Taff

It's a bit of drive in a car that doesn't exist. Although, if the car doesn't exist, then neither does the 18mpg figure either, I suppose, so technically I'm better off

I think

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As I say dear fellow, not happening till the new year unfortunately. Some issue surrounding a Carte gris I'm told. Stops it being imported legally apparently!

how does a paperwork error prevent your made-up friend taking pictures? Unless of course you made the whole thing up?

How accurate is this data?

 

As with all large government databases, there are errors in this dataset (especially since quite a lot of the data for older vehicles is based on paper records that were originally maintained by local authorities).

 

The most common error that crops up is vehicles that don't have exactly the correct model variant recorded on their V5 registration document. For example, a special edition Peugeot 205 Gentry might only have Peugeot 205 recorded on its V5. This can lead to some model variants appearing to be rarer than they actually are.

 

The key to understanding whether or not the data is accurate for your particular model is to check the model name on its V5 registration document. If it's not what you expect it to be, then it's likely that the DVLA statistics for that model aren't very accurate!

 

This happens more often with older vehicles, especially for those that would have originally been registered in the 1970s and earlier.

 

Copied from their own site. Which doesn't list a Citroën zx 19td volcane. Which makes my car rarer than a Renault 20... As there's a few of those.

not are rare as my Galaxie mate, which doesn't exist at all.

Best I stop paying to insure it then, more fool me.

Edit to add, my old Chevy doesn't show up either, nor my caddy. Has anyone on here imported a car that is showing or is he just using commercial info and somehow missing out the private imports?

HC, ISYSALADMAGTFU

pictures of the imaginary car your imaginary mate bought or STFU

Renault 20 - only 38 left according to HML, pleased to report the number has increased this year.......................

And if anybody is wondering, my mate Rupert bought it in the end. Turns out there were a few issues with a "Carte Gris" - a grey card? Anyhow it arrives in the new year.......

 

Due to all the sniping, I shall require sincere apologies from every last troll on here before I will put any pictures up.

pictures or STFU

That HML site is dog toffee, it doesn't even recognise the Galaxie. I know it's rusting away but it hasn't totally vapourised yet

hard to grumble about the kettle in my F, goes like sticnk with the VVC kicked in

All these confessions regarding cannibalising and bridging cars has made me wrack my memory for a list:

1x Capri 3000 GXL- Reason : headlights.

1x Rover 3.0 ( 1 owner, 18,000 miles) Reason : to use seats as a 3 piece suite.

3x Corsair 2000e Reason gearboxes and diffs.

3x Rover P6 Reason: 2 of them to put 4 front seats in my mk2 Cortina. 1 for engine swap into Escort( never finished)

8x 2.0 Mk3 Cortinas Reason: engines. Into Escorts and one into a 1600 GT facelift Capri( see also GXL headlights)

5 or 6 Mk4 Zephyrs and Zodiacs Reason: Various bits to keep my Executive on the road- usually Borg poxy Warner 35 autoshatics- could and did swap at the side of the road!

1x Renault 5 Monaco Reason : interior and wheels for daughters Campus- OMG I've started another generation on wasting cars.

That's a great list, I especially like the V8 escort that killed two cars and yet was never finished.

I think it's safe to say that most of us on here have worn knob issues

I have bum raped a P6 rover for it's V8 and weighed the rest in for scrap

I once bought an MG Montego which had 5 months MoT, drove it to the scrapyard and scraped it, keeping only the wheels

I once drove  tank over a Mk1 Golf GTI

The horse rider jackets do that and it looks ok.................. from a distance!

Wasn't a private prosecution was brought against a woman wearing one and she was deemed as impersonating a police officer?

Aplos for quoting the Telegraph. I hope it's true, the horse riders round our way are smug twats

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/10039547/Horse-riders-told-not-to-wear-polite-bibs.html

now there's an idea for a paint job for my Galaxie

I have bum raped 2 SD1's for their V8 and weighed in the rest

I've bum raped 3 Mirafiori's for their engines and weighed the rest in

Behold this pure, unadulterated pile of utter shit!

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Blitz-Outbak-Suzuki-jeep-beach-buggy-unfinished-project-kit-car-/231774935149

 

 

Isn't there a law against such child abuse?

no battery clamp. I'm out

I'm glad you have bought this.

It means I won't have to. Thanks, mate

Where do you live?

Zanussi

Hirst makes a good point, as EVs improve and become more mainstream the demand for petrol & benz will drop accordingly. And I doubt that will be for another, oh, 50 years or so.

There's only two sizes of aerial connector.

