Irish Taxi Forum
Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: John m on January 28, 2025, 12:35:42 pm
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I told you all this back on Roys old site but nobody listened .Lads now investing 50,000 plus on a vehicle then minimum 15% comission then fuel and license's and maintainance .Listen to the first ten minutes .Then decide what your future investment is worth .You sold out your own trade I dont give a fuck anymore I get another 5 years out of it but lads thinking this is a new career and willing to invest big money in it are out of their heads .....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rimtaSgGz_4&t=9s (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rimtaSgGz_4&t=9s)
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You spent much of last year suggesting the men should beg, borrow and steal to buy EVs because your sources told you there'd be no more grants. Surely you appreciate by now that if you tip a horse in a two horse race anyone with an ounce of sense backs the other one!
I guess the future is bright!
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50k to the young lads is feck all with inflation.It only becomes a problem when there's no work.
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Very true. NTA forcing older men to invest so heavily only serves to create an increased number of dependents in time for the next recession.
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You spent much of last year suggesting the men should beg, borrow and steal to buy EVs because your sources told you there'd be no more grants. Surely you appreciate by now that if you tip a horse in a two horse race anyone with an ounce of sense backs the other one!
I guess the future is bright!
new car under me arse for 15K stupit cunt me ? ten year lifespan thats 1.5K a year plus interest 3% car loan against 50K for a van after grants thats 5K a year plus interest .Who said there are still 20K grants available for taxi drivers .That was Eamo the Onion gave us that the Cranny lad might be more interested in spending his budget on fixing rural potholes .
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You are what you eat, they say. Nobody suggested stupidity. If you wanted or needed a new car you most likely chased down the best deal available... despite your own reservations expressed on this forum since.
However, I'm not sure what you had to gain from introducing what now seems to be a contrived agenda on behalf of your sources. I'm sure a man of your intellect has considered and indeed questioned what your sources might have to gain from leading you in any particular direction, be it the right one or the wrong one. At the end of the day using you to pedal their agenda absolves them of any accountability.
Nobody said there will be grants although they are mentioned in the Programme for Govt. Only your sources said there won't be. Time will tell.
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My advice was to anybody thinking of going EV to apply for the grant .The bit of paper in your pocket did not need to be used if you decided against it and you could always reapply .But handing out advice on here falls on deaf ears .Lads could of had ADR licences College degrees .Driving instructor qualifications .Extended Covid payments ,Medical Cards .I only know of two posters availed of any or some of this advice .
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I wonder why!
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I think you can read the rust .They are EXTENDING the lifetime of existing taxis so getting the rustbucket gas guzzling older cars off the road does not seem to be the priority it was under Eamo .The PFG says they will continue to support Taxis to go EV .That could just be the extra %k and no scrappage as they seem to value scrap on the roads .We will have to wait and see what the new minister has as his priority .Unlike Mr Ross who wanted to put nappies on horses .Which reminds me I notice the shit catchers they had on the Pony ant Traps at Guinness now seem to have disappeared.
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That's a perfectly valid opinion. I'm in the camp that'd like to see age rules - which in ten years have achieved precisely nothing in terms of the average age of taxis on the road - should be revoked to allow older drivers who don't want to invest unnecessarily to continue to serve their clients, clients who might'nt otherwise have access to any service.
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Rodent this is now a thing !"Girl Math(s)" is a playful, lighthearted internet trend that humorously describes how some people rationalize spending decisions, particularly when treating themselves to purchases. It’s often framed as a way to justify spending by using unconventional, creative, or sometimes illogical reasoning.
Now I bought a Car that costs me 1.5 K per annum over its lifetime .I recon I save 30 euro a week on my old fuel bill .Now do the Maths the car was FREE based on fuel savings .FUCKING STUPIT ME .
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As above nobody suggested you were stupid... maybe misled into pedalling the Govt policy u-turns suggested by your sources... but even that remains to be seen in the context of EV grants. If you needed or wanted a car no doubt you got the best deal available at the time, despite your own reservations expressed on here since.
