Durham850 Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Suppose this is my way of saying hello and introducing myself to the group, been lurking in the background loving the daily shite chat on here for a while now and been wondering what everyone's driving daily? For me it's a 1996 volvo 850 2.5tdi manual saloon with well over 200k miles on it, bought it for £600 to run into the ground and then weigh in but somewhere down the line is fell in love with the old tank and ended up spending £500 to get it through its MOT back in January, why? Because I loves it! So anyway, what ya got? stripped fred, KiwiAlistair, oman5 and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Where is picktshurz? brickwall and Aston Martin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durham850 Posted May 26, 2017 Author Share Posted May 26, 2017 No idea how to add them using the mobile app but here's the link to my car in advert I bought it from ://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjgzWDEwMjQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durham850 Posted May 26, 2017 Author Share Posted May 26, 2017 Don't know how to add them using the mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2_craig Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Welcome! Dads got a 96 850 in AWD flava. He's had it since 97 and still thinking of it a new car. Fuck knows the mileage due to usual weak ass Volvo speedo gear, must do that diagnostic trick to see what the cluster brain reckons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 MOAR DURHAMITEONIANS? We should probably arrange some kind of mini fest, comme le AS MM ou le Scotoshite meetings. I'm not volunteering, by the way. catsinthewelder and Jim Bell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durham850 Posted May 26, 2017 Author Share Posted May 26, 2017 Mk2_craig same deal with my mileage bought the car at 209k and have drove it for over a year now probably added another 20k miles since I got it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durham850 Posted May 26, 2017 Author Share Posted May 26, 2017 Durham shite meets sounds good fair bit of early to mid 90s shit around my way paulplom, primeradoner and loserone 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Welcome aboard! Old Volvo's make great daily shite. Here's mine, An 88 740 2.3 GLE auto, it's only got 92k miles on and I was given it for free early this year after its elderly owner passed away! Ive done a fair bit of work on it since to get it on the road again but it's a great car. Let's see some pics of your 850! uk_senator, fred, Cleon-Fonte and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripped fred Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 I remember me and my mate taking his dad's 850 out on a regular basis in the late 80's. I think it was the 2.5 engine and a manual but i remember it used to go very well and we felt proper grown up driving it even though we were a couple of 19 year olds. Welcome by the way. You should post more often! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 I still think the Tdi is the best engine in a 850. Nearly as much fun as a T5 without the fuel costs. Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inconsistant Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Hello! You show me yours and I'll show you mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 BlobKind of a default-daily because I prefer to leave this for MrsR if I can, and go to work in something else.Which would be Hyacinth...except so little has happened to change her off-road status in the last 13 months that she's been appearing only in the Grump thread.Then there's HuggyRecruited for daily-use two or three times every week. I know, there's no sense whatsoever in using a 7.7 litre Cadillac for a four-mile commute except for the glaring fact that every inch I drive in it is good for my mental health. Given that I have well-documented and indeed currently-ongoing issues with same, that's an important consideration. So I went to work in the Cadillac today and will again tomorrow. I take up so much of our tiny little car park that my boss finds difficulty parking his Audi A4. Oh dear, 'ow sad, never mind, as someone once said. 59Impala, Bobthebeard, inconsistant and 21 others 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Eddy's early lead here with Huggy pretty much guarantees Win of Thread, however here is my workhorse at work or rather near my work. I was only allowed to park here on a special occasion, usually its by the sewage plant.... Been my daily for 13 years with only slightly less than catastrophic corrosion to show for its salt-water parking proximity. timolloyd, cros, brickwall and 18 others 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Jag XJ8. Got a different plate and considerably more rust now though. Had it for over 2 years, which is good going for me. I've resisted buying something stupid, probably as I really regretted selling the one that Barefoot now has to buy a Xantia Activa which I hated. I dont want to make the same mistake again I did have plans to take something else to Shitefest but they have gone a bit wrong so it looks like I will be in this. egg, Fat_Pirate, danthecapriman and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Option 1The 2CV, seen here when I was on community minibus duty. Has clocked up 2600 miles since January. Owned since 2000. Option 2The Honda S-MX, seen here at Japfest, with Ratdat cleaning bugs off it. Has clocked up 4200 (not 2200) miles since January. Owned since September (technically classed as a long-termer) Option 3The Perodua