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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: Hi
« on: 26 November 2011, 14:33:41 »
Hi, you came to the right place not been here long myself but found this forum to be one of the best.
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General Car Chat / Re: m.o.t ?
« on: 26 November 2011, 13:58:12 »
Cars parked on private land with no MOT should be no problem, cars parked on private land with no insurance or no tax have to SORN.
I think if you SORN a vehicle with no Insurance you now have to hand the tax disc back.
I think if you SORN a vehicle with no Insurance you now have to hand the tax disc back.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Tunes issue sorted by a stroke of luck
« on: 26 November 2011, 13:15:31 »
At a guess below is I assume how this has been done
Wired FM modulators, which usually come as small boxes with a few cords running out from them, intercept the connection between the car's antenna and radio, allowing you to inject your iPod's signal directly into this wired pathway. The result is dramatically improved sound quality—although the final result is still hampered by the limitations of FM radio, which is far from audiophile-friendly.
These modulators are inexpensive (they can be found online for as little as $15) and relatively easy to put in, as long as you are comfortable fiddling with your car stereo's wires. To install one, position yourself underneath the dash. Reach up and unplug the antenna from the back of the stereo and plug it into the modulator's antenna input. Take the modulator's output cord and connect it to the stereo's antenna input. You can then set the modulator to run at any FM frequency. Pick one with weak competing signals (usually at the very top or bottom of the spectrum).
I am sure others would be able to confirm (or not) this is how it was done, other than that once I have time I will remove the stereo and have a look
Wired FM modulators, which usually come as small boxes with a few cords running out from them, intercept the connection between the car's antenna and radio, allowing you to inject your iPod's signal directly into this wired pathway. The result is dramatically improved sound quality—although the final result is still hampered by the limitations of FM radio, which is far from audiophile-friendly.
These modulators are inexpensive (they can be found online for as little as $15) and relatively easy to put in, as long as you are comfortable fiddling with your car stereo's wires. To install one, position yourself underneath the dash. Reach up and unplug the antenna from the back of the stereo and plug it into the modulator's antenna input. Take the modulator's output cord and connect it to the stereo's antenna input. You can then set the modulator to run at any FM frequency. Pick one with weak competing signals (usually at the very top or bottom of the spectrum).
I am sure others would be able to confirm (or not) this is how it was done, other than that once I have time I will remove the stereo and have a look
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General Car Chat / Re: Joyful MPG
« on: 25 November 2011, 20:14:08 »
03 3.2 auto 68,000 (sorted by Daz)
What I would call all round usual everyday driving. Go to work 25 miles 15 of which are DC 5 in the morning so do tend to push on, 5 to 10 min in traffic going home in the evening, up and down to the shop several times a week (idle or what 5 min walk 1 min drive) and general taxi service for er indoors and the kids. 22.7 MPG (measured over a week) with the computer or me being less than 1 mpg out.
Parents live in Norfolk so A1/A47 most of the way. Limit and beyond 27.4
What I would call all round usual everyday driving. Go to work 25 miles 15 of which are DC 5 in the morning so do tend to push on, 5 to 10 min in traffic going home in the evening, up and down to the shop several times a week (idle or what 5 min walk 1 min drive) and general taxi service for er indoors and the kids. 22.7 MPG (measured over a week) with the computer or me being less than 1 mpg out.
Parents live in Norfolk so A1/A47 most of the way. Limit and beyond 27.4
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General Discussion Area / Tunes issue sorted by a stroke of luck
« on: 25 November 2011, 19:50:40 »
The issue regarding my CDR (copied discs laser 2013 HU etc) collection has now solved itself.
When I bought the car it had what I thought was a mobile phone kit hard wired to the stereo, have been scratching my head for the last few weeks looking at the connector on the holder knowing that I had seen that sort before somewhere, thought about every phone I have had trying to remember.
Just about gave up and went to remove it from the car, as the pliers where just about to bite my daughter walked onto the drive with her Ipod playing in her ears, she stopped to speak took the headphones from her ears and the penny dropped, the holder was for a Ipod not a mobile. Got my Ipod sat it on the holder powered straight up, the only issue I had was trying to sort out what input was needed to be selected on the HU to get the sound out the speakers, in the end tuner selected and tuned to 88.3 sounds now sorted 
When I bought the car it had what I thought was a mobile phone kit hard wired to the stereo, have been scratching my head for the last few weeks looking at the connector on the holder knowing that I had seen that sort before somewhere, thought about every phone I have had trying to remember.
