M'coli

In many ways it's a vanity tax...

On 29/12/2023 at 00:27, Metal Guru said:

On the subject of pronunciation, football commentators and foreign players names can be both annoying and amusing.

The most obvious one is Jesus. Can’t pronounce it “JEE-ZUS” like we all do. Some try to be correct in Spanish ( or Portuguese) and try “HAY-SUSS” or “HAY-ZEUS”, others a hybrid version “JAY-ZEUS “. Since when was Jesus Spanish anyway? Any Hebrew scholars want to give us a definitive pronunciation?

 

6 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

I thought they looked realy cool when I was 15, especially in the metallic blue

Weren't these a re-badged Aermacchi?

20 hours ago, wesacosa said:

I suspect that the "GLF" tag is, in reality, fiction.

6 hours ago, Momentary Lapse Of Reason said:

"And now for something completely different ..."

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/676926810987476/?ref=browse_tab&referral_code=marketplace_top_picks&referral_story_type=top_picks

 

£3K!   🤣

"Yir Da sells Avon..."

Tonight, I saw the vrm 8112R, on an 18-year-old Vauxhall Agila.

Not if they're of sound mind.

On 8/12/2023 at 10:50 AM, brummiejon said:

When I used to go to Glastonbury festival in the 80s, if it rained, the only vehicles that could get off the site were Landrovers and 2CVs. You’re also forgetting that with one tool, you could wind up an entire old-car forum.

@brummiejon sorry for this FTFY, but I just had to go for the joke...

4 hours ago, New POD said:

£800. There must be a scam or catch. Dealer price would be £6.5 k I reckon. 

It's a Nissan Juke. QED.

21 hours ago, beko1987 said:

By not pissing about trying to refit the boot lid trim on the Xsara after the 2nd time it fell off, I've gained some space! Can put the bag of tent poles down the middle and they poke into a handy access panel for the locks and wiring! 

Giving up and not giving a fuck does have it's upsides! 

I took the passenger door trim off of my first mk2 Cav to transport a freebie kitchen worktop from Birmingham to Yorkshire. I had to remove the gearknob if I needed reverse gear...

2 hours ago, TheOtherStu said:

16  believe it or not on L plates.
It's a quadricycle with the same limits as a 50cc moped.

I can imagine that the insurance would be heavy.

As seen on another thread, don't bother with insurance...🤬

An unregistered electric bike that can do 30mph by electric power alone is also illegal, you ignorant cunt.

Great stuff, but <sigh> I was hoping the "unobtanium" tag meant you'd got a Lonsdale!

6 hours ago, scorchio69 said:

Didn’t the Sinatra,s have a problematic front wiper set up or am I miss remembering other Vauxhall quality issues 

Yes, the had the tendancy to bend under an NCAP test.

8 hours ago, New POD said:

Popular car, designed by Engineers at Longbridge, but just at the end of the project, the big bosses in Germany decide to make it in Oxford?  

No worse than any other "BLMC"  product designed since 1958. 

I mean the gearbox issues the petrol version had was a nod back to the Metro Turbo, the power steering issues were probably related to the fact that the electric power steering was a Lucy's Car braking Spin off.  Head linings. That seems to be a rover thing. Electrics and BCM, well yes. Shit occasionally. 

Nothing particularly high tech though. Just painful to fix. 

IIRC the Bini was made in Longbridge and the 75 in Cowley - when Rover was sold off, the two production lines were swapped over.

Is there a proper thread for keeping an eye out for stolen gear?
The company that I've just started with had their trailer stolen from Brighouse on Sunday night. No doubt it will be in some miscreant's lockup getting the decals removed, but if not, it looks like this.

If you fit metro diesel engine mounts it'll take most of Peugeot's TU family of engines, I'd imagine.

1 hour ago, 320touring said:

@Carl1981 it sounds like a waterpump not moving fluid. 

 

I don't imagin an a- series pump is particularly complex to fit - maybe worth a quick browse of YouTube to see if there is a step by step guide?

K-series...😉

On 9/25/2022 at 10:04 PM, Asimo said:

Petrol was less than half that price in ‘73.

I'll take a guess at 1979, because the Budget in 1970 put 4* above £1/gallon.

On 4/9/2023 at 6:01 PM, georgeinabz said:

I know what you mean, used to be in my bed and listen to the cars outside go past as a 14year old , minis were dead easy to guess , all you hear now is tyre noise.
My mate's older brother had a Stan Stephens tuned RD350 , definitely heard that from 1/2 a mile away.

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My Dad's Norton Dominator had BSA Gold Star "silencers". We lived just over a mile away from the national speed limit signs (mileposts just after the N/S and one outside the house), and one still summer's night (probably 1984) I was in the loo and I heard him crack open the throttle as he left the 30 zone.

On 3/23/2023 at 4:38 PM, Alan_Green said:

Good shout!  The Arrows A7 and A8 raced in similar colours, but it's the A9 that's the properly shite car - so unsuccessful that it only did 3 races before the team reverted to the A8.

In the sad event that it heads to the bridge would it be worth removing the exhaust first?

3 hours ago, Leyland Worldmaster said:

Pah. All suggestions are far too good. And far too slow. 

Everyone* knows that nothing  is faster than a fucking rental car. 

The only thing I'd change is the colour. White or beige. Do they make a beige Duster? 

Discussion over.* I've won!*

😜😜😜

Oddly enough, someone sprinted a mk5 Escort hire car at Kames in spring 1992.

I'll just leave this here...

Either or, but the rotating bits are the ones making contact, so perhaps the masking tape on tye tyres.