The age rules were introduced by the mean and nasty Kathleen
Doyle during Minister Kelly's tenure having been devised under the stewardship of Minister Dempsey... long before Minster Ryan's stewardship. They're intended to be a barrier to entry/continued participation on foot of a need to reduce the size of the fleet in response to the global economic collapse of 2008. I think the only EVs on the road back then were milk floats and bread vans!
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Blah blah blah, isn’t this the same shit we’ve being listening to from the same person for the last 10 years, the same guy who test drove an mg5, and slated it? Then bought one… if your too lazy to make a decent living from a taxi, don’t bother trying to drag everyone else down with you, you are the epitome of the crab in the bucket, “if I can’t get out, I’ll drag you all back in too”…
Just stay as you are, drinking in the flats talking shit with imaginary people earning minimum wage and leave those with aspirations or ambitions alone to succeed..
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“Frankie was right, this is a part time gig” “I’m getting a job” etc etc, John M, you are full of shit. Always have been, you slated the ev’s until you bought one. Mr know it all knows fcuk all except how to talk big
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Ah jaysus lol
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Bit harsh, Keith. I'm pretty lazy myself but I have done long hours back when I wore a younger man's clothes - Anthony Kally's to be precise. That doesn't mean I have any objection to anyone else working hard, it's just not for me anymore. Even when I try I can't do it... I've yet to work one single hour of Ken's Golden 8 despite all the good intentions... maybe this week! I'd say the erm's pretty much of a similar mindset. As I said on another thread we're a diverse lot with diverse interests. IIRC the erm didn't actually test drive the MG5, he was just a back seat passenger... assuming that was the time I went with my brother to test drive both of the MGs on offer at the time. We just picked the erm up as the dealer was in his neighbourhood and wasn't particularly bothered how long we kept each car for, within reason. Anywaysanall, I think what the erm disliked was the sloping body reducing access to the back seats. Sure he won't be sitting in the back when he's driving!
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Bit harsh, Keith. I'm pretty lazy myself but I have done long hours back when I wore a younger man's clothes - Anthony Kally's to be precise. That doesn't mean I have any objection to anyone else working hard, it's just not for me anymore. Even when I try I can't do it... I've yet to work one single hour of Ken's Golden 8 despite all the good intentions... maybe this week! I'd say the erm's pretty much of a similar mindset. As I said on another thread we're a diverse lot with diverse interests. IIRC the erm didn't actually test drive the MG5, he was just a back seat passenger... assuming that was the time I went with my brother to test drive both of the MGs on offer at the time. We just picked the erm up as the dealer was in his neighbourhood and wasn't particularly bothered how long we kept each car for, within reason. Anywaysanall, I think what the erm disliked was the sloping body reducing access to the back seats. Sure he won't be sitting in the back when he's driving!
Censorship? You'll be readin the news next on rte
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Error correction. You can repost whatever you want now, within reason.
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Bit harsh, Keith. I'm pretty lazy myself but I have done long hours back when I wore a younger man's clothes - Anthony Kally's to be precise. That doesn't mean I have any objection to anyone else working hard, it's just not for me anymore. Even when I try I can't do it... I've yet to work one single hour of Ken's Golden 8 despite all the good intentions... maybe this week! I'd say the erm's pretty much of a similar mindset. As I said on another thread we're a diverse lot with diverse interests. IIRC the erm didn't actually test drive the MG5, he was just a back seat passenger... assuming that was the time I went with my brother to test drive both of the MGs on offer at the time. We just picked the erm up as the dealer was in his neighbourhood and wasn't particularly bothered how long we kept each car for, within reason. Anywaysanall, I think what the erm disliked was the sloping body reducing access to the back seats. Sure he won't be sitting in the back when he's driving!
Has the Erm addressed his sloping body yet?
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Tick Tock ! lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC8SPG2LwSA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC8SPG2LwSA)
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Yes, as expected, no reply or response from the “expert on everything “
But I’m sure we can expect another lecture on what we should do soon!!!
