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General Car Chat / Re: spotted an Omega

« on: 12 January 2025, 19:04:21 »

I saw the first Omega in ages a few weeks ago, it reminded me to collect the 3.2 Elite I accidentally bought from BCA and had left there for 6 weeks 
I've now got a Prestige Blue (Z20Q) 3.2 Elite saloon parked here! Drove it today, it took me back 12/13 years when I drove one every day!

I've been selling really boring Hyundai / Kia things recently, and this 22 year old Vauxhall reminded me they're pretty good!

I guess the difference between appliance cars and real cars.  Still, I suppose the market is moving that way, so as a dodgy used car dealer, you have to follow.

Welcome back - we must be due a meet up at some point, seems to have been ages.  Was it when I nicked an XF for the day? LOL

Did someone mention curry chicken and chips?

I tested out the Lamb Naga option last night at one of the curry houses - Tiffins is no more - but it really didn't settle well

Shall we do a Northants or Oxford food/meet? I've got 24 vehicles in currently, so might suggest meeting up here so you can look / drive some and realise anything after 2015 is terrible 

A friend of mine runs a very good chinese restaurant, and will adjust any dish as you wish!

Sounds like a plan to me.

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General Car Chat / Re: spotted an Omega

« on: 11 January 2025, 15:25:15 »

I saw the first Omega in ages a few weeks ago, it reminded me to collect the 3.2 Elite I accidentally bought from BCA and had left there for 6 weeks 
I've now got a Prestige Blue (Z20Q) 3.2 Elite saloon parked here! Drove it today, it took me back 12/13 years when I drove one every day!

I've been selling really boring Hyundai / Kia things recently, and this 22 year old Vauxhall reminded me they're pretty good!

I guess the difference between appliance cars and real cars.  Still, I suppose the market is moving that way, so as a dodgy used car dealer, you have to follow.

Welcome back - we must be due a meet up at some point, seems to have been ages.  Was it when I nicked an XF for the day? LOL

Did someone mention curry chicken and chips?

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

« on: 11 January 2025, 15:23:41 »

Also, although not tested on an MOT (I think?), the headlight washers stopped working around Christmas. Can't hear the pump.  Another job to wait until its warmer!

Required to work for LED and HID bulbs I believe.

Don't talk to me about them. Mine just syphon out the contents of the washer bottle on first application, so the relay is removed except for MOTs.

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

« on: 09 January 2025, 07:18:55 »

So glad to have a proper milkman who has glass bottles.

Yeah, well .....it's going to be -7°C here tomorrow morning. That brings back memories of finding the milk on the doorstep with the tin foil top standing about an inch above the bottle with a column of frozen milk supporting it 

These ones have (bluetit proof) screw tops now. I wonder what they'll do in the cold?

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

« on: 08 January 2025, 23:26:29 »

So glad to have a proper milkman who has glass bottles.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Starmer and the Granny Harmers song

« on: 17 December 2024, 07:32:55 »

Rearranging councils too to suit him and his pirates. Bloody Tw&t🔥

Yes, another word for Gerrymandering.

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General Discussion Area / Re: French fuel prices

« on: 16 December 2024, 07:52:37 »

Well, you folks will insist on going to French France for reason completely beyond me. 

The roads actually have some tarmac left on them, for a start, and the drivers know what the overtaking lane is for...

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General Discussion Area / Re: Grey

« on: 15 December 2024, 09:25:39 »

There is a house we pass where they have "His and Hers" BMWs, both finished in grey primer.

I bet they're actually really interesting people.

When they're not saving up for the next garage bill.

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General Discussion Area / Re: French fuel prices

« on: 15 December 2024, 09:22:34 »

We certainly found France expensive when we passed through earlier in the year.
Fuel especially you need to shop around for, and avoid motorway services, as you've found!

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General Discussion Area / Re: What's Happening?

« on: 06 December 2024, 07:30:03 »

I have yet to encounter that phrase, but I expect my response would be along the lines of...

No, would it help?

I witnessed someone (No idea who) try that in the queue at immigration at Heathrow once. It swiftly earned him a visit to the "latex glove room" out back. I didn't laugh much.

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General Car Chat / Re: Check your insurance policy now

« on: 06 December 2024, 07:27:02 »

Point being the factory kit will go straight in whereas aftermarket will invariably require some level of bodgery.

In don't know these days.. I fitted a Brink towbar to the Jag and it just bolted on like a factory one, and the supplied electrics was a CAN box that just plugged into the factory towbar connector and hooked up to a 7 pin plug on the tow bar. No bodgery at all.

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General Car Chat / Re: No, just no

« on: 04 December 2024, 18:19:10 »

Sorry, I should have said 14th century gallows cart.

You're being generous. The latter didn't require its lower trunnion joints to be replaced every 3 weeks.

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General Car Chat / Re: No, just no

« on: 02 December 2024, 18:01:47 »

Why is it pink?

Exactly who are Jaguar trying to appeal to.

Not their traditional customer base, is my guess. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: She's gone.

« on: 29 November 2024, 19:31:00 »

Are they not vetting people who have access to the house of commons these days?

.. or do they use the same contractor that the Met. Police use for their officers...

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General Car Chat / Re: A positive Jag review... Sort of.

« on: 27 November 2024, 23:03:01 »

They still produce cars though, so there's that...

Well, that's debatable .  If 4 wheels hung off a 1970's design still counts as a car, then you are, of course, right

That would be ok. Their 1970s designs were actually pretty solid.