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  1. 20 minutes ago, robthedonkey said:

    I'm called smithy by pretty much everyone but all our management are mancs and their accent it's smitheh

    And smithey was up for 22k this was less than 600 emoji23.png close enough without bodging it

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    But it doesn't say that??

    Bizarre......

  2. 3 hours ago, Bren said:

    Having owned one the good points were outweighed by the shit that came out of the exhaust - I wouldn't even start ours until the doors were closed.

    Reminded me of the episode of Space 1999 " Voyager's return" where the voyagers propulsion system offed lots of people.

    oh aye my PD130 Bora stunk, it was a fucking disgusting boat anchor of an engine, the petrols were far better, even the 2.0 8V GTi!

  3. 51 minutes ago, Sh'Eds said:

    As an update to my grumpy of yesterday. I received the below response from the Council today after I emailed them to confirm the vehicle was mine and not abandoned but parked:

    "Thank you for making contact with us following our correspondence. I can confirm that the case has been closed as you have claimed the vehicle. No further action is pending. Just for clarity ,please see below information about vehicles reported to us and the process for such.

    Any vehicle reported to the city council as being abandoned will be inspected by officers, the vehicle before reporting to us should have been parked in the same location without moving for a minimum of 21 days. Officers will attend and inspect it; the vehicle will need to meet a minimum of three criteria points before we can consider a DVLA registered keeper search.
    The main criteria points we look for are.
    Rusty brakes
    Rubbish in or around the vehicle.
    Broken or open windows.
    Mould in or on the vehicle.
    Fire damage.
    Fluid leaking.
    Stolen.
    Dangerous position.
    Unsecure.

    Should the vehicle hit 3 of the above we formally request the keeper’s details from the DVLA. We write giving the keeper 7 days to let us know their intentions with the vehicle (that period is extended to 15 days if parked on private land). If the vehicle keeper makes contact within these time periods, then the vehicle has an owner and cannot be considered as abandoned. At that point we would stop our action. Should we get no response the vehicle would be taken in to 28-day storage and if no owner comes forward within 28 days the vehicle will be crushed. Having valid tax , MOT or insurance doesn’t not form part of the inspection process for possible abandonment."

     

    Surely the 'discuss removal' gives you the option to discuss whether you plan to remove it, it all seems quite fair to me tbh.

  4. 8 minutes ago, RichardK said:

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    So... now I have a dilemma.

    The blue SLK MOT is up, I have too many cars. The universe has demonstrated that no-one wants a 14,000 mile PT Cruiser Convertible for any amount of money beyond a 150,000  mile knackered shitbox (and to be fair there are 26,000 mile and 54,000 mile examples which have been unsold on eBay forever) and the increase in VED may be small ish in numerical terms but it looks fucking horrible at £710 a year after April.

    Given the number of ULEZ-banned, smoke-belching knackered-at-80,000 mile zero VED diesels that this petrol punishment inspired, it really annoys me that a 355g/km new car pays £180/year but surviving 226 and up pre-2017 petrol cars continue to be hammered 😕

    (I technically qualify for PIP though it's a nightmare to claim. Almost worth it to get the disabled class on the Cruiser).

    Do I try selling the Cruiser again and keep the SLK (which has not put a foot wrong since I got it), flog the SLK as-is with a couple of weeks MOT left and save myself the mental space, or MOT the SLK then sell?

    It was always going to be a difficult sell for an expensive PT cruiser, I couldn't give mine away for 1500 quid and that only had 40k on it (non cab), they are incredibly niche cars and as you have found out, no one wants them at all as there are so many 'better' cars out there for the money, the £710 VED will also put everyone off, it was a brave buy in my opinion, can you not crash it into a wall and claim off your insurance? (joke btw)

    My daughter has just had a successful pip claim and it was quite straightforward tbh, it has to be worth filling out the forms for.

  5. 8 minutes ago, puddlethumper said:

    I have a friend who bought an Evoque about 9 years ago and has traded it in for a new Defenceless. Depreciation on said Evoque was 4 grand per year. I could have at least a different car every year, if not more, with that. 

    Shock horror in new cars depreciate scandal!

    You could but you wouldn't have a new car with a manufacturers warranty, it's a good job cars depreciate as it allows others to buy them when they are older.

  6. 21 minutes ago, Rust Collector said:

    Briefly looping back to interviews; if you had an interview via Microsoft Teams at home then would you use the blurred background or would you leave your house on show?

