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General Car Chat / my mrs bought me

« on: 06 August 2011, 19:51:23 »

well i said to her the other day i fancied a cheap cabriolet to have for the nice days  so today she bought me a astra cabby the old mk3  and im well pleased with it although gutless being the 1.6 8v but easy to work on  its just had new clutch and cambelt kit fitted and a new electric roof 5 months mot and tax all for the grand sum of Ł470

167

General Car Chat / my tddi has

« on: 25 July 2011, 00:17:34 »

clocked up 230k its a mondeo tddi ghia on a 51 plate and had its first ever breakdown today  as the battery give up so a call to the rescue people and new battery fitted and all is well again  ive had it from new and cant part with it as its been a cracking motor 

168

General Car Chat / oil leak on the omega

« on: 25 April 2011, 22:12:09 »

discovered a pool of oil on my drive today automaticly thought rocker gaskets even though recently done   spent a good while checking where the leak was coming from with no joy  then spotted the culprit  sump drain plug was dripping  nipped it up and now ok  so will do an oil change tomorrow and fit new  drain plug   moral of the story never overlook the obvious

169

General Car Chat / excellent ad for a focus

« on: 15 April 2011, 12:54:04 »

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2001-FORD-FOCUS-GHIA-1-8-Zetec-Very-Clean-Interior_W0QQitemZ220768216260QQcategoryZ9844QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp5197.m7QQ_trkpar

170

General Car Chat / went to look at a omega

« on: 10 March 2011, 18:49:47 »

but bought a rover 75  2.5 v6 instead  dont ask how that happened  but the 75 is a lovely car  only done 59k and mint  just had all the belts done and has a silky smooth 5 speed auto box   but i promise i will buy another omega soon

171

General Car Chat / skoda yeti

« on: 13 March 2011, 00:59:07 »

ordered one for the mrs today skoda dealer was spot on for customer service and even managed to keep the mrs happy which is more than i can do   after a good long test drive we was both very surprised at what a good motor it is

172

General Car Chat / my replacement for the omega

« on: 03 January 2011, 15:27:29 »

my omega had to go as saving to buy a new house  so now ive got a 2004 mg zs   not many peoples favourite car but ive always liked them  and being a 1.8 its cheap to run and insure its quite nippy and the handling is excellent  heres a couple of pics  and its only done 57k with full history and mls head gasket

173

General Car Chat / astra mk4 sri

« on: 23 December 2010, 21:40:21 »

anyone know if these are any good  its a 3 door 2.0 sri

174

General Car Chat / poxy insurance

« on: 06 December 2010, 21:15:33 »

was going to put my daughter on my insurance policy but as shes only been driving a year they wont do it on the v6  but if i was to get a 2.0 or 2.2 not a problem  how the hell can that be surely theres not much difference between the 2.2 and 2.5  or is there?

175

General Car Chat / 1 down

« on: 15 November 2010, 18:02:01 »

and 1 to go  wishbones that is  did the driverside today 3 bloody hours and loads of cuts on hands   not looking forward to the passenger side as it has the headlight thingy  still at least now i know why im a plumber and not a mechanic although its a nice feeling that i did it myself and saved some cash

176

General Discussion Area / according to google

« on: 16 September 2011, 00:14:38 »

Albert von Szent-Györgyi de Nagyrápolt (September 16, 1893 – October 22, 1986) was a Hungarian physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937. He is credited with discovering vitamin C and the components and reactions of the citric acid cycle. He was also active in the Hungarian Resistance during World War II and entered Hungarian politics after the war.

and he would of been 118 years old today 

177

General Discussion Area / got the dreaded call today

« on: 15 September 2011, 21:35:22 »

daughter has been involved in a accident she was taken to hospital but is fine just mainly shook up  the poor cow was sitting at a set of red lights at a busy junction and a pensioner plowed into the back of her  the car shes only had a few days a 09 plate corsa and is a write off  its really shook her up had tears most of the day  but she has now calmed down a bit and gone to bed

178

General Discussion Area / a poll regarding eviction at traveller site

« on: 15 September 2011, 22:25:47 »

havent seen a poll on here for a while so thought i would do a pointless one  feel free to suggest other options to add

179

General Discussion Area / my daughter passed her driving test so being

« on: 09 September 2011, 00:14:40 »

a good dad i went and bought her this








only problem was i didnt tell her  when i got home with it my mrs and daugher anounced whilst out shopping they popped into vauxhall and bought a 2 year old corsa  maybe in future i should tell them my plans

180

General Discussion Area / back from a fantastic week in

« on: 18 August 2011, 17:02:30 »

somerset  stayed with family in a great little village 5 miles from weston super mare  absolutely knackered as we did all the sites  chedder gorge  sand sculptures in weston wookey hole and loads more  thatchers brewery got a few visits

we took my recently aqquired cheapy cabriolet which performed fantastic seeing we did 600 plus miles heres a couple of pics need to sort the rest out