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Started by Varche, 02 January 2023, 18:25:56

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Sir Tigger KC

The LED tail light mounted on the boot lid is playing up. If it works at all, it just flickers.

I phoned BMW for a new one.........       £243!!  :o 

What's wrong with a £1.50 bulb FFS.  ::)
RIP Paul 'Luvvie' Lovejoy

Politically homeless ......

TheBoy

Quote from: Sir Tigger KC on 26 March 2026, 14:32:05
The LED tail light mounted on the boot lid is playing up. If it works at all, it just flickers.

I phoned BMW for a new one.........       £243!!  :o 

What's wrong with a £1.50 bulb FFS.  ::)
If it had bulbs, the previous owners would have swapped them out for LEDs anyway, becoz itz wicked, innit.
Grumpy old man

Doctor Gollum

Quote from: TheBoy on 26 March 2026, 14:41:59
Quote from: Sir Tigger KC on 26 March 2026, 14:32:05
The LED tail light mounted on the boot lid is playing up. If it works at all, it just flickers.

I phoned BMW for a new one.........       £243!!  :o 

What's wrong with a £1.50 bulb FFS.  ::)
If it had bulbs, the previous owners would have swapped them out for LEDs anyway, becoz itz wicked, innit.
Having a similar conversation on a W221 forum from someone who swapped their perfectly good incandescent bulbs for cheap Chinesium shyte and wondered why they flicker  ;D
Onanists always think outside the box.

Sir Tigger KC

Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 26 March 2026, 15:13:28
Quote from: TheBoy on 26 March 2026, 14:41:59
Quote from: Sir Tigger KC on 26 March 2026, 14:32:05
The LED tail light mounted on the boot lid is playing up. If it works at all, it just flickers.

I phoned BMW for a new one.........       £243!!  :o 

What's wrong with a £1.50 bulb FFS.  ::)
If it had bulbs, the previous owners would have swapped them out for LEDs anyway, becoz itz wicked, innit.
Having a similar conversation on a W221 forum from someone who swapped their perfectly good incandescent bulbs for cheap Chinesium shyte and wondered why they flicker  ;D

If it had LED bulbs I could just replace them, but this thing has LED strips built into the light unit.  Hence the price......  :-\   ::)

I shall tinker with it for a while.  :P
RIP Paul 'Luvvie' Lovejoy

Politically homeless ......

Migv6 le Frog Fan

85 year old Father in law is having one of his legs amputated today, and they are keeping a close eye on the other one.
Feel really sorry for the old fella. I worry he wont survive the trauma of the operation.

He is a real character. A lovable rogue, who has got away with all sorts through his life because he has an abundance of charm.
Used to get paid on a Friday and M.I.L might not see him again until Tues. or Weds.
After one of these episodes she once screamed at him  "who the fick is Christine ?"
He replied, I have no idea. Why do you ask ?"
"Because her fickin name has been  tatooed on your arm" was the reply.  ;D
" Dont worry my little peachy, you will always be my number one girl".
" number one girl ??!! Im your wife and mother fo your five kids".
" Thats why your always my number one girl". ;D ;D

When I met swmbo she made me promise never to go in a pub with him, so I promised.
After a few years had passed I kind of forgot and ended up in a pub with him.
I was half way down my first pint, and he was on his fifth. He then tried to pick a fight with seven blokes who looked like they were from the local rugby team, and he is about five feet 5 inches, but a stockily built bricklayer..
I was sweating buckets, and only managed to talk him out of it by reminding him that his seven year old son was sat outside in the back of my car, and if we left in and Ambulance or Police car, that was going to be a major problem, and his wife would never let him hear the end of it.
I might soon have the unenviable task of visiting his girlfriend of 65 years (who lives a couple of hundred yards from me) to tell her he is no longer with us.
Dont want to do it, but she made me promise I would quite a few years ago.  ::)
Its weird being the same age as old people !

