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[Supernaut]

Should I make a separate thread?

 

A work colleague wants to sell his 09 plate Hyundai i10. It has 67k on the clock, MOT till June.

Gearbox "makes a clunk" when put in reverse.

Just had a new clutch fitted.

Other bits:

"Interior is spot on

Extruerior ; nipped n scratched

 

Two points of damage ; read light housing

And front passenger side door, the frame has a kink where it was crowbarred into"

 

I reckon he would be happy with something around £500.

Marsden near Huddersfield.

 

Any takers?

I'd say yes to the new thread.

 

Get some photos and some more details, whack up a for sale thread, see if you get any bites.

[stillOrange]

I already got one

Will ask for pictures anyway

[Bren]

The northwest's foremost vectra botherer has scored. But you will have to wait until Monday to find out more.....

 

This means the focii is up for grabs.

[dollywobbler]

I'd recommend the A272 route, it's not a bad road and beats the hell out of the M27/M3 or the A3.

I use it a lot at work if I'm going up that way and also take my own cars out that way a lot if I'm just going out for a jolly in them.

The M27 and M3 are the worst roads of ever IMHO and best avoided. At least with the A272 the driving's a bit more interesting, it's generally a lot quieter and the scenery's better!

 

This. Everytime I get told to take the A272. Everytime I think "meh, the M27 can't be that bad." Everytime, I'm proved utterly wrong.

 

In other news, the ride in the RAV improves substantially if you put 250kg of sawdust briquettes in the boot.

[dollywobbler]

My tape exhaust repair on the Nippa failed so badly that the exhaust just snapped in two! Mrs DW not pleased as she's heading out tonight. She's had to depart in the RAV4. I can expect a rant about how dreadful it is (ie PAS and too big) later on...

 

EDIT. Now with noise!

https://twitter.com/dollywobbler/status/783712534650056704

[320touring]

My tape exhaust repair on the Nippa failed so badly that the exhaust just snapped in two! Mrs DW not pleased as she's heading out tonight. She's had to depart in the RAV4. I can expect a rant about how dreadful it is (ie PAS and too big) later on...

its about that point I say "supply thy own car"

 

complaints are much diminished

[Kiltox]

Should I make a separate thread?

 

A work colleague wants to sell his 09 plate Hyundai i10. It has 67k on the clock, MOT till June.

Gearbox "makes a clunk" when put in reverse.

Just had a new clutch fitted.

Other bits:

"Interior is spot on

Extruerior ; nipped n scratched

 

Two points of damage ; read light housing

And front passenger side door, the frame has a kink where it was crowbarred into"

 

I reckon he would be happy with something around £500.

Marsden near Huddersfield.

 

Any takers?

You have a PM

[dollywobbler]

its about that point I say "supply thy own car"

 

complaints are much diminished

 

Oh she's grateful. I'll just get it in the neck because 'progress' has utterly ruined cars from her point of view. Just remembered it has central locking and electric windows too. In other words, it's evil. To be honest, she's like Autoshite Plus.

[ruffgeezer]

Ok so the current state of play at Ruff's place is;

 

• Mrs Ruff's Berlingo payed out on after a Stagecoach No.6 rubbed up it a few weeks back, we took the payout and kept the car as it's only cosmetic damage.
• Ax VTS now back on daily duties because...
• The Jumbuck is on the lift with the engine in bits; the headgasket is PISSING oil out, it will be up for sale with a new mot as soon as it is finished.
• AX VTR is just shit; the engine now runs but it is nothing of the car I used to own really.

In non-motoring news;

 

• Mrs Ruff is on the mend from her breathlessness, and on medication for the cause, which is just as well.
• We have accepted an offer on our house so the merry-go-round of surveys, solicitors and viewings begins.
• I will now have to tidy the garage out. Oh Shit.

[SiC]

You have a PM

Don't be buying more cars ... Fix that damn Panda first!!

[LabRat]

Well, it's a black day in my neck of sunny Oldhamshire. My experiment to prove that not all vauxhalls are shite ended here:

 

 

The poor old gal succumbed to the twin horrors of knackered rings and some berk not bothering to replace the timing belt tensioner when the belt was changed 10 months back. (Prior to my ownership)

 

RIP Omega, you will be sorely missed!

