BorniteIdentity

Fair heart never won fair maiden

People pay four times that for rotten Fords with known rust issues and no ticket 🤷‍♂️

Yes I saw that already. Still, three owners doesn’t make a shits worth of difference to me. Wasting a few hours does tho.

Right. I don't normally share my secrets ahead of time as I was, once upon a time, a bit paranoid about missing out on the gems to you shitehawks. However, I'm now a complete hippy and realise that destiny is in the planets. Or something. Seriously though, I do believe 'What is meant for you won't pass you by'. So here we go. This car, on paper, is everything I ought to buy. I know the engines inside out, they are rock steady reliable, I need something useful, presentable and utilitarian and I really ought to just buy it . It's strong money at £2500 with no ticket, but as we saw with @Rocket88's little one - nice ones fetch good money. It's the right colour and the larger 5 door. Money isn't particularly a problem and, on the basis I'd keep it for many years, not really a factor. However, spidey senses were tickled when the guy (who spoke very eloquently on the telephone) gave a vehicle dismantler as the address to view. Now, I work with a couple of scrap yards through work and they're both top blokes and very straightforward. This car is either A) Genuine. He bought it off an elderly neighbour during lockdown and hasn't done anything with it. 2) An undeclared write off because of that nudge on the offside front. Possibly has had its catalytic converter taken and is holed undernearth D) A mixture of the both. Daventry is an hour away, and £2500 is a comfortable amount IF it's not a lemon. I don't expect perfect, and the MOT history is lovely, but if I get there and it has a comprimised undercarriaged I'll be disappointed. Anyone any suggestions? I know y'all probably thing I've more money than sense but it looks like a good proposition, as long as it has a decent cat (although 3sfe shouldn't struggle even without) and no holes. If anyone's in Daventry and could poke it for me I'd be eternally grateful. @alf892reckons I'm a spaz but he ought to know that by now anyway... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185591140565?hash=item2b361810d5:g:DdgAAOSwzLpi~mCB&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoLwG1goWOCfiZY3MQXt6TU9of3Na6ld6Ku8aTIIJOXzIqoGj0FvJZnD4Sm9P7fzhwrNmupANfitRaiKVqPKzGPUOV4oLSZPc4yHlp%2Fk0MhZdG32bwM%2F%2FpltvL9i12nVK1N9nGL%2BCrB94%2FO1pYbPyn0oMMsh4o2wNsfzHHdWR0e0t5AEbf4rjp%2Fx5IQzQYEIx2d%2Fqvb5e4QcJ1DIcDhrmlvs%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR8yA5P7vYA

It's great. He lives 2 minutes from me, and I drive past his house on the school run each day. So I always get a look at what will appear in the magazine in 2-3 months time! Nice fellow. Very left wing. Talented too.

Let's try again. Anyone in Daventry here?! Loserone was going to check out a car for me because I thought it was in Rugby. It isn't. Neither is he! Just really hoping for someone to clamber under a car and tell me there are no holes. I'm not after an AA 59 point inspection. Here's hoping!

Hey. That’s really kind, let me see if the guy is around. There’s absolutely no pressure on you - just look at it this way: is it worth me going to see. I’m not expecting a forensic report, just that it doesn’t have holes underneath (as far as you can see). I’ll drop you a line. Thank you.

Is anyone near or in Rugby who could climb under a car for me and give me an honest verdict on a potential purchase? Happy to buy refreshing gin/lager in return…

Sorry, but on what do you base the whole Lion hate? I’ve bought four of them over the last five years, all working perfectly still. I would rather spend £45 on something that’ll last five years, than £120 on something that’ll last seven. The law of diminishing return applies on what is, after all, a consumable.

So! Now I no longer have a family, I don't really need a family vehicle - do I?! So the T4 was advertised and a sale was agreed immediately to a prestigious shiter with form for buying long distance from me. Here's how I'll always remember it - looking blue and absolutely massive outside my window. In a strange coincidence, I've ended up part exchanging it for another happy looking blue VW on a Y reg. Look how happy it is! I've got a local fella coming to have a look at it later today, as it's not quite what I need. I've been bombing about in it over the last couple of days and it's quite brilliant, but I'm trying to be sensible. I really do think that the Sierra may be off to pastures new in the foreseeable, as I'd really like a 3 car fleet comprising 1- Business Leaf. 2 - Mini. 3 - Other. I'd really like position 3 to be something that's practical in every way. I caught myself looking at LR County's earlier this week! Perhaps a Freelander 1 would be more sensible bet, or maybe a decent w124. For now, I'm totally undecided. The next job is to use some of the excess funds from the van sale to fund the Mini welding.

The EFL rights sold to radio stations are for terrestrial transmissions only, so as to geolock and protect revenue.

Yes. They can stick a board where they want. Yes, they can market the property (whilst she gets quiet enjoyment of the house, access must be given when requested correctly). They may advertise it with a sitting tenant (unlikely but possible) but she should expect a section 21 notice to land soonish.

In my eyes, keeping an Invacar from the Queen’s highway is a public service to us all - which should be recognised with one of the highest honours of the British Empire. I’d like to shake the naughty driver’s hand, but preferably before @junkyarddoghas smeared it in shit and @GrumpiusMaximushas outed them as a bona fide nonce. (I’ve my reputation to think of…)

My colleague is staying in a fashionable AirBnB atm and has found a stash of porn* Sadly, the stylus is shagged on the turntable - otherwise he’d be cueing it up and FaceTiming me. If @mat_the_cathasn’t got this - along with the Ford Sierra Dealership VHS - for guests, I’ll be very disappoint.

No - it’s 1987. The Cortina front continued a long time after the Sierra launched with the p100

Bornite to buy back Avensis from @Spottedlaurel Bornite to drive @Spottedlaureldown to Dorset having collected Avensis @Spottedlaurelto buy this using @BorniteIdentity's money as a deposit.

Oooh someone’s doing well…

Eyeball Eyeball! Felixstowe bound. I reckon I nailed a 28mpg round trip which - at £8.98 a gallon - stung a trifle.

It’s actually a good idea for a thread. I spent 20 minutes under a Mercedes 190 highlighting all the problems to myself, only to miss two fucking holes the size of my fist. No point either making someone feel stupid about it or Ghosty beating himself up. It’s all part of life’s rich tapestry.

Three words: Two. Year. MOTs 😭

The 2.5v6 is one of the most beautiful sounding six cylinder engines I’ve enjoyed. It’s not hyped, not exaggerated, but pure sonic excellence. It’ll also do 30 odd to the gallon and whilst Petrol is cheaper, there’s no reason not to.

Hello! I thought of you yesterday as I still have another set of keys for you! I bloody loved this thing - more practical and nicer inside than the Sierra which I still have! Good to see it being used as a motor car and given the attention it needs to do another 40 years of motoring. Good on you!

If you're concerned about sharp edges, just stick some gaffa tape over the hole before the test. Or - if you're friendly with the tester - explain that you're happy to put tape on it for the test and then remove it straight after. He may tell you not to bother!

Son’s girlfriend has just inherited this from her Grandfather. What an amazing thing! But wtAf is it?! All I know is it’s peddle and pop.