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[wuvvum]

I had one very similar to that, although it was a lowly GL rather than a Ghia X.  Paid 350 quid for it, but that was ten years ago - I have a feeling they're worth rather more than that now...

[Six-cylinder]

I had one very similar to that, although it was a lowly GL rather than a Ghia X.  Paid 350 quid for it, but that was ten years ago - I have a feeling they're worth rather more than that now...

Cheaper to buy a Rolls Royce than a Ford these days!

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Driving to work yesterday morning in the Rover 600, it's the first of March and I hadn't taxed it yet. Crawling along in the Derby commuter traffic, what's this in the lay-by? Only a friggin 'DVLA TAX CHECKING' van with a couple of cameras on its roof. Sure enough as I pass, a car pulls out of the lay-by into the traffic a few cars behind me. Thanks to the chronic congestion I manage to lose him and get to work where I sorted out the tax online! 'AVE THAT LOSERS.

[M'coli]

^^^Piss-poor performance, there, Boz - it's easy enough to tax online or if you've sacked off your smartphone already, by phone these days...

[worldofceri]

I'd still be crapping myself for the next eight weeks about getting something through the post...

[SiC]

They'll know what time they captured your plate and also what time the tax was paid on that day. Whether those two compare times+dates or just dates is another matter though!

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I'm sure it'll be alright. Do they even send out automated fines for this stuff? I thought they had to have it out with you 'in person' as it were before doing you for driving without tax. Anyway if summert comes through the post I'll send em my confirmation email and let them scratch their chins over the time business.

[oldcars]

Driving to work yesterday morning in the Rover 600, it's the first of March and I hadn't taxed it yet. Crawling along in the Derby commuter traffic, what's this in the lay-by? Only a friggin 'DVLA TAX CHECKING' van with a couple of cameras on its roof. Sure enough as I pass, a car pulls out of the lay-by into the traffic a few cars behind me. Thanks to the chronic congestion I manage to lose him and get to work where I sorted out the tax online! 'AVE THAT LOSERS.

Just pretent one is a Rover and the other a Sherpa.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxHhowAY3UU

[xtriple]

Insurance is due for renawal on the MX5 in a couple of days. So today was the day I set for sorting... I HATE sodding about with insurance companies! The renewal from my current insurer was £176.90 so I had a compare and then a flick round the classic insurers but the next cheapest was just over £200. Current insurer is cheapest shocker!

 

So I rang them to renew, while the chap dealing with me was very nice, affable and efficient the amount of bollox he was made to go through by the insurers was astounding. It took so long, I had to go for a shit halfway thru! But, after I requested if they could do any better, he pressed buttons and made ancient computers make buzzing and beeping noises and the answer came back...

 

Yes! £147.20!

 

I paid that pretty bloody quick smart (while wiping).

 

Now just to get the old girl back on the road.

[Guest Hooli]

They'll know what time they captured your plate and also what time the tax was paid on that day. Whether those two compare times+dates or just dates is another matter though!

 

You road tax says from x day not from 12am on x day etc, so I can't see that ever flying.

 

No different from driving to a post office & getting there for opening time to buy tax as far as I can tell.

[For Fiats Sake]

I was keen on having another Y10 in the fleet, I was going to drive up to Scotslandshire for a look in the flesh but as the pooch has been vomiting from both ends I deferred and asked for pictures instead.

 

Imagine a bungee cord holding up a boot floor.....

 

 

Ahmmm oooooooot!

 

That's a bungee holding up the boot floor!

 

Shame as interior is really nice.

 

He may take scrap money for shell but wants more for parts most of which are shared with the panda and not worth buying just in case.  Sills and floor pan also holed in places.  I had less welding done on the GTie and that was dear enough, I reckon if you could get someone to take it on you'd be looking at 4-5k to get it solid, especially as so much fabrication would be needed for the non-standard panels.

[reb]

My old store manager is trying to convince me I need to buy a Lancia Delta. I have to wonder what's broken on his that he wants to rob parts for.

 

 

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[tooSavvy]

Insurance is due for renawal on the MX5 in a couple of days. So today was the day I set for sorting... I HATE sodding about with insurance companies! The renewal from my current insurer was £176.90 so I had a compare and then a flick round the classic insurers but the next cheapest was just over £200. Current insurer is cheapest shocker!

 

So I rang them to renew, while the chap dealing with me was very nice, affable and efficient the amount of bollox he was made to go through by the insurers was astounding. It took so long, I had to go for a shit halfway thru! But, after I requested if they could do any better, he pressed buttons and made ancient computers make buzzing and beeping noises and the answer came back...

 

Yes! £147.20!

 

I paid that pretty bloody quick smart (while wiping).

 

Now just to get the old girl back on the road.

.... he gave me the quote and I shouted "shit!" but he didn't understand - so he took another £25 off!

 

TS

[BorniteIdentity]

This is the first 'proper' car to ever give me the horn.

I mean. Fuck. Just look at it.

It was piloted by a naturally beautiful lady in her 60s. Spotted at Toddington Services.

[dollywobbler]

Hmmm. Finances are getting a bit iffy. I fear I can't actually afford to run as many cars as I am. All of them need money spending on them. I fear I'm going to have to sell a car I like.

[Six-cylinder]

So which one?

2CV - not a chance

Nippa - will not be allowed

Honda – Maybe bored with it by now

Omega – Odds on favourite

 

Who’s running the betting!

