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General Car Chat / tyre ?
« on: 13 November 2019, 19:57:55 »
when buying tyres what rating is the best to get for regular motorway usage. its been suggested " V " , advise pls 
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General Discussion Area / vape cigs
« on: 03 November 2019, 21:15:59 »
friday morning i had a phone call to say my son had been taken to hospital with a heart attack. he had phoned his doc,s surgery to say he had serious chest pains & they sent an ambulance to take him to hospital. 36 hours later having nothing been found to be wrong with him he was discharged & allowed home. it turned out it was a reaction to a vape cig. how it was diagnosed he had another puff of the thing when he got off the hospital premises & almost immediately got the chest pains back.
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General Discussion Area / tv programme
« on: 20 October 2019, 23:58:51 »
on tonights "who wants to be a millionaire " a young guy didnt know the answer to the question which monarch was at the signing of the magna carta so he elected to phone a friend . his friend wasnt sure. as it was the contestant guessed and chose the correct answer. jeremy clarkson did ask why he chose the friend in question to try for the answer. the contestant replied " because he has a history degree 
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General Car Chat / renault 1.5dci problem
« on: 02 October 2019, 20:32:03 »
renault is going into limp mode under pressure, he is talking about scrapping it has he thinks it ignition pump & injectors at fault. a mate of mine has had a diagnostic on it & its saying ignition fault. when the ignition card is put in stage 1 is not doing anything but stage2 everything goes on & it will start ok. when he drove it & it seemed to go into limp mode he reckoned he pushed the card in it righted itself. so he thinks it the card reader at fault.
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General Discussion Area / petrol (self driven ) lawnmower
« on: 21 September 2019, 11:57:06 »
the lawnmower that i have is a typical pull start job. on starting its always been a bit hard to start & when it is going it is slightly backfiring . near to me there is a service place that sells & repairs all types of machines. i spoke to one of their fitters and he told me that because modern petrol contains ethanol small machinery that,s not on daily use can get a small amount of water in the fuel tank causing the problem. apparently there is a product that when added to petrol alleviates the issue. when i asked him what it was he just said bring the machine in & for £50 plus time & any bits they would sort it. spark plug ,air filter are ok. just need to know what the additive is. 
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General Car Chat / glow plugs ??
« on: 05 September 2019, 21:56:15 »
having had mainly diesel cars most of my driving life i should know this but i don,t . " in laymans terms can somebody tell me please how to check if glow plugs are doing what they supposed to.
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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / 2.2 dti bits
« on: 28 August 2019, 12:51:22 »
i have a pair of xenon headlights that came off a 02 elite. both needed cleaning . one cleaned good but the other lens needed the interior doing so removed the lens but never got round to doing it, also a dti aux belt tensioner + belt in good nick. a steering idler ( was originally ordered for a next day delivery but never arrived so the supplier sent another one out , they both arrived & i was told to keep both. the one that was fitted was on over 5 yrs. a full set of rear brake shoes (new) all items are free to any one that wants or willing to take all.
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General Car Chat / dti owners
« on: 27 August 2019, 11:32:02 »
is there any dti owners near to north yorks as i have stuff that may be advantageous to them.
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General Car Chat / ds 4
« on: 19 August 2019, 14:15:26 »
i took my newly acquired car for a drive down to Hampshire for a visit to my see my daughter & two sons which have moved from york down to there to work for my daughters husband. all i can say is when i traveled down to there in any of the migs that iv,e had i never suffered with the aches that i got with this journey.
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General Car Chat / new car
« on: 10 August 2019, 19:39:15 »
i got the chance of obtaining a new car so i decided on a whim to let my mig go. anyway a mate after the fact asked me where it was & found out that it had gone for auction. with the help of a search its ended up in Telford Shropshire for sale at £595. its moved from Leeds where i left it to there.
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General Discussion Area / HSBC online
« on: 10 August 2019, 12:31:19 »
is anybody having a problem logging on to their online a/c . i have been trying for 2 days & after the security questions & the secure key number the system just keeps me hanging. dont even get the " loading data message " just the circle of dots going round & round.
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General Car Chat / ad blue
« on: 21 July 2019, 19:14:17 »
i suppose somebody on the forum will know about motors that need ad-blue. my query is how often does the blue stuff last once topped up. is it a mileage issue. ?
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General Car Chat / value of my omega
« on: 16 July 2019, 20:32:00 »
today i decided to look into the vx scrappage deal. the value of my dti came out as " good condition £320 - average £100 - shoddy £90. never gone into debt to buy a car & the thought of doing so puts me off. also also i know that i can jump into my mig & no matter what the distant i want to travel i am confident it,s going to make it. the wife is nagging me to get something modern.
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General Discussion Area / busy few days
« on: 25 June 2019, 12:05:22 »
saturday at the age of 52 was my second eldest son wedding day. never thought it would happen as he has been engaged twice 14yrs & 7yrs before the breakups. today the wife and i are flying out to Alicante as we are going to Benidorm & meeting up with a few others to celebrate our third son,s 50th. never been before but i gather its lively.
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General Discussion Area / tv shopping channels
« on: 18 June 2019, 19:10:28 »
i have never been tempted to buy anything from a tv shopping channel but i happened to see some car cleaning products on offer for £20 so i gave it a go. the stuff was meant to be with me between 5 - 10 working days. however they arrived within 48hrs. the aftermath though is i have been inundated with phone call , emails trying to sell me all sorts of rubbish.