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General Discussion Area / Re: Is this really true?

« on: 31 March 2008, 16:25:46 »

It will save some fuel due to the drag on the engine turning the fan all the while.
8.5% seems a huge ammount to save though. :-/

1697

General Discussion Area / Re: Voices

« on: 30 March 2008, 21:32:10 »

Karen Carpenter is definitely at the top, as for Amy Winehouse I'm afraid she leaves me cold.... Not my cup of te at all.
I must say Duffy's record grows on you the more times you hear it.

1698

General Discussion Area / Re: Was I mad?

« on: 31 March 2008, 16:22:03 »

Mad no definitely not ..... its called preventitive maintenance.
It was just bad luck about the leads

1699

General Discussion Area / Re: not a newbie anymore

« on: 31 March 2008, 08:44:36 »

What would you prefer.

A Blue Peter Badge

or

A Cracker Jack Pencil.  (For those of you that can remember the proram lol)

Now you're showing your age!!!!

1700

General Discussion Area / Re: WITH THIS POST I BECOME

« on: 31 March 2008, 08:42:14 »

a baron carnt belive it !!!! 8-) 8-)

There will be no talking to you now....lol  
Congratulations

1701

General Discussion Area / Cant see where this fits

« on: 31 March 2008, 09:01:52 »

Saw this under Omega on Ebay but cant see where it fits.
Perhaps its for the estate version.http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Omega-Bookcase-With-Doors-Mexican-Pine-Furniture-NEW_W0QQitemZ170206107545QQihZ007QQcategoryZ3199QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

        :-/

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General Discussion Area / Re: Tracking

« on: 30 March 2008, 21:29:18 »

When i check with Chemix told me that the cost would be £70 all in.Full set up £100 is about right for some places .

Many thanks

1703

General Discussion Area / Re: Tracking

« on: 30 March 2008, 21:27:37 »

I have mine done at Chemix in Halesown they do the full reset and know what they are talking about. Also WIM sould be open soon and Tony is the man in the know. Mine feels 100% better now.

Number is 0121 550 2566.
hope this is of help.    

How much did they charge? Is £100 about right?

1704

General Discussion Area / Re: Tracking

« on: 30 March 2008, 21:25:43 »

I would recommend not wasting money on tracking or '4 wheel alignments' but to get the entire geometry sorted

yes thats what i ment at wim or simaler

Would it be right to assume the £100 is for the geometry check?
Would that be about the right price?

1705

General Discussion Area / Tracking

« on: 30 March 2008, 21:07:50 »

I need my tracking doing, but when I went to my usual tyre firm, they checked their book and said they could not do it because the car needed to be weighted.
They sent me to another company who quoted about £100 and said it would take about 1 1/2 hours.
I notice Richierich had his done for £24ish.
Am I being conned or is their a problem with tracking Omega's?

1706

General Discussion Area / Re: home maintenace

« on: 30 March 2008, 20:31:00 »

Had tracking done yesterday, seems to be lot better now than was before, no pulling to the sides now, they said it was out quite a bit, took ages to do and charged me 24 quids  

Finally got time to do breather system today. cant believe the naffe that came out  black box when i took it off plenum. the 2 small tubes were solid hard gunge. took ages to clean. changed rocker cover gaskets and all new gaskets,  vauxhalls charged me £124 the lot. thieving robbing barstewards. i took me time reading the threads and found it so easy following the steps on here than i would of going by haynes.so far no oil anywhere, shall keep me eyes open in next few days and see how it goes.

10 out of 10 for guidance gents    

And to top it all i got speeding ticket through today.
 

richie

I want my tracking done, went to my usual tyre place and they checked their list and said they couldn't do the Omega, because it needed weighting or something. They sent me to another place who quoted about £100 and said it would take about 1 1/2 hours.

Is this right or am I being conned?

At £24 it would be worth a trip to Heathrow!

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General Discussion Area / Re: Volvo forum is back up

« on: 29 March 2008, 22:43:19 »

I've read some of the posts, lets hope we don't get into the same situation.
Its nice to see the forum back up and running.

1708

General Discussion Area / Re: Must be an age thing

« on: 28 March 2008, 17:53:11 »

Age is nothing to do with it... I think its a man thing...lol
I used to have a 1962 Ford Consul 375 which I took to shows, It was a great day out. We all (even the missus) enjoyed the shows.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Got 2 viewings

« on: 28 March 2008, 18:05:33 »

You know you're going to miss it! when its gone.

1710

General Discussion Area / Re: SUMMER / WINTER wheels

« on: 28 March 2008, 18:25:20 »

I can only afford one set of tyres. I don't know whether they are summer or winter, but they are round and black!