 

Now the search begins for a cheap automatic, preferably in estate form to get the Basset in...

 

 

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[BorniteIdentity]

Just sold my 190e to a lovely young lad from Croydon. He came up with his Da who's an Irish chap and we must have been talking for about an hour and a half.

 

Anyways... He's picking it up on Friday.

 

Meantime I can pay off the overdraft and maybe get the acceleration sorted on the 300e which is causing grief when cold.

[spike60]

My 300SE had the opposite problem, spot on cold, weak when warmed. It took me a while to bottom it but I now know all about a vey small amount about the fuel systems on m103 engines like your 300E. At the back of the cylinder head there a temp sender for the injection and ignition, also there is a 7th injector which contributes to cold acceleration. Probably fair places to start digging unless you know more, which is very possible.

[mercrocker]

In other 190E news....Mine came back today with its big fat bill.   

 

Actually it came back yesterday but I was a tad mingebag about the new tappets the garage had previously recommended.   I could now hear them on an otherwise beautifully clean and quiet engine.   So back it went and they replaced them at cost with no additional labour cost.   Good lads. 

 

Car is transformed, apart from the sludge that passed for coolant over the last 3000 miles it has found all the power* that previously lurked in the mighty 1.8 four pot but had obviously been seeping out of less than perfect valve seals and seats.   Pleasure to drive again, the new V belt has eliminated some annoying squeaks and the car no longer shivers on first start up.    

 

Just got to sort out the sunroof, treat some developing orange bits underneath and knock out the dent from a rear door and we will have a decent car.   For a little while there I was considering spending the £1300 repair bill on a C Class or summat for Mrs R. but at the moment I am very glad I didn't.    The garage have valeted it too - it hasn't looked this clean for ages!

[drum]

I've been looking for a new battery gun combi drill driver type thing for a wee while. I've also been keen on an impact driver, which is meant to be good for putting screws in. Nearly bought a dewalt twin set with a couple of 4Ah batteries for £car.

 

Meanwhile, there were a couple of impact wrenches at the local auction which I had a bid on but pulled out at about £120 each as the battery could be goosed. Good battery impact wrenches are £car x2.

After wrestling with the bottom nut of a shock absorber which got tighter as it passed over the exposed and corroded thread of the bolt, I thought it was time I treated myself.

 

Anyway, today I was having a browse in Machine Mart and came away with one of these Kielder impact wrenches, a combi driver, two 3Ah batteries and a charger. £210 all in.

 

http://www.kielder.co

 

They're a British company started by a rally team (according to the machine mart salesman). The wrench is a fair bit smaller and lighter than the competition so should be able to get in behind brakes calipers etc.

 

I tried it this afternoon and it was good on wheel nuts but couldn't shift the hub nut on the land cruiser.

Has 430Nm of torque and comes with a three year guarantee. It's supposed to loosen up and get better with use, so I'll see how it goes.

 

They're bringing out an impact driver and grinder too, so now that I have the batteries, I'll maybe add them later.

[dollywobbler]

Mrs DW rates the RAV as 'ok actually. Well, the steering is too light.' Maybe we should sell the Nippa then!

[Noel Tidybeard]

Mrs DW rates the RAV as 'ok actually. Well, the steering is too light.' Maybe we should sell the Nippa then!

 

 

RESULT!

[RustyNuts]

Got stuck inside this afternoon while she went out and left the oven on - can't go outside for car work with that left burning so had to wait until she was back.

 

Then dinner... then fell asleep on the sofa. Woke up at 9:45pm and realised it was too late to get anything done to the car. Shit.

 

In other news the cat is still ginger & white and the desk is still overflowing with clutter. Life goes on it seems.

[drum]

You babysat the oven?

[John F]

Yep, sounds like it... lol...

[beko1987]

yes Charlie, why don't we wake up now and go downstairs...

 

I think I need a new aux belt for the xantia too, veg oil got on it during the leak off pipe leak so it squeals alot until it's warmed up... or can I clean it in any way? I imagine a new aux belt will be easier though

[Vince70]

In true autoshite fashion out of the 3 cars I own I haven't got one I can drive today.