    My house isn't a shit tip, but my computer is in the living room so despite being tidy and clutter free it kind of feels weird that they'll see that.

    I've only had interviews in person at dull grey meeting rooms before.

    Blurred background is absolutely fine, I'd rather that than a living room. 

  7. 58 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

    Without stating the obvious, apart from it starting to knock, anything else I should be looking out for / listening for?

    At the moment like I say it starts as normal, idles fine, I’ve driven it up to 40ish mph and it felt like it did before but I’ve got no airbox on and the MAF disconnected so didn’t want to go hurtling down the road at 60 just yet, have ordered a new Bosch filter on Amazon so I can get that on tomorrow after work and take it on a proper drive.

    Currently bar the exhaust, there’s no signs of there ever being an issue…

    Maybe time for WBAC, there's no way I'd want to keep it personally, have you seen how low the air intakes are on these? You have either been very lucky or not, I wouldn't have gone through that amount of water knowing how low the intake is on these myself though.

  8. 45 minutes ago, tom13 said:

    Recently acquired TDM850.

    Nice feeling bike. Excited to get out on it. Sounds lovely with the aftermarket exhaust.

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    Nice to see one of these, I had a couple of TRX850's in the day, make sure you follow the correct procedure for checking the oil level (check whilst warm with the bike upright after being knocked off for 10 seconds iirc)

  9. 24 minutes ago, Jim Bergerac said:

    I don't even bother to put my camera on for most of my meetings. 

    That's just ignorant in my opinion, its pointless you being there, I ask that everyone has the cameras on in teams meetings and its not an unreasonable request, it shows the person is engaged and not wanking off.

  10. 10 minutes ago, red5 said:

    Dez, that isn't going to happen for a member of the public...

    Agreed, I work for a large government organisation and you would never be able to speak directly with pretty much anyone, about anything, and most complaints get filed under 'B' for bin

     

    1 hour ago, LightBulbFun said:

    funnily enough a while back I did find the email address for the CEO of the DVLA, but im saving that for the nuclear option 

    You are dreaming if you ever think you are able to 'go nuclear' with the CEO, its complete fantasy, I don't know if you are aware but in the real world most CEO's don't even manage their own mailbox.

  11. 30 minutes ago, SiC said:

    Has a turbo. That clue might give it away.

    Slight change of plan due to gluten making a war between my stomach Vs cheap Lidl bread I had for breakfast, so not in the office to catch the bus.

    Hopefully my wife can drop me over but failing that I will drive over to pick it up and then come back another day to pick the other car up.

    Its a Golf GTi...maybe, or an A3 TFSI.

  12. 33 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

    So I was told these aren't Fiat engines at all, they're from an Insignia, famous for their oil starvation issues.  Don't ignore it!

    That's correct it'll be the oil pickup seal breaking up and should not be ignored at any cost.

  13. 2 minutes ago, Rustybullethole said:

    Yes made a hell of noise by all accounts. Was witness by her colleague and a load of parents dropping their kids at the school so is as bang to rights as it gets. Bus stopped some way up the road, Ange felt the driver was pretty nonchalant about it all though stagecoach themselves have been great so far. This is good news as our insurance have proven themselves to be really quite shit. 
     

    Stagecoach were great with me when they battered my Van which had similar damage (lwb sprinter) they got it sorted at a local bodyshop and provided a hire van.

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    "invalid vehicles have a fundamentally different control scheme and handling feel, of course if your not used to it, it is going to be terrifying and feel dangerous, but if you spend any actual time using the machine, you would quickly find they handle just fine"

    how did you manage to roll the invacare at 10mph btw?

  15. 11 minutes ago, MikeR said:

    F..... Roads in Arnside ... 

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    Its not just Arnside the roads are in a terrible condition everywhere in Cumbria, I drove up to Shap on Friday and on one stretch just outside Kendal near Selside there were four 2" deep by 2ft long potholes and several much deeper smaller ones right on the apexes of a couple of corners, it would have been lethal on a bike.

  16. I did this once or twice in my old S13 200SX

    it was an actual 157mph as it was hitting the rev limiter and wouldn't go any quicker,  not bad for a home modified CA18DET which didn't ruin its bottom end shells.

    Probably 25 years ago now thinking about it and have never been as quick in a car since, my old Hayabusa would show over 200mph flat out in top, it was only doing around 180mph in reality.

     

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