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[loserone]

I appear to have a few!

[RobT]

I've been road tripping too, as last week was holiday time and we went to...

Going over the Oresund Bridge and then spending time looking at it was a highlight.

Less of a highlight were the Antwerp ring road as usual, and me driving over a loose flagstone at the farmhouse airb&b on the first night.  The suspension clonked loudly over bumps for the remainder of the trip, but it survived 1,300 miles like it, so touring and getting home without needing assistance was a relief.  2,323 miles in total at 37.7mpg which isn't too bad for a big pez auto I reckon.

It may look like Lincolnshire, but no it's rural Skane, about 15 miles from Ystad.  From what I've seen Sweden is pleasant, clean and civilised.  Lund in particular had a nice feel about it.  Will definitely go again.

[barmatt]

Battery pack, multitool, headphones, chargers and an envelope of cash.

It can only mean one thing... A midweek collection commencing at circa 7 a.m

Live updates and clues will be happening for anyone interested / bored enough on a school day.

[MorrisItalSLX]

8 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said:

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

That’s why I said flip flops. ? (Is that even what you call them in the UK? I have no idea!)

[Spurious]

It may look like Lincolnshire, but no it's rural Skane, about 15 miles from Ystad.  From what I've seen Sweden is pleasant, clean and civilised.  Lund in particular had a nice feel about it.  Will definitely go again.

I've been round there. Skåne is a lovely part of the world, looks like a wonderful trip bringing the Volvo to home turf. Also if you're a fan of your crime novels Skåne is the home of Wallander (lots of TV adaptions and books) and the Øresund bridge is part of the plot of the first season of "The Bridge" (I think it's on Netflix) Thorough recommend both!

[RayMK]

The continuing saga of my '94 Tipo's sticking clutch pedal.  Last Thursday it stuck a few times during a day trip. When I got home I got in to the contortions necessary to inspect and oil the pedal pivot components (again).  This was a mistake. I'm no longer the lithe athlete that I may have been (doubtful), resulting in my knackered body objecting strongly to the forced bending and twisting.  A painful pulled something or other has made the last few days quite miserable.  Thankfully there are signs that it's easing now.  Meanwhile, the effort made no difference to the random sticking of the clutch pedal.  During yesterday's drive it stuck about 4 times at various positions past half way on its return stroke. Pulling it back up with my foot has become second nature.  The clutch itself is working fine.  I'm beginning to suspect the clutch master cylinder. Although the master and slave cylinders show no sign of leakage, I think I may get one replaced, then the other and hope that that cures it. Note the term of delegation. I do not want another week of extreme discomfort.  This will not stop me driving it in the meantime. Having a car with tyres and suspension that can swallow the condition of local roads is far more relaxing than my modern Mirage which sometimes gets caught out - not just by unavoidable potholes but sometimes just through lack of front suspension travel when going over sudden mild looking undulations.  The bang it makes makes an occasionally sticking clutch pedal an easy winner.

[RobT]

1 hour ago, Spurious said:

I've been round there. Skåne is a lovely part of the world, looks like a wonderful trip bringing the Volvo to home turf. Also if you're a fan of your crime novels Skåne is the home of Wallander (lots of TV adaptions and books) and the Øresund bridge is part of the plot of the first season of "The Bridge" (I think it's on Netflix) Thorough recommend both!


 

 

Yep, they formed part of the inspiration for the trip.  I've been wanting to go for years, but you know how time flies!

I also enjoy the relentless nature of driving long distances on ostensibly boring autobahns/autoroutes etc.  Just passing through or around places is interesting too.  Hamburg and the massive port facilities for example.

[beko1987]

54 minutes ago, RayMK said:

The continuing saga of my '94 Tipo's sticking clutch pedal.  Last Thursday it stuck a few times during a day trip. When I got home I got in to the contortions necessary to inspect and oil the pedal pivot components (again).  This was a mistake. I'm no longer the lithe athlete that I may have been (doubtful), resulting in my knackered body objecting strongly to the forced bending and twisting.  A painful pulled something or other has made the last few days quite miserable.  Thankfully there are signs that it's easing now.  Meanwhile, the effort made no difference to the random sticking of the clutch pedal.  During yesterday's drive it stuck about 4 times at various positions past half way on its return stroke. Pulling it back up with my foot has become second nature.  The clutch itself is working fine.  I'm beginning to suspect the clutch master cylinder. Although the master and slave cylinders show no sign of leakage, I think I may get one replaced, then the other and hope that that cures it. Note the term of delegation. I do not want another week of extreme discomfort.  This will not stop me driving it in the meantime. Having a car with tyres and suspension that can swallow the condition of local roads is far more relaxing than my modern Mirage which sometimes gets caught out - not just by unavoidable potholes but sometimes just through lack of front suspension travel when going over sudden mild looking undulations.  The bang it makes makes an occasionally sticking clutch pedal an easy winner.

