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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: Today at 17:08:43 »Dont know how you do it. Ive had one puncture in the last 20 years.
you've said it now!
- 23 April 2024, 19:01:10
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you've said it now!
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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Irmscher fog light bulbs.
« on: Today at 10:14:19 »....
My current ride didn't even have an option for front fogs
neither does mine
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: Yesterday at 23:13:37 »....
Brake pipes don't "self heal" with time
unfortunately not
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: Yesterday at 16:31:13 »
MOT pass on the Smart Roadster .... but with the same advisories on brake pipes it's had on the last 4 MOTs 
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General Car Chat / Re: Facel Vega
« on: Yesterday at 10:38:32 »Just been watching Bangers and Cash and one of these is up for auction. Must admit I've never heard of it, but what an amazing car.
I tried to find the episode
https://youtu.be/25v9t_XELc4?si=V3Jl3oepuBumjNt1
https://youtu.be/uzh6dpCx2_U?si=mXAYO7tbyJX7HpLq
Thanks Allan
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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Irmscher fog light bulbs.
« on: 21 April 2024, 23:48:04 »...
A decelerometer is 'probably' used when driving the vehicle into the test bay.....
but he 'probably' didn't if his gizmo was under a bench in his waiting area
my previous tester had rollers that could spin in opposite directions when testing a permanent 4x4
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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Irmscher fog light bulbs.
« on: 21 April 2024, 23:45:44 ».....don't know about you .... but I've never seen the reverse lamps operate on my car when I'm driving it!
Reverse lights would have activated getting the vehicle off the ramp , or are you still at the test station waiting for your car.....
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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Irmscher fog light bulbs.
« on: 21 April 2024, 23:43:58 »....I know .... which is why I specifically said 13 pin socket .... not just trailer socket.
13 pin sockets are testable when fitted ,7 pin are not (there is no standard wiring configuration for 7 pin) ....
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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Irmscher fog light bulbs.
« on: 21 April 2024, 23:42:44 »....He put down what the odometer said .... which was the same as the previous year
The NT (Tester) should have noted the NON readable odometer on the certificate
what did he /she/themjust guess
....
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General Car Chat / Re: Facel Vega
« on: 21 April 2024, 20:39:04 »Just been watching Bangers and Cash and one of these is up for auction. Must admit I've never heard of it, but what an amazing car.
I tried to find the episode
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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Irmscher fog light bulbs.
« on: 21 April 2024, 20:37:14 »
it's all down to a tester. My 4x4 ML goes for MOT to a place that can't do a rolling road brake test .... I think, by rights, he should do a deceleration test on a road test .... but has never done so. He never tests my 13 pin trailer socket either! He's never tested my reverse lights!
I still take my cars to him for test though!
I still take my cars to him for test though!
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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Irmscher fog light bulbs.
« on: 21 April 2024, 20:32:51 »One thing that is mandatory ,yet I doubt ever gets tested .....
"speedometer is working correctly and gives an accurate reading"
obviously speedos are NEVER tested on AUDIs, Golf GTIs (or golfs pretending to be GTI, with Ebay badges,) etc
A few years back ... maybe 10/13
..... I presented an Astra G for test with a none working speedo/odometer. The car passed without comment! (eventually
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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Irmscher fog light bulbs.
« on: 21 April 2024, 07:28:00 »....
Front fog lights are a testable item on cars first registered on or after 1 March 2018 also DRLs
also...
You need to test reversing lamps on vehicles first used from 1 September 2009.
Not applicable to a 20 odd yr old Omega then
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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Irmscher fog light bulbs.
« on: 20 April 2024, 19:46:31 »
no idea of the bulbs but front fog lights aren't included in the MOT