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This morning my mrs told me to sound the alarm and get us to the hospital.
An hour’s brisk driving in the Disco of Doom and amazingly we had no FTP’s and no major traffic and found ourselves at Hastings Conquest in good time.
Even more amazingly, my partner wasted no time in bringing child number two into the world.

I got to name our son (Jensen), and my mrs has settled on Amélie for our daughter.
I’m absolutely over the moon, couldn’t be more proud of my partner and I’m incredibly grateful for the excellent care once again by the maternity team here in Hastings.
All being well then they’ll both be home tomorrow!

I don't think that any tyres are designed to last very long at all. The MOT stipulates 7 years max, and I've just replaced the set of four Hankooks that I put on my Rover 75 as soon as I bought it in July/August 2019. I suspect it's something to do with the fact that they are made of recyclable shit rather than the proper rubber and infinite-life hydrocarbons like they were in the good old days. 

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.

My research* may have led to a million pop-ups and an unhappy phone... Needing to clear all the cookies was merely coincidental.

68 and still looks tighter than a drum. She turned up in Hollyoaks a couple of years ago - still got a “phwoar” 

Pervert site... I am off  to research* it more.

And where's the pics?
You can't make a statement like that and not back it up.

And where's the pics?
You can't make a statement like that and not back it up.

http://ancensored.com/nude-appearance/The-Wicked-Lady/Glynis-Barber/ 

And where's the pics?
You can't make a statement like that and not back it up.

Glynis Barber also starred in 'the wicked lady' and has particularly memorable nipples.

Well, absolutely yes, it's got 4 wheels and an engine! But, I don't think we would be any better equipped than anywhere else! With that being said, I think we have the fastcheck kit for the Rover 800 but don't quote me on that..!
But I do know many garages would flat out refuse it. 
You're right, no idea at all on costs! It's very much a case of 'how long is a piece of string' and needs to be approached in the mindset as follows - 
"here is our hourly rate, we will have to go through everything to establish facts. Do we have power here, is it sending power here, is this working, etc etc. Only once we've done that, we will know where to start"
I would anticipate something like this would end up consuming upto 6-12 hours labour just to go through everything if that's what ends up being needed. That may sound extortionate, but getting relevant technical/service information can be extremely tricky and time consuming, and as such it needs to be factored into the job and charged for accordingly. 
Obviously if we found the problem in the first hour or two then great, but you have to assume the worst case scenario and quite literally accept an open chequebook approach, or a ceiling price to then potentially be no further forwards. 
In the first instance I would be confirming that the starter isn't receiving any feed, once that's the case then I would go straight to the ignition switch to confirm whether it is receiving a feed and sending one when desired. 
Once that's established, it's a case of unpicking the wiring diagram and checking absolutely everything. Find where the feed starts, trace along every single component that has something to do with it, until you get to the point it is lost where you find said faulty component, connection or circuit. Like I say, that could quite easily take all day if it involves stripping things apart for access. 
Let's say you find one fault, the ignition switch for example. That might take a week to arrive, after you've spent half an hour tracking one down and then buying it. (Remember , that time gets charged for) - - then you fit it, and you then work your way along and find a second fault further along. Then deal with that. This all consumes valuable time, and takes up a space on what is probably a busy forecourt. 
This car definitely has hope, it would just need someone to either own it as a labour of love, or work on it as a labour of love. 
Part of me feels an intense urge to find a way of rescuing it and go right through everything to find the fault just for the satisfaction. It's not going to be cheap to transport it down to my neck of the woods though is it? Again, if I had my own flatbed then it would make more sense to do it myself but I don't, so I would have to pay someone to get it down here after buying it, by that point I've swallowed up a lot of cost, I'm then going to sink a lot of time in it with no guarantee of ever seeing any of that money back by the end of it. Or it could end up being a total lost cause - I'm not willing to take that risk. If I wanted a Rover 800 that badly then I would just go and find a nice one to buy. They aren't worth that much!
But the other thing that needs to be considered - once you've gone to all that trouble of getting it running, then what ever next?! The welding? 
It's not going to make sense to pay a garage a grand just to get it running and then find it's going to need another 1/2/3 grand spent on it to get it safe and usable. 
In summary I would say there is definitely hope for this car, but trying to get it repaired commercially just won't be viable. 
As with any vehicle that has, realistically speaking, been preserved for longer than it's average intended useful lifespan of 13 years, it's never going to make sense from an economic point of view. It "just" needs someone who has the means and inclination to sink a lot of time and effort into it. 
I would say the actual material cost would probably be quite minimal! It's all in the labour. 

Or who 'drives' around with a divers helmet on?

