Six Cylinders Motoring Notes

[Six-cylinder]

Are they Volvo wheels on this?

 

Red XM.jpg

 

Green Volvo 6.JPG

 

Yes Volvo with the centre caps neatly taped over. This was done by the previous owner as the tyres on their steel wheels were worn out and this set was available at reasonable cost.

 

When I first saw pictures of the car with the Volvo wheels I was determined to put it back on it's steel wheels and transfer the tyres over, but when I got it they didn't look so bad. In fact they look slightly better than S2 XM wheel covers.

 

I dream of a set of XM S1 alloys with brand new tyres.............

[Stinkwheel]

They look nice on Volvo wheels....

 

[Mrs6C]

^^^ my T5 has those... 'Ninja throwing stars'...

[Tetleysmooth]

^^^^^ Columbas or Perfos I think they're called.

[Six-cylinder]

Mrs6C V70 T5, so when I fancy a change of wheels I can just grab them!

[Mrs6C]

Mrs6C V70 T5, so when I fancy a change of wheels I can just grab them!

You leave my wheels alone!

[hairnet]

dont think hes talking about wheels

 

*runs

 

ps youse must be scottish as youve had more volvos than fowler

[Six-cylinder]

I was outbid on a 740 GLE estate this morning!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Volvo-740-GLE-Estate-Auto-1987/283449086850?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

[hairnet]

I was outbid on a 740 GLE estate this morning!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Volvo-740-GLE-Estate-Auto-1987/283449086850?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

see cms206 thread

[cms206]

I was outbid on a 740 GLE estate this morning!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Volvo-740-GLE-Estate-Auto-1987/283449086850?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Sorry.

[Six-cylinder]

So having failed to win the Volvo 740 this morning, I went into the office for a sulk, but Mrs6C announced I was needed to move the boat later this afternoon so I had to dry my eyes and tough it out!

 

While moving the boat a Virgin balloon came over and landed two fields away or maybe it was shot down by the microlight.

 

While at the field I thought I would see if our mower would start and it did then I remembered there was no drive belt for the cutting deck so I turned it on its side (not crashed) to fit a new belt.

 

Then I had to start cutting my own grass as no Autoshiters appeared out of nowhere!

[LightBulbFun]

im pretty sure someone just bolted a propeller and a hand glider to a Sinclair C5 there! 

[Christine]

 Jesus that's close to those pylons , innit?

[hairnet]

 I went into the office for a sulk,

 

two hours later this is still making me laugh

[Bfg]

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darn sheep fanciers dropping in like that  ..should be outlawed !

[Six-cylinder]

I am very busy at work and have no time for messing about with cars , so today,

 

Mrs6C was complaining the ZX had become a poor starter and this was the first day after 3 weeks notice I could get a mech to change the glow plugs, easy throw him the keys he knows what he to doing nothing needed from me. Except he released the injector pipes so he did not damage anything and it would not bleed so I got the job of operating the key while he manually bleed the system.

 

I needed my Vitesse from storage as it is Bicester Scramble on Sunday and I am booked on the TSSC stand. The only day my friend could help me this week was today, so I decided also I will get the BX ready to the front for next week when it is booked for service and MOT preparation work.

 

I needed a choreographer to manage the event!

 

Alfa 156 black started on its own battery and moved out of the way

 

Push E Type out of tight space it then started on its own battery and moves.

 

Vitesse was behind the  E-Type and needed a push before the doors could be opened, started after a lot of cranking and the jump pack it started

 

GS started on its own battery just fine to move out of the way of the Metro.

 

The Metro needed a jump but started fine.

 

Finally we are at the back row and the BX, that started fine with a jump pack but even after  15 mins put nothing in the battery.

 

reassembly is a reversal of the dismantling procedure, except the Vitesse has come home and the BX is at the front.

 

 

I got home and in view of the weather forecast decided to put the Vitesse in the garage, VP 1500 in the way and 2CV in the garage needed shoving up.

 

I now have two batteries to charge..........

[hairnet]

did you mtfu about the volvo yet

 

how another have you found yet

[Bfg]

what a fabulous home.  ..I'm just saying in passing like.  Very nice looking indeed.

[Six-cylinder]

what a fabulous home.  ..I'm just saying in passing like.  Very nice looking indeed.

 

Next door is for sale!

[Belfast Gipsy]

Does that mean STILL for sale, or back on the market? I did do a little stalking on Rightmove the last time it was on.

[Six-cylinder]

Does that mean STILL for sale, or back on the market? I did do a little stalking on Rightmove the last time it was on.

 

It was sold and has been refurbished and is back on the market.

[DSdriver]

Balloonists are lawbreakers, every time they take off they are proceeding with intent to commit trespass.

How much are the next-door-sellers paying you not to have autoshite cars on the drive when viewings are in progress? Should be a nice little earner

[SiC]

Does that mean STILL for sale, or back on the market? I did do a little stalking on Rightmove the last time it was on.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who did! I think it's still in my saved properties.

[Bfg]

Next door is for sale!

 

My budget wouldn't buy somewhere under a council house manhole cover.!

 

 

..Aside from which have you seen his neighbour - blinking cars everywhere ! ..And some of his mates huh ! - they come around to fiddle on his so called autoshite motors, and then spend half the day buzzing around in the field ..attracting all sorts of air-bourne fanciers and nosy parkers.. Shouldn't be allowed.   Why my Agnes was saying just the other day .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . ... .. . .. . .

[Six-cylinder]

I have just looked and it has been taken off sale, but I suspect it will be back up in due coarse as he is a builder.

[richardmorris]

If you did buy next door, the neighbour is very likely to be round asking if he can park some old rubbish on your drive.

[Six-cylinder]

If you did buy next door, the neighbour is very likely to be round asking if he can park some old rubbish on your drive.

 

I used to with the previous neighbour and even made him give me lifts when I moved cars around!

[Mrs6C]

Six-cylinder would like to be able to update his Motoring Notes but the shiny new AS site won't let his Windows XP machine talk to it...

It could be the other way round, of course...

[hairnet]

24 minutes ago, Mrs6C said:

Six-cylinder would like to be able to update his Motoring Notes but the shiny new AS site won't let his Windows XP machine talk to it...

It could be the other way round, of course...

tell him to extract digit - can haz windoze 10 on la[ptop but typing this on xp on F%^&$D computer

 

:O)

 

[richardmorris]

Tell him he really shouldn’t be using XP in the wild. I have it on half a dozen PCs at work- none is linked to the outside world though.