Sloth in a bowl

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

Kia Pride is the same but I can't find one of those either.

I've bought a MX5 housing for 13 quid - assuming it fits I'm going to try to wangle something together with a 90° reducing elbow and a joiner.  I begrudge paying nearly 100 quid for a used Festiva housing from the US.  That's almost 20% of the car's value...

There seemed to be multiple Kia Pride thermostat housings on a Google search e.g. https://www.eurocarparts.com/search/209545190?type=shopping 

I can't remember if you need the 2 bolt or 3 bolt pattern (I think my Pride was a 2 bolt job) or if the water hose is straight out or a side mount, but I saw multiple variants in the search results.

On 12/13/2021 at 2:44 PM, wuvvum said:

That didn't go well.  Went out to the Mazda at lunchtime to check the coolant level, noticed a drip from under the thermostat housing so removed it to check whether the gasket was seated properly.

Well shit.  That's that car out of action then until I can source a replacement.  Only possibilities I've found so far are a new housing from a site in the Philippines which won't post outside the country, and a rather overpriced used Ford Festiva housing on eBay US. @gricer do you have any hot tips for sourcing bits for these?  I could try JB Weld I suppose but that's unlikely to be a long term solution...

 

No compatable Kia part I assume either.

I wish, done it 3 times, always good, but the Slothlet is still a bit to young for that sort of weekend.

10 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Was that a real Uber driver, or someone just filling in for the real Uber driver?

He had one of the big door stickers and it was a Renault Kangoo so fairly classic Uber vehicle.

And an Escort in a pear tree*

*Tree may not have pears

Was walking back from a meal out when I hear the sound of a vehicle with a flat tyre behind me.

It passes by and pulls up about 50m ahead, left rear as flat as a supermodel. As I walk past, I spot the big Uber sticker and realise that the idiot at the wheel was there to pick up his fare.

I mean Uber have some low standards, but that is taking the piss.

Spotted by Mrs Sloth in Coalford today.

13 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

I'd imagine that'd be a Daihatsu YRV.

Correct, give that man a rusty wheel nut.

Been to memorial service at church then come home to read all this. I am doubly sad.

I have some of the sheets as paper still, but others were scanned and binned. Will that spring clear out come to haunt me in the years to come 

In all the auctions at Cannock 3 cars tempted me to bid on them.

A Proton Satira GTi with a hole in the driver's seat, a red Alfa 147 2.0 and something that was bright yellow, Japanese and had a 1.3 turbo, but I can't remember the make or model offhand.

All 3 were in the £300 to £400 bracket at the hammer.

7 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Mine's a lot worse than that, and normally smells of horse.

You really shouldn't let the horse shit in the car.

If somebody had just said. The line is how fast you are going, the differential is your acceleration or braking and the integral is how far you have traveled then calculous would have been far easier for me to grasp as a student.

On 10/17/2021 at 8:33 PM, puddlethumper said:

Front pipe on my 305 van broke off from the back box and was scraping the road. Fuck me it's loud. Bugger.

I remember when the front pipe on my Laguna 1 cracked somewhere near the manifold joint.

It started as nicely rorty and seamed happier to rev. As the pipe failed further, it got too loud and very unpleasant.

Just started. I have a lightened Vauxhall Viva. Fil, da powor.

Rover SD1. You could do a lot with that V8 and have endless fun* playing chase the gremlin with the rest of the vehicle.

The Slothlet is a one watering can wrong'un

A lovely guy to speak to. My condolences to all his family.

Wind broke a window next door and turned our Holly tree into a Holly bush. Been meaning to get rid of that tree for a while so yippee.

3 hours ago, BeEP said:

Early Corsa C for £195 with 8 months MOT

https://www.gumtree.com/p/vauxhall/vauxhall-corsa-comfort-16v-1.2-petrol-2001-mot-08-2020-£195/1365868639

Gone already. People in Norwich know a shite bargain when they see it.

