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General Discussion Area / Re: Word Association.
« on: Today at 01:18:52 »Kukribehead
- 10 May 2024, 11:42:27
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General Discussion Area / Re: Auroras this weekend?
« on: Today at 01:17:16 »
See Lads !
My tinfoil hat aint such a "daft idea" after all
My tinfoil hat aint such a "daft idea" after all
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Omega General Help / Re: Steering dust covers MOT advisories.
« on: Yesterday at 17:57:48 »
You CAN change dust covers on track rod ends BUT it requires removing the nut/breaking the taper free .
at which point you may as well replace the TRE especially if your also removing the steering linkage for boots ,or replacement
then the tracking will need doing .
inspect the boots , if they are not split (allowing the ingress of water ,an MOT FAIL ) the leave them be
If there is any play in joints ,replace the track rods ,steering links etc ,anything on it's way out ,in one go ,then get tracking done
at which point you may as well replace the TRE especially if your also removing the steering linkage for boots ,or replacement
then the tracking will need doing .
inspect the boots , if they are not split (allowing the ingress of water ,an MOT FAIL ) the leave them be
If there is any play in joints ,replace the track rods ,steering links etc ,anything on it's way out ,in one go ,then get tracking done
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General Car Chat / Re: Project anyone?
« on: Yesterday at 12:29:20 »Car park dings wouldn't be a problem.Whilst it's probably better fuel economy wise than an Omega ,
I doubt I it could take the country lane corners well at 50 mph ,I'd probably end up ploughing fields 
and I'm NOT a farmer , so ......"that's a NO from me and I'm out "
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General Discussion Area / Re: Alzheimer's disease
« on: 08 May 2024, 21:17:44 »
There's a lot of coffin dodgers on OOF , looking for their marbles
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General Discussion Area / Re: Alzheimer's disease
« on: 08 May 2024, 12:26:54 »No point seeking advice / diagnosis on a car forum.Indeed
Make an appointment with your Doctor and ask for tests.
sooner the better , treatments are available for some memory loss
took 9 months, and countless calls to get my mum assessed (Alzheimer's disease & vascular dementia)
Alzheimer's disease & dementia is horrible ,not gust for the sufferer
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General Car Chat / Re: Project anyone?
« on: 03 May 2024, 21:36:48 »A Plastic Pig for Lord Opti!I helped my Dad build one of those (new chassis etc) when I was a kid
reg 309 JOC
he rolled it and broke his back a few years later
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General Discussion Area / Re: Disk space
« on: 01 May 2024, 23:44:07 »Out of pure interst how much storage do you run in total and how much does the OOF take up.
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General Car Chat / Re: Car Insurance - Recommendations?
« on: 01 May 2024, 20:49:18 »Who/where/what insurance providers do people use?Unfortunately that probably means your previous NCB (no claims bonus) may NOT be accepted by UK insurers
I haven't needed to buy insurance in the UK for a few years so completely out of touch with which ones are good / expensive / useless etc.
Most only allow 1 or 2 years gap
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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: 28 April 2024, 18:02:58 »
Omega was £415 to tax so that's gone up £20
Still .... at least the council will have that cash to fix all the bloody pot holes
car insurance renewal £100 too much (compared to other sites) so I'll have to waste my time arguing them down again
Still .... at least the council will have that cash to fix all the bloody pot holes
car insurance renewal £100 too much (compared to other sites) so I'll have to waste my time arguing them down again
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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: 27 April 2024, 12:19:20 »There was a time that the fastest thing on 4 wheels you could buy was a Transit van. Now - the front of every queue round here is some twonk driving one at 45 in a NSL limit.Maybe someone should invent a smart phone app
control your delivery vans speed while texting ,calling etc
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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: Good afternoon from France.
« on: 25 April 2024, 17:37:47 »
welcome to the OOF
As 'Doctor Gollum' said .check for structural corrosion BEFORE spending any money
As 'Doctor Gollum' said .check for structural corrosion BEFORE spending any money
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 23 April 2024, 07:44:35 »Must be a day for MOT passes - a pass on the Petrol Blue 3.2 Elite with clean bill of health and no advisories. In fact it created a lot of admiration from the other mechanics during its test..Congratulations on the MOT pass
It's quite often a stranger says ...
"not seen one of them in a while" ""great car, I used to have one" etc
I hope they are not too disappointed when I don't praise their common as muck, shiny ,Euro Sh!tbox
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 22 April 2024, 17:34:58 »MOT Pass, no advisories on the BMWCongratulations on the MOT pass
MOT pass on the Smart Roadster .... but with the same advisories on brake pipes it's had on the last 4 MOTs
Congratulations on the MOT pass
Brake pipes don't "self heal" with time