Cavcraft 2017: Another day, ANOTHER Rover!

[richardmorris]

My dad plays tennis with one of the directors of the zoo.

When I was born we lived Upton and apparently I was taken for walks along the footpath through the zoo.

 

Edit

Obv. None of this is relevant to why a tiger has replaced Barbara Cartland.

[richardmorris]

It is, but there was advisories last year for rust to rear of both sills and front cross member. It needs three tyres (perished) and has 8 weeks MOT. It's up for £500, was offered a deal at £450 but have back heeled it.

Far too much Shirley?

[Supernaut]

My thoughts, too.

 

£450 for a Corsa with 8 weeks MOT, welding needing done and 3 perished tyres? The low mileage is all but irrelevant at that point.

[Cavcraft]

It's on eBay for £750 now, or was recently. Very nice lady/family, I just don't see them getting anywhere near to that, sadly.

 

Richard: there is still a public track that goes through the middle of the zoo, it leads down a hill and comes out by the Shropshire Union. Sadly, you don't really get to see much of the inhabitants though.

In the olden days we used to bunk in down the side of one the enclosures and I got a decent leg off some sort of horse on steroids type animal circa 1978. Only just vaulted the fence before it caught me, then did the normal of sitting under one of the bridges and doing our homework before walking across the fields to school. My mate even had a trick to get us into the aquarium for nothing.

[UltraWomble]

 My mate even had a trick to get us into the aquarium for nothing.

Dress up as a fish & pretend to have escaped?

 

If you come across another bike like that Sinnis you had will ye give us a kick please

[BavarianRetro]

Is the thread title referring to cars or members?

[stuboy]

Quick call from a mate doing a job in Chester Zoo today, could I fetch my van and help him clean out the tiger's enclosure.

 

Is he called tont??

[Cavcraft]

So, holiday in a Skoda. Vectra wasn't (and still isn't) MOT'd, so we took the ex-320_Touring Labia instead:





Total done


That was loaded up inc. towbar mounted bike carrier and bike, and I wasn't hanging about. Very impressed with the economy.
The car didn't skip a beat, though when we stopped on the way home for half an hour, upon pulling off it felt like it was going to conk out, though my daughter reckons I'd tried to pull off in 3rd, and the car was fine after that.
Seems to splutter a tiny bit when v.low on fuel, suspect it's just the fuel filter. Enough power to get by, and unloaded of holiday gear and just me in it, I saw a Mk3 Mondeo diesel off from the lights in some style last night.
Fairly comfortable, bit of arse ache after a few hours in the saddle, but as much as it pains me to say it about something VAG, it's not actually too bad to whang about in. Interior is just above dull, and the car doesn't really excite (as you'd probably expect) but as second choice and emergency replacement, it could have been a lot worse.
The Vectra would have suited better (bigger, more comfortable and has cruise control) but you can't have everything.

Verdict: 7/10, still in daily use.

[320touring]

You sick fuck!

 

[Cavcraft]

Christ knows why the average MPG is actually the time, we managed about 52 per gallon in the end.

[Cavcraft]

What a cackhanded tit I am. Total miles:

 

[Supernaut]

hairnet, give cavcraft his account back!

[wuvvum]

I saw a Mk3 Mondeo diesel off from the lights in some style last night.

It was probably in limp mode.  They normally are.

[Cavcraft]

It wasn't half chucking some black smoke out, but I had the edge on him after ten yards or so and the gap was getting bigger. All a bit silly, really, but you have to do it now and then.

[Mally]

No wonder the gap was getting bigger, he was hanging back because of the smoke.

[Cavcraft]

The Transit's been earning its keep recently, done a number of jobs with it, including this today...

 

[Guest Hooli]

That's a big AA card.

[Cavcraft]

That's the Anglia (deposit received) and a Corsa D I got the other day gone.

[Cavcraft]

I've been eyeing one of these up for a while now, this one turned up today locally. Right colour, decent spec, though sadly not the CDTi 150. It's a 1.6 pez.

 

 

Obvs. like it was cheap, and needs an ABS reluctor ring/speed sensor thing, and some front pads that actually contain pad material. Being a sad bastard, I think these are a right looker of a car, exactly 827.6 times nicer than the 5 door ones, as it 'appens.

[LessThanEqual]

I quite like those. The copy-paste Vectra interior looks horrid though.

[wuvvum]

 I think these are a right looker of a car, exactly 827.6 times nicer than the 5 door ones, as it 'appens.

Exactly 827.6 times harder to reverse park, too.  The 5-door may not look as nice but it has side windows at the back rather than arrow slits.

 

These are a surprisingly decent steer though.  Mine has been growing on me (not managed to sell it yet).

[Split_Pin]

Always liked these, nearly chopped my Coupe in for one in 07.

[cort16]

You can tell I've been drinking as I'm going to say these look alright. This generation of Astra always looked pretty good to me i think they got it bob on it was the previous generation that looked like a zanusi tumble drier.

[Timewaster]

<= is right.

The dash is nasty

[Snipes]

I actually prefer the 5 door.

[purplebargeken]

One of the better Astra shapes. 

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

A  lot of cars become very attractive when they're @ £500 I find.

 

Except X Type Jags. £500 is too much.

[Lord Sterling]

One of the best* Astras to come out of Vauxhall since, er well, the last one, and the one before that, and before that etc... you get the idea...

[omegod]

A colleague has a 1.6 one that has an undiagnosable cutting out issue, he's spent about £600 trying to fix it , I've told him to bin it but he's now calling out a mobile ecu guy , I bet I end up with it for £50 when he comes to his senses

[Cavcraft]

This morning I remembered about a car I'd seen for sale a few months ago, so just whanged up to view it. It's one of those 'rubber band' Volvo 340 things, with a gen 26,000 miles. I'm umming and arring at the minute because it's got its problems (no MOT, needs front valance replacing or welding, brake pipes need doing) and not tested for a while having failed on those things. On top of that, rusty rear arch, one door strip hanging off, on three original tyres I think and probably other minor things. Low ownership, low mileage and the vendor lives in one of the nicest rural areas of Cheshire I've ever seen.

 

*Edit: he put a charged battery on it, it started straight up and sounded fab, with no noticeable smoke or knocking noises from the engine.

On the way home LOLZ