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First FTP of my motoring career.

 

Basically, out of nowhere, the Mercedes started running rough, letting out lots of white smoke and smell of unburned diesel.  Lost almost all of its power.

Oil, coolant level were just like before, the car didn't overheat and gave me no lights on the dash.

Left it alone for like 3 minutes and when restarting, it ran just fine. But I couldn't risk it happening again so I drove it to the shop.

And of course, insurance gave me 48h of rental car, meaning I can only have it on Monday.

 

No car for the weekend since the Audi is decommissioned.

 

Great 

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14 hours ago, MJK 24 said:

Six years ago tonight, the Scirocco survived an assassination attempt by a Honda with a below par handbrake 😬 

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I've just had a similar thing with an errant Auris rolling past my MX5 and hitting a Fiesta down the hill! 

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46 minutes ago, Ghosty said:

I've just had a similar thing with an errant Auris rolling past my MX5 and hitting a Fiesta down the hill! 

This is why my cars are always left in gear!  That and having spent a bunch of time in Saabs.

I had my moment back in ~2004 when I came back from college to where I caught the bus to find my car having snapped the handbrake cable and having travelled the full width of a not small public car park unattended.  It wound up perfectly parked - just on the completely opposite side of the car park to where I left it.  Given how busy it usually was there it's a miracle that it didn't hit anything!  Never trusted a handbrake after that.

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Babies? Great fun 😉 [... Says he, never having fathered one]

Nearly crashed the car, other day [troo stories].... SWMBO trotted out a tale of her, extended, family.

Baby boy born, name agreed, Hubby trotts off to register birth and promptly writes up :-

John Thomas (surname)

..... I simply burst out laughing (must have been more dangerous than texting on the go 🤐)

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Freddie’s rolls Royce shadow that I had a look over last week as it was outside my building sold for a bit more than the £30k estimate! Must make it the most expensive shadow ever sold?

 

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Had to go to London yesterday as the good lady forgot her passport was about to expire. Parked in the usual (very expensive) Q-Park on Park Lane. Did see something far better than the usual rubbish Lamborghinis and wrapped Teslas.D46866D4-E7E1-45DE-971F-048AEDC49A72.thumb.jpeg.bd2619fafb916d306c6739069b204c54.jpegDCB9CBB0-D856-4DB3-8C1B-1D4DBA481E15.thumb.jpeg.957ee5cd91f8bd95008de279021ca668.jpeg

Emma needed a little help it seems.

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8 minutes ago, JakeT said:

Had to go to London yesterday as the good lady forgot her passport was about to expire. Parked in the usual (very expensive) Q-Park on Park Lane. Did see something far better than the usual rubbish Lamborghinis and wrapped Teslas.D46866D4-E7E1-45DE-971F-048AEDC49A72.thumb.jpeg.bd2619fafb916d306c6739069b204c54.jpegDCB9CBB0-D856-4DB3-8C1B-1D4DBA481E15.thumb.jpeg.957ee5cd91f8bd95008de279021ca668.jpeg

Emma needed a little help it seems.

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Jacob Rees-Mogg looks to be having some issues with the family runabout.

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1 hour ago, HMC said:

Jacob Rees-Mogg looks to be having some issues with the family runabout.

" I could buy this Rolls Royce"

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Spent today with @Stankyof this parish to replace the rotten brake line on the Mini.

Having a proper car lift really helped

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Metal pipe was a bit of a pig but all unions on the brake lines were thankfully not seized up and everything cane apart nicely. Both rear flexis were replaced and the calliper sliders for O/R also swapped for new, as one had got rather attached to the position in which it had chosen as comfy. Stanky’s tilting car lift made things so much easier, as did a dry area and electricity being on tap.

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Bleeding the system out was a bit of a pain. Stanky started with the Eezibleed but it didn’t have enough oomph to start with, so a bit of old fashioned pedal down-up soon got things flowing.

I need to re-secure the exhaust heat shield as the mounting points are in poor condition, I’m hoping some repair washers or some pieces of thin steel with a hole drilled in will suffice. I will order a new one before next test.

Stanky you are top shiter, can’t thank you enough for the help and facilities today. I’ll pop a couple a bottles of home brew round when I’ve racked them from the demijohns!

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2 hours ago, dozeydustman said:

Spent today with @Stankyof this parish to replace the rotten brake line on the Mini.

Having a proper car lift really helped

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Metal pipe was a bit of a pig but all unions on the brake lines were thankfully not seized up and everything cane apart nicely. Both rear flexis were replaced and the calliper sliders for O/R also swapped for new, as one had got rather attached to the position in which it had chosen as comfy. Stanky’s tilting car lift made things so much easier, as did a dry area and electricity being on tap.

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Bleeding the system out was a bit of a pain. Stanky started with the Eezibleed but it didn’t have enough oomph to start with, so a bit of old fashioned pedal down-up soon got things flowing.

I need to re-secure the exhaust heat shield as the mounting points are in poor condition, I’m hoping some repair washers or some pieces of thin steel with a hole drilled in will suffice. I will order a new one before next test.

