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General Car Chat / Re: Cam belt query.
« on: 16 August 2025, 10:20:55 »
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General Car Chat / Cam belt query.
« on: 15 August 2025, 18:15:33 »
Both Astra's are now 8 years old.
Mrs AA's has done 17k.
Mine has done 23k.
Should I get the cam belts changed?
Mrs AA's has done 17k.
Mine has done 23k.
Should I get the cam belts changed?
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General Car Chat / Re: Tyre Pressure Sensor
« on: 09 August 2025, 10:17:05 »What a load of Palaver..
My tyre pressure monitor looks like this and has served me perfectly well for almost 50 years , well not the same one but the same type.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/153516528773?_skw=tyre+pressure+gauge&itmmeta=01K26SVST9332N3330A4WVBGAG&hash=item23be4c5485:g:aFIAAOSwSOditGsa&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA0FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1fp%2F1Zla9121Jkk%2B1QEaB4eHrO5k9gnAbgFi7%2B3qyCNU2qxxq%2BC%2BLToW8mLStBHLkxvRABAmBP%2Bqf3CSU856YvEmmLSpchMQtNwwOT79HzmZ5pBbcmr0IaZwIHtu1Ph51yfiJ16PL6e68N4nm7IDLt9t%2Br3RRnxTbxHHwOPPJXGhF6spRsBSwi9ZmfpMkZ71ONeYQN5Bani%2FsBHMB1mETSW1XmNcpmw0Zjb1Pvg8B4n6c8Evd7hFCj%2BRiDn6cdEU1c%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR7Kd79mRZg
This modern nonsense is over complication for the sake of it.
If you cba to check tyre pressures once a week you shouldnt be allowed to drive.
Agree entirely , I've had my Dunlop pressure gauge for as long as I can remember always check mine every week along with oil water & screenwash.
I go round and kick each tyre on a daily basis.
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General Car Chat / Re: Tyre Pressure Sensor
« on: 08 August 2025, 19:27:31 »
The good news is my car insurance has gone down by £50 this year.
Still astronomical because of my age.
Still astronomical because of my age.
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General Car Chat / Re: Tyre Pressure Sensor
« on: 08 August 2025, 19:25:11 »
Astra K gives a reading on all 4 tyres,
It has a reset button to enable it to recalculate the sensors.
What they don't tell you it works with a separate menu that has to be set according to the load in the car.
It has a reset button to enable it to recalculate the sensors.
What they don't tell you it works with a separate menu that has to be set according to the load in the car.
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General Car Chat / Re: Tyre Pressure Sensor
« on: 07 August 2025, 17:19:26 »Problem solved!Yeah, this happened to me when I was 'fiddling' with the settings on my Astra.
There are 3 tyre settings :-
Light
Eco
Max
For some reason it was set to Max where I have always set it to Light.
Don't know how it happened, but setting it to Light has cured the problem.
Ha ha.
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General Car Chat / Re: Tyre Pressure Sensor
« on: 07 August 2025, 15:18:34 »
Problem solved!
There are 3 tyre settings :-
Light
Eco
Max
For some reason it was set to Max where I have always set it to Light.
Don't know how it happened, but setting it to Light has cured the problem.
There are 3 tyre settings :-
Light
Eco
Max
For some reason it was set to Max where I have always set it to Light.
Don't know how it happened, but setting it to Light has cured the problem.
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General Car Chat / Tyre Pressure Sensor
« on: 07 August 2025, 09:53:46 »
My front nearside tyre pressure sensor has developed a fault.
Keeps telling me the tyre pressure is about 10psi less than the other 3.
I've done a reset several times to no avail.
Is it an MOT fail as a warning light is showing constantly on the display?
Where's the best place to get it replaced?
Is it a dealer job?
Keeps telling me the tyre pressure is about 10psi less than the other 3.
I've done a reset several times to no avail.
Is it an MOT fail as a warning light is showing constantly on the display?
Where's the best place to get it replaced?
Is it a dealer job?
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General Car Chat / Re: Astra K electronic handbrake
« on: 18 October 2024, 12:46:22 »
Thanks everyone, I've found a man that can.
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General Car Chat / Astra K electronic handbrake
« on: 17 October 2024, 14:12:42 »
Stopped working,
Message on dash says 'Service parking brake '
Run diagnostics- Inoperative 0v. Not very helpful.
Can't go crawling about anymore as I'm 85.
Any suggestions or is it a trip to the stealers?
Message on dash says 'Service parking brake '
Run diagnostics- Inoperative 0v. Not very helpful.
Can't go crawling about anymore as I'm 85.
Any suggestions or is it a trip to the stealers?
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General Discussion Area / Welsh 20 mph.
« on: 17 September 2023, 19:11:08 »
I hear that the speed awareness course in Wales is now fully booked until 2050.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Sticky for Jokes
« on: 15 September 2023, 18:12:40 »
You're in the final of the club golf tournament.
After the 17th, you and your opponent are tied.
You tee off on the 18th, straight down the middle of the fairway, 260 yards drive.
Your opponent hooks his tee shot into the woods.
You spend 10 minutes helping him find his ball.
You take your next shot, he says, I'll carry on looking and if I can't find it I'll go back to tee and play another ball.
You play your next shot, it lands six yards from the pin.
Your opponent shouts found it, his ball lands 4 inches from the pin, a gimme.
Here's your dilemma, do you take the lieing bastards ball out of your pocket, or do you keep your mouth shut!
After the 17th, you and your opponent are tied.
You tee off on the 18th, straight down the middle of the fairway, 260 yards drive.
Your opponent hooks his tee shot into the woods.
You spend 10 minutes helping him find his ball.
You take your next shot, he says, I'll carry on looking and if I can't find it I'll go back to tee and play another ball.
You play your next shot, it lands six yards from the pin.
Your opponent shouts found it, his ball lands 4 inches from the pin, a gimme.
Here's your dilemma, do you take the lieing bastards ball out of your pocket, or do you keep your mouth shut!
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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: 08 September 2023, 18:19:44 »
Birmingham City Council, and the retards who keep voting for them.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Salamander Shower Pump
« on: 08 September 2023, 18:17:48 »You could just turn it off, shower under a dribble and save the planet!Barry knows all about dribbles
Pot and kettle come to mind
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General Discussion Area / Re: Salamander Shower Pump
« on: 07 September 2023, 17:48:30 »Is it thermostatic? If so, valve failing?
No experience with any shower valves beyond Aqualisa, so could be barking up the wrong tree completely
No idea if it's thermostatic, gut feeling says it's not.