Fumbler Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 27 minutes ago, MarvinsMom said: ugh - dunno what i find the more offensive, the pointless POS fashion victim that is the Range Rooney Ewok or the lurid EAT phoenix orange paint..... Nice colour, shame about the vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 no, JLR oranges are both horrible. EAT - phoenix and EAV - namib are both just horrible, especially on some big blobby SUV thing. really most colours JLR use are pretty foul. but those oranges do stand out as been the worst ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 8 minutes ago, MarvinsMom said: no, JLR oranges are both horrible. I dunno really... I rather like the colour, although I preferred Honda's orange they did up until recently. And besides, the colour brown is derived from orange. Having that orange on that car really accentuates its bulbousness though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 28 minutes ago, Fumbler said: Nice colour, shame about the vehicle. I think at the Halewood plant they refer to it as Spray Tan or Scouse Tan, after the wifes of the (agency) workers. MarvinsMom, BorniteIdentity and Fumbler 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 5 minutes ago, New POD said: I think at the Halewood plant they refer to it as Spray Tan or Scouse Tan, after the wifes of the (agency) workers. Oh how true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 17 hours ago, New POD said: I had my heart attack on my Son's 27th birthday exactly 2 weeks ago. I'll never be able to forget the date of that "happy" event. Did they say why it's narrowed ? I only ask because I would like to do everything in my power to NOT have a second stent. My wife (ex nurse) has taken over talking to the Cardiac Rehab team, at my request, and I've now been removed from taking one of the many tablets, as my resting heart rate (taken 5 times to be sure) was.............a concerning .............. 41 beats a minute. It's always been low, hovering around 50, which is probably why I naively assumed that I was as strong as an ox. Anyway, give my positive vibes to your wife and tell her to ask for the diazapan, when she's in theatre. I am on a monitor in Southport Hospital due to 38 bpm pulse this morning. They said cutting out caffeine was supposed to be good for you. paulplom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, New POD said: I am on a monitor in Southport Hospital due to 38 bpm pulse this morning. .... I've had borderline low blood pressure for much of the last 20-odd years. At one point, the GP found it difficult to find a pulse - might have something to do with my lack of enthusiasm for a great many things. I can't stand coffee either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 I also have low blood pressure. I've even blacked out a couple of times from it. Not in the past few years now though. Still get the odd dizzy spells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 On 7/4/2020 at 5:54 PM, wuvvum said: Would it not be possible though to carry out the smart motorway upgrade in sections, a couple of junctions at a time? Maybe Hounslow to M25, M25 to Wokingham, Wokingham to Maidenhead, Maidenhead to Reading? Would avoid the entire population of the home counties losing hours of their lives crawling along at 50 for 30-odd miles. I see a signage opposite here. At the beginning of the road work there will be a sign that reads the distance of the road being covered by construction work, accurate to 2 decimal places (ROAD CONSTRUCTION NEXT 2.17 MILES) which has always seemed a bit excessive in terms of accuracy but when FINES DOUBLED IN WORK ZONE is in effect, you want to know if you are 2.16 or 2.18 miles away... Then there's Texas, upon which you enter crossing the river on I-10 and immediately hit ROAD CONSTRUCTION NEXT 54 MILES which has been there for the last decade at least. They use the space to store their road construction equipment and cones. Phil somewhatfoolish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 4 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: I've had borderline low blood pressure for much of the last 20-odd years. At one point, the GP found it difficult to find a pulse - might have something to do with my lack of enthusiasm for a great many things. I can't stand coffee either. I love coffee. After 3 hours on a monitor they sent me home. My blood pressure isn't so low 105/75. My heart rate went up to 41 or 42. I'm.to go back if it drops to 38 for any significant time. Or if I start getting dizzy. Or pains. I feel fucking miserable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 They sent you home and you feel miserable Good job they didn't keep you in then. New POD and GBJ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 This is not ideal... The result of your van driver trying to mate the 2011 Vx Combo with the gates of a customer - a car dealership! Repair or s/h door? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 On 7/8/2020 at 6:02 PM, New POD said: I love coffee. After 3 hours on a monitor they sent me home. My blood pressure isn't so low 105/75. My heart rate went up to 41 or 42. I'm.to go back if it drops to 38 for any significant time. Or if I start getting dizzy. Or pains. I feel fucking miserable. Forgot to add, they have taken my off the beta blockers, and my heart beat is a more normal 44 at rest. Also feel less tired. I've added one cup of real coffee back into my diet, which is a real treat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 17 hours ago, High Jetter said: This is not ideal... The result of your van driver trying to mate the 2011 Vx Combo with the gates of a customer - a car dealership! Repair or s/h door? If you can get a second hand door then it's got to be cheaper. It took me a year to Find one in the right colour Z20M petrol blue for my omega, but £25 wouldn't cover the paint let alone the Labour. But vauxhall van in white should be easy High Jetter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob88h Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Car won’t start ? myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 1 hour ago, rob88h said: Car won’t start ? Borsuq, myglaren, catsinthewelder and 11 others 1 1 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borsuq Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 