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Or living life to the Lymm-it! 

@Remspoor Maybe someone's been using the boot as a garage shelf 

Does it have the meth lab? 😉

Not one of these?
What an anti-climax

Not one of these?
What an anti-climax

Not one of these?
What an anti-climax

What could be more environmentally friendly than flying to COP and picking up some chod to reuse? 

What could be more environmentally friendly than flying to COP and picking up some chod to reuse? 

@barefootYour boss' cunning plan is for people to get inside, take out and use the fleet?
Best keep your boss away from your daughters. 

Aren't modern's great*? Modern's boot latch that won't has made me proper grumpy. 
 
Go out to car, unlock, open boot to put stuff in it, go to shut boot and nope. It's not having any of it. 
Double check nothing is stopping the boot shutting. Nope, that's not it, must be the latch. Of course latch and latch bar bolts are hidden behind trim panels and almost totally inaccessible without dismantling the boot. 
Take the boot apart, check the latch and latch bar haven't worked loose and gone out of adjustment. Strange, everything is tight and turns out there is no adjustment. Check the rubber bump stops aren't stopping the boot closing because they're out of adjustment. Nope no adjustment there either and taking the bump stops off entirely makes no difference at all. 
Manually operate latch? Nope, everything that opens the boot is an electronic microswitch and there appears to be no manual override.
Realise I'm now running very late so tape and zip ties deployed to keep the boot from springing itself open on every bump. Of course, that is only after removing all the remaining boot trim to find something I can actually zip tie onto. 
 
Fixed* right?
Nope. Being a modern car, it's clever and knows the boot latch isn't latched. So it beeps all the time you're driving it to helpfully remind you the boot is open. Except I already know that I can't get the latch to latch as I've just spent ages trying to make the hateful thing behave. 
OK, let's lock it up and leave it in the naughty corner to think about why it should behave. 
Nope. Car detects the boot latch isn't latched so the car alarm starts going almost as soon as you lock it. Bugger. 
Leave it unlocked while we ponder next steps. 
Nope. It's a modern so it locks itself after a few minutes if left unattended with the key out of range. As soon as it locks itself it detects the boot's not latched shut & the car alarm goes off continuously. Poop sticks. 
Decide I've had enough, pop the bonnet and disconnect the battery. Problem solved?
Nope. Can now only lock the driver's door manually, the others have to be locked electronically. Carp. 
Reconnect battery, lock car, alarm goes off instantly because bonnet is open, disconnect battery, shut bonnet.
 
Success* at last, a locked and quiet car that may still have enough battery to start when I get back to it. 

Kolleckshun is Kolleckshunned! Huge thanks to @marky-mark- it was a pleasure to meet you. Car seems like a goodun and ideal* for winters in North East Scotland. 
The obligatory pez station shots and then an earlyish night for me, though may drop in on the AS meet for a while.
Will continue the story tomorrow,  but likely to be far less updates unless it all goes horribly wrong as I will have to be stopped to post updates.
Anyhoo, pez shots
 

That’s the weekends plan. Concrete anchor in and fix cover to the ground.

Aren't modern's great*? Modern's boot latch that won't has made me proper grumpy. 
 
Go out to car, unlock, open boot to put stuff in it, go to shut boot and nope. It's not having any of it. 
Double check nothing is stopping the boot shutting. Nope, that's not it, must be the latch. Of course latch and latch bar bolts are hidden behind trim panels and almost totally inaccessible without dismantling the boot. 
Take the boot apart, check the latch and latch bar haven't worked loose and gone out of adjustment. Strange, everything is tight and turns out there is no adjustment. Check the rubber bump stops aren't stopping the boot closing because they're out of adjustment. Nope no adjustment there either and taking the bump stops off entirely makes no difference at all. 
Manually operate latch? Nope, everything that opens the boot is an electronic microswitch and there appears to be no manual override.
Realise I'm now running very late so tape and zip ties deployed to keep the boot from springing itself open on every bump. Of course, that is only after removing all the remaining boot trim to find something I can actually zip tie onto. 
 
