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[Ghosty]

38mpg from the silver Civic, even with a loose rotor arm. 

Fucking winner.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, beko1987 said:

Shame you couldn't make it, was a good day! 

It is what it is. I managed enough time to take the CX for its regular jetwash appointment, but that's all.

[brownnova]

Elgrand earned its keep today collecting a washing machine from Bangor (only one which had the one we wanted in stock)

First long-ish journey we’ve done in it… starting to get used to it now, although the driving experience is very modern compared to what I’m used to! 

[chaseracer]

3 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Of course if you want the ultimate V70 you need to go for the later T6 like Mr Fowler's...

That brick properly shifts.

[chaseracer]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

Came down the m6toll last month for the first time in a couple of years. Still have to stop and pay, but only cards no cash.

I have a tag on the Zanussi.  It's always amusing being overtaken (again) by the lane-3 warriors who had to queue at the péages...

[D.E]

It appears Walter White gave up on his criminal career and is now selling exhaust pipes.

 

[juular]

13 hours ago, Cord Fourteener said:

No Test Pilots! 

That's what I thought of as I went to test drive a lovely and high powered Volvo V70 yesterday. 

I had seen the listing on Faceache, I'm casually browsing large estates and I'm always drawn to Scandinavian wheels.

Anyway it turns out the car was featured in the YouTube channel Car Throttle on their 150mph for £1000 episode, which I watched when it came out a year ago. 

So it was more for my entertainment that I went. The listing seemed honest and sure enough the seller was a decent bloke.

Then I sat in the car. I pretty much wanted to buy it there and then on the basis of the driver's seat!!!

Then I started the engine, it has a full stainless steel exhaust with custom cat.

It's noisy but sound amazing. Sold!!! Well, hang on not so fast. 

It turns out that I do want it, however petrol  costs will be horrendous... seller says he gets 35mpg out of it. Not sure i believe that, that's cheaper than my old 2.0 petrol Mondeo. 

So now I'm wondering what reasons there are to not buy it. There's one, performance. Or lack thereof. I'm sure if you put 99 octane in (which is apparently required to make the max power) and rev it to its max it's making the alleged 270something horses but as compared with my Roid-boy spec party bus Passat 1.9tdi that's running a ???hp remap it seemed tame at 2000 rpm. But sounds amazing. 

But that's not a reason to not buy it, and I'm left wondering if I actually need to go and pay the man and bring this charming V70 home. 

Damn I'm in a quandary now!

Don't be a test pilot kids, you might regret it. 

I don't think I've ever managed more than 32mpg out of my T5, driving a fairly long run in eco mode. But that's the slushbox.

Normally I get about 25mpg but it sounds so nice..

There are a lot of people complaining about a lack of go from their T5, the boost solenoids die fairly frequently and you start losing their oomph slowly, so you don't really notice until one day it just feels a bit slow. All of the vacuum hoses are a bit crap and tend to fall apart and cause sluggishness.

Mine gives you a good shove in the back right off the line, and as said, the way it can reach instaban speeds it quite something. Side by side with the Mrs's LS V8, the Volvo doesn't feel much slower apart from the lag before the turbo comes on.

The later versions feel quicker, with different cams, rods and a quicker spooling turbo. 

[Ghosty]

17 minutes ago, juular said:

I don't think I've ever managed more than 32mpg out of my T5, driving a fairly long run in eco mode. But that's the slushbox.

Normally I get about 25mpg but it sounds so nice..

There are a lot of people complaining about a lack of go from their T5, the boost solenoids die fairly frequently and you start losing their oomph slowly, so you don't really notice until one day it just feels a bit slow. All of the vacuum hoses are a bit crap and tend to fall apart and cause sluggishness.

Mine gives you a good shove in the back right off the line, and as said, the way it can reach instaban speeds it quite something. Side by side with the Mrs's LS V8, the Volvo doesn't feel much slower apart from the lag before the turbo comes on.

The later versions feel quicker, with different cams, rods and a quicker spooling turbo. 

I had an early 850 T5 auto for a year. 

The trip computer always said 23mpg, no matter how you drove. On a motorway run you'd get 30. 70 litre tank so fillups were fun* - at the moment that'd be about £90 to brim from empty.
I had to replace all the vacuum lines, and one of the intercooler hoses was split and leaked boost. Replacing that helped a lot. 
Also, it's a bitch of a job but cleaning out the PCV system makes a big difference too. 
It was a great all round car, the only thing that let it down was that it was too expensive to commute in.

If I had that car now I'd be very happy, it's one of my favourites I've owned. 

 

[loserone]

For god's sake just buy the T5

[Ghosty]

Oh also, in my 850, 99 octane made no difference at all. 

