garbaldy Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 I booked Friday off for a collection mish with a mate so Thursday night I had tea and a bath and went to bed at 7pm, I got back up at 9 as just couldn't get to sleep so plied my self with umpteen cups of strong coffee, midnight arrived and first leg of the journey involved the hippo and a quick 25 minute blast to mates, he was hitched up and ready to go so we headed south down the A1 in the dark, After a couple of pit stops we arrived at the chunnel two hours early and to our surprise we where let on one of the earlier trains even though we didn't have a flexi ticket, not many pics as it was just starting to get light but here is the steed loaded up and on our way under the sea. once the snazzy fire doors where lifted we where off into frenchland see you tomorrow train. sortie and another load of gendarme or whatever they call themselves. loads of trucks waiting to head into the UK I still find it hard to believe just how much traffic travel back and forth every day. tbc danthecapriman, HMC, Junkman and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyboy406v6 Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Safe journey, pics of food mandatory ! The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbaldy Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 The last few times shite spotting was a bit thin but this time things where looking up as just a few miles into euroland this little sweetie presented itself. another few miles up the road we catch up with this Beemer running on cats pish, then we hit stationary traffic and its stop start for mile after mile, we then get filtered into one lane and finally sent down a slip road and back up onto the road, this was some kind of roadside check with armed police, I got pointed at when they spotted me taking pics. old smoky Beemer didn't like stop start and the pics don't catch just how bad it actually was, we stopped at the next motorway fuel stop and just happened to pull in beside mr Beemer who was now checking his oil, we chatted to him for a bit and he was rather distraught about his pride and joy, then we had the second shite worthy shot things where so far going great. After miles and miles of motorway while I was driving the car suddenly lost all power and I willed it over the crest of a rather long climb and pulled onto the hard shoulder, after checking oil water and messing with trying to reset the ecu we set of again hoping all was well, it wasn't so we nursed the merc to the next safe layby, out with the sockets to remove the inlet pipework and the damn car had only gone and ate its turbo, fuckdamnblastshagnasty. we decided to just head onwards and if we at least got to our destination could leave the trailer and limp home. eventually after struggling up hills at 40 we turned of the motorway and headed through some towns after 100 miles on limp mode we arrived at our destination. The seller was expecting us about 4pm and even with all the hastle we arrived at 4.20pm and guess what the darn garage was closed. tbc mouseflakes, dollywobbler, Junkman and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 You are allowed up to 2hrs eraly or late on the chunnel at no extra charge. When I was coming home I had an 8am crossing, but arrived at the terminal at 2 am. I thought seeig as the place was completely dead they'd just let me on the next one (3am), but no - to do that would cost me £150! The twats. They would allow me to get on the 6am one for nowt. SO I slept in the camper van till 5.30am. M'coli and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbaldy Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 You are allowed up to 2hrs eraly or late on the chunnel at no extra charge. When I was coming home I had an 8am crossing, but arrived at the terminal at 2 am. I thought seeig as the place was completely dead they'd just let me on the next one (3am), but no - to do that would cost me £150! The twats. They would allow me to get on the 6am one for nowt. SO I slept in the camper van till 5.30am. that's good to know for the next time for sure, we where booked on the 3pm Saturday train and if we had known that would have booked the 5ish one instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 and what happened next????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 and what happened next?????????Possibly the borked Merc gets put on the trailer and towed home by a nice reliable* Renault or Citroen? The Moog, Six-cylinder, Lacquer Peel and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbaldy Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 We called the proprietor and got his wife and through much gobbledy gook managed to explain why we where calling, 10 minutes later the wife arrived with a friend who could communicate with us to a certain degree, she then called her husband and said he will be back in 15 minutes, while we waited we had a mooch around. does FOAD have a German cousin. After some time the garage dood arrived and we all went into his office and explained through the mechanic that we where thinking of leaving the trailer and heading home to return next weekend, he picked up his phone and started calling around and the prices for turbos where coming in around the 1800 euros, after a few calls he got a call back and the price for a brand new turbo was down to 1378 euros and it coud be here at 11am next morning, bingo turbo ordered so we wouldn't be stuck after all. Skizzer, DodgyBastard, trigger and 22 others 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Blimey this is a good nail-biter!!!! Excellent so far plus I have a massive 'WANT-ON' for that Opel Diplomat Junkman, mercrocker, eddyramrod and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbaldy Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 After the turbo was ordered the garage owner proceeded to empty his garage for us to put the merc on life support which was really pretty good of him, he then opened up his toolboxes and told us to strip it ready for the new turbo so I striped down to the tee