Fixed* right?
Nope. Being a modern car, it's clever and knows the boot latch isn't latched. So it beeps all the time you're driving it to helpfully remind you the boot is open. Except I already know that I can't get the latch to latch as I've just spent ages trying to make the hateful thing behave. 
OK, let's lock it up and leave it in the naughty corner to think about why it should behave. 
Nope. Car detects the boot latch isn't latched so the car alarm starts going almost as soon as you lock it. Bugger. 
Leave it unlocked while we ponder next steps. 
Nope. It's a modern so it locks itself after a few minutes if left unattended with the key out of range. As soon as it locks itself it detects the boot's not latched shut & the car alarm goes off continuously. Poop sticks. 
Decide I've had enough, pop the bonnet and disconnect the battery. Problem solved?
Nope. Can now only lock the driver's door manually, the others have to be locked electronically. Carp. 
Reconnect battery, lock car, alarm goes off instantly because bonnet is open, disconnect battery, shut bonnet.
 
Success* at last, a locked and quiet car that may still have enough battery to start when I get back to it. 

Aren't modern's great*? Modern's boot latch that won't has made me proper grumpy. 
 
Go out to car, unlock, open boot to put stuff in it, go to shut boot and nope. It's not having any of it. 
Double check nothing is stopping the boot shutting. Nope, that's not it, must be the latch. Of course latch and latch bar bolts are hidden behind trim panels and almost totally inaccessible without dismantling the boot. 
Take the boot apart, check the latch and latch bar haven't worked loose and gone out of adjustment. Strange, everything is tight and turns out there is no adjustment. Check the rubber bump stops aren't stopping the boot closing because they're out of adjustment. Nope no adjustment there either and taking the bump stops off entirely makes no difference at all. 
Manually operate latch? Nope, everything that opens the boot is an electronic microswitch and there appears to be no manual override.
Realise I'm now running very late so tape and zip ties deployed to keep the boot from springing itself open on every bump. Of course, that is only after removing all the remaining boot trim to find something I can actually zip tie onto. 
 
Fixed* right?
Nope. Being a modern car, it's clever and knows the boot latch isn't latched. So it beeps all the time you're driving it to helpfully remind you the boot is open. Except I already know that I can't get the latch to latch as I've just spent ages trying to make the hateful thing behave. 
OK, let's lock it up and leave it in the naughty corner to think about why it should behave. 
Nope. Car detects the boot latch isn't latched so the car alarm starts going almost as soon as you lock it. Bugger. 
Leave it unlocked while we ponder next steps. 
Nope. It's a modern so it locks itself after a few minutes if left unattended with the key out of range. As soon as it locks itself it detects the boot's not latched shut & the car alarm goes off continuously. Poop sticks. 
Decide I've had enough, pop the bonnet and disconnect the battery. Problem solved?
Nope. Can now only lock the driver's door manually, the others have to be locked electronically. Carp. 
Reconnect battery, lock car, alarm goes off instantly because bonnet is open, disconnect battery, shut bonnet.
 
Success* at last, a locked and quiet car that may still have enough battery to start when I get back to it. 

@barefootYour boss' cunning plan is for people to get inside, take out and use the fleet?
Best keep your boss away from your daughters. 

Wow! You must have BIG rats! 😳

Aren't modern's great*? Modern's boot latch that won't has made me proper grumpy. 
 
