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[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, Yoss said:

I used to leave the bird seed on a shelf in the garage but something was getting at it. I don't know what, I've never seen anything or any droppings, though the garage is hardly airtight. So I moved the birdseed to the top of the garage wall, well over six feet up and guess what? 

 

And for context. It's on top of that brick post. 

The car is covered in discarded seed shells. 

I still don't know what it is but I'm starting to admire its perseverance and am thinking I should just leave some seeds out for it. It doesn't like fat balls though. 

Any droppings? I’m thinking mice. Rats would be a bigger mess.

[vulgalour]

If you want to stop it, you need to put the seeds in an old biscuit tin or similar.  Most rodents won't bother gnawing through a tin but will go through wooden or plastic containers.  The plastic bag and being up high is no obstacle at all, your lovely rack of tools is a perfect rodent ladder.  I'd vote mice too, they don't always leave droppings where they collect and eat the food.  For the sake of your car's wiring and interior, I'd be moving the seeds elsewhere completely.

[Yoss]

You have a good point. I should check behind the back seat of the car, I had them there in old car of mine when I had a council lock up. Maybe they're coming for a ride with me every time I go out. I'll have to investigate further. 

[egg]

I keep the bird seed indoors, it has proved to be the only solution.

[Split_Pin]

3 hours ago, EssDeeWon said:

A friend has just saved this old girl after 30 years laid up since 1989, hoping it hasn’t seized. Bidding went into 4 figures to see off the hotrod crew though.. it’s in very good hands

That is an absolute beauty. It's identical to my parent's neighbours example JSX88T which he had in the 1980s, which I always admired as a kid.

[EssDeeWon]

Atlantis blue, same as my dads 2600 that he had in the 80's

[brownnova]

8 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

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

As the closest shiter to these locations (only 7 miles from Prestatyn)  and someone who spends their working day in Prestatyn every day I concur. Rhyl is worse.

[Heidel_Kakao]

Watching the above video and @dollywobbler makes an appearance at 6:56 demonstrating 2CV body roll.

[reb]

One of my managers got clocked at 80 in a 30 last night. Then when he saw blue lights behind him decided the thing to do was put his foot down on his brand new 1.4 Corsa. It took an impressive amount of distance for them to catch him so I can only assume they weren't really trying very hard. He's been driving for exactly two years and a day, I suspect possibly not for much longer. By the time I'd been driving that long I'd settled comfortably into Volvo ownership, none of this evading police nonsense.

I wanted to put this in the grin thread, but it felt a bit cruel even though 80 in a 30 is the sort of thing that absolutely deserves removal of driving rights.

[Spurious]

One of my managers got clocked at 80 in a 30 last night. Then when he saw blue lights behind him decided the thing to do was put his foot down on his brand new 1.4 Corsa. It took an impressive amount of distance for them to catch him so I can only assume they weren't really trying very hard. He's been driving for exactly two years and a day, I suspect possibly not for much longer. By the time I'd been driving that long I'd settled comfortably into Volvo ownership, none of this evading police nonsense.
I wanted to put this in the grin thread, but it felt a bit cruel even though 80 in a 30 is the sort of thing that absolutely deserves removal of driving rights.

Eh yea that's pushing it a bit.

I wouldn't be doing that even as a Paramedic on blue lights, that's well out of my comfort zone. And daft.

I wonder if that would cross the threshold for dangerous driving; driving far below the standards of a reasonably competent driver...

[reb]

44 minutes ago, Spurious said:

Eh yea that's pushing it a bit.

I wouldn't be doing that even as a Paramedic on blue lights, that's well out of my comfort zone. And daft.

I wonder if that would cross the threshold for dangerous driving; driving far below the standards of a reasonably competent driver...

Going by the second hand information I got last night, it's very likely he'll be getting done for dangerous driving. If he comes out of the other side of this with a licence I'll be very surprised.

When he first passed his test he had a habit of sitting about a foot off the back of me when we were leaving town after a shift because he thought it was funny. I thought he'd got better since then, but obviously not. He's meant to be working tonight, I wonder how he's going to get in...

