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Yeah they soldiered on for years with PD TDIs and even non-turbo SDIs almost exclusively for taxi use. RE what happened next, obviously more boostage but maybe also some stickers and rustoleum green for a quality* homage to one of these rally weapons?
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No worries, I know you're not trying to have a go at anyone, I just wanted to put it on record what a professional job you're doing compared to where we were, just in case anyone does feel like having a moan.
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Anyone moaning about this should ask their grandparents about when daveb47 had the keys, the site randomly went down for days and days on end with no real explanation other than sob stories about how he was doing it all as a volunteer and it was very upsetting to be asked to be competent, featuring bonus donation tin rattling. Having a couple to a few hours downtime, publicised well in advance, in order to upgrade the site for real operational reasons, is nothing for people to be wittering about. Kids today, etc.
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Bradford + "MOT just out" = very ballsy shiting. Hope it goes well and gets a test with minimal hassle, it looks peng from the pictures at least.
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I'm not one for grassing in general but that is one of the worst things I've ever seen. On no planet should it be wearing the Mini ID and TBH it doesn't look like it should ever be on the road in any capacity. Is it possible to submit this sort of thing to DVLA? It could do with a marker that it can't go on the road without an IVA...
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Please do check the thread bornite linked Zel as in the previous case (different guy and council, admittedly) their enforcement guys were insisting that the number of cars he had on the premises was more than they considered to be "incidental to the usage of the dwelling-house" or other such planning speak. He never posted the full details of how the negotiation went but he ended up selling off some cars and going down to 4 cars stored at the premises which was a number the council were happy with. All the cars were his, he was just a man who liked small Fiats and had a few. So it's not as simple as just proving you're not running a business. I don't believe FFS ever "got legal" and tested in court whether having more than 4 of your own cars on your own property was really a planning breach but either way it was a sad tale.
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Squeaking in on the last day of the retest window. As per I managed to make it more of a carry on than it needed to be, my technique of cable tying a glove onto the disconnected front brake lines then leaving it for several days didn't quite keep all the fluid in. This of course led to air getting into more places than it needed to and having to bleed the rear brakes as well. The o/s/r caliper suitably rewarded me for my ineptitude. With the clock running down on the retest I had to take a day off work yesterday to drive to Rochdale to get a new caliper (featuring bonus near death experience when some cunt in a Golf ploughed through a very red light nearly taking me out) and it's just been retested this morning. I did think there was something still not right with the brakes as while the pedal is rock hard with the engine off it seems squidgy with it on. Some googling suggests Vitos and Sprinters are just like that, TBH I've not driven it enough recently to remember what it was like before but it's passed so that'll do.
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Admiral kindly put another £600 on the initial quote when I told them I got 3 points recently. With a mere 30-40 mins on the phone going through all the options I ended up renewing everything except the Audi with them for £1200 and the Audi elsewhere for £465. Still a big bump but could be worse.
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From shopping around I'm going to have to at least keep the van with them as I'm getting £8-900 for it anywhere else. My wife can cover hers for £320 and the Audi I can cover for £450 elsewhere so with some dicking around I should be back somewhere reasonable.
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Cheers, cunts. Probably not a terrible total for 3 cars, 2 drivers and a house but last years renewal (with an A4 instead of an S3 on there admittedly) was 900-odd.
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Fairly successful day for faffing. Inspected the Vespa transmission, the belts often get overlooked and either break leaving you stranded or wear affecting performance. Based on width measurement it wasn't that worn but it doesn't look great so a new one is on order. The transmission rollers also looked a bit worn with possible flat spots, so ordered some of those and an oil filter, I have some oil in stock. Spent the afternoon putting the van back together between showers. Had a bit of a war with one of the disc retaining screws but otherwise pretty straightforward. I bled the calipers with my knock-off Mityvac which worked pretty well, although I did have to rope in a child for a final pedal pump based check. I also cleared out the scuttle drains, there was some water under the carpet last time I was in there investigating for a diesel heater, the central drain under the cabin filter was blocked with minor gunk and one of the side ones had half a tree of well mulched leaves. No pics of any of the above as I was well onto the swing of it with filthy hands, I've stopped to make tea and will finish it off this evening.
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I'm not a fan of those quick release joints, they seem more faff than a normal hose clamp and I can never quite tell if they're in place. TBH I am always relieved to find it's my own ineptitude rather than some new fault.
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Have you got codes? Mine did almost exactly that after changing the thermostat and it was the crank sensor. I was certain I hadn't damaged or even touched it, but it was. It fired up fine but like you say as soon as it went over X rpm (about 2500 for me) the crank signal dropped out, popping and misfiring then I assume it went to some cam based fallback mode with reduced performance and a shit 1200rpm idle. Febi sensor from Amazon sorted it, I think around £15.
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Update please - hopefully this is alternatord up and terrorising the local streets by now?
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Home and a tad more inspection. It's dirty. Couple of minor scratches this side Bit worse this side, looks like maybe from carrying a lock or something But overall, pretty smart really. Not really a union jack and bullseye kinda guy but my smallest child is trying to insist they stay on. It's come with this seat to handlebar lock: And two of these £150 grinder resistant D locks, which is quite a score. I'm still gonna keep it in the house I think, as soon as the twat who's left a van on axle stands in the way gets his act together anyway.
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Indeed, I took a bit of a punt buying it with no MOT but the scooter and bloke seemed genuine. It was probably £500-1000 cheaper than the same age/mileage go for with a test so a result all round.
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Noice. TBF the seller said it would definitely pass the MOT no problem and I hadn't spotted anything of concern, but still.
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No great collection thread required as it was 10min up the road. Vespa GTS300. I did have a 250 before which I quite liked but it got stolen. First impressions, it needs a big clean as it's been stored outside, an MOT which it's been left for.
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He's already broken it mate
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SKO8 has the grooves on the other side of the key so can be ruled out.
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You're right: Not sure where those lengths are measured from but hopefully one makes sense for your key.
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It's which side the grooves are on relative to the pointy bits of the keys. I can't see a difference between SKO 1 and 2 either. These blanks are like £1 each + post to me so if you want I can order you a couple of each for £10 or so. I can't cut them to code/picture though as my app doesn't recognize that pre-VAG Skoda existed but I reckon a local place should have no problem copying them. Send me a message if you want me to get some ordered for you.
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Are we on about the black one in the background or the silver one in the foreground? These are potential candidates. The silver ones could be a SKO-7 and the black one a SKO-2?
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Investigations: One caliper was indeed pretty stuck. One piston especially. The sliders on both sides weren't mega but they'll clean up. Annoyingly, the outer side of both discs is looking a bit thin so I'm gonna have to buy some discs. Pulled both calipers apart to see if I could get away with a £0 GBP refurb* of just cleaning them up and reusing the seals. One side was good but the other will need 2 pistons as I'm not happy with the level of pitting on these. Shouldn't be too bad to get it back through the MOT but it does also ideally need 4 new tyres and this throttle valve thing sorting. Cars eh.