shirt and got stuck in, hmm the blades look a bit strange, thank god merc put the turbo on the top for easy access, and an hour later it was removed. In that hour the old guy had called a few b&bs and even got us a discount so the four of us sat in his office and consumed beer which I might add tastes like shit but I didn't want to be rude. I managed to make one last while the three of them consumed four bottles each, once we had got tidied up we where driven away up into the hills to the b&b where they started on the beers again then the schnapps after an hour and a few cokes for me we said our fair wells and they agreed to pick us up at 10am after breakfast, we then ordered our meal and I got what I thought was a mixed grill but I'm not so sure, tbc cort16, Dick Longbridge, Lacquer Peel and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Jimmy Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Yes that Opel has lifted me out of the depressive coma I was in, thanks awfully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Jimmy Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Orl French beer is shit. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort1977 Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Epic. I'll take the Monza and Cadillac please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vin Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Orl French beer is shit. They are in Germany, are they not??... Am enjoying this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbaldy Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 Up we get and a quick shower then head down for breakfast which I didn't take a pic of sorry, at ten on the nose the mechanic arrives to collect us and in the back of his car is a huuuge box containing the turbo that was bloody quick 5pm ordered 10am in the back of the guys car, we arrive at the garage and its like Christmas has come early, yup they is the same thank fook. so I strip to the tee again and get stuck in, a little over an hour and jobs a goodun mechanic arrives with coffee and a sausage roll which was an acquired taste but I ate it out of politeness even though it had all the consistency of compressed dried yoghurt sliced and plopped in a bun. the merc had a quick oil change and she started straight up thank fook for that. Dave_Q, oldcars, trigger and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbaldy Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 Epic. I'll take the Monza and Cadillac please. oh the best is yet to come believe me, They are in Germany, are they not??... Am enjoying this. yup Germany patersbach I think it was called. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 How can a turbo just die like that? Thats well annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STUNO Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 This has the potential for me to use that word E P I C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbaldy Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 we where pretty much left to do what we please so I took some more pics of what the merc was sharing the garage with, after a good chat with the owner who had just surfaced he realised we where car mad and offered to take us to see his collection, what could we loose as the train was booked for 3pm and it was already 1pm so no chance of catching that one, this was the first lot and he was more than happy for me to take pics after I asked, these where just along the road from his garage and we thought that was it but no we jumped into the mechanics car and set of 15k away to see the first load, tbc Sigmund Fraud, Sloth in a bowl, Jim Bergerac and 18 others 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbaldy Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 How can a turbo just die like that? Thats well annoying. fook knows its the first turbo I've replaced on a diesel as they usually last quite well, it had more play than a flag in the wind. This has the potential for me to use that word E P I C believe me you've pipped far to early its only just begun oldcars and Dave_Q 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexg Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 *Itching for each update* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 OOOOOFFFFFFF Is that a Glas 1700???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbaldy Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 After seeing his yard we where ferried to his first garage, which contained this just wow, I was not expecting that. then round the back more stashed away [at this corsa/nova was a full on rally car and was pretty well built. this was his garden and we thought that was it but nope we where asked if we wanted to see more, to darn right was our reply. Jon, danthecapriman, Jim Bergerac and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbaldy Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 OOOOOFFFFFFF Is that a Glas 1700???? it is that and believe it or not this guys got ten of them, eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 WTF!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexg Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Flipping 10!? I think I've only ever seen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Can I come next time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbaldy Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 I had never seen one either and they are not all as tidy as that white one, that's one under the blue tarp behind the white opel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbaldy Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 Can I come next time? if you still say that at the end of this story then hell yeh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraWomble Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Hurry the fuck up will you and get what you came for.The wife has gone to bed and Im on a promise paulplom, pompei and mat_the_cat 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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