loserone Posted December 6, 2019 Author Share Posted December 6, 2019 Looks like new, hang on puddlethumper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted December 6, 2019 Author Share Posted December 6, 2019 Tagged you in the for sale thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted December 7, 2019 Author Share Posted December 7, 2019 Things Peugeot fanciers should avoid: Wine. Gin. Ronin. eBay. Flat4, Shirley Knott and bangernomics 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted December 23, 2019 Author Share Posted December 23, 2019 Well I successfully bailed from getting what seemed more and more likely to be a shit 406. Also, the 206 got a Christmas card. Mental, but I suppose when you've had a car 20 years from new they get under your skin. The Moog, BL Bloke, paulplom and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted December 29, 2019 Author Share Posted December 29, 2019 On 9/28/2019 at 8:52 AM, DVee8 said: The SVM on tour On 9/19/2019 at 10:06 AM, adw1977 said: Daverapid's rapid: On 12/1/2019 at 4:15 PM, DVee8 said: On 12/12/2019 at 1:45 PM, egg said: Dave-hedgehog On 12/13/2019 at 6:32 PM, vulgalour said: On 12/15/2019 at 12:25 PM, adw1977 said: mat_the_cat's frosty Stellar 8 hours ago, Bucketeer said: On 6/3/2019 at 3:37 PM, adw1977 said: On 6/12/2019 at 7:43 AM, twosmoke300 said: 7 hours ago, loserone said: On 8/31/2019 at 10:52 AM, adw1977 said: Dodgy Bastard's 305 GLD at the duck pond On 7/8/2019 at 10:39 AM, brownnova said: 8 hours ago, Bucketeer said: 8 hours ago, loserone said: On 5/8/2019 at 7:10 AM, HMC said: On 5/30/2019 at 10:03 PM, Bucketeer said: 8 hours ago, loserone said: 11 hours ago, brownnova said: On 4/4/2019 at 10:50 AM, egg said: A few of my favourites brownnova and bangernomics 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted December 29, 2019 Author Share Posted December 29, 2019 On 12/13/2019 at 8:00 PM, loserone said: Looking back, I don't think I posted my account last year. HMSC will no doubt be in touch to check on them. Meanwhile, this year started pretty tamely with only two cars The family Legacy: Which @HillmanImp took on recently; And the leaf. It's not interesting, nobody cares, I don't have any pictures of it. Oh here: We still have that. I also had this: Which is shown in its lighter configuration prior to being weighed in, ready to help this sad panda: Which I also still have. Anyway, that wasn't good enough for @TontonTdB who needed a winter beater, so I bought this from @sporty-shite: This was ideal for the duration and generally great fun. Then it HGF'D, so I sold it to Scary. Tonton got married in May so the legacy did a few miles down to Toulon and back, inspiring a need for a comfortable French car. So I bought this from Max: Which is amazing and she still has, but probably not the right car for a family trip to Toulon. So I sold it to Mrs L1 and bought this: Which was hilarious, but not for me. So I lost lots of money on it and sold it to @castros_bro Meanwhile @Jim Bell had bought a 405 saloon which was broken, and he sold it to me for cheaps. This was great, but needed a thermostat housing (donated by the 405 above) and all new brake lines, so it got roffled off to @Cavcraft when it needed tyres, because buying tyres would have been more expensive than buying this: Which is fucking awesome, or so I thought until @TheDoctor got his mitts on it and revealed to the world how shit it was and how a Perodua Kelisa with mole grip flared wheelarches was a much better car. With that roffled I bought what I should have got in the first place: Which I still have, and is probably the best car I've ever had. Somewhere in this I briefly owned this ungrateful piece of shit after a crap @Lacquer Peel auction, clocked it and drove it off a short cliff just after the MOT, before selling it to @davehedgehog31 And I shall quote this here for posterity yes oui si, BL Bloke, Broadsword and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted January 4, 2020 Author Share Posted January 4, 2020 New bonnet. £30 In other news, we've had a good offer on our house, £36k more than we paid for it. I think we've spend £45k on it though Jim Bell and Bucketeer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted January 5, 2020 Author Share Posted January 5, 2020 Pure shite jumpingjehovahs, Bucketeer, Jim Bell and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted January 6, 2020 Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 Update on why the LEAF looks silly. Recently there's been some vibration building up at speed, though stopping the car stops the vibration for a while, usually until set off again by a particular road surface. Initial thought was it was the wheel arch liner, catching in the wind then rubbing on the tyre, but after a week the noise came back with the liner still firmly reattached. Yesterday I put the back wheel on the front. This made the car completely undriveable above 30MPH. Took the wheel along to a place in Catchgate this afternoon, and the chap spun the wheel round on the balancing machine before turning it on. The rim of the wheel moved in and out 2-3 inches as he did so, in a way that felt like it should be visible to the naked eye on a stationary wheel. Pretty scary that we've been driving like that. Presumably this is a hang up from the crash in August, but I'm not trying to claim it. I'm going to try and get a nice new Nissan steel from the local independent. Jim Bell, Bucketeer and Tickman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 Couple of minor updates Leaf now has a new wheel on. It appears not to have fixed the issue entirely, though it is much better. Going to get the wheels balanced all round the car to see if any others are as fucked. Needed the garage yesterday, so started the 305 (it started on the button) and shuffled it to the lockup. I forget how much it makes me smile, I really must make Scary find some time to get a test on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share Posted February 3, 2020 Meeting Mrs L1 halfway up Weardale for a house viewing, she "parked" in Stanhope and had a minor issue Autoshite hero status is hereby awarded to @Jimbob McGregor for kindly lending me a 21mm and a torque wrench for 24 hours (and who was still at