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General Discussion Area / Re: I've  finally set up my Omega Business

« on: 18 October 2008, 23:33:10 »

Well, after much deliberation, I have taken the plunge and formally setup a small business, to enable me to do my Omega Mobile Mechanics venture properly.

I am fully registered with HMRC, Inland revenue etc and hold full public liability insurance for the motor and mechanical trade.

I will only be doing this part time, so availability will be a little limited, but I plan to get as many bookings in as I can and be as flexible as possible.

Please check out my new website. Please bear in mind that is is only a first draft and is still being worked on. You may not see it yet while DNS propogates. The address is www.omegamechanic.co.uk

Please bear in mind that due to the costs of holding public liability insurance, business motor insurance and all of the other costs, my prices are not quite as low as they used to be - but I will always be more competetive than any dealer or garage.

Constructive feedback welcome on any areas - I'm not the most experienced with business issues, and I think I have things covered, but if there are any business guru's who would like to offer advice, please do

Thanks for reading  

I wish you every success.  
Can you do rethreading of snapped manifold studs?

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General Discussion Area / Re: tradeclub website

« on: 10 October 2008, 14:12:46 »

Might it have changed when they went from a red to yellow background?

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General Discussion Area / Re: Morrisons BioEthanol

« on: 10 October 2008, 14:24:35 »

It makes no sense. They can't even play the green card since the method of manufacture is extremely inefficient and has pushed the price up of wheat/grain.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Jimbobs WIM Photos

« on: 28 July 2008, 22:02:16 »

Great Work Jimbob. I apreciate the hard work you put in what with the long drive as well. Glad to hear your visit to WIM today was a result

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General Discussion Area / Re: WIM - OOF Special open day.

« on: 28 July 2008, 10:11:49 »

Big Thanks to Tony and all involved for making the event informative and fun.

Thanks TB for the updates and to Iggy/Tony for the catering/drinks.

Nice to meet so many other members finally!!

 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Some of Guppy's WIM pix

« on: 28 July 2008, 22:29:04 »

Excellent piccies  

Great pictures  

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General Discussion Area / Re: whats the most economical speed

« on: 26 July 2008, 23:35:41 »

My 2.2 is the most economical at 60. Not a 2.6 I know but maybe the same pattern will develop across the engine range?

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General Discussion Area / Re: ROAD TAX 2009 FOR PRE 2001 VEHICLES

« on: 21 July 2008, 17:30:12 »

Sadly ,my Omega is November 2001.We all know what that means.

Hopefully they will reduce yours by £15!!

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General Discussion Area / ROAD TAX 2009 FOR PRE 2001 VEHICLES

« on: 21 July 2008, 17:00:31 »

This was set at £185.00 as I understood it. I have recently heard this is going up by £15 to £200.

Anyone heard the same thing?

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General Discussion Area / Stalling astra 1.6 8v auto 2002 - advice welcome

« on: 20 July 2008, 22:43:23 »

My das car (above) intermittently cuts out when driving and stalls when idling.  I've read that this is common on these engines and that it can be solved by an ecu update with egr removed but only for manual vehicles? Does anyone have any experience of astras/the above prob?

(I have already cleaned out the icv with carb cleaner)

Thanks

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General Discussion Area / Re: How much insurance are you paynig on your Mig

« on: 13 February 2008, 22:30:01 »

£350 per year.
Fully Comp, incl. business usage,
NCD Protected with direct line.
35 yrs old
Parked in driveway
3 points

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General Discussion Area / Re: 2.2 owners....

« on: 04 February 2008, 22:33:50 »

I get about 32mpg on motorway runs (80mph). On my daily commute of 3 miles each way i get about 18-19 mpg.  

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General Discussion Area / Re: TalkTalk Broadband & VOIP

« on: 07 January 2008, 21:29:47 »

Had Talk Talk for 1 month - speed fine (quicker than my prev. BT Broadband), sometimes disconnects but comes back on quickly.

Would recommend to have an in built wireless network card as opposed to usb adapter.
You can access voicemail by dialling 1571 but if you do this it buggers up your standard answering service on your phone. I recommend you deactivate talktalk voicemail and just let your phone's standard answer machine do it's job.

Overall it is ok.
Hope this helps.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Audio Home Speakers

« on: 04 January 2008, 20:56:13 »

Richersounds have Tannoy Erysis 2 - see link below:

http://www.richersounds.com/showproduct.php?cda=showproduct&pid=TANN-EYRIS2-SYCAM

If you register with the VIP Club you can get them for £199.99 - but you will have to be quick.

I'm sure they have one in Watford so they could do a demo for you.

Good Luck  

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General Discussion Area / Re: Lot of members online

« on: 02 January 2008, 22:19:39 »

Just read your post as i exited writing mine. Performance has been fine for me.