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[Jams]

Cooper S??

Correct a mundo sir!!!

[Lord Sterling]

...and a set of genuine Astra mats for just £10. The driver's mat is worn out so I'm after a replacement. The other three came up like new with a scrub. Turns out there are already locking 'pins' in the carpet which suggests they had mats like this fitted when the car was new...

MATS MAN ALERT

 

Most Vauxhalls + other manufacturers have locking pins in them but sadly not all of thier cars will have had thier mats when new. They are still an option at dealers.

[clayts450]

Me authentic car mats turned up today - £12 the lot 

 

[Six-cylinder]

Earls Barton Classic Show Tonight!

 

For those who think I never drive my 2CV come poke fun at me and make your self know!

 

http://www.classiccarmeet.co.uk/

[cros]

I'm old and out of touch. In my day when you wanted a van to look like this you bought an Austin J2 for 50 quid and used it over the winter. Not any more...

[Matt]

My RIng Automotive tyre inflator just tried to kill itself (and my car) by means of fire. The fuse wasn't straight inside the casing and it got hot enough to start melting it so it shant be used again. Anyone have any suggestions for it's replacement?

[cobblers]

I'm old and out of touch. In my day when you wanted a van to look like this you bought an Austin J2 for 50 quid and used it over the winter. Not any more...

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I like to think I've got a fairly open mind for ratlook and pineappled stuff, but that looks absolutely shit, and I bet it's even worse in the flesh. Let's hope they haven't made too much of a mess of the black paint when trimming the wrap so it can come off when the owner finally comes to terms with the fact that they wasted about a grand on shitty sticky back plastic and peels it off.

[alcyonecorporation]

I'm old and out of touch. In my day when you wanted a van to look like this you bought an Austin J2 for 50 quid and used it over the winter. Not any more...

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Put the kettle on, I shall join you in mutual bafflement. 

[tooSavvy]

My RIng Automotive tyre inflator just tried to kill itself (and my car) by means of fire. The fuse wasn't straight inside the casing and it got hot enough to start melting it so it shant be used again. Anyone have any suggestions for it's replacement?

HomeBargains M8

 

TS

[clayts450]

I bought a cheap 12v tyre inflater with a gauge  from B&M (close relative of Home Bargains) - thought it must be half-decent with an RAC logo on the box for £8.

 

It's shit - no on/off button, less puff than an asthmatic pensioner and the gauge is about as effective as one of those plastic compasses you used to get in Christmas crackers.

 

I'll use it for balloons when I dress my car up as Santa's sleigh (files in hoarding room...)

[SiC]

The best tyre inflators I've found are the ones included in cars with the emergency tyre gunk. You know almost instantly when a tyre compressor is shit if the pressure gauge goes up to 300psi.

[Kiltox]

The best tyre inflators I've found are the ones included in cars with the emergency tyre gunk. You know almost instantly when a tyre compressor is shit if the pressure gauge goes up to 300psi.

The Renault/Dacia one from my Duster is amazing!

[Bren]

Due to go back in tomorrow following my sinus op but I still feel like shit - face and teeth are sore. Having trouble getting another note as GP wont give me one and neither will hospital - only the surgeon can provide me with one.

 

All this has made me realise how ill I have been for the last two years.

[captain_cal]

My first collection thread incoming this weekend..

 

[loserone]

Collected!

[spike60]

I had to jump off a BMW 530d last night and despite industrial leads it wouldn't start straight away so left the old Merc 300SE jump car idling for 5 mins then tried again. This time it started but managed to stall the Merc as it did so despite the Merc having a strong idle, - about 750rpm in neutral and about 550 rpm in D.  I've not seen this before.

[Noel Tidybeard]

My RIng Automotive tyre inflator just tried to kill itself (and my car) by means of fire. The fuse wasn't straight inside the casing and it got hot enough to start melting it so it shant be used again. Anyone have any suggestions for it's replacement?

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENUINE-RENAULT-DACIA-TYRE-PUNCTURE-REPAIR-PUMP-COMPRESSOR-INFLATOR-/272681900077?hash=item3f7d1b982d:g:eFkAAOSwAPVZGvFH

[mercrocker]

I like to think I've got a fairly open mind for ratlook and pineappled stuff, but that looks absolutely shit, and I bet it's even worse in the flesh. Let's hope they haven't made too much of a mess of the black paint when trimming the wrap so it can come off when the owner finally comes to terms with the fact that they wasted about a grand on shitty sticky back plastic and peels it off.

 

We have had the "barrie'd" look.   How about the "Valerie" spec for all this fucking fablon nonsense....

 

 

[Six-cylinder]

A few pictures from the Earls Barton (Northampton) show last night.

[John F]

Wowsers!

 

The ebay seller that sent me the wrong rear brake hose for my CBX750F asked me to cancel the eBay return case that I'd instigated as apparently they couldn't exchange parts with an active returns case... this sounded a weeny bit suspicious to me, but I decided to trust them.

 

The new - and correct - brake line arrived in the post today

[Kiltox]

Pretty sure they're breaching eBay policies there but fair play they actually did what they said

[somewhatfoolish]

I'm old and out of touch. In my day when you wanted a van to look like this you bought an Austin J2 for 50 quid and used it over the winter. Not any more...

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What a bag of shit; it doesn't even look like a shitey old van looks. That's the wrap equivalent of a 4 year old who's raided mum's make-up box and gone for quantity over quality.

[NorthernMonkey]

Pretty sure they're breaching eBay policies there but fair play they actually did what they said

They're actually right...if you've got a returns case opened, eBay can at their discretion give you a full refund and take the money back from the seller...if they've already sent you the replacement, they're out of pocket whereas if they just exchange the bits, everyone's happy.

[somewhatfoolish]

They're actually right...if you've got a returns case opened, eBay can at their discretion give you a full refund and take the money back from the seller...if they've already sent you the replacement, they're out of pocket whereas if they just exchange the bits, everyone's happy.

That's why the first recourse should be to message the vendor outside the somewhat rigid ebay dispute system, you only need that if they don't give satisfaction.

[panhard65]

Ebay have made it harder to contact sellers as when you click to send them a message you have to pick a reason. If you tell the truth that it is a wrong part etc ebay automatically start a case. This is really annoying as all you really wanted to do was talk to the seller rather than setting the ebay attack dogs on them. Another case of the messing ebay seem to think they have to do all the time. As a medium to sell tat it has gone way downhill, but what the hell it is great for chinese companies who want to flog their shit here and dodge the VAT.

[John F]

^^^ That's pretty much what happened, I only wanted to contact the seller to get the part swapped.

[cros]

The best tyre inflators I've found are the ones included in cars with the emergency tyre gunk. You know almost instantly when a tyre compressor is shit if the pressure gauge goes up to 300psi.

Specially made for these-

 

 

[dean36014]

Well just got home from a wet few days in cornwall. Over the last 6 days Shonky the BX has been to Shitefest and Looe completing a total of 785 miles without a hiccup. On the run to Cornwall she achieved 59mpg average. I think I can safely say she's had a good shakedown run now.

[Lankytim]

The LDV Pilot post bus has just been driven away by the mechanic for some bodywork and MOT. This is the first trip it's made under it's own steam since I replaced the engine with a used unit. Will it make the 30 mile drive to the guys workshop? Who knows????

[bramz7]

FTP in the ZX today. AA bloke diagnosed split priming bulb causing diesel to spray everywhere.

Got it going and drove it slowly to a local old school place. The guy knows them and said he'll make sure it's a good price...

Also he gave me his number as he's really into old cars and even told me a decent local scrapyard! Not all bad eh.