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General Discussion Area / Re: Vettel’s successor?

« on: 03 August 2022, 12:28:44 »

So they have no interest in winning then.

An uncompetitive car driven by a man years past his 'best sell by date'.

It might be they want a "good" driver to help develop the car.  Much like that useless waste of carbon, Jenson Button, 15 years ago - he was never going to win anything*, but he was very good at telling his teams what the issues were with the car, and constantly giving feedback on all the tweaks applied.


*OK, so he got lucky one year when the illegal controversial Brawn was always going to win until the other teams could redesign the arse of theirs.

He managed to outscore Hamilton on points during there three seasons together !!

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General Car Chat / Re: Classic 17 year old Vauxhall for five grand.

« on: 03 August 2022, 12:24:23 »

The used market is crazy at the moment. I paid £2400 for mine 7 years ago.

Only 11 Signums on Autotrader and only one with a proper V6 petrol engine.



https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202207147799149?

I think the saying ryhme's with  Clucking Bell

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General Car Chat / Re: My LR Reliability thread

« on: 03 August 2022, 12:21:50 »

Get a Landcruiser, you know how the saying goes, if you want to go into the desert take a Landrover, if you want to come back take a Landcruiser 

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General Car Chat / Re: In the name of all that is holy. How hard can rear shocks be?

« on: 03 August 2022, 12:17:36 »

And the problem....

Needs a touch from the hot metal glue gun , Ive just put a set of front pads into a 2014 XJ/L, bloody calipers are huge but pads are mondeo size, whats the point in that

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General Discussion Area / Re: Vettel’s successor?

« on: 01 August 2022, 12:48:14 »

There are quite a few up and coming "promising" youngsters in Formula 2. Last years winner Oscar Piastri is the one that is most talked about. Look at the previous winners -  Mick Schumacher, Nyck de Vries, George Russell and Charles Leclerc. There is also a lot of young talent in Formula E. Trouble is, none of these are very likely to be dropped straight into a competitive F1 car.

There is also a lot of politics in driver placement, with many of the drivers being tied to managers or manufacturers. Mercedes supply the engine for the Aston, so they have a lot of clout in who gets to drive for them.

Piastri is 'owned' by Alpine. With Alpine now running in 4th place on the grid, they may allow him to race for another team to gain experience. Can't see him dropping straight into the Alpine alongside Ocon at the expense of Alonso. And I don't see Alonso going to Aston either - why would he go from a team challenging the big 3 to a team that currently struggles to get out of Q1.

Aston have just signed Alonso so Merc haven't had much say in that one I wouldn't think

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General Discussion Area / Re: Vettel’s successor?

« on: 31 July 2022, 12:48:39 »

Well that killed that then!

Cracking job from Russell yesterday 

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General Car Chat / Re: Long live diesel

« on: 22 July 2022, 15:00:56 »

Drove down to Bognor Regis this aft (sat nav didn't like the look of the M25, so took us past some place called Brackley) in wifey's Astra. Mostly motorway but a few A and B roads. 65.3mpg over 250 miles.
Don't say you're not jealous, Opti.

Air con on?

I'm told it doesn't make a great deal of difference.

Used to be around 10% but probably less these days

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General Car Chat / Re: What's everyone driving these days?

« on: 19 July 2022, 10:27:52 »

Vw Touareg, Volvo V70 and a pug 306 convertible for nice weather

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General Discussion Area / Re: Never mind the actress and the Bishop,we now have Henry the Hoover and the Vicar

« on: 16 July 2022, 15:28:19 »

suck it up buttercup..................oh hang on

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General Car Chat / Re: I never thought that would happen...

« on: 03 July 2022, 14:04:54 »

Why,what's it done ?

The front wheels don't always point the right way...

Front subframe rotted out??,common fault and easy fix as it doesn't hold the motor up

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General Car Chat / Re: I never thought that would happen...

« on: 02 July 2022, 17:40:41 »

Why,what's it done ?

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General Car Chat / Re: Thanks JLR

« on: 26 June 2022, 18:09:17 »

All pulleys, idlers and other components were spun with the belt off, no noises or roughness at all.

When was T belt last changed?,more pulleys capable of noise in there too !

Another reason not to buy one...

Why? Because it might need a belt kit change?

In a word. Yes.

If it's six hours just to change the aux belt, then that doesn't bode well for the timing belt.

Once into the aux belt it's only a couple covers to get to the T belt

Was just looking at the instructions for cam belt, looks trivial once aux belt is off.

However, I might be looking to paying for that to be done

If you got too and changed the serpentine belt the T belt is piss easy from there,fuel pump belt at the back is more tricky tbh

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General Car Chat / Re: Thanks JLR

« on: 26 June 2022, 09:14:32 »

All pulleys, idlers and other components were spun with the belt off, no noises or roughness at all.

When was T belt last changed?,more pulleys capable of noise in there too !

Another reason not to buy one...

Why? Because it might need a belt kit change?

In a word. Yes.

If it's six hours just to change the aux belt, then that doesn't bode well for the timing belt.

Once into the aux belt it's only a couple covers to get to the T belt

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 25 June 2022, 19:50:44 »

Well, I,ve just had it running. Was charging the battery today. Just put it back on , turned the key and off it went.
Engine fault light was on, read the codes and got one for cam sensor. Then realised the cam sensor was sat on the seat beside me. 
Put it back on and plugged it in, turned the key and it would start. Took the cam sensor off again and tried again but it still didnt start.
So Im now as confused as ever. 
It did sound ok though when it was running.

It ran before the belt jumped teeth so has to be connected,have you checked the woodruff keys on cam and crank to make sure one hasn't moved enough to cock the timing up ,may not be enough to bend anything but could make it bitch to start

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General Car Chat / Re: Thanks JLR

« on: 25 June 2022, 16:11:14 »

All pulleys, idlers and other components were spun with the belt off, no noises or roughness at all.

When was T belt last changed?,more pulleys capable of noise in there too !