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[Wibble]

Check insurance group first. I’m looking for a first car for my 17 year old to learn in and Suzuki’s seemed quite high compared to Fabia , Ibiza, polo.

[grogee]

11 minutes ago, Wibble said:

Check insurance group first. I’m looking for a first car for my 17 year old to learn in and Suzuki’s seemed quite high compared to Fabia , Ibiza, polo.

It's 9, but I don't really know what that is relative to 107/Aygo etc. I should probably do some research. 

[Wibble]

50 minutes ago, grogee said:

It's 9, but I don't really know what that is relative to 107/Aygo etc. I should probably do some research. 

Exactly, the others are like 3 or 4 for 1.2. It’s a minefield!

[Cord Fourteener]

12 hours ago, grogee said:

The other thing is it would make an ideal beater car for taking 7yo to school when it's raining. We normally cycle but sometimes it rains and I have* to drive. 

It's also a pretty funny car in shiting terms, I reckon

Looks good to me!

[Cord Fourteener]

Been a week on holiday. The Mondeo estate performed flawlessly, everything seems to work though it's still feeling lethargic, but I think its working as it ought to be and it's my come down from the previous car still skewing my perception. 

The Mondeo hatchback is not behaving at all though, and I'm starting to get a bit stuck for what to do. Wifey needs it for work, loves it and doesn't want to let it go, I hate it and want it to become bean tins. Or at least, someone else's problem, cut losses, get something that works.  The problem is that I took the Volvo off the road as I need to service it and sort a few things out. So until I can get the time to do all that there's no spare for when the hatchback is in the garage. 

I might have to delegate all responsibility and tell her to either get it sorted in her own time, book it in, spend the money etc etc or drive it until limp mode death and sort her own transport out. 

[DVee8]

19 hours ago, RichardK said:

Holiday

We'll be in Whitby this afternoon, MrsV8 is performing a wedding ceremony on the beach.

[DVee8]

12 hours ago, Wibble said:

Check insurance group first. I’m looking for a first car for my 17 year old to learn in and Suzuki’s seemed quite high compared to Fabia , Ibiza, polo.

Have a read of my "A car for a 17 year old " thread.

 

[barefoot]

55 minutes ago, DVee8 said:

We'll be in Whitby this afternoon, MrsV8 is performing a wedding ceremony on the beach.

That reminds me, if anyone ever needs marrying, burying etc. Under the auspices of 'the Church of the barefoot Way', I am legally qualified to do all of that Godlike shit (apart from circumcision), all thanks to a form I completed on the internet way back in the mists of time.

[cobblers]

I've got to laugh really, just got in to work in the pickup this morning and it was absolutely thrashing down with rain. So I decided to sit in the van for ten minutes and eat my breakfast and slurp a coffee while the rain hopefully calmed down.

My back is stiff today on account of all the scratting around under the van yesterday, so I got out of the drivers seat and sat in the back of the van so I could stretch my legs a bit.

I noticed that the window next to me was quite steamy, and was wondering if it was the steam off my coffee that had caused it., All of a sudden there was a fairly strange "pop" noise followed by a hiss, and almost immediately my calves and feet were covered in boiling hot coolant and the van instantly filled with steam like a sauna, I couldn't see a thing! 

Since the van is Swedish, There's a heater matrix under the back seat as an auxiliary heater and it had chosen the one moment someone was actually sat next to it to explode.

Luckily I've got thick jeans and boots on today otherwise I'd be in A+E at the moment!

 

[beko1987]

14 minutes ago, barefoot said:

That reminds me, if anyone ever needs marrying, burying etc. Under the auspices of 'the Church of the barefoot Way', I am legally qualified to do all of that Godlike shit (apart from circumcision), all thanks to a form I completed on the internet way back in the mists of time.

Could you marry someone to their car? Do they have to be sober or know what's going on for it to work legally? 

 

Just thinking of the next shitefest... 

[barefoot]

I really have no idea, but I'm sure it'd work better if everyone involved was completely wankered!

[MarvinsMom]

1 hour ago, DVee8 said:

We'll be in Whitby this afternoon, MrsV8 is performing a wedding ceremony on the beach.

good luck with that then, given its blowing a gale and raining here this morning.

[loserone]

14 hours ago, grogee said:

wary

Rust.  And cats.

[grogee]

21 minutes ago, loserone said:

Rust.  And cats.

I liked the Alto but I gave low ball offer based on the remaining 10 days MoT. Actually I advised her to stick it in for MoT because the underneath is clean enough to eat your dinner off - no rust at all. The exhaust looked brand new. 

The cats stayed inside so I didn't get their input (yes I know you meant catalyst).

Right, now off to view a Focus Powershift that might be cheap on account of the fucked gearbox. I am suspecting it's "just" a solenoid which might mean it's bargainous

[HillmanImp]

44 minutes ago, barefoot said:

That reminds me, if anyone ever needs marrying, burying etc. Under the auspices of 'the Church of the barefoot Way', I am legally qualified to do all of that Godlike shit (apart from circumcision), all thanks to a form I completed on the internet way back in the mists of time.

