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[SiC]

My MGB headlights are like two candles on the front. Modern LED street lights are substantially brighter and better at lighting the road up!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

16 minutes ago, SiC said:

My MGB headlights are like two candles.....

Four candles would be better. 

[skattrd]

2 hours ago, Fumbler said:

Anyone going to the East Anglia car auctions on 2nd November? I'm going with Father Fumbler because he's attending a Barge Meet and I was wondering if there would be anyone from here going for the auction itself.

Possibly, but I've said that about 2 or 3 of these this year and not made any yet … there's a thread on ACA, try asking in that nearer the time.

[Fumbler]

Just now, skattrd said:

there's a thread on ACA

Thick me asks what ACA means. Sorry about that!

[skattrd]

2 minutes ago, Fumbler said:

Thick me asks what ACA means. Sorry about that!

Anglia Car Auction … Kings Lynn, I assume that's what you were referring to

 

 

[Three Speed]

6 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Presumably anyone who drives/drove a Vauxhall Calibra could compare notes.....

I drove into a Vauxhall Calibra once. That did my CX headlights no good at all.

[xtriple]

Fancyplates turned up this morning which was great apart from the fact it is and has been pissing down all day. I don't think rain and sticking acrylic to plastic works too well so I still have an illegal car   In fact, it is raining so much his royal fatness refuses to go out! Phoebe has dashed out, peed and dashed back in a few times but I think Chester has just crossed his legs and tied a knot in his todger! I did try to drag him outside, but he's fat, heavy and low slung so apart from the carpet rucking up, I got nowhere.

As an aside: number plates have got effing expensive these days ain't they? I used to buy a pair for about £7 and whinged like a bitch about that. With postage, these buggers cost £38!!!!!!! Local shop wanted £28 for plain ones and Halfords were in the £30s range but I didn't ask about 'with trade card' prices.

 

Edit:

I have just taken el Mutley out for a walk (it's stopped raining and he actually wanted to go out - what a surprise!) and had a quick look at the car... number plates are BOLTED on, not stuck. I was so convinced they were stuck on I didn't even bother looking. I am such a twat I really am. Anyway, dug the drill out and stuck it on charge it would have been typical of me to go out tomorrow, now aware they were bolt on and have a flat battery in the drill.

[The Moog]

This beauty - omg barn find.

[TooManyPeopleMovers]

13 minutes ago, snagglepuss said:

This beauty - omg barn find.

That's nice to see! Montego Estate's don't seem common anymore, even in the UK! 2.0 Turbo Diesel I think? Looking at what looks to be "Turbo" below the Countryman badge?

(Non existent in New Zealand)

That rear arch looks very frilly. Upon closer inspection, so do the doors. 

[Floatylight]

That's nice to see! Montego Estate's don't seem common anymore, even in the UK! 2.0 Turbo Diesel I think? Looking at what looks to be "Turbo" below the Countryman badge?
(Non existent in New Zealand)
That rear arch looks very frilly. Upon closer inspection, so do the doors. 

Last MOT expired July 06!

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[iainrcz]

Talking of MOTs, mine is getting prodded around as I type this.

 

Are trim rattles a failure these days??

I hope not!

 

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[Spurious]

Talking of MOTs, mine is getting prodded around as I type this.
 
Are trim rattles a failure these days??
I hope not!

 
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Nope, I a bit of a bodge door trim that sometimes flap on the C5.

As long as it doesnt cause a potential injury I think you're fine

[Bobthebeard]

Well, unsurprisingly the bargain* eBay Honda Accord Tourer needed a fair bit of work for the MOT. Bought for £410 with lapsed MOT. Suspension bushes both sides at the front, two new tyres, brake pads and various other stuff. Now has MOT but still an oil leak and stands me at £850 now. Not too bad for an 06 diesel Accord estate with all the options ticked I suppose.... Although 179,000 miles it seems like a nice old thing. Fingers crossed. Now to actually find and fix the oil leak. Mrs Beard not entirely pleased about the black stain on the sandstone paving. 

[reb]

I'm in some strange alien place. Dressed suitably scruffily to make sure nobody tries to sell me a car.

