loserone Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Pick me up a cheese and onion pasty there please Kiltox. And WW, that washing isn't going to dry there today.. HMC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordperv Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Those mx5 are a good bit of fun and for £500 sheets you can't go wrong when you can punt the wheels on, I had A great time ragging an rs model which is an import 1.8 6 speed with lsd, check for rot also check the rad the plastic top tank likes to split and depart from the rest of the rad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Bluejeans Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 as long as it’s not rotten underneath. Check the sills (the black tidemark of death is there already) and the front chassis rails. £500 is cheap, unless it's fucked and about to fall in half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 All these collection capers going on, and I'm sat at home with ONE ever so sensible runabout on the drive. (Resists looking at e bay) tooSavvy, Sigmund Fraud and Twiggy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 I've just spontaneously bought a car that I don't need or have any use for, what the fuck has happened to me??!! You are me AICMFP eddyramrod, Eddie Honda and trigger 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 but blowing a hooli.. I didn't feel a thing.... oldcars, puddlethumper, Tickman and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucketeer Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 All these collection capers going on, and I'm sat at home with ONE ever so sensible runabout on the drive. (Resists looking at e bay)I can send you links to all the cars I want you to buy and then sell on to me on payday if that helps? Trigger, as echoed above I reckon you've got a good deal. I've been casting furtive glances at MX5s recently and decent MK1s and MK2s are stronger money than I expected. Once you ca$hback the wheels you should have a desirable, original, distinctively coloured car that you can enjoy this current warm spell in and then be up on the deal come CUL8R time. The Moog and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Checking in from the side of the A70 - not broken down just uncomfortable as fuck Weather report - cold and windy but only a slight flutter of snow eddyramrod, dome and cobblers 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydicky Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 I've just spontaneously bought a car that I don't need or have any use for, what the fuck has happened to me??!! I know the square root of sod all about them and I haven't even looked at the car properly other than passing glances in the works car park!Short back and sides please Trig trigger and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Checking in from the side of the A70 - not broken down just uncomfortable as fuck 1DF9C639-0C45-4252-A2B9-A7ECB2680C24.jpeg Weather report - cold and windy but only a slight flutter of snow I hired one to move house. Uncomfy as fuck to drive 10miles in, I've no idea how it was ever approved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 I've just spontaneously bought a car that I don't need or have any use for, what the fuck has happened to me??!! I know the square root of sod all about them and I haven't even looked at the car properly other than passing glances in the works car park! mid life crisis! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Shampoo, colour and set please Trig FIFY Eddie Honda 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Ha! I'm only 38 and I'm not much of a hairdresser! To be honest the plan is to clean it, mot it and get it back out the door. It will need a bloody good clean now and no doubt a few little jobs, we had agreed on £500 + £250 back to her once i sold it but we've now agreed on £600 in total and she's dropping it off to me, probably this afternoon if her new car is ready. Anyone know what a set of ATS wheels are worth? Are these the same fitment as a VW? I've found a set of alloys on eBay about 2 hours away which I might chuck on instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 At Andy's?No BMW loserone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Good call on ditching the wheels. Without coming over all Troy Queef for me my old mx5 was all about the feel of driving and having huge alloys just blunts the feel for me. My old mx5 had fat jdm wheels which sold well and I chucked a set of standard rims and tyres on. So much more fun. Mind you it's one of the few cars I've lost control of exiting a roundabout, probably because it seemed to make me drive that sort of way. In the end I sold it for my own/ other people's safety. trigger and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Three county collection attempt. With snow. Made it in once piece. Quick check for hgf. Well fuck me right. Its a NO from me. A TU engine with coffee on the head. Whod have thunk it ? Sitting at the in law's now, waiting for snow to pass. clayts450, HMC, DeeJay and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 I don't think I should get my cars out of the garage, last time I got the Mazda out, two days later, it snowed and it disappeared for three days. Two days ago I got the dollop out of the garage, guess what... it's snowing! Kiltox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 I hired one to move house. Uncomfy as fuck to drive 10miles in, I've no idea how it was ever approved.It only gets really bad for me after a few hundred miles - agreed the seats are shit though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 This arrived from Germany today, the final Mondeo base trim I needed* - I had found 3 new ones, and just couldn't find another. FIST PUMP. Barry Cade, RobT, somewhatfoolish and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Are these the same fitment as a VW? MX-5s use 4x100. 4-stud VWs also use 4x100, as do E30 BMW 3 series, first-gen BINIs, and also lots of other 4-stud JDM cars. You're quids in with those wheels. trigger and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordperv Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Mrs fp has agreed for me to be stripping down her rs turdbo so I can sort any bits of rust that is hiding (im under no impression that there wont be any as its an 80s ford) so that it can have a new paint job etc without worrying that work will need to be done afterwards, I have now moved it to my working area so i can make a start stripping it down and at the end of the month when the tax is up it will be sorned, who knows I may even start a project thread for it eddyramrod, They_all_do_that_sir, DVee8 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Had a phone call from the insurance assessors. Looks like it's touch and go if it's a write-off. Boot floor is straight but the crash beam has hit the back of the body and bent it. He reckons that these Civics are a pain to try and get realigned all again. Needs to be confirmed by their engineer and then the insurance company will be in contact for settlement values if written off. Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Ohhhhh that's pleasing to hear! If I can get the other wheels for around £100-120 I should be in profit then. loserone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 That yellow mx5 is really lush trigger. How long MOT does it have left? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 That yellow mx5 is really lush trigger. How long MOT does it have left? 2 days! Mally 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 2 days!If you can get a fresh MOT without too much work there's some profit in that, especially with summer nearly here (apparently). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 2 days! I'd have put it through the test before I bought it alf892 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SierraMikeHotel Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Because I'm nice, I've lent my motorbike boots to a colleague. I don't ride very often so thought I could do him a good turn. Because I'm an idiot, the very next day I get a reminder that all the paperwork is due on the bike... So I fact I do need to ride it, to get it to the garage for an MoT. Plonker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 "Can you help change my headlight bulbs Robin?"Ffs. Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk Lacquer Peel and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 I've got it home, I don't really know what to think, it drives well enough and is certainly quick! But it has its issues which im not sure I can be arsed with, the ABS light is on, it doesn't start every well but I think it's in desperate need of a service, there not much history with it and worse is the rust around the arches, being yellow the paint has faded too so painting it would be a nightmare to match. I'm half tempted just to punt it back on for £600 and get my money back on it, especially as the wheels are meant to be worth £300+ on their own? Exiled_Tat_Gatherer, Coprolalia, eddyramrod and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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