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7981

General Car Chat / Re: Enough beemers already

« on: 10 December 2010, 09:45:08 »

thats a lot of torque del,makes you wonder how the gearbox and diff don't tie themselves in knots

7982

General Car Chat / Re: Going to get shot down in flames

« on: 09 December 2010, 09:41:01 »

Just be careful if it gets slippery as they are absolute shite as a 4x4

they say the new ones are better in this respect although wide road tyres will obviously limit any serious off road work

7983

General Car Chat / Re: Going to get shot down in flames

« on: 09 December 2010, 09:12:09 »

be careful in the snow del,might not be seen in white

7984

General Car Chat / Re: Kia Sedona

« on: 07 December 2010, 23:04:59 »

my father in law bought one new in 2001 and it needed a new head at 4 years 40 odd thousand miles(2.9 diesel),I believe the bill at the time was about 2.5k

7985

General Car Chat / Re: Cop an ear full of this. Supercharged v8.

« on: 07 December 2010, 12:58:48 »

that sounds epic,glad it was well strapped down

7986

General Car Chat / Re: Vr4 Mitsibushi Legnum.

« on: 07 December 2010, 09:41:59 »

I had a 2.5 V6 Galant (1998) for a short few months.  Interior was dull, but very comfortable.  The Leather was excellent quality.  Performance was not what I was expecting from a V6 though, very sluggish compared to the Omega...... probably down to the Auto in the Mitsubishi being rubbish (INVECS 2 I think).

I had a 98 v6 manual and loved it,good on fuel and in manual form pretty quick,in fact the only reason I don't still have it is because of low kerb/towing weight.One of the best cars I have ever owned

7987

General Car Chat / Re: Wish me luck...

« on: 03 December 2010, 13:37:18 »

At least you won't feel the various cuts and scrapes until you get back indoors

you shouldn't even bleed much until you thaw out

7988

General Car Chat / Re: It Failed!!!!!

« on: 18 November 2010, 19:54:47 »

...
007 Nearside rear braking system leaking (BURST ON TEST) ....

I assume that this MOT station also does repairs.  :-/ It does seem rather coincidental  :-?  :-?  :-?
In 30yrs of owning a car I've never had a brake hose burst, they've needed replacing due to being perished, but to burst on a car as old as yours ...... :-/  :-/  :-/  :-/

I have seen several pipes burst on test over the years, mainly pipes that are hidden by exhaust shields and the like and mostly on renaults

It does seem a coincidence though that Mr MOT man failed most lengths of brake pipe due to 'rust' on a car somewhat newer than mine, and then a pipe just happens to burst on test too?  :-?  :-?  :-?

true I suppose

7989

General Car Chat / Re: It Failed!!!!!

« on: 18 November 2010, 19:47:56 »

...
007 Nearside rear braking system leaking (BURST ON TEST) ....

I assume that this MOT station also does repairs.  :-/ It does seem rather coincidental  :-?  :-?  :-?
In 30yrs of owning a car I've never had a brake hose burst, they've needed replacing due to being perished, but to burst on a car as old as yours ...... :-/  :-/  :-/  :-/

I have seen several pipes burst on test over the years, mainly pipes that are hidden by exhaust shields and the like and mostly on renaults

7990

General Car Chat / Re: It Failed!!!!!

« on: 18 November 2010, 12:13:18 »

hard luck mate,looks worse than it is on paper though,good luck with the repairs

7991

General Car Chat / Re: Tyres Follow on

« on: 26 November 2010, 15:46:53 »

Kumho ku31 give good value apparently.

I have used khumo on a few different cars and think they are pretty good for the money,the mig will have some when it needs replacements

7992

General Car Chat / Re: LPG Prices.

« on: 28 November 2010, 20:53:20 »

watch this space LPG will be the same price as diesel in 10 years

It was the same a few years ago when diesel was much cheaper than petrol then diesel car sales took off and so Did diesel fuel prices

7993

General Car Chat / Re: Triumph Herald

« on: 23 November 2010, 15:53:15 »

stunning example although I never fancied a herald,if it was a mk2 vitesse I would be getting excited

7994

General Car Chat / Re: Mot law on tyres

« on: 20 November 2010, 13:01:43 »

I believe thats it 1mm across centre 75% of tread and outside of this can be smooth,

Edit it's 1.6 mm as btc says below

7995

General Car Chat / Re: Advice please on a possible 4x4

« on: 17 November 2010, 11:56:48 »

Economy, cost of running, reliability are key factors.

I think that might possibly rule out a Jeep Cherokee. That is a big vehicle. I don't really want anything that will average less than 23mpg even on diesel.

Toyota? ?   Only need 4 or 5 seats.

Had another look at a locals SWB Mitsibushi Pajero today. It isn't for sale but has done 140k miles. After a clean up it would be a good buy!! 

Funnily enough just towed a ton of sand home tonight in a trailer up and down the 1 in 5 hills and my neighbour who came with me was mega impressed with the Omega (well it wasn't in one of its periodic fault modes). 

The car that my mig replaced was a grand cherokee 2.5td,that averaged around 27.5mpg on its american trip computer (4.0lt us gallons).
I quite liked it and it was epic off road but not that great on road,I much prefer the mig but will miss four wheel drive come winter if it snows again