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Made it home. AA guy was a good dude. Looks like I've got away with minor damage. He has left it on an axle stand so I can take the wheel straight to a tyre place. The tyre itself is properly shredded
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https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/911225543457696/ Nice 2001 Vauxhall 1519658824833350
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HMC- P38 photographed beside its reputation 💩
horriblemercedes replied to HMC's topic in AutoShite
More or less, yes The BeCM (body module) is much cheaper to fix than it used to be. It used to be a part you had to get brand new from a dealership - now there are mail order services that will repair them for under £200 on a 48 hour return service Suspension more or less fine these days. The original airbags developed leaks which caused the compressor to burn out as it was trying to keep the pressure. No cars will still have the original Dunlop bags now and there are much cheaper, tougher aftermarket ones. I'd definitely want one on air, not coil springs Engines are not bad these days. The V8s are a lot better than back then but I'd still say the diesel is the toughest engine in the range. I think they will all have had the heater o-rings replaced now. If not, that's a dashboard-out job to replace about £2 of o-rings. I very much doubt there are any left that haven't been fixed, however -
I'm looking forward to this
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HMC- P38 photographed beside its reputation 💩
horriblemercedes replied to HMC's topic in AutoShite
Probably the diesel rather than the V8, I'd say -
Trying Sainsbury's Special Fried Rice for lunch. It's absolutely shit
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Mat777's early midlife crisis - 986 Boxster S
horriblemercedes replied to mat777's topic in AutoShite
There's a Working Girl there Some guy legged it after stealing a windscreen wiper - Blade Runner. There was no Witness to The Fugitive Apparently he spray painted "Fuck da LAPD!" on the wall....More American Graffiti How was The Long Ride Home? -
Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.
horriblemercedes replied to philibusmo's topic in AutoShite
Vanilla Ice was still happily rollin' in his 5.0 in 1991 -
This isn't the kind of article that goes into that sort of detail. It's just not practical or desirable for an article like this. This is primarily designed as something that can be written quickly and people might come across it while browsing the homepage and think "Huh, interesting. I remember those!" Then that person moves on and forgets. This sort of detail would deter that kind of reader and make it unviable as a piece that simply takes too long to research and write. It just wouldn't be written at all if the author had to go to that level of research. The likelihood is that the writer has no interest in cars at all, let alone invalid vehicles. A list of bullet points and a couple of pictures have been sent to the writer and that person had to make it into a short article of general interest. This kind of info has a place, but it's in a longer article in a more specialist publication.
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I must be lucky with my dentist - it seems easy to get an appointment (NHS) quickly. I phoned for a check up and got offered one next day. I couldn't make it to that though so I took one within the same week
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Meatcubes?
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I thought all car insurers did. I don't think I've ever seen a policy that doesn't? It might well be that they have to, as it is something included in the licence. In the same way that you don't get policies that stipulate that the driver can't exceed 50mph, although it's perfectly legal and normal for the car and the road.
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That reminds me of the mega exclusive Japanese restaurant in Parks & Recreation where all the sushi comes from fish that once were pets of celebrities
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Most inappropriately named shite car
horriblemercedes replied to GeordieInExile's topic in AutoShite
They sold pretty well in Mexico and Venezuela -
I like it, but you're kidding, right? It looks bulbous compared to a Gamma. Not in the same league in terms of looks
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Most inappropriately named shite car
horriblemercedes replied to GeordieInExile's topic in AutoShite
I don't know if it's appropriate or inappropriate, but Volkswagen is particularly bad at naming cars, I think. Some contrasting examples below: Place names: Chevrolet Monte Carlo sounds glamorous. Volkswagen Derby. Sports: Buick LaCrosse. Lacrosse is quite a rugged sport, played by people who are fit and active. Volkswagen Golf. -
Most inappropriately named shite car
horriblemercedes replied to GeordieInExile's topic in AutoShite
I'd like it if I'd produced a literary work that was considered important enough for a citation in a bibliography. For example. That's the most likely use I can think for the word. Have I missed something? -
What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread
horriblemercedes replied to outlaw118's topic in AutoShite
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Column gear shift on manual transmission
horriblemercedes replied to Dyslexic Viking's topic in AutoShite
W124 column change manuals were pretty common. I saw plenty of them when they were new. It was primarily used for taxi models and they were popular in that specification as taxis. Just to add - I believe that only left hand drive W124s were available with column shift -
It was nice of them to continue the 1999 theme by using a digital camera from 1999 to photograph the car
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What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread
horriblemercedes replied to outlaw118's topic in AutoShite
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Another one?