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

« on: 20 May 2025, 17:44:45 »

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Looking on the bright side there is £0 road tax this year, but £195 after that.

Lucky for you that the new rules (40K+ snob tax) for EV's started for EV's registered after 1st April 2025, otherwise you'd be paying £195 + £425. 

Quote: A new Jaguar I-PACE, registered on or after April 1, 2025, will pay a first-year road tax of £10, with a standard rate of £195 for subsequent years if the on-the-road price is below £40,000. If the on-the-road price exceeds £40,000, the first-year tax will be £435 (including the expensive car supplement), and £425 will be added annually for five years after the second tax payment.

So, when Mrs Opti replaces it with a new one a few years down the line you'll be back to £195 + £425. They are taking the piss aren't they. 

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

« on: 20 May 2025, 09:43:23 »

Astra went off to car heaven this morning.

Sad day, but it sounds like it had served you well. 

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General Car Chat / Re: Who owns a milk float on here?

« on: 17 May 2025, 11:41:48 »

So c'mon. What is Mrs Opti getting? 

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Built in Austria.....and the car has already been mentioned a couple of times by people on this thread.
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I thought the I-Pace had been discontinued due to poor sales and software issues, or have I got the wrong Jag. 

They have.

They've been around since 2019 but have been updated 2 or 3 times in that period. The early I-Pace would only charge at 50KW.....later cars 100KW.

Mrs Opti's car is an HSE model with all the bells and whistles. With the options an £84,000 car 2 years ago.....A £60,000 car 1 year ago.

Now on a 25 plate available for 45% of the original cost with just 12 miles on the clock.I thought 'f*uck it' why not.

Ah yes, wasn’t it the I-Pace from 2018-2019 build year with the LG batteries that Jaguar offered to buy back from customers due to unresolved overheating and fire risk.
Hope Mrs Opti is pleased with it. 

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General Car Chat / Re: Who owns a milk float on here?

« on: 16 May 2025, 21:34:55 »

So c'mon. What is Mrs Opti getting? 

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Built in Austria.....and the car has already been mentioned a couple of times by people on this thread.
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I thought the I-Pace had been discontinued due to poor sales and software issues, or have I got the wrong Jag. 

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General Car Chat / Re: Petrol nozzles.

« on: 13 May 2025, 22:12:04 »

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Do these nozzles click out at different depths....

My nozzle clicks out at different depths since my heart operation.    I had a word with my doctor and he said my heart rate of 40bpm isn’t strong enough for both of us, so my nozzle rarely gets to its pre-op length. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Briggs and Stratton

« on: 11 May 2025, 14:38:33 »

Nice easy fix then, and cheap enough if you have to order a new one. 
When she had her allotment we used to leave an old Quantum mower in the shed. One day I got the mower out and mice had completely eaten the primer bulb and fuel line. 

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

« on: 28 April 2025, 20:54:58 »

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Fingers crossed on the rims  , given the bulge, the strongest side of the rim took the brunt.

New tyres fitted, but the inside of the wheel is slightly buckled from the pot hole.     It’s not losing air but he said to keep an eye on it. The state of the roads is shocking now, the worst I’ve ever known them.

Round these parts, there is a place in Banburyshire and a place in Enslow that will straighten wheels for under £100, if you need that.

Thanks for the info, I’ll see how it goes but that may be the route I’ll have to go down. 

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General Car Chat / Re: Received an email today....

« on: 28 April 2025, 10:26:24 »

Told me what a great car it was, and how he regretted selling her, and how he couldn't resist buying her back when the opportunity arose.

The blokes obviously a nut job. 

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

« on: 27 April 2025, 20:47:46 »

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Fingers crossed on the rims  , given the bulge, the strongest side of the rim took the brunt.

New tyres fitted, but the inside of the wheel is slightly buckled from the pot hole.     It’s not losing air but he said to keep an eye on it. The state of the roads is shocking now, the worst I’ve ever known them.

