PSA Shitroen Shenanigans - C4GP a river dirchy or should that be Oh rev wahh! p4

[richardthestag]

Is that the one you squirt in the intake or put in the fuel tank?

 

Squirt in the intake has half a chance of working.

 

squirt into intake.

 

actually took one of the sensors off the air doseur. the wynn can doesn't have any easy way of getting it through such a smoll hole. I found that the red strawer from a wd40 can fitted in it.

 

Installed #3 son in the car with engine running. I jetted the stuff in and when it started to bog down I got him to rev it to 1500 and let it settle. as per instructions on the can.

 

I am going to go over all the hoses etc on saturday in the pissing rain

 

what is the worst that will happen

[Dave_Q]

what is the worst that will happen

 

You'll still own a C4 picasso.

[artdjones]

Genuine egr valves on eBay for £85 and pattern ones around £55.

[richardthestag]

You'll still own a C4 picasso.

 

that is worth less that a half decent suit

 

Should fit right in on here then 

[richardthestag]

new rear pads on the shitroen tonight, Mrs complained that it has just started grinding. 

 

the training is working you see, last time she moaned that I dont look after her car as it has been making a grinding noise for weeks.

 

anyway all done. dust shields on the rear calipers are both torn. the car is going this autumn though so I doubt very much that I will do anything about it.

[richardthestag]

Pug is for sale. Matt #1 son is off to Uni at the weekend and I need it out of the way quick

 

this is the ex 83C pug 307

 

no MoT at the mo, going to have a gander at it on Wednesday to see if there is anything obvious on it that it might fail on. If it stands a chance I might lob it through

 

the car is in High Wycombeshite HP15

 

Insurance runs out next week and it will be sorned

 

so what have I done to it apart from the bits on this thread.

 

not a whole lot, it had new front discs and pads and new rear pads.

fitted a new drivers door mirror

wedged some blue paper to stop the indicators doing their own thing

 

it still makes a lot of noise on acceleration, suspect a diff bearing is on its way out. the noise has got no worse in the year that Matty Boy has been smoking around in it. I will see if I can work out where the noise is coming from.

 

From what I can see there aint no rust underneath

the tyres all have good tread on them

 

It could do with an oil change - I never managed to get around to that, 

 

Matty boy will take what he can get for it, warned him that without an MOT it wont be a lot, as a runner maybe what he paid for it £120

 

Any interest on here?

Before I LOB it on the Bay or sent it over the bridge (which would be a shame as it still goes, stops and looks presentable.)

[Arthur Foxhake]

Possibly interested, Saab is on its last legs now. May come have a look at the weekend, I'm only down the road in Chesham.

[richardthestag]

I am at Kop Hill in Princes Risborough all weekend but home from 6:30ish. Let me see how it fares at pre mot check over the next day or so

[Arthur Foxhake]

Ah, Kop Hill Climb this weekend is it?

I'll be there myself at some point.

If you aren't too rushed to shift it that's no problem, still got MOT until October on the Saab, can't see it getting another one very easily though.

[richardthestag]

Ah, Kop Hill Climb this weekend is it?

I'll be there myself at some point.

If you aren't too rushed to shift it that's no problem, still got MOT until October on the Saab, can't see it getting another one very easily though.

 

yep will be there sat and sunday with rupert thestag in the paddock, my stag is going up the hill on Sat. it is white, shouldnt be too hard to spot. 

 

I do need the pug gone fairly quick as it is now taking up drivespace. like I said let me sus whether MoT is viable.

 

One just went* on ebay year newer, same engine, no MOT £150 so this is going to be a bargain I reckon

 

*winning bidder was a mouth breathing, knuckle dragging, stance like he is holding melons under his armpits arsehat - most likely

[Arthur Foxhake]

Just checked out Kop Hill.

£15 to get in this year, ouch!

Perhaps I won't be there after all.

That's too much.

[Arthur Foxhake]

I am at Kop Hill and I have seen your Stag, not you yet though.

[richardthestag]

I am at Kop Hill and I have seen your Stag, not you yet though.

