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Cars for Sale & wanted / 1999 3.0L Elite for sale.

« on: 30 November 2010, 12:37:54 »

155,500 miles. Polar sea blue, grey unmarked leather. MOT until August 2011. No tax due to being disabled and having to surrender it.
All usual toys, all working. Cambelt and waterpump fitted at 135,000. New thermostat and oil cooler at 140,000.

Known problems.
Cam cover gasket leaking, not sure 1 or both ? (bought 2 gaskets but been told no good unless Vauxhall items ?)
Rear offside wheelarch bubbling.
Drivers door dented thanks to reversing lorry, had a quote of £60 to fix.
Offside passenger door and boot very small dent.
Stone chips on bonnet, small scrape on front bumper.

Plusses :
New wishbones fitted for MOT. Plus 1 centre box and back box. New pads on rear.
5 Alloys in extremely good condition, plus standard spare wheel. Tyres ok. 225/55/16.
2 Spare headlight units. Spare HBV. Spare blind.
Pics of car can be seen on the Oxford meet No4 thread.
Looking for £700.

137

General Car Chat / Ford has me beat.

« on: 08 August 2010, 21:09:36 »

Hi, my Ford Cougar  [smiley=embarassed.gif] has been sitting rusting for 2 years now. Failed it's MOT 6 months ago as the bonnet wouldn't open, new cable bought and fitted, new MOT obtained.

I give the engine a run up every couple of weeks, or did until a month ago, when the battery decided to die. No problem, just pop it on the charger.... The " Damned bonnet " won't open....  [smiley=angry.gif] Keep pulling at the bonnet release.... 'nothing'. Clever Fords, they place the metal outer cable into a plastic half circle retainer, so the cable just keeps on pulling through.

Get Son to bounce on front of bonnet while tugging at cable release, 'no go'. Hold outer cable with pipe grips, heave on inner cable with mole grips, 'no go'.

I need to get this thing sold, but can't get to the battery, is it an 'up in the air' job to fix Loads of mates were coming back to me about solutions, must be my armpits cos no-ones got back to me yet.

Would appreciate any help with this Yankee covered Mondeo, had I managed to get rid of it I could have bought that MV6 for sale... Ta !

138

General Car Chat / Is it worth it ??

« on: 18 May 2010, 21:18:47 »

Hi, I've been getting quite enthusiastic about a Miggy 3.2 MV6 estate on autotrader. Anyone know anything about this motor ? Is it worth what he's asking ? It does look sweet. Mind you, can't find the company, Stoke Poges Motor Company on the net, other than listed on this ad.. Thanks for any info..

2002/ 52, Automatic, Estate, 96,000 miles, FULL SERVICE HISTORY(cambelt changed at 81k) Metallic BLUE, MOT-09-2010, 2 Owner. VERY HI-SPEC, SAT-NAV, FULL ELECTRIC Black Leather HEATED Sports seats, Upgrade Alloys, Climate Control, Computer, Cruise control, ABS, Front armrest, Headlight washers, Passenger airbag, Side airbags, Radio/CD Multichanger, Rear headrests, Traction control, Body coloured bumpers, Front electric windows, Front head restraints, Trip computer, Front fog lights, Heated door mirrors, Remote central locking, Rear electric windows, Electrically adjustable drivers seat, Electrically adjustable passenger seat. DOG GUARD, GENUINE TWO OWNER CAR.A GOOD EXAMPLE. Any Part-Exchange Considered, HPI CLEAR, 2 KEYS, ALL HANDBOOKS AND MANUALS. £2,695.

139

General Discussion Area / Well done gal.

« on: 04 December 2010, 22:32:20 »

Never watch reality shows, but have snatched about 30 mins total of 'Celebrity get me out of here'. How refreshing to see a 'face' who seems down to earth and natural. Hope she does well out of this win..

140

General Discussion Area / Going to and from 'meets' alone ???

« on: 24 November 2010, 12:53:11 »

As reported over the past couple of weeks in Motorcycle News, headed: ' Group Riders warned they can expect harsh treatment'.

On a couple of occasions now, friends who have enjoyed a day out riding their bikes, have been dragged out of bed early in the morning and charged with, 'causing death by dangerous driving'.