[reb]

MavisNotMavis got some new feet today:

They're off a P2 V70 and don't look half bad I don't think

[taxi paul]

In today's vectra fettling. I got four part worn winter tyres. Not bad a mixture of good year , unirioyal and Michelin. Removed the rear wiper has well. This must have rotted through and he had riveted a 6 inch square over the hole. Looked a mess. So of with it bonded it underneath and then filled. This needs to be tidied up but just through some primer on till maybe next week when I get chance. 

[Split_Pin]

The rear wiper hole on my Vectra was the same. The moat of Sikaflex around it got bigger every year!

[holbeck]

A big thank you to @chaseracer  & @kirton for their combined shitely contributions in collecting and conveying an exhaust for my Audi 80

This place..

[Split_Pin]

16 minutes ago, holbeck said:

A big thank you to @chaseracer  & @kirton for their combined shitely contributions in collecting and conveying an exhaust for my Audi 80

This place..

Can I ask where you got it? 

[puddlethumper]

So, Vauxhall, all are shit etc, are offering four fucking bags scrappage if you 

buy a new one. Bit desperate innit ?

[Split_Pin]

Gets a bit old, this "all Vauxhalls are...".

For balance, Ford are doing it as well and the advert contains the voice of a passenger who suggests scrapping the car because it has a 'CD player' and non-working air con.

It's fucking abominable.

[Split_Pin]

Anyway, this afternoon I was parking up at the post office, returning the unused Mini parts to Autodoc and a chap is standing admiring the Audi. I never tire of seeing their faces when I tell them that I won it!

Ended up having a natter with him about his Sierra and how polybushes and coilovers are shite for a daily.

Good stuff!

 

[brownnova]

13 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Gets a bit old, this "all Vauxhalls are...".

For balance, Ford are doing it as well and the advert contains the voice of a passenger who suggests scrapping the car because it has a 'CD player' and non-working air con.

It's fucking abominable.

I heard that advert earlier and thought.... one of mine has a cassette player and no air con and on another you open a little flap in the bodywork for ventilation! You can keep your fancy CD players and air con ability thank you very much I’ll be driving my old heaps. 

[Alex66]

8 hours ago, reb said:

I'm in some strange alien place. Dressed suitably scruffily to make sure nobody tries to sell me a car.

I quite like the look of that Duster, I think it has future classic in the line of other greats like old Lada and so on, its a bargain for what it is anyway and so unexceptional, I am tempted to get one (not new though). 

[Fumbler]

My car has a cassette player with auto-reverse and Dolby NR. Who needs this swanky CD stuff anyway?

1 minute ago, brownnova said:

I heard that advert earlier and thought.... at least one of mine has a cassette player and no air con and on another you open a little flap in the bodywork for ventilation! You can keep your fancy CD players and air con ability thank you very much! 

 

[chaseracer]

1 hour ago, Split_Pin said:

Can I ask where you got it? 

From a nice chap in Great Barr, name of Ray...

[BL Bloke]

33 minutes ago, Fumbler said:

My car has a cassette player with auto-reverse and Dolby NR. Who needs this swanky CD stuff anyway?

 

My 205 doesn't even have a cassette player, just a long/medium wave radio. I can still get some tunes on it though. ? 

[Split_Pin]

Medium and Long Wave radio is for winners, especially when the signal is affected by the operation of another device like the alternator, wipers and so on. Just like old times!

[Brodders]

 

11 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Medium and Long Wave radio is for winners, especially when the signal is affected by the operation of another device like the alternator, wipers and so on. Just like old times!

Is that it? I get interference passing traffic lights and going under motorway bridges when listening to Medium Wave radio.

I love Long Wave radio though, it means I can listen to BBC Radio 4 in France and most of Belgium.

[Lord Sterling]

Back at the garage today for Micra fettlege:

Was meant to pick it up yesterday but was ill. However, I found today that the new battery was also dead which pointed to some severe battery drainage somewhere.  Some testing with a multi-meter whilst painfully pulling fuses out narrowed it down to a fuse labelled "INTERIOR LAMP" the problem was, this fuse also controlled the mile-meter, petrol guage and radio, so I couldn't really leave the fuse off. Time to narrow it down some more....

With everything in place:

Quite severe. Up to 1.38 at its highest reading.

With bulb from from interior lamp taken out:

Acceptable but still higher than it needs to be. I'd prefer 0.01.

The bulb was left in on the higher readings and despite being in for less than minute was quite hot when I took it off. Seems to me quite odd that an interior light can drain a battery so fast.

So some more investigating needs to be done.