Six-cylinder Posted July 17, 2021 Author Share Posted July 17, 2021 What a snub! I used the Sovereign S2 to visit Stoke Mandeville Hospital and in car park C it scans your reg on the way in, you type your reg into a machine before you leave and pay. Then the barrier will lift for you automatically. The machine said "License Plate Not Found" Mrs6C, Coprolalia, N19 and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookiesouwest Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 5 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said: What a snub! I used the Sovereign S2 to visit Stoke Mandeville Hospital and in car park C it scans your reg on the way in, you type your reg into a machine before you leave and pay. Then the barrier will lift for you automatically. The machine said "License Plate Not Found" Maybe the scanner does not work for white on black? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted July 17, 2021 Author Share Posted July 17, 2021 Saturday 31st July Evening @mat_the_cat is camping in the FoD for an event at Silverstone. My thought is does anybody else want to come over for an evening talking car rubbish? If the weather is with us we can light the garden fire basket. There is plenty of room for camping if anybody else wants to stay over. mat_the_cat, eddyramrod, chaseracer and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Cookiesouwest said: Maybe the scanner does not work for white on black? That hadn't occurred to me actually, but I had something similar happen to me somewhere in the Rover. I might have to go round and do a car park group test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said: What a snub! I used the Sovereign S2 to visit Stoke Mandeville Hospital and in car park C it scans your reg on the way in, you type your reg into a machine before you leave and pay. Then the barrier will lift for you automatically. The machine said "License Plate Not Found" That's clearly a programming failure. Some eejit only coded it to recognise post-August 1983 plates. Floatylight 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N19 Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 The car park in St Albans doesn't properly read the Capri's numberplate, but it at least consistently mis-reads it so I can work around it. Not accepting old numberplates is odd, since some will be used as private plates by the SUV brigade, and a regex for numberplates is probably flying around online somewhere. See also: telephone numbers either incorrectly formatted or incorrectly rejected. Niche use cases but not difficult to sort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 My L reg zx never had its numberplate read in the car parks in Marlow I used to use... Amazing how often I only stayed for 10 minutes/50p... Cookiesouwest and N19 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyrew Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Work car park of kwality* Six-cylinder, Mrs6C and LightBulbFun 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Disaoint - won't be in the country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saabnut Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 That weekend is Saabfest at Prescott Hill Climb, so whilst I will be in the area, I will not be able to attend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Isn't 31/7 FOTU? I might go for that as I've got paid leave that weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted July 17, 2021 Author Share Posted July 17, 2021 13 minutes ago, Saabnut said: That weekend is Saabfest at Prescott Hill Climb, so whilst I will be in the area, I will not be able to attend. 31st July is just an Evening gathering in addition to the next FoD weekend which I am about to announce for 21/22 August. Saabnut, chaseracer, catsinthewelder and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 14 minutes ago, Saabnut said: That weekend is Saabfest at Prescott Hill Climb, so whilst I will be in the area, I will not be able to attend. That's disapoint x 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted July 17, 2021 Author Share Posted July 17, 2021 21 minutes ago, Ghosty said: Isn't 31/7 FOTU? I might go for that as I've got paid leave that weekend. Yes 31st is FOTU and that's 92 miles away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 damn and buggery 21/22 august too many motherflippers off work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said: Yes 31st is FOTU and that's 92 miles away! Knowing that FOTU finishes late afternoon this doesn't bother me much, I could pop over for a while around probably 6/7pm and I'm sure I won't be the only one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted July 17, 2021 Author Share Posted July 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Ghosty said: Knowing that FOTU finishes late afternoon this doesn't bother me much, I could pop over for a while around probably 6/7pm and I'm sure I won't be the only one. It should be a nice evening if the weather is with us, but I do understand this would be a lot of driving for some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat_the_cat Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 2 hours ago, Ghosty said: Knowing that FOTU finishes late afternoon this doesn't bother me much, I could pop over for a while around probably 6/7pm and I'm sure I won't be the only one. That's exactly my plan. Convoy! Ghosty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 8 minutes ago, mat_the_cat said: That's exactly my plan. Convoy! All the yes. Who's in mat_the_cat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 10-4 rubber duck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat_the_cat Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 ??? LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 20 minutes ago, mat_the_cat said: ??? Oooh I think I know what we are singing next FoD gathering evening! https://autoshite.com/topic/34511-ebay-tat-volume-3/page/4582/?tab=comments#comment-1654701 mat_the_cat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted July 18, 2021 Author Share Posted July 18, 2021 Google has a cruel poke at Mrs6c's Visa Cabriolet while doing a picture search! Dick Longbridge, Snake Charmer, adw1977 and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted July 19, 2021 Author Share Posted July 19, 2021 I visited my favourite garage today and they have taken on an engine build for a customer/friend on a newly acquired Triumph 2500TC Auto. It is a really solid car and I wish it was mine in spite of the missing lump. richardmorris, LightBulbFun, chaseracer and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 needs v8 Yoss and Snake Charmer 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted July 19, 2021 Author Share Posted July 19, 2021 Mrs6c ZX TD estate played up last night and would not switch off without stalling it and even then a couple of warning lights stayed on until I disconnected the battery. Today I took it to my favourite garage and it switched off and on just fine. I have been concerned about the gearbox and a grumbling noise so asked they checked that and it turns out to be OS front wheel bearing, so not so bad. I collected my Beetle today after a light oil change service and MOT. It was too hot for roof down so used the aircon instead. Today Mrs6c bought the Mercdes 200TE home loosing water and as her ZX is still at the garage so the 156 Sportwagon is going to be pressed back into service. Coprolalia, MondeoBlues, Floatylight and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Charmer Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 31 minutes ago, hairnet said: needs v8 I saw one for sale a few years back in need of restoration I would have loved to own, a factory 3ltr V8 with Ferguson 4 wheel drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 On 7/19/2021 at 10:18 PM, hairnet said: needs v8 God no! Nothing beats the sound of a Triumph straight six with a nice exhaust. Nothing. AnthonyG and Amishtat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 On 7/19/2021 at 10:20 PM, Six-cylinder said: Mrs6c ZX TD estate played up last night and would not switch off without stalling it and even then a couple of warning lights stayed on until I disconnected the battery. Today I took it to my favourite garage and it switched off and on just fine. I have been concerned about the gearbox and a grumbling noise so asked they checked that and it turns out to be OS front wheel bearing, so not so bad. I collected my Beetle today after a light oil change service and MOT. It was too hot for roof down so used the aircon instead. Today Mrs6c bought the Mercdes 200TE home loosing water and as her ZX is still at the garage so the 156 Sportwagon is going to be pressed back into service. My cx did that- the start stop solenoid stuck. Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted July 25, 2021 Author Share Posted July 25, 2021 21/22 August Date set for next Field of Dreams weekend Yes game on again, talking, drinking tea, camping, car fixing, build a railway! Put a date in your diary. chaseracer, Crackers, Yoss and 7 others 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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