20 hours ago, High Jetter said: Repair or s/h door? I'm definitely thinking replacement door. High Jetter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 The BX battery looks to be on its way out. Managed to get it to 50% on the charger and then it started making fizzing noises and the indicator has gone white. Going to give it a rest and reconnect, sometimes batteries are okay when I've done that with this charger before, sometimes they're not. The cars are trying my patience just at the moment. They're both technically road legal and I can't currently use either of them. Borsuq and myglaren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Well, as a quick addition to the above, I did manage to get the battery up to 75% according to the charger, it no longer makes the fizzing noises, and the little indicator on the battery is green now. The only difficulty its now offering is an unwillingness to fully charge so I suspect it's on its last legs and a replacement is due. Should be good enough to at least get the BX started this weekend I hope. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 I went out for a run this afternoon and a fly flew into my mouth. Except it wasn’t a fly, it was a bee or a wasp ‘cos the little bastard stung me on the bottom lip when I tried to spit it out I look like Bubba off Forest Gump now ! Tickman, SpareSnare and myglaren 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Currently sat in a field entrance in the Mondeo, waiting for the AA. Fucking thing ran away on me - clouds of smoke and had to stick it in 6th and stall it. Probably partially my fault - the oil level is way too high (has been since I bought it) and I hadn't got round to emptying any out. It has proper pissed me off today mind - it's been doing about 33 mpg rather than the 49 that the computer is telling me. I semi-deliberately ran it out of fuel earlier just to check it wasn't the fuel gauge talking rubbish - I cunningly had a gallon of diesel in a can in the boot but because of the stupid fucking filler flap design you can't get a fuel can spout in there - or indeed anything that isn't exactly the size of a diesel pump nozzle. Fucking moderns. catsinthewelder and myglaren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 On 7/11/2020 at 2:13 PM, rob88h said: Car won’t start ? You're welcome to borrow the Fenlander if you get stuck ? rob88h 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob88h Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, TheDoctor said: welcome to borrow the Fenlander Aw thanks man. If all six go down I think I’d need emotional support as well as a Rover loan ?. It was the Volvo the other day - starter motor. I was happily tapping away at it trying to persuade it to spin when it went up in smoke. Trouble is once the smoke has come out, it’s hard to get back in. myglaren and DoctorRetro 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod/b Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 FUCKING BASTARD YANK CUNT Borsuq and SRi05 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Looks like it was the turbo pulling oil through rather than it getting past the rings - the intake pipe is full of oil. Car is currently dumped half on half off the pavement outside my house where the AA put it. I've taken the intake pipe off the manifold, and once the oil is nice and cold and viscous again I'm going to start it up and drive it very gingerly down to the car park so I can get it up on ramps and drain the oil off. I'm going to drain it all out because it's due an oil change and hopefully that way it'll get rid of the oil that has gone places it shouldn't, then I'm going to refill it with the correct quantity of fresh oil, perhaps in a slightly thicker grade out of deference to the car's mileage. Then I'll see how I get on - hopefully it won't need a new turbo. They're not hugely expensive but it's not a job I'd relish having to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 On 7/7/2020 at 4:54 PM, angle said: The ultra shonky XM that lived on my road has been missing a few weeks, presumed dead. At the same time, someone new has moved in round the corner. There goes the neighbourhood. Bloody gentrification. Apparently these things cost about 50,000 quid new! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shite Ron Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 1 hour ago, wuvvum said: Currently sat in a field entrance in the Mondeo, waiting for the AA. Fucking thing ran away on me - clouds of smoke and had to stick it in 6th and stall it. Probably partially my fault - the oil level is way too high (has been since I bought it) and I hadn't got round to emptying any out. It has proper pissed me off today mind - it's been doing about 33 mpg rather than the 49 that the computer is telling me. I semi-deliberately ran it out of fuel earlier just to check it wasn't the fuel gauge talking rubbish - I cunningly had a gallon of diesel in a can in the boot but because of the stupid fucking filler flap design you can't get a fuel can spout in there - or indeed anything that isn't exactly the size of a diesel pump nozzle. Fucking moderns. There is a tube to put in the filler neck, it is in the spare wheel well with the jack, bottom left below. This caught me out too, a silly idea! wuvvum and myglaren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Ah, that's what that odd-looking thing is!! Thanks for the heads up - I wouldn't have worked it out myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 On 7/8/2020 at 7:21 PM, Mally said: They sent you home and you feel miserable Good job they didn't keep you in then. In Southport hospital? He's lucky to have walked out of that place, it's like bloody Holby... the only way out is horizontally. I'm from Southport originally, I know about this! Good luck POD. MarvinsMom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Trying to send two medium to large parcels to Italy. Royal Mail sez these come within International Signed & Tracked, but local post office sez no and tries to divert me to use Parcel Farce. This then becomes academic when the post office sez Royal Mail won't carry any car parts, new or used, because Covid. Fuxake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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