Please play nicely. No one wants to listen/read a keyboard warriors rants....
Pericarditis is serious stuff and potentially lethal. It's one of those heart attack types for which chest compressions have little effect unless you drain the fluid from the sack first. All of which is not easy. Thus it is important you keep on top of your treatment James.
Get well soon and look after yourself. A common cause is thought to be an infection (viral, fungal or bacterial) although this can be difficult to find. Thus it might be useful to look at infection vectors in your daily routine, eg possible fungi in the house/car, bacteria in the fridge, etc, etc.
No
No, you are thinking of something else
Less likely especially in recurrent disease, even if the initial trigger may have been viral
Pretty unhelpful, in that order.
Agreed,
mea culpa,
if you say so
pretty unnecessary comment, oh and in that order too
You say about fluid being drained... are you confusing plain old pericarditis, (just inflammation) with a pericardial effusion (unwanted fluid?)
Pericarditis is serious stuff and potentially lethal. It's one of those heart attack types for which chest compressions have little effect unless you drain the fluid from the sack first. All of which is not easy. Thus it is important you keep on top of your treatment James.
Get well soon and look after yourself. A common cause is thought to be an infection (viral, fungal or bacterial) although this can be difficult to find. Thus it might be useful to look at infection vectors in your daily routine, eg possible fungi in the house/car, bacteria in the fridge, etc, etc.
Yes its a very good engine, of course diesels are of zero use to anyone who is doing short miles.
Also be aware three was a 120bhp version of the 1.4T some time ago which is considerably more lazy.
Thought these where a straight 6 twin turbo diesel
Why not have a shot in the Diseasle? Just to make a comparison..... if not, hairy-muff - Your money, your choice.... but don't say one half of an apple tastes beter than the other if you haven't had a bite.
A very good friend of mine just chopped his 1.4T Astra for the 2.0 Devil Fueled one. That small Turbo engine needs to be driven hard to get anything out of it. The Astra J is a rather bloated bit of kit.
Sorry, did not feel anything like that. Quite the opposite. Drove it expecting to hate it and ended up quite enjoying it. Got my gear change wrong once, third gear at walking pace and expected it to stall. It just pulled off quite happily. The Ford ecoboost 140bhp we drove was similarly good. Both drove quite well, but for some reason I liked the Vx overall.
I would rather wax my nether regions than drive a diesel.
I'm with you on that!
But, 200Nm V's 350Nm and an extra 20odd horses makes for a massive difference in *usable* power.
I stand by my argument..... 140BHP and 200Nm is very low for a petrol powered car of that weight.... and it shows.
A very good friend of mine just chopped his 1.4T Astra for the 2.0 Devil Fueled one. That small Turbo engine needs to be driven hard to get anything out of it. The Astra J is a rather bloated bit of kit.
Bulletproof if serviced well, its a proven engine design which the Saab boys have added a Turbo to, the wife has one in her car its quite nippy yet good on fuel.
A friend of mines has as 1.4t Astra and the engine went at 20 k miles,massive oil consumption which culminated in total failure, to Vauxhalls credit they fitted brand new lump foc which not bad as warranty had expired,just makes me wonder how common an issue is it that they bent over so easily.
Buy the one with xenons... Standard lights are woefulOtherwise not a bad car all told
