The new news 24 thread

[Tadhg Tiogar]

2 hours ago, richardmorris said:

....Bullwinkle’s Garage in Lincolnshire has closed and Phil Bullwinkle is selling their ex stock Citroen parts, trading as pjbparts on eBay.....

Enquiry sent already 

[Amishtat]

Back in the 740 after a very pleasant week tooling round in this, a kind loan from my Dad. Pictured after a wash and shortly before returning it. Nice to have the brick back though. 

[richardmorris]

8 minutes ago, Amishtat said:

Back in the 740 after a very pleasant week tooling round in this, a kind loan from my Dad. Pictured after a wash and shortly before returning it. Nice to have the brick back though. 

Great colour.

[barefoot]

More Rover 75 news...

There's been a bit of a grumbling under acceleration from the OSF corner for a while, a bit of a look this morning revealed one loose engine mounting bolt & another one which was completely missing. An easy fix! In other exciting news, I had to take the fair wife down to Lutterworth with her company paying for fuel, so I brimmed it before leaving, drove the 60 odd miles at 70 mph on cruise control & refilled the old barge immediately. 

34.6 mpg's from a 2.5 litre V6 & baderbox!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

2 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Enquiry sent already 

Reply received. Apparently only a few S2-related bits; have sent list.

[Sir Chocolate Teapot]

After 11 years the bit of foam filter in airbox from engine breather was falling apart. 

1 kitchen sponge and pair of scissors later.

And only i will ever know my performance mods. 

[Slowsilver]

6 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Mike Harker (visa person in the ccc has emailed). May be a source of parts for those of you with visas, Amis, cxs and gs.

Hello Guys,

 

You may know this already, but for those who don’t Bullwinkle’s Garage in Lincolnshire has closed and Phil Bullwinkle is selling their ex stock Citroen parts, trading as pjbparts on eBay.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/pjbparts/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=

 

Mike Harker

Visa, LN/A, Axel & C15 Section.

@Six-cylinder @dollywobbler ?
 

[tooSavvy]

Saw my first (that I have noticed...) 20plate.

IrnBru orange 3series cabbie.... Top Down!

[N19]

Returning home, I had a mini moment of panic when I noticed the Bluebird wasn't where I'd parked it. It took a couple of minutes before I realised that the previously-arranged job on the brake lines by the garage consisted of me chucking them the keys and saying "It's on the street, bring it in when you have time, no rush" a week or so ago.

[stuboy]

Bought this snake oil to lob in the engine ... 

[beko1987]

Just now, stuboy said:

Bought this snake oil to lob in the engine ... 

I had an Indian the other night and could have done with some of that...

[richardmorris]

I washed the car earlier in a fit of enthusiasm that rapidly went away. Bought some cleaning stuff from eBay a fortnight ago. - large bucket with sieve, conc liq, bilberry wheel cleaner, brush, and tyre dressing. Came with a free lambswool mitten that I used to remove the E and 3 from the bootlid. Grrr. E was always wonky, so took the opportunity to reattach them properly with the double sticky foam tape I have.  Did a better job,  on E but I think the 3 is too high now.  

Quite like the tyre dressing as it cleans but is a matt finish.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Another box of hoses delivered to Garage Dubois-Loizou earlier. One more hose left. Guess which courier is carrying that? 'Tis Herpes, that's who. Apparently the thing went to the wrong depot already. 

[Aston Martin]

Quote

MOT due on or after 1 August 2020

Your MOT certificate will not be extended if your vehicle’s MOT expires on or after 1 August 2020. 

 

Wankers.

[Jazoli]

7 minutes ago, Aston Martin said:

 

Wankers.

Why?

[anonymous user]

6 minutes ago, Jazoli said:

Why?

No Boris 6 month extension 

[Aston Martin]

7 minutes ago, Jazoli said:

Why?

 

[barefoot]

That'll be all right, it's a new car.

[egg]

This made me laugh

[Jazoli]

2 hours ago, anonymous user said:

No Boris 6 month extension 

But why does it matter is what I meant, all our cars got Boris' but they have all been MOT'd on their old due date, (because I don't fancy the possibility of crawling under a car in Jan or Feb mainly if any of them fails)  an extra 6 months is equivalent to a £20 saving.

I'm feeling especially grumpy today.

[Robson3022]

Couldn’t find the right spotted thread but was walking the dog yesterday and passed this! 
 

Was immaculate 

[wuvvum]

No pics as I was driving, but I passed a DeLorean trundling along the A149 in amongst a long line of caravans and dawdling giffers.  Looked a bit out of place in the arse end of Norfolk really.

[brownnova]

No pics as I was driving... but I saw a Lancia Prisma in mid-Wales yesterday... 

[HMC]

No pics as I was driving but I saw a talbot tagora soft top driven by Jaques Delors yesterday.

[richardmorris]

They call it Mellow Yellow.....

 

 

[richardmorris]

Obviously Yellow Day. His 'n hers?

 

[richardmorris]

No idea what this is, but boy is it LOUD!

[Stanky]

11 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

No idea what this is, but boy is it LOUD!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_FXX-K

" the FXX-K has a total power output of 1,050 PS (772 kW; 1,036 hp)"

Will they take a payment plan?

"Like the previous FXX and 599XX, the cars will be kept and maintained by Ferrari and will be available to the owners on track day events."

Oh....

[sdkrc]

23 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

No idea what this is, but boy is it LOUD!

It blows my mind that a year's wages for me and my partner wouldn't be enough to let me sniff a fart off the seat in something like this

[richardmorris]

15 minutes ago, sdkrc said:

It blows my mind that a year's wages for me and my partner wouldn't be enough to let me sniff a fart off the seat in something like this

How the top 1% live eh!