My 2001 Laguna2 started doing just this. I imagine your fix will be a fair bit simpler, I just scrapped the car as TEH_FEAR had started to take hold (I sit in alot of traffic in my commute sometimes)

[Tadhg Tiogar]

On 9/24/2019 at 8:53 AM, Spurious said:

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

Where's "stuboy"?

[vulgalour]

I'm trying to find the project thread on the grey Austin Cambridge (I think) estate which was... 320Touring?  I can't find it.  I suspect I'm remembering both the wrong model and the wrong person.  Can anyone help?

[Kiltox]

@320touring has a grey Morris Oxford 

[GrumpiusMaximus]

1 hour ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Where's "stuboy"?

Ramraiding Halfords again in the Mondeo.

[Spurious]

I'm reluctantly coming to the conclusion that I probably should change my Irish driving licence.

It seems like a bad deal that I'll end up with possibly a non EU driving license but that's the way it is. Boo-urns.

And the DVLA is fucking antiquated. I've to get a bloody postal order as they only take cheques or postal orders. It's 2019.

[Skizzer]

13 hours ago, Spurious said:

And the DVLA is fucking antiquated. I've to get a bloody postal order as they only take cheques or postal orders. It's 2019.

Eh? For what process? DVLA does pretty much everything online these days, including taking card payments.

[Kiltox]

47 minutes ago, Skizzer said:

Eh? For what process? DVLA does pretty much everything online these days, including taking card payments.

Trade plate renewals and V62s are both cheque / postal order only!!

[stuboy]

19 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Where's "stuboy"?

someone called?

[stuboy]

18 hours ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

Ramraiding Halfords again in the Mondeo.

u seen there prices.... amazon cheaper..............

[Tadhg Tiogar]

33 minutes ago, stuboy said:

u seen there prices.... amazon cheaper..............

Most of the stuff in my local branch is shite anyway. 

[Spurious]

Eh? For what process? DVLA does pretty much everything online these days, including taking card payments.

Exchanging an EU driving license.

Form D2 along with sending my passport and my Irish driving license. I've actually not got formal photo ID now for the next 3 weeks

[00833827]

Here's a story from the archives - retiring postman was able to take his van with him. When i was a kid, all the postvans were Renault 4s. None survived and by the look of this thing after doing less than 70k miles in 6 years in West Cork, its not surprising. A mate of mine's old man had a R4 id say in the mid to late 90s and it was in good nick, but none about these parts these days

https://www.rte.ie/archives/2017/0315/859886-retired-postman-retains-van/

You will probably need subtitles, or just read the accompanying text - I'm only a couple of hours away from this place and I have no clue what the fella is saying.

[loserone]

2 hours ago, stuboy said:

u seen there prices.... amazon cheaper..............

More difficult to ram raid though

[busmansholiday]

The piece of paper the council gave me to stick in the window where we were parked at the Town Hall said "Official Ceremonial Car". 

Here we are back at the reception afterwards.

Not bad for a roffle win!

 

[vulgalour]

Did you lose weight, Stuboy?  When did you get a Fiat 500, you never told us about that.  Smart barnet.

[Lord Sterling]

IoW-bound again:

Actually made it in time. Just. By a few minutes.

[captain_70s]

A world of wonder and utterly hanging old cars.

[Supernaut]

7 minutes ago, captain_70s said:

A world of wonder and utterly hanging old cars.

You could've at least waved on your way past!

[mitsisigma01]

13 minutes ago, Supernaut said:

You could've at least waved on your way past!

If you want more tyres to build your garden fence with I can flytip a dozen or so to add to the collection 

[Supernaut]

1 minute ago, mitsisigma01 said:

If you want more tyres to build your garden fence with I can flytip a dozen or so to add to the collection 

That's not my house.

I just know that it's somewhere up in northern Aberdeenshire, near where he used to live, so I assume he's up there today.

Also, I'm in Aberdeen itself, so he would have (sort of) passed by on his way.

[egg]

£200 at the dentist last week.

Just snapped another filling on a Polo (mint). 

Joy!

[captain_70s]

1 hour ago, Supernaut said:

That's not my house.

I just know that it's somewhere up in northern Aberdeenshire, near where he used to live, so I assume he's up there today.

Also, I'm in Aberdeen itself, so he would have (sort of) passed by on his way.

T'was over the weekend. I'd have given you a shout but it was rather a flying visit and the closest to Aberdoom I got was Huntly!