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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: Today at 19:04:03 »
Well, not mine, but rad and condenser on an Omega.
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: Yesterday at 16:35:58 »
oil and filter on hers, and when we checked, the air filter was 2.5yrs old, so that got done as well, though looked pretty good.
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General Car Chat / Re: Car Tax Scaremongering
« on: 17 January 2025, 15:25:31 »
I think all the clickbait is on brand spanker new cars.
As far as I can ascertain, her dirty diesel will remain £0 ? And mine £335 (184g/km) ?
As far as I can ascertain, her dirty diesel will remain £0 ? And mine £335 (184g/km) ?
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General Car Chat / Re: Car Tax Scaremongering
« on: 17 January 2025, 15:19:58 »I believe a few years ago they talked of putting extra taxes on fuel and scrapping car tax.I'm sure Racheal from accounts will find a way to do both.
So Pensioners for example who did a 3 mile round trip for a weekly shop would benefit, The reps who drive a 1000+ miles a week then pay more. All based I suppose a way of paying only for the wear and and tear of the damage to the roads.
Downside is the haulage companies pay more then charge more and the costs are passed on for groceries, goods and other trades.
Pro's and con's each way, no matter what it would p/ss some people off
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General Car Chat / Re: Further drop in cost of a new leccy Jag.
« on: 17 January 2025, 15:17:24 »
We are already banned from charging either own own plug-ins or official company cars at work. Obviously the vans can be.
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General Car Chat / Re: Further drop in cost of a new leccy Jag.
« on: 16 January 2025, 12:27:02 »The main reason I started this thread is because Mrs Opti wants her next car to run on 'elastictrickery'. She rarely travels more than 100 miles in any one day. However, she thinks electric cars are the future whether we like it or not.......so presumably it is some sort of economic decisionI actually agree for some, possibly lots of, people, milk floats are the answer.
Quite strange really considering her politics are even further to the right than that of Albitz and TB, and she would be quite happy to club a baby seal to death....
They should be more reliable and longer lasting that ICE. They have all the right torque in the right places. They don't need heavy gearboxes and the driver doesn't have to concern themselves with gears and clutches.
Ignoring costs, they have a few pitfalls though. Travelling beyond their range is problematic due to charge times (and chargers and public charge costs in the UK make it worse). Regularly depleting the battery below around 30% is harmful to battery life. Battery and motor maintenance is specialised and time consuming, thus expensive. Lithium batteries are volatile, and even minor scrapes tend to write the cars off as the batteries cannot be trusted not to suffer "thermal events" in accidents, even if the battery pack appears to be untouched. Cheap home charging only allows around 70-120 miles of charge per cheap rate overnight charging. Driving any quicker than miss daisy mullers range,
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General Discussion Area / Re: VOIP - Progs/Apps
« on: 16 January 2025, 12:15:08 »
If you want integration to the phone networks, you are looking at something SIP. All these stupid apps don't come close, though they do offer the advantage of video calls if that's important.
SIP can work with dedicated SIP handsets, or your existing landline handsets via an adapter, or via apps on mobile*. It does need a *GOOD* internet connection with stable latency. Mobile broadband isn't up to the job, due to latency jitter. It say if your internet is good for online Fraggin', its more than good enough for SIP.
As the phone providers in the UK shut down the PSTN in the next couple of years, your normal provider will automatically move you to SIP (but most will carry on charging you the same price).
I have been using SIP as my landline for probably the past 20 years, works will, and with the right provider, far, far cheaper than using the traditional phone companies. I pay 1p per minute to call my elderly relatives in Canada on their landlines. My provider has no monthly charge, and I top up with a tenner about every 2 years... ...must be billy no-mates
*some apps need to be open on mobile to receive calls, and if not on a good wifi, suffer all the issues that mobile networks have with data streams. Some apps hammer the phones battery, such as Zoiper (which is what I use when I go on hols)
SIP can work with dedicated SIP handsets, or your existing landline handsets via an adapter, or via apps on mobile*. It does need a *GOOD* internet connection with stable latency. Mobile broadband isn't up to the job, due to latency jitter. It say if your internet is good for online Fraggin', its more than good enough for SIP.
As the phone providers in the UK shut down the PSTN in the next couple of years, your normal provider will automatically move you to SIP (but most will carry on charging you the same price).
I have been using SIP as my landline for probably the past 20 years, works will, and with the right provider, far, far cheaper than using the traditional phone companies. I pay 1p per minute to call my elderly relatives in Canada on their landlines. My provider has no monthly charge, and I top up with a tenner about every 2 years... ...must be billy no-mates
*some apps need to be open on mobile to receive calls, and if not on a good wifi, suffer all the issues that mobile networks have with data streams. Some apps hammer the phones battery, such as Zoiper (which is what I use when I go on hols)
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 16 January 2025, 12:04:40 »
Put some new rear tyres on hers earlier in the week. She's such a hooligan, I think they only lasted 20k
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General Car Chat / Re: spotted an Omega
« on: 16 January 2025, 12:03:16 »Shall we tentatively try and arrange a date / time? I've messaged Al, so hopefully he can join us too!I'd say make some early plans. Might be better for when its actually a bit warmer/dry ?
Should I create a new topic, or carry on here?
I'll make sure I've got 7-8 cars available for testing / general poking around that day.
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General Car Chat / Re: Auto Aid Breakdown
« on: 15 January 2025, 19:18:51 »I use Autonational Rescue and they cover cars of any age.Same outfit as Autoaid, Autoaid covers the person in any car, Autonational cover the car with any driver.
For my needs, we need the personal type cover
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Omega General Help / Re: Bonnet support arms
« on: 15 January 2025, 19:15:24 »If they're getting weak, the cold highlights it.Starting with weakest, and if the remaining strut is not strong enough, borrow a set of hands from passers by
Some 3in1 on the clips a day or so before can help free them up along with a slim, flat screwdriver. Obviously try not to stab your, the windscreen or bodywork as you do them and change one side at a time.
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General Car Chat / Re: Auto Aid Breakdown
« on: 15 January 2025, 15:23:29 »
I’m guessing you pay considerably more than me. I’d suggest about 2-3 times more for basic relay 
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Omega General Help / Re: Bonnet support arms
« on: 15 January 2025, 15:19:11 »
Replace in pairs always best idea. Generally f one is tired, other won’t be far behind.
The quick release clips can be fiddly if not done one before
The quick release clips can be fiddly if not done one before
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General Car Chat / Re: spotted an Omega
« on: 14 January 2025, 13:29:40 »
I think sit-down chinkys. And Brakkers and surrounding area is completely devoid of them.
I feel a plan forming
I feel a plan forming
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 14 January 2025, 13:28:12 »Talking about the proper carI thought you had a post 1990s Merc?