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[richardmorris]

There was some sort of tank* thing outside work today. USA with star front tyres and rear tracks, canvas top and flat rear deck with what looked like rocket launchers under a canvas cover. Makes a change from mclarens,

[Vince70]

It’s the last time I buy anything from GSF as I ordered a set of pads for the rear of the Z3 and when they arrived in the post I received front pads.

So when I emailed and phoned them they lied and said I ordered fronts but I had the receipt that categorically said Rear Pads.

When that didn’t work I was told that the fronts are the same as the back which they are not so I took photos of the different sizes/specs and part numbers off their own website to then be told to send them back for a refund at my expense with no offer of sending me out the correct parts.

 

[SRi05]

Just had my cheapest insurance quote ever, £278 for the Civic. Almost half my usual price, I'm normally always around the 500 mark. 

[hairnet]

3 hours ago, richardmorris said:

 doing my best Ronin tribute. 

video vhs or else

[richardmorris]

1 minute ago, hairnet said:

video vhs or else

I can’t video and drive at the same time. I’m not hubnut’s DW! The xm is growing on me, but it’s missing a litre and a manual gearbox from the ronin cars. 

[Lord Sterling]

More Micra saga...

Bored today so took it out for a 3 hour drive, all local roads, no fast carriageways. Battery light still on.

Upon arrovong back, I noticed the airbag light flashing.  Parked up and switched off engine. Tried to switch it back on and it turned over very slowly indicating battery borked again, so it looks like alternator is toast. Back to the garage tomorrow.

[richardmorris]

22 hours ago, brownnova said:

The plan is to do the coffee table something like this and put the tax discs under Perspex to protect them. 

Apparently the old ones (60s & 70s) are too old for the table and need to go in a frame. - Her words not mine. 

I’ve every one for the 2cv - from 1985, and every one for the x1/9 from 1988. All in a nice folder ( for each car).

[Supernaut]

1 hour ago, SiC said:

Road trip in an Astra G? Grim

 

You've seen the thread for the car, yes? Grim is an understatement.

Latest updates from him is that they're still somewhere north of Preston (the overnight stop) and it keeps putting the EML on and cutting the boost.

 

I bet that's fun*.

[SiC]

16 minutes ago, Supernaut said:

You've seen the thread for the car, yes? Grim is an understatement.

Latest updates from him is that they're still somewhere north of Preston (the overnight stop) and it keeps putting the EML on and cutting the boost.

 

I bet that's fun*.

I haven't. Now I've read the thread it makes you wonder if he's passing the coast at anytime. That way it can be left to get into the sea. 

Maybe Uphill beach just outside Weston Super Mare?

[beko1987]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

I can’t video and drive at the same time. I’m not hubnut’s DW! The xm is growing on me, but it’s missing a litre and a manual gearbox from the ronin cars. 

I dunno, from what I remember of my auto xm, if you fucking booted it it went, had many a win at traffic light racing! Had to start off gently then once it was 'off the clitch' Bury your foot! I saw 4mpg once... 

Still haven't beaten my Marlow to stokenchurch time (after a phonecall from a heavily pregnant Amy with pains). It just held the road and kept itself straight (long sweeping corners). Darednt try and repeat it in the zx, I'll be in a field in no time

[GrumpiusMaximus]

On 9/11/2019 at 7:32 AM, egg said:

Yes, my Mazda does a bit of that - ideal* for listening to Test Match Special.

The AM radio in my Golf does this but it's so shit that it won't even go down to 198LW.  I found an obscure repeating transmitter in London but I live too far out now to get it.  So I had to put an aux jack in and use my phone instead.

That cost me £35 for the adapter box.  But it did mean I got to listen to Stoke's antics in the third test...

[GrumpiusMaximus]

5 hours ago, egg said:

Been meaning to pap this for a while, a little serviced pez station (but they only had diesel today) in place called Egerton on a hill near Ashford

A couple of doors up is the associated garage

It has quite a good view for a Petrol station

The whole set-up

 

 

I used to live a couple of miles away from that one and always enjoyed driving past.  Never needed to fill up there, sadly.  Good find.  Egerton's nice.

[egg]

5 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

Egerton's nice.

It is, they even leave the church unlocked, which is fairly rare in rural Kent these days. I like the WW1 bench too.

[17-Coffees]

1 hour ago, SiC said:

I haven't. Now I've read the thread it makes you wonder if he's passing the coast at anytime. That way it can be left to get into the sea. 

Maybe Uphill beach just outside Weston Super Mare?

Blackpool is only 15 miles west from where I am now, but that would mean I’d have to go to Blackpool...

