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[loserone]

Lucky escape.  NA?

[brownnova]

It is confirmed... both cars fit in the garage with ease!! Result!! 

Single door makes entry/exit more challenging than it needs to be, but both can be in the dry now*! 

 

 

*Until I buy something more needing the garage space and the MX5 gets kicked out again. 

[Floatylight]

It is confirmed... both cars fit in the garage with ease!! Result!! 

Single door makes entry/exit more challenging than it needs to be, but both can be in the dry now*! 
 
 
*Until I buy something more needing the garage space and the MX5 gets kicked out again. 

Oh to have a garage like that....

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[Lord Sterling]

3 hours ago, clayts450 said:

The radio (R960) would normally go for about a ton even on eBay, cos 'retro'. I paid 24 quid, as it was sold for parts. 

Wow really? I think I've a couple of R960 radios floating about. 

[brownnova]

55 minutes ago, Floatylight said:

Oh to have a garage like that....

I took one look at the garage and decided this was the house for us. 

[320touring]

1 hour ago, loserone said:

Lucky escape.  NA?

Yep, and a sweet lump Avec pompe Bosch

[mitsisigma01]

23 minutes ago, brownnova said:

I took one look at the garage and decided this was the house for us. 

If you took a look at my garage you'd move away, so much shite so little space! 

[reb]

Eventually a more suitable veg guzzling conveyance arrived.

A very nice example, done nearly the same miles as my 850 but feels altogether less shonky. Apparently the clutch is on the way out so I'm not allowed to drive it on the strength of how the C2 gets treated. Which is probably fair.

We went in search of the alleged mine, traversing some lovely public highways to get there.

We found it, investigated thoroughly, got quite wet and muddy.

On the way back we took a less well travelled highway. With grass almost as high as the windscreen in the centre at places. This was traversed at speed with all manner of worryingly sumpy noises coming from beneath us.

One has not lived until you're flying down a gravel road in a fully (FULLY) loaded Volvo estate at great speed.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Went to look at a beautiful countryside cottage with small outhouse (project recording studio, perfect), big double garage, outdoor workshop (complete with VW air-cooled engine block.  The owner was pleased I picked up on this and it later emerged at one stage he owned a double-decker bus) in serious need of refurbishment and renovation.  Purchase price was in budget, edging on to beautiful woodland near an AONB and it was next door to one of my other half's very early childhood homes.  The owner was there when she was born and remembered her and her parents.

We've turned it down.  Partly because of the cost of a total conversion (including fuel oil conversion) but also because the ceilings in the top bedroom are 6'3".  Not a problem for SO but somewhat of an issue for me...!  I don't want ceilings an inch higher than the top of my head.

Don't regret it, despite the chod ownership possibilities of such a place.

[dollywobbler]

Drove to Peterborough in a heatwave so I could drive a Fiat Seicento. Like 320Touring's BMW 335, it annoyingly proved that modifications are actually hilarious if done right. Then drove a gorgeous X plate mk3 Escort. More video shoots today! Including a Renault 21...

[egg]

FYI folks. From Moneysavingexpert. You have to spend the voucher by 30/9.

[MikeR]

http://mttrust.co.uk/

 

a day of on the buses from Liverpool pier head

[clayts450]

11 hours ago, Lord Sterling said:

Wow really? I think I've a couple of R960 radios floating about. 

I reckon if you pitched them at a more sensible price you'd shift them easy.

[Lankytim]

Ran some LIQUI MOLY DIESEL PURGE though the V70 today, followed the various online instructions and the engine does seem much quieter and has a bit more poke. The diesel “pinking” under load is much less but I’m not sure if that’s down to the secondhand injector I fitted recently. We’ll see! 

[Lord Sterling]

My mate has broken down in his 2008 Mazda 3 again. He has had nothing but trouble with the car. DPF issues, remapping, turbo went, twice. Just had another put on and now he has broken down again....

[xtriple]

Just had the air con regassed for a special offer price of £40 (£39.95 if you must!). I fully expected it not to work, there to be multiple problems with compressors, condensors, pipework et al. But no, done and working fine. To be fair, it always did but it wasn't dreadfully cold and I do like cold... or warm,  or dry windscreens and de-humidified dogs. Still seems to take an age to come cold though but then I guess I am expecting it to be instant and it isn't quite.

I am a product of this age: instant gratification. I ain't waiting for no stinkin' air con, I want it NOW!

 

 

[Bobthebeard]

Not sure if I have done the right thing, but have done it anyway! Two months ago I started working as a self employed taxi driver just 'renting' a car for five days a week between 0700 and 1730. Was ok but meant I had to travel to the office, to pick up the car and back each day, fuel up and clean the car ready for the night driver which ate into my time. The opportunity came up to take over a four month old car as an owner driver, meaning a decrease in weekly 'rent' payments but an additional car payment. The net increase being £100 per week. The car will be fully maintained, insured, taxed and taxi tested by the company until it is paid for in 17 months. The car then becomes my property. No contract or liability during that period and I can hand it back to the taxi company at any point. I have total flexibility as to what days/hours I work and the car is 'mine' with personal use no problem. So far so good, but means that I now have to earn between £600/£700 per week to clear the £250/£350 per week which is sufficient for our needs at the moment. Have done that but the need to be out driving is relentless, five days a week (50 hours) if I am lucky. No night working through choice. The car is a 19 reg Dacia Logan MCV with the Renault 1.5 diesel engine and is incredibly good on fuel (adblue also needed)  so time will tell I suppose! I get five weeks holiday per year (no rent or car payment, but don't earn anything of course) 

My news. Bit of a quantum leap from doing almost bugger all. 