Just about gave up and went to remove it from the car, as the pliers where just about to bite my daughter walked onto the drive with her Ipod playing in her ears, she stopped to speak took the headphones from her ears and the penny dropped, the holder was for a Ipod not a mobile. Got my Ipod sat it on the holder powered straight up, the only issue I had was trying to sort out what input was needed to be selected on the HU to get the sound out the speakers, in the end tuner selected and tuned to 88.3 sounds now sorted
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General Car Chat / Re: Cars you don't forget
« on: 25 November 2011, 19:24:53 »
Lancia 2.0 HPE (factory supercharged) what a cracking engine (Lancia tuned Fiat twin cam). used to leave the XR boys for dead.
Thinking about it thats probably cause it weighed nothing due to the amount of missing metal, go to bed at night and the car would be half pound slimmer in the morning, if you looked at it long enough you could watch the rust forming. Big Big negative I know such a shame on a motor that was otherwise a smashing car.
Thinking about it thats probably cause it weighed nothing due to the amount of missing metal, go to bed at night and the car would be half pound slimmer in the morning, if you looked at it long enough you could watch the rust forming. Big Big negative I know such a shame on a motor that was otherwise a smashing car.
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General Discussion Area / Re: adverts are getting more silly...but i love it......
« on: 20 November 2011, 18:49:30 »99
General Discussion Area / Re: Scrapyards and no records of dealings/payment made in cash
« on: 20 November 2011, 17:12:57 »
Why not, we are already monitored like no other country, lets agree to cctv in our house then they can have it, All hale Big Brother
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General Discussion Area / Re: Neighbours with 2 vehicles parking in way
« on: 20 November 2011, 16:13:31 »
My house is the only one up here with a drive and garage so I just sit back and watch the entertainment it not a very big road and parking is tight, some of the stunts and fights over it all has had me i tears 
. Not funny for those involved but all part of getting through day.
. Not funny for those involved but all part of getting through day.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Scrapyards and no records of dealings/payment made in cash
« on: 20 November 2011, 15:52:20 »
Cook the tax man, we are already taxed to death and beyond, VAT @20% National In 12% Income tax 22% Gas and Elec 5% + fuel, tobacco, alcohol I could go on but I'm sure you all know the script. He is the biggest bandit of them all and this not to mention the greedy MP's who not satisfied with there salary and TAX FREE perks twist the system into even more personal wealth whilst dodging coughing up on any personal gains.
Weighing a bit of scrap in a couple or so times a year for a bit of back pocket money or a bit towards the kiddies christmas is nothing to what the above twisting ******** get up.
Weighing a bit of scrap in a couple or so times a year for a bit of back pocket money or a bit towards the kiddies christmas is nothing to what the above twisting ******** get up.
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General Car Chat / Re: Bye bye Bob's car......
« on: 18 November 2011, 17:31:45 »
"Bit rich from a bloke with a bra size for a user name don't you think!"
Ah you've sussed it my two favorites rolled into one
Nice motor
Ah you've sussed it my two favorites rolled into one
Nice motor
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Omega General Help / Re: Not enjoying my 'Starsky & Hutch' miggy!
« on: 18 November 2011, 14:44:39 »
I have the same problem with mine, what i did was as suggested pull the air pipe off and leave the fuse out. From what I understand the compressor only runs for a short time each time the car is started and not all the time. Therefore as a temp measure each morning I put the fuse back let a little air into the shocks than pull the fuse and leave out till the next day. I suspect on mine that the release valve on the compressor is at fault so the choices seem to be repair or replace (seen them on ebay £20) the compressor (located under the offside front wing held via 3 bolts) or leave the compressor disconnected tie off the air pipes and replace the back shocks with some decent "standard" ones (30 - 40 quid each)
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General Discussion Area / Re: Smoking ban in cars....the PC brigade's at it again!!
« on: 18 November 2011, 01:48:52 »
Many said what George Orwell wrote would and could never happen.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Smoking ban in cars....the PC brigade's at it again!!
« on: 18 November 2011, 01:15:44 »
The guy is there to control the pubwatch scheme he is not looking for motoring related "crimes" as such. The point I make is that the technology and equipment is already there to do the job without any real drain on the resources they already have. Sure I would agree it wont happen straight away it will be slowly implemented, the police force is being thinned but I suspect that the reason behind this is technology taking over as its far more economical and effective to have one man behind a camera than several officers riding round in cars. In the same way any cameras work I:E sat there 24 hrs 7 days without the cost of wages vehicles fuel etc etc but still raking millions in revenue each year. Once these laws and systems are 100% in place where will it go from there? Cameras are already being used to fine and prosecute. The more laws the more revenue its likely to generate. In many places it already been proved that these devices are doing nothing to decrease crime levels and in the same light a lot of speed cameras are doing nothing to increase road safety (which is the line we where sold when they were being implemented) so if the reason stated is being proved non constructive why is the system being expanded at such a rapid rate. You get a speeding fine through the post giving you 3 points in exchange for £80 how hard and how much in the way of resources did that take to extract from you? Its the thin edge of what I can see as being a very thick wedge.