It’s grim, but it’s a good grim with character. The car that is, not Blackpool...

[Mally]

Pretty fair description of Blackpool itself TBH.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

13 hours ago, 17-Coffees said:

Blackpool is only 15 miles west from where I am now, but that would mean I’d have to go to Blackpool...

It’s grim, but it’s a good grim with character. The car that is, not Blackpool...

 

16 minutes ago, Mally said:

Pretty fair description of Blackpool itself TBH.

One of my colleagues took herself and her family up to Blackpool a few weeks ago for a week's break. This was the first time they had ever visited the place (usually they jet off to exotic places), so I gave them a potted history of the town and its purpose as the place for a good old-fashioned working-class holiday, i.e. don't expect too much.

They apparently had a whale of a time, and she is making plans to go back there!!!

[LightBulbFun]

On 9/11/2019 at 11:20 PM, brownnova said:

Nope, I haven’t ever bought any. All mine are ones I collected when I was a youngster. My 70s ones are all Tractor ones from a friend of my parents farm. 

 

Ah ha! I knew I had posted it somewhere on the forum before

 

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/tax-disc-1971-disabled-exempt-invacar-1545220063

found it again while reading through Eggs Mk12 thread again

https://autoshite.com/topic/34488-invacar-mk12-no-v5-yet-happier-with-the-dvla/?do=findComment&comment=1788254

 

[shedenvy]

Does this count as entrance to the 6-Cylinder club?

Just picked up this Ami-6 engine.  It turns over but is quite possibly scrap otherwise.  The idea is to teach my kids a little about engines while we strip it down & possibly rebuild.  if it's any good it can be a spare for my Mum & Dad's 2CV.  Can't wait to get 5 mins and some space in the shit tip garage to get cracking.

[Spurious]

They look like such wonderfully simple engines to work on. Part of why I'm hoping to get a Dyane or a clean 2cv next year.

[MondeoBlues]

The Mondeo's gone to the great scrap yard in the sky. 

R.I.P

N593 HFC 

24th April 1996 - 13th September 2019 

[17-Coffees]

What is this?

This is by far the most fancy motorway services I’ve been to! (Farmhouse, near Gloucester), Not the overpriced WHS and dodgy food court I’m used to...

[Tadhg Tiogar]

6 minutes ago, 17-Coffees said:

What is this?

This is by far the most fancy motorway services I’ve been to! (Farmhouse, near Gloucester), Not the overpriced WHS and dodgy food court I’m used to...

Maybe not overpriced, but the cake slice prices do rival those of Patisserie Valerie and are not that far off the Japanese patisserie "Wa"  here in Ealing

[reb]

Does the butcher's counter have SVM shaped sausage? If not, hard pass.

[andy18s]

1 hour ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

 

One of my colleagues took herself and her family up to Blackpool a few weeks ago for a week's break. This was the first time they had ever visited the place (usually they jet off to exotic places), so I gave them a potted history of the town and its purpose as the place for a good old-fashioned working-class holiday, i.e. don't expect too much.

They apparently had a whale of a time, and she is making plans to go back there!!!

The only I know who stay in Blackpool do so they fancy a change from Prestatyn 

[Mally]

1 hour ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

 

One of my colleagues took herself and her family up to Blackpool a few weeks ago for a week's break. This was the first time they had ever visited the place (usually they jet off to exotic places), so I gave them a potted history of the town and its purpose as the place for a good old-fashioned working-class holiday, i.e. don't expect too much.

They apparently had a whale of a time, and she is making plans to go back there!!!

I spend the odd weekend there, have done for 65 years or more.

Mainly working class as you say. Very run down in places. Prom is nice now on a sunny day.

They often have to move a new Jag or Range Rover to let me off the car park though.

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

13 minutes ago, andy18s said:

The only I know who stay in Blackpool do so they fancy a change from Prestatyn 

.....which itself is a slight improvement* on Rhyl.

[egg]

2 hours ago, MondeoBlues said:

The Mondeo's gone to the great scrap yard in the sky. 

Damn, sad times.

[MikeR]

A road captain in his distinctive little  brown Fiat Panda thingy on a 55 plate  ......

as I am passing some parked cars , zooms around a junction and up to the front of my car , waving and pointing at me to "get on my side"

as I said "distinctive little  brown Fiat Panda thingy on a 55 plate"  that I recognised ...

   who has just shit on his own door step ....... 

I mean who takes exception to this ... must be a Formby driver ...

[DodgyBastard]

Just bought this old shitter in Stockton...

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[SRi05]

That looks awesome, love the wheels!