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[hairnet]

apart from the gadge on the desk in the hotel the two ladies at brekky this morning

the fella on the till in the garage last night and the polish ladies in the omega estate staying here in aldi yesterday 

ive seen nobody

ahh xmas winnah - peace and quiet and filums ftw

 

[LabRat]

Just back from visiting the parents in Sheffield.  160 mile round trip, quarter of a tank used and the 6 is running like a dream. 

Time for a few beers and me feet up I think.

[Floatylight]

Looks like FIL's Zafira is knackered, broken down and left in a car park, konked out and won't turn over, apparently has been using water and there is non in the header tank, so might be seized.. will go and have a look in the morning..

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[clayts450]

620 on bargy waft duties down to Newmarket and back to see the folks.

Fuck me, that new A14 bypass bit is splendid, and slices a good 15 minutes off the journey.  Google Maps hasn't caught up with the newly opened bit yet, mind, and went snooker loopy as I drove through it., trying to make me crash through a few fences to get back on the new old A14.

Driving back home I had the whole new stretch to myself and what a great drive it is when there's no-one else around - great road surface, some sweeping bends, proper 'watch the  limit point and try to catch it ' driving   Particularly like the bit that runs parallel with a section of the A1.

Drive back was a quality hoon - average speed per Google was 69 mph for the whole journey. Honest, Officer.

Few cans of cider will now be consumed as I settle down to watch the latest Scorsese movie on Netfux

[hairnet]

1 hour ago, Floatylight said:

Looks like FIL's Zafira is knackered, broken down and left in a car park, konked out and won't turn over, apparently has been using water and there is non in the header tank, so might be seized.. will go and have a look in the morning..

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as stated in another post  - train to mk and not far is a driveway with more cars on it than arnold shark

show him the money

also zafira deid - woop 

[hairymel]

My sister and partner are moving to Portugal on the new year.

They wanted a van to move there with.

They saw a transit on gumtree they liked and asked my advice.

I pointed out it was massively overpriced had spent 2 years sitting after a huge mot fail on rot, had had another fail the year after again for rot and the last 2 owners had only had it for 4 months each before punting it on.

I searched the ebay for something better near them. Half the milage half the price and twice as nice looking.

Apparently it was 'too cheap and probably broken' so they didn't even go look at it.

They then go ahead and buy the rotten Shitter.  Because the lady selling it 'knew nothing about cars but was very nice.'

Fast forward to Xmas eve and on route to our family gathering they broke down.

The transit and occupants were then deposited off a flatbed outside my parents house, 8 hours later at 6 am. 

Guess who spent their afternoon under a transit while everyone else was shovelling dinner down their throats....

Top bolt on the starter was fcuked and no access, so I had to chisel a hole in the transmission tunnel to remove it.

New starter ordered to collect Friday and hopefully the dmf and ringgear are ok.

Took over 2 hours to get it of so no way am I trying to repair the starter I took off.

Merry xmas?

[Jazoli]

I would have just said 'oh dear that's unlucky hope the garage can sort it before your ferry/tunnel crossing'

[Andyrew]

Starter full of flywheel dust? 

We sell quiet a few starters for transits as it's easier to keep changing a knackered starter then pay out for a new DMF. 

[hairymel]

Starter was surprisingly clean inside.

Not sure what the issue is but the starter was not engaging with the flywheel.

I did spend a lot of time running through the 'told you so' conversation.

If the gearbox needs to come off I will probably tell them find an alternative mug.

Probably 

[Floatylight]

Looks like FIL's Zafira is knackered, broken down and left in a car park, konked out and won't turn over, apparently has been using water and there is non in the header tank, so might be seized.. will go and have a look in the morning..

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Been out this morning and had a look, at least 2 faults but not seized, battery completely flat, won't fire the central locking and won't take any charge, tried to jump start but no dice. Battery was replaced last year with an RAC badged Varta so FIL will be invoking warranty, could also be a drain somewhere. Also has a coolant leak which needs addressing

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[Skizzer]

19 hours ago, hairymel said:

I pointed out it was massively overpriced had spent 2 years sitting after a huge mot fail on rot, had had another fail the year after again for rot and the last 2 owners had only had it for 4 months each before punting it on.

[POINT A]

I searched the ebay for something better near them.

See point A above?  Right there is where you need to tell them to fuck off and live with their own fuck ups.

[Fat_Pirate]

Upset that I missed this, the Governing Council of the Cat Fancy deffo needs to up their marketing game.

[Skizzer]

You’re not wrong - Paul Darrow’s been dead for six months.

[hairymel]

57 minutes ago, Skizzer said:

See point A above?  Right there is where you need to tell them to fuck off and live with their own fuck ups.

Although it seems most people only want advice that justifies their already held viewpoint, I still try.

I would have posted in the grumpy thread if I had reached my 'go fcuk yourself' limit.

They both have been there for me when I have been drowning in my own fuck ups, so it seems reasonable to help out in return.

On the flip side when brother in laws sister arrived to ferry them to their next family gathering this afternoon, I stood by watching the chaos as it was realised she had a flat tyre.

After 15 munutes I had to take over though because idiots.

Then it started raining.....

Im still a  bit soggy

 

Good cheer to all men and all that other seasonal shit ?

