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[iainrcz]

Is it wrong to like a car simply because of the colour? The VW Up has a very similar blue but almost nothing else has so they do stand out. Is it any good? Not like a GT 86 obvs but good for what it is? 

Seems like a decent little fella really.
Just the total polar opposite to what I'm used to.
They do the GT 86 in that colour too, Electric blue.

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[dozeydustman]

I changed another front indicator bulb today. O/S one was easy, just remove air filter. N/S?

Whoever decided that the best way to access things that can fail from time to time means taking the face off of a car is obviously a knob. Not a grump as I half expected to have to do this, and gave me a chance to replace a few missing self tappers, machine screws and nuts from the wheel arch liners and bumper mounts.

[vulgalour]

Has engine shop #2 finished installing the pipe into the Princess head today, 2 months after I dropped it off with them?  Have they buggery.  Wednesday, apparently, he's started it today, apparently.  Also, the member of staff that broke 2 limbs in a traffic accident was there and not looking like he was having any particular difficulties as one might expect after that serious an accident.

Methinks I've been bullshitted the last two months.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

7 minutes ago, vulgalour said:

....he's started it today, apparently. ....

Only because you called. Once the call was finished, it won't be starting for a while. Until your next call, obvs.

[Aston Martin]

The m62 was fucked this morning, both ways with either breakdowns or accidents.

 

I witnessed the aftermath of a crash. One of the junctions maybe 26, the slip road was stationary and people aren't looking. A car went into the back of an Avensis and that went into a Fiesta.

 

The Avensis c to b pillar was folded up, not too bad. They're didn't appear to be anyone in the back. B-pillar forward was fine. I've never seen anything like it. However, the driver was just sat in his seat.

 

 

P.s. This pic I found to show what it was like. It wasn't this bad, but the same idea.

[MarvinsMom]

2 hours ago, vulgalour said:

Has engine shop #2 finished installing the pipe into the Princess head today, 2 months after I dropped it off with them?  Have they buggery.  Wednesday, apparently, he's started it today, apparently.  Also, the member of staff that broke 2 limbs in a traffic accident was there and not looking like he was having any particular difficulties as one might expect after that serious an accident.

Methinks I've been bullshitted the last two months.

we had the same problem getting the valve seats done in Rodney Mini's cylinder head earlier in the year.

what should have been a simple job taking what, a few day, week tops took Park Engineering a month, much to mine, and George the mechanic doing the work annoyance as he had a mini in bits in his workshop all that time.

but speaking with other folks in trade locally, it seems that the engineering shop have been busy and are short handed. 

so waiting times have been long for everyone, so much so some firms had been shipping parts to a spot in York, only for the parts to come back frankly worse than when they took them in!

touch wood, we've had no issues with it since the work was done, though George has said any issues just bring the car straight back. 

i think there are fewer and fewer folks around who can drive an old style milling machine or lathe, these are the sorts of "dirty" jobs that kids have no interest in

 

[Fumbler]

Note to self: If a window won't open, the glass won't either. Then again, the glass was over 100 years old.

[vulgalour]

I wouldn't mind so much if I hadn't been in pretty much once a week since dropping it off and every time it was going to take a bit longer.  If I had somewhere else to take it to get done, I would have, but I don't (that I know of).  So if it's not done Wednesday I'll be taking it back and Chompy services will be employed to get it done in Derbyshire because for all that county's faults, at least people can do stuff in a reasonable time scale.

 

Fumbler: well... that looks like it stung a bit.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

38 minutes ago, MarvinsMom said:

..... think there are fewer and fewer folks around who can drive an old style milling machine or lathe, these are the sorts of "dirty" jobs that kids have no interest in

They'll just 3D-print everything.....

[MorrisItalSLX]

I’ve just been offered a Daewoo Matiz for $100.

No registration, no service history and an undetermined intermittent starting issue.

But most importantly of all, no profit margin, but when has that ever stopped us?

[Kiltox]

15 minutes ago, MorrisItalSLX said:

I’ve just been offered a Daewoo Matiz for $100.

No registration, no service history and an undetermined intermittent starting issue.

But most importantly of all, no profit margin, but when has that ever stopped us?

Wow, less than the cheapest one I’ve ever bought at £75. Pure unadulterated shit(e) right there. 

[dollywobbler]

Have booked the remaining flights for my trip to New Zealand and Australia. Fly to NZ on 22nd October, Sydney on 20th January and then back home early March. That looks scary written down...

[MorrisItalSLX]

Would you like a lovely* white Matiz waiting for you here upon your arrival?

[Supernaut]

33 minutes ago, MorrisItalSLX said:

Would you like a lovely* white Matiz waiting for you here upon your arrival?

That would be epic.

Imagine the reaction to the reveal video!

[Spurious]

Would you like a lovely* white Matiz waiting for you here upon your arrival?

This Matiz needs to be tastefully* modified. Make it happen.

