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[wuvvum]

I had a poke around under the Audi's bonnet today and found to my dismay that the pump is all fly-by-wire with not a single good honest Bowden cable to be seen anywhere.  Which makes me wonder whether the occasional unresponsive throttle might be down to a dodgy potentiometer or however the fuck these things work, rather than a fuelling issue.  I certainly couldn't see any sign of air in the fuel lines, although an e-throttle issue wouldn't explain the chuggy idle.

 

It'd also blown a sidelight bulb - they are the old fashioned bayonet type and I didn't have any in stock, so trundled down to Roys of Wroxham to pick some up.  They had a special offer on 20w mini halogen bulbs the same size, so I bought a pair of those, and feck me do they make a difference.  The sidelights have gone from almost invisible to almost as bright as the headlights.  I don't think they'll cause any electrical issues as 20w is less than 2 amps and therefore highly unlikely to melt anything.

 

I've decided to stay in for new year this year - I'm knackered and a bit headachey, but above all I just can't be arsed.  Maybe I'm getting old.

[cort16]

I ordered some really shit shelves off ebay for 20 quid to try to sort my disaster of a lockup.

I've got some amount of shite in there.

[BavarianRetro]

Bloody hell. Power washing an Alfasud takes some cojones!

[drum]

Love that alfasud.

 

I was sent to the shops with a list. The usual messages (groceries). Unbeknownst to wifey, other messages were being exchanged betwixt myself and a purveyor of fine tat.

 

Needless to say and to cut a long story short, I came home with more than the nibbles I was sent for.

 

I didn't buy his maserati bi-turbo.

 

I didn't even buy this

 

I did buy four wheels though. Here's two of them

[omegod]

Seems a Land Rover has self combusted at the multi storey car park at the Liverpool echo arena which is hosting a horse show, currently the whole 3rd floor is alight with another couple of floors above, I think there is going to be a bit of a mess by morning, no signs of casualties as yet thankfully !

 

Apparently all 1600 cars in the car park are toast !! you can imagine the type of motors at a horse show !!

[SiC]

That's all our car insurance up next year then.

[beko1987]

Been reading thay after seeing it here earlier, sounds a pretty shit situation, even if they would all be moderns

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Apparently all 1600 cars in the car park are toast !! you can imagine the type of motors at a horse show !!

A couple of 'em might be mine if it turns out they're that badly melted the vin numbers can't be read...

[bub2006]

I had a poke around under the Audi's bonnet today and found to my dismay that the pump is all fly-by-wire with not a single good honest Bowden cable to be seen anywhere. Which makes me wonder whether the occasional unresponsive throttle might be down to a dodgy potentiometer or however the fuck these things work, rather than a fuelling issue. I certainly couldn't see any sign of air in the fuel lines, although an e-throttle issue wouldn't explain the chuggy idle.

 

It'd also blown a sidelight bulb - they are the old fashioned bayonet type and I didn't have any in stock, so trundled down to Roys of Wroxham to pick some up. They had a special offer on 20w mini halogen bulbs the same size, so I bought a pair of those, and feck me do they make a difference. The sidelights have gone from almost invisible to almost as bright as the headlights. I don't think they'll cause any electrical issues as 20w is less than 2 amps and therefore highly unlikely to melt anything.

 

I've decided to stay in for new year this year - I'm knackered and a bit headachey, but above all I just can't be arsed. Maybe I'm getting old.

What year is it? My 1.9tdi ahu lump was a N plate a4 and also drive by wire. I also had the occasional loss of response on throttle. I tried to trace it but never could. Usually did it when overtaking a line of trucks on the bypass with a sales rep trying to push me along!!

[omegod]

A couple of 'em might be mine if it turns out they're that badly melted the vin numbers can't be read...

 

On a sad note there are apparently a few dogs left in cars, for fucks sake why would you !!!!!   

[sierraman]

Happy new year folks. May 2018 be the year of the sub £1000 Mondeo mk4!

