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- Tue Apr 25, 2017 10:54 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: car manual
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8032
Re: car manual
Unfortunately I'm not aware of online versions of the manuals for older cars. The 2002 guide should be useful to some extent, excepting that the COM2000 control stalk was introduced part-way through 2001 during the series' change from part-multiplex to fully-multiplex wiring. Because your car was bu...
- Tue Apr 25, 2017 9:23 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: car manual
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8032
- Tue Apr 25, 2017 9:17 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Ramps or Axle Stands?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9234
Re: Ramps or Axle Stands?
Whaddya call a guy with a car on his head?Welly wrote:Used to work with someone who's car fell on him crushing his cheek bone and eye socket. 'Scar face' we used to call him.
I don't know, what DO you call a guy with a car on his head?
Jack!
- Tue Mar 28, 2017 12:26 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: MOT time again
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7470
Re: MOT time again
Good luck sir! The handbrakes on these are indeed a pain in the bum. Mark.W replaced all the discs, shoes, and cables for my handbrakes when he visited; the cables on mine were all stretched out and knackered over time. Cheap parts, which is a plus, and readily-available, which is another. Haven't h...
- Mon Mar 27, 2017 4:27 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Viewing 2nd hand cars - the Camera does lie....
- Replies: 10
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Re: Viewing 2nd hand cars - the Camera does lie....
If you're looking at 107's, C1's and others in the 60+ mpg group, you'll pay for that. I think also why their prices stay up is that they're quite reliable. Was the 107 / C1 / Aygo not the car that some driving schools banned the use of because of poor visibility due to the MASSIVE pillar between t...
- Mon Mar 27, 2017 1:52 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: MOT time again
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7470
Re: MOT time again
Good luck sir. Not that you need it; you take damned good care of your car. Stop fretting; they may be busy! I had my old saloon dropped off for an MOT once at 8:00 AM and I heard nothing. I phoned them at 4:30 PM as I was going to need it to get home that night, and was told it was just going on to...
- Wed Mar 22, 2017 7:24 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Wheeler Dealers TV show - Ed China leaving
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6428
Re: Wheeler Dealers TV show - Ed China leaving
Literally the whole point of Wheeler Dealers is that when you are buying and selling cars, you are Mike, and when you are fixing cars, you are Ed. That's why Ed shows you how to fix the cars, and gives you tips on how to achieve the results he gets. There is no labour cost if it's you that's wieldin...
- Tue Jan 31, 2017 4:57 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Driving according to the road conditions
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7470
Re: Driving according to the road conditions
Drivers indicating right at roundabouts when they're actually heading straight on - a new phenomenon. Drivers approaching side road junctions at eleventy miles an hour making you think they're coming straight out at you :frown: I have noticed these more lately too. And I hate it. The Wifely Person ...
- Thu Jan 26, 2017 1:50 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Fingers crossed for Rufus
- Replies: 51
- Views: 29924
Re: Fingers crossed for Rufus
Poor little bugger; at least he isn't in pain any more.
I'm very sorry for your loss
I'm very sorry for your loss
- Wed Jan 11, 2017 2:59 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Oh deer.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10151
Re: Oh deer.
Fixed that for you.Doggy wrote:On closer inspection, it looks like the plastic wing is mangled and the headlight unit obliterated, but the puddle is deer juices
Glad all are OK. You'll be eating pre-tenderised venison steaks for a while, though. Hope you don't end up with gout!
- Fri Dec 02, 2016 3:29 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: A pleasant Insurance renewal surprise
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5583
Re: A pleasant Insurance renewal surprise
I've stuck with Admiral for several years in a row, because my renewal price with them has been lower than the best quote received via the Meerkat or the StupidDamnedOperaSinger.com Golden rule: if your insurer puts your premium up, despite no at-fault crashes or new points on your license since las...
- Mon Nov 28, 2016 5:09 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Highlander went to France
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2430
Highlander went to France
I was in the south of France for a few days last week, doing a network upgrade job. Flew Aberdeen -> Paris CDG, Paris CDG -> Biarritz, then got a hire car for the 50 minute drive over to Sailes-de-Bearns, where my hotel was. The base was within a 10 minute drive from there. The hire car was a Peugeo...
- Fri Nov 18, 2016 3:03 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: and today i have mostly been...
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Re: and today i have mostly been...
Corrected your statement, sir.steve_earwig wrote:I did also think of walking down their garden with a sprayer full of NAPALM but that'd be pretty COOL
- Fri Nov 18, 2016 1:06 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: and today i have mostly been...
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Re: and today i have mostly been...
Oh, and concerning your asshole cat-shooting neighbours - try this gem I read about on Pistonheads: Big bag of frozen sausages from Asda. Other supermarkets are available but you're up north. Hammer them into his lawn vertically. Wait until thawed, and every bird/badger/hedgehog/dog/fox in the area ...
- Fri Nov 18, 2016 12:57 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: and today i have mostly been...
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Re: and today i have mostly been...
Our previous cat was a ginger long-hair Persian. Very good-natured cat, and one of the breed traits is that they are a "people-person" type of cat, with a tendency to latch on to one particular human and be super-clingy to that human. We called him Smeagol, after the creature that eventually became ...