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General Discussion Area / Re: Insurance Renewal Due

« on: Today at 08:50:35 »

Relatively inexpensive insurance quotes above.

Being an old bastard can be a good thing at times.

Can't wait until I'm 34 and can get cheap insurance!                                                       

After you reach a 'certain age', they hammer you again.

By the time I get to that stage they'll probably be routinely euthanising people of a 'certain age' so I won't have to worry about my car insurance.     

Are you moving to Canada then

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General Discussion Area / Re: Word Association.

« on: Today at 08:45:04 »

Dingaling

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General Car Chat / Re: Omega seat swap - questions

« on: Today at 08:44:15 »

My Mondeo Titanium X's drivers seat is a bit flat as well. 

I've always assumed that it was a cab before I bought it, as although it had a reasonable mileage, a few of the switches like the AC, Hazards and the heated seats, were worn, so I think it had a fat bastard sat in it for hours going nowhere very far. 

It wasn't me

Had one briefly as a temporary replacement... Hateful bloody thing.

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Omega General Help / Re: Rear springs elite and broken middle section exhaust studs

« on: Today at 08:41:12 »

Sounds like someone has already replaced the shocks with non self levelling ones. Probably because of price or availability.

And presumably out of laziness, haven't bothered removing any of it.

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General Car Chat / Re: Car Insurance - Recommendations?

« on: Yesterday at 13:31:31 »

Give the meerkats a go and get what works for you. They're largely as shite and expensive as each other.

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General Car Chat / Re: Omega seat swap - questions

« on: Yesterday at 13:24:51 »

Another option would be to replace the foam base with a new one.

A bit fiddly, but should be readily available at a reasonable price.

Driver's seat base for my Altea when I handed it back cost about £65 and an afternoons work.

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General Car Chat / Re: Omega seat swap - questions

« on: 30 April 2024, 19:36:55 »

Retrofitting the Ford airbag gubbins to an Omega seat and bolting it in would technically be doable.

But...

At best, in an accident, the airbags/seat pretensioners might not work. At worst they might work incorrectly and potentially kill the person in the seat.

So the question you should be asking isn't could it be done?, but rather is it really worth doing?

The answer is no.

A much better solution, for several reasons, would be to find a.set of nice seats from a similar vintage Mundeo TittyX. You might need to swap the rails over, but it should retain full functionality without any drama.

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Omega General Help / Re: Rear springs elite and broken middle section exhaust studs

« on: 30 April 2024, 19:25:03 »

If you suspect that your self leveling doesn't work correctly, then you would be well advised to remove it completely* and fit non SL springs and shocks.

* Pulling the fuse/relay is not the same thing.

Also rear springs and shocks are different between saloon and estate, so shop carefully.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Word Association.

« on: 26 April 2024, 19:50:01 »

Totesamazeballs

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

« on: 26 April 2024, 13:57:12 »

Had a Kia K5 for a day...

Meh.

I had some crappy small van yesterday, Vauxhall maybe?, that I had to tolerate a repeated limp mode, and it was giving me a countdown before it would stop starting due to an emission fault.

Enterprise really make my life a bloody misery

Have to say, for £38 a day, I can't really complain. Between 4.it works out at £15 each for a day out

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General Discussion Area / Re: Word Association.

« on: 26 April 2024, 02:39:12 »

Intriguing

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

« on: 25 April 2024, 18:30:01 »

Took the driver's seat back apart to reposition the upper backrest air bladder.

Been meaning to look at it for months as it got folded over on itself and wouldn't deflate, meaning the upper backrest was digging into my shoulders.

All sorted and back together and working again so hopefully a more comfortable commute again

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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: Good afternoon from France.

« on: 25 April 2024, 18:22:48 »

I should add, even now, there aren't many large estate cars to compare to the Omega, (E Class, Volvo V90, possibly the Pissat/Superb), and if you look after it, it should serve you well

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?

« on: 25 April 2024, 16:17:01 »

Overtake or sit back and suck it up

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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: Good afternoon from France.

« on: 25 April 2024, 16:16:06 »

Rust. Particularly around the front chassis legs and rear sills.

The usual rules apply re water ingress and rodent damage.

Being the BMW 6 cylinder lump rather than the GM 2.2dti, it should go ok. Haynes manual might be of use.

Depending on specification it may have self levelling rear suspension. If this doesn't work and you fit standard rear shocks then you're going to need to uprate the rear springs. If it requires suspension repairs then budget around €1000 to go through it.

Good luck, but remember, there's no such thing as a free lunch