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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 25 November 2025, 08:26:49 »

I think a lot of kids assume that Mum and Dad are a permanent fixture and always there, then all of a sudden, they aren't. SWMBO had a minor stroke just over a week ago and that made them sit up. Luckily she got away quite lightly but has weakness on her left side which seems to be slowly improving. Early days though. Welcome back Dave, hope things go well for you. 

Sorry to hear that Ronny. Hope she makes a full recovery. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?

« on: 23 November 2025, 12:25:44 »

Some scrotes have done mum's place over again, and nicked her safe.  Sod all of value in there, but it's gonna be at least £2k for a new front door, and then the emotional costs.
……..

Sorry to hear this.     As you say, the emotional toll will never go away.     It’s not nice knowing that someone has rifled through personal stuff without giving a shit about how traumatised the home owner is afterwards.

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?

« on: 19 November 2025, 10:43:53 »

So, turns out it was bent as well.  So the bill for welding and straightening was 160 notes. Ouch.

Surely that's most of the way to a new wheel

If you mean new, as in brand new, they are just shy of £800 ...... per wheel. 

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General Car Chat / Re: AD Blue

« on: 16 November 2025, 17:27:46 »

I believe the Cactus 1.5 has a 17 litre Adblue tank under the boot floor, which can be topped up by the traditional method of Adblue, but I may be wrong. 
I do recall the earlier type of DEF being different. 

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General Car Chat / Re: AD Blue

« on: 16 November 2025, 14:52:03 »

If you think it's an Adblue fault, would it be worth enquiring about having the system mapped out. Adblue pumps, heaters etc. are bloody expensive, but you wouldn't have to worry about Adblue anymore. **

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Where's the innocently whistling smiley when you need it.   

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Omega General Help / Re: Mystery pipe- Please help

« on: 16 November 2025, 14:23:34 »

I agree with Dave.    If the pipe has no home, and more importantly appears to have never had a home, I'd agree that it's the transmission breather pipe. It just tucks up randomly behind the engine, as you have found. That one catches a few people out. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: BBC bias

« on: 13 November 2025, 19:14:37 »

Oh, sounds like there is another one, Newsnight this time...

Every time I hear more bad things about the BBC and their corruption, it brings a little bit more happiness to my life. 

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General Car Chat / Re: Harry Metcalfe's Jag

« on: 12 November 2025, 15:07:03 »

He does have a great selection of both cars and bikes.....including a 'widowmaker' 750 2 stroke Kawasaki triple and 6 cylinder Honda CBX.

My mate had a Honda CBX. They made an incredible tune back in the day when being wound up. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Katy Hopkins is a spaz.

« on: 12 November 2025, 14:57:14 »

At school it was common for kids to call each other a mong or a spaz......plus a few other terms of endearment.

Quite why the police become involved when KH refers to herself as a spaz is beyond me.

I'm guessing it may have much to do with her politics.

It's 100% personal by the police. She's a long time friend and supporter of Tommy Robinson so the police try to silence her by making the alleged charge process the punishment. The police have chosen who's side they are on, and it isn't the British publics side.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Katy Hopkins is a spaz.

« on: 12 November 2025, 12:12:34 »

The British police are an absolute disgrace now. Any little shred of respect that we had a few years back is well and truly gone.
Any amount of incredible work done by those behind the scenes is well and truly overshadowed by the uniformed clowns on our streets.
They just seem intent on sinking lower and lower. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: German Markets

« on: 12 November 2025, 11:12:11 »

........
We've *got to* go to Birmingham in a few weeks but we'll go on one of those train things .....

Just think, if HS2 was completed, we'd get there ten whole minutes quicker,  although we'd have to travel ten miles further by car to get on it.    As it stands, we have quite a few really nice car parks around our way but no actual track. 

Err, you'd have to go a lot further than 10 miles.  You're nearest HS2 station would be Wormwood Scrubs I believe.  Which is about 75 minutes on a good day....

Ah, although I'll never use HS2 I wasn't aware of that.    It just shows what little interest I've taken of it. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: German Markets

« on: 12 November 2025, 09:51:06 »

........
We've *got to* go to Birmingham in a few weeks but we'll go on one of those train things .....

Just think, if HS2 was completed, we'd get there ten whole minutes quicker,  although we'd have to travel ten miles further by car to get on it.    As it stands, we have quite a few really nice car parks around our way but no actual track. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: German Markets

« on: 12 November 2025, 09:17:50 »

Always good when you can chill out instead of working.    Happy for you that you had a productive day. 
We've *got to* go to Birmingham in a few weeks but we'll go on one of those train things, as I prefer to find my car where I left it. 

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Going to a show that our daughter booked for us.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Uninsured driving

« on: 10 November 2025, 11:22:35 »

......
but the cop cars I have seen are unmarked and all you get to see is the blue lights hidden behind the grills when they start to flash with the headlights when they are in pursuit.

Unless you have Target Blu Eye fitted (TETRA Comms detection), and then you'd know they were there from half a mile away. 

One thing I did learn on my patronisation course is the sort of distances their gear works over.  Not sure half a mile would be enough 

My last set of points were picked up at just under 700m, as I came over the brow of a hill
……..

They claim detection at one kilometre, but seeing as I drive like an old granny now I’ll **hopefully** not need to worry about where they are. 

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I have recurring lapses, hence the hopefully. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: BBC bias

« on: 10 November 2025, 10:58:12 »

Director General and News Chief Executive have just resigned.
Excellent. 

I see that he had a car and a chauffeur, paid for out of the licence fee, and he very often stayed in a hotel in London instead of travelling the 40 miles home each night, again at the expense of the licence fee.