Pain in my hole listening to the pessimistic lord telling me how I’m fcucked for more than a decade now, hopefully he rests his ass in the flats now with big Johnny and his skank daughter and let’s the lest of us drive on
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Blah blah blah, isn’t this the same shit we’ve being listening to from the same person for the last 10 years, the same guy who test drove an mg5, and slated it? Then bought one… if your too lazy to make a decent living from a taxi, don’t bother trying to drag everyone else down with you, you are the epitome of the crab in the bucket, “if I can’t get out, I’ll drag you all back in too”…
Just stay as you are, drinking in the flats talking shit with imaginary people earning minimum wage and leave those with aspirations or ambitions alone to succeed..
Just to confirm from me Belker/Ken that it was not me that sent the above post, granted it was sent from my secondary 'Read only' anonymous account on here but it was not me that posted the above. Apologies to John m from me fer allowing my secondary account to be compromised. I have since changed the password on the 'Keith' account so hopefully there will be no reoccurrence.
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“Frankie was right, this is a part time gig” “I’m getting a job” etc etc, John M, you are full of shit. Always have been, you slated the ev’s until you bought one. Mr know it all knows fcuk all except how to talk big
Just to confirm from me Belker/Ken that it was not me that sent the above post, granted it was sent from my secondary 'Read only' anonymous account on here but it was not me that posted the above. Apologies to John m from me fer allowing my secondary account to be compromised. I have since changed the password on the 'Keith' account so hopefully there will be no reoccurrence.
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Yes, as expected, no reply or response from the “expert on everything “
But I’m sure we can expect another lecture on what we should do soon!!!
Pain in my hole listening to the pessimistic lord telling me how I’m fcucked for more than a decade now, hopefully he rests his ass in the flats now with big Johnny and his skank daughter and let’s the lest of us drive on
Just to confirm from me Belker/Ken that it was not me that sent the above post, granted it was sent from my secondary 'Read only' anonymous account on here but it was not me that posted the above. Apologies to John m from me fer allowing my secondary account to be compromised. I have since changed the password on the 'Keith' account so hopefully there will be no reoccurrence.
What started out as a birra Fun and Divilment did not end up as such and again I apologise to John m fer what another poster said to you using my secondary account with my consent.
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So..
Keith / Ken / Belker all the one?
Your some man for one man, Keith / Ken / Belker.
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Blah blah blah, isn’t this the same shit we’ve being listening to from the same person for the last 10 years, the same guy who test drove an mg5, and slated it? Then bought one… if your too lazy to make a decent living from a taxi, don’t bother trying to drag everyone else down with you, you are the epitome of the crab in the bucket, “if I can’t get out, I’ll drag you all back in too”…
Just stay as you are, drinking in the flats talking shit with imaginary people earning minimum wage and leave those with aspirations or ambitions alone to succeed..
Just to confirm from me Belker/Ken that it was not me that sent the above post, granted it was sent from my secondary 'Read only' anonymous account on here but it was not me that posted the above. Apologies to John m from me fer allowing my secondary account to be compromised. I have since changed the password on the 'Keith' account so hopefully there will be no reoccurrence.
In all fairness Keith does sound like you Ken...I don't know anyone else who gives out fuk about johnny m but you .... the vitriol tho I wudny imagine coming from yu but the anonymity may have accounted for
That .. the " ambitions an aspirations " statement was comical as most of us are nearin the pension . My only ambition is to not get cancer before I'm a bitcoin millionaire
if it wasn't yu it's pretty shitty
to be usin someone elses account to bollock someone out of it ...
Yis are all bleedin mad cnuts use taxi drivers
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Yes, as expected, no reply or response from the “expert on everything “
But I’m sure we can expect another lecture on what we should do soon!!!
Pain in my hole listening to the pessimistic lord telling me how I’m fcucked for more than a decade now, hopefully he rests his ass in the flats now with big Johnny and his skank daughter and let’s the lest of us drive on
Ah Keith how sad you get annoyed .I wont ever give out advice to anybody .I advised that lads should apply for the grant before it ended just to have it in their back pocket BAD ME .I advised lads during covid how to get tax free extended payments BAD ME .I informed lads how to get FREE training like ADR driving licences worth about 1200 if you had to pay for it .Or free driving instructor courses or even third Level education FOR FREE .I advised lads how and when to apply for a Doctor Only Medcal card which allows you free Doctor visits again BAD Me .
