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General Car Chat / Peugeot 206

« on: 14 September 2011, 21:00:02 »

Does anyone know if there's manual adjustment on the clutch cable of a Peugeot 206? The young lad across the road has just had a new clutch fitted in his car because he's had problems & the garage he took it to said a new clutch was needed (they would wouldn't they  ) When cold, he's having problems engaging 1st & 2nd gear (it's 'grinding'), which suggests to me the clutch itself isn't quite disengaging. There was minimal free play in the cable though before the actuating arm seemed to move, but I couldn't see an obvious means of adjustment.
The garage of course have fobbed him off with an excuse that there 'is play in the gear change linkage' 

482

General Car Chat / pot holes

« on: 07 September 2011, 12:48:48 »

Save your wheel repair receipts 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/8742222/Councils-in-a-hole.html

although £2000 for 3 wheels seems excessive, but going by some of MB prices for other things doesn't surprise me.

483

General Car Chat / went to buy a car today ......

« on: 04 August 2011, 23:38:51 »

 ..... with my sister-in-law. We went to see this
She'd already had a drive of it the other day & just wanted me to hold her hand in the sales office. List price was actually £8995, the sales man had already prepared a sales sheet with added Scotchguard for the interior upholstery at about £300 same with exterior paint for a similar price, he'd also included the trade in value for her 51 plate Fiat Bravo/Brava of £100  :-? (she'd get that scrap). On top of the screen price there was £30 for road tax and £100 for their 'admin charge!  :-? :-? :-? When questioned about this addition, he reckoned that 'every one' did this these days! Has any one here ever come across this when buying a car from a large/main dealer?
We/I oppsed him off for the the upholstery & paint guard and told him that she'd sell her car herself & when asked how much we/she were/was prepared to pay I suggested £8750 all in. So we then went through the charade of him going upstairs to check with his boss and eventually coming back to say that all he could go down to was £8925 which sister-in-law decided was what she'd be prepared to go to and 'shook on it'. He disappeared upstairs again to sort out the paperwork but quickly came back down again ......... he'd oppsed up & £8925 included the £100 trade in value. Your mistake I said ...... either she gets the car at £8925 or we walk, so off upstairs he goes - you've 5 mins I said - comes back down & says 'sorry, but he won't accept that', so we walked.
We got half an hour away, almost home, an her mobile rang. Guess who!  She could have the car at £8925 after all!
Why can't we buy a car at nearly screen price without all the pantomime of the sales rep going back & forth upstairs to gain approval for negligible discount?  :-?

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General Car Chat / eBay Omega

« on: 28 July 2011, 23:56:05 »

Nothing to do with me but is a sought after model. (interior is too pale for me )
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2003-VAUXHALL-OMEGA-3-2-ELITE-V6-AUTO-ESTATE-NEW-MOT-/260824178542?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item3cba551f6e#ht_3296wt_1139

It also seems that the current owner has had his/her collar felt to maintain the full dealer service history  .......
There are some huge recent bills with the car (all at the Vauxhall main dealers,briefly they were: July 2008 at 41k £1300 for replacing both front suspension arm bushes,replace diff pinion oil seal and replace cam oil seal and cambelt and tensioners ; July 2008 41k £302 2 new Michelins ; June 2009 48k service,In march 2010 48k 1 Michelin £170;In June 2010 at 55k a massive £2715 was spent on 3 Michelins,a major service,new battery,air con regas,new silencers and mufflers,2 new rear shockers,new lower control arm and a new central locking motor

485

General Car Chat / Another pass

« on: 15 July 2011, 20:05:30 »

...... on my MOT. Sailed through wit no (written  ) advisories. He did comment that my 3D number plates should have been a fail though, and my number plate wasn't working  :-?.
It had been, till I removed & replaced my rear bumper the other week, I'd not connected the plug back in.  but I showed him that it did work after I'd fished the cable out. 

486

General Car Chat / new fuel filter

« on: 02 June 2011, 20:12:01 »

A few weeks back I got A N Other pair of rear shockers. So today I eventually fitted them, what a barsteward the bottom bolt on the driver's side was, anyway while I has my head in the rear wheel arch I saw this & thought I really should change it!  I think it's been on since it left the factory!