Nippa, seen here being SMOL. Actually my wife's daily. I just borrow it occasionally for a quick thrash. Option 4 (various)Currently a Nissan Bluebird. The previous Option 4 is parked behind it. Neither of them have proved ideal, in that neither has really made it off the driveway after landing on it... brickwall, Faker, mk2_craig and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_senator Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Most used daily for the last 8-9 years: HillmanImp, brickwall, Cleon-Fonte and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_senator Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 The second most used, also for the last 8-9 years: loserone, egg, FakeConcern and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_senator Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 But for the last few weeks: mk2_craig, mercrocker, FakeConcern and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chodweaver Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Welcome. On the one hand, this was bought last autumn for daily duties and has fulfilled them admirably, just having completed a business trip to Devon spread over five days. And I was again reminded of what a big slab of comfyness it is just taking that pic - I had to retreat 3 times and still failed to fit it in. There is however now no corner of the car that does not squeak, leak, rattle, knock or just fail to operate in some small way. And it is rusty, bent and dented in the same way that Jim Morrison had legendary BO. Accordingly its next MOT will not come easily so it has just been SORNed pending paid-for specialist repairs/diy bodging/parting out/weighing in. Prace bets NOW! Sent from my BV6000 using Tapatalk danthecapriman, Cavcraft, uk_senator and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Eddy's early lead here with Huggy pretty much guarantees Win of Thread, however here is my workhorse at work or rather near my work. I was only allowed to park here on a special occasion, usually its by the sewage plant.... Been my daily for 13 years with only slightly less than catastrophic corrosion to show for its salt-water parking proximity. DSCF1945.JPGHey mercrocker, you're not far from me. If you ever see one of these two trundling around give us a wave.I live and work around Shirley. I'm certainly not going to miss your car. Cavcraft, HillmanImp, FakeConcern and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 I've probably said it before, but that Favorit is BLOODY ACE. Faker, Zantimisfit, Cavcraft and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreepingJesus Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Hello fellow Volvo botherer! I'm running around in a 765 TIC at the mo, I've got a Ph1 V70 laid up with a fellow shiter, and I broke a £100 850 T5 a while back. I shall have more. Preferably of the T5 variety.You're more than welcome to visit the SVM for dinner: last Wed of the month somewhere in central Scotland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 1986 Peugeot 205 dizzler, Jim Bell, FakeConcern, mk2_craig and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Hmmm. Ten years ago, I had the 2CV for Option 1, a Honda for Option 2, a SMOL for Option 3, and big blue thing for Option 4. Nothing ever changes... Faker, Lacquer Peel, eddyramrod and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2_craig Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 I remember your Mini DW! Didn't you have a stack load of restored work done on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC Rebel Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 2000 Mondeo or 1994 Rangie most days - much to the disgust of my ex and the disdain of the white lease car School run mums with botched number plate spacings and bad plastic surgery. I don't think anyone who rolls up at breakfast and after school club can beat my inverse-snobbery shite. No doubt this will all scar my daughter for life. chodweaver, D Spares & Tyres, mercrocker and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FakeConcern Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Mine are2005 Bianchi 1885 limited edition Liquigas bicycle bought cheap just over 3 years ago.2005 Citroen C4 VTS bought about 5 years ago as a stop gap, but loved so much that when someone plowed into it in a car park and wrote it off last year (at 180000 miles), I had it fixed. Still going and on 193000 miles now.1995 Citroen XM V6 12v Exclusive, bought just over 2 years ago after watching Ronin while pissed. Half heartedly trying to sell it at the moment as now retired and don't really need 2 cars and the C4 VTS wins! Cavcraft and Cleon-Fonte 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 My current daily driver. Lada Riva 1500 by srblythe, on Flickr It's really quite shit. Lacquer Peel, The Moog, eddyramrod and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 I've probably said it before, but that Favorit is BLOODY ACE.Thanks. The Pierburg carb (technically it's a Jikov, has 'made in Czechoslovakia' stamped on the side but it's a Pierburg in all but name) does its best to prevent it being a daily driver but so far it has got me to work and back every day since February. I tried rebuilding a spare carb but I think I need to spend more time setting it up as every time I get in the idle speed is somewhere else. I put the old one back on this afternoon as I intend going to the Å koda national rally in Leicestershire on Sunday. I can swap carbs in about half hour now. eddyramrod, mercrocker and egg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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