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General Car Chat / Re: Another MOT pass

« on: Today at 02:28:14 »

Book time is probably an hour a side. That's got to be a minimum of £120 a side plus VAT

There's no way this side of the moon that that job is being done correctly.

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General Car Chat / Re: Another MOT pass

« on: Yesterday at 15:39:51 »

Links readily available. But it's not the first time that Betty has been turned over by her VX dealer

Doing the job correctly, means either the correct shocks or new shocks, springs and a couple of hours to remove the self levelling gubbins. Pulling the fuse is to totally half arse it.

Genuine non SL shocks are circa £100 each. Springs around £60. £237 at a main dealer isn't going to buy anything worth getting.

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General Car Chat / Re: BMW i4 M60 Arrived

« on: 29 January 2026, 17:54:14 »

I can't wrap my head around the maths. Surely there's a price to pay somewhere 

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General Car Chat / Re: Banger Volvo vs Brand New

« on: 29 January 2026, 17:52:57 »

Funny how the second anyone gets rid of an Omega, there's very little to actually do to a car

Whilst new fangled cars on company lease plans are great in principle, I do wonder where the catch is

I mean zero deposit and low payments on a £70k+ car has to have an almighty gotcha attached to it? Retail leases are circa £2k down and £1,700 a month and you still don't own it.

If your employer are picking up the bill then there's a massive implied benefit, likewise for charging at work.

I hope the car serves you well, and getting shiny things is always fun, I hope you've done your homework.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Sounds like the orange narcissist has gone too far

« on: 29 January 2026, 09:32:49 »

Im not goint t try and defend much of what Trump says and does, but to compare him to Hitler is preposterous ! 

Agreed.

The Leftists are that desperate they are calling Stephen Miller, a confirmed if not practicing Jew, a Nazi, comparing him to Himmler stating that when the regain control they will hunt themselves people to the ends of the earth and hang them... I mean FFS, really

They have started comparing Renée Good and Alex Pretti to George Floyd as martyrs. They have a commonality, but it's not a good one.

It's interesting to listen to the cries of the outraged and note how their opinions change like the weather.

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General Discussion Area / The curious case of the missing wheel...

« on: 29 January 2026, 00:47:12 »

Source: YouTube https://share.google/Uuy280zwzuzaAxUML

https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Flookaside.fbsbx.com%2Flookaside%2Fcrawler%2Fmedia%2F%3Fmedia_id%3D931426792572936&tbnid=CvRDWBwsx8GTQM&vet=1&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Faviationgallerys%2Fposts%2Fba274-a350-1000-lets-be-clear-about-what-this-actually-looks-likethe-axle-nut-is%2F931424622573153%2F&docid=qoivRM8p6lUhsM&w=1080&h=1350&itg=1&hl=en-GB&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim%2Fm1%2F4&kgs=a41d3e779e00746f&shem=bdsle%2Cisst

There's a few questions going to be asked about this:

When the wheel was found?
What was the decision process that allowed the flight to continue apparently blissfully unaware?
What caused the wheel to fail?

The final straw was probably the turn onto the runaway as this particular wheel is the one that would have had the most scrubbing. The rear pairs also take the bulk of the landing force on the Flying iPad, which is something in itself as most landings on it are brutal. Watch it on a big screen and there are a couple of flashes of sparks from the brake pack as the wheel failed leaving the runway.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Sounds like the orange narcissist has gone too far

« on: 28 January 2026, 18:27:26 »

Well, he's just reversed almost all of Sippy Cups' executive orders.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Z22xe coil thingy

« on: 28 January 2026, 14:56:39 »

I wonder if this car used to have a poorly installed LPG system that was subsequently equally badly uninstall 

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Omega General Help / Re: Moving Auto Selector from P to N, when Rear Brake Pipes off

« on: 27 January 2026, 20:31:24 »

In this scenario, ALWAYS use the manual override. It's what it's there for.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Sounds like the orange narcissist has gone too far

« on: 26 January 2026, 19:12:42 »

Ah yes, back to Hitler BS again

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General Discussion Area / Re: Burnham blocked

« on: 26 January 2026, 02:54:58 »

If Burnham got back in the Commons, Starmer would be toast by the end of the year.
Although he still might be anyway.
Its a good thing Imo, because Burnham is more presentable and not robotic like Starmer, but he would be just as useless if he became PM.
I would imagine that after this reminder for the country as to why Labour shouldnt be allowed into Govt. they will be out of power for a generation again.

We can only hope.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Sounds like the orange narcissist has gone too far

« on: 25 January 2026, 00:04:05 »

Sitting on the fence again Rae

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General Discussion Area / Re: Sounds like the orange narcissist has gone too far

« on: 24 January 2026, 21:17:37 »

Were we there off our own volition as part of a coalition such as in Iraq, twice, and not wearing our NATO hats?

Had he said France and Italy, then it would have offended, but not anything like so outrageously. He didn't, he said NATO, and because we're also part of NATO it was immediately assumed that he meant British troops.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Code72

« on: 24 January 2026, 16:53:38 »

It's rivetted to a metal plate rivetted to the door. You need to remove the door card for access.

Visually check the wiring between the airbag in the seat and the floor and also between the sensor and the A pillar..

DO NOT APPLY VOLTAGE or you'll be looking for a new airbag set once you leave hospital.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Sounds like the orange narcissist has gone too far

« on: 24 January 2026, 15:15:46 »

Looks like his press secretary has said what she can independently and it's telling that the Defence secretary hasn't said anything about it, if he was even party to the original comments, as he served in Kabul so would know who was/wasn't there...