I never post my earnings I never encourage anybody to compete against me for fares by posting my earnings .I did not reply as I was busy .My passion is Politicas and I was doing my Democratic Duty by Counting Votes in the recent Senate elections .Difference between me and you KEITH is I dont live in a vacuum based on how many fares I make .I try to help those who need help not snipe from behing a Non De Plume .Anyhoo Good luck and Good Bye .
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Keith... Johnny told me how to double me earning in a week an in fact I trebled it last week .... I needed a kick up the hole an he gave sound advice which I'm grateful for .... a bit of support sumtimes goes a long way ........ Ken knows how to make good money an he shared his methods
But I wudny be able to doo nites ..me nerves is fuked .... anyway do yur own ting if it Doesn't agree wit ya ....
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I could do with a bit of motivation myself, Octy. It's impossible to justify changing my motor for the hours I currently work. I'd love to get to averaging 30 hours/week. Maybe a complete change of strategy is the answer.... I've been toying with the idea of switching to day work with an early morning (pre 07:00) start. Maybe next week!
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One idea RC could be to borrow the cash now (if you can)but don't change the vehicle until you're 100% certain you want to commit and the motivation of having to pay it off before the economy takes a crap may get ya out doing the extra hours needed.
I did change earlier than needed for exactly this reason.In the end I paid it off relatively fast.Now I'm back to struggling to find motivation agaim.But it's done now.
Worst case scenario you have extra money and decide you don't want to stay in the game or you may just keep getting extended on the diesel.
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I don't really want to borrow money. I just need to convince myself that I have a business worth investing 24k in but I won't be spending it until I have to in any event. 30 hours a week should be doable, I just need to do it!
I was all set to get up at 06:30 this morning, then a fucking coil spring snapped on my way home last evening so I'll be spending tomorrow spannering provided SMF get the springs in!
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Hope it's an easy fix for ya RC.
At least you already have the motivation part sorted.That's the only difference between all of us on here.I need a reason to be hungry to get off the couch.
I had to buy a white board like a real business wanker to keep track of my targets.You can borrow mine as I might not be needing it for a while now...deffo a game changer!
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I'm good with targets... Particularly good at adjusting them to compensate for laziness!
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I don't really want to borrow money. I just need to convince myself that I have a business worth investing 24k in but I won't be spending it until I have to in any event. 30 hours a week should be doable, I just need to do it!
I was all set to get up at 06:30 this morning, then a fucking coil spring snapped on my way home last evening so I'll be spending tomorrow spannering provided SMF get the springs in!
Dangerous job .... yuk .... get an immigrant to do it
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https://youtu.be/kY56ib3I-ew?si=LVaDlqLdcQXQhwzA
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Nha, I want it done properly. If the motor wasn't under the imminent threat of the scrapyard I'd probably do the shocks, top mounts and drop links while I'm at it. Given current uncertainty I mightn't even do both springs, although I did order two.
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I'm good with targets... Particularly good at adjusting them to compensate for laziness!
I'm very good with Major short term targets like Chrimbo or Bank holiday weekends but I'm also a Terror fer taking my foot off the gas after a target has been completed.
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I had a look at that video, Octy. If I'm not mistaken they're working on a double wishbone suspension. Not using spring compressors in that case is, frankly, incompetent. It'd be akin to you hitting the accelerator instead of the brake. In any event, most VAGs (bar a few high end Audis/Porches) use McPherson Strut suspension. I have the broken side taken apart and assessed now. In addition to the coil springs Mrs. Catcher will be collecting a top mount and drop link from ECP and a nut and bolt from Annesley Williams, putting another €60-70 on the repair bill. I'm planning to leave the other side for a week or so which will facilitate ordering the extra parts from Poland. I need some engine oil and some diesel particulate filter cleaning fluid anyway so I'll probably have a big enough bill to qualify for free delivery. As I'm showered and shaved now I'll probably leave putting it back together 'till tomorrow morning.
