Mrs6C Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 14 hours ago, hairnet said: snortle No translation needed!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted January 5, 2020 Author Share Posted January 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Eyersey1234 said: Teal is a well travelled boat, sounds like you have a lot of fun with her Surreal experience going to Scotland, it only took ½ hour longer than normal, towing it with my Chelsea tractor and we had our boat in Glasgow. The first stage was organised from Glasgow to Falkirk with a flotilla of 80 boats of all shapes and sizes. Then siting in our boat looking at the Falkirk Wheel in the rain while drinking whisky and eating short bread, moored beside it. The next day the trough we were in when we made the assent was huge. Then parking outside a restaurant in the centre of Edinburg, that was quite a trip. Skizzer, Sudsprint, HarmonicCheeseburger and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Have you ( can you?) gone up the Anderton boat lift? Mrs6C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs6C Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Just now, richardmorris said: Have you ( can you?) gone up the Anderton boat lift? Not yet, but it's on the list... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyersey1234 Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 The Anderton boat lift is on my list too as it happens Mrs6C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted January 9, 2020 Author Share Posted January 9, 2020 When I was researching some Citroen Visa 14TRS stuff I clicked on Parkers site and was suprised to be staring at a picture of my own car! Craig the Princess, chaseracer, BorniteIdentity and 11 others 11 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianbmw Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Values gone upSent from my SM-A530F using Tapatalk Mrs6C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted January 9, 2020 Author Share Posted January 9, 2020 2 minutes ago, ianbmw said: Values gone up From tuppence to tuppence farthing! Mrs6C, Stinkwheel and ianbmw 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinkwheel Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 .....I was researching some Citroen Visa 14TRS stuff ... Oh, do I hear a plan hatching? Go for it Chris Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Mrs6C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 48 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said: When I was researching some Citroen Visa 14TRS stuff Not planning a trip to Malvern at the end of the month, perchance? Fumbler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted January 9, 2020 Author Share Posted January 9, 2020 2 minutes ago, Stinkwheel said: Oh, do I hear a plan hatching? Go for it Chris No I have told senior management that I am not going to go for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinkwheel Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 No I have told senior management that I am not going to go for it!That’s a shame. But sometimes sense has to be sensible.Which is why I’ve been enquiring about the blue 1.4 romahome thats on the visa forum. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Six-cylinder, loserone and Skizzer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said: When I was researching some Citroen Visa 14TRS stuff I clicked on Parkers site and was suprised to be staring at a picture of my own car! Is it because it featured in a Bauer Media publication? Parkers is owned by them. HMC and Jimblob 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 I had a bit of a tussle today with a French stick today, it said it did not want to ride in an Italian car! The reason I took the 156 Sports Wagon out today is it had been standing for a month and I wanted to give it a run. I was concerned it would have a flat battery but it was just fine starting instantly. Since parting with my AX11 I have been driving around in the 156 saloon and driving them back to back showed me the gear change on the Sportwagon has lost its spring to centre so it will have to go back for that to be sorted. Sudsprint, Floatylight, Skizzer and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyrew Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 My Alfa itch has been getting really bad recently. Woman parks outside work in a black 159 with the larger (ti?) Wheels. Really not helping me. Must . . not . . scratch . . stonedagain, Mrs6C and Six-cylinder 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 We have owned Alfas for 25 years on and off starting with a 1976 Alfetta 1.6, which unfortunately is one of the few cars I don't have a picture of. The following year we got this Giulietta 1.8 at Mrs6C insistence. Sudsprint, Mrs6C and Skizzer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 2 hours ago, Six-cylinder said: We have owned Alfas for 25 years on and off starting with a 1976 Alfetta 1.6, which unfortunately is one of the few cars I don't have a picture of. The following year we got this Giulietta 1.8 at Mrs6C insistence. Looked a lot better back then, admittedly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 1 minute ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: Looked a lot better back then, admittedly. I am not sure what you are saying, this is not the Giulietta 2.0 we have now? Or are you saying older Alfas looked better because the 156 is a stunning looking car. Even moderns like the current Gulia and Giulietta look great in a way current Audi s and BMW s have forgotten how