yes oui si

Jokes aside, it's hard to find a bad place to be West of the 697.

5 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

A bit further afield but I don't think gazumping is possible with the way things work in Scotland? 

My friend Michael stayed in the Borders for a while before moving to Wooler and its lovely there. I don't know what prices are like though and that might all be too far away anyway.

Does he like banjos? 

9 hours ago, Kiltox said:

No worries, thanks for looking. I’ve smashed the ever living fuck out of the lock now anyway 👌 

Has Mrs_Kiltox been locked in the spare room since you sold the Audi? 

10 minutes ago, Schaefft said:

That's actually not too far from a house in Longhirst we were looking at in July last year. That was the only other place where I felt like you were getting a decent house, outside space and location for a fair asking price. Naturally people went mental and outbid each other so far beyond the original asking price that we gave up eventually. On a house that probably needed 50k of renovations soon. There's still too many people with too much money to burn and overpay. If I compare prices of what is supposed to be one of the cheapest areas of the country with those of other comparable houses anywhere around the world I'm just shaking my head. We are quickly approaching 700-800k USD and this is not London, Tokyo or Toronto. The value just isn't there.

Anything commutable to Newcastle is ridiculous money unfortunately 😕

That's awful @Schaefft, but as you said there are other houses with differing potential despite the weird market.

This place has been up for a couple of months now. Nice wee bungalow, Ulgham ('Uffim' if you aren't local) is a great little village about 3 miles from the a1 just north of Morpeth, big parcel of land as well. 

https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/66750133/

The map is wrong on the listing, it's actually the house in the middle here:

So that paddock has access from the lane behind, huge potential for a nice workshop and plenty of parking. 

19 hours ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

Quite a bit of persecution complex going on in this thread.  

Yup, the tinfoil is almost as strong as the Stockholm Syndrome... 

£0 for the Rover 75.

Based on your Brave New World comment, Ford. 

2 hours ago, twosmoke300 said:

It’s got 195/50/15 on now which is meant to help the ride over the std 45 profiles . 

Will probably make the speedo read correctly as well. 

42 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Retesting everyone would be a massive PITA. Spend the money on more traffic police, if needs be incentivise them on convictions. Picking off all those 8 year old Audis with Madri and cocaine fuelled driver’s would be like shelling peas. Make the fines big enough to deter.
 

Problem is this will never happen as unfortunately we’ve gone down the road of being too easy on people, unfortunately sometimes you don’t get the best out of people by promising them ice cream after dinner. 

Fuck living in a police state. 

17 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

Why are wheelie bins so noisy? Our bin lorry has changed its route and now turns up before 7am instead of around 11 am, so I have to put my bin out the night before. Trouble is I nearly always forget until I’m going to bed , usually sometime after 11. When I do, every house I can see has no lights on and looks like everyone has gone to bed. As a result , ever revolution of the bin wheels , sounds like a  big bass drum of a marching band.

(Halfway through writing this it dawned on me, that everyone goes to bed early, because the bin lorry will wake them up shortly after 6).

Saw this and immediately hit the quote button to tell you the secret to quiet bin maneuvering, but then... 

2 hours ago, Talbot said:

Try this one wierd trick:  (no really, this actually works...)

Balance it on one wheel while rolling it.  I know that sounds utterly stupid, but a wheelie bin (especially when empty) balanced on one wheel is noticeably quieter than when on both wheels.

Absolutely no idea why.  It just is.

Not recommended when it weighs as much as a small moon, or if you're trying to move it over gravel or some other impossible surface.

Yup, it works. 

I want this so much ❤️

Modern cars aren't inherently bad just because theyre modern. 

Almost anything you can buy will do 100k in four years with nothing more than basic maintenance, and double that by ten. 

Vastly preferable to setting points and having to weld shit tin for every other MOT. 

8 hours ago, warch said:

 

My first unpopular motoring opinion is the Mk 3 Golf GTI 8v wasn't a materially worse car in terms of performance or handling than the corresponding Mk 2 model. Yeah I know, same power, more weight but there was minimal difference in real terms. 

 

Having owned all three, I'd rather have another mk3 over a mk2 or mk1. 

Although if anyone here has an automatic b3/4 Passat estate going spare... 

1 minute ago, Barry Cade said:

You'd think, but the tolerances  they were built  to and the fact that all the layers , most gasketless didn't give more problems  and the bhp/litre efficiency that they gave, along with the influence Honda had on the company at the time meant they were way ahead of the game on build too. Just a pity they didn't realise this in 76 with the SD1....  I was just leafing through a What Car from 1991- cars of the year. Rover cleaned up in quite a few categories. They really were a viable company at that time.

Absolutely a design ahead of its time, and I wouldn't dispute that. 

Worth noting that they were put in cars and sold to people who treated them like an A Series or Pinto. A friend's dad had a Rover dealership at the time of launch and despite giving customers the 'this is a modern engine that needs to be treated well' spiel along with care instructions, they got kettled regularly. 

The cars with K-series engines I've driven have all been nippy and responsive, and you can see why so many engine tuners love them... But it doesn't matter how good the engineering is if you're going to let brummies build them. 

Cars are silly things which shouldn't be taken seriously, and certainly shouldn't be made precious. 

11 minutes ago, St.Jude said:

 

Colin McRae killed two adults and two children showing off in an aircraft he wasn't licenced to fly, and was a habitual drug user. He is not any form of role model just because he drove some cars. 

 

Efa. 

14 minutes ago, tooSavvy said:

Rallying videos opinions vary 🤔

Aye? 

A stock Chevette pisses all over a stock mk2 escort. 

27 minutes ago, Dobloseven said:

Anyone who cuts the roof off an original VW Beetle and replaces it with a pop up tent should have something similar done to themselves by way of punishment.A proper factory convertible is a lovely, properly engineered thing though.

What about Carson tops? 

EX0 error on every thread, refresh sorts it. 

Minilites are shit, and anyone who actively chooses them should be shunned. Small dispensation allowed if they were fitted when you got the car, but if they're still on it six weeks later then you're gone. 

Good luck! 

13 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

Neighbours opposite had one on their driveway for 2 weeks and got a solicitors letter!

But who is actually enforcing it? Typical solicitor's scare-you-away letter or notice of action being taken?