I was updating my address on my drivers license once and changed my title to Reverend thinking they'd never do it without paperwork. Surprisingly they did though. 

Thinking that if I ever got pulled over, I'd probably best have something to back this up, so I got ordained online somewhere just to possibly cover my arse in case I'd done something illegal. That church was quite clear on circumcisions too, its a worry that there might have been a situation that necessitated that. 

A few years later I was at a festival and this couple walk up to me and ask 'Are you a religious person?' 'Oh fuck' thinks me, 'trust the loonies to find me, I'm ripped to the tits, I can't handle a preaching from god club' so I said 'No, not even slightly' but they said 'Would you mind being religious for a few minutes, we'd like to get married', cue me whipping out my driving licence and performing, sadly what was a rather poor ceremony as I was as smashed as the Bishop of Southwark in the back of a Mercedes. However, so were the couple so it probably didn't matter too much. 

I hope they were very happy together. 

[DVee8]

1 hour ago, MarvinsMom said:

good luck with that then, given its blowing a gale and raining here this morning.

We are going to," Beach is Sandsend Whitby "

[barefoot]

Here's an actual film of me churching...

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, barefoot said:

That reminds me, if anyone ever needs marrying, burying etc. Under the auspices of 'the Church of the barefoot Way', I am legally qualified to do all of that Godlike shit (apart from circumcision), all thanks to a form I completed on the internet way back in the mists of time.

Are you able to give the Last Rites?

[chaseracer]

1 hour ago, beko1987 said:

Could you marry someone to their car?

 

15 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Are you able to give the Last Rites?

Either could happen at the FoD...

[reb]

The plan for today is to tidy the unit so it's less of a shit tip. Unfortunately it's pissing it down and blowing a gale, so I don't really want to go outside. But I'm pretty sure @Supernautis already on his way in his 205 to help, so alas I actually have to go outside. 

The 205 should help with shifting the shelving from my council lockup thanks to their tardis like boot. It does help that the shelving comes apart into quite small pieces though.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

56 minutes ago, barefoot said:

Here's an actual film of me churching...

 

Rock n Roll Preacher.mov 8.77 MB · 0 downloads

I bet you give a good Mass...

[Split_Pin]

I attended the monthly breakfast meet today with @jaypee. Despite the rain it was actually a grand wee morning.

The Cav was clearly bringing down the average value of the cars across the park.

 

[Fumbler]

Triple A Garage yard scenery. A tumble-down yet active Citroen specialists in Brede, Sussex.

Includes whole AX rear axle. It makes me wonder how hard it would be to convert a BX into a conventionally-sprung vehicle.

Also includes a Traction Avant project and BX/Xantia bits collection.

[Zelandeth]

... Seriously wishing I had more cable to hand and more time right now as I'd really like to just gut the wiring cabinet in the van and start afresh.

May well still do that down the line.

I'd forgotten quite how much nonsense was in there despite the amount of de-bodging I've already done.

The red wires which can be +12VDC, ground or 230VAC line are just special.  At least I have *labelled* most of them now.

Worst is that I'm pretty sure that's factory wiring!

[Fumbler]

2 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

The red wires which can be +12VDC, ground or 230VAC line are just special.  At least I have *labelled* most of them now.

It would be, EU mains wiring colours didn't become a legal requirement until 2004-6.

[TheOtherStu]

I really wanted to go to the Silverstone Social meet this morning - last one of the year, but taking a RWD mid-engined sports car up to Northampton in that just wasn't going to happen.

I did notice something whilst shopping, however.

Whilst buying the Merc, the seller was honest about the advisory for tarnished front brake lines. In fact, so worried was he, that he'd taken it into the garage to get it checked over and they of course assured him it wasn't a major problem. His worry was that he used the car to transport his kids around.

He also mentioned that he'd put a rear tyre on before the MOT as it was low. What he neglected to say was that despite the car already having 2 Michelin Pilots and a nearly-end-of-life Bridgestone, he'd decided to put a right old piece of crap Chinese ditchfinder (I believe "Goodway" is the brand).

What's worse, is that it's on the rear. So he cares about the kids safety with the brakes, but puts some right old shite on the driving wheel 😂

[aldo135]

5 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

I attended the monthly breakfast meet today with @jaypee. Despite the rain it was actually a grand wee morning.

The Cav was clearly bringing down the average value of the cars across the park.

 

I meant to message you in case you took the wee man, we are just out of isolation so decided not to bother this month!

[richardmorris]

Planned to take the 2cv out today, but the rain was horizontal this morning with matching wind, so I’ve not left the house. 

[loserone]

Just now, richardmorris said:

Planned to take the 2cv out today, but the rain was horizontal this morning with matching wind, so I’ve not left the house. 

This was the weather forecast for digging my tractor out of a small pile of stone and sitting on it whilst it was pulled home

I was not as well prepared as my able assistant, but I had freed it out by then, and he was sitting in the car for most of it 😂

[anonymous user]

If you're taking it for a walk be aware that they don't really like Fords and will probably pull towards one snapping at it.