richardmorris Posted July 12, 2017 Posted July 12, 2017 Calendar shots!And the AA were Called! I thought I had a puncture yesterday and was delighted to find that the 16 year old 156 had a full tool kit in place and even air in the space saver. I managed to undo the wheel nuts and thought this will not take long to get going again. Wrong! a large gash in the tyre caused by the spring cup breaking put pay to that. The AA were called and for a change provided a quick and efficient service. The car is now with a local garage waiting for repair.Has Mrs 6cyl suffered a disfiguring disease or are you blocking images for modesty? Sorry, just realised she's holding an orchid.
Six-cylinder Posted July 12, 2017 Author Posted July 12, 2017 Has Mrs 6cyl suffered a disfiguring disease or are you blocking images for modesty? There were the flowers we were taking to my mother for her Birthday, she had to wait until next day. richardmorris 1
Six-cylinder Posted July 12, 2017 Author Posted July 12, 2017 Would you have preferred to wait an unknown length of time for a flatbed or get recovered straight away? [Edit: cross-post, soz.] I tried the flatbed last time it took 4 hours to travel 42 miles.
richardmorris Posted July 12, 2017 Posted July 12, 2017 There were the flowers we were taking to my mother for her Birthday, she had to wait until next day.Just realised! The GS looks lovely, are you going to Tilford next month?
Six-cylinder Posted July 12, 2017 Author Posted July 12, 2017 Just realised! The GS looks lovely, are you going to Tilford next month? Tilford or Peterborough for the BMC with the Metro, just don't know which?
Six-cylinder Posted July 12, 2017 Author Posted July 12, 2017 The 156 is fixed and back in use, ouch that hurt!
Ghosty Posted July 12, 2017 Posted July 12, 2017 Glad it's running again but, to return to an earlier post, why did they drag the Alfa backwards like that? I think I would have preferred a proper recovery (not that I'm bitter about the last AA Dolly Fail Kaos incident I had). Fault being on the rear preventing it being dragged on the rear wheels? Could also be a question of overhang, or funny Alfa front suspension.
Joey spud Posted July 13, 2017 Posted July 13, 2017 RAC policy is never to rear lift a fwd car for risk of causing damage to the gearbox by rotating it backwards. AA policy was/is the same as ours. Going a few miles backwards won't hurt it in my opinion,but 50 miles up the motorway might.
Six-cylinder Posted July 13, 2017 Author Posted July 13, 2017 RAC policy is never to rear lift a fwd car for risk of causing damage to the gearbox by rotating it backwards. AA policy was/is the same as ours. Going a few miles backwards won't hurt it in my opinion,but 50 miles up the motorway might. It was 15 miles at 40ish mph. Last time was the same problem the other side, 42 miles and they would not rear lift it. They insisted on calling a flatbed that was going to be an AA truck and then that was lost! so a contractor was sent. The whole process took 4 hours for a 42 mile recovery. I was also subject to endless insulting drivel about how I could do it all online, I was not in the mood for it. I was pleased when the first guy this time, who agreed with my diagnosis and said he could rear lift it there and then, drop it at a local garage and take us home. The contractor the first time spent a lot of time telling me it was a one drop point contract and he should not be taking me the 5 miles to get home from the closed garage in the dark.
Six-cylinder Posted July 16, 2017 Author Posted July 16, 2017 And now for something completely different, my first ever Skoda! I was going to try and piece together a collection thread for this, but the only thing that happened driving my Visa there was that it rained heavily on the A14, so I have just added it to my notes. The rest of you missed out, what a fantastic car! It's clean, tidy and instantly usable. It has Mrs 6C's seal of approval and she drove it home 100 miles. I asked her what faults she had found and the only thing she could come up with was a broken clip on the driver's sunvisor. Thank you Stanky and Mum. DeeJay, Sigmund Fraud, The Moog and 12 others 15
skoda_fan Posted July 17, 2017 Posted July 17, 2017 Well saved. Absolute bargain. They're great cars and boringly reliable. It says a lot about our society that a perfectly good car like that can be deemed only fit for scrap. (Vaguely...and stupidly...thought about trading in my mk1 vRS a while back. Dealer didn't want to know).
Stanky Posted July 17, 2017 Posted July 17, 2017 I'd send it back, sun visor clip situation is completely unacceptable. Glad you like it though, its a good car.
holbeck Posted July 17, 2017 Posted July 17, 2017 It says a lot about our society that a perfectly good car like that can be deemed only fit for scrap. ^^ This. It never fails to astound me how little value is placed on stuff like this. Looks great by the way, respect to Stanky (and his mum) for facilitating barefoot, egg and Bear 3
egg Posted July 17, 2017 Posted July 17, 2017 You don't have to be a hardcore greeny to realise £100 cars can't be available forever. But, who knows, maybe it will go on like this for a while as electric slowly replaces ICE.
They_all_do_that_sir Posted July 17, 2017 Posted July 17, 2017 Never fails to astound me how disposable "old" cars have got. Cars being written off now because all they need something like a clutch doing? Sent from my SM-A510F using Tapatalk
hairnet Posted July 17, 2017 Posted July 17, 2017 taxiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii bet you like it cos youre 320t in disguise
Six-cylinder Posted July 20, 2017 Author Posted July 20, 2017 Skoda now in lay-by, which might seem the unwanted area off the drive, in reality it means quick access to it without moving stuff. Bucketeer, Stanky, Heidel_Kakao and 1 other 4
Six-cylinder Posted July 25, 2017 Author Posted July 25, 2017 Expensive day, my M3 needed new rear tyres. I knew the rear tyres were getting close to being worn out, but it turns out one of them had damage as well. My garage says it looks like pot hole damage and I could just replace the one to keep the car legal, but with 321 bhp driving though the rear wheels I decided to do the pair.
Six-cylinder Posted July 25, 2017 Author Posted July 25, 2017 The good news of the day is we have taken the n-s front wing off the Sovereign S1 today and there is no rust on the inner wing and only a small repair needed on the outer wing. They_all_do_that_sir, DeeJay, RobT and 7 others 10
HMC Posted July 25, 2017 Posted July 25, 2017 ^ that's a bit of a result! Refreshing not for it to reveal all sorts of other issues when it comes to metalwork on old jags! Six-cylinder 1
Six-cylinder Posted July 26, 2017 Author Posted July 26, 2017 I am not having a good day waiting for the ÀA. No drive on the Xantia.
Six-cylinder Posted July 26, 2017 Author Posted July 26, 2017 AA man says gearbox is burnt out and has ordered flat bed lorry. 1 1/2 hours to wait, any body want to come and play chess with me while I wait!
Six-cylinder Posted July 26, 2017 Author Posted July 26, 2017 I went to collect spares Visa, now they both need a tow. somewhatfoolish 1
worldofceri Posted July 26, 2017 Posted July 26, 2017 The fates must have listened when you said you need to shed a few cars!
Six-cylinder Posted July 26, 2017 Author Posted July 26, 2017 I was going to show you some pictures of the Visa but having uploaded two photos I can't do any more.
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