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[phil_lihp]

The Octavia's gone...on loan to my sister while she moves house as her car is too small to cope with all the boxes and crap she's ferrying around at the moment.  This means I have custody of this fine machine for the next month or so...

 

[twosmoke300]

Beast ! and a really easy car to remove driveshafts from     

[Supernaut]

Can haz excessively large boudoir on wheels....

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YOU FUCKING LEGEND!

 

I saw that on the ebay thread and was idly thinking about how fun it would be.

[phil_lihp]

Beast ! and a really easy car to remove driveshafts from     

 

You, sir, have a good memory

 

In my defence, even the mechanic I took it to had a fight to get them off, on the other hand it's not put a foot wrong since in the nearly 2 years since the clutch was done.  Due another service in the next couple of months, I'll give it a coolant flush on top of the usual oil and filters but otherwise it wants for nothing much at all.  70k on the clock now and still feels like a brand new car, barely audible at tickover and totally reliable - surprisingly roomy for passengers too, although the boot space is comically small as a result.  Hard not to like it a bit really.

[DodgeRover]

Having destroyed my last (modern) two petrol lawnmowers (one needed cable ties, clothes pegs and bits of wood to keep it running) I decided to lash out on another one.

 

 

 

Obvs. like it doesn't actually work, and that trolley thing isn't included.

One of my neighbours used to have one of those with a homemade 12v conversion, just a motor and car battery strapped on in place of the engine!

[Pillock]

I have insured gaybod the pug ,which I am collecting tomorrow from djimbob. Was going to wait and tax it tomorrow with the slip. However my lad tells me if I tax it online and set up a direct debit . They take money after 30 days. So he says you then cancel direct debit online after 28 days and then set up a new one. So car shows has taxed but you don't pay. Is this true or will MI5 come hammering my door down at 5 am.

No, they'll know when they taxed it from, and there'll be an outstanding amount since you cancelled the DD so they'll send you a letter asking for it.

 

Not sure what the gain is cancelling the DD, it just screws it all up

[dollywobbler]

Indeed. I just enjoy the fact that there is now a delayed payment on the vehicle tax. One less sting at the point of sale. Until the first payment goes out. Which you've now forgotten about...

[Ghosty]

I got the reminder today - my tax is due at the end of the month, and I'll be chucking it on the 'set and forget' DD. Just need to remember to set aside £20 a month, no problem. Beats having to pull £130 out of my arse.

[taxi paul]

Thank you chaps. I didn't think it was right and an old wives tale, like eating crusts gives you curly hair.or French cars are pretty reliable in the main. I shall tax it online when I get v5.

[hairnet]

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Getting close now

boathouse?

[worldofceri]

I didn't know a caravan mover was a thing. What an excellent idea, thank you very much

Apologies if teaching you to suck eggs here, but the m.o. for maneuvering a loaded twin axle trailer by hand is to wind the jockey wheel as high as it will go, so that the front wheels are off the ground. Makes it possible to steer, 'cause no tyre scrub.

[Cavcraft]

Also, if you cancelled the tax then tried to re-tax it, it possibly wouldn't let you as it may expect the V5 number to change.

[dean36014]

Cornwall achieved. Filled tank right up before I left, necked it on arrivalue, 18 litres to do 237 miles. That's just under 60mpg!

[twosmoke300]

Where in cornwall ?

[dean36014]

Looe

[holbeck]

 

So, today's collection shenanigans was to travel up to Ludlow to get this.

 

Thanks to Catsinthewelder for posting it in the offered thread.

 

170 miles back to Devon covered without issue, the further south I went, the worse the weather got.

 

There was enough fuel to reach Bristol, and by then it was a monsoon (hence no pezz stn shot!).

[holbeck]

boathouse?

 

What colour is the boathouse in Hereford?

[alcyonecorporation]

What colour is the boathouse in Hereford?

If it's amateur night, I'll need two cars and a simulator.

[bramz7]

 

Picked this up today. Only cost £60. 212k on the clock but it still pulls well. Does have a window made out of perspex but we'd all have ailments after that mileage right?!

 

Oh and the lovely AX went. Nice to meet you Colin.

[SiC]

That's lovely thing and that's a bargain!

 

Anyone noticed eBay & Gumtree is down?

[RobT]

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Picked this up today. Only cost £60. 212k on the clock but it still pulls well. Does have a window made out of perspex but we'd all have ailments after that mileage right?!

Oh and the lovely AX went. Nice to meet you Colin.

Bagsy when you're done with it bramz. A ZX Aura is on my To Do list.

[Ghosty]

That's lovely thing and that's a bargain!

 

Anyone noticed eBay & Gumtree is down?

It isn't? I've just been looking at DOHC VTEC engines - if the damn things weren't worth about 20% more than my entire car I'd be seriously tempted to make a Rover 216VTi automatic...

[SiC]

Maybe an issue with the link between virgin media and the eBay servers.

[bramz7]

Bagsy when you're done with it bramz. A ZX Aura is on my To Do list.

I'll give you first dibs! Think it needs new glow plugs mind you. Felt like getting back into an old pair of trousers with the ZX.

Only issue was that it was registered on disabled use, so had to panic and find a bloody post office in swindon, found one at 528. I'm not making this up...

[Kiltox]

First day as a scumbag IT contractor for a large London based bank.....

 

Police cordons and media circus around Borough Market is still very much real

 

I was paid £40 to sit and wait in the reception this morning because the idiot receptionist emailed rather than calling the person I am reporting to

 

Financial services compliance training is ridiculous

 

Quite sure this role is going to be lengthy and satisfying

[cort16]

I had someone come and look at the Cadillac tonight. Spend aaaaages looking at it then offered nearly half the asking price.

Good times, at least they turned up.

[D Spares & Tyres]

Yesterday afternoon I passed a grey Tatra 603 in oily rag condition going through Hagley. Does that description ring a bell with anyone, has/did Sam Glover of this parish own one?

There were several eastern European cars parked in a pub car park near me. I saw that Tatra too. Saw several of th em again later that day in Bridgnorth. A few Trabants and a lovely yellow and white Moskvitch amongst others

[alcyonecorporation]

I think it was because of the SALT meet; they were convoying around that area and around Crich if memory serves. 

[Lord Sterling]

Am in Scotchland at the moment. Motherwell to be exact. Tomorrow up to Aberdeen then bus/train to Inverness then an 8-hour drive home I reckon Looking forward to that I am not...

[320touring]

Am in Scotchland at the moment. Motherwell to be exact. Tomorrow up to Aberdeen then bus/train to Inverness then an 8-hour drive home I reckon Looking forward to that I am not...

 

Motherwell? You'll be grand:)