 

The Z3 is in pieces at the moment waiting for me to fit the new windscreen wiper motor later today and the 318ti has just come back from the garage after changing the cat only for the drivers window now to fall into the door so I had a quick look and it needs a new mechanism and runner clips.

 

I have the cabriolet E36 sitting in my garage doing nothing but I wasn't going to get that out till next year so I sorned it and don't want to tax and insure it just for one week really.

 

It's lucky I lost my job as at least I don't have to go anywhere in a hurry today lol.

[They_all_do_that_sir]

Wifey had a Ford ka when she passed her test. Twas of '97 vintage and was sold on after a year due to OMG rust.

 

We both really liked it despite rust, crusty fuel cap, very rattly tappety engine and lots of other niggles.

 

She still misses it to this day and occasionally coos over ones on gumtree.

 

There is one for sale locally in the same colour she had (red over black), it's a 2003 so has the newer engine and from the pics hasnt a mark on the body. Seller also says no rust underneath and it's on 61k.

 

Obviously I'm deluding myself as they rust from the inside out but is there ANY chance these later ones aren't as bad??

 

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[Richard]

If by newer engine you mean the 8v version of the Zetec I think it came in a bit later than 2003

[dave21478]

Got stuck inside this afternoon while she went out and left the oven on - can't go outside for car work with that left burning so had to wait until she was back.

 

Then dinner... then fell asleep on the sofa. Woke up at 9:45pm and realised it was too late to get anything done to the car. Shit.

 

In other news the cat is still ginger & white and the desk is still overflowing with clutter. Life goes on it seems.

 

WTF is wrong with your oven that it cant be left unsupervised?

 

Or does your owner just TELL you it needs watched to prevent you going outside?

 

You are like a real life version of Bad Boy Bubby.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106341/

 

You havent wrapped that ginger and white cat in cling-film have you?

[holbeck]

Yesterday was BMW delivery day to Anglia Car Auctions.

 

I'd decided to sell this way as a little experiment, and also not really knowing where prices are at the moment.

 

So as it's 300 miles from me, I investigated getting it Shiply'd but the cheapest quote was £190 from someone with no feedback and all the way up to the thick end of £400.

 

Clearly it was time to man up, tax it and set forth.

 

I did contemplate doing a delivery thread, but somehow it's just not the same. In fact the worst bit was getting caught at some temporary traffic lights between my house and the M5, the first 15 miles took 45 minutes.

Once on the open road it was easy (save for the numerous long stretches of 50 mph average speed roadwork sections on the M5).

 

Anyway here is a rather uninspiring shot of it in the yard at ACA.

 

 

Some general ambience.

 

And a token gesture of the train part.

 

 

 

All in all, road tax (for the month) + fuel etc.  came out at £75

 

So I take that as a £115 win for the shite fund.

[320touring]

Mrs DW rates the RAV as 'ok actually. Well, the steering is too light.' Maybe we should sell the Nippa then!

Woop!I find with my gf if she actually drives it and pays attention she can decide whether she likes a car or not.

 

I find it odd that there ar people out there who won't jump at the chance to drive any old crock;)

[doug]

Went to paint a couple of wee rusty bits on the chassis of the camper. This looked pretty solid till I started poking it. Never learn.

[dollywobbler]

Woop!I find with my gf if she actually drives it and pays attention she can decide whether she likes a car or not.

 

I find it odd that there ar people out there who won't jump at the chance to drive any old crock;)

Aye. She likes to do this weird thing of getting used to one car and keeping it. I don't understand.

 

Anyway, Nippa was very noisily driven to the garage today. Within half an hour, it was on the ramp and the exhaust sleeved and welded up. System doesn't look great rearward of the repair, so I suspect we'll be replacing that before the end of the year.

[Bear]

Who supplied that please? The corner on the rad of my 960 did exactly the same thing and I'm looking at new parts before Steel Sealing it up to get to the specialist for an HG replacement - provided the coolant hasn't filled the gearbox. 

 

 

Don't forget to check the Amazon prime deals thing.

 

I just got the Bauer Puma a radiator for £9 posted.

 

It doesn't need one, but FFS. £9.