work in his garage at 7pm, with a fucked back and a sleepy daughter, dedication!) And also to @gm for coming to the rescue with some tyres in the right size. Should be able to get one fitted, rescue the Leaf and return the tools after work tomorrow. Amazingly I had a jack and axle stands in the car, but had taken out the socket set yesterday when taking the spare Leaf tyre to the tip because I'm clearly never going to use it. paulplom, Jimbob McGregor, BL Bloke and 4 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbob McGregor Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 It’s tough on cars up here! That’s why I’m so busy (still finding my momentum in fifth week of taking on this business really) in a remote place in the hills that’s a sixteen mile round trip to the nearest competitor. Hope you secure this house! yes oui si and loserone 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share Posted February 3, 2020 Can you make sure to drop in that you think it's a really good idea that we have three working cars when you next see Mrs L1 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbob McGregor Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Better make it at least five... loserone, Jim Bell and catsinthewelder 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share Posted February 3, 2020 There will be room, I'd better get planning a @Tickman style nissen hut The Moog, Tickman and Jim Bell 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted February 4, 2020 Author Share Posted February 4, 2020 Tyre fitted to the wheel today and I got my dad to drive it back home after collecting it and returning borrowed tools. I forgot to add from earlier, the vibrations are now sorted, it was a bent wheel AND a seized handbrake cable. Another £130 to Nissan and a fair amount of labour. Will use it for work tomorrow to make sure all is well. Looks like our house move is going to make it redundant though, is anyone after a LEAF? 51k on the clock, a dint in the rear quarter I haven't had sorted out yet, full 12 bar battery etc. PM me if interested ( @Kiltox?) Tickman, yes oui si and mrbenn 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted February 8, 2020 Author Share Posted February 8, 2020 Listed the leaf on Facebook, including in one of the electric car sales groups. Jesus Christ, they don't half look down their noses at cars which aren't as flash as their own. If anyone fancies it, shiters' no haggle price is six and a half, and you can have the wall charger too. Jim Bell, paulplom, mrbenn and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yes oui si Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 How tempting is it to colour in the vertical line on the D in 'pod'? HillmanImp and tonedepear 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted February 8, 2020 Author Share Posted February 8, 2020 Put it on YOUR wall first please ? yes oui si 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yes oui si Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, loserone said: Put it on YOUR wall first please ? Would genuinely love one, just six grand over my car budget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted February 8, 2020 Author Share Posted February 8, 2020 1 minute ago, yes oui si said: Would genuinely love one, just six grand over my car budget How quickly would it pay for itself and the interest on a loan to buy it, just by being cheaper to run? mrbenn and yes oui si 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yes oui si Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 5 minutes ago, loserone said: How quickly would it pay for itself and the interest on a loan to buy it, just by being cheaper to run? Car currently owned outright and costs 10p per mile in diesel. Currently aiming to replace it with something that runs on veg and gets better mpg so should be 5-7ppm. My commute is 20 miles of very hilly B and A roads each way, so probably will be running low on range as I get home. None of the sites I work at have charging facilities. How much is a charge? 13.713p per kWh so working on 75% of battery used, that's essentially £2.50 for forty miles or about what a veg mobile costs. Would be saving 4ppm over my current car, so would need to do 200,000 miles to offset the loan and interest ? ? paulplom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted February 8, 2020 Author Share Posted February 8, 2020 7 minutes ago, yes oui si said: 20 miles of very hilly B and A roads each way A bit less than mine then. Work on 3.5miles/kWh, which is what I get driving like the arsehole I am. I tend to get home with between 25 and 40% left. 10ppm is pretty good going I reckon. yes oui si 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yes oui si Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 19 minutes ago, loserone said: A bit less than mine then. Work on 3.5miles/kWh, which is what I get driving like the arsehole I am. I tend to get home with between 25 and 40% left. 10ppm is pretty good going I reckon. £1.25/l and a featherlight touch on the throttle combined with a lot of coasting. Normal driving bumps that to 13ppm roughly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yes oui si Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Once I get on the 697, I stick cruise on at 60 and the live read ranges 50-75mpg. Properly rag it and it reacts like a Peugeot should, and gets 40ishmpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig the Princess Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 £100 a ticket roffle ? yes oui si 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Craig the Princess said: £100 a ticket roffle ? None please! yes oui si, LightBulbFun, CaptainBoom and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 What happened to the for sale thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted February 9, 2020 Author Share Posted February 9, 2020 It became an opportunity to make jokes about electric cars, so I binned both attempts. Seemed unlikely to sell on here anyway. yes oui si 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 oh,i was being genuine about wbac. loserone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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