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[BorniteIdentity]

Errrrrr..... Eh?

I understand the words, but the actual meaning eludes me? Is I thick?

 

Bobthebeard - this is tooSavvy.  tooSavvy - this is Bobthebeard.

 

(Bob - I find it helps to not just understand the words, but to say them out loud).

 

TS is informing fellow members of the congregation that the aforementioned discount store are now fully stocked with fashionable dust caps for your conveyance.  He also makes clear that he won't be partaking in this past time, but not to let that stop you.

 

Hope that clears things up. 

[tooSavvy]

BornInDeity M8.... clear as.... 

 

TS

[xtriple]

Let's hope your doggies don't scratch it inside or out then

 

I am a good boy (!) and never take the mutts in a courtesy car, nor do I smoke in it, pick my nose and I even open the window BEFORE I fart

 

 

Had a thought the other night re servicing, these days it never includes rear axle oil so I asked them (first thing this morning) if they had any ramp time free after the paintwork, could they check the oil level and if low or dirty, change it. I got there and guess what, the oil level was both low and dirty so it got changed. All fluids now new and clean. It has actually made a difference as I could hear a bit of axle whine before and now it is quiet.

[twosmoke300]

Wish my customers were as considerate . No fuel , filthy and complain about it are usual these days

[gordonbennet]

Wish my customers were as considerate . No fuel , filthy and complain about it are usual these days

If only one could be surprised at the ungrateful bleeders, hire cars are no different, on inter rental site shfting i've seen some cars that are almost knee deep in cans bottle sweet and crisp wrappers McD's wrappings you name it, no better than bloody chimps.

[oldcars]

If only one could be surprised at the ungrateful bleeders, hire cars are no different, on inter rental site shfting i've seen some cars that are almost knee deep in cans bottle sweet and crisp wrappers McD's wrappings you name it, no better than bloody chimps.

I once washed a hire car before i returned it, and slicked the tyres. Verdict = 2 bucket wrong un.

[twosmoke300]

I can sort of understand a rental because you are paying for it but a free loan car really winds me up

[holbeck]

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vauxhall-Cresta-Victor-Bedford-3-Speed-Gearbox-/172583106198?hash=item282ec13696:g:15QAAOSwzgBYzn7K

 

This Vauxhall / Bedford 3 speed box just came up on Ebay in the town where I live. Just a heads up as I don't imagine they grow on trees.

[Lacquer Peel]

^Makes you wonder why much more powerful cars "need" up to 9 speed autos these days.

[bramz7]

Remember that diesel Frenchie I mentioned I was viewing?

Put a deposit down didn't I. Picking it up next Sunday aren't I.

 

In other news, I really fancy an AX as a daily, has anyone got one they wish to sell to me in a few weeks? I found a few nice ones on gumtree but don't think they'd appreciate me asking them to hold them until mid April....

[stuboy]

Future sister in law turned up in her manky clio and said seems to go slower.. i found no obvious air getting and the air filter is manky..

[Guest Hooli]

Not that I am 'into' them at all... and seeing as I have a few ordinary ones in my coat pocket... LookatMe Dust Caps are not on my list.

 

However >> I popped into a Wilco store today [newly opened on Silverlink] and they stock BlackDice & AlloySkull dust caps @ £1 each.

They are on the bikers aisle (pack of two).

 

TS

 

This amuses me as the only time I went to that bike bike show at Peterborough they were being sold in packs of four...

 

I split a pack with a mate as my Bonnie needed the dice ones to match the fluffy dice air fresheners strung over the clocks.

[xtriple]

If you borrow someone elses stuff (car, bike, wife whatever) it should be looked after properly. A courtesy car is no different, and there is NO cumpunction for the garage to lend you one: it's a courtesy!

[beko1987]

I have a pos dyson dc19 I use as a loan vac when I'm refurbishing someone's and I'm more surprised when it comes back emptied than when it doesn't!

[bub2006]

If you borrow someone elses stuff (car, bike, wife whatever) it should be looked after properly. A courtesy car is no different, and there is NO cumpunction for the garage to lend you one: it's a courtesy!

Wife, fucking lol!!

[Guest Hooli]

Wives should obviously be flushed out & washed after use.

[alcyonecorporation]

If you borrow someone elses stuff (car, bike, wife whatever) it should be looked after properly. A courtesy car is no different, and there is NO cumpunction for the garage to lend you one: it's a courtesy!

Unless said garage/insurance company dick you about. Then it's fair game.

Yeah lads, welsh on your agreement, try and take the hire car back three weeks early, refuse a replacement, tell the customer he should 'take the bus' to work and try and rinse him for a £45 fuel bill when it was handed over covered in shit and running on fumes. Yeah, that'll endear you to the customer in question.

