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General Discussion Area / Merry Christmas

« on: 24 December 2020, 17:08:50 »

Happy Christmas to everyone on the OOF

A BIG THANK YOU to Jamie and the rest of the MOD team for keeping the cogs of the OOF turning in these "unprecedented" times

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General Discussion Area / Correct use of PPE

« on: 03 May 2020, 19:46:45 »

As people are bored ,and PPE is a hot topic right now ,i uploaded 3 videos

demolition of old shed/outbuilding pt 1 clicky

note I'm wearing jeans,sweatshirt and ~~safety goggles~~ glasses plus obligatory Builder's rolly fag hanging out me gob

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General Car Chat / £500 Cheap Car Auction Challenge (omega 2.2 CDXi estate) car throttle

« on: 15 February 2020, 18:58:39 »

link to youtube video

Car Throttle (a youtube channel , a bit like a pound shop version of Top gear) had £500 to buy a cheap car
so the bid and won DV03LYW £500 + fees
77,571 miles
MOT valid until 2 May 2020

Monitor and repair if necessary (advisories):
Coolant leak ()
Nearside Rear Brake pipe corroded, covered in grease or other material (1.1.11 (c))
Offside Rear Brake pipe corroded, covered in grease or other material (1.1.11 (c))
Front exhaust deteriorated
Rear exhaust deteriorated
Offside Front body damaged (front wing)

should be interesting watching the videos on this Omega
what they do to it etc

half a tank of petrol I guess covers the + fees overspend

looks like a nice car if they put a wing on
they probably need to spend a few quid sorting out the faults between the front and rear number plates too $:-\$

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General Car Chat / Birmingham Leeds clean air zone charge PLUS London

« on: 07 February 2020, 12:49:08 »

The Beta reg check is on-line to check if you need to pay fees (Brum/Leeds)
I heard the Birmingham zone becomes live this summer

https://www.gov.uk/check-clean-air-zone-charge

My 53 plate 2.6 V6 is Omega is chargeable for Brum £8
the astra petrol 1.6 cars are chargeable for brum £8
the astra diesel tractors are chargeable for brum £8
no charge for Leeds YET

obviously the above checker has been tweaked from the london ULEZ checker
(new link ,the transport for London link is changed)

https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/check-your-vehicle-35896

My 53 plate 2.6 V6 is Omega is NOT chargeable
the petrol astra 1.6 cars are not chargeable
the diesel astra tractors are chargeable £12.50

just some examples of the family fleet
obviously ,if your unlucky enough to have to visit Brum,Leeds or London then check

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General Car Chat / My Builder's Van MOT

« on: 28 November 2019, 20:14:29 »

Took my builder's van (53 plate Omega 2.6 CDXi ) for it's yearly official prodding by MOT tester
it passed ,no advisories

it's the second time under my ownership
calculated that i'd spent more on petrol than i had buying the Omega

so now it's passed, i'm going to treat it to ....
Oh ,wait ,it doesn't need anything other than more petrol

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General Car Chat / My Omega got rammed ,Hit n run AGAIN

« on: 18 September 2019, 14:52:19 »

What is wrong with people ?

I edited the footage down
cam 1 impact clicky

note the reason for crashing on cam 3 ,He forgets to switch from REVERSE to DRIVE ,rams the Omega,then the JOLT reminds him to select DRIVE, and get away,as fast as possible (rather than do the decent thing and STOP and apologize ) nearly crashing into the poor Ford Focus driver

cam 3 clicky

It was last night, a delivery driver ,delivering to us, that Mrs Builder had just given a £2 tip FFS

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General Car Chat / My Omega got rammed ,Hit n run

« on: 01 September 2019, 12:48:32 »

I was just replying on another thread about CCTV
Mrs Builder rushes in and says "someones just hit your Omega"
went out and the white van has done one, drove off
fortunately we have his Reg number and CCTV footage
VAUXHALL VIVARO L1H1 CDTI 90 Reg No :FP15 FZM
taxed,MOTed and insured
I'm naming and shaming until I hear from him, which I think is fair

he was collecting someone from the church over the road
how very christian to not bother stopping

as My Omega was in PARK and the handbrake not pulled particularly tight ,will there be likely damage to the park pawl $:-\$
it's been shoved backwards about 6 inches with quite some force

