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[vulgalour]

Which will forever be the Mother In Law light for me now.

[scaryoldcortina]

We should add it to the lexicon.

 

Surprise visit from the Mother in Law - My engine light is flashing for no bloody reason at all

[beko1987]

The airbag light was flashing yesterday on my car. It's stopped today. Fixed...

 

If only the random ticking-in-time-with-revs noise I now have would go away by itself... And the blowing exhaust, and pretty dead spheres, and shit tyres...

[Timewaster]

Please don't make me imagine the mother in law flashing.

[Rover414]

Today I took the short* trip from Liverpool to Birstall in West Yorkshire to go here:

 

 

To give the blue RX8 its 6 year service. Normally I wouldn't bother with things like that but it has full service history and being serviced and given the once over by them really gives me more piece of mind than if I were to do it myself. The most painful part of the trip was the M62 this morning which at various points was at a standstill for no apparent reason.

[Cavcraft]

I promise you I'm not kidding, I've just gone and bought a car and this was the opening photograph the seller had uploaded

 

 

 

 

[Asimo]

Ah Ha, Black Edition.

[Pillock]

Notably, that didn't stop you buying it.

[Cavcraft]

The black picture maybe the best one.

[hairnet]

thats the ground under it

[cort16]

I promise you I'm not kidding, I've just gone and bought a car and this was the opening photograph the seller had uploaded

 

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It doesn't get any clearer

 

[STUNO]

Main problem is that I just don't like the car that much! If it was the Bentley or the MX5 it would be being looked at instantly (usually at vast expense) and repaired before it had misfired twice! I just cannot get excited about the Kia and the thought of spending money on it fills me with dread and loathing. I can't remember the last time I washed the Kia and the back seat is filthy, the car pongs inside 

I suppose I will get it repaired and mot'd but I really do not want to spend the money on it. Oh hum...

 

Edit, to answer the above question, it was serviced (badly) a couple of months ago and di have a new air filter but not plugs as they are a bugger to change, inlet manifold has to come off to do the back plugs. I could do it myself and have thought about it...

 

 

I am wondering if you should SELL the Bentley and MX5 and keep the Kia. that would be the financially responsible way to do it 

[taxi paul]

Looking at the mot site and my 144,000 mile CRV that I bought of honest Harold car sales seems to have passed its mot with no advisories. So either he hasn't listed them or the rusty exhaust on the last one has magically cured itself. Never mind I got a three month warranty. It probably only covers the ashtray and rear view mirror but hey ho.

[Lukas]

One of my heroes, although he does not have a single Pajero, it seems! 

 

https://jalopnik.com/the-ultimate-secret-stash-of-mitsubishis-is-hidden-in-t-1787886557

[vulgalour]

Got all the headlights working on the Princess today after cleaning some connectors.  Started the car to make sure all was well and it seemed a bit hesitant.  Went to tickle the throttle at the carb and burned my finger.  It would appear that the throttle cable is now part of the headlight circuit.

 

I took the dashboard out, found more bodge to the wiring and called it a day.  I haven't the mental faculty to deal with this shit today.

[scaryoldcortina]

It's more likely that the engine earth strap has fallen off making the throttle cable part of the starter circuit imo.

[vulgalour]

More likely, but not the case in this instance.  I reckon the throttle cable where it's suspected frayed is shorting out on some of the bodgey wiring behind the dash since they all go through the same area.  I'll have another look later in the week, I've got the dash out already so I can get to all the wiring now easily enough.

[Barry Cade]

Decided I wasn't happy to have only 1 key for the 75 so went to my usual brilliant tame lock place. No can do, he says, but here's a card for an auto locksmith chap- he'll sort you out.I emailed him and got a reply of" yeah, can do...£350 and 10 days."

 

Er, no.

[reb]

Pugsley is really starting to piss me off.

[anonymous user]

Today I had to pop down to Cardiff to collect a few bits and pieces, I left it until after 9:30 to try to avoid the traffic which didn't work. I was slightly amused when sat in the queue for the lights by Halfords on Penarth Road. Out the front was a young, skinny jeaned, trendy? lad next to his Ford Fiesta, watching the girl from Halfords fitting his new windscreen wipers. How useless do you have to be not to be able to fit wiper blades, I'd be mortified? Still it just goes to show that some people will rather part with a fiver than have a go themself.

