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General Discussion Area / Hoverboards ?

« on: 18 November 2015, 19:47:16 »

So the same conversation happens every Christmas with little omegod and I actually have an answer this year...a hoverboard ...to be fair I think she would use it a lot so don't mind spending a few quid on one. I know nothing about them and internet reviews of the different types seem to be written by the makers so not much use and there's plenty of low quality crap floating round ebay and amazon 

Does anyone's kids or grandkids have one that's proved reliable and not set the house on fire when charging, if so what type or brand was it ? 

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General Discussion Area / Online MOT check, now easier

« on: 16 October 2015, 17:42:15 »

From today you don't need numbers off the MOT or V5 to check history

Go on, waste an hour like I did looking at car's you used to own and why they failed subsequent MOT's

https://mot-history.net/

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General Car Chat / Winter tyres, just on front?

« on: 14 October 2015, 18:47:58 »

HAHA my first tyre thread 

Mrs Omegod does a fair old run to work which includes covers some untreated country roads, I'm considering throwing a couple of winter tyres on 2 spare rims I have for the front end of her Fiesta. Why not 4 ? I'm a tightarse and the rears are pretty much brand new   

Any thoughts? is it worth the bother?

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General Discussion Area / Vulcan, Southport airshow

« on: 19 September 2015, 20:51:29 »

It was very sad seeing this flying today and knowing, that for me, it will be for the last time . Nice display and it looked awsome in formation with the red arrows. A Typhoon turned up and basically ripped the sky apart with a cracking display, funny seeing people actually in shock due to the noise it made 

I'm hoping Jimbob attended and took some decent pics !   

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General Discussion Area / Typhoons overhead

« on: 18 September 2015, 12:31:50 »

Just doing a little job on the car and heard a right old racket above, 2 x Typhoon jets cruised over really low. We never get military stuff so must be a recce for tomorrows airshow at Southport.  I nearly did a wee with excitement 

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General Car Chat / 3.2 f/s in Liverpool

« on: 17 September 2015, 19:59:39 »

From what I read on here they are becoming scarce so thought worth a shout that there's a 123k Burgundy one with 12 mths MOT being advertised in Liverpool for £850 ono , Not seen it but I can take a looksee if anyone want's. Not putting thisin the F/S section as I'm not selling it !

127

General Car Chat / Trade club coolant price

« on: 15 September 2015, 20:39:04 »

I can't get access to the site but how much is 5 L concentrated and 20 L concentrated thesedays ?

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Bit's for sale

« on: 13 September 2015, 13:53:09 »

More crap from the shed, couple of quid will cover postage, offers welcome 

Autobox selector switch £20
non vented rear calipers( pair)  £25
CCR 2005 for spares/repair as the front is off but I think it worked ! £15
Silver and oyster metallic door strips, can post individual pieces!
2.2 DTI cylinder head £25 but pick up only
3 part rad plastic cover in good nic £15
interior fusebox lid dark grey,£12
2.6 throttle body £15
ABS ECU 0273004207 £20
Decent boot carpet , £12
Silver sill covers £20

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General Discussion Area / Phone patching help?

« on: 09 September 2015, 15:04:06 »

Tech help please, I've done a bit of patching before but not sure what's needed here. We have the usual spiders web of a comms cabinet and need a dedicated phone line to one of our network points, BT have installed the line into the room i.e a socket in the wall : what's the adapter called to attach a network cable to this ? can I then just put the network cable into the matching numbered network port that the phone is plugged into?

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General Car Chat / Steeds old Jag resurfaces

« on: 28 August 2015, 15:32:01 »

Believed lost for many years but now up for sale, always loved it . Imagine the resto cost's though

http://www.classic-auctions.com/Auctions/14-10-2015-ImperialWarMuseumDuxford-1392/1976JaguarXJ12C-40125.aspx

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General Car Chat / Astra diesel

« on: 20 August 2015, 18:57:36 »

Got a 15 plate one as a hire car in Ireland at the mo, just in case anyone is contemplating one...don't as it's utter, utter shite ! No power , gears are spaced terribly, steering is over sensitive, center console leaves no where for your left leg to move and this particular one pulls to the left for some reason!

Review completed 

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General Discussion Area / Must be dodgy!

« on: 18 August 2015, 18:27:39 »

Popped out to Tesco earlier to use the cash machine and both were in use by what looked to be an Eastern European father and teenage daughter, they must have used 30 cards between them to check the balance then clean out the available funds to the daily max,he was passing them to her without having to tell her any PIN numbers which was the weird bit and the cards were all from different banks? It must have been a £7-8k wad when they finally finished He then got into the drivers seat of a private hire cab and they buggered off.

Assuming they were cloned/stolen cards he surely would have had to tell her the numbers, my only assumption is it's some benefit scam getting paid into multiple accounts ? Either way I was well peed off so took the reg and taxi plate number but guess the police would not be particularly bothered may email it to crimestoppers all the same. 

Any thoughts what the deal here could be ? 

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General Discussion Area / Car hire

« on: 10 August 2015, 18:48:02 »

Planning on buggering off to Republic of Ireland next week and car hire from Avis is looking silly cheap at £86 for a Focus diesel for a week. I've never hired a car before  and  am wondering if they actually have the dance with extra's n stuff at the desk ? i'm being offered "full protection" on the booking form at £7 per day which covers the excess if I prang it but are there any alternatives to this through my own insurance or is it just a rip off ?

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General Discussion Area / Big day today !

« on: 01 August 2015, 08:57:32 »

Well today Miss Omegod becomes Mrs Omegod in a mahoosive church wedding and big shindig afterwards  the 10 yr test drive has proved successful so I'm going ahead with the deal

Cheers to Tony for advice around catering 

We are off to Edinburgh on monday for a few days rest and driving from Liverpool , as it's my first time heading that way does anyone know of any gems to see on the way or reccomend a scenic route to take?

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General Car Chat / Cheap tyre site

« on: 29 July 2015, 13:56:45 »

I use blackcircles usually but just bagged a set for SWMBO's fiesta for a barganous price, saved the link for what I recall the Omega size is and they seem cheaper than I recall paying with a fair selection of brands too.

http://www.tyreleader.co.uk/car-tyres-205-55-16/