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Merry Christmas from Aldi car park.
Her car is the red one, and she did not know she done this!
I was stationary waiting for a car to pull out of a parking space, and she became impatient behind me and pulled out then drove down the side of me then off down the car park.
Got all the witnesses i need luckily as we were in a long queue.

Merry Christmas from Aldi car park.
Her car is the red one, and she did not know she done this!
I was stationary waiting for a car to pull out of a parking space, and she became impatient behind me and pulled out then drove down the side of me then off down the car park.
Got all the witnesses i need luckily as we were in a long queue.

Merry Christmas from Aldi car park.
Her car is the red one, and she did not know she done this!
I was stationary waiting for a car to pull out of a parking space, and she became impatient behind me and pulled out then drove down the side of me then off down the car park.
Got all the witnesses i need luckily as we were in a long queue.

Merry Christmas from Aldi car park.
Her car is the red one, and she did not know she done this!
I was stationary waiting for a car to pull out of a parking space, and she became impatient behind me and pulled out then drove down the side of me then off down the car park.
Got all the witnesses i need luckily as we were in a long queue.

Merry Christmas from Aldi car park.
Her car is the red one, and she did not know she done this!
I was stationary waiting for a car to pull out of a parking space, and she became impatient behind me and pulled out then drove down the side of me then off down the car park.
Got all the witnesses i need luckily as we were in a long queue.

range rover p38 2.5 diesel spares or repair | eBay
'Prior to the head failing it was a good runner, always passed MOT'
'Date tested 8 October 2020: FAIL'

'Prior to the head failing it was a good runner, always passed MOT'
'Date tested 8 April 2017 :FAIL'

'Prior to the head failing it was a good runner, always passed MOT'
'Date tested  7 April 2013: FAIL'

'Prior to the head failing it was a good runner, always passed MOT'
'Date tested  6 April 2012: FAIL'

'Prior to the head failing it was a good runner, always passed MOT'
'Date tested  6 April 2012: FAIL'

'Prior to the head failing it was a good runner, always passed MOT'
'Date tested  13 April 2011: FAIL'
'Date tested  21 April 2010: FAIL'

Merry Christmas from Aldi car park.
Her car is the red one, and she did not know she done this!
I was stationary waiting for a car to pull out of a parking space, and she became impatient behind me and pulled out then drove down the side of me then off down the car park.
Got all the witnesses i need luckily as we were in a long queue.

Merry Christmas from Aldi car park.
Her car is the red one, and she did not know she done this!
I was stationary waiting for a car to pull out of a parking space, and she became impatient behind me and pulled out then drove down the side of me then off down the car park.
Got all the witnesses i need luckily as we were in a long queue.

I find it gets into the seams if 7-8 of us club together and roll it on its roof before I waxoyl it... 😂

Got back, called AA in the daytime and actually got a patrol rather than a contractor, that found a bolt to get the caliper back in place.

Update... the caliper carrier bolt has fallen out. Fixable one way or another. I think Reb has found a local Vauxhall enthusiast...

While I'm laid up at home recovering from an operation at the start of the month Mrs P took the couriering Caddy for its MOT.

Woohoo all good for another year.
I've managed not to catch the advisories on the pic,
Corrosion on exhaust rear box - meh had that one for the past 3 years.
Front brake discs worn, pitted or scored - yea that will be from it being parked up for the last 3 weeks.
Front wishbone rear bushes splitting - yea they need doing again, they were last done at 213k, a mere* 127k miles ago, cue rant about nothing lasting these days!

TBH, I still haven't really recovered.

My season’s greeting from the Fuzz, was along the lines of “can we interest you in a speed awareness course, or would you prefer 3 points and a fine?”

Minis were small and Golfs were large......

 

Clean pass for the BMW today. Which is gratifying given all the effort I've put in to fix it. 

sounds like a right pain  i’d be tempted to free it off then clamp the flexi to get you mobile again and find a local garage to drive (very carefully) to.
hope you get it sorted 
 

No this is Richardmorris's personal parade so he doesn't get bored at work!

Weather was lovely this weekend but I didn't get as much done as I would have liked, partly because Friday night was my works Christmas do so I was feeling slightly* jaded on Saturday morning, and partly because the replacement front hub I ordered for the Z4 hasn't turned up yet.
Saturday I didn't get up and running until about 2pm, and even then I didn't do much more than get the Renault 4 and the  Visa fired up and take them for a spin.  I then attempted to ride the folding electric scooter in to Norwich, to pick up the Getz that I'd left there the night before because too pissed to drive home.  It nearly made it - it got as far as the Norwich northern bypass, but then pulling up the long hill after the bypass it overheated (I'm assuming) and cut out.  This was less than ideal as I was on a busy unlit A-road in the dark and it didn't cut just the motor, it shut the bike down completely so I had no lights.  Fortunately the indicators are powered off their own internal batteries so I was able to keep one of those flashing. 
After a bit of buggering about I found that if I unplugged and reconnected the battery, it'd reset and the bike would work again, but only for about half a mile before it conked out.  I made it to the outskirts of Norwich with another few stops but after that I gave up and pushed it to where the car was parked - fortunately it's no heavier to push than a bicycle.  So I've discovered its limitations - Hoveton / Wroxham is fine but Norwich is too far.  To be fair there was quite a headwind which probably didn't help.
Today I fitted a new stereo to the Getz.  The original stereo still works but I was browsing eBay a week or two ago and found a stereo in a spec that I'd been wanting for a while but not seen before - a single DIN Android touch-screen radio but with a single DIN-sized screen - most of them seem to have a massive great screen tacked on the front which gets in the way of switches and vents.  Installation was actually pretty easy - it came without ISO plugs fitted but I found a wiring harness in my stash which had the correct plug at the stereo end, ISO plugs at the other and the wires more or less in the right place - I just had to snip one wire which had a different function on the new radio (reversing lights - I'm not using that wire as there's no point fitting a reversing camera to a tiny car with a vertical tailgate).  The GPS antenna isn't quite as neatly fitted as I would have liked but it'll do, and it all works fine.

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Late Chevy Corvair, innit? A leftfield choice in France, certainly.

I'm in a taxi. It's a first generation BMW X5 and it's manky 

Nothing worth BANTZ going on here. Just updating the thread for historical accuracy. 
The Astra sloped off to stay with @Tickman then sauntered swiftly on to @Supernaut.
That left a hole the shape of a car in the transportation section of my virtual filofax. 
Enter, @davehedgehog31 who happened to be vending. All @davehedgehog31 products are pre approved for quality and value so I booked a ticket to Scotland and travelled out during a red weather warning for northern England and Scotland. 

 
This is my regret face approximately 3 or so minutes into the 10 or so hour journey. Wet. 

The replaced seat base has made a huge difference to the interior:


Also, I found an antique* pound!

Soon to be advertised on Marketplace for £150.

I don't mind spiders TBH but don't want them crawling on me when I'm dozing off watching Babestation.