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[Cookiesouwest]

Today I paid someone 150 quid by PayPal and posted my MK4 Mondy instrument cluster to an address in Dorset.

I'm really hoping I get it back. Preferably fixed.

[AnnoyingPentium]

3 minutes ago, 3VOM said:

Similarly I know someone who live at a no 246. The temptation to add 8 motorway is strong.

Do it while they're sleeping or on holiday. 🤣

[Mally]

13 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Please tell me its the Rover 75 Forum. I love to hate those pencilnecked, adenoidal, navel gazing, biscuit-eating, hat-wearing streaks of misery.

 

They are not all bad, one of them bought my Tourer, after you lot turned your noses up 

The pen you get is quite good, lasts far ages.

Have we had Autoshite pens?

How long would they last.

[BorniteIdentity]

13 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Please tell me its the Rover 75 Forum. I love to hate those pencilnecked, adenoidal, navel gazing, biscuit-eating, hat-wearing streaks of misery.

 

The problem is - people keep offering up perfectly serviceable cars for £0-200, so I can't help myself!

[Mally]

8 minutes ago, Cookiesouwest said:

Today I paid someone 150 quid by PayPal and posted my MK4 Mondy instrument cluster to an address in Dorset.

I'm really hoping I get it back. Preferably fixed.

Would @cobblers have had any knowledge of these. Hes a truck man, but quite versatile.

[AnnoyingPentium]

2 minutes ago, Mally said:

Have we had Autoshite pens?

Vistaprint do beige pens. Just mocking up a design now.

[AnnoyingPentium]

Scratch that, the beige ones are weird.

[Mally]

4 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Vistaprint do beige pens. Just mocking up a design now.

2 please.

[AnnoyingPentium]

I present to you all...

Genuine* high-quality* AUTOSHITE pens...

Minimum order is... 250.

[AnnoyingPentium]

Just now, Mally said:

2 please.

I'll see what they do as a lower order once I clear using the name with the staff.

[AnnoyingPentium]

The other ones I've mocked up are these marvellous* brown and white AutoShite pens with the tagline/slogan as well. These are a sort of wraparound decal printing highly sophistimacated doowhacky thing.

 

[cort16]

I was leaving to get a flight for work at 4.45am this morning and as I got in the car I heard a ripping noise from the arse department . 
RIP trousers 

Not what you want on the way to a flight at 5 am. At least they didnt rip getting onto the plane .

[Jimbob McGregor]

13 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Sounds like I'd fit right in.  Except I don't wear a hat.

Shit, I’m wearing a hat and have just eaten a biscuit.

[Cookiesouwest]

39 minutes ago, Mally said:

Would @cobblers have had any knowledge of these. Hes a truck man, but quite versatile.

I did ask a while ago. He doesn't have the test bed to run the cluster.

[Dyslexic Viking]

23 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

The other ones I've mocked up are these marvellous* brown and white AutoShite pens with the tagline/slogan as well. These are a sort of wraparound decal printing highly sophistimacated doowhacky thing.

 

 

This actually looks good. And I do not know why but the combination of brown and orange makes me think of Fortschritt ZT320 / 323 tractors.

[AnnoyingPentium]

7 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

 

This actually looks good. And I do not know why but the combination of brown and orange makes me think of Fortschritt ZT320 / 323 tractors.

Thanks! I was trying to find beige pens that weren't their "recyclable print in B&W" range but it seems there's no demand for beige pens on Vista Print. Maybe we could start a new market sector? 🤣

[wesacosa]

38 minutes ago, cort16 said:

I was leaving to get a flight for work at 4.45am this morning and as I got in the car I heard a ripping noise from the arse department . 
RIP trousers 

Not what you want on the way to a flight at 5 am. At least they didnt rip getting onto the plane .

I had something similar happen once as I was stepping into a XJ6 X300 I was looking to purchase.  Full on structural failure of the seams of my jeans

[Shite Ron]

44 minutes ago, cort16 said:

I was leaving to get a flight for work at 4.45am this morning and as I got in the car I heard a ripping noise from the arse department . 
RIP trousers 

Not what you want on the way to a flight at 5 am. At least they didnt rip getting onto the plane .

Good curry last night?

[Popsicle]

1 hour ago, Cookiesouwest said:

Today I paid someone 150 quid by PayPal and posted my MK4 Mondy instrument cluster to an address in Dorset.

I'm really hoping I get it back. Preferably fixed.

If it comes back all good then you will be able to inDorset.

[AnnoyingPentium]

Been sitting about wondering why I can keep smelling rubber everywhere I go. Sniffed the jumper, smells of rubber, realised I had left it in the boot of the car on the rubber boot mat.