[MJK 24]

Old dude happily Protoning his way down the M56 in the sunshine!  Is there a random bird of prey in shot also?!  🦅 

[MJK 24]

What the actual?! 

[artdjones]

One of the wheels on the Berlingo looked terrible, a mixture of flaking paint and rust. I had a spare hour, so sprayed it up. Trouble is, it now makes the other wheels look bad. 

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, artdjones said:

One of the wheels on the Berlingo looked terrible, a mixture of flaking paint and rust. I had a spare hour, so sprayed it up. Trouble is, it now makes the other wheels look bad. 

So now you need another spare three hours! I like steel painted wheels a lot better than plastic wheel trims.

 

[artdjones]

 

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

So now you need another spare three hours! I like steel painted wheels a lot better than plastic wheel trims.

 

 

I decided that I'd get one side matching - you can't see both sides at once.

[vulgalour]

Three day's graft and it's in paint.  There's a tiny bit of filler work I'd like to improve but I decided to draw a line under it while I still had time and weather to get the colour on, I can always go back and do the couple of smidges at a later date.  Remember, girls and boys, good enough is good enough.  I'll put the bumper corner back on once the paint has hardened a bit, don't want to tempt fate and mess up all that work.

[egg]

This looks new*

[dean36014]

Did a collection today, driveway looks much better with a  shabby cx on it. 

 

[Cord Fourteener]

1 hour ago, artdjones said:

 

 

I decided that I'd get one side matching - you can't see both sides at once.

I painted crudely with hammorite silver. Looks OK when they are spinning. 

[Cord Fourteener]

18 minutes ago, dean36014 said:

Did a collection today, driveway looks much better with a  shabby cx on it. 

 

Class, that. 

[N19]

[Cord Fourteener]

So two weeks, two stranded cars, stranded by Wifey I might add. 

First it was 'lost ' keys after a night shift 40 mins away, on Friday it was parked in a school on Friday night to find the gates locked, 50 mins away. 

Car is now retrieved thanks to a waterbaby group and a close by contact. 

Downside is, in faffing with the gate locks the 2 year old boy, unsupervised for two seconds, ate a laurel berry... he's not dead yet so I guess he'll make it. In fact he's completely symptomless. Phew!

[vulgalour]

50 minutes ago, dean36014 said:

Did a collection today, driveway looks much better with a  shabby cx on it. 

 

That reminds me, I found the 'old Citroen' that I'd been told about locally.  It's a CX in metallic green, taking a nap in somone's front garden, and the urge to go and knock on the door and ask about it is HIGH even though (on the assumption it was for sale, which it probably isn't) I need that sort of a project like I need another hole in my head.

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, dean36014 said:

Did a collection today, driveway looks much better with a  shabby cx on it. 

 

I’m sure I’ve seen that car when I had my DTR . It’s got a good MOT history so Bon chance!

[richardmorris]

As above pic has reminded me I’ve just checked the mot history on mine which I sold in sept 2006 at 174,000 miles.

https://www.check-mot.service.gov.uk/?_ga=2.144585909.1470792363.1631470220-715387857.1631470220

 

i sold it in px to Roger Bradford at basically spares prices( oh how history repeats!). It was the last series2 DTR Turbo 1  saloon in the country at that point. 

[Barry Cade]

Daughter took me to Knockhill for my birthday today. Still feeling a bit faint with all the Mk2s.. 😍 and sore ribs from laughing at the Audis on the track understeering round the hairpin..

[richardmorris]

2 minutes ago, Barry Cade said:

Daughter took me to Knockhill for my birthday today. Still feeling a bit faint with all the Mk2s.. 😍 and sore ribs from laughing at the Audis on the track understeering round the hairpin..

Glad you had a good day, I’m afraid that fords do nothing for me, but still happy that they are about.

[Split_Pin]

The Cavalier held its coolant overnight so I took it out a run to replicate the previous fault conditions which were running hot on long motorway inclines at 70mph.

The correct thermostat is an 88 degree one plus all that water isn't rushing past the previous ill fitting one so it sits at between about 92 and 95 degrees on the guage during the above conditions. It behaved well and although I'd have liked to see it running at bang on 90 I'll take that.

I'll see if my gaskets have held tomorrow morning.

[stuboy]

Future father in law asked me was I busy as he wanted the towbar and kenwood stereo etc... as finally decided to scrap the vectra Estate, finally. !!

 

Had some help from the animals.

 

Reclamet are being called to get best price to get rid.

[Crackers]

I am now a fully paid-up member of the vacuum pump oil extractor believers club. Used mine for the first time today to service the Focus, and after sucking all the oil out I took the sump plug out to see what was left; barely a thimble's worth came out, so that's bloody impressive. No oil on me, my clothes, the floor, or the bottom of the car. Result!