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Close Autoshite. We're done.

GYP is off the road while the boss shows up. We're getting a ramp at the unit soon which will help me inspect the underside. Hirst posted his thoughts on it recently; read those, they're better than this thread.
 

 

 

 
(pictures by Chris Frosin Photography. Check his stuff out, it's amazing.)
 
Here are some shots of it taking the hairpin at Cadwell Park, easily the best track I've driven on in the UK, which resembles a Gran Turismo replay in photos It rolled, it understeered, the watching marshalls took the piss. Luckily, it was soft enough to cover up most of my hamfistedness. Unsurprisingly, the brakes are now terrible.
 

 
Can I submit this as a calendar shot? RatDat is the true legend here.

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A recurring problem with GYP is its farting alloys. I suspect a couple of the wheels are porous - despite grinding and re-seating, the tyres just aren't holding air. I keep a compressor with me to blow them up for day to day changes.
 

 
Although my NOS Goodyear Eagle Venturas have been excellent, I'm now on the hunt for a new set of boots. FATHA_DUGONG's tyre fitter friend opened up on Bank Holiday Monday to seal them back up for me.
 
Pre-Lotus Piazzas are notorious for killing their electric window packs; GYP's decided to fail on a hot day when I needed the glass down. Luckily, I'd taken the switch block out of my silver donor car, HUL. Swapping them over worked well enough to pull the windows up for the Retro Rides Gathering:
 

 
Shortly after that, HUL's pack clarted itself, meaning no windows.
 

 
These are the last working pre-Lotus set the IPTOC had. You can't swap over to the more durable HBL sets because the looms are different.
 

 

 
GYP went back to the IPTOC for a service and various other jobs; we sorted out the incredibly vague steering thanks to a new rack retaining rubbers, drop link bushes and link rods:
 

 

 

 
Pre-Lotus link rods are hard to get - most people use MkII Astra tubes (left) and turn them down. The IPTOC managed to get several bags from the US (which sounds wrong).
 

 

 
Did a track day at Cadwell Park and ran GYP out of fuel. The sender is still buggered and it's a tank out job to replace one. And they're £200 and guaranteed to fail again.
 

 
A framing by RatDat is the only way to go.

MHAYT NOT SEEN WANNA DEEZ FOR TIME LAD (SOUND).

'Transport d'Enfants' is an oblique reference to my intellect.

Would you like some actual content?
 
A recurring problem with GYP is its farting alloys. I suspect a couple of the wheels are porous - despite grinding and re-seating, the tyres just aren't holding air. I keep a compressor with me to blow them up for day to day changes.
 

 
Although my NOS Goodyear Eagle Venturas have been excellent, I'm now on the hunt for a new set of boots. FATHA_DUGONG's tyre fitter friend opened up on Bank Holiday Monday to seal them back up for me.
 
Pre-Lotus Piazzas are notorious for killing their electric window packs; GYP's decided to fail on a hot day when I needed the glass down. Luckily, I'd taken the switch block out of my silver donor car, HUL. Swapping them over worked well enough to pull the windows up for the Retro Rides Gathering:
 

 
Shortly after that, HUL's pack clarted itself, meaning no windows.
 

 
These are the last working pre-Lotus set the IPTOC had. You can't swap over to the more durable HBL sets because the looms are different.
 

 

 
GYP went back to the IPTOC for a service and various other jobs; we sorted out the incredibly vague steering thanks to a new rack retaining rubbers, drop link bushes and link rods:
 

 

 

 
Pre-Lotus link rods are hard to get - most people use MkII Astra tubes (left) and turn them down. The IPTOC managed to get several bags from the US (which sounds wrong).
 

 

 
Did a track day at Cadwell Park and ran GYP out of fuel. The sender is still buggered and it's a tank out job to replace one. And they're £200 and guaranteed to fail again.
 

 
A framing by RatDat is the only way to go.

Here's Piazza Turbo number three. This one isn't going anywhere. It's taken me nearly 18 months to broker the deal which put the keys in my hand.
 

 

 

 
Updates soon. Hang tight.

Because most of the satellite markings are obscured by the steering wheel, a Piazza dashboard's a bit of a wanker to shoot at night. The importer fitted stereo also has ORANGE illumination not GREEN and this makes my OCD VERY CROSS.

NOBODY WELCOMES DERMATITIS
 

The lad himself did a detailing thread on his Dyson vacuum cleaner and took shots of it in a moodily lit car park.
 
The BB skank jacket (with Moon Ska patch) was brilliant, admittedly.

75s scream 'champagne taste, lemonade money' to me. Sorry.

People who are full of hot air and grand ideas until it actually comes to 'showing you how much better' they claim to be. 
Please, come round and show me how wrong I am. Please, go on. I'd love to see how much better you are; you may well be right. Oh, suddenly it's too much effort? Weird, that. 

