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This is not true, as a forum owner I have had to fully investigate this. In law, anything posted on a public forum becomes the property of that forum (my forum makes this clear in the sign up agreement).  Under GDPR regulations, the forum owner or administrator must remove anything that can identify the poster on request in a reasonable time frame. Deleting the user but leaving the posts in place will satisfy GDPR regs.

A boggo standard Impreza very hard to come acroos these days
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Ford Scorpio estate car | eBay

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This 100%. Once a thread has replies it no longer belongs to the OP but has become communal property and every contributor has an equal stake, so it's not right that only one of those contributors has the power to delete everyone else's posts. No ordinary user (moderators excepted) should be able to delete any content other than their own, but there are valid reasons why someone might want to delete their own posts. The fairest policy would be to allow deletion of posts but not threads, and if a thread starter really wants to have an entire thread nuked then they should have to justify that to the moderators.
It's happened before on other forums and was mightily annoying when I'd spent time writing a reply, only to find my effort wasted as it disappeared with no warning when the OP unexpectedly and without explanation deleted the thread.

It’s not ‘your’ thread though is it? Even if you started it, you only have ownership of your own contribution, not other people’s replies.

I vote no deletion of threads on the basis of a few times in the past spending a reasonable amount of time and energy gathering my thoughts/answering a question only to find the whole thread deleted a day or two later.  I’m probably a bit less likely to put the effort in knowing it could all amount to nothing. 

Old shite new trick. 
A quick google suggests any A series with this down to manifold flange style struggles to seal. And if it does seal after a while it will blow again as there is no flex to exhaust appart from bending it. 
With new mounts and beefed up stab bar bushes id guess we would probably be okay for longer if i could get it to seal. However the part on the exhaust came in at the wrong angle in my eyes. And was barely sealing one side. Maybe tweaked from the engine moving about alot before.  So bollocks im cutting it. Choppy choppy. 
A snip on the down pipe part and i bolted the flange up as inline as possible. I then cut the first curve off and tweaked that a bit so its pointing in a direction i was happy with. 
As far as im concerned the exhaust would benifit from being isolated from the engine like a more modern motor so having found just one seller on ebay i ordered the smallest flexi ive ever seen at 32mm ID. Also a sleeve so i can make the single piece exhaust into two, so its not a massive arse to move about when fitting. 

It would probably be fine as is but some Additional brackets and mounts will be welded on to the front part of the rear section to  support the exhaust so the flexi isnt under a downward load 
Im told the new exhausts fit well but given this so far has cost only 40 quid in parts and the new systems are very pricey, im Hopeful this will be a reliable cure to a common problem, but we will see. 
 

Rover 45.


Fantastic.

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Collecting day!
We relied on the kids to wake us up as usual. They’re pretty much like clockwork at 6.15, so the plan was an 8.30 depart.
Needless to say the kids actually woke up at 8.05… so we’re now aiming for a 9.00-15 departure. 
Today’s collection involves no public transport, but a significant bridge and a visit to an island. 
It’s a family trip so the kids and wife are in the 9000 for this collection. The 3 year old has me pegged, when we say we’re going on a bit of a drive she said “is it to get a bew car?” Some kind of intuition there… she even guessed that it was blue! 
Breakfast: A crumpet (not pictured) 
PC: currently 0… but the 2 year old usually does one in the morning. (Will not be pictured) 

Bank holiday 2CV tinkering: 
The raspy sound was coming from the cross box silencer. The hole was nicely masked from sight by the fact that it’s right under the gearbox… 

Do love the ease of access on these. Old crossbox removed and yeah… bit of an issue…. 

A sizeable hole, which was where one of the support hooks was supposed to be.
Incredibly, in the big box of spares which came with the two project 2CVs was a brand new one! 

Aside from being a bit jiggly to get under the chassis it went on fine, and even better the noisiness and popping was cured. Best of all… it was a free fix!

