Gollum suggests, check the oil pickup (which is always worth doing, despite the slight mess and hassle - plus you can clean the sump out at the same time - and consider using a slightly thicker oil. 10W40 Semi Synth was the original spec for that age Omega.
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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: 22 June 2025, 09:19:01 »Thanks for all your kind words fella's. She has now just been moved onto the cardiac ward, en suite room, comfy bed and a telly. She reckons she's been in worse hotels.Wishing her a speedy recovery. She in the right place and the right ward, and sounds like she is as comfortable as she can be.