Six Cylinders Motoring Notes

[richardmorris]

11 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

A bit of a interruption to Vauxhall licking this weekend as it is the Citroen DS Rally.

First time I’ve not been in quite a while, but mum and dad were over after visiting my sister’s family last week.

[chaseracer]

11 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

A bit of a interruption to Vauxhall licking this weekend as it is the Citroen DS Rally.

My friend Simon was there, spending much of yesterday changing the starter motor on his bright green '66 Portuguese-assembled DS21.

[Crackers]

I need to think about my camping arrangements. I will be there overnight but I point blank refuse to do tenting, maybe I will steal dad's Landy and stick an air mattress in the boot! #CamperConversionM8

[Fumbler]

35 minutes ago, Crackers said:

I need to think about my camping arrangements. I will be there overnight but I point blank refuse to do tenting, maybe I will steal dad's Landy and stick an air mattress in the boot! #CamperConversionM8

Rooftent for extra OLLI points.

[Crackers]

17 minutes ago, Fumbler said:

Rooftent for extra OLLI points.

Hope there's no breeze.

[Ghosty]

2 hours ago, Crackers said:

I need to think about my camping arrangements. I will be there overnight but I point blank refuse to do tenting, maybe I will steal dad's Landy and stick an air mattress in the boot! #CamperConversionM8

Sleep on the back seat of your car, it's more comfortable and possible than you think. 

If the Civic isn't MOTd (and I doubt it will be) then I'll be sleeping on the back seat of my R8, something I've been doing comfortably as long as I've been driving. 

I once slept on the back seat of my S3 XJ after going to a house party the night before, woke up the next morning and drove to Chumley... 

[LightBulbFun]

3 minutes ago, Ghosty said:

Sleep on the back seat of your car, it's more comfortable and possible than you think. 

really?

[Crackers]

5 minutes ago, Ghosty said:

Sleep on the back seat of your car, it's more comfortable and possible than you think. 
 

I've got my eye on something currently that might make that somewhat tricky owing to a distinct lack of rear seats.

[Crackers]

4 minutes ago, Crackers said:

I've got my eye on something currently that might make that somewhat tricky owing to a distinct lack of rear seats.

And before someone pipes up no it's not fucking made of blue plastic nor is it 1 wheel short of a proper car!  

[mitsisigma01]

[Ghosty]

Jet 1? 

[sutty2006]

I tried sleeping on the back seat of a Volvo V70 at Bilbao car ferry docks……. Never again. Worst nights sleep ever (apart from trying to sleep across the front seat of a vivaro van).

[Snake Charmer]

3 hours ago, Crackers said:

I need to think about my camping arrangements. I will be there overnight but I point blank refuse to do tenting, maybe I will steal dad's Landy and stick an air mattress in the boot! #CamperConversionM8

Air mattress in the Mercedes for me I think.

[Talbot]

I think I will be intense.

Sorry.  In tents.  Actually, tent.  Only need the one.

[Six-cylinder]

So you buy 8 project cars one day and 2 days later you are offered another what should you do!

Of course you have to buy it. 

I have always admired Richard Morris's Mercedes 320CE and had discussed I would be interested when he was ready to sell it, the day just came sooner than I expected.

The problem with me the car is one of the rear subframe mounting is badly rusted and all the bushes are shot. Quite a big job but considering how good the rest of the car is well worth having it repaired properly. Plans are afoot..........

 

[Six-cylinder]

Now it's Monday and Citroens were so yesterday!

Vauxhalls is where it is at. I can't wait for FoD and a clean and investigation of the ones I have bought from the collection.

[Talbot]

49 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

World's worst attempt at hiding by me there...

[Six-cylinder]

8 minutes ago, Talbot said:

World's worst attempt at hiding by me there...

Blame @Andyrewhe made the Carlton so shiny it became a mirror.

It is currently sheeted over in indoor storage but I will get it out for FoD and it will need exercising.

[Noel Tidybeard]

On 07/08/2021 at 16:41, Slowsilver said:

Bekoing (verb): To attack a hopeless pile of junk with a vacuum and a wash bucket that everyone else has run away screaming from and make it shiny again.

oo look another one

[hairnet]

Bekoing is surely buy a 99 quid shitter and hoovering it so it's worth 125??

Joke Sam honest 😛

@Six-cylinder if that's all that's wrong then why not if it drops out easily enough

[beko1987]

17 minutes ago, hairnet said:

Bekoing is surely buy a 99 quid shitter and hoovering it so it's worth 125??

Joke Sam honest 😛

@Six-cylinder if that's all that's wrong then why not if it drops out easily enough

Depends how much change gets sucked up, could be a significant devaluation! 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

2 hours ago, beko1987 said:

Depends how much change gets sucked up, could be a significant devaluation! 

It may be one of the things holding the car together...

[hairnet]

yeah you know how people say its the paint holding it together

bekos is the shite and fluff in the carpet is holding it together

 

[reb]

20 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

really?

Sleeping in the front seat of a car is equally doable, though admittedly probably not with a dodgy back. I slept in the driver's seat of my C2 in a layby by Loch Lomond once in order to meet a friend in the morning, woke up at 6am and was able to proceed to my destination/coffee merely by flinging my blanket on the back seat and putting the seatback back upright, no need to exit the car into the cold Scottish morning air!

[MondeoBlues]

I slept in the front seat of the Porsche in a 24hr car park on Knight Street in Liverpool just last week. Not the least comfortable night's sleep I've had tbh. Although I did have to open the door at 6am because by then I'd replaced all the breathable oxygen with arse gas.

[Bear]

38 minutes ago, MondeoBlues said:

I slept in the front seat of the Porsche in a 24hr car park on Knight Street in Liverpool just last week. Not the least comfortable night's sleep I've had tbh. Although I did have to open the door at 6am because by then I'd replaced all the breathable oxygen with arse gas.

Doesn’t the sunroof have a tilt mode?

[MondeoBlues]

38 minutes ago, RichardK said:

Doesn’t the sunroof have a tilt mode?

No, it's just a lift-out panel.

[Bear]

That’s odd - my 924S had the pegs that would either retract and let the roof lift out, or extend and make it tilt. Surprised they’d bother removing the tilt, or is there no motorised aspect?

[MondeoBlues]

No motor on my one, it's got four latch points that you can undo and the whole thing lifts out and goes on the boot or across the back seats if the owner has forgotten/can't be arsed to open the rear hatch. 

[Bear]

Needs 3D printed fart wedges