Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - Auto Culture

[AnthonyG]

Put me down for the custard Cavalier fettling. I love a Mk1 Cavalier.

Am I correct in assuming @Andyrew used to own the ‘87 Carlton? I’m sure he will be all over that. 

Due to the increasingly pessimistic and murky weather forecast I am 99% likely to be coming in the Jag. I still need to book somewhere to stay for Saturday night!

[Six-cylinder]

25 minutes ago, AnthonyG said:

Put me down for the custard Cavalier fettling. I love a Mk1 Cavalier.

Am I correct in assuming @Andyrew used to own the ‘87 Carlton? I’m sure he will be all over that. 

Due to the increasingly pessimistic and murky weather forecast I am 99% likely to be coming in the Jag. I still need to book somewhere to stay for Saturday night!

Yes the Carlton Saloon was once Andyrew's

[beko1987]

I'm torn between doing my aux belt on Saturday ( @Talbotwould your air gun be in the back of your car perchance?) and playing with vauxhalls...

Ill bring all the stuff but not be sad if we don't get round to it 

[Ghosty]

4 hours ago, chaseracer said:

Would anyone from THE NORTH visiting the FoD on Saturday be able to collect it from Jon and bring it down?  Thanks 🙂

FFS I was in that Decathlon earlier. Get it to me and I'll bring it down.

[chaseracer]

Cheers, Max.

@3VOM has also kindly offered.  Who's closer to Casa Burgess?

[3VOM]

8 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

Cheers, Max.

@3VOM has also kindly offered.  Who's closer to Casa Burgess?

PM me with location. I suspect it's me.

[Ghosty]

3VOM is slightly further west than me, but I need to go down the M6 as I've got other shitely duties in Stoke as well so I'll be passing Jon anyway. 

[Crackers]

13 minutes ago, Ghosty said:

I've got other shitely duties

Also don't forget those ramps I'll ferry back down south for Herr Fumbler.

[Slowsilver]

On 8/11/2021 at 11:20 PM, Slowsilver said:

I saw the current title of this thread and thought I would take the opportunity to temporarily augment the Vauxhall collection with my modern*. It's only 22 years old and I have only owned it for 19 of them. The Maxi is alive and well but sulking in the garage as it now has to compete with the Mondeo for attention.
 

I wish you hadn't mentioned the Maxi. I got it out of the garage yesterday and it has been crying brake fluid all over the floor behind the nearside rear wheel. Looks like new rear brake cylinders are required. Hopefully the brake linings will be salvageable as they are fairly new.
 

[Six-cylinder]

Live breakdown! 

Iam currently sat on the side of the road waiting for the Carlton to cool down. 

I got it out of storage this morning and left it running while pumping up the tyres. A water hose blew off, I refitted the hose and topped up the radiator, all seemed well. 

I have driven 4 miles and the temp gauge went up over 90 so I stopped. Engine  is very hot, but the radiator is cold. 

I am 2 miles from home so if it will restart I hope to drive it the last bit to home. 

[Erebus]

8 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Live breakdown! 

Iam currently sat on the side of the road waiting for the Carlton to cool down. 

I got it out of storage this morning and left it running while pumping up the tyres. A water hose blew off, I refitted the hose and topped up the radiator, all seemed well. 

I have driven 4 miles and the temp gauge went up over 90 so I stopped. Engine  is very hot, but the radiator is cold. 

I am 2 miles from home so if it will restart I hope to drive it the last bit to home. 

What a bleak and depressing back drop for a breakdown!  Hope you get it sorted ok

[brownnova]

Looks like the Carlton got so hot it burnt the house next to it down! 

[Andyrew]

Faulty stat? 

I recall on The first MOT run the temp never even got to 80 the whole trip. Like it was stuck open. 

 

[Six-cylinder]

It won't start now.

I have called the RAC, they say upto 3 hours. 

[Andyrew]

Sad times!

[Six-cylinder]

RAC have text me to say they are extremely busy and there could be a delay.

Text no. 2 says it could be my battery and they can sell me a new one. 

[Six-cylinder]

I have had enough of the RAC and have called slowsilver to the rescue! 

[Zelandeth]

Bugger...sounds like the stat has blocked/jammed most likely. 

If you're still stuck give me a shout and I can see what I can do to help, though if you've already got someone on the way not likely to be much more I can offer.

[Six-cylinder]

I am home now.

Absolutely no help from the RAC after 2 hours, just text messages to say they are too busy to attend to me.

