twosmoke300

37 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Of course. Luckily they're made of plastic 🤣

Apart from the bits that rot like fuck 

Just now, RoverFolkUs said:

I think we've just agreed to buy one off a customer.. 🤯 

Can you weld ? 😂

4 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Don't forget early smart cars

I’ve been very lucky and my involvement in smart cars is very minimal . In fact I only look after one later one . 

Or take it to another test centre ?

Like that’s gonna feckin happen 😂

Just fix it ya feckin wibbler. 
 

I’ve always wondered why mx5 alternators always seem to seize up . 
I know alot don’t get used in winter etc but I can’t think of any other car I’ve changed a seized one on in the last 20 yrs .

They must have water dripping on them or something . 

Just now, fatharris said:

That was the plan until I got dicked with those awful diversions. I've got excess leave anyway so this felt like a worthwhile use of a day 😅

Back in now though!

You go steady

Thought you had work yesterday 🤣

They are a miserable job on rusty old x trails . So many rusted fasteners 

14 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Just as well I have bought my A8 as I was really tempted by 95 quid Peugeot's example and yours looks even nicer.

Don’t be so mean 😀

14 minutes ago, fatharris said:

Have a bigger one then

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Be better 

12 minutes ago, fatharris said:

They still didn't touch your dingle then either

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Not calling it a dingle anymore helps a lot .

@fatharris they had girls at my school 

53 minutes ago, hairnet said:

pandas - ace - our eco was great

100hp - theyre a piece of shit - sorry

hopefully yours doesnt kill your wallet

(ormight that be a scottish thing ) (JOKE HONEST SCTSCH)

I don’t let cars hurt my wallet too much 😂

1 minute ago, Rocket88 said:

And still people keep buying this over complicated shit..no offence, but this is the price you pay ……

Zee Germans 

I’ve got a kit with an inclinometer in already for bmw / Prince junk . What’s the betting it’s not cross compatible 

2 minutes ago, cort16 said:

Mine was such a fine example it had Fiat 500 steel wheels and £35 chinese happy joy road tyres so I can't really comment. 

Mrs Twosmoke is an awful erratic driver so I’d prefer better tyres on it for the inevitable lock ups 😂

Really 😂

Yea sad state of affairs really and doesn’t benefit anyone really . 

Cheap chance to try one really . It’s not perfect but nor will the ones at twice the price be either . 
Any of you previous 100hp sufferers recommend tyres ? It’s got 195/50/15 on now which is meant to help the ride over the std 45 profiles . Demon tweaks have toyo tr1 on offer for 40 odd quid at the mo . 

9 hours ago, timolloyd said:

Looks lovely! Was it £250? What happened to the Mini?

Bit more than £250 sadly . But pretty cheap for one of these these days .

Missis wanted either a panda or some kind of hotish hatch so why not combine the two . Can’t see any rust on it anywhere and mot history is rust free I think so fingers crossed. Usual panda suspension clunks etc . Needs two tyres and timing belt . Luckily I know a guy .

She got bored of the mini sadly . So I put a clutch and gear linkage repair on it and sold it to a customer of mine . Think she’s moved away now tho . 

We did a buy today . 
wcpgw

4 hours ago, Bazfr69 said:

A Smart in all its varieties can be a fun and rewarding car to drive. 

The 3 second wait between every gear change doesn’t annoy you ?

3 minutes ago, Eyersey1234 said:

I wonder why Ford gave a different service interval to Peugeot for what is basically the same engine

Think it fitted in with the rest of their range at the time 

Just now, Eyersey1234 said:

I think a lot of the problem comes from people neglecting them, though I have no personal experience of the 1.6tdci

It is exactly that . Usually the fords fare better than the PSA installations because they had a 12500 mile interval vs 20000 but a lot of them are fitted in bland kiddy cars which never get the washer bottle topped up let alone serviced . 
I look after a couple of early 1.4/1.6 hdis with over 200k on and apart from some injector seals , egr valve and maybe a boost hose they have been solid .