[anonymous user]

15 hours ago, Fumbler said:

Note to self: If a window won't open, the glass won't either. Then again, the glass was over 100 years old.

At first I thought you had stuck pieces of pepperoni to your hand. I suspect ouch was not enough.

 

[00833827]

Diagnosed a weird problem on the Pajero Junior this morning. On the way to the test centre last week, the abs light came on. very odd, all i had done was change a rear brake bulb. When i was driving out from my fathers place he noticed the tail light went out when brake was pressed ad the brake light didn't come on. this was the replaced bulb. So i must have the wrong thing in there i bet - best get a new pair of the one that works (lights and brakes still all passed the test ). Any how,  If i drive with the lights on press the brakes, the abs light comes on. It does not happen when the lights are off.  Restarting the engine with no lights on will not throw up the abs light. So some voltage drop somewhere blah blah - i am very hopeful that new bulbs will solve this mess.

[dollywobbler]

 

2 hours ago, MorrisItalSLX said:

Would you like a lovely* white Matiz waiting for you here upon your arrival?

Is it pre-facelift? I'm a bit behind with developments I think. Which bit of Aus are you in again?

[MorrisItalSLX]

1 hour ago, dollywobbler said:

 

Is it pre-facelift? I'm a bit behind with developments I think. Which bit of Aus are you in again?

I’m not sure if it is pre or post facelift, it’s in a friend’s yard and he wants rid. He’s a mechanic and it was a customers car that was given as payment for work done. I have seen it but I don’t remember exactly, I was far more interested in the Holden Statesman with the blown engine.

UPDATE: Good news, it’s pre-facelift.

5 hours ago, MorrisItalSLX said:

I’ve just been offered a Daewoo Matiz for $100.

No registration, no service history and an undetermined intermittent starting issue.

But most importantly of all, no profit margin, but when has that ever stopped us?

I’m 2 hours south of Sydney in the lovely Kangaroo Valley, where the kettle is always on I should add.

Edited September 24, 2019 by MorrisItalSLX
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[busmansholiday]

3 hours ago, dollywobbler said:

Have booked the remaining flights for my trip to New Zealand and Australia. Fly to NZ on 22nd October, Sydney on 20th January and then back home early March. That looks scary written down...

Will TWC fit in your hand luggage ?

[dollywobbler]

2 hours ago, MorrisItalSLX said:

I’m not sure if it is pre or post facelift, it’s in a friend’s yard and he wants rid. He’s a mechanic and it was a customers car that was given as payment for work done. I have seen it but I don’t remember exactly, I was far more interested in the Holden Statesman with the blown engine.

UPDATE: Good news, it’s pre-facelift.

I’m 2 hours south of Sydney in the lovely Kangaroo Valley, where the kettle is always on I should add.

Excellent. I hit Sydney on 20th Jan. Should be nice and hot...

[MorrisItalSLX]

Should be nice and hot...

You bet.
Make sure you pack your bluey.

[dollywobbler]

3 minutes ago, MorrisItalSLX said:

 

You bet.
Make sure you pack your bluey.

 

Er, what's a bluey?!

[MorrisItalSLX]

6 minutes ago, dollywobbler said:

Er, what's a bluey?!

My apologies, it’s the quintessential “it’s hot in Australia” uniform:

usually paired with some footy shorts and double pluggers (shorty shorts and flip flops).

[KitKat]

19 hours ago, MarvinsMom said:

i think there are fewer and fewer folks around who can drive an old style milling machine or lathe, these are the sorts of "dirty" jobs that kids have no interest in

I'd dispute that........I'm 26, work for a small "old school" engineering company specialising in vintage engine rebuilds, and love it. There's young interest out there still, you just need to look a bit harder to find it. 

[LightBulbFun]

20 minutes ago, MorrisItalSLX said:

My apologies, it’s the quintessential “it’s hot in Australia” uniform:

usually paired with some footy shorts and double pluggers (shorty shorts and flip flops).

26 minutes ago, dollywobbler said:

Er, what's a bluey?!

 

"Wee bluey" is also a Scottish term for an Invacar 

*runs away*

[Supernaut]

Got to keep the wheelspin from that fire-breathing 1.6 8-valve in check somehow.

[vulgalour]

5 hours ago, busmansholiday said:

Will TWC fit in your hand luggage ?

Telescopic handle on the back, pretend it's a fancy wheeled suitcase.  Job jobbed.

[BorniteIdentity]

4 hours ago, MorrisItalSLX said:

My apologies, it’s the quintessential “it’s hot in Australia” uniform:

usually paired with some footy shorts and double pluggers (shorty shorts and flip flops).

Should we explain thongs? It might be funnier not to... 

[LightBulbFun]

48 minutes ago, vulgalour said:

Telescopic handle on the back, pretend it's a fancy wheeled suitcase.  Job jobbed.

shame DW does not have an AC Acedes Mk15, or one of the User Trial Model 70's as they have a towing eye in the front  (well a thing you would screw a towing eye onto apparently)