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I do like, after spending close to 2 days, getting quotes, haggling them down and being re-quoted finally settling on an insurance policy and company for Pipper's possible health needs. Ideally, I will never have to make a claim but if I do, she's got any possible hip displasia treatment covered (the most expensive treatment springers can get) at the drop of a hat, for instance I also like with my diet, I'm continuing to lose, what seems to the regular amount now of 0.3% body fat a week whilst not losing any muscle mass, sometimes gaining some too. After Saturday morning's debacle, having taken my knee brace off to go to bed, then having a very painful knee and stumbling all over the place until I put it back on. I checked with the physio whether I could just keep it on 24/7. He said, because it's made of a mesh with carbon fibre hinges (as opposed to neoprene and aluminium hinges) not only can it be worn all the time, I can also shower, bathe and swim in it, if I want too. So, I have It's healing nicely now and I've started to be able to bend it, enabling among other things, to sit comfortably on the loo, or a chair, to get in and out of the car without grimacing too much and to ascend stairs in the correct manner

Thanks Everyone After weighing it all up, creating 2 different spreadsheets a comparison one and "what would I do if x occurred now" one I've decided to insure Pipper for the time being, I might return to paying as I incur vet fees when Pipper is older, like I did all the time with Brandy. For the last two days I've been chatting to the various insurers, getting quotes, followed by some haggling, then getting re-quoted. In the end, although they were slightly more expensive by £1.56 a month, than the next one down (Animal Friends - Prestige policy) ) I've gone with Petplan's Classic (Insured 4 Life) with an annual £7000 vet fee limit. Which having chatted to my vet, as to what other springer spaniel patients have, most go for a policy that covers between £6500-7500. Oddly, if you set up your policy online you get a 10% discount on the first year (which most insurers seem to do); but if you do it over the phone, they give you a free month( 13 months for the price of 12). The free month is actually a better discount than the 10%: the 10% only equals a free 2½ weeks. in my insurer search I discovered there are some surprisingly odd companies offering pet insurance, from companies whose core business isn't pets. Whilst they may have a finance business, and sell relevant insurance and broker loans pertaining to their core business, it was odd to find KwikFit and the AA offering pet insurance

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Used the train the last 2 days now to work and am less grumpy and more happy when I get to work and get home. I love driving but driving an hr each way especially when I hit London traffic makes me want to take a chain saw to some of the drivers I encounter. Sent from my HTC 10 using Tapatalk

I do like finding a bargain 😀 bought this last week as the wife wanted it for a shelf in the living room. https://t.co/gVKBmM4beb we later went to "Next" to have a look and saw it in there for €115 more than we purchased it for 😯😂😭😂 https://t.co/F10k0gwoG0

It has been a while since I last updated. Last Weds - called again at the end of the day as once again, I hadn't heard anything. Was told the guy I mentioned earlier is coming back from sick leave and he would finally show the other engineers what is wrong with the alternator. This contradicts what I was told slightly, but anyway, that's that. Friday - they actually called me! *Plays a trumpet*. This time I was told that they'd finally got authorisation from Ford, to replace the alternator, clutch and clutch release bearing. It has only taken them 15 working days (3 weeks in old money). They said that the alternator would arrive on Monday and the clutch would arrive hopefully on Tuesday. The clutches are in short supply apparently and they are having to ship it from Germany or wherever. I remarked that they must in demand if you can't get hold of a clutch and he just shrugged it off. Read into short supply what you will - I am interpreting this as clutches must be failing left right and centre. I pressed on when am I going to get my car and I suggested Weds (tomorrow) was reasonable to which he agreed. Let's see if it happens now!

Hi, I'm new to the site not long purchased a 62 plate Ford Focus zetec s 1.0 ecoboost still in the honeymoon period lol. Anyone got any advice regarding stone chips how to remove or improve them? Unfortunately only problem I have is a few minor small chips on the front spoiler and I'm determined to get shut of them. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Cheers

I'm looking at replacing my rear fog light with a clear holder and red bulb. Would a reverse light from a lhd car be a perfect fit? Looking to get it it like this:

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Yep that is the area joining the A406 or at hanger lane. Plus I can sleep now or sleep on the train Sent from my HTC 10 using Tapatalk

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Yes it is tricky. Last time i attempted it i got in a right mess but there was a guy working nearby who knew about cars and came over with his tools and helped me out! That was my first oil & filter change.... I'm hoping my second goes a bit smoother. Thanks for the info guys.

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Granted, but even thrashing around some national speed limit A roads it can do 50+ MPG whilst providing more than enough performance to deal with overtaking the old folks in their purple Honda Jazz's that are out for a leisurely sunday drive

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Ahhh ok. I see why your doing it then. Will keep an eye out for your pics with the spacers. Hope all goes well.

Awesome response!!!! Many Thanks. I do have some experience with electrical / electronics systems and have a couple of good multi meters. Your diagram is exactly what I was looking for. As soon as my cheapo play about one arrives, I'll have a go. Did you ever try to remove the motor / solenoid from the valve itself? I removed the Torx screws holding it to the valve body, but it didn't want to separate too easily, so I put the screws back in.. Thanks again.

here's mine one white picture and one red picture the red is hard to see with my camara but looks great I think my car needs a wash

Thanks i like the display to that android unit but in an Apple guy! Haha where would I go about a Sony system upgrade? I have a Sony one in there now the default one. Tried google but no joy!

