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[richardmorris]

3 hours ago, MikeR said:

the wifeys away ,,, so tonight is Gourmet night ...

I have really pushed the boat out this time and also got a film .. " Troll Hunter " . cost me quid in the charity shop

so thats the fire on , feet up and that toilet will suffer in the morning   !!!

 

 

Troll hunter is a brilliant film. 

[Lacquer Peel]

 

 

 

Initial thoughts on the TDI Polo estate. 

90bhp shifts it along the road well enough - may take a remap though. Will veg well with a wee bit or preparatory work. 

Handling is uninspiring, it's safe enough, it just doesn't inspire you to push on in the slightest. 

The interior is an odd mix of substantial and solid feeling switchgear and some "fuck me, where do you even get plastic that shite?" areas. 

I have had a tumble dryer and some boxes in the boot already though, so it's filling its function well. 

It will do a job as a tool, but how the car rags rated these comparable to a 306 back in the day is beyond me. I paid small change though, not £14k in the year 2000 so I'm happy enough. 

 

I think the cut off for remapping via laptop is 2001 and the new engine codes - ALH for the 90bhp model. I had a Caddy TDI with that engine and it was the best veg-mobile I've had. Also thought it handled really well but maybe the passenger cars are set up softer.

The boot loading lip is a bit crap no?

 

[somewhatfoolish]

4 hours ago, strangeangel said:

This is already in the football thread, but I thought I'd leave it here too as more people might see it.

 

Yesterday I was prevented from getting to Southport for football purposes by an RTA on the M62. Pretty soon, a huge array of emergency vehicles (including the air ambulance) descended on the scene and and 90 minutes or so later I was able to see the cause of the delay:

 

 

Fuck knows how, but the driver (sole occupant of the car) survived. Hats off to the ambulance, fire and police personnel who attended so quickly and got the guy out of that mess and off to hospital - massive respect to all concerned.

 

Bugger NCAP; what flavour of supermini is this so I can recommend its crashworthiness?

[jumpingjehovahs]

Bugger NCAP; what flavour of supermini is this so I can recommend its crashworthiness?

I’m fairly certain it’s a Mazda2. Definitely a tough little bugger


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[taxi paul]

I have mentioned the lad from school who has a zafira on finance. The turbo blew and took engine has well. He had it repaired 8 months ago and its tone again. Engine company wont do anything has he missed a service off them  ,his own fault. So I have lent him my vectra , with a view to buy on friday. 

[puddlethumper]

Looks like it's a week of little work, for me, what with  the shit weather.

I've only got outside work. Tomorrow looks ok, Thursday wheel bearing

and new caliper, Friday till lunchtime looks shit so probably rules out doing

anything. Saturday I iz on a floating thing at 0800 to go to Holland for four

weeks work where I will hardly hear anything about the subject we can't 

mention. YAY ! 

[Cord Fourteener]

Booked in for: the front brake caliper that hasn't been refurbished needs refurbishment. 

Fuel keeps pissing out of the rear wheel arch: need to get that sorted professionally.

Also alternater top mount has lost a rubber. Something I can do at home but if it takes them ten mins they can do it

[davehedgehog31]

13 hours ago, Lacquer Peel said:

I think the cut off for remapping via laptop is 2001 and the new engine codes - ALH for the 90bhp model. I had a Caddy TDI with that engine and it was the best veg-mobile I've had. Also thought it handled really well but maybe the passenger cars are set up softer.

The boot loading lip is a bit crap no?

 

Ah, the remapping wasn't part of the buying consideration, so no harm if it doesn't. I suspect the shit tyres fitted don't help, but where most cars have a trade off in ride v handing, this doesn't seem to have a particularly great balance of either, but is perfectly acceptable. 

Yeah the load lip isn't great, the boot aperture is pretty small to post stuff through. Does mean you don't have to worry about your stuff being skittled all over the road when you open the tailgate at least.

It came with 3/4 of a tank of Derv, I've done 340 miles and it still purports to have around a quarter of it's 45 litre tank left, think it could be a propper fuel sipper.

[clayts450]

Well it's only taken two months but Autoglass finally have the glass for the nearside rear of the Coupe, fitting on Thursday

[wuvvum]

I had a dream last night that my dad's old H-reg Montego estate had turned up at the Kings Lynn classic auction, and I was desperately trying to find somewhere to store it so I could buy it.  The nearside rear floorpan was utterly fucked, but that didn't put me off.

Then my mate turned up and showed me some drawings he'd done, including one of the partial front end of a red car which I thought was a Series 3 Allegro but he informed me was actually a Mk2 Fiat Strada.  He then proceeded to pretend to press the door button on the nearside front door, whereupon it was revealed that he had done several drawings of the same car and turned them into an A4-sized flick book showing the door slowly opening - although only the first drawing was coloured in, the rest were just outline drawings.

 

TL;DR:  I think I've been spending too much time on this forum.