[richardmorris]

 Behold the magnificence of the fleet this morning. the xm started with the “ stop! Low coolant” false alarm first thing, so I took the connector off and gave it a scrape and it’s been fine since. The rest of the day 8.30 am until now, has been in front of a computer inputting six months income and expenditure into quickbooks. Press a button to calculate the quarterly vat repayment and amazingly it almost tallies with my excel spreadsheet!

[SiC]

1 hour ago, reb said:

Going by the second hand information I got last night, it's very likely he'll be getting done for dangerous driving. If he comes out of the other side of this with a licence I'll be very surprised.

When he first passed his test he had a habit of sitting about a foot off the back of me when we were leaving town after a shift because he thought it was funny. I thought he'd got better since then, but obviously not. He's meant to be working tonight, I wonder how he's going to get in...

I wouldn't be surprised if he came out the other side with his freedom too. Or at least a suspended sentence. 

[Bren]

I have arranged to have the valve stem oil seals replaced on the 545. Even though it is a very good price I am lubing up now.

[320touring]

As if my day couldn't get it any better..

This thing shat a rear wheelbearing.

Luckily about 1.2 miles from home. I walked back and got the GSA + tools.

You can tell it's fucked as they usually come off by hand.

This is suboptimal

All the bearings have escaped and the casing is in two bits.

 

I had a spare disc so swapped that on. Couldn't get the pad carrier to line up properly, and couldn't be arsed fiddling with it whilst lying on the main road, so it got limped home at 20mph.

 

It's sitting outside awaiting the work. Now I need to order parts.

 

It managed 2.5k after a full suspension and brake rebuild before fucking up. A whole 3.5 months.

 

Just lucky it never let go on way to/back from Swansea.

[DVee8]

MOT,major service,new tyres and front brakes this morning.

Clean pass no advisories,pleased with this.

Last year it went to the Nissan main dealer as i was planning in keeping the main dealer service history ,but due to the piss poor service I received.

I put it into my mates place.A major service,new pads and the MOT came in at £200 less than last years mainstealers.

Here is a photo of the air filter that the main dealer,"changed last year" yeah !! that i was charged for..

 

[Tamworthbay]

5 minutes ago, 320touring said:

As if my day couldn't get it any better..

This thing shat a rear wheelbearing.

Luckily about 1.2 miles from home. I walked back and got the GSA + tools.

You can tell it's fucked as they usually come off by hand.

This is suboptimal

All the bearings have escaped and the casing is in two bits.

 

I had a spare disc so swapped that on. Couldn't get the pad carrier to line up properly, and couldn't be arsed fiddling with it whilst lying on the main road, so it got limped home at 20mph.

 

It's sitting outside awaiting the work. Now I need to order parts.

 

It managed 2.5k after a full suspension and brake rebuild before fucking up. A whole 3.5 months.

 

Just lucky it never let go on way to/back from Swansea.

That bearing is proper fucked! Did it not announce its departure beforehand? You would think it would be squealing like a pig.

[320touring]

Just now, Tamworthbay said:

That bearing is proper fucked! Did it not announce its departure beforehand? You would think it would be squealing like a pig.

The bird said to me yesterday "The Clio is making a noise"

Then this happened 4 miles later, just after I had diagnosed the "wub wub wub" as a dying wheelbearing.

It went from wubbing to wheel locked in about 30ft, and I limped it into that inshot to change the bearing.

 

A lucky escape

 

[Tamworthbay]

Just now, 320touring said:

The bird said to me yesterday "The Clio is making a noise"

Then this happened 4 miles later, just after I had diagnosed the "wub wub wub" as a dying wheelbearing.

It went from wubbing to wheel locked in about 30ft, and I limped it into that inshot to change the bearing.

 

A lucky escape

 

At least it wasn’t when your missus was flying along, lucky escape indeed. They heat up seriously quick when they finally go. The one on my old MGB GT managed to burn some of the paint off the wheel and was sat smoking when I got out of the car. That was squealing for a couple of miles but I thought I could limp it back, I was wrong.

[Spurious]

The bird said to me yesterday "The Clio is making a noise"
Then this happened 4 miles later, just after I had diagnosed the "wub wub wub" as a dying wheelbearing.
It went from wubbing to wheel locked in about 30ft, and I limped it into that inshot to change the bearing.
 
A lucky escape
 

Bloody hell...

Loads of times I've put off a dying wheel bearing for another week.

