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AnnoyingPentium

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  1. Clutch is returning by itself now, but there's no weight to it nor will it go into gear. Will wheel it to the garage down the road and leave it there, its my regular place anyway. Can confirm, motabmobiles galore here.
  2. Merry Christmas peoples. Enjoy a photo of the dog with his new toy. May the new year be equally filled with shite cars, if not more, than this year.
  3. In the same boat, I've still to open my pressie, but my victim is yet to receive theirs.
  4. Come out of my work, go to start the Vectra and the clutch pedal sinks into the floor. AVAS. Merry Christmas folks.
  5. Condolences to you and yours. Anything at all, I think you have my mobile number.
  6. Received, and will be sent if I can get a bloody car to actually work.
  7. This one is my first time going, so stumped up the price of a ticket. Don't think I'll be doing it again though. Planning on taking the Vectra, and happy to entertain passengers with my crap singing and sense of direction (or lack thereof), if @PicantoJon hasn't put people off wanting to be in a car with me...
  8. Knowing that you're more active on Instagram and suchlike, you'll have spoken to a chap called Brian Frawley? Lives in Co. Clare, and also has a Streetwise. He's been documenting the remaining ones, so may be worth getting in touch if you haven't done already.
  9. @Wibble I could loan you the Skoda for a wee bit if you're needing it. I'm not too far from your Mum's either.
  10. Ah I'd forgotten about that! Will reinvestigate once it stops raining. Doh!
  11. Ever-constant is the Fabia. Despite its one foot in the grave moment in July at Shitefest. Still running, slightly better than it was before it was stuffed in a ditch. Although, the MOT is due in this coming February, so I've got that to look forward* to. Still hanging about for towing, and for stoating about places the Vectra isn't allowed to be in. (Yes, the towing eye is still stuck in the front from July - I can't get it out) In, the repmobile Vectra Arctic 1.8, which sort of wormed its way into being my daily. AVAS in action, and all that, but I love it. Looking forward to 2024. Hopefully nothing else in, unless the MOT for the Fabia flags up anything massive, but I'm overly confident that it'll be fine.
  12. It's basically brand new inside... although I need to give it a good hoover out. That display works, but it's the only one I've ever seen that actually worked.
  13. One for @Dick Longbridge... Put the original radio back in the end, seems to have began playing okay, but the eject mechanism won't fling the tape out so I'll have to have a word with it tomorrow. I've got a few issues with the car at the moment, but nothing I canny sort (*Ralph Wiggum I'm in danger gif here*)... The brake fluid is going *somewhere*, there's no sign of leaks yet. On the topic of leaks, we have oil, not much, but a wee drop, at least if its been sitting. Self preserving chassis innit. And finally the rear shock absorbers are a bit shagged, but again, that's an easy enough job. However, it's December. In Scotland. It's cauld. Ahm cauld. Fabia now functional, so pottering about in it mostly. Now available in taxi driver spec. Overall, it's quality. Air con demists in nae time too.
  14. Been catching up on this as well. Wishing all the best to you and your family, hope things pick up soon pal.
  15. Aye they oil extractors are class. I had to get a smaller pipe for mine as it wouldn't fit some of our motors.
  16. Modern, I know. But red or blue?
  17. Good, that buys me time to figure out where I put the fuckers 😂
  18. Has the outer bit of the cone disintegrated on the speaker at all then? Seems to be what mine did. I've got a set of 17cm Pioneer speakers somewhere you could have if you fancy an upgrade.
  19. You've still to take me oot a run in that! I've yet to experience the decadence of this luxurious* automobile.
  20. Maybe I'm just blind, or it's a Mk2 Clio, judging by the shape for the rear window.
  21. So this is my daily now, after the Fabia's choice to eject some coil spring the other day there. Quite enjoying driving it still, seeing anything between 30 and 38mpg depending on usage, which isn't bad going at all. Managed to get just shy of 42mpg out of it on a decent run too. It's a very willing car, and just keeps going. I've got all the servicing kit here, I'm just waiting for a dry day (a bit of an ask in Scotland in July, never mind November) so I can get servicing it, since I'm outdoors (sans garage) and a bit of a fair-weather shiter, in many senses. Oh, also, I got a new phone, which means better camera. Always a bonus. So what's a man to do? Take it to somewhere rough looking and get photies. More photos can be found on my Flickr, in this album. Above, some may notice a change in head unit. Which, if you know me, is nothing new. However, this is due to the sudden and unfortunate death of the original Car 400 unit (it requires belts and motivation to change said belts - I have neither). I've kept it, and will put it back in for shows and suchlike, but yon Alpine will do the job nicely for now. My Dad had a similar one in his Celica back in the day, which is nice. Below, is a period sticker I got from a chap on eBay, along with a few others, which I've yet to fit. I'll get around to it eventually. In the meantime this'll do. So yeah, still well pleased with this. It just does the "an car" things really well. I also now have a deadline to fix the Skoda, as it'll be required for the dreaded OMGWEEGIELEZ next month (and the Vectra is going to get the rust patch dealt with properly), but at least I have a car in the meantime. Just washing it regularly now, and it's been well sealed, which should help keep as much of the Scottish Vehicular Plague at bay as humanly possible... hopefully. 🤞
  22. Depending on how bad the misfires are the ECU doesn't always record them, in my experience. I found mine would miss if you gave it gutty in a higher gear, but it wasn't enough to bring on the EML. I had to change all three within weeks of each other on yon Skoda after it hit 60k miles. One of the three brought the EML on, the others did not.
  23. Oh yeah, I still own this. So as everyone and their dug knows, I bought a Vectra B, bringing the fleet count up. Here's as it stands. So, since buying the Vectra I've went from 1,000-ish miles a month with the Skoda to... 150 miles. So, a bit of a drop there. I've also spent money on getting the track rod and end done, had the tracking sorted, and gave it a good wash. And how am I repaid? With this. Fortunately, I have a shock absorber and top mount to replace the failing ones on that side anyway, so just need to order up a spring - which was the plan anyway. After that, it'll be the rear wheel bearings and chuck it for an MOT, and pray to every fucking deity for good luck. In the meantime, until the last parts arrive, I'm not doing anything with it. Which does mean I'm using the Vectra in the grit, but it's fineeeee, just wash it regularly, and it's going for welding anyway... What's my plans for the Skoda? I hear nobody asking but I'll tell yous anyway. Honestly, I don't know yet. If I were to get rid, I'd still need a WeegieLEZ shitter. Ach well, if it's doing less mileage and keeps going then I'm happy. I have a fondness for these Fabias anyway. That'll be all for now I reckon.
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