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General Car Chat / Car Insurance - Recommendations?

« on: Yesterday at 07:55:10 »

Who/where/what insurance providers do people use?

I haven't needed to buy insurance in the UK for a few years so completely out of touch with which ones are good / expensive / useless etc.

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General Discussion Area / SMETS2 smart meters

« on: 25 April 2024, 19:51:13 »

Finally got around to agreeing to have the meters replaced. Both gas and electricity were over 20 years old so 10+ years overdue.....

Waited all afternoon on Monday - no show.

Rescheduled for this morning - British Gas installer arrived and got on with swapping the meters.

Electrical meter swapped first and left to establish communications while the gas meter was swapped.

Gas meter swapped. Waited. Waited a bit longer.

I now have two shiny new dumb meters 

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General Car Chat / Old Diesel Fuel

« on: 20 March 2024, 08:43:31 »

How bad is old diesel?

A few years ago (5 or 6 years?) the oil companies started adding bio-diesel to the mix.

Talk at the time was that the bio content would/could support bug growth That stored diesel would turn to jelly and/or corrode the components in fuel injection pumps and injectors.

What are the chances that a Diesel car that has been stood for 5 years will ever run again?

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General Discussion Area / Oops! (or is Cassington far from Brackers?)

« on: 03 October 2023, 09:25:15 »

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-66989386

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General Discussion Area / more rain

« on: 28 January 2023, 09:48:09 »

Got a bit wet cycling to work yesterday.

249mm (10") rainfall in 24 hours

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General Car Chat / EV car chargers

« on: 12 April 2022, 11:05:44 »

https://news.sky.com/story/isle-of-wight-councils-electric-car-charging-points-hacked-to-show-porn-12584211

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General Car Chat / Stretch Belts

« on: 02 February 2022, 04:31:48 »

Changed the oil on my Mazda Premacy a couple of weeks back and thought it was about time to change the rubber belts.

The Mazda is based on the same floorpan as a Ford Focus and shares lots of parts.

It has chain driven cams and two poly V belts. The main one has a tensioner,  to get it off you have to first remove the air con compressor belt that doesn't have a tensioner.

Workshop manual says to cut the old one off and to turn the engine over and use a wedge to force the new one on.

Thoughts anyone? Is it pish easy to do? Or a mare of a job?

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General Discussion Area / mama mia!

« on: 31 December 2021, 07:24:23 »

We are spending new years eve with my cousin in NZ

My cousin has mama mia on the TV

To save me watching it what are the key moments?

TB?

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General Discussion Area / Liverpool Women's

« on: 15 November 2021, 10:02:22 »

What on earth happened there?

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General Discussion Area / Keep calm and carry on

« on: 27 May 2021, 11:41:17 »

Some nice footwork here.
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-dorset-57263170

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General Discussion Area / 42 years since THHGTTG first broadcast on R4.

« on: 14 March 2020, 09:10:42 »

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2bcFfMt6rGLTPpbG0yLwPw0/42-douglas-adams-quotes-to-live-by?fbclid=IwAR2YsEcD6nKeWjuwXmpkYJsObBONGtypsHSxz2SWrVhU0_F_Pnwct9mW3AI

The hitchikers guide to the galaxy first broadcast on March 8th 1978, the TV series in 1981. Douglas Adams died about 20 years ago

where do the years go?

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General Discussion Area / Cal Crutchlow

« on: 13 July 2019, 10:49:54 »

Can't fault his commitment.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/motorsport/48900496

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General Car Chat / Empty nest

« on: 31 March 2019, 20:00:27 »

Sold the MV6 today.

For the first time in 17 years I don't own an Omega

For the first time in 32 years I don't own a Vauxhall of any kind.

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General Discussion Area / External storage - recommendations?

« on: 23 March 2019, 21:07:55 »

Looking for something to carry in hand luggage with a copy of my digital life on it.

At a guess 1TB should be enough.

All recommendations/personal experiences/disaster stories welcome....

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General Car Chat / How much for scrap?

« on: 16 January 2019, 22:46:25 »

Has anyone weighed in an Omega for scrap recently?

My Elite runs sweetly and (almost) everything works as it should but it has done 212,00 miles and doesn't have an MOT.

Realistically I am too far from OOF central for anyone to pop over and strip it for parts and I don't have the time.