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General Discussion Area / Re: Happy Burfday Mr DTM
« on: 28 September 2023, 07:59:41 »
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General Discussion Area / Re: UPS and UPS
« on: 27 September 2023, 15:21:40 »
Standard MP2.3-12 battery as used in many house alarms, available in loads of places (including the likes of Toolstation).
Being a fan of Tayna batteries, I would be buying from them
Being a fan of Tayna batteries, I would be buying from them
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 26 September 2023, 15:05:28 »
Changed it, now I need to go to a country shop to get suitable attire
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Omega General Help / Re: Windscreen trim
« on: 25 September 2023, 16:10:20 »Must be the month for it....
Take a photo of the HUD image projected on the screen before its replaced.
The fitters are using some real cheap shit china glass and its real hit and miss on having the wedge shaded core to get the HUD image to focus and be the correct brightness and size.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Net Zero
« on: 25 September 2023, 11:57:48 »
The electric arc furnace is primarily for recycling steel, not making it, so effectively Port Talbot will cease to produce steel. Hence the job losses as no coking plants needed and a much simpler/smaller process
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General Car Chat / Re: Heavy Oil Stain
« on: 15 September 2023, 08:35:47 »
Nothing will remove it all as Concrete is porous and it soaks in, cement may pull a lot of it out
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 12 September 2023, 17:37:08 »
Interesting solution, not seen those before 
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General Car Chat / Re: Zafira Tourer engine choices
« on: 07 September 2023, 13:09:17 »
Trouble is, as soon as you go van base you lose a hell of a lot of the everyday use refinement
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General Car Chat / Re: Zafira Tourer engine choices
« on: 07 September 2023, 08:15:09 »
2.0 CDTi is the F40 box and not the M32 so fewer issues (although I put 197k hard miles miles on an M32 with the 1.9 CDti and had no issues and that was the unmodified box, it did get 50k oil changes) and the later updates have made big improvements to the M32, I personally wouldn't be avoiding them.
The 1.4T is acceptable, more so than I would have expected.
The 1.4T is acceptable, more so than I would have expected.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Any saddos on overnight?
« on: 04 September 2023, 08:01:49 »
It was timing out at 7.05am
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General Discussion Area / Re: RAAC building concrete
« on: 01 September 2023, 13:24:05 »
Its the usual media flap.
RAAC is a very good structural solution but, like everything, it needs to be looked after. The major issue is maintenance, if its kept dry and was manufactured and installed correctly in the first place, it can last a very very long time. What is being seen is leaking flat roofs (its often used to create structural roof panels and beams as its very strong and also a fraction of the weight of the equivalent concrete) corroding the structural steel rods and blowing the RAAC, there have also been cases where the form was manufactured wrong or installed wrongly (upside down!).
So in summary, its less tolerant to poor maintenance, manufacture and installation.........and that is what we are seeing now.
RAAC is a very good structural solution but, like everything, it needs to be looked after. The major issue is maintenance, if its kept dry and was manufactured and installed correctly in the first place, it can last a very very long time. What is being seen is leaking flat roofs (its often used to create structural roof panels and beams as its very strong and also a fraction of the weight of the equivalent concrete) corroding the structural steel rods and blowing the RAAC, there have also been cases where the form was manufactured wrong or installed wrongly (upside down!).
So in summary, its less tolerant to poor maintenance, manufacture and installation.........and that is what we are seeing now.
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General Car Chat / Re: The engineering that went into this......
« on: 31 August 2023, 12:35:55 »
If I dropped a lottery win than an XJR-15 would be at the top of the shopping list.
Probably an XJ220 as well, plus a project 7.
Probably an XJ220 as well, plus a project 7.
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General Car Chat / Re: V8 engines to return to AMG Mercs.
« on: 24 August 2023, 15:57:52 »https://youtu.be/rXhQZUZPw7k?feature=shared
This is how a car should sound.
Jag V8.
Only possible with a super charger, and to a lesser extent, NA engines. Turbos remove to much energy from the exhaust
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 24 August 2023, 08:09:32 »
The fronts on the F-type are about £200 for a top brand, rears are £300
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General Car Chat / Re: V8 engines to return to AMG Mercs.
« on: 24 August 2023, 08:02:01 »
Oh, a partial story.
I am guessing this only applies to the C and E class as its still available in the higher end models, it would be good news as the shockingly shit over boosted four pot they have been peddling is far to highly strung and crap on power delivery.
I just wish Merc could make a chassis to match the power plant, that said I guess you could buy an Aston in that case.
I am guessing this only applies to the C and E class as its still available in the higher end models, it would be good news as the shockingly shit over boosted four pot they have been peddling is far to highly strung and crap on power delivery.
I just wish Merc could make a chassis to match the power plant, that said I guess you could buy an Aston in that case.