[richardmorris]

17 hours ago, jumpingjehovahs said:

 

I’m fairly certain it’s a Mazda2. Definitely a tough little bugger


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I did 200 miles up to Coventry and back today in the reliable Mercedes. Not the day to be on the m40 though. Nasty accident at the a43 junction with a transit up the banking and the dead body screens covering up the scene.  Just before this southbound crash, there was a bmw sitting on the hardshoulder northbound with its front shoved in just after a big dent in the centre Armco. 

Five hours in the car and just two at the meeting at Warwick university! 

[wuvvum]

The Maxus has failed its MOT on a split outer CV boot.  I'm simultaneously relieved it wasn't worse and annoyed that I didn't spot it before.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

CX has its third alternator on. Monsieur Loizou also found that the starter motor was hanging half off (don't ask; no idea how); bolting that back in the correct place has apparently cured the intermittent FTS ....for now.

Think I'll celebrate by ordering some more LEDs for it....

[taxi paul]

Went to my local garage today. Asked for a rough price for a celica timing belt , water pump and pulley fitting. After saying he didn't have the tool to do it he reckoned about £300 plus vat. So rang garage where jap bus goes when I put it in for service and mot. He incidentally does all the jap cambelt and stuff. He reckons if I supply the stuff , so gates kit. He will charge about £120.00 . So celica will be going up to wigan for mot and all other jobs. Hopefully in a couple if weeks . 

[00833827]

I can remember when you could regularly see the rear end of escort vans as trailers. Have not seen many lately

[Split_Pin]

Gave the Audi a machine polish and wax this evening, still comes up well.

[dozeydustman]

A train ticket has been booked. A collection caper will be occurring soon.

[Stanky]

1 hour ago, taxi paul said:

Went to my local garage today. Asked for a rough price for a celica timing belt , water pump and pulley fitting. After saying he didn't have the tool to do it he reckoned about £300 plus vat. So rang garage where jap bus goes when I put it in for service and mot. He incidentally does all the jap cambelt and stuff. He reckons if I supply the stuff , so gates kit. He will charge about £120.00 . So celica will be going up to wigan for mot and all other jobs. Hopefully in a couple if weeks . 

Its 100% do-able by an amateur and happy to post you the only tool you need gratis - let me know. Its a very easy job to do assuming its the 1.8 4A-FE. There is a sort of step-by-step on my Celica thread?

[egg]

Weather looks good Split_Pin, howling a gale down here in the South East (well, what us southerners call a gale).

[BL Bloke]

As mentioned in my main thread the Fiesta passed its MOT today. 

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[00833827]

57 minutes ago, Stanky said:

Its 100% do-able by an amateur and happy to post you the only tool you need gratis - let me know. Its a very easy job to do assuming its the 1.8 4A-FE. There is a sort of step-by-step on my Celica thread?

I did the tb and wp in my carina with a 4afe over the summer. Its handy alright / well if i can manage it it must be. Just give urself time. I picked up the belt pump and tensioner over time from ebay. Probably paid 30 quid for it all. 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

2 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Gave the Audi a machine polish and wax this evening, still comes up well.

 

2 hours ago, dozeydustman said:

A train ticket has been booked. A collection caper will be occurring soon.

Are these two posts related?

[dozeydustman]

6 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

 

Are these two posts related?

Nope. My new car is much less disappointing

[Kiltox]

10 minutes ago, dozeydustman said:

Nope. My new car is much less disappointing

You mean more, right? 

[brownnova]

Less is more...

[Split_Pin]

1 hour ago, dozeydustman said:

Nope. My new car is much less disappointing

No need man. It's no a bad auld tub. Would love to see what you're getting.

[barefoot]

I took the Porsche to my man with the spanners to investigate a coolant leak, the plan was to collect it in the morning and drop off the Scirocco for an overdue MOT, However whilst he was giving me a lift home in the lovey 307, it started to buck like a wild thing & kept cutting out. So he's away in the Scirocco and has left me the crappy Peugeot. Can't beat a garage with a shite courtesy car!

[stuboy]

Ballcocks.. shalaxy failed mot... awaits call for price to get sorted

[xtriple]

In an effort to stay awake and as the sun has made a very pleasant appearance, I polished the car! Meguirs Ultimate stuff which is so bloody easy to use and looks brilliant instantly. Also did the wheels, inside the bootlid, the fuel flap and the exhausts. Then in a fit of enthusiasm, I made like Picasso and touched up (oo-eer!) all the stone chips on the bonnet. Discovered the touch up kit (three seperate pens no less!) has a fandango little weeny applicator in the top - it took me ages to get the top off (you just pull it seems, how embarrassing!) and then minutes to do the tidiest job I've ever done!

 

[stuboy]

3 hours ago, stuboy said:

Ballcocks.. shalaxy failed mot... awaits call for price to get sorted

£295 inc mot, parts labour..