The Skoda is fine for Birmingham and Leeds. I commute into Birmingham city centre 4 days a week and by far the quickest way into the city is to cycle. The only time that I drive in is if I am picking up Mrs Sloth or dropping her off and then only well away from the rush hour. The A38 can make a useful cut through, especially if the ring road is screwed somewhere from an accident or roadworks. The council should be a lot more aware of the mess that closing that road to a load of traffic will make.

1 hour ago, Kiltox said:

It looked and sounded pretty good. Definitely worth the paltry hammer price I reckon. 
 

MAJOR alarm bells because it had seat covers though. 

My alarm bells would be more ringing from the lack of a towing eye cover on the ovlov. I know some of the Volvo 2 litre engines like to suddenly lose their coolant and cook themselves, I don't know if that model is so afflicted.

The seven categories for today were:

Rainbow Ray - Car must be a proper colour (not white, black, silver, grey)

Leather Seat Larry - Car must have leather seats

Go West (or East) - Car of non-euro origin

Brexit Barry - Car where the badge was first used in the UK (so no Fords)

Mrs Sloth's Suburban - 5 doors and a sub 1600cc motor

Potluck Paula - Anything goes

Nearly New Nigel - Plate year of 60 or newer 

Now for the actual results from 19th to 1st. Yep this is now a big numbers event.

19th - Beko - Lots 40, 56, 70, 41, 47, 94, 32 - Total £6600

18th - Mrs Pillock - Lots 101, 61, 113, 28, 45, 111, 58 - Total £5090

17th - Cap 70's - Lots 38, 35, 504, 60, 111, 109, 86 - Total £4270

16th - Hiedel Kakao - Lots 113, 56, 70, 63, 65, 111, 33 - Total £3820

15th - BL Bloke - Lots 107, 56, 70, 60, 65, 35, 47 - Total £3730

14th - Chaseracer - Lots 113, 31, 111, 28, 40, 35, 60 - Total £3230

13th - Antony G - Lots 113, 56, 35, 65, 111, 27, 33 - Total £3225

12th - DavidFowler200 - Lots 101, 51, 35, 65, 111, 107, 33 - Total £3175

11th - Clan Campbell - Lots 101, 56, 35, 65, 111, 504, 33 - Total £3015

10th - Sloth in a bowl - Lots 28, 105, 35, 26, 101, 27, 33 - Total £2970

9th - Clayts450 - Lots 115, 56, 504, 28, 107, 27, 32 - Total £2825

8th - Cats In the Welder and Daisy - Lots  40, 35, 111, 41, 65, 504, 47 - Total £2820

7th - Mrs 70's - Lots 34, 31, 35, 65, 111, 173, 101 - Total £2780

6th - Brownnova - Lots 113, 35, 504, 41, 111, 27, 47 - Total £2715

5th - Mrs Brownnova - Lots 38, 105, 54, 65, 111, 101, 33 - Total £2655

4th - Pillock - Lots 107, 51, 504, 65, 40, 27, 47 - Total £2635

3rd - Lanky Scumbalz - Lots 101, 31, 504, 502, 111, 56, 60 - Total £2590

2nd - 6-cyl - Lots 38, 31, 111, 41, 65, 106, 47 - Total £2545

1st - Hairnet - Lots 105, 31, 35, 504, 111, 26, 101 - Total £2345

Thanks to everyone that took part and those that just came along to be social.

Well done Hairnet for the win in a dense field of serious shite spotters.

Lets start with a download of the auction catalogue:

Currently sorting out the Slothlet for bed. I will go through the auction scores once zzzzzzs have been achieved.

Present for Mr Beko

1 hour ago, davidfowler2000 said:

Beefeater is extremely busy for Friday. They said to phone back on Thursday in case there has been a cancellation otherwise it looks like it'll be two separate tables at different times.

What other options are there in Cannock? Just incase.

If you want something of the same level(ish) then there is a brewers fayre a mile along the A5.