to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 1 minute ago, Six-cylinder said: ....are you saying older Alfas looked better .... This. Alfas were somehow more noticeable to me back then. Not sure about the current Alfa generation. Yes, the 156/159/166 genre look alright at certain angles, but they exist in an age where all cars (except SUVs, obviously) are generally aerodynamic, and blandly so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 10 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: This. Alfas were somehow more noticeable to me back then. Not sure about the current Alfa generation. Yes, the 156/159/166 genre look alright at certain angles, but they exist in an age where all cars (except SUVs, obviously) are generally aerodynamic, and blandly so. 156s are stunning from any angle, this was my first one which I had over 10 years ago and I am still not bored with them. Sudsprint, HillmanImp, Mrs6C and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 make wid da welders and hammers and shit - capiche? Mrs6C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 The gearchange on my c5 lost its spring and occasionally needed two attempts moving the lever to get out of gear. One of the gear linkage cables had worn through and rusted. Both replaced at the same time. Not good for a five year old car with 40,000miles! Mrs6C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 2 hours ago, richardmorris said: The gearchange on my c5 lost its spring and occasionally needed two attempts moving the lever to get out of gear. One of the gear linkage cables had worn through and rusted. Both replaced at the same time. Not good for a five year old car with 40,000miles! When we bought the Sportwagon 5 years ago the first thing we had to do is sort out the stiff gear change and the reluctance to go into 5/6 gears. Fortunately it was all external but the car ended up with a 5 speed gear-knob on a six speed box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 Coming home today I spotted Mrs6C coming the other way on the Buckingham ring road so I waved enthusiastically, as the red ZX got closer I realised it was a hatch, M reg and not Mrs6C driving it! I have got to the point where there are so few ZXs about I assume a red one locally must have come off our drive, but it was still there when I got home. Sudsprint, egg, BL Bloke and 8 others 3 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 21 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said: Coming home today I spotted Mrs6C coming the other way on the Buckingham ring road so I waved enthusiastically, as the red ZX got closer I realised it was a hatch, M reg and not Mrs6C driving it! I have got to the point where there are so few ZXs about I assume a red one locally must have come off our drive, but it was still there when I got home. dozeydustman, Mrs6C, Scruffy Bodger and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 45 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said: Coming home today I spotted Mrs6C coming the other way on the Buckingham ring road so I waved enthusiastically, as the red ZX got closer I realised it was a hatch, M reg and not Mrs6C driving it! I have got to the point where there are so few ZXs about I assume a red one locally must have come off our drive, but it was still there when I got home. And that your honour, is the case for the defence of why mr six cyl was spotted waving at pretty young blondes. The Moog, SiC, Craig the Princess and 3 others 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 i refer to my above comment really? ya think??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyrew Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Been there, old mate of mine had a blue Corsa , saw him scream up the road and pull up sharpish behind me at some lights I was sat at. I Flipped him the bird, and made other rude gestures , He didn't respond. I pulled away, and looked at the reg number. It wasn't my mate. Mrs6C, BL Bloke, stonedagain and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted January 14, 2020 Author Share Posted January 14, 2020 Another dull day with wind and rain so an ideal day for giving a convertible a run out! I have not said anything about Mercedes CLK convertible since I got in November because it has sat around doing nothing. It has not turned a wheel for a month so I thought it was time it did to do todays 60 miles for errands. It started up right away on its own battery and drives well, just the sidelight failed warning light to annoy me and I have looked and it is a bit more than a bulb as the holder is melted away. While most of the errands were boring work stuff I did manage to get in a trip to my favourite garage to take them a new fuel gauge sender I had ordered and 20 LTR of petrol for the blue AX14TRS. Slow progress they have had it running but the carb just filled up again with muck so they are in the process of cleaning out the tank. The 306 convertible is currently grounded as some of the stitching that holds the plastic rear window in the hood has bust open on the left hand side. I have ordered “Stormsure” which claims to be a Flexible and waterproof repair adhesive. I have also ordered some red strong thread and Mrs6C has offered to sew it back in for me. 14 days into 2020 and no purchases! RobT, richardmorris, LightBulbFun and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 3 hours ago, Six-cylinder said: Another dull day 14 days into 2020 and no purchases! SHOCK!!! and Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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