Bland collection thread.

[fatharris]

Ugh, up at a most unpleasant hour.

 

 

Yep.

 

 

Bucking a trend here, I didn't buy this car. I didn't get it for free. MrsH bought this car, despite telling me I have too many cars. As such it's a non-AutoShite car in a shiters spec, and certainly not a car I'd consider owning/buying, there are much more interesting alternatives out there.

 

This isn't going to be very interesting or eventful, as I'm picking the car up en route to a dental appointment in Guildford before heading home back to Kernow.

[fatharris]

Bacon has been attained.

 

 

Whilst browsing the Facebook I found pictures of my friends and I after a Zombie shopping mall experience.

 

 

Blue check is my kinda colour.

[fatharris]

20 minutes till I reach my destination, car is already in the car park waiting for me. Reading this book on and off for nearly two years. I like it.

 

[spartacus]

That's a long way to go for a dental appointment moi aansum!

[fatharris]

 

 

 

 

 

See? Not that exciting.

[Supernaut]

*thud*

 

 

ZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

 

 

What engine is that? The fire-breathing* 1.4? Nice low mileage though.

[John F]

I like the book.

[Jim Bell]

Fore!!!!!

[fatharris]

It is indeed a 1.4, it's actually not too bad once it's up to speed.

 

Needs some work here and there but then again, which of my cars do any that statement apply to?

 

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[Lacquer Peel]

The 1.4 is surprisingly okay in the lard arse Mk4 Golf. My friend is breaking one if you need any parts.

[LessThanEqual]

1.4? Best of luck with that one.

[Rod/b]

We had that engine in a Seat Leon owned from new. Nippy enough but it had a fucking right old thirst for oil, and an unhealthy appetite for o2 sensors (probably because of the amount of oil it butned) and, more worryingly, waterpumps & cambelt tensioners / idlers. Piece of shite.

 

Best of luck with it.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Bowk

[Hendry]

Scottish reg, unfortunately the likelihood is it's been through the hands of Arnie Shark at some point in its life like most cars which begin life in Scotland, as such you will probably find broken trim and missing clips in places you would never expect trim to have been removed from, if you're lucky, if not their "repairs" will have fucked more on the car than they've fixed.

[scaryoldcortina]

It's nice to see someone else went for tesco's cheapest alarm clock!

[Hendry]

Ps is it the base model 'E' with keep fit windows and no central locking?

[Cavcraft]

Oh dear.

[hairnet]

1.4 omg - hope the gearbox wont do the normal

[320touring]

Yaaas! My Fabia just became desirable:)

 

*maybe just relatively

[EssDeeWon]

Is the passenger about to get his arm shut in the door?

[Kiltox]

Please tell me it didn't fail the MOT on emissions

[fatharris]

Bloody hope not - it was the father in law waving out the window. I would have asked him to take a Woollarding shot but I lost my nerve!

 

Well, I'm back home, 39mpg wasn't too bad considering my pace - it takes a while to get up to speed, but it's happy sitting there all day.

 

It's a 1.4S with two previous owners. The first owned it for 10 years before MrsH's granddad bought it in 2012. He absolutely loved it and never put a foot wrong whilst he had it. Sadly, he passed away in January so we bought it to keep it in the family.

 

Faults include a non working stereo and a non opening OSR door, and a slightly stiff gear change.

 

Spec is all electric windows, electric sunroof, electric mirrors and a cassette player.

 

Needs a good clean, but that's not going to happen until the end of March at the earliest.

 

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[fatharris]

Oh, as an added bonus, the plastic wrap was still intact on the engine cover VW badge, so that came off and it's much nicer

 

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[fatharris]

Please tell me it didn't fail the MOT on emissions

 

Actually better this year than last.

[Lacquer Peel]

My friend's old knackered 1.4 Golf is on 150k+, it's always burned a bit of oil on long trips, the gear linkages but not the gearbox are totally knackered and it's rusty but the mechanicals are okay.

[Asimo]

It is a good book: an amazing life made amazing long by amazing luck and amazing skills!

 

And good luck with the Golf - Hope it is much more reliable than the one I bought. New.

[fatharris]

A boring update.

 

This motor has racked up over 2000 miles in my ownership so far and has proved very reliable so far. It's used a bit of oil but given the usage, it's within acceptable limits.

 

The stereo had blown a fuse before i picked the car up so that was replaced and it's functional once more.

 

MrsH has the keys now whilst i take the Rover for a bit, she seems to like it.

 

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[fatharris]

It must have heard me say that, MrsH has just called to say it's started juddering and the CEL is on.

 

Winner.

 

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[Supernaut]

Not so bland any more, is it?

[fatharris]

No, now it's bland and annoying!

 

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