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Messages - Kevin Wood

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General Car Chat / Re: New calipers... What colour?
« on: Today at 12:21:47 »
I was assured by the polishing brigade - the jag forum mob - painting them red would give me 300 more horsepower and would allow me to outbrake Schumacher's F1 car....

What? Paint them yourself? :o Or do the main dealer do that now? ::)

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General Discussion Area / Re: Andrew arrested
« on: 19 February 2026, 22:55:57 »
So many things that stink end up leading to B. Liar and Mandelson in the end. >:(

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General Discussion Area / Re: They are watching us!
« on: 17 February 2026, 22:17:21 »
I thought I read something about them doing facial recognition ages ago. Didn't pay much attention as there's as much chance of one of them appearing on my door as a french car on my driveway.

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General Discussion Area / Re: So.....Starmer has u-turned..
« on: 17 February 2026, 07:27:47 »
That just goes to show how corrupt the lefties are that we're expected to just suck it up whenever they try to pull a fast one.

It's almost worth voting Reform as a Thank You.

I'm sure many will come May. ;D

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General Car Chat / Re: Stellantis to bring back diesel
« on: 17 February 2026, 07:22:40 »
Planet killing soot chucker's should meet the same end as the dinosaur. :)
Nothing used to hear me up more when I was in the Battlebus - before DTM fixed it - of lifting then flooring the throttle, covering the car following too close behind in a cloud of soot.

I always used to chuckle ;D


Wasn't half as much fun after DTM made the Battlebus work properly, but was a damn site quicker ;D

A mate of mine bought 2 minis for £50 back when we were young, with the idea of making one good one. One was an 850 with rather poor piston rings. At one point, we were being tailgated by some tawt in a white convertible rolls royce. He dropped it down a cog and let it overrun for a second, then floored it and he disappeared in a plume of blue smoke. Kept his distance after that!
 

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General Car Chat / Re: Stellantis to bring back diesel
« on: 16 February 2026, 18:41:14 »
If the last car on earth was made by Stellantis I'd rather walk, so not bothered what form of dead dinosaur they burn. ;D
You'll be ok, Kevin, the gay jag will be along soon  :)

 :D

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General Car Chat / Re: Stellantis to bring back diesel
« on: 16 February 2026, 18:18:38 »
If the last car on earth was made by Stellantis I'd rather walk, so not bothered what form of dead dinosaur they burn. ;D

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General Car Chat / Re: A simple disc and pad change...
« on: 16 February 2026, 15:32:22 »
I've hundreds of them  .... tiny 1.5mm up to 19mm & probably bigger. But as above, no 7mm or 11mm (did actaully have a 7 but it wouldn't fit in)

Same when I got the XE. One end needs a 7mm long hex key and I think that's an 11mm at the other end. Probably the same manufacturer of calipers. Fancy picking the two sizes that nobody will have in their toolbox. >:(
Yup, XE uses Teves/ATE brakes, and are 7mm at rear and 11mm at front.  Worth ensuring you have both, and I'm staggered you haven't had to change the pads at the front yet :o

Additionally, when you do, the wear sensors are stupid money from JLR - something like £25 a pop last time I bothered checking.  If you're not in a hurry, they are around £2 each from Ching Chong land, which makes it almost worthwhile replacing them rather than pissing around trying to short them.

Oh, I have changed them several times and consigned the wear sensors to the bin.

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General Car Chat / Re: A simple disc and pad change...
« on: 15 February 2026, 20:58:28 »
I've hundreds of them  .... tiny 1.5mm up to 19mm & probably bigger. But as above, no 7mm or 11mm (did actaully have a 7 but it wouldn't fit in)

Same when I got the XE. One end needs a 7mm long hex key and I think that's an 11mm at the other end. Probably the same manufacturer of calipers. Fancy picking the two sizes that nobody will have in their toolbox. >:(

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General Car Chat / Re: E-Royal Mail Vans
« on: 14 February 2026, 09:47:27 »
A mate of mine is doing an EV conversion on an old Morris Minor based post office van.

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General Car Chat / Re: What's This?
« on: 13 February 2026, 07:35:53 »
I wouldn't mind betting the additional wind resistance discounts the benefit of anything the solar panel generates.

So yes, owner is plausibly someone as environmentally deluded as Milipede....

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General Discussion Area / Re: The latest Epstein case files...
« on: 08 February 2026, 21:26:24 »
Are there elections in May?

They've effectively cancelled many local elections to try and bias the vote.

Take Sussex... West Sussex is predominantly right wing, Brighton is predominantly Vegan leftists. By combining West Sussex with Brighton, they've effectively neutered to Right leaning vote.

"We can't have elections yet because we haven't finished Gerry-mandering the seats". ::)

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General Car Chat / Re: Another MOT pass
« on: 05 February 2026, 16:15:34 »
I think brake cleaner would be overkill. Just a bit of soapy water would be fine, then see if any misting returns.

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General Car Chat / Re: Another MOT pass
« on: 05 February 2026, 14:52:18 »
just stick to the IMPORTANT JOBS , like a new 'magic tree' air freshener for the windscreen  ;)
Oi!  >:(


;D

New magic tree? Wouldn't you just reinstate the one you took off on the way to the test? :-X

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General Car Chat / Re: Disco Sport TD4...
« on: 04 February 2026, 19:30:22 »
Any good?

Bro is looking at one as a potential purchase... Apparently it's a TD4 180 manual. Reviews suggest that the 180 was auto only?

He's looked at a CX5 as well, but not sure what the alternatives are.

My instinct would be to run away from both but for different reasons. :-\

A mate of mine has a 19 plate CX-5 and it's reasonably refined, much moreso than a freelander disco sport, and he's had very little trouble with it.

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