This is lovely!!
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grade A modern chod. Fantastic



 
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£395....
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Listed 15 mins ago in Horsham, £395.
Looks genuine, getting pangs of regret from not buying it already!
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I owned this car a number of years ago (around 2014-2015 I think).  It is (or at least was) an incredibly solid ado16 with poor paint.  The elephant in the room (which I was aware of when buying, and made clear when selling) was that it had had a front corner accident in the past, and the front of the inner wing on that side still bore the evidence.  It had had a new front wing and front panel after the accident, which is presumably when the paintwork all went a bit pear shaped.  Other than the accident repairs it hadn't had any welding to that point.  Apart from the paintwork the arches look pretty good in the photos to me, and I doubt it has deteriorated much overall.  If it's still around when (if) my house sale completes I'd be tempted to have it back!

I probably will regret it at some point… but… I can now reinvest the money I would have spent on it (and the sale price) in something I can actually use now, and in moving some of the other projects (including whiteyugo) further forward.
I have agreed a sale… it isn’t sold yet, but SSTC. The good news is it will live on.
I’ve also agreed a purchase… but that’s for another day. 

Bye Nova 👋
 
See you soon. 

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How's this for a bloody great little bargain?

2003 VAUXHALL ASTRA 1.4 16V [88] LS 5DR HATCHBACK MANUAL PETROL ULEZ COMPLIANT | eBay
Don't complain there aren't any cheap little runabouts left.

I owned this car a number of years ago (around 2014-2015 I think).  It is (or at least was) an incredibly solid ado16 with poor paint.  The elephant in the room (which I was aware of when buying, and made clear when selling) was that it had had a front corner accident in the past, and the front of the inner wing on that side still bore the evidence.  It had had a new front wing and front panel after the accident, which is presumably when the paintwork all went a bit pear shaped.  Other than the accident repairs it hadn't had any welding to that point.  Apart from the paintwork the arches look pretty good in the photos to me, and I doubt it has deteriorated much overall.  If it's still around when (if) my house sale completes I'd be tempted to have it back!

I owned this car a number of years ago (around 2014-2015 I think).  It is (or at least was) an incredibly solid ado16 with poor paint.  The elephant in the room (which I was aware of when buying, and made clear when selling) was that it had had a front corner accident in the past, and the front of the inner wing on that side still bore the evidence.  It had had a new front wing and front panel after the accident, which is presumably when the paintwork all went a bit pear shaped.  Other than the accident repairs it hadn't had any welding to that point.  Apart from the paintwork the arches look pretty good in the photos to me, and I doubt it has deteriorated much overall.  If it's still around when (if) my house sale completes I'd be tempted to have it back!

I owned this car a number of years ago (around 2014-2015 I think).  It is (or at least was) an incredibly solid ado16 with poor paint.  The elephant in the room (which I was aware of when buying, and made clear when selling) was that it had had a front corner accident in the past, and the front of the inner wing on that side still bore the evidence.  It had had a new front wing and front panel after the accident, which is presumably when the paintwork all went a bit pear shaped.  Other than the accident repairs it hadn't had any welding to that point.  Apart from the paintwork the arches look pretty good in the photos to me, and I doubt it has deteriorated much overall.  If it's still around when (if) my house sale completes I'd be tempted to have it back!

I owned this car a number of years ago (around 2014-2015 I think).  It is (or at least was) an incredibly solid ado16 with poor paint.  The elephant in the room (which I was aware of when buying, and made clear when selling) was that it had had a front corner accident in the past, and the front of the inner wing on that side still bore the evidence.  It had had a new front wing and front panel after the accident, which is presumably when the paintwork all went a bit pear shaped.  Other than the accident repairs it hadn't had any welding to that point.  Apart from the paintwork the arches look pretty good in the photos to me, and I doubt it has deteriorated much overall.  If it's still around when (if) my house sale completes I'd be tempted to have it back!