[sierraman]

Happy new year folks. May 2018 be the year of the sub £1000 Mondeo mk4!

[wuvvum]

What year is it? My 1.9tdi ahu lump was a N plate a4 and also drive by wire. I also had the occasional loss of response on throttle. I tried to trace it but never could. Usually did it when overtaking a line of trucks on the bypass with a sales rep trying to push me along!!

Mine's an M plate so one of the last 80s.  It's never done it at speed, it only ever does it when pulling away from rest.  Only really a major issue when trying to pull out onto a busy roundabout, but I'd still like to get it sorted.

[dean36014]

I had a truck do that trick and it was the pedal potentiometer so might be worth tying it. Exactly the same that it cut out after pulling away.

[stonedagain]

7 hours into Nye vodkathon, not dead yet....,

[Pete-M]

Appear to have agreed to buy a rare, 354 bhp, rwd, supercharged, automatic, partly hand built estate car.

 

Which has 193000 miles under its belt.

 

2018 has started in the approved way.

[dollywobbler]

Me and Mrs DW had a race. I lost.

[DVee8]

Apparently all 1600 cars in the car park are toast !! you can imagine the type of motors at a horse show !!

We had talked about going yesterday ,but decided against it due to family get together.

[twosmoke300]

The car park has a capacity of 1600 - not 1600 cars gone up

[dollywobbler]

It was pretty full though. I have two friends who had a friend or relative with a car there. They had to just go home by train.

[Angrydicky]

Hope no shite or doges were lost

[They_all_do_that_sir]

Glad no one was hurt.......how does the Insurance claim for that work then??

[SiC]

I imagine pretty simple. You just say your car was in the fire. They can always check when the wrecks are taken out and they note down all the VINs that have been toast.

 

I believe it was a 1600 car park with about 1400 cars in it. 1600 * £15000 (rough average) = £21m. Not too bad in the grand scheme of things. I wonder if they car that went up will be the liable one or if it would be the car that caught fire next to you would be?

[Asimo]

"If you note that in paragraph 95 on page 17 of your contract.........therefore you are not in this instance covered by this policy"

[They_all_do_that_sir]

I imagine pretty simple. You just say your car was in the fire. They can always check when the wrecks are taken out and they note down all the VINs that have been toast.

 

I believe it was a 1600 car park with about 1400 cars in it. 1600 * £15000 (rough average) = £21m. Not too bad in the grand scheme of things. I wonder if they car that went up will be the liable one or if it would be the car that caught fire next to you would be?

 

I meant in terms of who foots the bill - I take it the insurer of the car that started the whole thing is going to take a monster hit.....

 

Imagine sitting on confused.com and filling in the section on previous claims - "what was the total cost of this claim......£21,000,000"

[SiC]

I meant in terms of who foots the bill - I take it the insurer of the car that started the whole thing is going to take a monster hit.....

 

Imagine sitting on confused.com and filling in the section on previous claims - "what was the total cost of this claim......£21,000,000"

Ultimately I'll imagine it will be one for the lawyers to decide given its not a small amount to be settled. If it's newish, the car manufacturers lawyers may be involved too.

[dollywobbler]

I'm sure I saw somewhere that it was a Land Rover that started it all...

 

EDIT - Range Rover apparently.

[SiC]

Wack, you weren't in Liverpool last night were you?

[MikeR]

again how is a fire of this magnitude able to take place , ok a fire should be able to take out some cars , not the whole lot !!

 

are we looking at design issues and potential for other car parks to go the same way  and the FB equipped to handle another one

 

 

what will be next years insurance premiums be for car park operators of the vertically stacking kind ?

[Guest Hooli]

On a sad note there are apparently a few dogs left in cars, for fucks sake why would you !!!!!   

 

Poor dogs

 

This time of year with a window open & water dogs would be fine in cars so why wouldn't you? I had one dog that almost lived in my car & went to work everyday to sit in there as he was happy in the car & panicked when left in the house.