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General Car Chat / Re: Bavarian brawn

« on: 11 April 2024, 13:22:54 »

On the face of it, I would fancy one, enough I could almost accept that good awful interior

Sadly, my back probably wouldn't cope (it struggles with a standard 5 series). Not that I could ever afford one

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Omega General Help / Re: Micksgarage and cheap wishbones

« on: 11 April 2024, 11:59:48 »

I'm the same with balljoints, only replace if necessary.  The originals usually last the life of the car TBH. The pattern ones are shite.  The ones ATP use are shite from the beginning

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General Discussion Area / Re: Starlink.

« on: 08 April 2024, 18:12:37 »

The latency will only really be an issue for voice/video calls plus gaming, for streaming and web browsing in general its not noticeable.

You have to remember that 5g frequencies do not propagate as far as the lower 4g and 3g bands, so 5g coverage is generally always worse. It doesn't get better in as much as most 5g installs are NSA (Non-Stand-Alone) so are effectively 5g radios on a 4g base station.

As per Opti, if you have a cellular modem then consider an external antenna (keep the coax length as small as possible) as that will improve reception significantly and again, a directional antenna will be even better.

At least 1 mobile company are definitely using the older 900MHz and 1800MHz frequencies for 5G (NSA), which can manage good coverage (but obviously lack the bandwidth of the higher frequencies).

NSA (which all UK operators publicly use currently) obviously doesn't impact coverage, only bandwidth (and other features that aren't relevant to this discussion) is impacted compared to SA.  I do sometimes get to play with SA when I CBA, and the speeds and latency are impressive (usually around 1Gbps down), obviously still not near fixed line capabilities, but I suspect once these cells fill up, and the cells start to breathe, speeds and coverage will suffer.

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General Car Chat / Re: C1 (The skate) serious misfire.

« on: 07 April 2024, 13:32:45 »

My lawnmower backfired on the first attempt to start it this year.  That had been sat since the Autumn.  Now its perfect, although I did have to refill my empty Jerry can - 5l lasts me about 3 years

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

« on: 07 April 2024, 13:29:46 »

Replaced the ones on her car now as well, for same reasons around my shite memory

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Cam sensor needed

« on: 07 April 2024, 13:28:57 »

Given the near indestructability of the V6 Cam sensor, you'll get away with one from a breaker.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: \

« on: 07 April 2024, 13:27:53 »

The colour of the battery holder makes no difference, the 2 different manufacturers tend to all use black, but I have seen some semi transparent ones.  IIRC, there are 4 different kinds of 3 button ones, all incompatible with each other yet look identical - thats why you need to go by the part number from EPC with VIN filtering enabled.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Outage this weekend

« on: 06 April 2024, 13:10:47 »

Actually, scrap that, there was 1GB that LVM did know about, which will be enough to see use through until the next scheduled maintenance reboot, which should allow the newly added storage to be dragged in to LVM control

That will keep the Ruskis and Norks happy for a bit longer

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General Discussion Area / Outage this weekend

« on: 06 April 2024, 13:06:18 »

Trying to increase disk capacity due to an uptick in activity and subsequent increase in log file sizes, but Linux is being an arse.  For whatever reason, its not re-reading the drive size, so its gonna need a reboot. Sorry.

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

« on: 06 April 2024, 12:11:52 »

Looks like yesterday I hit the wrong button on a well known online retailer.  I thought I was getting a pair of DJI Mini 2 batteries, but a paddling pool turned up.  Upon checking my orders, that's what I clicked.

Bugger.

It's your subconscious rejoicing in the fact that summer is coming - sit down, dangle your feet in the nice cool water, enjoy a beer, try not to break anything, the usual routine

You'd think that he'd be rejoicing that something/anything actually turned up! 

Speaking of which, I need to raise some cases with ebay.  Its always ebay.  Shall we take bets on the excuses? "Rushed to hospital" is my bet.

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

« on: 06 April 2024, 12:08:14 »

Finally got some new rubber on the back.  Its much less of a handful coming off roundabouts now

Treated it to a complete set of new wheelbolts, as I couldn't remember which ones I'd already changed.  The JLR ones are shite. Like really shite.  Really, really shite.  That useless scottish idiot Callam has a lot to answer for.

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

« on: 06 April 2024, 12:06:16 »

Drove it to the East Riding of Yorkshire, not far from Filey. The motorways were chockers with slow moving traffic so I just tootled along. 

That was where I got the last tow truck from

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General Car Chat / Re: C1 (The skate) serious misfire.

« on: 06 April 2024, 12:05:06 »

The next can of petrol you buy for it, dont forget the swan vestas.

59

General Car Chat / Re: 1.6 Zaff

« on: 06 April 2024, 12:04:19 »

I would definitely class the 2 rear seats in a Zafira as occasional use only, the Zafira is too small to be a full time 7 seater.  With 4 "little darlings" and the associated crap that has to be carried, I would start to suggest something a little larger.

Transit Tourneo or LWB Vito/Viano.

As much as I was fond of my Tranny, they aren't a replacement for a car.  I was thinking of a proper car, but till a 6/7 seater

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: \

« on: 06 April 2024, 12:02:13 »

We don't, for a variety of reasons, allow discussions about cheap chinese knock-offs of commercial stuff.  There are plenty of sites who will talk about that code reader, of which any of them will do for an Omega due to its age (just don't be tempted to use later software, and keep well away from anything other than code reading and live data if you don't want to brick ECUs).

Fobs - whats wrong with yours.  Any replacements will need programming to the car (of which that code reader isn't that suitable for - I've made a small fortune from people who have buggered up ECUs using that code reader for programming)., so its usually best to repair what you have.

If its a 3 button fob, the usual issues are the switches (about 20p each, easy to change, but does need a fine soldering iron), or the battery holder. Worth reshelling the fob.

If it s 2 button, the usual issue is the battery holder.

Battery Holder - I always remove, extend the broken leg with a bit of resistor leg (any fine stuff wire will do), then refit, giving the holder extra mechanical strength with a hot glue.


There are plenty of incompatible options for these fobs, you really need to get a part number from EPC with VIN filtering enabled, as (esp with facelift), its not just a case of if it has central locking or Alarm.