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Author Topic: So what have you done to your car today?  (Read 3070195 times)

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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #12960 on: 18 August 2016, 15:11:27 »
Quote from: aaronjb on 18 August 2016, 15:08:50
;D ;D ;D ;D You dirty old man, bg.. ;D
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Oi less of the old :D.

Wait till stemo reads that about bows and packages'  :o
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #12961 on: 18 August 2016, 20:42:17 »
Failed it's MOT
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #12962 on: 18 August 2016, 20:43:15 »
Quote from: TheBoy on 18 August 2016, 20:42:17
Failed it's MOT
Is that your surprised face... ::)
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #12963 on: 18 August 2016, 20:52:23 »
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Quote from: TheBoy on 18 August 2016, 20:42:17
Failed it's MOT
Is that your surprised face... ::)
That one normally passes.  But the MOTer was absolutely right to fail it.

Sadly, work commitments, and the shenanigans with one of bro's shops have prevented any prepping before presenting it.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #12964 on: 18 August 2016, 20:53:54 »
Washed it and finished repairing some areas of chipped / flaking underseal underneath with Tetrysel spray on underseal. A few hours after doing this I discovered that Bilthamber do an apparently excellent aerosol wax type stuff for doing this very job.  :( ::)
Helped / instructed son on washing & polishing his Punto. The first time he has done this since passing his test about 6 months ago.  ::)
Tomorrow - hopefully free off the adjusters on rear tie bar, as it needs wheel alignment after new wishbones.
I drove the car this morning, for the first time after fitting the wishbones and it felt quite peculiar. Hopefully wheel alignment will cure this.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #12965 on: 19 August 2016, 09:29:55 »
Quote from: TheBoy on 18 August 2016, 20:52:23
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 18 August 2016, 20:43:15
Quote from: TheBoy on 18 August 2016, 20:42:17
Failed it's MOT
Is that your surprised face... ::)
That one normally passes.  But the MOTer was absolutely right to fail it.

Sadly, work commitments, and the shenanigans with one of bro's shops have prevented any prepping before presenting it.

Spill the beans
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #12966 on: 19 August 2016, 09:31:44 »
Wednesday, drove from home to SW Wales... Worst journey I have had for a long time... 11 hours (admittedly with a 2 hour stop to see someone in Hungerford) but on the plus side the car didn't miss a beat despite being very well loaded  :y
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #12967 on: 19 August 2016, 10:27:50 »
Quote from: NewbieDocker on 19 August 2016, 09:29:55
Quote from: TheBoy on 18 August 2016, 20:52:23
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 18 August 2016, 20:43:15
Quote from: TheBoy on 18 August 2016, 20:42:17
Failed it's MOT
Is that your surprised face... ::)
That one normally passes.  But the MOTer was absolutely right to fail it.

Sadly, work commitments, and the shenanigans with one of bro's shops have prevented any prepping before presenting it.

Spill the beans

Mmm tread carefully :D
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #12968 on: 19 August 2016, 10:35:04 »
Quote from: biggriffin on 19 August 2016, 10:27:50
Quote from: NewbieDocker on 19 August 2016, 09:29:55
Quote from: TheBoy on 18 August 2016, 20:52:23
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 18 August 2016, 20:43:15
Quote from: TheBoy on 18 August 2016, 20:42:17
Failed it's MOT
Is that your surprised face... ::)
That one normally passes.  But the MOTer was absolutely right to fail it.

Sadly, work commitments, and the shenanigans with one of bro's shops have prevented any prepping before presenting it.

Spill the beans

Mmm tread carefully :D

Because nobody wants squished beanz between their toes..
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #12969 on: 19 August 2016, 10:45:18 »
Fed the beast - £67 in diesel, and ordered some new tyres for the back - less than 2mm tread depth on both!
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #12970 on: 19 August 2016, 16:56:19 »
Using a combination of greasy roundabouts, persisting drizzle and shockingly rubbish Chinese tyres, I have discovered the the DSC on the new toy is a fantastic system compared to the Omega TC...

Rather than simply turning the power off or hammering the rear brakes, or both ::) it actually has refinement. No violent interruption of progress. The only signs that it's working are a flashing light, about an eighth of a turn of opposite lock and the fact that you're leaving the roundabout at your exit of choice whilst pointing in the desired direction rather than backwards over a kerb into the scenery  :D

Beautifully balanced too 8)
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #12971 on: 19 August 2016, 18:43:10 »
Drove home in wifes new bmw x1  after 2 weeks in somerset and very happy to say omega started first turn of the key. So took it to the petrol station for a drink :y. Never had a omega battery last that long.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #12972 on: 19 August 2016, 21:20:59 »
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 19 August 2016, 16:56:19
Using a combination of greasy roundabouts, persisting drizzle and shockingly rubbish Chinese tyres, I have discovered the the DSC on the new toy is a fantastic system compared to the Omega TC...

Rather than simply turning the power off or hammering the rear brakes, or both ::) it actually has refinement. No violent interruption of progress. The only signs that it's working are a flashing light, about an eighth of a turn of opposite lock and the fact that you're leaving the roundabout at your exit of choice whilst pointing in the desired direction rather than backwards over a kerb into the scenery  :D

Beautifully balanced too 8)

If you feed the power in on an omega nicely, they will slide very well and controlled, drive like a youff, well, also sliding a car isn't fast on tarmac.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #12973 on: 19 August 2016, 22:30:20 »
Never got either Omega to misbehave significantly :-\
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #12974 on: 19 August 2016, 23:11:03 »
Broken it... Expensive repair coming I suspect :'(
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