All the thanks to Slowsilver who turned out at zero notice. Then allowed me to tow him in the Carlton at reckless speeds with him having no ability to slow me down even if he wanted too!

It was decided not to punish the Zafira  and we put my Chelsea tractor to work instead. I think I heard it complaining it needed a pampering full valet after that activity.

I hope we can get the Carlton going where it is or if not a quick tow to the FoD over the weekend.

Once again BIG Thanks to @Slowsilver

[Slowsilver]

Scoop! Satin Red Vauxhall comes to the rescue of Satin Red Vauxhall. Not all Vauxhalls are sh*te, just 50% of them!
 

[Ghosty]

Saturday's going to be interesting for me as it turns out I'll be arriving at the FoD in the Accord. And at some point, I'll be leaving again on a collection mission and returning with a different car. 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

This sort of reminds me why I've been a member of the AA since 2012. At least they actually turn up, sometimes very quickly indeed....

[outlaw118]

13 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

This sort of reminds me why I've been a member of the AA since 2012. At least they actually turn up, sometimes very quickly indeed..

Work have just changed to RAC from the AA, and having had to call them out twice (#AVAS) that's nigh on 6 hours of my life I won't get back. 

Still, on company time, so every cloud and all that.

I've got Green Flag for my own use, not had to call them out yet....,.

[brownnova]

RAC do seem to have got significantly worse over the last couple of years… glad you’re home Chris. Good luck with the diagnosis! 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

I'm not a mechanic. However, did you leave the Carlton parked next to something French? Alternatively, it's had it's sturdy nose put out of joint due to influx of further ageing GM tin into its fold. Especially the Manta coupe - that one is likely to get the crowds swooning, rather than give the dependable* Carlton a friendly pat on the flanks. 

[Six-cylinder]

27 minutes ago, outlaw118 said:

Work have just changed to RAC from the AA, and having had to call them out twice (#AVAS) that's nigh on 6 hours of my life I won't get back. 

Still, on company time, so every cloud and all that.

I've got Green Flag for my own use, not had to call them out yet....,.

My RAC renewal is November and I don't want them again.  Back in Nov 2018 I needed my Alfa 156 taken 19 miles and that took them 7 hours. Also a few months ago they left my friend's wife, who is an older lady recovering from an operation on the side of the road for 4 hours because she needed a wheel changed.

The problem with other breakdown companies in the past has been that I have quite a lot of needs that have disqualified them.

There is Mrs6C and myself who need to be covered.

We tow with our Range Rover a car trailer and a boat that weighs 2000kg and is 7 m long, 2.08 m wide.

The other problem is except the Range Rover all our cars are at least 16 years old.

[anonymous user]

Glad you got it home, did you remember to get the RAC to stand down. I only mention it due to occasions a few years ago when I got the car going myself and cancelled, only to get one of their warning shots later that I had called them out too many times. I had to remind them that they hadn't turned out.

I'm still with them and have had mixed experiences, one time the patrolman removed and then lost part of the points on my Land Rover meaning it then had to be recovered. Last year the one who came out to the Allegro was great and managed to find a, get me home, fan belt in his van.

[Longbridge Apologist]

I’ve been with AutoAid a few months, having to call them out twice when the ECU died on my Bavarian Sierra.

They use whatever local breakdown company are near you and so far have had someone turn up within 45 mins - once in South Birmingham before the M42 and then when it completely died between Croydon and Sutton.

[Cookiesouwest]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

My RAC renewal is November and I don't want them again.  Back in Nov 2018 I needed my Alfa 156 taken 19 miles and that took them 7 hours. Also a few months ago they left my friend's wife, who is an older lady recovering from an operation on the side of the road for 4 hours because she needed a wheel changed.

The problem with other breakdown companies in the past has been that I have quite a lot of needs that have disqualified them.

There is Mrs6C and myself who need to be covered.

We tow with our Range Rover a car trailer and a boat that weighs 2000kg and is 7 m long, 2.08 m wide.

The other problem is except the Range Rover all our cars are at least 16 years old.

I have AA family cover for me and Mrs CSW. 18 quid a month. No age limit on cars.

[worldofceri]

I have full fat cover with the AA which, to be honest, costs a fortune. I know I could probably ring up and haggle every year but, honestly, I cba. They have always sorted me out without quibble; Twice  they’ve recovered me and a loaded tri-axle trailer. Over a twenty year period I’ve called them out dozens of times and rarely had any cause for complaint. In fact on a couple of occasions they have saved me money by repairing at the roadside, so on balance I reckon they are well worth the money.