To be honest, the best upgrade you could do is upgrade the system to a Sony system rather than replace it outright with an Android system. The sound quality will be far superior to the Android system, and you'll still have the features that are inherent with the car on the radio.

Blimey. Proof it pays to shop around. Nice one lenny

Cheers Lenny knew you'd know more about it thank you.

Thanks mate all the horizontal frames are sitting low because there not currently hanging on the metal clips like the other frames, no the horizontal ones were hanging on the frame which causes them to be slightly lower temporarily. the reason for this is; the clips are currently on the vertical side and I'd have to take them out of the shrink wrap to put the clip on to the horizontal side which I don't want to do until fitting for the last time. they will be 100% in line when fitted on the clips the same as the other frames were at the time of taking the picture👍

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The garage didnt do anything other than a forced regen. I did the injector seals knew it wouldnt fix the prob but needed doing anyways as number was leaking,

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Provided nuts fix spacers on the hubs, original nuts fix wheels on spacers, like you said :) I have to say that I'm not that confident with purchasing "unknown" brand when it comes to things like spacers (or springs, shocks, etc...), but if you have reliable source then I guess it's ok. It's definitely a much better prize than I paid for my H&Rs, which cost almost GBP 200,- for two pairs (20+25mm). I look forward to see them on your car, I believe it gets the look you're seeking, it will allign the wheels nicely with the car :)

Well not a great deal to report, not had a great of time to spend on the car but I have replaced injector seals as number 2 was leaking, the dpf low pressure fault was down to the hose been split at the dpf end so that fault is sorted. However I still have the 2 orig faults, I can drive around the faults if I drive real steady until the engine is fully warmed then fault codes dont appear they only seem to flag up when the engine is tepid and I accelerate upto speed. however another thing I have noticed with the car when starting from cold it fires up first time and idles smooth but doesnt rev cleanly feels like its over fueling when you try to rev it (no big clouds of smoke though) and when driving on a light throttle in lowish 15mph (leaving the works car park) it hunts once warmed up it revs fine and drives fine, I was pulling a trailer with it the other day probs about 800kg and she drove fine plenty of power did a brim tank and the start brim at the finish got 52.7mpg which I thought was quite good. The cold start feels like a temp sensor reading to cold so over fueling.

These arrived today. Look ok, quite heavier than I expected. I'm not actually sure how these work, I assume I use the nuts provided to attach the spacer to the hub then the threaded bits on the spacer are what the wheels attach to using stock nuts ?

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That's a standard bumper with an aftermarket centre diffuser section stuck on to it, Plenty of kit available here: http://www.european-parts.net/index.php?cat=c172_Ford-Focus-Ford-Focus.html the alloys look like there from a 2005-2008 focus just painted black, The horizontal mounting of the egaust muffler is a strange option as there is sufficient space to fit in vertically to the left of the spare tyre well. It looks as if they purchased an aftermarket ST exhaust and fitted it below the tyre well.

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We've got cats and so the risk profile is obviously different to dogs however they do have the same fact in common that they are our life and we would put their best interests before ours if need be as I'm sure many other animal lovers would too! In our case we self-insure - not just with the cats but for pretty much everything else i.e. boiler cover, whitegoods cover, car warranties etc. The only exceptions are home and car insurance given the legal obligations. This strategy has paid off insofar that all the money we would have paid out on premiums for these continues to be less than that which we have forked out dealing with insurable incidents across the board. Something to bear in mind is the risk that having pet insurance means that you might then take a 'money no object' approach. This sounds like nothing but a positive but the negative is that you could end up keeping your loved ones alive for your own benefit and not theirs given that you wouldn't have money concerns as a contributory factor - indeed you might even feel an obligation to throw money at whatever treatments might be available given that's what you bought the insurance for. However, as a vet once told me - 'better to let an animal go a week early than a day too late' - and this is a mantra that I really believe in. If an animal's cards are marked then sometimes the best thing you can do is to let them go - assisted if need be - rather than putting them through treatments that may at best sometimes only lead to an extension to length of life but at the risk of overall quality. We found ourselves in this position last year with a dear cat of ours, Elmo, who had what was initially assumed to be arthritis but turned out to be a rare bone cancer. We could have put him through chemotherapy etc, despite the high costs, even without insurance but the vet was very clear on the fact that it wouldn't cure him but merely just give him longer to live. We made the difficult decision of putting him to sleep *before* he started to really deteriorate. This was only a difficult decision at the time though; afterwards we knew we'd given him the best gift we could ever done - avoidance of suffering - and that with him 'leaving on a high' as it were it meant he'd had the best life he could ever have done, even if it wasn't the longest. We are in the fortunate position of being able to spend hundreds, even thousands, on our cats if need be and if the situation warrants it and so perhaps insurance makes less sense for us anyway as a result. For those with less disposable income though I can certainly understand that insurance might be more beneficial if it means less critical illnesses etc can become affordable. You've got to remember with insurance that you'll only know in hindsight if it was the best decision or not and on that basis perhaps there's no right or wrong!

If a service is due I'd get it done ASAP as diesels don't like having services delayed/missed. As you say would be ideal to change the fuel, air and oil filter. With regards to oil, as long as the right one is used it should be ok. For the record I used Ford Formula E which is ok in price and the oil that Ford reccomend. Also might be worth checking tyre pressures, if the car has been standing for a while at a dealer, these may have dropped below the specified level.