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Author Topic: So what have you done to your car today?  (Read 2980264 times)

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STEMO

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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #17895 on: 17 February 2019, 19:20:24 »

I think it will be my last biggish buy, as well. Might as well get a £1500 estate with 12 months MOT for what I put it through.
Plenty of choice of decent estates for sensible money :y
This one's only done 45,000 miles yet, I'm hoping to get a few years out of it. I do 15-16,000 miles per annum, so at least 3-4.
Cue Opti. "3-4 years? It will see you out then".  ;D
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« Reply #17896 on: 17 February 2019, 19:21:56 »

I think it will be my last biggish buy, as well. Might as well get a £1500 estate with 12 months MOT for what I put it through.

I thought you were a staunch 'change 'em every couple of years' type of guy?
I was/am. But, after 45 or so years of wasting my money driving, I think I've finally seen sense. Time will tell.

But you seem to have a surfeit of money burning a hole in your pocket so I'm expecting you to post about your 'almost new 18 plate' very shortly.

Please God don't let it be another derv. :D
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« Reply #17897 on: 17 February 2019, 19:25:22 »

I think it will be my last biggish buy, as well. Might as well get a £1500 estate with 12 months MOT for what I put it through.

I thought you were a staunch 'change 'em every couple of years' type of guy?
I was/am. But, after 45 or so years of wasting my money driving, I think I've finally seen sense. Time will tell.

But you seem to have a surfeit of money burning a hole in your pocket so I'm expecting you to post about your 'almost new 18 plate' very shortly.

Please God don't let it be another derv. :D
My next car will, most definitely, be another diesel.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #17898 on: 17 February 2019, 19:25:47 »

Was told of a Headlight Range warning.

*sigh*
Shame there's not an Omega owners club ,with members familiar with the problem ,and if someone had a 3D printer ,they could manufacture and sell a kit (bracket to hold the arm from popping off,plus a link rod replacement and a standard,off the shelf, metal nipple to screw to the wishbone) or a similar kit for the rear level sensor . :-\
I'd buy one  ;D
I've got a nasty feeling its the loom.  I know what it isn't...   ...it aint the arm popped off.
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« Reply #17899 on: 17 February 2019, 19:26:36 »

I think it will be my last biggish buy, as well. Might as well get a £1500 estate with 12 months MOT for what I put it through.

I thought you were a staunch 'change 'em every couple of years' type of guy?
I was/am. But, after 45 or so years of wasting my money driving, I think I've finally seen sense. Time will tell.

But you seem to have a surfeit of money burning a hole in your pocket so I'm expecting you to post about your 'almost new 18 plate' very shortly.

Please God don't let it be another derv. :D
The missus hasn't joined the club, so it will be her nearly-new I post about.
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« Reply #17900 on: 17 February 2019, 19:30:17 »

I think it will be my last biggish buy, as well. Might as well get a £1500 estate with 12 months MOT for what I put it through.

I thought you were a staunch 'change 'em every couple of years' type of guy?
I was/am. But, after 45 or so years of wasting my money driving, I think I've finally seen sense. Time will tell.

But you seem to have a surfeit of money burning a hole in your pocket so I'm expecting you to post about your 'almost new 18 plate' very shortly.

Please God don't let it be another derv. :D
My next car will, most definitely, be another diesel.

Repent while there is still time. The madness will pass.

Derv will soon be as popular as a Frank Spencer tank top. :)
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« Reply #17901 on: 17 February 2019, 19:32:06 »

I think it will be my last biggish buy, as well. Might as well get a £1500 estate with 12 months MOT for what I put it through.

I thought you were a staunch 'change 'em every couple of years' type of guy?
I was/am. But, after 45 or so years of wasting my money driving, I think I've finally seen sense. Time will tell.

But you seem to have a surfeit of money burning a hole in your pocket so I'm expecting you to post about your 'almost new 18 plate' very shortly.

Please God don't let it be another derv. :D
My next car will, most definitely, be another diesel.

Repent while there is still time. The madness will pass.

Derv will soon be as popular as a Frank Spencer tank top. :)
The less popular, the cheaper  ;)
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« Reply #17902 on: 17 February 2019, 19:35:02 »

I think it will be my last biggish buy, as well. Might as well get a £1500 estate with 12 months MOT for what I put it through.

I thought you were a staunch 'change 'em every couple of years' type of guy?
I was/am. But, after 45 or so years of wasting my money driving, I think I've finally seen sense. Time will tell.

But you seem to have a surfeit of money burning a hole in your pocket so I'm expecting you to post about your 'almost new 18 plate' very shortly.

Please God don't let it be another derv. :D
My next car will, most definitely, be another diesel.

Repent while there is still time. The madness will pass.

Derv will soon be as popular as a Frank Spencer tank top. :)
The less popular, the cheaper ;)

OK.....just so long as the dealer knows you are doing him a great favour by buying it, and lops another 50% off just so he can shift it. I'm sure he'll tell you that diesel cars are really popular.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #17903 on: 17 February 2019, 22:23:29 »

Replaced front discs and pads, bled fresh fluid through then did oil and filter on the daily.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #17904 on: 18 February 2019, 00:27:19 »

Changed the oil and the spark plugs. Well, half of them, anyway. ::)
Changed the rest of the plugs... aaand we have a cam cover gasket failure. Deep joy. >:(
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« Reply #17905 on: 18 February 2019, 09:12:45 »

Washed, cleared and vacuumed all three of them on Friday in the beautiful sunshine.

Felt like I'd run a marathon by Saturday ;D and could barely see out of the windscreen of one through the smeary shite - the kosovans up the road with their brick acid do a much better job than me.

Stuck the Smart on Autotrader.
Picked up the '07 Cooper S.
Took some pictures of the Skoda for Autotrader.

Exciting... ::) ;D
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #17906 on: 18 February 2019, 09:20:39 »

Washed, cleared and vacuumed all three of them on Friday in the beautiful sunshine.

Ahh, WFH? :D
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« Reply #17907 on: 18 February 2019, 09:28:07 »

Washed, cleared and vacuumed all three of them on Friday in the beautiful sunshine.

Ahh, WFH? :D

 ;D Nope, I actually booked the day off work.. we're in the middle of a crushing schedule and I really needed a break. The weekend still went past in the blink of an eye, though!
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« Reply #17908 on: 22 February 2019, 15:03:01 »

New glow plug for my astra. Cost of the glow plug itself......£108.24  :o Add code read and labour £165.89.
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« Reply #17909 on: 22 February 2019, 18:32:56 »

New glow plug for my astra. Cost of the glow plug itself......£108.24  :o Add code read and labour £165.89.

All covered under warranty?
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