Taff
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The F is on a 15,000 mile a year insurance policy. But the insurance company didn't ask me the mileage.
How will they know?
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The F clocked up 83,000 today. So what, I hear you cry? Well, that’s 15,000 miles since I bought it back in Feb. It’s history under my care* is listed in the thread, so I shan’t repeat it but at just one FTP per 15k miles, that’s winning at motoring in my eyes. Current MPG is circa 39-40, hard to grumble about that in a car that is fun to drive. It would be relatively simple to find a car doing better mpg but I doubt it would be such a hoot to blatt about in.
There are a couple of knacks to living with an F in this weather, it is pretty watertight since I treated the hood (despite the two small tears). The odd splash and trickle gets onto the seats when opening the door, but there again I have had tin-top saloons which had that issue. There is also a knack to folding yourself into the car without banging the roof supports (well, there is when you are 6’3†– but that’s down to me, not the car).
I’ll treat the seats again this weekend (the stuff I have needs 24 hours to soak in properly) and it will get another oil change next month. The aim over the next few months is to ease the burden on it slightly and press the X1/9 into service for a day a week and some of the stooging about at the weekend.
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Whichever petrol station I use I always "pay in kiosk". Then, when I venture inside if I find that they don't stock Frazzles I walk out and drive away without paying to teach them a lesson.
Permission to use your strategy?
I tend to brim the F every Monday, as it's usually empty (or emptyish) by the time I get home on Monday evening. I pass the Tesco on the way home, plus there is a MILF I enjoy flirting with that works Mondays. With the price heading down, we are both winners.
Just under £50 to brim the F now, BTW. Happy with that.
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wow
http://autoshite.com/topic/22726-the-crusher-beckons-have-a-look-at-this-gumtree-beauty/page-5
didn't realise we went in for internet bullying.
The bloke might have been a waste of bandwidth but rounding on him like that? Don't your ignore buttons work?
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Run as fast as your little legs can carry you.
After extensive* research I can confirm that the part of a woman's brain that makes them kinky in bed is the same part that makes them psychopathic the rest of the time.
The trick is to work out when your "acceptable balance" of sexual excitement/ personal wellbeing lies.
Please don't take this personally, but you don't come across as being as capable of managing a truly pervy fruitloop as some others on here (I'm looking at you Taff lad...).
Find yourself a lass that's happy to have a bit of fun between the sheets but is less likely to cut your brake lines because you forgot to put sugar in her tea.
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had a g/f who was extremely adventurous. All was well until she got especially drunk one night (we always got drunk, but this time it was very drunk). I went into quiet mode, just about managed to avoid the argument she was looking for. Got up early-ish, shaved, packed and woke her with a cup of tea. And dumped her.
It cost me a phone number but at £10 I think it was, small price to pay. She has since met and settled down with a bloke. He appears to be shrinking by the week.
The bit that really annoys me about women is the "changing" thing. It was me being like this that attracted you in the first place. Why attempt to change something that you like?
That and the lack or forethought some females can show. The latest one, we were in Tesco getting sorted for a night out, and I said to her
"have you got any spare tights?"
"didn't know it was your thing!" she quipped, so I said it isn't but, I'll bet that you are rushing to get ready and you knacker a pair, why not buy a spare set now, so you have a back up plan?
"no need", she said.
You can guess the rest. And you can guess who's got a mouthful off her for pointing out I had a £3 solution 5 days ago that she opted to ignore. Bollocks to her, she's getting tights for Christmas.
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To whit I have replied that now that they have all the details of the person who set up the direct debit and that seeing as we can electronically authorise them to remove money from our bank account then they can damn well accept an electronic authorisation asking them to investigate why they have removed the amount twice and then when they have confirmed that, put it back into the bank account and I'll be damned if they are going to take 6 weeks about it as if I neglected to pay my road tax for 6 weeks they would be the first to send me a fine for however much and nasty letters, that they might even go so far as to wheel clamp the offending vehicle - I have suggested therefore that an unprompt course of action may result in a wheel clamp being attached to the DVLA offices and the offices not being allowed to go anywhere until the money is returned.
If that were me (and granted, internet legal advice is the easiet to give...) I would cancel all payments I make to DVLA until the balance of what they owe you is reached, then re-instal the payments. Their system moves at a snails pace at the best of times, they won't have even sent the first shitty letter to you by the time you have reinstated everything.
