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General Car Chat / Re: Help in Bleeding Astra J Brakes after Rear Caliber Change

« on: 05 March 2025, 23:18:15 »

I've got this https://www.halfords.com/tools/hand-tools/automotive-tools/europat-vizibleed-brake-and-clutch-bleeding-kit-321141.html?istCompanyId=b8708c57-7a02-4cf6-b2c0-dc36b54a327e&istFeedId=367c5610-f937-4c81-8609-f84582324cd6&istItemId=xxwmax&istBid=t&&_$ja=tsid:%7Ccid:17363835999%7Cagid:%7Ctid:%7Ccrid:%7Cnw:x%7Crnd:3993948498277538863%7Cdvc:m%7Cadp:%7Cmt:%7Cloc:1006818&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAiaC-BhBEEiwAjY99qHZjSZM6yyF6nw5hLvEARTT48hwSJ4FulSRGUVGJCEyAhqRAZdqDDBoC0rIQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

The one that uses the air pressure from a tyre I found very messy,,, if you have a compressor the vacuum bleeds are very good.

It can get very messy if you don't drop the pressure in the tyre .... ask me how I know! 

 IIRC they suggest around 15psi

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General Car Chat / Re: Nissan Cumquot

« on: 05 March 2025, 13:22:33 »

Good for you

I couldn't and not would I want to. My works car park is full of shiny nearly new metal driven by twenty somethings who think they have something to prove. My £400 Bini and 19 year old Barge gets me to work just as well as a new 2 series or Tesla in the same way as your Astra serves you.

same as mine ... almost all on a lease of some kind

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General Car Chat / Re: Getting a bit desperate now

« on: 05 March 2025, 13:01:48 »

First thing I'd do is get the fickin adblue coded out, it's a pain when the temperature drops.

not had a problem with my ML Bluetec ..... (he says touching wood  )

No issues with the pigs piss in hers either, once I can actually get some delivered from the usual ebay arseholes.

My Adblue has generally come from Costco
Newer cars will tell you how much is in the tank but mine will apparently just tell you when you're at the 500 miles to go .... I just put a container full in every now & then but have never had the warning

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General Car Chat / Re: Getting a bit desperate now

« on: 05 March 2025, 08:28:27 »

First thing I'd do is get the fickin adblue coded out, it's a pain when the temperature drops.

not had a problem with my ML Bluetec ..... (he says touching wood  )

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General Discussion Area / Re: Quite a difference in insurance quotes

« on: 02 March 2025, 22:03:39 »

As i turned 80 last year i was expecting to get shafted on the renewal last month. It actually went down this year,  but only because i changed to another company, as the one i was with wanted double last years premium. Bloody thieves.

my Dad paid a silly amount for his car insurance last year because of his age ..... he'll be 88 this year!

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General Discussion Area / Re: Quite a difference in insurance quotes

« on: 02 March 2025, 18:51:09 »

Any advantage in using the comparison sites apps over the website? 

I've used booking.com and Agoda quite a lot recently to book flights and accommodation, and sometimes the prices are better on the apps than the website. 

I have a regular habit now come a month before the renewal date.  I get a string of quotes through from the likes of Confused.com, then with the cheapest go back to my regular insurance broker, The AA, who by then have always put through a quote higher than from the comparison web sites, strictly taking in benefits, excess etc.  The AA then at least match the cheapest/best benefits quote after some calculating.  Works a treat!  

Martin Lewis reckons you need to get your quotes 3 weeks before renewal ..... 

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2023/11/martin-lewis-halve-car-insurance/

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General Discussion Area / Re: Quite a difference in insurance quotes

« on: 02 March 2025, 15:59:21 »

.,......
£1204....thieving bastards.

Or their way of saying they want to insure the car or her .... 

Or don't even.....

Well done Steve .... you spotted my deliberate mistake 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Quite a difference in insurance quotes

« on: 02 March 2025, 13:28:22 »

.,......
£1204....thieving bastards.

Or their way of saying they want to insure the car or her .... 

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General Car Chat / Re: Another MOT Pass

« on: 28 February 2025, 17:23:02 »

......
I am wondering though how to repair it.  As it appears made of plastic, perhaps a good super glue that is heat resistant will do the job? Gorilla Glue or similar  I'm thinking, but any thoughts?
Don't want to damage it further, so will not be rushing into it.  Plenty of time on my hands!

A spot of Tiger seal/Sikaflex? You'd need to have a tube of it that's already open though or know someone who has cos it's be a bit expensive to buy a tube specifically for it.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Dead Person

« on: 27 February 2025, 13:22:21 »

Maybe, but his wife was only 64. Let's hope she had a choice in the matter.

I heard the BBC say earlier that she 64 ..... she was 'only' 63. BBC seems to have just taken 1961 from 2025 but she was born Dec 61 

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General Car Chat / Re: Charger for Mrs Opti's planet-saving milk float

« on: 27 February 2025, 11:12:06 »

Apparently BP are also throwing more money into oil/gas extraction at the expense of renewables

no surprise then ....

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General Discussion Area / Re: Dead Person

« on: 27 February 2025, 10:07:17 »

Gene Hackman , his wife & dog all found dead at their home in New Mexico.

Sounds like a suicide pact ? just horrible if it was

.... certainly sounds strange 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Sad day

« on: 25 February 2025, 20:17:48 »

so very sorry to hear it .... 

You need to have been through it to realise just how hard it is to loose your dog.
I was in bits when we'd to have Molly put to sleep a couple of years ago ... they are just part of the family.

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?

« on: 25 February 2025, 19:33:56 »

It’s fine if you can blow everything away as you’re entering but if you ain’t got the power you just should wait🤷‍♂️

.. or use all of the on-slip 

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?

« on: 25 February 2025, 19:13:15 »

Specifically the total opposing moron that joined the M25 from a slip road at 32mph. Fortunately I had somewhere to move to when the truck in lane 1 realised the closing speed was almost twice what the van was doing. How he didn't punt the van to the next junction will confound scientists for generations.

Generally the sheer number of total fructards out and about today.

People who don't use the slip road to get up to speed as they join the motorway or use it to slow down as they exit always get my goat! 

I see that on the M61 on my way home loads of the times. The on-slip is plenty long enough but people still want to join lane 1 as soon as possible ... saw it last week end with a silly bint driving a VW camper