 

My passenger found it amusing as well

 

My passenger has taken his diet a bit too far. (Yes there was a very good reason why I had a skeleton as a passenger, to make him less obvious he borrowed my flat cap and goggles rather than his usual pith helmet)

[SiC]

To get away with using the 2+ lanes?

[anonymous user]

Actually I hadn't thought of that, I must remember to take him next time I go to Bristol. It's slightly more prosaic, the back was already full of other stuff and I thought he'd enjoy the view.

[Chris2cv]

Clio passed it's MOT with no problems! I thought old French cars were supposed to be rubbish according to many "experts" on other forums. 14 years old and still serving me well.   Just wish the 2cv was this easy!

[Chris2cv]

Today I had to pop down to Cardiff to collect a few bits and pieces, I left it until after 9:30 to try to avoid the traffic which didn't work. I was slightly amused when sat in the queue for the lights by Halfords on Penarth Road. Out the front was a young, skinny jeaned, trendy? lad next to his Ford Fiesta, watching the girl from Halfords fitting his new windscreen wipers. How useless do you have to be not to be able to fit wiper blades, I'd be mortified? Still it just goes to show that some people will rather part with a fiver than have a go themself.

 

My passenger found it amusing as well

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My passenger has taken his diet a bit too far. (Yes there was a very good reason why I had a skeleton as a passenger, to make him less obvious he borrowed my flat cap and goggles rather than his usual pith helmet)

 

Always seems bizarre when we have customers who wont get their hands dirty, but I will take their money! I was very embarrassed to call the AA to change a tyre a few years ago - it was minus 2 degrees and I couldn't shift the nuts that had been put on by the garage. AA had to use a scaffold pole, but said he changes tyres all the time.  

   Similarly saw a load of upset on bookface recently when a local car wash closed suddenly. Just buy a bucket, it isn't difficult!

[dollywobbler]

Always seems bizarre when we have customers who wont get their hands dirty, but I will take their money! I was very embarrassed to call the AA to change a tyre a few years ago - it was minus 2 degrees and I couldn't shift the nuts that had been put on by the garage. AA had to use a scaffold pole, but said he changes tyres all the time.  

   Similarly saw a load of upset on bookface recently when a local car wash closed suddenly. Just buy a bucket, it isn't difficult!

 

I think my very first call to the AA was to have a tyre changed on my 2CV. Usual story of some sod whazzing them up with an air gun so couldn't shift them. Was hilarious watching the AA man's face as he jacked the 2CV up. He thought it was some sort of prank as he kept jacking and jacking and the wheel remained on the floor. A load of giggling 18 year olds probably didn't help...

[richardmorris]

I think my very first call to the AA was to have a tyre changed on my 2CV. Usual story of some sod whazzing them up with an air gun so couldn't shift them. Was hilarious watching the AA man's face as he jacked the 2CV up. He thought it was some sort of prank as he kept jacking and jacking and the wheel remained on the floor. A load of giggling 18 year olds probably didn't help...

First time I tried to remove the wheel on the 2cv I realised that the Citroen "tool" was useless. Bought an 18" tyre lever with socket on the end. Even then had to stand on it!

[dollywobbler]

Aye. Think I went out after that and bought an extending wheel brace thing.

[drum]

Helped an ex-colleague who was standing beside her car looking at a flat front tyre.

Had a look in the boot of the modern Seat to find no spare wheel, just a bottle of what looked like pva glue and a wee compressor.

 

Instructions said to remove the valve and squeeze the bottle of glue in, then inflate with the pump.

Drive forward and back to spread the glue.

 

When she drove forward, the glue left white splodges on the road one circumference apart and a quick feel revealed a three inch split on the inner shoulder. I reckon she had driven a few miles with the flat and had wrecked it. They were 40% profile tyres.

 

She was only half a mile from home so I told her to drive slowly home as the tyre was gubbed anyway. Her hubby can take the wheel off and take it to the tyre shop.

 

A couple of hours later the doorbell rang and here he was asking if I had a jack, as not only does the car have no spare wheel, there isn't even a jack to take a wheel off.

 

All modern cars etc....

[richardmorris]

My parent 's new ds4 has the same. Apparently the space saver on lower spec cars doesn't fit the large brake calipers for the 19inch rims and brakes on the prestige spec.

 

Going in to work this morning a car going the other way on the a30 was making a terrific racket as its offside front wheel was flat. Only going slowly with a lot of cars behind but they showed no signs of pulling over.

 

Some people have no clue at all.

[320touring]

Pugsley is really starting to piss me off.

oh ffs!

 

sorry to see that chap.