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[Split_Pin]

2.0t low pressure turbo so its badged as a 1.8. Very smooth and quiet and no slouch either.

[dozeydustman]

1 hour ago, Split_Pin said:

I've decided the Saab isn't for me.

The good news is that there is definitely no over or undercharging issue. 

It drives great. It's just too modern for me. I feel like everyone else in my estate when I'm driving it around.

I'll start a roffle around £7 per ticket after the New Year, to give you all something* to look forward* to.

Tempting....

Heather mills or Spanish Waiter?

[Split_Pin]

Auto with flappy paddles.

[SiC]

1 minute ago, Split_Pin said:

Auto with flappy paddles.

Likewise, tempting.

Hair dresser top iirc?

[grogee]

Drove to Brizzle in my Brokus, it was fine. But there are a lot of aggressive twods on the motorway. There seems to be a new trend for scary undertaking into Lane 1 to get past a middle lane hogger, then straight out into Lane 3 thereby beating your 'opponent' by one place in the queue. 

[Split_Pin]

22 minutes ago, SiC said:

Likewise, tempting.

Hair dresser top iirc?

Yes, reportedly working, I haven't tried it myself yet though.

[dozeydustman]

21 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Auto with flappy paddles.

Damn. May still go for a ticket if you do roffle it.

[stuboy]

figure this out...

set cruise control at 70 mph on m20 and get 17.8 mpg, but on way back drove more spritely and went up too 18.2 mpg... dont make sense!

[EightMegs]

Lockup speed too high if it's an automatic?

[mitsisigma01]

44 minutes ago, stuboy said:

figure this out...

set cruise control at 70 mph on m20 and get 17.8 mpg, but on way back drove more spritely and went up too 18.2 mpg... dont make sense!

In what ?

[DodgyBastard]

Mot passed on the 504!

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, stuboy said:

figure this out...

set cruise control at 70 mph on m20 and get 17.8 mpg, but on way back drove more spritely and went up too 18.2 mpg... dont make sense!

Downhill?

[stuboy]

28 minutes ago, mitsisigma01 said:

In what ?

v6 mondeo

[gm]

spotted in the asda car park earlier this afternoon

i had to look up the reg to see what it is

 

[SRi05]

3 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

I've decided the Saab isn't for me.

The good news is that there is definitely no over or undercharging issue. 

It drives great. It's just too modern for me. I feel like everyone else in my estate when I'm driving it around.

I'll start a roffle around £7 per ticket after the New Year, to give you all something* to look forward* to.

Mind let me get my plate off it before you move it on 😂

[Split_Pin]

11 minutes ago, SRi05 said:

Mind let me get my plate off it before you move it on 😂

Of course man, that was my intention.

[Fumbler]

I installed the FrankenAlternator

Started the car and put the headlights on

 

 

 

[mitsisigma01]

3 hours ago, stuboy said:

v6 mondeo

Shittin hell , thirsty or the handbrake stuck on 😱😱😱

[Shite Ron]

I got the latest Practical Classics yesterday, it has a buyers guide for the Fiat Panda in. Does this mean even our modern car is a classic? It probably just means I am getting old.

I need to get rid of the BMW and Mondeo early next year so the Panda will be our newest car.

[louiepj]

Had a double take at this headlight on a Mokka today, a giffer repair with fibreglass that looks like bird poo....

[mitsisigma01]

Quality ...I didn't know Stevie Wonder was doing car repairs nowadays

[wuvvum]

He's still pretty active - he did the MOT on my Mazda.

[ruffgeezer]

One in; a little winter project... 

It looks to have been well cared for and is a good spec, needs the injector seals and inlet gaskets doing. 

Plus a sizable snag list. 

 

That being said I think I still want @DavidB's Audi over this. 

[Asimo]

14 hours ago, gm said:

spotted in the asda car park earlier this afternoon

i had to look up the reg to see what it is

 

Would you like one? 
These auctions have a few every month, £10 to £15 thousand.

https://www.brightwellslive.com/timedauctions/index/5246

 

[gm]

42 minutes ago, Asimo said:

Would you like one? 
These auctions have a few every month, £10 to £15 thousand.

https://www.brightwellslive.com/timedauctions/index/5246

 

it’s a cool looking truck but sadly i don’t have a spare £10-15k down the back of the sofa  

 

[Cord Fourteener]

On 12/16/2021 at 11:32 AM, TheOtherStu said:

How you doing with it? My biggest issue was the tiredness. Still tired now over 3 weeks later. The Missus is struggling more than me - she still has a cough and very tired.

I'm alive, but yes so tired all the time. Its not fun for that reason. 

And I've no sense of smell. 

[Split_Pin]

Roof works.

 

[Crackers]

I'm sure the Mazda has been a bit more tappy on cold starts this week. Oil check:

Oh, right, OK. Where's all that gone then? 

Oh. It's all fallen out. 

Better get that seen to I suppose. I think it's the rocker cover gasket as the oil is coming from up high. I'll change that when things warm up a tad, for now a top up of oil once a month is fine. 

[Fabergé Greggs]

Out and about doing some christmas bits and bobs today, I got a big wave from a mustard coloured Allegro in the Bow area of London. Do we know who that is? 

[wuvvum]

Squire_Dawson has / had a beige Allegro but Bow is a bit of a way from his stomping ground if memory serves.