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[wuvvum]

Absolute legend!

[Ghosty]

 

40 minutes ago, loserone said:

Del sol?

Bear in mind I've had a tidy S3 XJ, that was more than a good Del Sol.

Also, Del Sols are based on the EG chassis which I actively dislike. 

You're not far wrong, mind.

[Ghosty]

It's not an S2K, but I know someone selling one. 

[OM646]

Today the Merc hit a milestone! 

[Cord Fourteener]

11 hours ago, Ghosty said:

No, gone straight to the point with this one.

Is that an Accent on those words? 

Right, I'm off to listen to a Concerto.

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, Cord Fourteener said:

Is that an Accent on those words? 

Right, I'm off to listen to a Concerto.

Not into Jazz? Could be a CRZ. Or S600.

[Ghosty]

2 hours ago, Cord Fourteener said:

Is that an Accent on those words? 

Right, I'm off to listen to a Concerto.

I'm still trying to repress my last Concerto. 

[Ghosty]

1 hour ago, Nyphur said:

og CRX?

👀 SiR, could you step outside? 

[Royale80]

Could smell petrol from rear of Sierra over the last couple of days. Had a look today and fuel filter leaking. Think it must be the original-had the car 22 years and haven't changed it. Luckily had a new one with washers I bought "a few" years ago to change. Petrol didn't look to clever out of the old one.
 

[Zelandeth]

Fun fact...the hedge trimmer runs way better when the fuel in the tank isn't three years old...oops.

What came out was opaque, grey and lumpy.  

Thought I'd drained everything at the end of the season last year but apparently missed this (likely because it only got used once).  My arms and back however are now utterly knackered...I really need to make a sling to take the bulk of the weight when I'm using it.

[stuboy]

Had a few pence for my  birthday so went and bought this thing, as I want to clean the seats mainly in the galaxy, missus has some dubious stains in her seat leon and i need few bits at home.

 

Anyone used one before?

[beko1987]

31 minutes ago, stuboy said:

Had a few pence for my  birthday so went and bought this thing, as I want to clean the seats mainly in the galaxy, missus has some dubious stains in her seat leon and i need few bits at home.

 

Anyone used one before?

I've got the battery version of that for cleaning bird shit off the carpet and it's fairly good. Lacks in the suction department due to being battery powered which makes it shit for upholstery, but yours being mains powered will solve that! 

Mine had a new hose after 7 months though as it perished. Vax have shit build quality so make sure the warranty is live and you should be good! Don't pick up anything foamy, as the foam whips through the float valve and into the motor. You can buy 5l of generic carpet cleaner chemical from ebay when your vax stuff runs out, but don't use washing up liquid or etc. 

[meggersdog]

anyone got an Insight into what @Ghosty has bought ?

[catsinthewelder]

It's certainly a Crossroad in his life.

[RoverFolkUs]

2 hours ago, beko1987 said:

I've got the battery version of that for cleaning bird shit off the carpet and it's fairly good. Lacks in the suction department due to being battery powered which makes it shit for upholstery, but yours being mains powered will solve that! 

Mine had a new hose after 7 months though as it perished. Vax have shit build quality so make sure the warranty is live and you should be good! Don't pick up anything foamy, as the foam whips through the float valve and into the motor. You can buy 5l of generic carpet cleaner chemical from ebay when your vax stuff runs out, but don't use washing up liquid or etc. 

I thought you had a plastic bag full of hedgehogs there 🤣 - thought "right, ok then!" 

Should've gone to Specsavers etc.😁

 

[stuboy]

13 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said:

I thought you had a plastic bag full of hedgehogs there 🤣 - thought "right, ok then!" 

 

[brownnova]

This turned up at my local car night last night… a definite rarity! 
 

[beko1987]

32 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

I thought you had a plastic bag full of hedgehogs there 🤣 - thought "right, ok then!" 

