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General Car Chat / Re: A misprint surely?

« on: 02 July 2020, 20:49:04 »

I just got quoted £636 for rear brake pads ( not pads and discs) from Jaguar.

 ....

Are you sure that wasn't a supply & fit price? Dealers (especially high end marques) tend to assume that the customer won't want to dirty their hands. Still stupidly expensive even if it is a fitted price

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General Car Chat / Re: Cheque book time.

« on: 02 July 2020, 08:17:02 »

£150,000!    There are places that you can buy 3 houses for that! 

Or one really nice house somewhere else 

maybe an 'OK' house 

$200,000 will get you something nice a stones throw from any city in the Southern US... €165,000 will buy you a nice apartment or Finca anywhere in Spain/France /Italy.

I didn't realise we were including over seas 

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General Car Chat / Re: Cheque book time.

« on: 02 July 2020, 07:56:25 »

£150,000!    There are places that you can buy 3 houses for that! 

Or one really nice house somewhere else 

maybe an 'OK' house 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Your Next Holiday Abroad

« on: 02 July 2020, 07:54:05 »

Permanent nights too, so works for me 

I did that for 15 years ... initially Mon to Fri 10 till 6 then later did 3 nights a week 6 till 6. Worked great when the kids were little but wouldn't do it now. The odd night shift recently has just reminded me I wouldn't want to do nights on a permanent basis now 

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General Car Chat / Re: Cheque book time.

« on: 02 July 2020, 07:51:11 »

£150,000!    There are places that you can buy 3 houses for that! 

 ... and get change! 

141

Omega General Help / Re: Water leak / spare pipe

« on: 01 July 2020, 23:00:05 »

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Plus stripping the carpet and sound insulation to get it properly dried out.

we spent ages last year trying to dry SWMBO's car out after a blocked scuttle soaked the interior .... not sure if it is actually properly dry (but I don't drive it very often  )

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General Discussion Area / Re: Your Next Holiday Abroad

« on: 01 July 2020, 22:54:59 »

....
4on/4off has distinct perks as ...

It's a shift I've never worked. It's not a shift I'd choose though ... 

143

General Car Chat / Re: Cheque book time.

« on: 01 July 2020, 22:29:39 »

.....
 or Hillman Imp.  Notable for practically nothing.

 .....

Silly camber angle at the back ... weren't they at a silly height to comply with light heights somewhere abroad? (USA?)
Vacuum throttle on early car very quickly removed for a conventional throttle
Industrial unrest in Scotland where they were first made
All ally (pump) engine that was a bit before its time ... also used in the Bond 875
Better than a Mini 

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Omega General Help / Re: Is the problem my EGR Valve? or something else?

« on: 01 July 2020, 20:44:12 »

completely different engine but ..... my 1700 diseasal Astra used to throw up an EGR fault code (far too long ago now to remember what it was) and the fault was actually the MAF 

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General Car Chat / Re: Spotted an extremely rare car on Sunday.

« on: 01 July 2020, 17:34:33 »

.... 3litre GL in Roman bronze metallic  ....

My MKIII was in Roman bronze .... the colour disguised the rust extremely well! 

And I caught a glimpse of a MKI Escort the other day in the same colour! 

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General Discussion Area / Re: The Bells

« on: 01 July 2020, 13:26:10 »

The last Lagonda I saw was in the front garden of a house in or around Cromer the other year

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General Car Chat / Re: Spotted an extremely rare car on Sunday.

« on: 01 July 2020, 00:03:07 »

 ... or not so posh ... 

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General Car Chat / Re: Spotted an extremely rare car on Sunday.

« on: 30 June 2020, 23:43:02 »

I saw one on the telly the other month .... Salvage Hunters. They paid something like  £6/7k & then spent £30+k on a rebuild - it was a rotbox. Sold it it for £40k

https://www.facebook.com/ukquest/videos/salvage-hunters-classic-cars-fiat-130-coupe/530766807859844/

 

I think £5600 could buy a reasonable house in '73'

My parents paid less than half that for their 3 bed semi a couple years before hand.

House prices in Mancchester haven't improved much...

Like any town/city there are posh areas & not so push areas 

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General Car Chat / Re: Spotted an extremely rare car on Sunday.

« on: 30 June 2020, 23:21:33 »

I saw one on the telly the other month .... Salvage Hunters. They paid something like  £6/7k & then spent £30+k on a rebuild - it was a rotbox. Sold it it for £40k

https://www.facebook.com/ukquest/videos/salvage-hunters-classic-cars-fiat-130-coupe/530766807859844/

 

I think £5600 could buy a reasonable house in '73'

My parents paid less than half that for their 3 bed semi a couple years before hand.

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General Car Chat / Re: Spotted an extremely rare car on Sunday.

« on: 30 June 2020, 23:04:47 »

I saw one on the telly the other month .... Salvage Hunters. They paid something like  £6/7k & then spent £30+k on a rebuild - it was a rotbox. Sold it it for £40k

https://www.facebook.com/ukquest/videos/salvage-hunters-classic-cars-fiat-130-coupe/530766807859844/