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by vinylnvalves
Sat Jan 06, 2024 1:41 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Nothing In Particular
Replies: 16439
Views: 4640026

Re: Nothing In Particular

Our house insurance has gone up by 25%…. I dread to think about my car insurance, after a claim. I have dropped 6 insurance bands as dropped 40bhp with the new car, so hoping it isn’t that bad, it was ridiculously low before, my claim was over 20 years worth of premiums, at last year’s price, so I f...
by vinylnvalves
Fri Jan 05, 2024 3:37 pm
Forum: Your Fave Artists
Topic: What Are You Listening To Right This Minute?
Replies: 6152
Views: 1873355

Re: What Are You Listening To Right This Minute?

Not seasonal - as haven’t seen the sun for weeks. Probably my favourite BC album.
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by vinylnvalves
Fri Jan 05, 2024 12:12 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Do Car Main dealers rip people off ?
Replies: 38
Views: 23460

Re: Do Car Main dealers rip people off ?

The big irony in this is that any mechanic worth his salt, sets up on his own after a few years working for the main dealers. Around us the independent specialists are better than the main dealers. The VAG one I use, has access to VAG uk for parts too. The main dealer quoted me £1400 + vat to have a...
by vinylnvalves
Fri Jan 05, 2024 9:41 am
Forum: Speakers
Topic: Technical info for horn speaker choice based on room size
Replies: 0
Views: 5023

Technical info for horn speaker choice based on room size

Looking into some horns for someone, came across a useful website. https://audiohorn.net/what-horn-should-i-use/

Food for thought when you consider most of us don’t live in concert halls, or cinemas.
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by vinylnvalves
Fri Jan 05, 2024 8:32 am
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Do Car Main dealers rip people off ?
Replies: 38
Views: 23460

Re: Do Car Main dealers rip people off ?

Public liability and material cover are two different things…. Most sports clubs have the former but not the later. The company I work for doesn’t cover the buildings or contents, as over a decade or two the insurance costs out weigh the rebuild costs.
by vinylnvalves
Thu Jan 04, 2024 7:52 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Do Car Main dealers rip people off ?
Replies: 38
Views: 23460

Re: Do Car Main dealers rip people off ?

They obviously don’t have insurance to cover the 100’s of damaged cars they had in the compound. Like most big companies they probably cover the risk from their corporate coffers, and haven’t the millions required. Other option is they could declare themselves bankrupt to avoid the liability ……. Not...
by vinylnvalves
Wed Dec 27, 2023 3:02 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Zero emission road vehicles.
Replies: 912
Views: 396812

Re: Zero emission road vehicles.

We can save 15% on aviation fuel by just flying slower……. Commercial do it, the door to door time could be the same if we just got rid of the money fleecing airport experience, and reduced the time waiting around in an airport.
by vinylnvalves
Tue Dec 26, 2023 5:34 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Nothing In Particular
Replies: 16439
Views: 4640026

Re: Nothing In Particular

It’s fun for the first hour……. A 24” Stihl gets tiring after using it for a bit. I didn’t take my Kevlar chaps. So was a less protected than usual, but was all floor work, so always cutting into the ground, so low risk. Had my silky saw for the bits, where the bar wasn’t long enough.
by vinylnvalves
Tue Dec 26, 2023 4:31 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Nothing In Particular
Replies: 16439
Views: 4640026

Re: Nothing In Particular

I am glad that’s over….. bad enough having to go to the mother in laws for Christmas, but last Friday was asked to bring my chainsaw to remove a branch that had fallen across her drive. Arrive Sunday afternoon to be confronted by a 60ft beech tree across the drive. So have spent most of my festive b...
by vinylnvalves
Tue Dec 26, 2023 11:10 am
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Interesting (non musical) YouTube videos.
Replies: 413
Views: 148111

Re: Interesting (non musical) YouTube videos.

Here’s one for Phil…..
by vinylnvalves
Fri Dec 15, 2023 5:15 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Zero emission road vehicles.
Replies: 912
Views: 396812

Re: Zero emission road vehicles.

If the insurance company write it off, and you repair it - it puts up your premiums, well it did 18 years ago when someone ran reversed out of their drive into the side of me whilst I was waiting in traffic. Ideally I should have repaired it, but I need a car for work, so went for what I thought was...
by vinylnvalves
Fri Dec 15, 2023 1:06 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Zero emission road vehicles.
Replies: 912
Views: 396812

Re: Zero emission road vehicles.

I went for another dirty diesel, when my perfectly good repairable car was scrapped off. I wasn’t switched on to what the insurers and government are doing, taking old cars off the road. Maybe I should have bought the car off them, and replaced the bonnet and grill, but the insurers would have screw...
by vinylnvalves
Wed Dec 06, 2023 10:10 am
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: what are you doing ?
Replies: 1308
Views: 434890

Re: what are you doing ?

Think my head is going to explode… Trying to source a secondhand car after mine was written off ( non structural damage). Apparently now with VAG cars on certain models if it’s not specified when the car is built that you might want to fit a tow bar, the cars come with a VIN plate with GTW =zero. As...
by vinylnvalves
Thu Nov 30, 2023 7:00 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: what are you doing ?
Replies: 1308
Views: 434890

Re: what are you doing ?

Been trying to extract 40 ltrs of diesel from my tank before the salvage company come to collect my damaged car, without any success. Antisphyon devices stop my putting the transfer pipe down the fuel filler pipe. Tried disconnecting the fuel feed pipe under the back seat and connecting the transfe...
by vinylnvalves
Thu Nov 30, 2023 4:00 pm
Forum: Speakers
Topic: Something Stirs in the Workshop
Replies: 229
Views: 260062

Re: Something Stirs in the Workshop

The spikes are pure audiophile - chineseium known for its excellent damping properties and poor strength….