See, this is why I can't be bothered with two-thirds of mankind. 

Right, so you'll complain about it on here but not to the source? 
 
How are they supposed to get it right next time, then? They were unaware of the errors the first time it went to print - or are you waiting for it to happen again so you can score some forum points? 
I don't understand your logic. 
 
And - once again - AS is a niche within an enigma farted around an onion skin in terms of classic car magazine demographics. AS friendly publications (Jalopy and the incredible Original Tin) tend not to make any money because of their tight focus. 
 
Yes, classic car magazines depend on advertising. Weak lemon drink iconoclasts, unite. 
 
Unlike a production company (which simply wouldn't care about a trim mistake or number plate error on a screen vehicle), chances are you'll get a favourable response if, as a car enthusiast, you point out the mistakes to the editorial staff. 
 
Sincerely, 
 
J R Farting
Junior Encyclopaedia of Space 

Right, so you'll complain about it on here but not to the source? 
 
How are they supposed to get it right next time, then? They were unaware of the errors the first time it went to print - or are you waiting for it to happen again so you can score some forum points? 
I don't understand your logic. 
 
And - once again - AS is a niche within an enigma farted around an onion skin in terms of classic car magazine demographics. AS friendly publications (Jalopy and the incredible Original Tin) tend not to make any money because of their tight focus. 
 
Yes, classic car magazines depend on advertising. Weak lemon drink iconoclasts, unite. 
 
Unlike a production company (which simply wouldn't care about a trim mistake or number plate error on a screen vehicle), chances are you'll get a favourable response if, as a car enthusiast, you point out the mistakes to the editorial staff. 
 
Sincerely, 
 
J R Farting
Junior Encyclopaedia of Space 

No! Terrifying! Are you with EE? I've had better customer service falling head long into dogshit.

Loads of adverts on here get daft remarks, loads of people on here have problems in life with family, jobs, home etc.
Spying your arse every time something doesn't go your way isn't the way to deal with it. I don't care if I sound a twat here to be perfectly frank, you've just got to man up, realise what you want out of life and get the fuck on with it. Just like the rest of us. Sorry, but that's life.

I'm back. but with a Volvo this time. they don't come better than this 1989 480Es and at nz$5200.00 it is well priced. There is most likely absolutely no corrosion anywhere.
 

 

 
http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/volvo/auction-1173055629.htm
 
 
 

True but I thought Autoshite was less about the age and more about the quirky or (lack of) desirability or something. That's not the correct term but I don't really know how to put it.
 
This wadn't just another old car forum really was it. It's more about the rarities, rare because they were unloved and forgotten about rather than being classics. Sort of throwaway cars that most people wouldn't fix up or have saved searches on eBay for.
 
But that's just my take on it.

Right, so I'm supposed to know the specific weight of floor mats by looking at a photograph? I trusted the seller not to royally take the piss with the postage costs.
 
He royally took the piss with the postage costs.
 
The seller guessed how much they were to post and didn't bother to offer me the difference back. I've overcharged people in the past and refunded them the difference - mostly because I'm human and humans get it wrong. Had he admitted this and refunded me the difference, I'd have accepted his apology and moved on.
 
The seller broke the contract by overcharging me and making me (in effect) pay for his listing fees, something he openly admitted. He needs to read eBay's terms and conditions, not me.
 
Whinger here is prepared to pay what it actually cost (ROFL) to send plus a bit of P&P, because.......well, why the fuck not?
I think my offer of paying him what it actually stood him to post and the actual value agreed for the item is more than fair.
 
I might not refund him anything if his attitude's the same as yours.
 
We're not going to agree on this, so let's just sack it off before the self righteousness descends.

Ebay have refunded me the full amount! Got on the phone and they accepted my documentation.
 
Seller shouldn't have dipped me then, should he? Had he actually paid $145, I'd have accepted it (because I did accept it, well observed, I wanted the items and was prepared to pay for them).
But (and here's the really crucial part) he didn't pay [the equivalent of] £118! He paid £71.80! He tried to scalp me and couldn't provide a single fucking shred of evidence explaining why.
 
Had he fessed up and refunded the difference, it would have been fine. I'd have accepted £15-20 for (decent) packing materials, because I'm reasonable. But not £47 different; would you, o sage? Really? If a package arrived and there was £47 between what you paid and what was declared, you'd take that? Gullible? You would be, yeah.
 
He can have back what I paid for the mats and what he *snigger* actually paid to post my item! I'll even give him £10 for the bubble wrap and tape, you know, because I'm not a swindling arsehole.
 
Struggling to see what's 'gullible' about that to be honest, HarBen.
 
Jon

Meanwhile, the internet urges all and sundry to put down the crack pipe. 

*unblocks Sheefag*
 
[reads post]
 
*blocks Sheefag again*

I have sat in this vehicle and made brum brum noises.
 
It is very good
 
sincerely
 
dugong