[Skizzer]

Fair do’s — you’re a better person than me, all power to you.  May karma duly reward you!

Happy Christmas and all that.

[hairymel]

Cheers @Skizzer

Sadly I expect karma will just bring me more aggro.

On the other hand I usually find Xmas family gatherings to be more emotionally draining than transit fettling.

And one for the grin thread : 

I managed to pull my own name out of the hat for family secret santa and, just for once, I got a decent present.

'My' santa massively overspent as well because I/he is such a nice guy?

A bottle of Makers mark 46 and a six pack of walnut topped whips. I deserve it because I am special* ?

[xtriple]

My new wheels/tyres are flawed. To wit: one flat back tyre. Well, flatter than it should be at about 15 psi. I am not well pleased.

Number 1 son turned up today bearing not only gifts (new shoes, 6 NGK platinum/irridium spark plugs and a Pela pump that, strangely matches exactly the one I bought him, but also a Vauxhall Vectra estate. I had a look at it and it looks bloody decent to me! Certainly better than the price would suggest and apart from the seats (which are just a 'tad' grubby) is in bloody fair condition. I believe you (us) lot have unfair expectations and it is a solid tharsand parnd car. To prove that it gets the love and attention it deserves, have a picture...

 

This is the most embarrassing picture of Kyle I have so  enjoy hairy arse!   

[MarvinsMom]

oh for the want of an air rifle......

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, xtriple said:

.....Number 1 son turned up today bearing not only gifts (new shoes, 6 NGK platinum/irridium spark plugs and a Pela pump that, strangely matches exactly the one I bought him.......

Maybe that Pela pump is the exact same one you gave him, destined to be passed back and forth like festive ping-pong?

[mrbenn]

1 hour ago, xtriple said:

On the plus side, the number of places to park a bicycle in Torquay has just increased by 1 ?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Just now, mrbenn said:

On the plus side, the number of places to park a bicycle in Torquay has just increased by 1 ?

What else were you expecting to see from a Torquay hotel bedroom window? The Hanging Gardens of Babylon?

[xtriple]

18 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Maybe that Pela pump is the exact same one you gave him, destined to be passed back and forth like festive ping-pong?

Not quite. I handed him a huge box filled with 9 litre pump thing and he handed me another huge box filled with 9 litre pump thing Yes, we bought each other the same thing and he carted one from Coventry to Torquay and then swapped the exact same model and carted it back to Coventry. There's no insanity in our family...

[Tadhg Tiogar]

20 minutes ago, xtriple said:

Not quite. I handed him a huge box filled with 9 litre pump thing and he handed me another huge box filled with 9 litre pump thing Yes, we bought each other the same thing and he carted one from Coventry to Torquay and then swapped the exact same model and carted it back to Coventry. There's no insanity in our family...

Tell you what, let's cross out the "in"...

It's like giving Ferrero Rocher at Christmas, and then finding someone else has given you the exact same....

[EssDeeWon]

Finally back home with a cuppa after  200 miles in the Rover visiting family over Christmas down in Kent. Weather coming back this afternoon was atrocious, had to gingerly drive it though some flooded farm roads then the A2 from Dover was under water in places. How we didn’t aquaplane I’ll never know but relieved to be home with the car and myself in one piece.  

[Bren]

2 hours ago, xtriple said:

My new wheels/tyres are flawed. To wit: one flat back tyre. Well, flatter than it should be at about 15 psi. I am not well pleased.

Number 1 son turned up today bearing not only gifts (new shoes, 6 NGK platinum/irridium spark plugs and a Pela pump that, strangely matches exactly the one I bought him, but also a Vauxhall Vectra estate. I had a look at it and it looks bloody decent to me! Certainly better than the price would suggest and apart from the seats (which are just a 'tad' grubby) is in bloody fair condition. I believe you (us) lot have unfair expectations and it is a solid tharsand parnd car. To prove that it gets the love and attention it deserves, have a picture...

 

This is the most embarrassing picture of Kyle I have so  enjoy hairy arse!   

I am off for a round of toast

[MorrisItalSLX]

11 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

What else were you expecting to see from a Torquay hotel bedroom window? The Hanging Gardens of Babylon?

Well might I suggest you move to a hotel closer to the sea. Or preferably in it.

[New POD]

12 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Tell you what, let's cross out the "in"...

It's like giving Ferrero Rocher at Christmas, and then finding someone else has given you the exact same....

Except ferrari-rosher(sic) are horrid and nutty and are only good for the packaging. 

[New POD]

On 12/24/2019 at 6:12 PM, HillmanImp said:

 

Incidentally there's a guy I was racing against called OP_OMEGA_V8 which I assumed was nothing to do with Vauxhalls but I've looked and theres a whole section on Wiki about prototype V8 Omegas. So its been educational too. 

You know that Holden made cars and pickups that appear to have very similar profiles to the front half of the omega right ?

Just buy a Monaro and retrofit the front panels off an omega. I'm sure it would fit. 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

3 hours ago, New POD said:

You know that Holden made cars and pickups that appear to have very similar profiles to the front half of the omega right ?

Just buy a Monaro and retrofit the front panels off an omega. I'm sure it would fit. 

Might be a bit wider than an Omega, though....

[hairnet]

Two inches