doobietoo Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Meh. one of the 3 light switches in the bungalow's kitchen has just come apart as I went to switch it on, better knock the whole place down and build a new house... LC Torana, Junkman and theorganist 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Meh. one of the 3 light switches in the bungalow's kitchen has just come apart as I went to switch it on, better knock the whole place down and build a new house...You may struggle to replace a single storey dwelling with a taller one. alf892 and doobietoo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Considering a good 90% of the safety in a car is the driver's ability, how can fixing it possibly be a bad thing? You'll only need it if you crash & that's very rare unless you do something stupid. Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripped fred Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Anyone ever done an advanced driving course? I did a few years ago and found it useful. I don't drive like a saint but helped me with awareness. That's got to be worth a few ncap points. Junkman, richbraith, doobietoo and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC Rebel Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 I doubt a £350 Ford would be hiding any rot......Yeah mine wasn't Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC Rebel Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 EEEEEK ! I have been ferrying my 9 year old around in the Crying Pumpkin - she loves it. It is rusty though - should I sack it off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipM Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 You could replace it with something newer and safer...like an X-type. Junkman, Sigmund Fraud, theorganist and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 It's heartwarming to see someone happy to repair an old car, one that's been a faithful companion and has earned some care, rather than some soulless appliance to be disposed and replaced with some shit on tick. Anyone who would be concerned at allowing their offspring into a repaired car should contemplate the likelihood that future cars will have better crash protection, and should lock the little snots in a cellar for the next decade. DeeJay, Junkman, RayMK and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Man fixes car. People cheer. Some people boo and say it should be thrown away. Differences of opinion can be fun. doobietoo, Junkman, Honey Badger and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipM Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 I often find the people screaming about newer cars having better crash protection then tend drive around with their brake pads down to the metal, two tyres half bald because the tracking is fucked and they have no idea that tyres should have air in them, and the tyres themselves are WanLi Super Dark Horse Ditchfinder specials.... stripped fred, mercrocker, chaseracer and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 I often find the people screaming about newer cars having better crash protection then tend drive around with their brake pads down to the metal, two tyres half bald because the tracking is fucked and they have no idea that tyres should have air in them, and the tyres themselves are WanLi Super Dark Horse Ditchfinder specials....Fail to prepare and prepare to fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2cv Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Anyone ever done an advanced driving course? I did a few years ago and found it useful. I don't drive like a saint but helped me with awareness. That's got to be worth a few ncap points. I did the IAM (institute of Advanced Motorists) course some years ago and you are right. Although far from perfect, I notice that I seem to see things long before other drivers. as proved by sudden swerving and brake lights for an obstacle that could be clearly seen for 100s of yards. On the welding, the 2cv had some pretty serious welding when I first got it (about 90% of the original purchase price!) and has had various patches over the years. One year the mechanic said "that welding is dreadful, who did that?" "you did, last year!" "Oh, that will be fine then!" This was about 20 years ago, and so far I have not died or even been injured in the car! If you have the skill to make a good strong job of it, then go for it. Who knows how long that has been developing, and you have been fine, now it will be full strength and driving a car that you know is good otherwise. Better than buying something else that may have faulty brakes or other dangers. Jim Bell, M'coli, chaseracer and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Bet the op wishes he hadn't posted up about the flipping thing now! alf892, theorganist, Cavcraft and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messerschmitt owner Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 After reading this thread, I went out and checked the same point in my wife's Peugeot 306. I fear the worst as I have discovered her car has absolutely no metal whatsoever in the C post on either side and someone seems to have made a 'makeshift repair' using cloth in this area of the car. Rave, Slartibartfast, Sigmund Fraud and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 By the same paradox let's not throw anything away. Mend everything.I think you were being sarcastic there but I put a like on it because that sounds like a genuinely good idea to me. D Spares & Tyres, loserone and Cleon-Fonte 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcyonecorporation Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 I did the IAM (institute of Advanced Motorists) course some years ago and you are right. Although far from perfect, I notice that I seem to see things long before other drivers. as proved by sudden swerving and brake lights for an obstacle that could be clearly seen for 100s of yards. A long, long time ago, I gave a lift to an IAM member who was head of the people's front of Judea (or something, he was high up the rankings, I think) once. Friend of a friend. I was genuinely interested in improving my driving at the time but he was an overly critical, patronising pain in the arse. Thing is, I wasn't even having an assessment - I was just doing a mate a favour. Two miles into a five mile journey I pulled up in a residential street and told him to walk the rest of the way home. 'But it's raining.' 'If you're thrown a bone, don't moan to me about what it tastes like. Door's next to you.' A charming* man, make no mistake. Put me right off. I don't rate my driving that highly, as it goes, but I certainly wasn't paying him to jism on for any amount of time. stripped fred, paulplom and outlaw118 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Bet the op wishes he hadn't posted up about the flipping thing now!I dunno, five pages in twelve hours, I wish my threads were this popular. theorganist, captain_70s, Jim Bell and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 After reading this thread, I went out and checked the same point in my wife's Peugeot 306. I fear the worst as I have discovered her car has absolutely no metal whatsoever in the C post on either side and someone seems to have made a 'makeshift repair' using cloth in this area of the car. Pictures or it didn't happen. I'm wary of Autoshite's dark sarcastic humour. doobietoo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Pictures or it didn't happen. I'm wary of Autoshite's dark sarcastic humour. I'm suspecting a ragtop... alcyonecorporation, doobietoo, BorniteIdentity and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 After reading this thread, I went out and checked the same point in my wife's Peugeot 306. I fear the worst as I have discovered her car has absolutely no metal whatsoever in the C post on either side and someone seems to have made a 'makeshift repair' using cloth in this area of the car. Signature - Peugeot 306 Cabriolet You fooled me for a minute there! mk2_craig, Jim Bell, alcyonecorporation and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messerschmitt owner Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Pictures or it didn't happen. I'm wary of Autoshite's dark sarcastic humour.I have just been and checked again and it seems even the canvas repair on the C post has disappeared. I never knew the rust was so bad in these that the whole roof simply vanishes. Dave_Q, Jim Bergerac, alcyonecorporation and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 I doubt a £350 Ford would be hiding any rot......Yeah mine wasn't Yeah, sadly mine wasn't only £350 either. doobietoo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Goddamit I knew it had to be a joke doobietoo, messerschmitt owner and alcyonecorporation 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 I dunno, five pages in twelve hours, I wish my threads were this popular. People on here just love to moan and argue at the moment so a thread with big differences in opinion is always going to be popular. Saying that, the Bangernomics crew can Fuck right off. alcyonecorporation, alf892 and Honey Badger 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipM Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Goddamit I knew it had to be a joke You've got to have a sense of humour with a 306 cabriolet. Eddie Honda, Slartibartfast and paulplom 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcyonecorporation Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 People on here just love to moan and argue at the moment so a thread with big differences in opinion is always going to be popular. Saying that, the Bangernomics crew can Fuck right off. You make my misanthropy look like mere amateurish prattle. Lacquer Peel, stripped fred, chodweaver and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messerschmitt owner Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Goddamit I knew it had to be a joke sorry, had to be done.... Cavcraft and alcyonecorporation 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcyonecorporation Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 I checked the pillar of my 306 estate but realised I'd taken it to a crusher and forgot to get out beko1987, Lacquer Peel and outlaw118 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Who are the Bangernomics crew? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcyonecorporation Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 POINTLESS IMAGE DIVERSION Lacquer Peel, outlaw118 and cros 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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