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(https://i.postimg.cc/TPdHt7Yp/helmet-colour-change-black-black.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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lol
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FFS, that'd be another score.
Anywaysanall, I have all the bits now. I'm not sure I'm happy with the top mount. The two bits (mount and bearing) don't slot together as readily as the old one...but they came in the same pack as a set, box and interior bag sealed so I guess they'll probably work. New spring looks slightly taller than the old one (including the broken bit that was lodged in the wishbone) and weighs c.50g more so I'm hoping it won't cause a huge difference in ride height or handling. If it does I'll have to pay through the nose for more bits and do the other one this weekend rather than next.... aah, I'm probably overthinking it!
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FFS, that'd be another score.
Anywaysanall, I have all the bits now. I'm not sure I'm happy with the top mount. The two bits (mount and bearing) don't slot together as readily as the old one...but they came in the same pack as a set, box and interior bag sealed so I guess they'll probably work. New spring looks slightly taller than the old one (including the broken bit that was lodged in the wishbone) and weighs c.50g more so I'm hoping it won't cause a huge difference in ride height or handling. If it does I'll have to pay through the nose for more bits and do the other one this weekend rather than next.... aah, I'm probably overthinking it!
A good excuse not to go to work if anything. Will you do the tracking yourself? 8)
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FFS, that'd be another score.
Anywaysanall, I have all the bits now. I'm not sure I'm happy with the top mount. The two bits (mount and bearing) don't slot together as readily as the old one...but they came in the same pack as a set, box and interior bag sealed so I guess they'll probably work. New spring looks slightly taller than the old one (including the broken bit that was lodged in the wishbone) and weighs c.50g more so I'm hoping it won't cause a huge difference in ride height or handling. If it does I'll have to pay through the nose for more bits and do the other one this weekend rather than next.... aah, I'm probably overthinking it!
Yea .. the old springs won't be as tall cause ther flattened over the yers .... specially yu bean so heavy lol
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mmm.. It is the driver's side that broke.
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If it's pulling after both springs are replaced I'll get Collin to do it on his machine, SB. If not, I'll not bother unless it fails it's next NCTS inspection.
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So far, so good. One side done, no noticeable difference in ride height from one side to the other after a short drive, albeit with relatively few ramps, and handling is fine. I'll take a chance and order the auxiliary bits for the other side later with a view to doing it next weekend and I'll actually work evenings this weekend to make up for the time I've lost. I can't do tonight 'cos there's darts on telly and there's not much chance of my latest 06:00 start time plan being implemented tomorrow 'cos there's darts on telly tonight! Hopefully, it'll behave when I get onto my ramp infested circuit up above in Dublin!
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So far, so good. One side done, no noticeable difference in ride height from one side to the other after a short drive, albeit with relatively few ramps, and handling is fine. I'll take a chance and order the auxiliary bits for the other side later with a view to doing it next weekend and I'll actually work evenings this weekend to make up for the time I've lost. I can't do tonight 'cos there's darts on telly and there's not much chance of my latest 06:00 start time plan being implemented tomorrow 'cos there's darts on telly tonight! Hopefully, it'll behave when I get onto my ramp infested circuit up above in Dublin!
Good news Rat... just in time for spring lol
I've bean gettin up at 6 aswell ... its not easy but I'm sure I'll get used to it by 2048 ....I did have a lye in this mornin till 11 but got luck after ....
Thers a blackbird in me ma's Garden ( she feeds him stuff ) an he wakes me up at 6 ...he doesn't know how to sing cause he's the only one in the area an he sounds like a parrot wit long covid ..... its sad .... apparently they mimic each other an lern to sing that way but cause he's on his own on account of the African immigrant mosquito virus the others are all dead .... awful racket .... anyway luckily thers a duracell battery in me alarm clock....
