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Rootes75
Joined: 30 Apr 2013
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Location: The Somerset Levels
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 Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2016 1:22 pm Post subject: Christmas Presents |
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Anyone get any interesting presents for Christmas? I had a very nice new socket set from my folks, its certainly needed.
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peter scott
Joined: 18 Dec 2007
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Location: Edinburgh
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| Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2016 3:21 pm Post subject: |
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A 4.5 litre tub of original Swarfega.
Peter 
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emmerson
Joined: 30 Sep 2008
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Location: South East Wales
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| Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2016 6:23 pm Post subject: |
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Back and front cameras! (for the car!)
The back one makes hooking up the caravan a doddle!
The front one, well, we'll see.
Socks, pants hankies, and a pocket compass, something I've always wanted, but never thought to buy. |
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Ashley
Joined: 02 Jan 2008
Posts: 1426
Location: Near Stroud, Glos
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| Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2016 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Excellent Ullyet book about Porsche's and VWs to 1960 |
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mikeC
Joined: 31 Jul 2009
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Location: Market Warsop, Nottinghamshire
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| Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2016 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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Three rather splendid books on Italian coachbuilding:
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Rick
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Ellis
Joined: 07 Mar 2011
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Location: Betws y Coed, North Wales
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| Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2016 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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A new quality Tap and Die set and contributions towards a new Scorpion back box for my M3.
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Rene
Joined: 06 Jul 2012
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Only present i've got was a failing dynamo on the model A  |
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Paul fairall
Joined: 17 Nov 2016
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Location: North west Kent
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| Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2016 9:43 am Post subject: |
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| Don't really do presents but bought my 103e quite close to Christmas. |
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alastairq
Joined: 14 Oct 2016
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Location: East Yorkshire
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| Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2016 11:10 am Post subject: |
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| A multi=pack of occasionally-used greases....[red grease for rubber, copper grease, water pump grease, and one other I cannot recall without going looking] |
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Keith D
Joined: 16 Oct 2008
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Location: Upper Swan, Western Australia
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I won an electric scissor jack in a Christmas raffle. Plugged it in the car cigarette lighter to try it out and it worked..... for about two seconds!
Dead as a doornail! Now in the garbage bin!
Keith
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Paul fairall
Joined: 17 Nov 2016
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Location: North west Kent
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| Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2016 2:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Keith D wrote: | I won an electric scissor jack in a Christmas raffle. Plugged it in the car cigarette lighter to try it out and it worked..... for about two seconds!
Dead as a doornail! Now in the garbage bin!
Keith |
could be worse, you could be on the side of the road with the wheel off and it stops working, oh and you left the proper jack at home because you no longer need it. |
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Bitumen Boy
Joined: 26 Jan 2012
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Location: Above the snow line in old Monmouthshire
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| Paul fairall wrote: | | Keith D wrote: | I won an electric scissor jack in a Christmas raffle. Plugged it in the car cigarette lighter to try it out and it worked..... for about two seconds!
Dead as a doornail! Now in the garbage bin!
Keith |
could be worse, you could be on the side of the road with the wheel off and it stops working, oh and you left the proper jack at home because you no longer need it. |
I'm always suspicious of anything that plugs into a lighter socket, it's not an infallible guide but more often than not it means you're dealing with a piece of useless junk. I remember years ago my dad got one of those compressor jobbies for inflating tyres, he used to play with it sometimes and it always needed much longer than a decent footpump would have taken to inflate a tyre. Then one day it was actually needed and guess what, it broke and left us having to put the spare on - luckily we had a spare! IMO most stuff like this is best left well alone. |
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Riley Blue
Joined: 18 Jun 2008
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Location: Derbyshire
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| Bitumen Boy wrote: |
I'm always suspicious of anything that plugs into a lighter socket, it's not an infallible guide but more often than not it means you're dealing with a piece of useless junk. I remember years ago my dad got one of those compressor jobbies for inflating tyres, he used to play with it sometimes and it always needed much longer than a decent footpump would have taken to inflate a tyre. Then one day it was actually needed and guess what, it broke and left us having to put the spare on - luckily we had a spare! IMO most stuff like this is best left well alone. |
That would condemn all mobile phones and satnavs. I use my phone in my Riley for its speedo/trip app and my satnav for navigation and for its camera location warnings. My Halfords tyre inflator has been efficient and very reliable and, to my surprise, the pressure readout is very accurate so having a power socket fitted in my Riley has been well worthwhile; I have a 1 into 4 socket so I can run several gizmos at once.
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Rootes75
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I find the gauge on my portable tyre inflator very unreliable.
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