I've not had one announce its departure since I moved from rural Ireland, just goes to show that bad roads reduce their life massively.

[brownnova]

Today was a two car meet kind of day!!

Local Classic car place’s charity coffee morning and a local small annual show were both visited by Daisy today. 

Coffee morning...

This 820 particularly caught my eye... look at the wheel trims!!! 

About 6 years ago I used to own this Midget! 

And then the Retro Works show at Brymbo Plas Power Colliary site.

This Wolseley was a special kind of Shonky... so shonky it was pouring power out of the front. 

Wasnt convinced how much it should’ve been on the road frankly looking at the rot... but MoT exempt so... 

I got to park next to a 2CV race car!!! 

All road legal, I was lucky enough that the owner (who is a mate of mine) let me have a little go! So so much fun!! 

Best of all is that the 2CV ran perfectly throughout!! 

[Shep Shepherd]

That Senator! 

[Noel Tidybeard]

that Wolseley is so special it's an Austin!

[BorniteIdentity]

That Mini is the same as @Angrydicky‘s friend had stolen. I’m still sore I missed it for the sake of £50 in the ensuing sale. Although, on balance, I got “my” mini.

Nice pics yo. 

[richardmorris]

35 minutes ago, brownnova said:

Today was a two car meet kind of day!!

Local Classic car place’s charity coffee morning and a local small annual show were both visited by Daisy today. 

Coffee morning...

This 820 particularly caught my eye... look at the wheel trims!!! 

About 6 years ago I used to own this Midget! 

And then the Retro Works show at Brymbo Plas Power Colliary site.

This Wolseley was a special kind of Shonky... so shonky it was pouring power out of the front. 

Wasnt convinced how much it should’ve been on the road frankly looking at the rot... but MoT exempt so... 

I got to park next to a 2CV race car!!! 

All road legal, I was lucky enough that the owner (who is a mate of mine) let me have a little go! So so much fun!! 

Best of all is that the 2CV ran perfectly throughout!! 

I didn't know that there was a show at Brymbo. My dad would have taken the fiat if he’d known. My step grandfather used to work at the steelworks.

[Supernaut]

1 hour ago, 320touring said:

The bird said to me yesterday "The Clio is making a noise"

Then this happened 4 miles later, just after I had diagnosed the "wub wub wub" as a dying wheelbearing.

It went from wubbing to wheel locked in about 30ft, and I limped it into that inshot to change the bearing.

 

A lucky escape

 

My first car, a white Peugeot 306 XUD, shat a rear wheel bearing rather spectacularly.

I limped it to my friend's garage. I knew it was driving funny so I kept it to 20mph max. When we jacked it up we found scrape marks on the inner arch from the tyre... The wheel (and drum) moved around so much I thought the wheel bolts were loose even though they were still torqued up!

The rear drum took no effort to remove either, the bearing had completely exploded so the drum just fell off after undoing the centre nut.

[17-Coffees]

I drove all way from Aberdeen to Somerset in a Vauxhall  just so I could...

Look at another Vauxhall!  

[DodgyBastard]

On 9/13/2019 at 6:24 PM, chancer said:

Ooft! I was just thinking last night how id love to rock a senator for a bit. Calling dibs

Funnily enough, something else has come up for sale that I tried to buy a few weeks ago and couldn't get hold of the seller until today. The Senator owes me £900, you can have it for that if you like?

[adw1977]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

This 820 particularly caught my eye... look at the wheel trims!!! 

Just badged 820, which I believe makes it the O series engined base model.

[Split_Pin]

6 hours ago, reb said:

One of my managers got clocked at 80 in a 30 last night. Then when he saw blue lights behind him decided the thing to do was put his foot down on his brand new 1.4 Corsa. It took an impressive amount of distance for them to catch him so I can only assume they weren't really trying very hard. He's been driving for exactly two years and a day, I suspect possibly not for much longer. By the time I'd been driving that long I'd settled comfortably into Volvo ownership, none of this evading police nonsense.

I wanted to put this in the grin thread, but it felt a bit cruel even though 80 in a 30 is the sort of thing that absolutely deserves removal of driving rights.

Driving into a car park full of people so fast that your tyres screech and some or more people have to tell you to slow down isn't great either though man

Just saying.