Guest Hooli Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Normally I'd be mashing my phone now for that Pony, but I'm older/wiser/skinter/tireder/boringer these days I thought you already had one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Normally I'd be mashing my phone now for that Pony, but I'm older/wiser/skinter/tireder/boringer these daysCan you fit a Pony into your horsebox? dollywobbler, HillmanImp, Tickman and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 I thought you already had one?I got rid of it, the carb was knackered and I called time on it! Bought by a banger racer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 First time I have seen with my own eyes a bus sucking electricity out of the road. I can remember when they sucked it out of the sky, too.... Surely time to revisit this idea? LightBulbFun, Skizzer, Craig the Princess and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 I remembered the carb issues, I didn't recall it leaving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig the Princess Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 I can remember when they sucked it out of the sky, too.... bournemouth263.jpg Surely time to revisit this idea?Leeds had the chance to but blew it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayMK Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 The last time I was in Leeds they still had trams. I think I've got a special issue of the local newspaper for the last tram day. Do people with pacemakers or electronically controlled prosthetic limbs have to stay away from those road juice suckers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Did some googling for more pictures of RobT's 416, as I was intrigued. Leather is standard on GTis but was a delete option, in favour of velour. I've found a picture that confirms it has leather delete. As I said before: oh dear. oldcars, jumpingjehovahs and egg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 today the orange min failed. not a fail to proceed, just failed. got in it, key in, turned it, and nothing. nada, zip.... didn't even turn on the fuel pump on, nothing. opened the door, then i see than the interior light is glowing, like just glowing. ah, no electricity it seems..... so, pushed the little swine out of the way on drive, and bring the lexus down the drive. strip out all the mini's boot and put the jump leads on. vrummm! the mini bursts into life. leads off, and the min stopped..... leads back on, and the car will start, take the leads off, and it stopped again. shit..... guess we need a new battery. the old one is about 5 years old, so, get one ordered for tomorrow, i just hope that cures the orange mini and its new "not wanting to go" behaviour. and the metro goes for an mot on friday, oh joy...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 The last time I was in Leeds they still had trams. I think I've got a special issue of the local newspaper for the last tram day. Do people with pacemakers or electronically controlled prosthetic limbs have to stay away from those road juice suckers?Not sure about the limbs but with pacemakers the usual answer is yes. We had an employee who's implant was affected even by the big magnets they have under supermarket checkout conveyors. When I went out with him to check how he'd get on in his old job working with magnetic lifting cranes the answer was obviously very badly. I know of one episode elsewhere in the company where to find out how magnetic fields affected an employees implant, they just stuck the employee in the magnetic field. OK, it was supervised by the hospital and the manufacturers, but I wouldn't have put my name to that risk assessment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieselassist Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 ...Bought this about 2 weeks ago, 2004 AUlDI AVANT 1.9TDi 115bhp sPOORtPACK; as the disco is still up on axle stands (needing the welded chassis painted n diesel tank refitted still) n due to extreme laziness -Ive been using the work van for 'afterwork : " leisure and social (LOL)" purposes for the last month, and being parked up outside the house here overnight, it was running into that 'insurance grey area' of sorts here.... saw it on t'internet selling site same day it was posted, with vague brief description; 'needs links n wings has rust, tyres new' n big mileage 360k' km's, but tested n relatively cheap; seller, although a Dub' -was a gent- a mid forties 'computer n laptop' rebuilder (working out of home in his well organised spare room, he was wearing a polo shirt with his co-name, logo n address etc digitally stitched on it'- PROFESSONAL EXECUTIVE STYLE!!..... he knew zip about cars but it had a huge service history n he had all the receipts of the cash he'd previously spunked on it; full service a month ago, n large 'audi dealership bills for all belts n some arms done in 2016... hed owned it 8 years n was second owner, been all over france n UK during the summer hence the High miles... nay towbar on it so I'll have to source one secondhand n fit that, marking the end of its pampered life so far!! ...apart from the round handle of an artists paintbrush instead of a dipstick n an arodited / glued up headlamp mount; it looks 'honest enough' n seems to drive really nice... it sat about for a week on the driveway while I awaited some insurance companies to come down from some very powerful drugs n give me a sensible quote, its fully insured now tho, thankfully!! Rusty_Rocket, Dirk Diggler, oldcars and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Fucksake. Work night out got slightly out of hand and ended up in a casino. I need to be up for work in about 3 hours. I do appear to have £3000 I didn’t have earlier, however. gadgetgricey, Tadhg Tiogar, D Spares & Tyres and 33 others 36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Where is collekshun fred, M8? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Fucksake. Work night out got slightly out of hand and ended up in a casino. I need to be up for work in about 3 hours. I do appear to have £3000 I didn’t have earlier, however. That'll get you a nice* P38. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Urgh. This is going to be a long day. loserone and oldcars 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Fucksake. Work night out got slightly out of hand and ended up in a casino. I need to be up for work in about 3 hours. I do appear to have £3000 I didn’t have earlier, however.That’s going to get you one hell of a McDonald’s breakfast. Christine, The Moog, Talbot and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Back from 24 hours in France/Belgium. Went to the funeral (proper Catholic one) of an aged family friend with my dad. No pics, but we did Eurostar to Lille and then my uncle picked us up to go over the border to Braine-le-Comte. Car related observations are almost zero chod. Everyone* is in moderns, so spots are are mainly limited to the modern Dacias we don't get here. Broken Xedos 9 roadside spot was probably the highlight. Gifferette in a Rover 600 spotted in central Lille and a Mk1 Mondeo Ghia in Belgium only other things I remember. Oh, and the French really dress 'sports casual' like the Anglo-Saxons these days... The 'new' Eurostar e320's are defo smoother than the old trains as well. Quieter too. Jim Bell and RobT 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Fucksake. Work night out got slightly out of hand and ended up in a casino. I need to be up for work in about 3 hours. I do appear to have £3000 I didn’t have earlier, however.Ah, to be commandeered by the Get Rich Slowly property fund.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 thanks to sensor failure on the high quality solar powered floodlight , a hammer and snips disassembly and application of bath sealant .... means the chicken run has now gone off grid for its power needs , a quick flick of the switch and a lit up chicken run I suspect this will knock 0.0000001p off the yearly bill panhard65 and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 White flag is up already - currently making my way to Paddington for a train home oldcars, RobT and loserone 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 I just don’t function without sleep any more, can’t do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled_Tat_Gatherer Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Back from 24 hours in France/Belgium. Went to the funeral (proper Catholic one) of an aged family friend with my dad. No pics, but we did Eurostar to Lille and then my uncle picked us up to go over the border to Braine-le-Comte. Car related observations are almost zero chod. Everyone* is in moderns, so spots are are mainly limited to the modern Dacias we don't get here. Broken Xedos 9 roadside spot was probably the highlight. Gifferette in a Rover 600 spotted in central Lille and a Mk1 Mondeo Ghia in Belgium only other things I remember. Just around the corner from me dude..... Sadly - I think the stats are 80%+ of vehicles in Belgium are company cars. New vehicles are so expensive to buy, tax etc... it's seen as a given the company provides.... When they do go for older - it's usually cheque book Charlies and full on restoration of whatever they choose...... You have to hit the really rural areas to see proper chod in use..... egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 I'm completely burned out and had to stop yesterday evening, I've been non-stop since Christmas. Last night I found out my phone had failed to inform me about a missed call and text to tell me that my grandad had been admitted to hospital. He comes off sedation today so we'll find out whether or not he'll recover, he's a stubborn old goat so he might, but he's also in his 90s with various health problems, so he might not. I now feel incredibly guilty for some reason, for things that are beyond my control, and even more so because I likely won't have the time, energy, or funds to get myself over to Lincolnshire when I feel that's my obligation, because he and my stepgran are distant but incredibly supportive relatives and have been for my whole life. Still, spoke to stepgran, she seems okay, but then she always does because she's one of those women that just Gets Shit Done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickman Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 ....for things that are beyond my control.... That is the important bit to remember. Also you don't usually get into your 90's without knowing that things happen in peoples lives which are beyond their control. Hope the recovery comes. Craig the Princess and dome 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Hope all is well Vulg. Take a well earned stop:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince70 Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 I had an advisory for rear disks on my Z3 so I bought a pair from Amazon for about 9 quid do you think they’re original quality lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Better than OEM I'm sure. Vince70 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 I just don’t function without sleep any more, can’t do itWould taking speed in your line of work to make the day go faster not be an acceptible thing to do, you could get quite a lot with your winnings.... Steve79 and JohnK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Just replaced The Aero's auxiliary drivebelt after putting it off for several days. Not a lot of fun, especially considering I'd never had to fit a serpentine-type belt before and I had the Pigeon Street theme as an earworm throughout the job. VIDEO TIME! VID_20180823_133928.mp4 Pawnote: The video is shaky because my hands and arms were weak and shaking after having to exert so much effort in taking the tension out of the belt tensioner, a real pig of a job which took me at least 20 goes to achieve. I'm going to hurt in the morning! Still, at least the job is done and the car's back on the road. Also, I now know how to do it next time. Also, Saab people call the top engine mount bracket on a four cylinder petrol 9-5 the elk horn: How sweet mercedade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saabnut Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Day 4 of the relaxing holiay break at my place in France. Bored with gardening so decided we should change the rear spring on my friends Spitfire... Dirk Diggler, spike60, RayMK and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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