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So what have you done to your car today?

Started by Loo-knee, 28 April 2011, 21:20:22

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Nick W

Quote from: TheBoy on 22 October 2020, 18:07:43
Quote from: Shackeng on 22 October 2020, 17:10:29
Polished the opaque headlamps on the 3.2 prior to MOT next week, came up nicely in about an hour and a half. :y
Time well spent IMHO :y


After 90minutes of polishing, I would expect to be able to see them from here ;)

Keith ABS

 Took the Monaro in for centre prop bearing, oil and filter change and MOT
All done ready for next year as now will be wrapped up in cotton wool for winter hibernation

Sir Tigger KC

After convincing myself that the V70 was going to fail it's MOT horribly and cost me mucho ££££, she sailed through with a couple of minor advisories.  :y
RIP Paul 'Luvvie' Lovejoy

Politically homeless ......

Migv6 le Frog Fan

The plastic / cardboard Fr***h hatchback is due next week and the Omega a couple of weeks later. Could be some expense on the horizon.
Omega needs front discs / pads, which will be done before the test. Hoping it will be ok otherwise.
The Fr***h thing - god knows. It creaks rattles and knocks all the time, but I suspect its been like that from new.
Its weird being the same age as old people !

Marks DTM Calib

Ordered the replacement for the XE running on Mr Optis second favourite fuel

Doctor Gollum

Quote from: Marks DTM Calib on 23 October 2020, 15:31:18
Ordered the replacement for the XE running on Mr Optis second favourite fuel
Ethanol?  :D
Onanists always think outside the box.

Shackeng

Quote from: Nick W on 22 October 2020, 18:20:44
Quote from: TheBoy on 22 October 2020, 18:07:43
Quote from: Shackeng on 22 October 2020, 17:10:29
Polished the opaque headlamps on the 3.2 prior to MOT next week, came up nicely in about an hour and a half. :y
Time well spent IMHO :y


After 90minutes of polishing, I would expect to be able to see them from here ;)

You might next week, I am in Yalding. 8)

Nick W

Quote from: Shackeng on 23 October 2020, 16:40:40
Quote from: Nick W on 22 October 2020, 18:20:44
Quote from: TheBoy on 22 October 2020, 18:07:43
Quote from: Shackeng on 22 October 2020, 17:10:29
Polished the opaque headlamps on the 3.2 prior to MOT next week, came up nicely in about an hour and a half. :y
Time well spent IMHO :y


After 90minutes of polishing, I would expect to be able to see them from here ;)

You might next week, I am in Yalding. 8)


Yes, I expect I'll see the reflections off the water..... ;D

Shackeng

Not flooded at the moment, but I'll take my waders. ::)

TheBoy

Quote from: Marks DTM Calib on 23 October 2020, 15:31:18
Ordered the replacement for the XE running on Mr Optis second favourite fuel
I've managed to pause the search for a replacement car for Mrs TB, as whilst she isn't commuting, the LPG availability problem isn't a problem :). TBE gets a reprieve :)

Still not got a scooby what to get her though.  What's Mrs DTM getting? And I thought her journeys were all fairly short?
Grumpy old man

Raeturbo

What do you get from a full tank of lpg around town? I'm around 140 Miles to a tank full (43 litres all I can squeeze in ) 3.2 Mv6 estate auto.
Laying a rubber road.

Doctor Gollum

Quote from: Raeturbo on 24 October 2020, 10:57:19
What do you get from a full tank of lpg around town? I'm around 140 Miles to a tank full (43 litres all I can squeeze in ) 3.2 Mv6 estate auto.
You want to convert that to a manual V8 with those figures :D
Onanists always think outside the box.

Entwood

Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 24 October 2020, 11:47:19
Quote from: Raeturbo on 24 October 2020, 10:57:19
What do you get from a full tank of lpg around town? I'm around 140 Miles to a tank full (43 litres all I can squeeze in ) 3.2 Mv6 estate auto.
You want to convert that to a manual V8 with those figures :D

I don't know.... lpg is 65p/litre around here, so 43 litres is £27.95. 140 miles at £27.95 is  19.96 pence / mile

When I ran the Omega the equivalent petrol cost was around 29 pence /mile around town ..  so looks like he's still "saving" around 10 pence a mile ....

Doctor Gollum

That's only a couple of pence off what the Barge costs. On petrol :-\
Onanists always think outside the box.

Entwood

Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 24 October 2020, 12:45:19
That's only a couple of pence off what the Barge costs. On petrol :-\

If you're getting around 20pence /mile from the barge on petrol then it's doing around 30 mpg !! No Omega v6 I know does that around town !! Lucky to ever get even low 20s ... maybe 25-28 mpg on a run