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

« on: 26 April 2025, 08:33:25 »

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Have a look on Glossop caravans its one of their special editions it is very posh Chatsworth 860 all mod cons , just hope us two old farts can cope with all the new fangled technology..😂

As an ex owner of various new caravans over 25+ years I thought I’d take a look. Very nice  , and a sensible layout for just two of you, but also very useful layout if you’ve got grandchildren staying with you, as you can shut the privacy door so that both halves of the van can use the toilet/shower facilities. Our Swift Conqueror was like that. 
Did you notice, or am I going mad, that the internal size is listed as 20’12” and the overall width is listed as 7’12”. It’s a long time since I left school but isn’t that the same as 21 feet and 8 feet.   

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Omega General Help / Re: Massive Clattering Noise

« on: 24 April 2025, 17:58:13 »

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Superb pics by the way - where do you get those from ??
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I’d like to say that I had a secret source but in reality it was just a pot luck google search. 

So, in an ideal world I would never want to see this pipe again…
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Ever!

 
Well done.    It helps if you’re a double jointed contortionist for jobs at the rear of the engine.   

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General Car Chat / Re: Cylinder Head Question.

« on: 23 April 2025, 15:29:16 »

One source of same issues here. 

https://www.qashqaiforums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=13191&start=20

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General Car Chat / Re: Cylinder Head Question.

« on: 23 April 2025, 15:10:09 »

Petrol, possibly '68.

Poor cold starting followed by stalling upto temperature.

Full Nissan history from new.

Recently been in to investigate and found that the thermostat casing had split. Fixed and highlighted a misfire. All plugs found to be heavily fouled and replaced and car returned only to suffer poor starting again.

I suspect that the thermostat housing contains a coolant temp sensor and as the coolant dropped it misonformed the ECU causing it to over or under fuel. Resulting in the non starting and misfiring.

Is the above a reasonable diagnosis?

Three weeks later and the thermostat housing has failed again.

Quote above copied from your original thread.

As my daughter-in-law has a 2019 petrol Qashqai I thought that I'd best look into this. It appears to be more common than it should be, so much so that the thermostat design has been changed. Some that are out of warranty but have suffered the head gasket issue as a result are trying the legal route against Nissan, stating that it must have been a known issue for Nissan to change the stat housing design.

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General Car Chat / Re: PHEV

« on: 23 April 2025, 13:54:06 »

Just been offered a Chevy Equinox ev
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That's another car with a dash so long that the passenger has to set the Sat Nav. 

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General Car Chat / Re: PHEV

« on: 22 April 2025, 23:14:57 »

The only Q that could reasonably be considered a true estate is the Q7. Similarly the X5/7 but only because they're all the size of a house.

  
Very true.    The X7’s huge profile is borderline vulgar. I did consider a Q7/SQ7 myself but considering that I struggle to fit my A6 Avant in a lot of parking spaces, I dismissed that idea. 

Kodiak better value than a Tiguan.

For some reason the VW badge carries a premium, an undeserved premium most would think.

On your list, Skoda over Audi... Why pay a premium for what is essentially the same thing.

I agree, and that’s coming from someone who owns an A6 Avant.    The A6 Avant is slightly longer than the Skoda Superb but the boot space on the Superb is far more usable. The A6 boot space, albeit large, is too shallow at the rear of the boot for proper load lugging, due to the flat loading area and the steep angle of the tailgate. The Superb boot is deeper and bigger, making it more suitable if regularly loading in suitcases. Something that may be worth bearing in mind if chauffeuring etc.    Audi are also notoriously tight when it comes to toys, so you have to search hard to find one with most of the options boxes ticked.

Mercedes E for all round practicality and durability/longevity.

As previously mentioned, my neighbour has an E220d Mercedes Estate and regularly does the France run and Scotland run to visit his daughters. It has the 9 speed auto box and is probably the only car on this list that will give over 60mpg. 

5 Series for driving.

Lovely comfortable car to drive, user friendly driver interface and considerably faster infotainment/Nav system than Audi. The petrol/diesel 5’er is also one of the few BMW’s to escape from that ridiculously long dash display system. If you avoid the overpriced i5 (with the silly dash), the 3.0d should give high 40’s, possibly 50mpg on a run (34’ish around town) and the 2.0d’s should give mid to high 50’s on a run. The 3.0d’s are far more rewarding to drive though, with an almost petrol’ish sporty sound when prodded.    Be aware if looking at a 5 Series though, a 530e is not a 3 litre hybrid, it’s a 4 cylinder 2 litre petrol engine with a short mileage electric capability. The diesel is the better bet.