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Re: New car should soon be here.
« Reply #15 on: 20 May 2023, 16:05:34 »

Was due to arrive on 22nd May.....One year and 3 days after leaving a deposit. :-X

Provisional date of delivery is now 12th June.

She is still on a container ship somewhere between Veracruz  and Southampton.

Mexican workers need to sleep less and work more.... ::) ::)
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Re: New car should soon be here.
« Reply #16 on: 07 June 2023, 17:24:38 »

I've paid. :y

2PM Friday for pick up. :y

Approx £350 to insure :-\

They tell me that no 'running in period' is required.  ??? ??? ???......and first service in 2 years and 18000 miles.
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Re: New car should soon be here.
« Reply #17 on: 07 June 2023, 17:38:04 »

It must be obsolete by now?  :D
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Re: New car should soon be here.
« Reply #18 on: 07 June 2023, 17:41:58 »

I've paid. :y

2PM Friday for pick up. :y

Approx £350 to insure :-\

They tell me that no 'running in period' is required.  ??? ??? ???......and first service in 2 years and 18000 miles.
It won't need running in because the little Mexicans will have ragged it round the desert, dropping off the drugs  ;D
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Re: New car should soon be here.
« Reply #19 on: 07 June 2023, 18:05:56 »

It must be obsolete by now?  :D

No, it is updated from the bell end purple test car I drove in 2022.

Some updates I like....others not so much.

For example, the gear stick is no more being replaced by a much smaller 'clitoral nub' selector.

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Re: New car should soon be here.
« Reply #20 on: 07 June 2023, 18:59:49 »

I've paid. :y

2PM Friday for pick up. :y

Approx £350 to insure :-\

They tell me that no 'running in period' is required.  ??? ??? ???......and first service in 2 years and 18000 miles.
It won't need running in because the little Mexicans will have ragged it round the desert, dropping off the drugs  ;D

He might find a cadaver in the boot!  :o  ;D
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Re: New car should soon be here.
« Reply #21 on: 07 June 2023, 19:02:49 »

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They tell me that no 'running in period' is required.  ??? ??? ???......and first service in 2 years and 18000 miles.

No running in period as such, the book will say to avoid long periods of full throttle until you have a few hundred miles on the clock. If you ignore this advice, they really stink and smell like they are about to catch fire ….. hmm errr apparently.  ::)
As for the 18000 mile’s service interval, you could always set the panel to alert at an interim 9000 miles for just the oil, especially if you’re keeping it for a bit.  :y
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« Reply #22 on: 07 June 2023, 19:26:03 »

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They tell me that no 'running in period' is required.  ??? ??? ???......and first service in 2 years and 18000 miles.

No running in period as such, the book will say to avoid long periods of full throttle until you have a few hundred miles on the clock. If you ignore this advice, they really stink and smell like they are about to catch fire ….. hmm errr apparently.  ::)
As for the 18000 mile’s service interval, you could always set the panel to alert at an interim 9000 miles for just the oil, especially if you’re keeping it for a bit.  :y

I'm guessing the engine manufacturing process has moved on since the days of a Ford Zodiac or Vauxhall Cresta from the 1960's.

I also imagine that engine oils have moved on since the days of Castrol GTX 20/50 sludge.



 
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Re: New car should soon be here.
« Reply #23 on: 07 June 2023, 20:35:01 »

Ah,back to the days when all new cars came with a "Running in please pass" sticker in the rear window
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« Reply #24 on: 07 June 2023, 20:53:13 »

Ah,back to the days when all new cars came with a "Running in please pass" sticker in the rear window

I think I remember that slogan, but being so young it was probably something my Grandfather once said.  ::) :-X
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« Reply #25 on: 07 June 2023, 21:05:02 »

Ah,back to the days when all new cars came with a "Running in please pass" sticker in the rear window

I think I remember that slogan, but being so young it was probably something my Grandfather once said.  ::) :-X

Snigger... >:D
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Re: New car should soon be here.
« Reply #26 on: 08 June 2023, 14:27:11 »

Just sorted out the insurance for both myself and Mrs Opti to drive.

The usual boring stuff...protected NCD......total excess (voluntary and compulsory) £500.....windscreen cover....blah ...blah.

£382.45 with Aviva. :-\

For some reason they seem to think I'm a spotty 17 year old who wants to insure a Bugatti Veyron or Porsche 911 Turbo S. :-\

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Re: New car should soon be here.
« Reply #27 on: 08 June 2023, 17:25:07 »

Just sorted out the insurance for both myself and Mrs Opti to drive.

The usual boring stuff...protected NCD......total excess (voluntary and compulsory) £500.....windscreen cover....blah ...blah.

£382.45 with Aviva. :-\

For some reason they seem to think I'm a spotty 17 year old who wants to insure a Bugatti Veyron or Porsche 911 Turbo S. :-\
They think you're a liability  ;D
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Re: New car should soon be here.
« Reply #28 on: 08 June 2023, 17:26:33 »

I pay more for my astra. But I obviously live in a higher risk area and am 106 years old.
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Re: New car should soon be here.
« Reply #29 on: 08 June 2023, 17:44:23 »

I pay more for my astra. But I obviously live in a higher risk area and am 106 years old.
Did you claim for the fire /arson on the red one a while back Uncle Stemo ? or just sort it yourself  ££   :-\
that won't help the renewal price ,plus other claims in the street at the same time IIRC other cars got damaged  :(
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