I used to see the occasional Reliant Regal and early Robins towing trailer tents and once (in Scotland) even a small caravan. Indeed I have a magazine road test of a Regal Mk2 towing a small caravan back in the days (1950s) when such an  outfit was restricted to 30mph.   I've often seen Honda Goldwings towing small camping trailers and once saw a Goldwing with sidecar towing a trailer tent.  The only caravans I've seen in ditches or completely wrecked but still on the road were the larger types towed by SUVs, probably compliant with current load/plating regulations but piloted by speed merchants lacking in common sense and driving technique.   When towing a trailer or caravan loaded to give the recommended nose weight,  a lightweight rear engined vehicle will be much more twitchy than one with a front engine, worse still if the vehicle has excessive rear overhang.  A three wheeler adds still more sensitivity to the towing behaviour.  Add some cross wind and you've got a real handful.   Having low power is probably the least of the factors to be considered.   

But aren't you escorted out of most places you visit?

Shows what I know then.
The mrs thought her water broke this morning, so we scarpered up the hospital as she wanted them to check if the baby was indeed on the way. It was a false alarm, so we ambled back home and picked up child number one from my Dad on the way.
Whilst sitting in the Disco of Doom outside my house, having a breather and thinking what the fuck gathering my thoughts before returning to work, my phone rang.
'Thank you for your time yesterday, I'm phoning to say congratulations'
Not what I expected at all, but I'm happy to be proved wrong once again.
Thank you all for the kind words and advice thus far, it's greatly appreciated despite me being a despondent wanker 😂

Asking about suppliers and customers can make a lot of sense if you have an overdraft for example. Say you are heavily reliant on one customer the risk, all other things being equal, is higher than if you have a decent spread of them. Others spring to mind but to me the financial risk one is the most likely, albeit not knowing the legal status of your business.

See that’s where you’ve gone wrong. A watch that tells you you’re having an anxiety attack, really? Who the fuck needs one of those in their life. One absolute dead cert is that that going off is going to do one thing & one thing only. Make it worse. These tech companies must be absolutely pissin themselves, inventing shit no one needs but still buys.
I was at the bar the other day & my mate bought a couple of drinks. He paid for them with a fuckin ring. I said wtf was that? Turns out it is an actual thing. Wankers.
You’re spot on with ‘Twats Nest’ though, I’ve banked with them for 40 yrs, the last 30 with a business account as well. They are shit, but I worked on the assumption, they all are, so just went with it

Booked in first thing on Monday, job should take a week.
Thank Christ it's not something complicated like an AC70.

Mileage got from mot history maybe? Possibly the garage he bought it from a couple of months ago? Young foreign student, ripe for some exploitation. 
Or could be scammers who phone 50 randoms per day hoping one bites and have no intention of servicing the car. 
I suggested he contacts the London based garage that supposedly serviced his car in Glasgow to see if they know anything about it.
Whatever, a young lad is severely out of pocket.

Not sure. I've told my daughter to tell him to get onto his bank and try and recover the money. Robbing scumbags need their collar felt.

Some scamming bams in Glasgow have ripped off a friend of my daughter's. 
They phoned him up telling him the mileage etc of his car and how it needed a service. This would be £145 including collecting and dropping off. 
He's at uni on a visa and a bit naive, so thought this was normal practice in this country.
They wouldn't return his car until they paid this bill.

The invoice letter head is for a garage in Enfield London, who are no doubt oblivious to their name being used.
Dirty bastards

My Rover 75 has been running cool with a higher than expected tickover, so I took it to a specialist. He switched on the ignition,  pumped the pedal 5 times, counted to 10, switched it off and fired it up. Tickover sorted! The errant temp gauge is caused by a split in a hose by the bleed nipple right in the centre ov the V. That won't be sorted quite so quickly,  but I've left the car with him...

Horses for courses I suppose.
Imo proper interview technique (on both sides of the table) means they shouldn't be required.
It has never occurred to me that there would be a situation where someone would need to refer to notes. It would completely ruin the flow of the interview.
In my game it would instantly mark you out as a weak candidate as recall under pressure can be an important part of the job, maybe that's why i havent seen it.
 
 

Also nice truck. The guy you bought this off is v. local to me - have had a few dealings with him, including him looking very bemused when I turned up to collect an entire P38 driver's door in my 944. It fit - just.
Also I dunno where people get these mad ideas about cylinder wall thickness in the 4.6 cos it's literally a stroked 4.0 - bore is identical. What I was told many years ago is that the standard fuelling map runs slightly lean at 70ish mph which led to hotspots and thus overheating. But my GEMS (early) one has done 155k and doesn't miss a beat. Also it looks like the wreck of the Titanic underneath and gets a surface corrosion advisory every year but isn't actually rotten, they never are.