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Cinch don't buy cars, and they don't have what I want to buy.
Anyone out there fancy a 2015 Focus Titanium X Estate? Ex Ford Management, 85k, FSH.
Pete
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I need a newer car. I've found one I like but the dealer isn't offering as much as I'd like for my current car (2015 Focus Estate). Has anyone any experience of using the online purchasers like webuyanycar, motorpoint, etc?
Pete
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19 hours ago, BlueTR3A-5EKT said:
Happy New Year Adam.
Do not remove it unless it is not wired in. It could be simply an electrical control box for the alternator. In the old days alternators had external control devices.
Bit like the Lucas 4TR units on TR5/250
I installed a few of those in the 1970s, along with the 11AC alternator used on ambulances at the time. I had a friend in Lucas who sold them to me at cost.
I always thought the separate regulator a much better design than the integral regulator - easy to mount the regulator away from the hot engine, and easier faultfinding.
Pete
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44 minutes ago, Charlie D said:
That reminds me of the old days working for EMI when we used to stay in the sort of hotels where it was normal to leave your shoes outside the room door so the night porter could take them away, clean them, and then return them before it was time to wake up.
Many a time we would return from a nights drinking and swap all the shoes around to be outside the wrong doors.
Oh what fun we had when we were young…
Charlie.
Oh, so that was you? You owe me a pair of shoes!
Pete
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Who is the PCN issued by Roger? If it's a private company then it's possible the enforcement person gets a percentage. Not likely if it's a local authority.
I did read a while ago that 'youths' in a Leicestershire village had thought it fun to rip tickets off people's windscreens and stick them on different cars.
Pete
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Many thanks to all involved in the SDF.
Pete
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1 hour ago, Waldi said:
What does “uprated” mean exactly?
About 20% added to the price, usually.
Pete
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Should've gone to Specsavers Roger!
Pete
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3 hours ago, Ralph Whitaker said:
Think they did away with it on the TR4s
Ralph
That's what I thought, but the Moss catalogue shows it.
Pete
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2 hours ago, Ralph Whitaker said:
the TR propshaft greaser bung,
Every day's a schoolday - I didn't know there was supposed to be one! I've always greased mine from underneath.
Pete
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I can't remember what size hole I drilled for the floor grommet, but it certainly isn't loose. I can't check the car as it's away at TRGB, but I'll have a look at my holesaw set to see which one I used.
Pete
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Do you use enough energy during the night to offset the higher price you'll pay during the day? We had one of those 'economy' tariffs but even using the night rate for the washing machine, dryer and dishwasher we couldn't save any money, so we dropped the Economy 7 and went with a constant price tariff.
Pete
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I used a rubber plug intended for the jack hole in hte TR4 floor.
Pete
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Well done Roger.
Pete
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I've just replaced both wheelboxes, the ferrule on the motor, and the rack. In my case a very worn wheelbox had allowed the rack to ride up on the gear, then jammed and stripped the rack. I fitted a Land Rover rack, which is exactly twice the length needed, so if I can get the eyelet off the end of the old rack I can make a spare!
Pete
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Naa, just glue yourself to the road Mick. I'm not sure which road though...
Pete
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Before Covid I used to enjoy watching the coachloads of Chinese tourists leaving Bicester outlet village loaded down with bags of 'designer' clothes that were mostly made in China. My wife and I go there occasionally (on the way to somewhere better) to laugh at the brand victims.
Pete
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I wonder how they'll measure "success"?
Pete
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6 hours ago, Charlie D said:
There was a time when you didn’t need to use the car park.
You could get a plane from Heathrow and it would drop you off outside the pub for breakfast.
Not surprising there were traffic problems.
Of course there were traffic problems, they'd obviously forgotten to tell the haulier that we drive on the left in the UK...
Pete
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So they don't want tourist income any more?
Pete
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1 hour ago, john.r.davies said:
Whatever, the air cleaner is rubbish.
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1 hour ago, Tony_C said:
Pete, I used to work for ‘an associate’ of Ratner… (I was skipper on a big gin palace motor yacht) …… This is a major surprise to me.. that he even had ‘a friend’? .. Even before that ‘faux pas’…. In my experience, these guys used to socialise but never proper mates in the accepted way we know
Back from the thread drift…… by further copy to all … get a ‘proper watch’…….. A Rolex will keep working so long as you are still bre
athing !
Yes, perhaps associate would be a better word than 'friend'. The chap I knew was Rolf Schild, famous for having been kidnapped in Sardinia. An Austrian Jew, he was a refugee from Hitler in the 1930s, along with Peter Epstein, the co-founder of SE Laboratories. Epstein was later encouraged to take early retirement and accept the blame for a breach of VAT regulations.
Agree about the Rolex, but it's a pity they changed from making the world's best watches to making the world's most glittery bling.
Pete
Selling my Ford Focus
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We'll see on Sunday. I've also contacted Motorpoint and Carwow - worth a try, it doesn't cost anything. I've got the dealer's offer to fall back on.
Pete