HMC 4 door saloon bought.

[hairnet]

soo

rank taxi but yellow?

how much to oke m9?

[mintwth]

  On 21/07/2024 at 18:24, hairnet said:

whigfield

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It's not Saturday night

(Da ba da dan dee dee dee da nee na na na) 

[Sigmund Fraud]

  On 21/07/2024 at 18:12, wuvvum said:

Also - buy one of these.  Your back will thank you.

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The engineer in charge of ergonomics for the T4 cannot possibly see why this would be necessary :

[mat777]

Wow that's ace! Given the colour is it an ex taxi? 

If so, just watch out for Joni Mitchell trying to sneak your dad off in it.....

[doug]

Welcome to the yellow T4 club. Hope your is not as rusty as mine was. 

[Bren]

What have you purchased now?

[doug]

P.S.  A typical day yesterday of old shitey T4 ownership. Went to give it an oil change and noticed it had a burst cv boot. No problem. Went to change the CV boot and noticed a lower ball joint needed replaced. Ordered new bottom ball joint, collected it, went to fit it. Wrong one. Took it back and got correct one. Fitted it. Quick oil change turned into full days work. 

[stuboy]

  On 21/07/2024 at 18:12, wuvvum said:

Also - buy one of these.  Your back will thank you.

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i extended my gearstick in my galaxy as was way too short

[BorniteIdentity]

Do you want a set of insulated front blinds? I used them once! Front screen, two side windows. 

I do you nice price boss: they cost me £70 new. 

[JJ0063]

  On 21/07/2024 at 18:12, wuvvum said:

Also - buy one of these.  Your back will thank you.

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And one of these if it’s not already had it done… well worth £8 to save getting stuck if when it snaps 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/364947898787?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=YfznkpaJSlq&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=IaiIXmW2Rkq&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
 

[aldo135]

  On 21/07/2024 at 17:30, loserone said:

That's fucking ace.  I am very tempted to call another trip to the equator in the near future 

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Just thinking the same. Though I don’t know about the “yellow car no punchbacks” every time we leave the house 😂

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Looks a tidy one, @HMC.

I'm surprised no-one has shared this yet though. 

Takes me straight back to the 90s, student days and special* crunch corner yoghurts. 

[Nibbler]

  On 21/07/2024 at 16:31, HMC said:

Why sell the P6 and the range rover? 

Basically to make way for a vw Caravelle. In yellow. As approved by @bunglebus

 

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Nice colour! Is it a 1,9 or a 2,5? Ones sorted they are really reliable and practical. I love mine.

[Verysleepyboy]

Nice T4!

There was one very similar to that (spec/trim/colour/age)for sale in my village until a few months ago when I think it got moved on.

Story went that it was sold about a year ago no problems - buyer went to drive it away and the cambelt snapped almost instantly, leading to a quickly cancelled sale and an expensive repair bill for the seller before it could be sold again!

 

Was wondering if it was the same van? (can't remember the reg though)

[wuvvum]

Don't talk about failed T4 sales on here, you'll give @JJ0063 PTSD...

[Verysleepyboy]

  On 22/07/2024 at 16:22, wuvvum said:

Don't talk about failed T4 sales on here, you'll give @JJ0063 PTSD...

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Apologies - that's not a story I am aware of!

[mat777]

  On 22/07/2024 at 16:27, Verysleepyboy said:

Apologies - that's not a story I am aware of!

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But it does sound like an interesting story! 

[JJ0063]

  On 22/07/2024 at 16:52, mat777 said:

But it does sound like an interesting story! 

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It involved a PTSD suffering butcher who bought it without test driving then came back almost crying (literally)  because the temp gauge hadn’t got up to temp in the first 3/4 mile of leaving my house. I gave him his money back as couldn’t be bothered with the hassle. 
 

Week later I sold it to a copper who then messaged me every other day for a week to moan that the fuel gauge wasn’t accurate and that the starter motor wasn’t very good. 
 

Worst car sales experience I’ve ever had. 

[mk2_craig]

  On 22/07/2024 at 17:12, JJ0063 said:

Worst car sales experience I’ve ever had. 

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  On 22/07/2024 at 17:12, JJ0063 said:

I sold it to a copper

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There’s your problem. 

[JJ0063]

  On 22/07/2024 at 20:45, mk2_craig said:

 

There’s your problem. 

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I’ll be honest the PTSD butcher was probably the biggest error.

[HMC]

  On 22/07/2024 at 14:34, Nibbler said:

Nice colour! Is it a 1,9 or a 2,5? Ones sorted they are really reliable and practical. I love mine.

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Its a 2.5 blue “i” non intercooled.

[Verysleepyboy]

  On 23/07/2024 at 06:07, HMC said:

Its a 2.5 blue “i” non intercooled.

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Best thing to do on those is swap out the injectors for better ones (original ones were Stanadyne rather than Bosch on the 102 and 150 versions) and get a mild remap - they are very restricted on the fuelling.

The intercooler on the 102s are pretty useless (too small and in the hottest part of the engine bay) - a larger FMIC can have a benefit once the fuelling is sorted.

Swap out the 5th gear ratio as well for better cruising - this can be done in situ on a ramp.

[timolloyd]

In the time it takes to order those parts online @HMC will have sold this already.

[Peter C]

  On 23/07/2024 at 08:13, timolloyd said:

In the time it takes to order those parts online @HMC will have sold this already.

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You beat me to it by ten minutes!

[2flags]

Ten minutes?? He would have sold it, bought something else, and sold that as well. 😂

[Tubbo]

Has this got 8 seats?

[Peter C]

  On 24/07/2024 at 14:32, Tubbo said:

Has this got 8 seats?

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Are you claiming first dibs?

[Tubbo]

  On 24/07/2024 at 16:19, Peter C said:

Are you claiming first dibs?

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If I buy any more cars off @HMC he might take out a restraining order on me.

[loserone]

  On 24/07/2024 at 16:19, Peter C said:

Are you claiming first dibs?

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*Checks previous post*

[Sigmund Fraud]

  On 24/07/2024 at 16:39, Tubbo said:

If I buy any more cars off @HMC he might take out a restraining order on me.

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I don't think there's anyone on this forum who hasn't bought at least 2 cars from @HMC !