Stanky you are top shiter, can’t thank you enough for the help and facilities today. I’ll pop a couple a bottles of home brew round when I’ve racked them from the demijohns!

It was a good day of work on the Mini, glad we got there in the end! Brake calipers and flexis are something I've done before but running new brake lines - especially having to put your own bends into the hardlines is a new one for me. Adds to the CV skills though so all positive stuff! 

Was good to see you and glad the car left in a better condition that it arrived - from my fleet thats not always the case.

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I'm not a two bucket wrong un' but I couldn't resit seeing if I could get a shine out the  Cavalier. The paint is very swirly and chipped.

Right hand side is a quick pass with the polisher. Still swirly and chipped but much better.

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Dark and raining so I couldn't get any decent pics but it's a noticable improvement. 

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Fixed the rear wiper too. The motor was knackered so it was a simple swap with a second hand replacement to fix. 

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10 hours ago, GMcD said:

I'm not a two bucket wrong un' but I couldn't resit seeing if I could get a shine out the  Cavalier. The paint is very swirly and chipped.

Right hand side is a quick pass with the polisher. Still swirly and chipped but much better.

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Dark and raining so I couldn't get any decent pics but it's a noticable improvement. 

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Fixed the rear wiper too. The motor was knackered so it was a simple swap with a second hand replacement to fix. 

Cars like this are so rewarding to polish - the worse it starts the better. Diminishing returns once you’ve got it remotely shiny, I don’t know how the detailing lads find the motivation to keep trying to improve a near perfect car. 

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11 minutes ago, Kiltox said:

Cars like this are so rewarding to polish - the worse it starts the better. Diminishing returns once you’ve got it remotely shiny, I don’t know how the detailing lads find the motivation to keep trying to improve a near perfect car. 

Charging £60 an HR likely helps😀

Cav looks good @GMcD!

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Final 2 jobs on the Mini done this morning. First I ballparked the OS headlamp aim to roughly level with the NS. Hopefully it just needs a tweak at the test tomorrow.

Exhaust heat shield has been reattached but sadly on one side only.

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Spent longer this morning trying to find penny washers larger than 1” than actually fitting it. The other side is loose but not slopping around like a turd in a pisspot and no longer vibrating on the exhaust. The other bolt was fond of its slumber and it’s absolutely heaving down outside I didn’t fancy rolling around in a puddle any more. When money and time permits I may as well just get a new one. The main battery cables run behind it because on diesel R50s the battery is in the boot. Just like a real mini.

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I also want to find out if this Mini has self-levelling headlamps, as with standard H7s the lights are a bit crap. If they are I might consider an LED upgrade. There’s certainly no beam adjustment in the cabin.

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Went a rumble round some of the scrapyards/breakers in Ayrshire today. Shewalton in Irvine has fuck all, Kilmarnock was just fun to explore, and the one in Ayr near Howdens was creepy as fuck with the lad following me about like a shadow to make sure I didn't pinch anything. Has a lot of interesting shite though.

These photos are from the Kilmarnock bit.

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And half a Puma...

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5 hours ago, Kiltox said:

Cars like this are so rewarding to polish - the worse it starts the better. Diminishing returns once you’ve got it remotely shiny, I don’t know how the detailing lads find the motivation to keep trying to improve a near perfect car. 

Totally agree. I like to keep my cars clean but that's normally just wash/wax and a lick of tyre/bumper gel, but then I stop.  Most times I just don't think it's worth the time or effort to get the polish out. 

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(Whatever I try the forum always puts some of my pics in Australia mode - can a mod or someone correct them please)

Drops my car off for it's MoT, this is at the back of the garage:

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Nice looking Viva says I as I hand over the key. Mechanic: "That hateful thing. I've had 4 hours underneath it scraping off underseal. Got in my ears, nose...".

One of my neighbours had been doing bits to this for its owner but obviously off to pastures new:

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Then I'm having lunch with the wife and spot this. I'm going to take a pic of this for Autoshite says I. Wife: "it'll be gone before we've had dinner. What, you are doing it now?"

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It just cracked me up.

However best news of the day is this:

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It's for my Daihatsu Sirion bought off here in Sept 20 and through its 3rd MoT. I spent a fair few quid on it to get it to a good mechanical standard 2 years ago but so far it's been v reliable. Mind I'm only doing 4k a year in it.

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more wet weather.

 

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1985 Audi Sport quattro S1 E2 Group B Works

Offered from The Gran Turismo Collection

£1,805,000 GBP | Sold

United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom

 

1991 Ferrari F40

Offered from The Gran Turismo Collection

£1,411,250 GBP | Sold

United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom

 

2003 Ferrari Enzo

Offered from The Gran Turismo Collection

£1,917,500 GBP | Sold

United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom

 

2004 Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradale

£149,500 GBP | Sold

United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom

 

1959 Mercedes-Benz 190 SL

£138,000 GBP | Sold

United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom

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