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General Car Chat / Cherished transfers

« on: 04 May 2011, 12:41:32 »

Who can tell me the routine for 'cherished transfers'?
My Dad has a car that was bought complete with a personalised reg number. He wants to sell the car, but the number is worth somewhat more than the car is worth. The car is an L reg Granada Scorpio estate, and although not very common as an estate is worth only a few hundred quid & would likely be sold as a spares or repair, is there a cost to put the original number back on it before the sale? I've just recieved a quote from Regtransfers.co.uk with an offer of £1200 net   

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General Car Chat / eBay Omega estate

« on: 17 April 2011, 23:52:25 »

Just confirm that this car is way over priced ... even if it's lpg estate. 

489

General Car Chat / spark plugs

« on: 31 March 2011, 14:49:58 »

I decided to start my TDM that's been stood idle in my garage for months  . Had a go at starting it yesterday but didn't want to play. Changed the plugs, turned the fuel tap on  and it started. 

I bought the plugs from the same place as the last pair and I watched her look up the plug number, but they're a number out from the set that've just come out. I've just put NGK DPR8EA-9 in but just removed DPR9EA-9

What, in the real world, is the difference between the two plugs?

I can't ride the bike as it isn't road legal.

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General Car Chat / Nice eBay car

« on: 30 March 2011, 15:07:47 »

That looks like a nice car!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2002-VAUXHALL-OMEGA-ESTATE-CD-2-6-V6-AUTO-LOW-MILEAGE-/330547969298?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item4cf631bd12






No! Not the grey/silver thing ......  but the Monza lurking in the background of the second & third pictures!     

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General Car Chat / How much???????????

« on: 20 March 2011, 19:06:34 »

I was following an Aston Martin DB9 this afternoon. We stopped at a set of lights ...... me behind him  As the lights changed he proceeded in a leisurely manner, whereas I had my foot buried in the carpet to keep up, he got to around 50, stopped accelerating & then moved back over a lane. You just don't overtake a car like that even in a reasonably quick 3.0 Omega, so I moved over too behind him. Anyway ........ at the next set of lights when we both had to stop, I held back so that we could talk. I pointed out that half of his nearside tail lights weren't working, he already knew. 
They're led lights and Aston can/will only sell you a complete new light unit.
I know things are relative & if you have the money to buy & run a DB9 you're not going to be short of a quid or three, but he told me a tail light costs ................. [size=18]£400[/size] 

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General Car Chat / bleeding ABS brakes

« on: 10 March 2011, 22:11:12 »

Question  :-/ :-/
When you bleed your brakes without the assistance of a diagnostic machine to trigger the pump, what percentage of the fluid do you actually change? Would any fluid in the pump just stay there, or would it move through the system to the bleed nipple? Just thinking out loud. 

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General Car Chat / Fiat Brava

« on: 26 February 2011, 13:23:13 »

Does anyone know where the diagnostic socket is on a 52 plate 1400cc Fiat Brava? I've not had chance to even look yet, I was just hoping that someone might save me the hassle of dismantling my sister-in-law's car looking for it.
TIA 

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General Car Chat / A Carver .....

« on: 09 February 2011, 19:28:53 »

 ..... for sale!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2008-58-REG-CARVER-ONE-660CC-TURBO-/140477138189?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item20b517050d#ht_1407wt_1139
This is the one & only Carver I've seen for sale. If only I had a spare £30k burning a hole in my pocket. 

Black's a bit boring though.

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General Car Chat / Vauxhall's semi-auto

« on: 28 January 2011, 23:25:55 »

Is there an inherent problem with Vx's easytronic semi-auto? I've heard a few negative comments re them fitted to Corsas, but I've just heard that a mate, who has a semi-auto Vectra, has had his 'new' car off the road for the last fortnight while Vx have been deciding who should foot the bill for repair. Trouble is, he's not earned while the car's off the road cos he's a taxi driver.  :-? :-?