Rangie

The state of our NHS , wifey in a lot of discomfort on Friday evening unable to stand up, ambulance service unable to give an ETA due to staffing/vehicle shortages with the help of a neighbour managed to get her into the car, several hours in casualty sitting amongst absolute scum of the earth , eventually I couldn't help myself & kicked off politely , she was at last seen & admitted fingers crossed they find out what is going on, we have a health plan with Beneden who I've been in touch with so far they've been brilliant.
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level & beat you with their experience.

ronnyd

I have found that if you have to make your own up to A&E that the wait always seems longer than if you arrive by ambulance. SWMBO had two worrying  angina attacks  over the last two weekends and we were told the by 999 control that the wait could have been 40 mins. Luckily, the ambulance station is just up the road and they arrived very quickly. The second attack meant she was in West Suffolk hospital for five days in which time her meds were adjusted which seems to have made a difference. She still has some measure of chest pain but cardiology reckons that's something she may have to put up with. She is into her early 80's now and she has various other conditions to contend with so we will just have to see how things go.
Home your Mrs is ok Rangie.  :y

Migv6 le Frog Fan

My F.I.L mentioned in my post above, collapsed onto the floor a few days ago as his legs had gone numb and wouldnt take his weight.
He laid on the floor for over five hours waiting for the Ambulance to come.
The Ambulance station is 150 yards away at the end of their road.  :(
Its weird being the same age as old people !

STEMO

Dear me  :( I hope everyone recovers soon, it's just no fun at all getting older.
Diesel till I die

STEMO

I'm up in North Yorkshire for a week, and I always secretly worry that something could go wrong, health wise, while we're up here. Stuck out in the sticks with the nearest A&E miles away in Scarborough, which has a terrible reputation.
Diesel till I die

Lizzie Zoom

Quote from: ronnyd on 29 March 2026, 13:29:57
I have found that if you have to make your own up to A&E that the wait always seems longer than if you arrive by ambulance. SWMBO had two worrying  angina attacks  over the last two weekends and we were told the by 999 control that the wait could have been 40 mins. Luckily, the ambulance station is just up the road and they arrived very quickly. The second attack meant she was in West Suffolk hospital for five days in which time her meds were adjusted which seems to have made a difference. She still has some measure of chest pain but cardiology reckons that's something she may have to put up with. She is into her early 80's now and she has various other conditions to contend with so we will just have to see how things go.
Home your Mrs is ok Rangie.  :y

Oh dear.  All familiar to me, so I hope all goes well Ronny, Rangie and MV6  with your loved ones:) :)

YZ250

Quote from: STEMO on 29 March 2026, 16:35:25
Dear me  :( I hope everyone recovers soon, it's just no fun at all getting older.

Likewise, wishing those concerned a speedy recovery. Waiting around to hopefully get answers is very frustrating and I genuinely feel for you. Best wishes and fingers crossed for all concerned.
My fun car is a 2020 Bmw F32 430d M Sport with indicators.
My cruiser is an Audi A6 Avant S Line Black Edition with indicators.

ronnyd


Doctor Gollum

Quote from: YZ250 on 29 March 2026, 21:48:04
Quote from: STEMO on 29 March 2026, 16:35:25
Dear me  :( I hope everyone recovers soon, it's just no fun at all getting older.

Likewise, wishing those concerned a speedy recovery. Waiting around to hopefully get answers is very frustrating and I genuinely feel for you. Best wishes and fingers crossed for all concerned.
Seconded.

It's all too easy to lose track of how old everyone is getting and everything that goes along with that :-\
Onanists always think outside the box.

TheBoy

Cisco. Again.

So we have an issue that takes servers offline one a drive in a mirror fails.  They are aware of the issue, but seemingly don't want to fix it, blaming it on Marvel.

I don't care who's fault it is, this has been known about for at least 3 years that I know of, and as the shit came from Cisco, they need to fix it, or replace the Marvel components with one that doesn't crash all the bloody time.


They are my nemesis, much like how that DTM fella loves Lucky Goldstar ;D
Grumpy old man