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    Thread: New car talk (finance) - worth it?
Post: RE: New car talk (finance) - worth it?

ginge191 Wrote: (12-11-2014, 06:58 PM) -- Some interesting points; but realistically, the argument of using the money "gained" in a property could be used to purchase a car, isn't reallly something a...
w3526602 The Couch 140 22,468 15-11-2014, 07:06 AM
    Thread: Coolant system pressurising but not overheating?!
Post: RE: Coolant system pressurising but not overheatin...

Hi, Take it to your MOT place, ask them to stick their exhaust gas analyser in the radiator. Or has somebody already said that? Me? If I have a gasket blowing into the coolant, I depressurise th...
w3526602 XUD Section 39 5,997 13-11-2014, 09:01 AM
    Thread: New car talk (finance) - worth it?
Post: RE: New car talk (finance) - worth it?

silverzx Wrote: (12-11-2014, 04:01 PM) -- Excellent use of underlining, bold and italic may I add. ^ -- Hi, Yeah, sorry about that. I intended just to underline the heading, then changed it, and...
w3526602 The Couch 140 22,468 13-11-2014, 05:39 AM
    Thread: New car talk (finance) - worth it?
Post: RE: New car talk (finance) - worth it?

Hi, Personal loan. If things go pear shaped, you can sell the car, keep the money, and just keep making the payments. Hire Purchase. If you can't keep up the payments, you can't sell the car (u...
w3526602 The Couch 140 22,468 12-11-2014, 03:59 PM
    Thread: New car talk (finance) - worth it?
Post: RE: New car talk (finance) - worth it?

Hi, You go out to work to earn money for you to enjoy. Spend it wisely or indulge in riotous living, your choice, just enjoy it. You borrow money, so have to pay interest. You don't enjoy the fr...
w3526602 The Couch 140 22,468 12-11-2014, 09:41 AM
    Thread: Cam belt change
Post: RE: Cam belt change

Mattcheese31 Wrote: (11-11-2014, 09:34 AM) -- Troll much anyone? -- Hi Matt, If that is an indication that I have offended anybody, then I apologise. It was not my intention. As and when, I w...
w3526602 XUD Section 35 8,198 12-11-2014, 09:03 AM
    Thread: Cam belt change
Post: RE: Cam belt change

[quote=I wouldn't buy a car off you though I'm afraid, I ain't stupid :D [/quote] Hi Matt, Well, if you are going to adopt that attitude, I won't sell it to you,:D Actually, If I did sell it...
w3526602 XUD Section 35 8,198 11-11-2014, 09:18 AM
    Thread: Cam belt change
Post: RE: Cam belt change

[quote it sounds like you're shocking when it comes to maintenance!!! [/quote] Hi RK3, How can I be shocking at something I never do? Here with a pic of my Land Rover Bitza. I built this on ...
w3526602 XUD Section 35 8,198 10-11-2014, 06:31 PM
    Thread: Cam belt change
Post: RE: Cam belt change

Hi, Hmmm! "NO ANSWER!" was the stern reply. 602
w3526602 XUD Section 35 8,198 10-11-2014, 06:05 AM
    Thread: Just arrived.
Post: RE: Just arrived.

Hi, I have five passwords. This forum ignored them all. So I made several attempts to get a new password ... it took me a long time to work out that it is a TWO step process. It didn't help that my...
w3526602 Newbies 15 1,638 07-11-2014, 04:45 PM
    Thread: Cam belt change
Post: Cam belt change

Hi, My 306 Estate is going for an early MOT on or about the 18th of this month. I can think of no reason why it should fail, but if it does, and it's expensive, it will be "on it's bike". Howeve...
w3526602 XUD Section 35 8,198 06-11-2014, 07:13 PM
    Thread: It came away in my hand, Sir!
Post: RE: It came away in my hand, Sir!

If you have a steering wheel airbag you have pre tensioners Hi, I knew that. I thought pre-tensioners came a long time after airbags. There is no mention of air bag on my steering wheel. T...
w3526602 Interior, Exterior, ICE 4 1,004 31-10-2014, 04:52 PM
    Thread: It came away in my hand, Sir!
Post: It came away in my hand, Sir!

