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I do mine every 9000 as I set it to fixed servicing. If I had a modern diesel I’d half the fuel filter interval and the same with the oil if I was doing shorter trips mainly.

You can get the oil sampled but that’s not cheap and oil and filters aren’t bad, especially cartridge style ones.

Dave!

what else have you been "fixing"...? I think the standard reply to that kind of question is “your mum” ? :D It didn’t cross my mind they would be stretch bolts, I think I’ve only ever encountered those on cylinder heads. From googling they seem to be M10x30. I’ve got plenty of ordinary M1...

I’m not sure of the long term affects of seed oils but if we cook in them I get joint pain after a couple of days. It doesn’t happen with tallow and animal fats but that could be a personal response. Also zero bloating even when eating silly amounts of meat. Removing all grains, wheat and “healthy” ...

Stretch bolts are awesome at holding stuff together but also a pain. On our work stuff you measure the stretch of a new bolt to determine if the torque is enough. It really is clever on some parts. On the TT they use stretch bolts for the engine mounts. If you reuse them they are either already used...

It’s a hugely emotional subject amongst Americans it seems and if they want to help the American economy then why wouldn’t they do it.

You certainly will never beat them on price otherwise.

Dave!

ZedLeg wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 2:48 pm It's pretty stupid to build your economy on offshoring almost all manufacturing to china then complain that it's hurting your economy tbh.

Yeah, so best give up then.

Dave!

They are trying to protect their domestic product, why would anyone question that ? Hundreds of thousands of jobs and economies rely on the American car industry. I wouldn’t buy a Chinese purely as I don’t think a milliseconds thought will be given to the second owner. Which would be people like me....

Yep, lots of broken Boxsters about with bad engines.

Dave!

The cheese tax is ridiculous, it’s the only thing that gets them in the garden for a wee if it’s raining haha. So I wanted to do it with Flash but never got round to it, much to my dismay. So on Monday I went for a touristy walk around London with Hutch. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/l4oevcfb49zoxk...

With your Judo skills you can deflect, roll and pin without causing harm

Dave!

The non privacy glass makes it look so much smaller and more airy. That’s a lovely outside spec.

Dave!

First Vegans, then angry Vegetarians.

All other sensible veggies and general “let them be them” types will prosper in a food surplus and have BBQs and sing songs and harmony will flood the land.

Dave!

Well, to be honest it would be nice to see solar all over supermarket / factory / warehouse roofs which is just dead wasted space instead of covering fields with it, but obviously there are logistic and structural issues with that which probably make it many times more expensive to install and main...

Teng is good quality stuff. I don’t think I’ve ever had to buy new 8mm stuff, it’s never broken for me. Normal rules apply, sometimes it’s good to try and tighten it first to break the seal. Then you don’t risk damaging the driven side of the fastening when trying to get it to start moving. Dave!

Beany is correct. That looks pretty decent and Facom are a good brand, aren’t they? I think so. Rightly or wrongly I think of them as semi-professional, a step up from DIY grade. @V8Granite is my tool guru, I'd appreciate his opinion on this :) Facom are good, no issues with stuff at work. Also you...

When Marty is burbling by in a FUCKING BLACKED OUT LEXUS BATMOBILE then he won’t care who normally buys them

Also, I bet heel and toeing is easily done in beige brogues.

Dave!

IanF wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 5:19 pm In related news the Fiat 500 has been killed off due the same cyber vulnerabilities.. but don’t despair! Fiat is now going to put a petrol engine in the 500e which is typical leftfield Italian thinking

The only 500e is a Mercedes, always was and always shall be.

Dave!

If it was easy and/or reliable everyone would be doing it. There are more stories like DrCarloses than Dave!'s. I think if some people are very methodical, have specific rules they go by and keep a war chest then I can see how they do it. I also bet it takes a lot more work than it looks to “guess”...

He has his and her 911s and a lovely house. He now just buys and sells on dips and rises. And earns an incredibly good salary from that alone, high hundreds of thousands. Etherium and a few others that I forgot. I can probably find a few people who make a living from horse racing too - but whatever...

A friend of a friend lost 3 fingers on a yacht as a deckHAND (snigger) due to equipment failure. With his payout he bought Crypto. He has his and her 911s and a lovely house. He now just buys and sells on dips and rises. And earns an incredibly good salary from that alone, high hundreds of thousands...