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So far, so good. One side done, no noticeable difference in ride height from one side to the other after a short drive, albeit with relatively few ramps, and handling is fine. I'll take a chance and order the auxiliary bits for the other side later with a view to doing it next weekend and I'll actually work evenings this weekend to make up for the time I've lost. I can't do tonight 'cos there's darts on telly and there's not much chance of my latest 06:00 start time plan being implemented tomorrow 'cos there's darts on telly tonight! Hopefully, it'll behave when I get onto my ramp infested circuit up above in Dublin!
Good news Rat... just in time for spring lol
I've bean gettin up at 6 aswell ... its not easy but I'm sure I'll get used to it by 2048 ....I did have a lye in this mornin till 11 but got luck after ....
Thers a blackbird in me ma's Garden ( she feeds him stuff ) an he wakes me up at 6 ...he doesn't know how to sing cause he's the only one in the area an he sounds like a parrot wit long covid ..... its sad .... apparently they mimic each other an lern to sing that way but cause he's on his own on account of the African immigrant mosquito virus the others are all dead .... awful racket .... anyway luckily thers a duracell battery in me alarm clock....
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Its Starlings mimicking other birds.
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Not such good news as far as my plan to work the weekend was concerned, Octy. I forgot it was Superbowl Sunday. Anyway, I done a few hours Friday and a couple of hours Saturday with no issues. I'm sorry I bought a pair of springs now, one would have done... but now I have the other one my OCD won't let me not fit it... although I haven't ordered the auxiliary bits yet. I forgot I want to check my DPF differential pressure sensor first just to make sure I don't need one of them... so I won't be doing the second spring this weekend... maybe I'll work to make up for Superbowl Sunday. Needless to say the 06:00 start couldn't happen this week, I was probably still over the drink-drive limit at 06:00. Maybe next week!
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...... . I forgot it was Superbowl Sunday. .........
It wasn't a great night, only mangaged just below the Bull per H.
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From a financial perspective taking in money - even if it's less than €50/hour - is a better outcome than spending money!
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Not such good news as far as my plan to work the weekend was concerned, Octy. I forgot it was Superbowl Sunday. Anyway, I done a few hours Friday and a couple of hours Saturday with no issues. I'm sorry I bought a pair of springs now, one would have done... but now I have the other one my OCD won't let me not fit it... although I haven't ordered the auxiliary bits yet. I forgot I want to check my DPF differential pressure sensor first just to make sure I don't need one of them... so I won't be doing the second spring this weekend... maybe I'll work to make up for Superbowl Sunday. Needless to say the 06:00 start couldn't happen this week, I was probably still over the drink-drive limit at 06:00. Maybe next week!
I wudnt be able to leave it at one spring rat ....yur doing the rite ting changing both.... yid probably get sea sick wit the different frequencies if yu left it at one ..... not to mention handling safety issues....very impressive
Professionalism have to say .... yu can wear yur driving instructors badge wit pride wen yur trowing darts down the club
Now lol
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Can't say I've noticed any handling issues but I am mindful of VAGs being inclined to break them in pairs. On both the Fabia and the MKI Octavia I discovered both springs broken when I replaced them despite only one being obvious in both cases. They managed to hide themselves by leaning against the inner wing out of sight. I never had an issue with them on the MKII but I changed them with the shock absorbers - presumably on account of an NCT fail 'cos I had time to get Andy to do the fitting.
I'd be damn sure both sides wouldn't have been done if I left it in to an immigrant... and equally as sure that I woulda been charged for two!
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In fact, I remember getting Collin to do the tracking on the MKII after Andy put the bits and pieces on. I think it got a wishbone as well... but the reason I remember getting the tracking done is that it's the only time I've ever seen 0.00 imbalance on a NCTS test report. Say what you like about queuing for tyres or punctures around at Collin's place but if it's quality you want he's your only man. I wouldn't get a car tracked anywhere else regardless of how long the queue might be! Although, come to think of it, that's probably the only time I've ever got any car tracked. The NCTS test limits are very forgiving so I'm not sure what made me do it on that occasion other than Andy specifying it being necessary.