Should've gone to Specsavers etc.😁

 

Their Phoenix's pine cones! Fresh (and more importantly clean) from my grans driveway 😂

I hang one up and he destroys it within 3 days. Keeps his beak dull

[beko1987]

25 minutes ago, stuboy said:

 

[Dan29]

6 hours ago, beko1987 said:

You can buy 5l of generic carpet cleaner chemical from ebay

Got any recommended sellers, please? I have a Bissell thing here that has sat unopened in its box for a few years, and I really should make the effort to unbox it and use it.

[beko1987]

I've got the hard floor cleaner from this bunch and it's good. Don't need much either so it lasts forever

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221619269655?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=oBPxgUJySGe&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=QOvj0cTJQtq&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

The cynic in me says my hard floor washing solution is rhe same stuff 😂

Or roll the dice... 

[3VOM]

Got a feeling Screwfix do their own too

[Rust Collector]

15 hours ago, stuboy said:

Had a few pence for my  birthday so went and bought this thing, as I want to clean the seats mainly in the galaxy, missus has some dubious stains in her seat leon and i need few bits at home.

 

Anyone used one before?

I've got a Bissell that's similar, they're a great tool to have. It brings carpets and upholstery up like new for the most part. I find the most important step is to use a brush to agitate the dirt. As mentioned in the posts above, I've got a cheap 5l bottle of generic lemon flavour carpet cleaner. I mix it with hot water in one of those weed sprayer pressure canister things:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/352691744028

I use that to spray down the seats or carpet one section at a time. Then I use an upholstery brush made for drills to agitate everything, I normally work across the area in one direction and then again at 90 degrees:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234100908002

Then I just use hot water in the Bissel to rinse the fabric and extract the shampoo.

The Favorit was pretty grim; that stuff on the driver's seat is grease and sweat from the previous owner and the above method came up trumps.

It's best to take the seats out to clean them as you'll have better access, plus the drill brush will sling shite all over the place as you use it.

[320touring]

Tayinloan waiting on the Gigha ferry. 121 miles, 45.4mpg reported average speed 42.2mph. cheeky wee breakfast in Inveraray on the way down.

The 172 is pretty bloody adept at fast A road work - shift down and fuck off.

Beats working for a living 😀

[HMC]

Something big and flakey….

 

 

Flakey in a number of senses! Yes I have purchased. 

[grogee]

18 minutes ago, HMC said:

Something big and flakey….

 

 

Flakey in a number of senses! Yes I have purchased. 

Well bought, sir. These are the greatest* car ever made, apart from the Suzuki Baleno, obviously. 

[grogee]

If, like me, you have ten different plastic boxes containing randomly distributed nuts, bolts and washers - it can be really frustrating trying to find what you need. 

Behold, the Megatron!

[artdjones]

I cleaned the windows at a car dealer's house today. Some of his stock is usually nice classics, which are kept undercover in some large sheds. However, this was parked in among the normal cars 

Looks like it came from Portugal via Holland 

[Ohdearme]

Relived of a few quid short of £300 notes for a new calliper, pads and oil on the Espace today form my friendly local Renner specialist.

I'd have done the pads myself but when I took the wheel off at the weekend, I remembered I'd given my brake rewind tool away and also didn't know where I'd put my Chinese Delphi thing. 😕 

Also, a dodgy ESP warning was putting me off too - was traced to a steering angle sensor allegedly being out of tolerance but no obvious reasons for it - Might be the guy with the air gun doing the tyres the other week jostled it a bit too much but could just as easily have been a hedgehog/badger/pothole/ghost, etc.

Anyway, it's got another year of life in it all being well.

Having it up on jacks has reminded me to wire brush and get the arms and stuff coated for winter, some crusting occurring.

Still looks quite tidy, although a week in Paris has got me lusting after the Mk5 that we don't get over here...

[Cord Fourteener]

I've been lending my 740 to a friend while his V70 undergoes a lot of mot work, and he only went and got married in it!