Hi, Peugeot 306 Estate. R-reg. The driver's seat belt buckle is starting to fall apart, cannot push buckle in. MOT in a couple of weeks. Looked on Ebay. It seems that the ones listed are all ...
w3526602 Interior, Exterior, ICE 4 1,004 31-10-2014, 07:48 AM
    Thread: Road Legal Quad Bike insurance?
Post: RE: Road Legal Quad Bike insurance?

@w3526602 Yeah I wish I could blag running one as an agricultural vehicle but it'll never wash with the cops if I get pulled over as I don't do a job in that industry and don't live on a farm. Hi...
w3526602 The Couch 34 23,714 30-10-2014, 04:26 PM
    Thread: Road Legal Quad Bike insurance?
Post: RE: Road Legal Quad Bike insurance?

Hi, I had a Suzuki 250cc 4x4 Quad, brand new with "Street Legal" kit, and registered as Agricultural Machine. Previously. I had insured my Grey Fergie with DOMINION, for £5 per year for Third Party...
w3526602 The Couch 34 23,714 30-10-2014, 06:22 AM
    Thread: how to drive a car home
Post: RE: how to drive a car home

Hi, Remember, as soon as the PO sells the car, he MUST return the tax disc. You MUST either then tax again, or make a SORN declaration. You cannot re-tax unless you have insurance in your name, for...
w3526602 The Couch 15 4,769 29-10-2014, 04:41 AM
    Thread: New project........ sorn question?
Post: RE: New project........ sorn question?

Hi, When you acquire a new car, you must either tax it, or SORN it, ASAP. If your insurance expires, you must either re-insure, or ask for a VED refund, and SORN ... or pay the penalty. £100? Th...
w3526602 The Couch 26 4,233 28-10-2014, 06:47 AM
    Thread: claiming on my own insurance
Post: RE: claiming on my own insurance

Hi, You claim is against the driver of the other vehicle, whether or not his insurers are prepared to pay you out or fight. Write to him as follows .... Sir, I refer to the collision betwee...
w3526602 The Couch 30 7,589 27-10-2014, 06:34 PM
    Thread: Joining 25mm 170 AMP Battery Cable
Post: RE: Joining 25mm 170 AMP Battery Cable

I kind of want a clamp like on the terminal clamp but just for joining wires. Hi, I probably don't understand your problem, but if it is that you want to join two bare ends of starter cable, I...
w3526602 Electrics 39 6,984 25-10-2014, 08:05 AM
    Thread: Heater fan doesn't.
Post: RE: Heater fan doesn't.

SRowell Wrote: (24-10-2014, 02:35 PM) -- This doesnt help us know where you are so one of us can come and do it for you! -- Hi, Burton Latimer (NN15 5PF) about two hoots and a holler from Ketter...
w3526602 Electrics 34 7,615 24-10-2014, 03:45 PM
    Thread: Heater fan doesn't.
Post: RE: Heater fan doesn't.

Oh and I think you're probably the oldest member here, unless you get your mate to join up! :D ] Hi Toms, My mate is to busy. Laying on the floor is no longer easy. If the Pug passes her MO...
w3526602 Electrics 34 7,615 24-10-2014, 02:27 PM
    Thread: Just arrived.
Post: RE: Just arrived.

Hi Matt, Cheap Discos are becoming thin on the ground, probably because their engines fit into Series models very easily, give you 30mpg, and too much power. If you are prepared to start with so...
w3526602 Newbies 15 1,638 24-10-2014, 02:16 PM
    Thread: Arab sand racing
Post: RE: Arab sand racing

That crazy Arabs. . . Hi, I took this in 1959, with a bellows 126 camera, developed in well water. Between Dubai and RAF Sharjah. [hr] w3526602 Wrote: (24-10-2014, 08:10 AM) -- That crazy Ara...
w3526602 The Couch 14 3,025 24-10-2014, 08:10 AM
    Thread: claiming on my own insurance
Post: RE: claiming on my own insurance

Hi, If there is ANY chance that your insurers will hear you have had an accident (and in this case they definitely will) you must tell them. And that's when the fight starts. Assume that the oth...
w3526602 The Couch 30 7,589 24-10-2014, 08:05 AM
    Thread: Just arrived.
Post: RE: Just arrived.

Hi Matt, Yep, galvanised chassis, best part of £2,000. I also had the bulkhead and radiator panel galvanised, plus lots of other small parts. The roof panel has a pop-top (but without the bello...
w3526602 Newbies 15 1,638 24-10-2014, 07:36 AM