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General Discussion Area / Re: Word Association.
« on: 04 February 2024, 11:35:18 »
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Omega General Help / Re: Guess what? - An Oil question!
« on: 01 February 2024, 10:51:53 »
Good choice, I think 
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Omega General Help / Re: Guess what? - An Oil question!
« on: 31 January 2024, 23:13:44 »
I've bought 20l of this oil for the Omegas from Smith & Allan and it seems fine. Difficult to say anything other than that - the engines run sweetly on it, no mayo in the filler neck, and they've ve not gone bang....
It is the correct API and ACEA rating for the Omega too.
I did look at Mannoil too, but I wasnt convinced, and I steered towards the Smith & Allan from past experience of their oils.
I've have also used their ATF and EP90 gear oil in my Triumphs and it has been absolutely fine. I would not hesitate to buy more when the time comes.
Their prices seem pretty good too with very quick delivery.
It is the correct API and ACEA rating for the Omega too.
I did look at Mannoil too, but I wasnt convinced, and I steered towards the Smith & Allan from past experience of their oils.
I've have also used their ATF and EP90 gear oil in my Triumphs and it has been absolutely fine. I would not hesitate to buy more when the time comes.
Their prices seem pretty good too with very quick delivery.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Word Association.
« on: 30 January 2024, 20:21:38 »
Me (the saying, not literally 
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General Discussion Area / Re: Vauxhall radio codes
« on: 30 January 2024, 10:28:07 »
What he is basically trying to say is if you have two 2013 /2015 sets and two screens, as long as you know which set belonged to which screen originally, there shouldn't generally be a problem as long as they are kept as a pair, rather than swapping them around.
There is plenty of info on here regarding those particular sets and the problems if they are mispaired, or not unpaired when removed individually from their donor vehicle.
There is plenty of info on here regarding those particular sets and the problems if they are mispaired, or not unpaired when removed individually from their donor vehicle.
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General Discussion Area / Re: New car technology .
« on: 30 January 2024, 10:10:57 »It's not only unnecessary, it's dangerous. Even wifey's humble grandland had wondering why it was 'bonging' at me when I went to fill it up the other day. When I explained where I was and what I was doing she informed me I was probably too close to the car in front for the speed I was doing. What??
I told her I turned the heating on but could only see buttons for front and rear screen defrost, nothing to point the heat into the cabin. She said there wasn't a button for that, I had to go into the touch screen menu. What??
She asked if I remembered to turn off lane assist and stop start before I set off. I told her to fill the fickin thing up herself.
The Daily Mail's motoring correspondent wrote an article a while back saying he had just driven a new model (I forget) and it had buttons! He loved it.
Lane assist certainly is dangerous. It drags the car all over the road.
If I forget to switch it off I am soon reminded as it tries to drag the steering wheel from my hands.
Two of my cars have lane assist (which I very rarely use anyway) - fortunately, I have to activate it myself on both for it to work which isn't a problem. However the system on newer cars seem to set by default to 'activated' mode whenever the ignition has been off, which would do my tree in.
It's like being a pilot, I guess. Going through the cockpit drill before setting off - lane assist off, engine stop / start off, auto hold on.....
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General Discussion Area / Re: New car technology .
« on: 29 January 2024, 10:58:43 »
A few years ago, I drove an Audi E-tron - apart from having to get used to it being an EV, I quickly realised it had no side door mirrors, just two small cameras instead, which relayed an image to a screen in the door panel area. The image wasn't like looking in a door mirror and wasn't what I would describe as a 'real image', and after 50 years of using wing / door mirrors, altering my line of vision to look at the door panel to see what was behind wasn't as easy as it sounds.
Don't know whether they still use it or whether other manufacturers use it as well, but it seemed to me to serve no purpose other than a gimmicky gadget which probably was very costly to replace as the cameras were just as vunerable as door mirrors to drivers who cannot judge the width of the vehicle they are driving.
https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/tech/audi-e-tron-virtual-mirrors-how-does-it-work/
Don't know whether they still use it or whether other manufacturers use it as well, but it seemed to me to serve no purpose other than a gimmicky gadget which probably was very costly to replace as the cameras were just as vunerable as door mirrors to drivers who cannot judge the width of the vehicle they are driving.
https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/tech/audi-e-tron-virtual-mirrors-how-does-it-work/
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General Car Chat / Re: Project anyone?
« on: 27 January 2024, 20:14:47 »
From my experience of driving them in the early 90's, if you drove one now, you may not miss it quite as much as you think... 
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 21 January 2024, 12:53:08 »
Sold (well, yesterday) my '03 2.6 Elite saloon to a nice chap from Norfolk.
Sad to see it go, because it was a lovely straight car, but it wasn't getting the use it deserved. Can now solely enjoy the 3.2 Elites
Sad to see it go, because it was a lovely straight car, but it wasn't getting the use it deserved. Can now solely enjoy the 3.2 Elites