 

The little one

 

And the big one

 

(if you exclude any weird and wonderful ones used by manufacturers on their OEM stuff)

 

So if your car has a big lead and your head unit has a little hole, you need this

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/05017-Standard-Antenna-Car-Radio-Adapter-Plug-Connector-ISO-90-Socket-DIN-/280866166595

 

And if your car has a little lead, and your head unit has a big hole, then you need the one you posted a picture of - on the back of it should be a little push-fit socket.

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(which translates as "many thanks, Pirrock" in Japanese)(no really) (gen dit, it does)

It appears that I need to go DIN to ISO. Many thanks, sir

New or secondhand, it doesn't matter. Just remember to dispose of your failed one by throwing it into the nearest canal.

Not really my thing, banging tunes, I'm much happier listening to the wireless while stuck in yet another fucking traffic jam making my way through the rich tapestry of fellow commuters.

Now, the X1/9 has had a head unit fitted which works a treat BUT!!  The existing Fiat ariel jack is to large for the ariel hole in the back of the Panasonic head unit I have fitted.

So, my question for the denizens of AS is this; in order to enjoy* The Archers while driving one of Turin's finest, I need some form of adaptor between ariel & head unit. But does it need to be like this:-

and if so, how do I identify the different sizes? Short of turning up at Halfords with the head unit in my hand, opening a couple up and trying them, is there anyway to identify them?

A quick google search refers to stuff like, DIN to ISO, ISO to DIN, male to female etc. I think all I need to do is step down a mm or so in diameter, but my school was crap and I can't speak adaptor, sorry.

Cheers, Taff

A few little things getting slowly sorted out, the courtesy light wasn't working. A new bulb got the light itself working but it wouldn't light up off either door switch. New switch's and grommets were only a tenner a set, you get two of these

passenger door was easy enough, new switch fitted

let there be light

I expected the drivers side to put up a fight, as it was a lot rustier than the pass side

but it came out easy enough. New switch fitted is a mirror image of the pass side, hence no pic

I also fitted a stereo, but need a radio ariel adaptor for it

I've been working away at one of the rust scabs on the X in anticipation of its MoT next week. Some gentle prodding of the biggest rust bubble eventually left me with this hole

Which currently looks like this

And which reminded me how much I dislike block sanding.

After that pic, I sprayed the repair is black primer and left it t that . No apologies for the primered repair, the car is going to need a pair of sills and a door skin at least, along with a full respray, so primer patches are acceptable

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Spotted on my mates farm, apparently the last surviving Yugo convertible in the world

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Merely purchase an estate car, or an MPV, spray paint the side windows the same colour as the rest of the bugger, Bob's yer uncle

 

Removal of rear seats is optional, depends on likely useage of said hybrid vehicle.

I'm not 100% certain but I seem to recall that there was some wording on my insurance that confirm it was a car-derived van (mine was a mk2 Fiesta) and that it only had front seats, although the Fiesta still had all the mounts etc for the rear bench.

What the lad actually needs is an ex BT Bedford HA van in yellow with off cuts of Axminster in the back.

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Whats the firm called? Good news on the job, btw.

I don't see why anyone should have to justify having an MPV for any reason.  Requiring a a justification is behaving like the eco nazis who attack people for driving a 4x4 for whatever reason.

 

If you bought it, taxed, MOTed, insured it and put fuel in it then it's up to you.

 

Having run an 806 for many years I found it to have many advantages whilst only using maybe 10% more fuel that a mid size car, in fact less if the car is petrol.

 

Sitting high up is useful on a daily motorway commute for seeing which lane to be in.

Biggest vehicle allowed in the council tip (recycling centre   ) round here.

Brilliant in snow.

Brilliant for buying building materials / tools / furniture / DIY stuff. You can get a 4x8 sheet in the back of an 806.

Brilliant tow vehicle.

Having kids sitting high up makes it much easier to lean in to put seat belts on toddler seats, which is why my wife wanted it in the end, even if you only have one or two. I think that this mini SUV things like Juke, Sportage etc have the same advantage.

I have three kids and they do fit in the back of the 607, but I find that putting one of the them in a third row instead does lead to a quieter journey.

For these reasons I think that SWMBO has made a mistake to get rid of ours, but in the end it's her car so her choice.

all MPVs do is suck the life out of you. They are misery on wheels & then the owners should be taxed eleventy thousand a week for all eternity for even considering that an MPV is an "option"

Trans Am. Now

Edit to add, when my lad was born in 2000, I compromised and bought a family saloon. A bright yellow Vauxhall PA Cresta with a 3.3 motor from a Viscount snotted into it. MPV my arse...