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The "Today I did something to my car" thread

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    #92
    johnos1984
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭johnos1984


    EPM wrote: »
    Ah thought I'd get a reaction. Was only because I had to change a wheel:D

    After you burst it going through the ditch :D


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    #93
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    johnos1984 wrote: »
    Do you keep the good ones on the front?

    Everyone says the opposite but I've never noticed much difference if they all have reasonable thread


    Well I was rotating them simply to get them wearing down evenly, so the back ones are now on the front, so the best tyres are on the front, in another 9 months or so they'll be swapped again, will need two new ones about 3000 miles after that, NCT then.

    Traditionally I always used to keep the best ones up front, the only fwd car that I've driven that was prone to losing the back was a 2003 astra, a chap on here mentioned they have a live axle.

    It's only since the internet became widespread that the good ones on the back is the done thing :pac: Everyone is an expert now :cool:


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    #94
    johnos1984
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭johnos1984


    RoverJames wrote: »
    Everyone is an expert now :cool:
    Aren't we all :pac:


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    #95
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    johnos1984 wrote: »
    After you burst it going through the ditch :D

    The turbo kicked in...yo


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    #96
    Hal1
    Registered Users Posts: 8,720 ✭✭✭Hal1


    Hoovered the cars :cool:. Wash them later (when the sun rises ofc:pac:) if weather is good.


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    #97
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    259946_10150695394835176_805400175_19602594_3637674_n.jpg


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    #98
    Voodoomelon
    Registered Users Posts: 9,662 ✭✭✭Voodoomelon


    Loving these headliner in random locations pics, I'm expecting the next one to be it sitting as the bottom of the pyramids or at the great wall of China! :D


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    #99
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,805 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    It's the latest craze after 'planking'


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    #100
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    Onkle wrote: »
    It's the latest craze after 'planking'

    It's still planking, only headliners doing it rather than planks!


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    #101
    Owen
    Registered Users Posts: 12,683 ✭✭✭✭Owen


    Regassed my aircon today (Second time in a month) after finding the cause of the first leak. Turns out one of the aircon gas exchange valves was stuck partially open. Sorted and icy cold now.


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    #102
    [Deleted User]
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    PaintDoctor wrote: »
    248665_10150272341703413_547383412_8961439_6714619_n.jpg

    Whoa, that reminds me of Ed-209 for some reason.

    Ed-209.jpg

    Amazing work though.


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    #103
    stimpson
    Registered Users Posts: 7,815 ✭✭✭stimpson


    The missus did something with my car at the weekend - challenged a pheasant to a game of chicken and won. Main dealer wants 170 + paint for a new grille. What annoys me most is that she didn't have the foresight to bring the loser home for dinner. :rolleyes:


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    #104
    Thatnastyboy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,254 ✭✭✭Thatnastyboy


    I finally got my car to get it's arse out in the dry in the work compound today!

    The poor aul clutch wasnt too happy with me though.


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    #105
    ottostreet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,987 ✭✭✭ottostreet


    LIGHTNING wrote: »
    Not strictly to do with my car but I do have to clean my race helmet after I got stuck behind a car with just a little bit of an oil leak :)

    photoef93d89dc2e4007ce3.jpg

    Who was it, Jacques Villeneuve?

    Please get the reference, please get the reference.


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    #106
    cena
    Registered Users Posts: 9,964 ✭✭✭cena


    I washed my car for the second time this year. It really need too be clayed. never been done. can feel all the grime on the roof .


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    #107
    Greyfoot
    Registered Users Posts: 566 ✭✭✭Greyfoot


    Flushed power steering fluid, changed discs and pads all around, new shocks installed,e-brake shoes fitted had enough for a lifetime, but still gearbox oil needs to be changed, handbrake adjusted, stabilizer links and bushes changed, arghhhhhhhhhh. Car going for NCT on saturday.


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    #108
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    Broke my sump :) Got towed home... Great fun!


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    #109
    [Deleted User]
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    Limerick man wrote: »
    Broke my sump :) Got towed home... Great fun!

    Again? :(


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    #110
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    RoverJames wrote: »
    Again? :(

    LOl... er...:o It may or may not have been dripping away since the last time :P:o


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    #111
    robtri
    Registered Users Posts: 5,473 ✭✭✭robtri


    this morning took the lacetti out for the first time in 7 months... bled the brakes, changed the oil and filters and a jump start... all working well so far


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    #112
    [Deleted User]
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    ^^^^

    What's with the best for breast in the sig?? Do you sell those chicken fillet yokes or someting??


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    #113
    robtri
    Registered Users Posts: 5,473 ✭✭✭robtri


    RoverJames wrote: »
    ^^^^

    What's with the best for breast in the sig?? Do you sell those chicken fillet yokes or someting??

    Yeah do you need some ??? :D:D
    brings in a few extra bob for doing nothing.... pays some tax on a couple of cars


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    #114
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    RoverJames wrote: »
    ^^^^

    What's with the best for breast in the sig?? Do you sell those chicken fillet yokes or someting??

    I sawr it too but didn't click for fear of disappointment :P


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    #115
    [Deleted User]
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    robtri wrote: »
    Yeah do you need some ??? :D:D
    brings in a few extra bob for doing nothing.... pays some tax on a couple of cars

    Trying get rid of my little titties at the mo to be honest :)
    Was only wondering. Nice to see a few quid being made though.


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    #116
    Kat1170
    Registered Users Posts: 3,591 ✭✭✭Kat1170


    _Conrad_ wrote: »
    hmm... lets see... topped up another half litre of coolant due to highly annnoying leak that's developed, tiny bit of oil, reattached part of front bumper using cable ties, refilled windscreen washer bottle, tidied inside of car, filled tank with diesel/veg oil mix, drove around ding various tasks for the morning.
    All very exciting and thoroughly fascinating, requiring great skill and attention. Well no, not at all but it kept it going for the day


    Hi Conrad, what you driving and did you do any modifications to run the mix.


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    #117
    [Deleted User]
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    Kat1170 wrote: »
    Hi Conrad, what you driving and did you do any modifications to run the mix.

    Just FYI the Rover L series will run happily on 50/50 mix of diesel and veg oil without any modification.


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    #118
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    A friend of mine used run his Jetta on old cooking oil from a shop, the smell of chips off it from the rear was unreal :pac:


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    #119
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I ran a Rover 400 on a few mixed tanks to see how it would go, around town you could smell the veg oil inside the car, chip shop smell. Didn't like.


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    #120
    TestTransmission
    Registered Users Posts: 19,106 ✭✭✭✭TestTransmission


    RoverJames wrote: »
    chip shop smell. Didn't like.

    sounds awesome


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    #121
    Kat1170
    Registered Users Posts: 3,591 ✭✭✭Kat1170


    All I have car wise at the moment is a Berlingo 1.9d van, non turbo. Just wondering if I could try it without any mods.

    Sorry for going slightly off topic :o


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