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General Car Chat / Zafira B second safety recall

« on: 23 August 2019, 19:25:08 »

just a heads up if anyone has one
another recall for the zafira B with manual air con or without air con
the letter says 15 hours to change a part of the loom

good job it's not chargeable

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General Car Chat / Lidl car paint rust protection in store 14/7

« on: 05 July 2019, 22:27:01 »

In store Sunday 14th July
Powerfix Profi Car Care Spray paints

400 ml cans £2.49 each or 2 for £4

Underbody Protection
Rust Protection Primer
Primer Spray
Rim Paint
Matt Car Paint
Aluminium Zinc Spray

don't forget to buy the shopping you went in there for too

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General Car Chat / Insurance and breakdown

« on: 17 May 2019, 20:42:40 »

Tomorrow it will be a year since i started driving the Omega ,so time to find replacement insurance
Got a renewal offer off the AA for over £300

which I ignored

few days later they send an email "guarantee to match any like for like quote"

so I went on a rodent infested comparison site

increased the value to £2500 , all other details remain the same
I had quotes as low as £200 ,but found one with legal assistance,personal accident,courtesy car and basic breakdown and many more extras i won't use

for £233

phoned the AA , who said they will match it ,but I would have to pay £28 extra for legal protection and breakdown would be extra on top

their reason for not price matching "guarantee to match any like for like quote"
The quote I found was not "like for like" because my old policy did not have breakdown or legal protection (I have auto-aid for breakdown anyway and plenty of ambulance chaser companies will help me in event of a not my fault accident)
so, they refused to match .
I was comparing a much better policy than they where prepared to offer .

I now have a new insurer

also up for renewal is my auto aid breakdown £48
offers better cover that what is included in insurance (max 15 miles recovery) so I will renew Auto-aid

£70 saved ,which is 3/4 of a tank of GOGO juice

the reason my Quotes are so high is because I'm still young by the way

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General Discussion Area / Reasonable opportunity to resolve an issue before court action ?

« on: 23 July 2018, 14:47:23 »

If a garage does a repair which fails after 4 to 6 weeks
admits they made a mistake, has the car back for repair," fixes fault" FOC
(under an 18 month warranty)
but the problem remains, say a clutch

still noisy after 15 miles of driving
do you have to keep letting them have it back for repair?
(the garage refuse to come and look at the problem, insisting they recover the car)
but the car is effectively evidence in what could be a future court case, so, not happy to let them have it

I think..... they had it back,failed and enough is enough $:-\$
time to take legal action to recover costs $:-\$

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General Car Chat / Zafira A 2.0 DTi service

« on: 11 July 2018, 18:54:44 »

After driving round all day looking at rubbish french cars and other mpv things

got a zafira A 2.0 dti elegance

tidy and well looked after 2003 ,stupidly cheap

(to replace the crapasso)
I need to do a quick service and check over brakes etc before it gets put into service
can i use the trade club 10w40 oil ? the little i have left

will i get an oil filter from halfrauds ? assume there is only one type ?
halfrauds being round the corner from car and me not footing bill

anything i should check model specific ?

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General Car Chat / ATF Dexron III 5 Litre cheap at ECP

« on: 26 June 2018, 15:15:05 »

only £13.28 inc delivery

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Triple-QX-ATF-Dexron-III-5-Litre-5L-Automatic-Transmission-Fluid-DII-/352223598451?_trksid=p2385738.m4383.l4275.c10

of course ,I just got mine elsewhere , more expensive

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Omega Gallery / My 53 plate CDXi

« on: 24 June 2018, 11:07:08 »

Gave it a quick wash
Much more work to do

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Omega General Help / Z32se vec c coil pack in y26se omega ?

« on: 14 June 2018, 20:00:37 »

ordered a 2.6 coil pack bosch 0 221 503 027 (same as fitted to my v6)
got sent a 3.2 se coil pack bosch 0 221 503 473
checked that number and it is 2,4,6 pack but off vectra c /signum 3.2 z32se

looks the same
can't find a matching cross reference to say the 3.2 item succeeds the old part number

purchased it from The Boy's favorite on-line auction site

send it back ? or will it be fine $:-\$
bearing in mind ,i have to dismantle half the car to swap it

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