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General Car Chat / Re: Costs of running a car

« on: 25 March 2024, 18:29:18 »

Early red top with the cos cast head produced 156bhp and 144Lbs ft torque in a mk 2 Astra that was plenty at that time and  weighed under a ton, or on the other hand the 1.4 pushrod lump in the Renault GT turbo took about an hour and under £50 to change the standard 120bhp to 160bhp Ive had both and they were probably more fun then than the stuff I’ve got now😁 Evo being impossible to race on the road as there’s nothing about than can catch it anyway and speeds would mean a definite visit to HMP.

I had a thrash in a 2 litre clit 172 Cup a couple of years ago. Nice shade of blue.

Very quick and great fun but I didn't buy it because it was so noisy and uncomfortable that I thought it's accelerative charms would wear thin after a while.

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General Car Chat / Re: Costs of running a car

« on: 25 March 2024, 17:24:52 »

picks its heels up when asked.

All things are relative.  I consider 150bhp to be a sluggish dog .  Maybe when I'm (even) older.... 

The traffic must behave very differently in Brackley than it does here; a tired 2.0l Capri(100bhp claimed) easily keeps up with any traffic in Medway without any effort. Just like they always did.


150bhp 2.0l - Vauxhall's XE was probably the first mass-market one - were becoming more common in the late 80s, but I'd suggest that the more traditional 100bhp 8valve ones(like Pintos etc) were still in the majority. 150bhp does have to work much harder than it used to, when you consider the sheer bulk of most modern cars.

A 2 litre Capri from the dark ages probably weighs less than 1ton/tonne so a paltry 100 BHP is probably more than enough.

Cars are proper fat bastards these days.

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General Car Chat / Re: Arrival of new Vehicle.

« on: 25 March 2024, 12:32:40 »

My old  Dad owned 3 DS Citroen when I was a nipper.....none of them had the swivel lights.

 Even so, compared to an antiquated Austin or Morris of the time they looked like a UFO had landed.

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General Car Chat / Re: Costs of running a car

« on: 25 March 2024, 12:19:05 »

In the course of writing the ad for the Zafira, I discovered that I've spent just shy of £875 in maintenance costs (ex. MOT fees) over the past three years and 31,000. I can't make my mind up if that sounds like a lot or not, in the grand scheme of things. 

Considering I've worked the car hard over that time, with lots of travel 6 or 7 up, lots of miles towing a trailer etc I suppose its not too bad.

Anyone else know what they've spent, or am I the only one who's this sad 

The Signum has been reasonably light on repair costs over the 9 years I have owned her.......but £730 road tax each years stings a bit.

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General Car Chat / Re: Insurance renewal .

« on: 25 March 2024, 12:15:37 »

It always pays to shop around.

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General Car Chat / Re: Arrival of new Vehicle.

« on: 24 March 2024, 18:53:22 »

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I find it quite a handsome beast.

Great colour.

 That's rather a nice compliment from you me Lud,,   It's the colour I like,, Ooo and the £20 per year Tax ,,, and it does have a fat arse 

£20.  ......Over £700 for the mighty Signum.

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General Car Chat / Re: Arrival of new Vehicle.

« on: 24 March 2024, 14:47:26 »

Need a pair of string backed driving gloves. 

.......and an MGB or TR3.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Womens Football

« on: 24 March 2024, 14:18:15 »

1174 views and one reply.... predictably from Lord Opti! 

I wonder if certain words in the title trigger the bots to come and have a look?    : 

I was expecting girl footballists with hairy gonads. Progressive, you see.

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General Car Chat / Re: Arrival of new Vehicle.

« on: 24 March 2024, 12:13:56 »

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I find it quite a handsome beast.

Great colour.

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General Car Chat / Re: Arrival of new Vehicle.

« on: 24 March 2024, 12:10:09 »

....
 You won't miss the heated steering wheel if you grew up with ice on the inside of the windows like I did.
 ....

I like the heated steering wheel on my ML despite having grown up with ice on the inside of my bedroom windows 

even had an outside toilet till I was 7 

What newspaper did you wipe your arse on?

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General Discussion Area / Re: Womens Football

« on: 24 March 2024, 12:06:16 »

There should be beer on that list for their man.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Consumer rights after warranty has expired

« on: 23 March 2024, 13:53:07 »

https://youtu.be/WOyIBm5ShpA?feature=shared

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General Discussion Area / Re: Consumer rights after warranty has expired

« on: 23 March 2024, 11:46:46 »

They will probably blame you for that, they will say that you were putting the screen under stress by opening it and closing it by lifting it and lowering it with the same corner each time.

Is it just the one side?

Yep....but I always open and close from the centre. There is a small flap to get my fingers under.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Consumer rights after warranty has expired

« on: 23 March 2024, 10:17:11 »

Essentially, the hinge mechanism within the screen panel remained closed when I opened the lid. This is a common design fault with certain models from Lenovo.....and there are literally thousands of users with the same hinge problem.

I think they should repair or replace for free as it is a design fault.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Consumer rights after warranty has expired

« on: 23 March 2024, 09:49:01 »

I'll post a picture.