Go out to car, unlock, open boot to put stuff in it, go to shut boot and nope. It's not having any of it. 
Double check nothing is stopping the boot shutting. Nope, that's not it, must be the latch. Of course latch and latch bar bolts are hidden behind trim panels and almost totally inaccessible without dismantling the boot. 
Take the boot apart, check the latch and latch bar haven't worked loose and gone out of adjustment. Strange, everything is tight and turns out there is no adjustment. Check the rubber bump stops aren't stopping the boot closing because they're out of adjustment. Nope no adjustment there either and taking the bump stops off entirely makes no difference at all. 
Manually operate latch? Nope, everything that opens the boot is an electronic microswitch and there appears to be no manual override.
Realise I'm now running very late so tape and zip ties deployed to keep the boot from springing itself open on every bump. Of course, that is only after removing all the remaining boot trim to find something I can actually zip tie onto. 
 
Fixed* right?
Nope. Being a modern car, it's clever and knows the boot latch isn't latched. So it beeps all the time you're driving it to helpfully remind you the boot is open. Except I already know that I can't get the latch to latch as I've just spent ages trying to make the hateful thing behave. 
OK, let's lock it up and leave it in the naughty corner to think about why it should behave. 
Nope. Car detects the boot latch isn't latched so the car alarm starts going almost as soon as you lock it. Bugger. 
Leave it unlocked while we ponder next steps. 
Nope. It's a modern so it locks itself after a few minutes if left unattended with the key out of range. As soon as it locks itself it detects the boot's not latched shut & the car alarm goes off continuously. Poop sticks. 
Decide I've had enough, pop the bonnet and disconnect the battery. Problem solved?
Nope. Can now only lock the driver's door manually, the others have to be locked electronically. Carp. 
Reconnect battery, lock car, alarm goes off instantly because bonnet is open, disconnect battery, shut bonnet.
 
Success* at last, a locked and quiet car that may still have enough battery to start when I get back to it. 

Aren't modern's great*? Modern's boot latch that won't has made me proper grumpy. 
 
Go out to car, unlock, open boot to put stuff in it, go to shut boot and nope. It's not having any of it. 
Double check nothing is stopping the boot shutting. Nope, that's not it, must be the latch. Of course latch and latch bar bolts are hidden behind trim panels and almost totally inaccessible without dismantling the boot. 
Take the boot apart, check the latch and latch bar haven't worked loose and gone out of adjustment. Strange, everything is tight and turns out there is no adjustment. Check the rubber bump stops aren't stopping the boot closing because they're out of adjustment. Nope no adjustment there either and taking the bump stops off entirely makes no difference at all. 
Manually operate latch? Nope, everything that opens the boot is an electronic microswitch and there appears to be no manual override.
Realise I'm now running very late so tape and zip ties deployed to keep the boot from springing itself open on every bump. Of course, that is only after removing all the remaining boot trim to find something I can actually zip tie onto. 
 
Fixed* right?
Nope. Being a modern car, it's clever and knows the boot latch isn't latched. So it beeps all the time you're driving it to helpfully remind you the boot is open. Except I already know that I can't get the latch to latch as I've just spent ages trying to make the hateful thing behave. 
OK, let's lock it up and leave it in the naughty corner to think about why it should behave. 
Nope. Car detects the boot latch isn't latched so the car alarm starts going almost as soon as you lock it. Bugger. 
Leave it unlocked while we ponder next steps. 
Nope. It's a modern so it locks itself after a few minutes if left unattended with the key out of range. As soon as it locks itself it detects the boot's not latched shut & the car alarm goes off continuously. Poop sticks. 
Decide I've had enough, pop the bonnet and disconnect the battery. Problem solved?
Nope. Can now only lock the driver's door manually, the others have to be locked electronically. Carp. 
Reconnect battery, lock car, alarm goes off instantly because bonnet is open, disconnect battery, shut bonnet.
 
Success* at last, a locked and quiet car that may still have enough battery to start when I get back to it. 

Sure it wasn't V4JZL? 

Wow! You must have BIG rats! 😳

157k miles and look at that MOT history 😳

Wow! You must have BIG rats! 😳

I thought for a minute you were planning to fit one of those new fangled motorbike banana holders......then I looked up thread and all became clear

If only the seats were velour 

Wow! You must have BIG rats! 😳