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General Discussion Area / Re: TT
« on: 09 June 2023, 22:44:13 »Hickman upped the lap record today to 136.358mph !
Mark Higgins averaged 128 mph around the course in a rally car,it's on you tube and is bloody frightening to watch
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Mark Higgins averaged 128 mph around the course in a rally car,it's on you tube and is bloody frightening to watch
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General Car Chat / Re: DSG gearbox
« on: 07 June 2023, 20:48:42 »Torque converter slush box for me every time
Admittedly it was a while back now, but SWMBO was given a DSG Passat as a courtesy car that I ended up using, I never liked the slow speed engagement while parking etc though I believe there is now a certain amount of 'creep' built into them
I'm with you there Andy,also not keen on DSG around town,fine on the open road though
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 03 June 2023, 10:10:49 »Congratulations….. if that’s what you meant.
Thank you, and yes, it is.
A huge surprise as we'd both been told independently that the likelihood of it ever happening for us was remote. So it's fair to say we weren't expecting it! It has been and will continue to be a nervous but hugely exciting time for all of us.
Roll on September!!
A very good friend of mine had one and loved it, drove well enough and I think it looks smarter than the Merc its based on
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General Car Chat / Re: £4,000 Omega GLS?
« on: 08 May 2023, 09:13:35 »Sounds the same as ours -V70 P3 2012 2.0D D4 (5 Cylinder) went to a 4 Cylinder version in 2013 I believe.I cant understand the obsession with low mileage.
Cars that are rarely used suffer all kinds of problems that cars with plenty of miles, but well looked after dont.
Yep …..
Agreed,my v70 is on 212 k now and still feels tight
Is that a D4 2.0?
It's a P3 2.0 derv from 2009,may have been mapped as it seems quite spritely,it's averaged 43mpg in the year or so I've had it so quite pleased with it
No D4 badges on it so perhaps that came a bit later
Mine is the 4 pot
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General Car Chat / Re: £4,000 Omega GLS?
« on: 06 May 2023, 19:21:41 »I cant understand the obsession with low mileage.
Cars that are rarely used suffer all kinds of problems that cars with plenty of miles, but well looked after dont.
Yep …..
Agreed,my v70 is on 212 k now and still feels tight
Is that a D4 2.0?
It's a P3 2.0 derv from 2009,may have been mapped as it seems quite spritely,it's averaged 43mpg in the year or so I've had it so quite pleased with it
No D4 badges on it so perhaps that came a bit later
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General Car Chat / Re: £4,000 Omega GLS?
« on: 28 April 2023, 19:17:48 »I cant understand the obsession with low mileage.
Cars that are rarely used suffer all kinds of problems that cars with plenty of miles, but well looked after dont.
Yep …..
Agreed,my v70 is on 212 k now and still feels tight
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General Car Chat / Re: Another problem with EVs
« on: 27 March 2023, 22:38:06 »A friend hit a pothole in his Volvo something 40 and got a puncture. Garagesaid your alloy is wrecked too. He says it is all the heavy EVs wearing out the roads.
Trouble is all the modern cars have rubber bands for tyres,older cars with bigger Balloon tyres never suffered all the wheel damage as the tyre absorbed it. Run flats are worst of the lot for buggering wheels
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General Discussion Area / Re: Dead Person
« on: 26 March 2023, 10:42:52 »
Andrew Lloyd Webbers son at 43 to gastric cancer,way to young
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General Car Chat / Re: Shaguar anyone
« on: 16 March 2023, 22:34:56 »I do think the design of the XJ has aged well. It's a handsome beast.Its passable from the front of side, but by god, its got a pig ugly arse.
Very true,can't understand that as the XF arse is quite smart,recently drove a lwb jag xj and it's a lovely thing on the road even though it's huge
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General Discussion Area / Re: Meanwhile In Kernow....
« on: 11 February 2023, 22:28:21 »
Have to say I've driven past the sign and found it quite funny,it's probably gone by now though.
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 08 February 2023, 18:55:21 »Booked the Alabama Mumsybus in for a couple of wheel bearings.
By the time I have wasted days getting replacement hubs and getting the bearings changed on them to make the actual job easier... (swapping hubs is an hour or so vs trying to dig the old bearings out on the drive), I concluded that I really CBA so it's going to a local indie for it.
This is the reality for a good percentage of jobs on cars these days for me, especially with limited daylight this time of the year, roll on the summer!
Took the headlights off the Boxster to polish them up.
Takes about 20 seconds per unit to remove them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeQfR5Q2KlQ
MyTouareg has the same type of retainer
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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: 52 reg elite drivers memory seat no worky
« on: 03 February 2023, 22:18:04 »Sounds like the module itself to me.
My thoughts as well tbh,might put a wanted add in parts for one
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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / 52 reg elite drivers memory seat no worky
« on: 03 February 2023, 18:14:34 »
As in the title,has power to the module under seat and motors can be run with a power probe butnothing from any of the switches,passenger side works as it should,any ideas gents?
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General Car Chat / Re: Shagged battery or another cause?
« on: 13 January 2023, 21:57:14 »If you can clip the meter on it so that you can see it as you turn ignition over you’ll probably find that it drops to around 8 Volts under load. Likewise, if you get it running you should see over 14 Volts to check alternator output. It’s done quite well so new battery time.
I'm getting around 14.5 Volts with the silky V6 running.
New battery time then.
Yep,battery fooked
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 13 January 2023, 18:42:07 »Treated the Omega to a new pair of Bosch wipers. Havent tried them yet, but hopefully they wont be shite.
The screeching on the old ones drove me to distraction.
Bosch are the only ones I'll buy,the rest are crap