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

« on: 12 January 2024, 23:07:58 »

I get about 20,000 miles, or 12 months, out of my tyres. Mid range American thingies. Hard to make the front wheels let go on an auto.

Not that I'd want to, of course.

The Astras don't do many miles , Mrs Builder drives like she stole it and gets similar wear to you , 20000 miles over 3 years
she's got Goodyear Vector 4 season gen 3 (about £80 a corner)
I'm not doing burn-outs or driving like a mentalist 
my rear tyres don't last
(Hunter hawkeye checked not long ago, so it's not alignment issues)
I've tried all sorts of tyres too ,Pirelli P7, goodyear efficient grip  ,Avon zv7,roadstone eurovis sport,  DAVANTI DX390
so i'm NOT buying Goodyear Vector 4 season gen 3 for mine at £170 per corner 

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

« on: 12 January 2024, 21:36:10 »

Anyway haven't you heard of climate change? 

That's why we haven't had a winter tyre thread recently. 

I've had to scrape the "global warming" off my windows many mornings 

The new tyres are B rated wet grip ,ready  for the return of persistent rain AFTER the ice age 
the compound seems "soft" so probably won't last long  but my rear tyres never last anyway ,
The rears always wear more on the inner edge (weight of the bodies in the boot  )
and i sack them off when they are down to 3 to 4 mm

but that's ok, tyres are a "consumable item"
i've got 3 sets of wheels for My omega 

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

« on: 12 January 2024, 18:16:52 »

Winter's nearly over Dave! 

did I miss the "Winter Tyre thread" 

The season "Winter" ends 20th March ,the end of last march was 4" of snow
the Cold ,snowy bit starts next week 
the road to the bunker (top of a hill) is not gritted 
my Summer tyres are good for the 10 months a year it rains constantly 
not much good on a skating rink 

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

« on: 12 January 2024, 17:11:59 »

Tripled it's value 
full tank of E5
4 new "winter" black round things for the corners ,ready for the impeding "ICE AGE" next week 
and a quick wash and wax*

wax* shampoo and wash off ,I didn't spend hours polishing it

I'll have to actually fit the winter wheels tomorrow myself , I dropped them off to be re-booted and only just got them back
I dropped them off yesterday morning 

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General Car Chat / Re: Talking Of Big Pick Ups

« on: 12 January 2024, 16:58:59 »

I wonder if it's capable of trundling along Welsh style at 20mph even at tickover.   

Yes they can
I was stuck behind one today ,Lichfield ,doording along at 20 in a 30 
private reg *** 805s in an illegal font
"Boss" the GO pedal more d**khead 
 

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: clips to pollen filter cover 2.6

« on: 11 January 2024, 17:07:18 »

These ?  90458358

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

« on: 09 January 2024, 17:41:53 »

I had a "P RANGE" fault and no GO GO juice reading for a while 

Today I emptied all the bodies out the boot  got to he tank wiring

I got the ye olde multimeter out and did some diagnostics

It was one of the wires IN the tank for the gauge ,high resistance  , now sorted 

It took the drive back for the "wallet thickness sensor" in the driver's seat to inform the computer how much fuel I didn't have 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Paula Vennels

« on: 09 January 2024, 17:31:52 »

It shows how wrong the British legal system gets things quite often 

Hopefully a proper investigation NOW will name and shame ALL those involved in the cover up and injustice

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General Discussion Area / Re: Back to school today!

« on: 09 January 2024, 17:25:23 »

Surprises me how many People never bother to learn the lingo of the country they're in.   

Mrs Maqmood (aka Mrs Mack) down the road has lived here for 50 ? years & doesn't speak English! 

Probably too late to worth bothering to learn English now 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Back to school today!

« on: 08 January 2024, 21:38:14 »

My Older sister can speak Welsh ,she moved there 40+ years ago (Anglesey)
I remember the keeper of the "local shop for local people" next door didn't speak English

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General Car Chat / Re: Not The Brightest...

« on: 08 January 2024, 19:25:56 »

IIRC Diesel Mondeos let their own tyres down in protest 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Dead Person

« on: 08 January 2024, 19:05:24 »

I don't think anyone mentioned David Soul, died last week.

My soul died long before last week 

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General Discussion Area / Re: These animals need to evolve

« on: 08 January 2024, 19:02:23 »

She'd need to keep her hood on in the UK to keep warm 

there are some EVIL people in this world 

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?

« on: 08 January 2024, 17:25:25 »

Travelodge.  Apparently the price when it was booked is no longer valid now I'm stood at reception.  self-abusers.

Apple. Poxy useless, stupid oppsing phone no longer broadcasts out its hotspot, despite if saying it is.  Apple's best solution is to talk to them once I've reset the networking on the phone, and if that doesn't help, factory rest the phone.  How about opps Off Jobs you useless idiot.

Steve Jobs died of complications* from pancreatic cancer Oct. 2011.

complications*
Maybe his doctors where doing 26 apple updates on their phones ,rather than saving his life 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Back to school today!

« on: 08 January 2024, 17:18:04 »

 Surprises me how many People never bother to learn the lingo of the country they're in.