I went to school near there, and trust me, it will also confuse them no end.
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I did a bit of surfing via that link, eventually ending up at the 2015 Chevrolet Camaro.
Guess how many mpg it does on the urban cycle?
13.
That's 15.6 UK mpg.
My Galaxie does better than that. No coil pack either.
Verdict - Ford better than Vauxhall.
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parts ordered, £31 all in. You've got to love the internet.
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OP, want to borrow this? MoT exempt, so no emisions to measure
It's insured and road legal, so if you want to ask them what it will cost you to park outside your gaff, feel free. 208" long, if they ask.
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X1/9 hubcap
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Stripped it down this morning
Evidence of melted something on the inside of the wheel
These gold patches weren't there yesterday!
Took me a moment to notice what was wrong
The stub of the burst flexi came out of the calliper ok, as did the bleed nipple & the sliders. Dropped the calliper out of the way
Pads are also toast
Disc looks ok, doesn't look warped. I'll strip the bearings and check them too, although they feel fine.
Could have been worse, and my revised Christmas list now reads:-
Flexi hose
Calliper seal kit
Rear brake pads
Caroline Flints phone number & address.
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It was the ally one, and it was the only one NOT wrapped with masking tape. It was new-ish, too, opposed to the "lived-in" other three.
Annoyed, but if this is the biggest set back in X1/9 ownership, it's easy street from here on in, eh?
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I will, mate. I've "glowed" discs before, my lad asked why I didn't try cooling it with water or something. Let it cool naturally, I bet I've got away with just a set of pads and a calliper seal...
Bear in mind it had a back brake stuck on, it still went like shit through a goose and sounded awesome!! What a car!
Annoyed about that hubcap, mind...
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me and my big mouth. Just taken it out to collect Taff Jr. It cut out twice, the drivers side rear caliper was binding to the point of a glowing disc and I have lost a hubcap!
The disc was properly orange, I suspect that whole wheel station is probably borked now. Oh well.
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If you've ever wondered what an X1/9 with 12 months mot looks like...
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I think that mudflaps are the product of Satan and that the owners of cars who have them should be kicked to death in public by a man wearing steelies for crimes against wheel arch paint
Wankers
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It's brilliant viewing and not a satire. They're a real company and "Fearless Francis" is as bright as he comes across on telly.
I had no idea it was legit, I genuinely thought it was a fictional series and the next Office or somesuch.
I think it's even funnier knowing it's real. And Rachel would get it.
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Theoretically, those permits could be issued to the residents for free. I said, theoretically.
Because practically, the residents pay council tax.
Also, the space in front of houses is public, i.e. the State owns it. And the State is you and myself.
I have an issue with having to pay rent for my own property.
In fact, I consider charging me for using my property a criminal act. It's called protection racket.
Its my property too and i want a return on it, so get your wallet out
Actually, isn't JM one of those economic migrants you hear so much about these days? If that's the case, provided he starts work in a Number One Hand Carwash sometime soon, he's entitled to park for free.
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any one fancy owning a little tank?
seems salty, though it looks like ut has all of its kit (save the gun....) and it in friggin' poland....
now there is a collection fred.
Jag straight six motor, mounted backwards. Epicyclic wheel stations too, plus it will fit in my garage. Verdict - a bit shit
daimeler ferret not daft enough?
ok then, hows about a proper APC?
early B60 petrol engine, so garuntee no6 plug never changed and an engine bay fire every 250 miles. Verdict - buy the K60 diesel model
still not enough heavy metal?
then how about this?
75% likely that I have driven this one, given the low number produced & in service with the Army. Verdict - One careful owner
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I'm happy. Call me old fashioned but I would rather pay less for petrol.
- Junkman, Banger Kenny and Bamboocarman
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The grumpy thread
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I don't think that's cuntish. I learnt in Bedford MKs and the 432s, and that is pretty much what the instructors had us doing. You've eliminated the danger by stopping. If laddo in his Mk1 Opel Manta (other fast cars are available) wants to play silly buggers, it's up to him
I'm glad he's no longer cluttering the place up anymore.
I had too, on other threads, so I had stuck him on ignore & made the problem go away. But I had a look at that thread on Friday while I LS and I were chatting about tellies & it didn't feel right.