 

I was impressed that Chevrolet Matiz I was lent (mmm yeah, that's equivalent to a Citroen C4) survived three miles of being pinned to the limiter in second on the A556.

[Guest Hooli]

I was impressed that Chevrolet Matiz I was lent (mmm yeah, that's equivalent to a Citroen C4) survived three miles of being pinned to the limiter in second on the A556.

 

A mate had a micra years ago as a discourtesy car. He took it back three weeks later needing rear tyres.... they really are on of the best cars for handbrake turns I've ever seen.

[andy18s]

Had a Grand Voyager as a shift crewbus whilst working in Germany

When it went back it needed new wishbones and stuff at the front die to the bumpy roads we had to drive down.......

Nothing to do with learning how to J turn with it in deserted car parks

[cort16]

Ed China has finally got sick of making 300 quid after putting in 400 hrs labour on a car.

 

 

http://www.discoveryuk.com/press-release-210317/

[cort16]

fair play he sacked it off as discovery are a bunch of money grabbing shite hawks

 

[egg]

Yeah, most recent series was pretty poor.

[twosmoke300]

 

As bad as the editing in that clip?

[beko1987]

They were some proper cuts in that video, but fair play to China, I doubt he will do badly in life!

[meshking]

Is that an "I'm a prick" mug at the front?

 

My missus is amused because she's been sure that Mike kept Ed locked in the workshop. He seems to allude to being free at the end. Sad really, it's been a cry for help all these years but no one has rescued him.

[garbaldy]

fair play he sacked it off as discovery are a bunch of money grabbing shite hawks

 

 

is that xcp any good ?

[vulgalour]

Remember this old heap?  http://autoshite.com/topic/20288-1964-lancia-flavia-coup%C3%83%C2%A9/

 

I noticed my browsing habits getting worrying close to me trying to actually find something I want to buy to replace the Renault when it sells.  Realistically, a downsize is absolutely vital if I'm to keep the Rover and Princess in the sort of condition I want to, not to mention my finances and stress levels.  Having a third car as a project is a very bad idea, as much as we might joke about fleet reduction, and I needed to address this before I did something very silly and went out and bought some hopeless old crock to waste my life on.  Selling the Renault is a sensible thing to do, it really is.

 

So why the Lancia?  Poor old thing has been moved from pillar to post while Mike and I tried to find the time around other commitments to do anything with it.  With the amount of work I've had to do on my own cars and Mike's obligations at the garage it just wasn't happening and it's sat almost entirely untouched since August 2015.  The work to do looks scarier than it is, in reality, something I learned from the repair work on the Princess.  Construction is fairly simple for the most part so restoration is much easier.

 

To stop me doing something monumentally stupid and acquiring another project I don't really need, instead I'll help Mike with this one and sort-of-adopt it.  I get my fix of sorting out an old car, Mike gets some free labour and the Lancia, hopefully, gets a proper chance to survive.  It's one of those cars that looks much worse than it really is, just been afflicted with some questionable repairs and excessive filler.  A few hours now and then would really get through a lot of the problem areas on it quite rapidly.

[bub2006]

They were some proper cuts in that video, but fair play to China, I doubt he will do badly in life!

Another series I won't be watching any more! He made wheeler dealers in my opinion.

[phil_lihp]

This slightly green Rover 45 belongs to a colleague and has been sat in a local garage's yard for most of the last year.  MOT has just run out, looks very tidy and had just had the head gasket done - only 56k on the clock, too.  1.4 K series, new front tyres.  Apparently, after the head gasket was changed the engine started 'knocking' and he gave up on it, dumped it at the garage and obtained another car.  I'm tempted to make a slightly insulting offer for it but it depends what the 'knocking' is - I find it hard to believe it could be the bottom end at that mileage unless it had so much coolant in the oil it's knackered the engine.  I'd like to think it was injector noise which these are apparently known for but who knows.

 

I might see what he wants for it and stick a battery on it so I can hear the noise myself, could be worth a punt although these things still seem pretty worthless.

 

On the other hand, it's currently keeping exceptionally shitey company.

 

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As I'm looking for a cheap runaround with 5 doors to replace the Puma, enquiries are in progress...

[dollywobbler]

The sun came out, and I'd had enough of being sat at my desk (having been working since 8am). So, I went for a drive! Battery was dead, and the brakes were seized up due to rust - was wet last time she was out! Started on the handle straight away thankfully.

 

Must get around to buying a new battery. This time next week, though, we'll probably both be at the NEC, setting up the 2CVGB stand. Feel free to come and laugh at the horrible, unpainted wheels, missing side stripes and bootlid and rear wings that still need painting to match the fronts.