[Mally]

2 hours ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

The other ones I've mocked up are these marvellous* brown and white AutoShite pens with the tagline/slogan as well. These are a sort of wraparound decal printing highly sophistimacated doowhacky thing.

 

I think there's some mileage in  this. I've  seen other companies offering very cheap quotes for 250. But as you say Beige is a stumbling block.

See if it passes management.  I don't see 250 as a problem if the price is low enough to sell 10 at a time.

If sales are poor, Roffle  50 

[AnnoyingPentium]

1 minute ago, Mally said:

I think there's some mileage in  this. I've  seen other companies offering very cheap quotes for 250. But as you say Beige is a stumbling block.

See if it passes management.  I don't see 250 as a problem if the price is low enough to sell 10 at a time.

If sales are poor, Roffle  50 

Those pens in the quote are minimum order of 100, so about £54.00 to get a box worth. Will have to clear with AS Management and then household management (my Mum) since I doubt she'll want a billion pens hanging about the house when I've already tried to justify the laptops. 🤣

[Mally]

2 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Those pens in the quote are minimum order of 100, so about £54.00 to get a box worth. Will have to clear with AS Management and then household management (my Mum) since I doubt she'll want a billion pens hanging about the house when I've already tried to justify the laptops. 🤣

Yes, it's the package and postage that's the problem, that's why I'm thinking sell 10 at a time maybe.

Does your mum mind nipping to the Post Office every couple of days?

I can maybe help* with the cost, as long as you don't order a billion. But I ain't having any of the hassle.

'My pen won't work'.  There was only 9 in the pack', 'They delivered them next door, 'You promised them by Thursday, wheres my parcel?

Be perfect for the Primary schoolteachers on here. Why does your pen say Autoshite? I'm going to tell my Mum.

 

[AnnoyingPentium]

Just now, Mally said:

Does your mum mind nipping to the Post Office every couple of days?

Aye that's fine, I do that anyway with buying and selling for eBay most of the time.

2 minutes ago, Mally said:

'My pen won't work'.  There was only 9 in the pack', 'They delivered them next door, 'You promised them by Thursday, wheres my parcel?

I'll need to work on my customer service to deal with that.

I need to put some thought into this for a start. For that reason, it's maybe better to wait until I've got life stuff out of the way - so next month or even April would be a better time for me.

[dome]

3 hours ago, cort16 said:

I was leaving to get a flight for work at 4.45am this morning and as I got in the car I heard a ripping noise from the arse department . 
RIP trousers 

Not what you want on the way to a flight at 5 am. At least they didnt rip getting onto the plane .

Do you buy your trousers from the same place you buy your cars?

[Mally]

1 hour ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

 

I need to put some thought into this for a start. For that reason, it's maybe better to wait until I've got life stuff out of the way - so next month or even April would be a better time for me.

Don't leave it too long.

 

I'm 76  

 

 

[brownnova]

The Elgrand saga rumbles on… so the fan belt snappage also whacked the camshaft position sensor. Which in turn has also broken the connector plug for the CPS. The garage has sourced the sensor, but can’t seem to source the plug. Nowhere seems to list a plug for the Elgrand specifically. So I’m wondering if one’s with the same engine code will work… 

In the meantime, the MoT is expiring this week. 

[cobblers]

2 hours ago, brownnova said:

The Elgrand saga rumbles on… so the fan belt snappage also whacked the camshaft position sensor. Which in turn has also broken the connector plug for the CPS. The garage has sourced the sensor, but can’t seem to source the plug. Nowhere seems to list a plug for the Elgrand specifically. So I’m wondering if one’s with the same engine code will work… 

In the meantime, the MoT is expiring this week. 

There's a fantastic facebook group called "Automotive connector identifying". Put a picture of the broken connector up and some vehicle details and someone will tell you exactly what it is.

[High Jetter]

12 hours ago, Cookiesouwest said:

Today I paid someone 150 quid by PayPal and posted my MK4 Mondy instrument cluster to an address in Dorset.

I'm really hoping I get it back. Preferably fixed.

Hmm, not that far? Didn't @cobblers want your business?

[17-Coffees]

After 2 years and 11 months having been made redundant from my job as a mechanic, tomorrow I start a new job as a mechanic...at the same place. They got in contact with me, and well...it's much better pay than I was on maintaining that stock is maintained for customers of a multi-billion pound business. (That sounds better than saying, stacking shelfs at the local Tesco)

I'm somewhat a bag of nerves about it as I feel I recall nothing! 😬

Wish me luck tomorrow night! 😂