The reason. One of the group has sadly been involved in a fatal accident.
The report states:
A reader who faced prison after a friend was killed during a group ride has warned five riders involved in a similar tragedy to expect harsh treatment.
Paul Backhouse 50 was found guilty of dangerous driving after taking part in a group ride in which one of his four companions was killed in 2006.
5 riders in North Yorkshire are currently on bail faced with being charged with causing death by dangerous driving following an accident in which two friends died in August.
Backhouse maintains he and his companions were merely riding in a group and took no part in the accident, but in 2008 he and his friends were found guilty.
He said: " I feel for these lads and know what they are going through. I would like to offer some assistance, tell them what to expect and how to avoid the mistakes we made. Our mate decided to do a wheelie. He pulled away from the group and was 300 yards in front of us. He then lost control and was tragically killed.
We got walked all over in court - we were like fish out of water. We were found guilty of dangerous driving and given a 4 year ban followed by an extended test, as well as 280 hours community service, a 9 month prison sentence suspended for 2 years, and ordered to pay £1250 costs. I felt let down by the legal system.
" Like Backhouse and his friends, the riders in the North Yorkshire case were detained in dawn raids".
He added: The police took all of our gear as evidence. It was a test case and it's now in the law books.
" We all admitted we were speeding that day, but the judgement was that we were encouraging the lad who was killed ".
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I am still trying to figure out how my style of driving or riding forces someone else to drive/ride in a way that could end up with them having an accident ? Or is this just the powers that be putting another nail in the coffin of motorcycling ?

141

General Discussion Area / Sparked by thread, 'need to get this off my chest'

« on: 25 November 2010, 00:21:25 »

I have my opinions on todays 'boy racers', especially in relation to how we were as 'boy racers', but, I want to rant about driving in general 'these days', and the things that really 'wind me up'.

75% of drivers these days seem so darned aggressive in their driving, to my mind mirroring how society is becoming.

The drivers with the 'you WILL get out of my way' attitude.
The modern game of 'guess which way I'm going' at roundabouts. Too much trouble to reach for the indicator stalk.
The now accepted competition in queues of, 'let's see how close we can get to the car in front'. Not enough brain to work out, 'hmm, but I gotta wait till he has pulled away before I can move, or why do I want to sit here with my heater on and the bloke in fronts exhaust gasses coming into my car'.
The people, sadly 75% of whom are women who, protect their offspring with the obligatory child seat, but ALWAYS seem to park facing oncoming traffic, while they take 2 minutes to get said offspring out of harness, door obviously wide open. Do not dare to toot your horn, you are inviting the normal (for today) gutter talk that would make a squaddy blush. If these people are so caring of their kids, why don't they park with the necessary door, 'pavement side' ??
The people, in my experience mainly Asian (not racist, just my observation) who, on a 3 lane motorway sit in the 2nd lane all the way from London to Birmingham, or on a 4 lane section sit tight in either the 2nd or 3rd lane.
The impatient and 'oh so British' people who will do anything to avoid queuing, especially at petrol stations. The pump in front of me has just been vacated, and by performing a slalom technique Mr. Impatient manages to get to it. I now go to pay, cannot reverse due to queue behind, and sit and wait while Mr. Impatient puts 50 quids worth into the slowest filler in the world, then does his daily shopping.
The young fellas with their zillion watt systems driving around with their windows open. I do NOT want to hear about someone knifing some 'motherfu**er'.. blud. If it's what you like fine, but why MUST I listen to it. Time to close my windows and turn up the AC/DC.
There are so many more, makes me think, if my car wasn't so badly needed for everyday things, I could save myself a lot of stress. But I'm sure other things I hate about peoples driving will be covered..

142

General Discussion Area / Let's test the way you think.

« on: 20 November 2010, 17:53:39 »

Read this :

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Did you read, ' the pen is in my mouth ' ?  " Course you did " !!

143

General Discussion Area / Do these still work.

« on: 20 November 2010, 21:03:32 »

Things you never knew about your mobile phone.
There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies.
Your mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for survival. Check out the things that you can do with it:
1.) The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobiles is 112 . If you find yourself out of coverage area of your mobile network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number 112 can be dialed even if the keypad is locked. Try it out.
2.) Subject: Have you locked your keys in the car? Does you car have remote keys? This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a mobile phone: If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their mobile phone from your mobile. Hold your mobile about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other "remote" for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the boot). Editor's Note: *It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a mobile phone!
3.) Subject: Hidden Battery power.Imagine your mobile battery is very low , you are expecting an important call and you don't have a charger. Nokia instrument comes with a reserve battery. To activate, press the keys *3370# Your mobile will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your mobile next time. AND
4.) How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone? To check your Mobile phone's serial number, key in the following digits on your phone:
* # 0 6 # A 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. If your phone gets stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless. You probably won't get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can't use/sell it either. If everybody did this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones....... :-/

144

General Discussion Area / Great to be British..(Joke)

« on: 20 November 2010, 21:29:25 »

Being British is about driving a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, then on the way home grabbing an Indian curry or a Turkish kebab, then sitting on a swedish sofa to watch American shows on a Japanese TV. And most of all being suspicious of anything foreign. Oh and, only in Britain can you get a pizza to your home faster than an ambulance. Only in Britain do banks leave both doors open, but chain pens to the counter. Supermarkets make sick people walk to the back of the store for prescriptions, whilst healthy people get their fags just inside the door. We might be British, but f*#k we are funny.... 

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General Discussion Area / Souvenir anyone ??

« on: 18 November 2010, 07:59:01 »

Just watching the delicious Susana Reid, but couldn't believe my ears, 'Royal Wedding souvenirs', already on sale.. FGS...