[Lankytim]

It will be interesting to see how this pans out for you, I've often wondered about taxi drivers and how the system works. 

[Amishtat]

4 hours ago, MikeR said:

http://mttrust.co.uk/

 

a day of on the buses from Liverpool pier head

We stumbled across this completely by chance on a weekend in Liverpool a few years ago and it was ace! Well worth it if you're in the area. 

[kirton]

This morning just outside Exeter on the A30 a Volvo  lorry took out 250m of the central barrierand took out 3 cars and a Transit van on the other carriage way.  One might think that the fact that the lorry  was towing a caravan and two!  trailers (WTF!) might have something to do with the crash.  At least the lorry driver didn't run away after as the he/she had a serious leg injury.  

My mind boggled at the thought of that towing assembly - how could it be legal?

 

 

[Mally]

Fairground/Circus.

[Split_Pin]

Mini went into the garage this morning with the parts load to have the stem seals replaced. They are going to check for worn rings first together with a few other things before crashing into the task.

Wish me luck!

[davehedgehog31]

5 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Mini went into the garage this morning with the parts load to have the stem seals replaced. They are going to check for worn rings first together with a few other things before crashing into the task.

Wish me luck!

Sounds expensive! 

Hope it starts earning it's keep afterwards...

[HMC]

How long can you drive a car with the clutch release bearing whining? It sort of whines and clicks in time as something near it in the drivetrain revolves when you depress the clutch . Hmmm

[Cord Fourteener]

3 hours ago, kirton said:

This morning just outside Exeter on the A30 a Volvo  lorry took out 250m of the central barrierand took out 3 cars and a Transit van on the other carriage way.  One might think that the fact that the lorry  was towing a caravan and two!  trailers (WTF!) might have something to do with the crash.  At least the lorry driver didn't run away after as the he/she had a serious leg injury.  

My mind boggled at the thought of that towing assembly - how could it be legal?

 

 

Aussie style road train!

[Cord Fourteener]

News here is: Just when I thought my nice and tatty Porke 924 was running problem free, the alternator bolt fell off (no wonder I've had alt belts either falling off or not being tight enough to turn the alternator, and little in between) and after fitting a new fuel pump I now have fuel pissing out of somewhere above the rear nearside wheel arch when the fuel system is pressurised. I think the pump must have been on the blink for some time.

Small steps.

[beko1987]

39 minutes ago, HMC said:

How long can you drive a car with the clutch release bearing whining? It sort of whines and clicks in time as something near it in the drivetrain revolves when you depress the clutch . Hmmm

Until it exploded. Hth

[Lord Sterling]

6 hours ago, Bobthebeard said:

Not sure if I have done the right thing, but have done it anyway! Two months ago I started working as a self employed taxi driver just 'renting' a car for five days a week between 0700 and 1730. Was ok but meant I had to travel to the office, to pick up the car and back each day, fuel up and clean the car ready for the night driver which ate into my time. The opportunity came up to take over a four month old car as an owner driver, meaning a decrease in weekly 'rent' payments but an additional car payment. The net increase being £100 per week. The car will be fully maintained, insured, taxed and taxi tested by the company until it is paid for in 17 months. The car then becomes my property. No contract or liability during that period and I can hand it back to the taxi company at any point. I have total flexibility as to what days/hours I work and the car is 'mine' with personal use no problem. So far so good, but means that I now have to earn between £600/£700 per week to clear the £250/£350 per week which is sufficient for our needs at the moment. Have done that but the need to be out driving is relentless, five days a week (50 hours) if I am lucky. No night working through choice. The car is a 19 reg Dacia Logan MCV with the Renault 1.5 diesel engine and is incredibly good on fuel (adblue also needed)  so time will tell I suppose! I get five weeks holiday per year (no rent or car payment, but don't earn anything of course) 

My news. Bit of a quantum leap from doing almost bugger all. 

I'll be really interested to see how this goes. I've done the self-employed thing and doubt I'll be rushing back into it anytime soon, a couple of my friends are taxi drivers too. But I like the security of a guaranteed wage.  Still getting shit at work though so I'm on the look out for something different.

[clayts450]

I also fancy a driving job, but it seems to be a self-employed nightmare, from dodgy 'if your face fits' type multi-drop outfits, to ridiculously early start 'last mile' deliveries. Trade plating semi-appeals but (a) no garage/drive and (b) Mo's tales of woe on here have pretty much sealed the deal on that.

The one which is piquing my interest a little is (don't laugh) Hermes, who seem to be a bit better these days, but again I suspect it's gonna be a 'face fitting' type thing.

I'm also on the Amazon  Flex waiting list (supposed to be a depot opening near Nottingham soon, poss Castle Donington nr the airport) so I could always try that at weekends, although that seems to be a bit of a shit show by all accounts.

Then there's home delivery for supermarkets, but a lot of mixed reviews about never having guaranteed hours and shit pay.

One thing's for certain,  I need to be out and about driving, and not working in an office, something I've done all my life.

[dave j]

1 hour ago, HMC said:

How long can you drive a car with the clutch release bearing whining? It sort of whines and clicks in time as something near it in the drivetrain revolves when you depress the clutch . Hmmm

Noisy release bearings could go on for ages, depending on how bad it is you probably wont own it long enough for it to be an issue!