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General Discussion Area / Re: Caravan tow car

« on: 18 June 2008, 23:16:17 »

I know the Omega tows a caravan nicely but I spose my question surrounds reliability. Is the facelift more reliable than my V reg, which has a lot of loveable 'quirks' (ie daily warning lights, accelerating rust under the window edges, wobbly tickover)

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General Discussion Area / Caravan tow car

« on: 18 June 2008, 22:57:00 »

Now I know we all love our Omega's, but can we be HONEST.......I am about to be made redundant and I'm thinking of upgrading my car for the last time I can afford it. I love my V reg 2.5 petrol and am thinking of an 03 or 03 reg facelift model.

Is this a good choice as a RELIABLE towing car.....?

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General Discussion Area / Re: Camcorder advice

« on: 02 February 2008, 21:27:11 »

Yep, but then you've gotta have the camera attached to the tv, which isn't always desirable. Each to their own...

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General Discussion Area / Re: Camcorder advice

« on: 02 February 2008, 18:12:20 »

I accept a lot of software issues may arise from the spec of your PC - you needs lots of RAM apparently, but I'm just pointing out that if you want to 'shoot and watch' without faffing about, then a DVD camcorder may be best. But I've never tried one either...

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General Discussion Area / Re: Camcorder advice

« on: 02 February 2008, 17:00:41 »

Santa just got one for my 10 year old daughter for Xmas. He shopped around and compared parices / specs. Mini DV (digital tape) is generally recommended on a budget, and that's what Santa bought. He got a JVC off Amazon for only £130 and it works fine, but if you just want point and shoot then DVD recording may be best. Moving the DV taped movie onto DVD so we can show relatives the film is pain in the ar## - I tried 4 software editing packages and had a lot of PC frustration before settling on Windows Movie Maker, which works fine. But you have to capture the film onto the PC, then convert it to a DVD compatible format (about 3 hrs for a one hour film) then get software like Roxio to convert it again and write it onto DVD. I like messing with my PC, but to be honest it's a pain to go through this just to put a title screen on and to tidy up a few bits. A DVD camcorder just goes straight into the TV...

Steve

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General Discussion Area / Re: NHS Meeting...

« on: 24 January 2008, 11:27:34 »

I spose it depends on the level of job and the area of the NHS really. I'm an NHS manager (not on the medical side of things) and I have to say it's been a great employer in general and very well paid compared to what a similar level of responsbility would get in private industry.

That said, I'm redundant in 6 months.....

Hope it works out for you

Steve

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General Discussion Area / Possible source of cheap parts

« on: 17 January 2008, 13:48:49 »

I was phoning around this morning for a aux belt tensioner pulley wheel and had an interesting chat with a garage in Walkden, (near Manchester). They guy was very helpful and said they had recently been taken over so are no longer a VHall dealer, but that he has £30k's worth of VHall parts that they want rid of! He was talking of getting rid for £5k or selling them on Ebay. He was also happy for me to come a rummage around. He'd started cataloging the stuff but had only got around to doing the exhausts. The only info I've got is it used to be called Bridgewater Garage on Manchester Rd in Walkden, and their phone number is 0161 790 2179. Their name is now different but I didn't catch it.

Hope someone can make use of this info!

Steve

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General Discussion Area / Re: How do I network

« on: 23 November 2007, 21:02:22 »

Sorry guys but I understand PC's in general and I'm struggling with some of the advice so heaven knows how Loo-Knee will get through it !!

I recently added our laptop as a wireless PC networked with our hard wired PC and it couldn't have been simpler....in Start / Control Panel / Wireless Network setup there was a wizard that asked me to plug a USB memory stick into one of the PC's, wait a mo, then plug it into the other for a couple of secs.
Hey presto - networked pc's

I may be crap at car maintenance, but nerdy subjects.....

Hope that helps, LK

Steve

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General Discussion Area / Re: rear windscreen wipers

« on: 31 August 2007, 12:32:53 »

OK with the cost idea, but why does every (?) hatchback I see have one? Surely if it were a cost thing, the odd manufacturer would leave off the wiper?

Steve

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General Discussion Area / rear windscreen wipers

« on: 31 August 2007, 12:21:08 »

A question that has bugged me all my adult life, and the answer is probably stupidly simple - why is it that I've never seen a saloon car (ie with a proper boot) with a rear windscreen wiper? I often wish I had one on my 2.5 V6 CD.

I just KNOW the answer will be a no brainer!

Steve