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Sundayjumper wrote: Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:26 pm Having driven it 3.2 miles to the MOT place & back today, I'm thinking it's possibly TOO EXTREME as a road car for an old person like me now. It has GAZ coilovers & solid top mounts - not just stiff (yeah I could probably back them off, but I'm pretty sure they're only on a middling setting anyway) but also pretty noisy too. Time to go back to std suspension maybe. I quite possibly said the same thing last year. FML.

Sundayjumper wrote: Tue Mar 19, 2024 9:37 am And I know you said "Halfords" simply as "not £££££££ Snap-On" but only a small proportion of my tools are Halfords ! Main stuff is Teng but recently I've bought quite a lot of "US Pro" branded tools and although it's clearly lower quality, and I've broken a couple of bits, for domestic work I reckon it's good VFM. To be fair I've also broken Teng & Halfords stuff in the past

Sundayjumper wrote: Tue Mar 19, 2024 9:37 am

Beany wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:45 pm Have you been taking any other notes on this, other than in here?

Nah. I don't even frequent other forums nowadays. I'll occasionally drop into the Ferrari one but it's mostly quite irritating - widespread obsession with "factory gated 6sp manual" and humble-bragging about how much they pay to get stuff fixed as if regular 5-figure bills are a good thing. A small number of people that actually know their stuff. So it's a good resource to dip into when necessary, but it's not generally a community I want to be part of.

And as for youtubing, nah, CBA. Personally when I want info I'd much rather a well written description & some photos that I can absorb at my own pace*. From talking to Gavster about his work I know that a) making decent videos takes a LOT of time, and b) unless you're getting millions of views you won't get any money back for it. So..... CBA.

And I know you said "Halfords" simply as "not £££££££ Snap-On" but only a small proportion of my tools are Halfords ! Main stuff is Teng but recently I've bought quite a lot of "US Pro" branded tools and although it's clearly lower quality, and I've broken a couple of bits, for domestic work I reckon it's good VFM. To be fair I've also broken Teng & Halfords stuff in the past


* edit - Pelican do a great job on this.

Beany wrote: Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:17 am

Sundayjumper wrote: Tue Mar 19, 2024 9:37 am And I know you said "Halfords" simply as "not £££££££ Snap-On" but only a small proportion of my tools are Halfords ! Main stuff is Teng but recently I've bought quite a lot of "US Pro" branded tools and although it's clearly lower quality, and I've broken a couple of bits, for domestic work I reckon it's good VFM. To be fair I've also broken Teng & Halfords stuff in the past

Yeah, it's more that it's one thing to say "Oh, changing the clutch on this Ferrari is easy!" (has car on lift, air hammers, massive air impact driver that can dislodge the sun from orbit, oxy torch, multliple gearbox jacks, heating, mains powered LED lighting coming from six places, a kitchennette and toilet next door etc), it's another thing to say that when you've got the car up on jackstands, in the rain, with standard hand tools and a couple of cheap trolley jacks and a big hammer...

scotta wrote: Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:40 am Following your subframe with interest - as you know - i need to do similar at some point.

Sundayjumper wrote: Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:50 am Brother Maynard! Bring up the Holy Hand Grenade!


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Sundayjumper wrote: Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:50 am Brother Maynard! Bring up the Holy Hand Grenade!


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Carlos wrote: Tue Mar 19, 2024 4:12 pm Are they the same as used in the Alfa Selespeed?

Beany wrote: Wed Mar 20, 2024 6:08 pm Ah, I completely forgot that - we probably had a full conversation about it and everything Did you pull the fuse (for obvious sensible reasons)?

Neighbour had a mate with an M4 come around the other night with a similar problem, and he said he blew the line through with a compressor, so I might see if he can offer me the same service, then (I guess) put the fuse back in.

Jobbo wrote: Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:49 pm Sorry, £64 for the bare tool without battery? Blimey.

I bought a genuine VAG one recently for a lot less. Plug in to a 12v car socket obvs, but I can’t see why I’d run my tool battery down when the car provides power: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275721705533 ... media=COPY

Jobbo wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 6:04 am I shall investigate. Cheers Broccers. I’d genuinely not considered a battery one.

Jobbo wrote: Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:49 pm I bought a genuine VAG one recently

mik wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:52 am

Jobbo wrote: Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:49 pm I bought a genuine VAG one recently

Have one of those in the E-Tron. Pulled it out for the first time a month or so back, switched it on - ran fine. Moved to next tyre - switched it on - nothing. Not sure if it tripped out or died. Back to trusty manual "floor pump" (which seems to be lasting much better than previous foot pumps).