[dollywobbler]

The Omega has better handling than the S-MX. It has a nicer-sounding engine. It is more economical. Sadly, I suspect it is also in need of most work. It could really do with new discs and pads up front, the rear section of the exhaust still needs replacing, the diff still leaks and it still needs rust-proofing. Oh, and it should have another spring fitted at the back really.

[trigger]

I was talking to a lad at work last night, he had a R reg Omego 2.0i CD auto that he's owned since 6 months old, he said he scrapped it last week for £140 as the mass air flow sensor needed replacing and he was quoted £300 to fix it and the car wasn't worth it, even though it was tidy and well looked after.

[dave21478]

This evening the F has been on mole-killing duty.

 

Wait, what?

 

Yeah....

 

 

There is a bastard of a mole chewing up the garden and I havent been able to kill it any other way....traps, a thing that fires blank cartridges etc etc....this wee cunt just laughs at them all.

Well, this evening he got a good dose of partially unburnt hydrocarbons and hopefully thats choked the bastard.

 

Apparently a few minutes down each hole does the job.

 

When I picked up the F, there was a box of bits in the boot including a de-cat pipe which I fitted straight away because I am mildly retarded and wanted extra broombroom noise. This helps mole killing by making the fumes doubly toxic, I would imagine.

 

 

[SiC]

There is a bastard of a mole chewing up the garden and I havent been able to kill it any other way....traps, a thing that fires blank cartridges etc etc....this wee cunt just laughs at them all.

 

Well, this evening he got a good dose of partially unburnt hydrocarbons and hopefully thats choked the bastard.

 

Apparently a few minutes down each hole does the job.

 

When I picked up the F, there was a box of bits in the boot including a de-cat pipe which I fitted straight away because I am mildly retarded and wanted extra broombroom noise. This helps mole killing by making the fumes doubly toxic, I would imagine.

Unlike.

[Richard]

My old store manager is trying to convince me I need to buy a Lancia Delta. I have to wonder what's broken on his that he wants to rob parts for.

 

 

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Do not do this.

[M'coli]

Buy a guitar instead...

[beko1987]

This evening the F has been on mole-killing duty.

 

Wait, what?

 

Yeah....

 

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There is a bastard of a mole chewing up the garden and I havent been able to kill it any other way....traps, a thing that fires blank cartridges etc etc....this wee cunt just laughs at them all.

 

Well, this evening he got a good dose of partially unburnt hydrocarbons and hopefully thats choked the bastard.

 

Apparently a few minutes down each hole does the job.

 

When I picked up the F, there was a box of bits in the boot including a de-cat pipe which I fitted straight away because I am mildly retarded and wanted extra broombroom noise. This helps mole killing by making the fumes doubly toxic, I would imagine.

Your doing it wrong (sadly I can only find this animated version)

 

https://youtu.be/93mgyE2ctwg

[scaryoldcortina]

When I picked up the F, there was a box of bits in the boot including a de-cat pipe which I fitted straight away because I am mildly retarded and wanted extra broombroom noise. This helps mole killing by making the fumes doubly toxic, I would imagine.

I only just fitted that cat! Given the 0% co on the last test it would probably only have given moley a headache.

[beko1987]

Should have used the escort

[dave21478]

The escort would need some kind of multiple funnel arrangement to accumulate exhaust gasses from all the leaks.

 

A dose of Metro or Panda on full choke would have worked but I couldnt be harrised dragging either out of where they are parked.

[Bren]

This evening the F has been on mole-killing duty.

 

Wait, what

 

Yeah....

 

IMG_20170302_180242.jpg

IMG_20170302_174646.jpg

 

There is a bastard of a mole chewing up the garden and I havent been able to kill it any other way....traps, a thing that fires blank cartridges etc etc....this wee cunt just laughs at them all.

Well, this evening he got a good dose of partially unburnt hydrocarbons and hopefully thats choked the bastard.

 

Apparently a few minutes down each hole does the job.

 

When I picked up the F, there was a box of bits in the boot including a de-cat pipe which I fitted straight away because I am mildly retarded and wanted extra broombroom noise. This helps mole killing by making the fumes doubly toxic, I would imagine.

The anti freeze will have killed the mole - not the hc or co.

[Bren]

Op com arrived for vectra today.

 

When I install it I expect a pair of V's to appear on the screen.

[richardmorris]

This is the first 'proper' car to ever give me the horn.

I mean. Fuck. Just look at it.

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It was piloted by a naturally beautiful lady in her 60s. Spotted at Toddington Services.

Similar two door continental outside work for hours today while they faffed about - I think taking photos, but am not sure as they had an odd sort of battery pack, lead and cone thing laying on the ground as they shifted the car about. Unfortunately I didn't have the camera with me. British racing green, cream leather with green piping and rear spats. Probably worth every penny of £500k!

Company logo on the guy's jacket seemed to say Denver Classic Cars, but I can't find their website.

[richardmorris]

The escort would need some kind of multiple funnel arrangement to accumulate exhaust gasses from all the leaks.

 

A dose of Metro or Panda on full choke would have worked but I couldnt be harrised dragging either out of where they are parked.

A 2cver friend who had moved to honiton got rid of the moles with scrap cloth wrapped around sticks swapped with creosote in the holes. Drove them down the land to the field next door. Apparently they don't come back in number but if they do a repeat treatment quickly moves them on. Doesn't kill them either.