 

hi mate, chap next door with the porsche told me that someone with a funny name from autoshite said to say hello

 

sorry I missed you, was getting a pie

[Arthur Foxhake]

Upheld.

You there tomorrow?

[richardthestag]

Upheld.

You there tomorrow?

yep, will try to be closer to the car

 

did you see it go up the hill?

[Arthur Foxhake]

No I didn't really see any hill runs, it was very busy in the stands so I could only hear what was going on.

I don't think I'm coming back today.

[richardthestag]

Mrs Thestag got back to her car yesterday afternoon and some bugger had driven into the back of it and then demolished a listed wall on the other side of the road. fortunately they left a note.

 

Mrs thestag however and despite much advise from me (away from home right now) decided to put off calloing her insurers until this morning. They are wriggling like fuck apparently.

 

they have agreed to take the car away for an assessment, verbally suggested that it is likely to be written off. and have also confirmed that a loan car will be provided for up until 4 days after the settlement check has been received.

 

Bearing inb mind I had no part in the conversation, LV procedure is to collect the car, assess it and then send a cheque. If you are unhappy with the settlement value then you can phone up and negotiate.

 

Surely in insurance terms a cheque being sent is the negotiation over and done with! ownership of the car moves to the insurer!

 

I suggested Mrs Thestag calls em back and says negotiation and settlement must be done over the phone.  

 

The bloody thing is only worth buttons but it worked and did its job. I can almost smell a cheque for £250 winging its way to me doormat and there being fuck all I can do about ongoing negotiation of the settlement.

 

 

 

 

 

[Tickman]

If you let them take the car you have less bargaining power, they can inspect it on the drive but they won't want to.

If you agree to it getting taken away for inspection then make sure everything you want from the car is out of the car as you are unlikely to ever see anything from it in the future.

 

You are in a much better position if you keep hold of the car for the time being.

[jonathan_dyane]

That'll almost polish out, I'd be wanting money and keeping it.

[Cavcraft]

Got to be what, £800 in that easily?

[barefoot]

56 plate?

That's a new car, innit?

[andy18s]

What where they driving to hit both the car and that wall?

[mr_fish]

from the damage to the car to the wall it looks like the offending vehicle transformed from a corsa to a lorry.

[richardthestag]

one of those ponsy new softroaders. 

 

automatic

 

guessing that after hitting mrs thestags car, because foot on throttle and not brake, then panic set in by pressing throttle / brake harder

 

confushun

[3VOM]

Hopefully they will be more amenable to negotiation once they start getting in quotes for that brickwork. Listed, imperial presumably and also presumably lime mortar, and it looks two bricks thick.

[Arthur Foxhake]

Where did it happen Richard? Looks familiar.

[AnthonyG]

If you like the car/want to repair it I wouldn’t let them take it away. They can inspect it on your property. It looks like a couple of hundred quid in parts from a breaker to me from those photos. In the right colours if you’re lucky.

[richardthestag]

Where did it happen Richard? Looks familiar.

 

one of the lanes up to the church in old chesh

 

Now I am back home had a look at it, tbh I can probably get the tailgate to close and bash the bumper back on again.

 

The car is running well at the mo and has a full tank of dizzle in it. so asked insurance to assess at home with a view to me buying it off them.

 

Mrs thestag can then look for another car at her leisure.

 

The car has a dent, ding, scratch on every single panel except the roof but mechanically is is not bad, good brakes and tyres all round, good engine and gearbox, DM flywheel and clutch replaced 40k ago and turbo last year. 

 

Makes sense for us to run it a while longer then flog it on with a cat c marker (probably) against it

 

Will it need inspection before / after repair for us to keep using it after the insurance assessment?

 

Cheers

[Split_Pin]

Be a shame to condemn it just for that. With a replacement rear lamp it will be perfectly serviceable once again.

 

I almost think its not even worth the hassle of going through the insurance and then having to find a new car (as they will almost certainly write that off)

[panhard65]

Identity checks for cat c cars ended a couple of years ago and I believe the groups are changing as well to structural damage and non structural. I had a email about it from one of the salvage yards I deal with a few weeks ago.