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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: 08 February 2024, 10:09:37 »
and tried cooking a cake in the air fryer (nice coconut cake, 3slices gone sorry diet!)
I keep making Mrs TheBoy make cakes in the air fryer, and will keep doing so until it comes out perfect.  And probably still keep doing so ;D

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 08 February 2024, 10:03:05 »
Range Rover going into my indi today, got a brake fluid leak on rear offside, glad I noticed it before towing the tin tent.
Know where the leak is from, ie, caliper, flex hose or rigid pipework?

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: 06 February 2024, 20:11:24 »
Having walked 2 miles to the dentist to have a tooth out, I was told I needed a tooth specialist, and the dentists surgery didn't have any, so need to be referred.  So I walked 2 miles home again.

Its been going on since October, and I've lost count of the number of temporary fillings this tooth has had - including 3 on Friday alone - whilst they play ping pong with whoever the supposed tooth specialist is who keeps rejecting the referral.


How hard can it be?
Just go private for that particular problem, Jaime. You don't have to stay with the private dentist, and I can't see one extraction being that expensive.
Last time I went for a check up, the young lad said I needed to see the hygienist. What? You send schoolchildren to see the hygienist when they're not brushing their teeth properly, not 70 year old men. They are skint, and will do anything to get a few bob out of you. Annual checkups don't cut the mustard. I didn't make an appointment and, if he pushes me next time, I'll tell him to shove it. There is a private dentist just around the corner, and he doesn't insist on regular visits. Toothache=tooth out at my age.
I am private.  I dread to think what service NHS dentists give!!

184
Omega General Help / Re: What code reader do i need?
« on: 06 February 2024, 20:07:52 »
And does the spare key work?

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 06 February 2024, 15:49:05 »
And rightfully so too, fuc£ing bastards want 200.000 cows culled FFS
That'll get Greta all excited

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: 06 February 2024, 15:45:45 »
Having walked 2 miles to the dentist to have a tooth out, I was told I needed a tooth specialist, and the dentists surgery didn't have any, so need to be referred.  So I walked 2 miles home again.

Its been going on since October, and I've lost count of the number of temporary fillings this tooth has had - including 3 on Friday alone - whilst they play ping pong with whoever the supposed tooth specialist is who keeps rejecting the referral.


How hard can it be?

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General Discussion Area / Re: Police for sale?
« on: 05 February 2024, 17:49:47 »
……………..
Only one is keyless entry, but both are keyless start, so presumably both vulnerable to relay attacks ………….

Although both of mine are keyless, I personally can’t see any benefit from them being keyless. I unlock the door, chuck the key fob in to the double cup holder and off I go. If I grab a drink en-route  I then have to move the key somewhere else.
I can’t leave the key in my pocket as it doesn’t take much pressure to activate the powered tailgate from the key fob.  ::)
My earlier BMW’s had a slot in the dash, which was not only an immobiliser link but also somewhere to park the key.   :y
Some things are just unnecessary.  ::)
Like many other gimmicks, I've actually got quite used to it, and would miss not having it now.  Key stays in pocket all day.

It annoys me her car doesn't automatically unlock when I go to get in ;D

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General Discussion Area / Re: Police for sale?
« on: 05 February 2024, 13:36:01 »
When he asked what to do to prevent a repeat of the theft when he got his replacement he was advised by the Police to purchase a lead lined box to keep the fob in to prevent the thieves from intercepting the transmission between the car and fob.
FFS . ::)

Exceedingly poor advice IMO. SWMBO's former boss had his three day old cayenne turbo nicked off his drive in a "posh" bit of Birmingham. he had done as suggested and secured the keyless entry fob. The thieves used an axe to gain entry to his home and threatened his family for the keys. As far as I'm concerned they can have the car off the drive, its insured for a reason.
https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2024-02-03/mum-left-traumatised-after-gang-in-balaclavas-break-into-home
And this is the problem.  Police ain't interested any more.  What do law abiding people do, allow anyone to take their possessions?  Then we all grumble about how car and house insurance has skyrocketed.

But at least the ol' bill are catching more speeding motorists, or those using phones, without interrupting the doughnut runs.

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: 05 February 2024, 13:33:18 »
As the opposite of what has pissed me off...

Ordered a very expensive USB charger from the Gay of E at 7pm (Sunday).  Arrived by noon today (Monday).  Suitably impressed.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Police for sale?
« on: 05 February 2024, 10:26:51 »
Where I keep my keys acts like a faraday cage.  So no additional hassle for me.  Not that our 2 are new enough to attract those types of gangs.

Only one is keyless entry, but both are keyless start, so presumably both vulnerable to relay attacks (once physical entry acquired to the non keyless entry one).

But I don't really consider this any more vulnerable than any other system:
Keys only - easily picked or jimmied.
Rolling code remote fob - long broken and decrypted on most systems, including VAG and GM
Transponder immobilisation - still vulnerable to replay attacks

Also, immobilisation was never secure - a few years ago when ze Germans were desirable, the crocks just carried around engine ECUs with the immobiliser programmed out.


It's always going to be a game of cat & mouse between the manufacturers* and the shitheads of society.  And as Viral Jim says, there are always ways of getting into a car and driving it away which involve personal safety issues.


*well, the OE manufacturers of the security systems, rather than the car manufacturers who I suspect just build the software on the OE hardware, and that software is probably more for integration than core security?

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Omega General Help / Re: What code reader do i need?
« on: 04 February 2024, 20:59:49 »
So check the transponder chip is still in the key

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 04 February 2024, 12:46:09 »
Also, managed to brick yet another screen in the XJ, FFS.

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 04 February 2024, 12:45:37 »
Wow! That's, erm....gay  ;D
Very ;D

Ive had VX Griffin emblem versions on my Omega for years.
I do live in Essex though.  :D
What a chav ;D

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 04 February 2024, 12:45:10 »
Acquired 2 freebie logo puddle lights, so fitted them. ………

So you have pretty little Jaguar logo lights illuminating the kerb when you exit the car now then.  :y
Finally, I took a photo, just for you!
…………

 :y
Looks a decent, clear projection.  :y  I looked up the price of my factory fit lights and the price is err….. scary.  :o
The usual ones I buy are about a fiver a pair, but tend to burn through the mask after a couple of years.  These ones were freebies from that nice Mr Bezos, so no idea on price, be interesting to see if they last better.

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Early 2.0l brake discs, 286mm
« on: 04 February 2024, 12:30:43 »
Free to good home, but collection only from Brackley.

2 sets of 286mm brake discs as fitted to early 2.0l petrol Omegas, and I think to some Senator and Carlton models.

Genuine GM, but been on the shelf for a few years.  PN: 90487103

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