Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.

16771

General Car Chat / Anyone forgotten.....

« on: 08 January 2015, 20:21:11 »

..... where they parked up three months ago?      Dosn't TB have a habit of abandoning his car and forgetting where he left it? 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2901633/Three-months-30-minute-bay-Fully-taxed-insured-BMW-abandoned-parking-space-long-grass-growing-bonnet.html

Something you need to tell us TB?     A BMW?     Really??     

16772

General Car Chat / Re: Vauxhall Star Silver Sausage Dog

« on: 08 January 2015, 16:52:54 »

Move over Damian Hurst here comes Webby!! 

16773

General Car Chat / Re: Good deal or not?

« on: 08 January 2015, 10:26:57 »

Looks nice, I didn't know you could get a Omega without Climate Control.....other than GLS?

All facelifts have dual zone climate control...

It's got a dual manual/auto gearbox as well!   

16774

General Discussion Area / Re: Some interesting (to me, anyway), numbers about fuel price

« on: 08 January 2015, 10:21:50 »

The price of wholesale natural gas is just over half of what it was this time last year, however there are no signs of the big power companies dropping retail prices. 

Perhaps Mr Milliband could explain why? 

16775

General Car Chat / Re: Good deal or not?

« on: 08 January 2015, 01:36:31 »

£750 but plan for a cambelt and wishbones. 

16776

General Car Chat / Re: Thinking Galaxy

« on: 07 January 2015, 23:08:13 »

It's not a 4X4? 

16777

General Car Chat / Re: Inner tubes in tubeless tyres.

« on: 07 January 2015, 21:08:20 »

You may mock. But you won't find me asking questions about which adhesive I should use to hold my roman chariot of a car together. 

Actually, I thought if I ever needed a 'Mummy Bus' (Unlikely, but you never know  ) I'd go for an Orlando over the Zafira. 

There are no more new ones, so you'd have to have a used one. If you're seriously considering one, be aware that spares are becoming harder to find. A guy on the forum had to pay a dealer £24 for a rear wiper...outrageous but no choice. No one will bother setting up the tooling to make cheaper parts, there aren't enough of them about.
I'd go for the zafira, Tigger, cheap as chips and easy to maintain. The fact that you're considering a people carrier means you're looking for something to work for you rather than something to look at. Zafira parts and repairs are readily available and hassle free is what you need.
The orlando has parts which are not in common with the zafira, like the climate control system. If something like that goes wrong, it would be really difficult to find someone to repair it.
Just an honest opinion, I don't want you to come unstuck so I can sing the praises of my car, although I do like it.

Thanks for your concern and advice Uncle STMO, but I did say IF I ever needed a Mummy Bus....   

16778

General Car Chat / Re: Inner tubes in tubeless tyres.

« on: 07 January 2015, 18:19:30 »

You may mock. But you won't find me asking questions about which adhesive I should use to hold my roman chariot of a car together. 

Actually, I thought if I ever needed a 'Mummy Bus' (Unlikely, but you never know  ) I'd go for an Orlando over the Zafira. 

16779

General Discussion Area / Re: Charlie Hebdo shooting

« on: 07 January 2015, 18:14:35 »

Executed for poking fun at a myth. 

Unbelievable!!!!   

16780

General Car Chat / Re: Inner tubes in tubeless tyres.

« on: 07 January 2015, 17:55:10 »

I'm tempted to buy a two year old Daewoo......then I won't need to concern myself with age related problems.

Cool! I'll look forward to your next car purchase then M'lud, as I could do with a laugh!!     

Don't laugh, Sir Tig. A Daewoo is a real 'pussy puller'.....just ask STMO.

There was an Orlando in Lidl's car park today.... 

Broken down on the way to Waitrose, had it? 

No, it wouldn't have fitted in at the local Waitrose, where it's either Old Dear's Nissan Micra's or Yummy Mummies Range Rover's! 

16781

General Discussion Area / Re: NHS what has gone wrong - not political

« on: 07 January 2015, 17:48:17 »

This A & E crisis that the media is getting all worked up about is all about targets.

In England 95% of A&E admissions have to be seen within 4 hours, but at my local A&E (Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester) something like 94.6% were seen within 4 hours during December, so it is classed as failing or in crisis! Really? 

Maybe the 5.4% who had to wait longer than 4 hours, were those who could or should have waited to see their GP later in the day or even the following day!   

Maybe Triage Nurses should have the power to send people away with instructions to make an appointment with their GP!    I bet that would help things along somewhat!   

Also the statistics are much worse in Wales where 83.8% got seen within 4 hours during November.  So why aren't the BBC and Labour getting in a lather about those figures?  Maybe it might have something to do with the fact that the Welsh NHS is run by the Labour Welsh Government!     Ooops! 

16782

General Car Chat / Re: Inner tubes in tubeless tyres.

« on: 07 January 2015, 17:04:53 »

I'm tempted to buy a two year old Daewoo......then I won't need to concern myself with age related problems.

Cool! I'll look forward to your next car purchase then M'lud, as I could do with a laugh!!     

Don't laugh, Sir Tig. A Daewoo is a real 'pussy puller'.....just ask STMO.

There was an Orlando in Lidl's car park today.... 

16783

General Car Chat / Re: Inner tubes in tubeless tyres.

« on: 07 January 2015, 16:53:49 »

I'm tempted to buy a two year old Daewoo......then I won't need to concern myself with age related problems.

Cool! I'll look forward to your next car purchase then M'lud, as I could do with a laugh!!     

16784

General Discussion Area / Re: Some interesting (to me, anyway), numbers about fuel price

« on: 07 January 2015, 16:50:33 »

Shame the Scots voted 'no' really.    How we'd have laughed! 

16785

General Car Chat / Re: Inner tubes in tubeless tyres.

« on: 07 January 2015, 16:39:04 »

Would this present any problems?

On a bicycle? Shouldn't think so.
I wish Chrisgixer was here to answer difficult questions such as these.

I would ask him: my tyres keep losing pressure. I have purchased some cheap Chinese valves but they are, unsurprisingly, crap and didn't cure the problem. I thought about getting the wheel rims cleaned, thought for ages and ages, but decided I am too tight. What should I do? Stick inner tubes in?