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General Car Chat / Re: Some new bits for the car

« on: 02 May 2020, 10:18:26 »

Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 02 May 2020, 09:08:10

Bet they're not complete... Probably one half of them...

They are complete, well they look complete to me, no missing bits there!!!

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General Car Chat / Re: Car Polish - Wax or Ceramic?

« on: 02 May 2020, 10:12:23 »

Thought as much, was going to clay bar the car in any case before applying any sort of wax, that's a 2/3 hrs job on its own, going for the wax in any case, Meguiars Ultimate Liquid Wax, should do the job.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Fake Covid-19 Figures?

« on: 02 May 2020, 10:07:32 »

Quote from: Lizzie Zoom on 02 May 2020, 09:08:03

Quote from: MikeDundee on 02 May 2020, 08:29:07
forget about fake figures, what should be happening is identifying why people are still contracting the virus given we are all in lockdown, are new cases from people working or people in lockdown. The figures are coming down certainly in terms of number of deaths and beginning to flatten out, but the number of cases is not and they are not flattening out yet, despite the fancy graphs you see on BBC news and elsewhere.

The number of deaths reported by BBC on 26/04/20 was 21,092 on the following day it was reported at 25,402, something amiss there 20% increase, when the average from the week before was 4% to 2% by end of the week. Yes I have been tracking the figures on a daily basis since the outbreak and those in my local area, and have my own fancy graphs - LOL!!!

I think Mike you will find that was down to an adjustment being made for care home and community Covid deaths, in addition to hospital fatalities. The figures are therefore, hopefully, NEARER the truthful situation.

As for deaths despite the lockdown; that, in my mind, is more down to people still at 'essential' work and, more importantly, the stupid amoungst us who think the non-household mixing rules along with social distancing do not apply to them. I still see it everyday!

Yes social distancing, had that this morning in Tesco metro, bloke less than a metre from me, told him to stand back on the 2 metre mark, he said you serious, i said of course not joking, ****** idiot!!!

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General Discussion Area / Re: Fake Covid-19 Figures?

« on: 02 May 2020, 08:29:07 »

forget about fake figures, what should be happening is identifying why people are still contracting the virus given we are all in lockdown, are new cases from people working or people in lockdown. The figures are coming down certainly in terms of number of deaths and beginning to flatten out, but the number of cases is not and they are not flattening out yet, despite the fancy graphs you see on BBC news and elsewhere.

The number of deaths reported by BBC on 26/04/20 was 21,092 on the following day it was reported at 25,402, something amiss there 20% increase, when the average from the week before was 4% to 2% by end of the week. Yes I have been tracking the figures on a daily basis since the outbreak and those in my local area, and have my own fancy graphs - LOL!!!

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General Car Chat / Car Polish - Wax or Ceramic?

« on: 02 May 2020, 08:09:58 »

Was looking at waxing the car, been a long time, looking at products on the market I see there is now ceramic polish lasts up to twelve months but it is very expensive compared to wax.

Has anyone tried the ceramic polish is it worth it and is it better than wax, does it last as long as they say on the tin.

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Omega Gallery / Some pics of the Car

« on: 02 May 2020, 07:30:10 »

Just thought I'd post a couple of old and newer pics up.....

This one was a close call couple of years ago......

This one is the SUV in Thailand, wheels are currently off and battery disconnected, and mice proofed, with pre-fabricted 2ft high steel sheeting and wrapped, doubt I will be seeing it this year.....

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General Car Chat / Some new bits for the car

« on: 02 May 2020, 07:14:34 »

Arrived yesterday, new boot gas struts, current ones are a bit manky/rusting so get shot of them and new rear track control arms, originally ordered lemforder then they stated unavailable so ended up with these Moog ones, fraction of the price under £34, so get these fitted then can get the geometry done