The new news 24 thread

[wesacosa]

7 minutes ago, stuboy said:

did u keep the 1.6

had it from 2000 to 2010 

[RobT]

The Skizzer Espace performing daily duties.  Doesn't seem to mind -2 degrees, even if the supply of electricity is a bit questionable.  Despite that it's still superb, and my only functioning car at the moment.

[richykitchy]

On 11/16/2022 at 8:04 PM, richardmorris said:

Surely having a c6 for spares and a c5 for when it fails to proceed is good sense? They are so temptingly cheap, but I think @richykitchy s vids are finally putting me off. £650 road vel and hundreds of brittle plastic pipes that are now 15 years old.

Fair, though all cars of that era are the same regards the plastic pipework. Granted other cars may be easier to get spares for, but if I couldn't have found the pipe I needed, I could have made something to fit. Life's too short not to 🙂

[Kiltox]

23 hours ago, Bren said:

I have booked the BMW in for a recall.

I was advised the car would have a complimentary health check as well as a wash and hoover.

What the techs will make of an almost 20 year old e60 I have no idea.

You absolutely must post the citnow video on here for us to laugh at 

[egg]

Graph wot I saw on the internetz 2day, as you'd expect really.

[Schaefft]

More competitors in the segment plus EVs don't help. The ugly last gen probably didn't either.

[egg]

2 minutes ago, Schaefft said:

More competitors in the segment plus EVs don't help. The ugly last gen probably didn't either.

yes and the US obsession with suv's too I guess instead of 'cars'

[horriblemercedes]

11 minutes ago, egg said:

yes and the US obsession with suv's too I guess instead of 'cars'

I don't think it's much different here really. Most people would rather buy a Ford Puma than a Fiesta or an Audi Q3 over an A3, for example. The Fiesta is a good example as it's disappearing soon for mostly this reason

[Schaefft]

Yeah, US trends are usually showing whats happening in the UK (and most other markets) a few years later. Theres probably hardly anything more in demand than hybrid Toyota crossovers right now so those eat away at the marketshare of the Prius. And when fuel prices are low nobody cares about a car like the Prius anyway, which only really exists to save fuel.

[hairnet]

13 hours ago, RobT said:

The Skizzer Espace performing daily duties.  Doesn't seem to mind -2 degrees, even if the supply of electricity is a bit questionable.  Despite that it's still superb, and my only functioning car at the moment.

ooft

 

[SiC]

46 minutes ago, Schaefft said:

Yeah, US trends are usually showing whats happening in the UK (and most other markets) a few years later. Theres probably hardly anything more in demand than hybrid Toyota crossovers right now so those eat away at the marketshare of the Prius. And when fuel prices are low nobody cares about a car like the Prius anyway, which only really exists to save fuel.

Which are the same drivetrain as some (C-HR) and just scaled up for the others. So the Prius has done its job in the market for Toyota of proving out the powertrain technology, while gaining a strong reputation for robustness. 

[JJ0063]

Been in the new house 3 full days, not even half unpacked but mrs JJ decided we needed to start painting the lounge tonight…

[Wibble]

Is that warm air heating?

[loserone]

Looks like a vent into the chimney 

[JJ0063]

5 minutes ago, Wibble said:

Is that warm air heating?

Nah it’s a vent that I removed and half smashed out to fit my phone in to record what’s behind it 😂

We want to get the fireplace opened up and plastered so we can put an electric log burner style fire in it. There’s been a gas fire in there before and it’s been breeze blocked up. 
 

Got two quotes just for someone to knock the hole back in and plaster it.. £1690 and £1900!! Couldn’t believe its so much considering that’s not actually fitting any sort of fire, just physically opening it and plastering it. 
 

I have also since found an old gas pipe I there so I guess that’s another cost to have removed.

 

this is the look we eventually want

[stuboy]

13 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

Been in the new house 3 full days, not even half unpacked but mrs JJ decided we needed to start painting the lounge tonight…

brave colour.......... bit dark or will there be some rag rolling

[Wibble]

HFM? Would look nice though like that.

[JJ0063]

Just now, stuboy said:

brave colour.......... bit dark or will there be some rag rolling

Brave, skirting board is going to be black. We are weird, there’s a cabinet to the right full of skulls and taxidermy 😂

[JJ0063]

Here are the pipes I can see through the vent. Obviously long disconnected but still I assume would need a gas engineer to come and remove them / cap further up the system which will be another cost, unless there can be studwork in front but still deep enough for the electric log burner

[Wibble]

Good luck, I hope you can find a better price!

[richardmorris]

22 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

Been in the new house 3 full days, not even half unpacked but mrs JJ decided we needed to start painting the lounge tonight…

Monolith vibes from 2001.

[richardmorris]

2cv in snow yesterday. Admittedly it stayed under cover as although it’s great in snow the salt is like garlic to Christopher Lee.

[JJ0063]

4 minutes ago, Wibble said:

Good luck, I hope you can find a better price!

Put it this way, we’ll either find a better quote, we won’t have a fireplace, or I buy a new sledge hammer.

[barefoot]

 

9 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

Brave, skirting board is going to be black. We are weird…

Our house is way darker, way greener and way more William Morris than that.

[HMC]

26 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

Been in the new house 3 full days, not even half unpacked but mrs JJ decided we needed to start painting the lounge tonight…

Han Solo in carbonite? #jabbathehutchic

[Mr Pastry]

36 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

Here are the pipes I can see through the vent. Obviously long disconnected but still I assume would need a gas engineer to come and remove them / cap further up the system which will be another cost, unless there can be studwork in front but still deep enough for the electric log burner

Are you sure those are gas pipes?   More likely to be part of your central heating or hot water system,  But anyway, don't assume that they are disconnected!  

[JJ0063]

13 minutes ago, Mr Pastry said:

Are you sure those are gas pipes?   More likely to be part of your central heating or hot water system,  But anyway, don't assume that they are disconnected!  

Oh maybe not then, I just assumed they’d be gas pipes as I’m sure it would have had a gas fire originally - my old man used to live next door and his had one, I was also born in a bungalow down the end of the road which had one too. 
 

Will of course get them checked out if we decide to knock it out!

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, JJ0063 said:

Been in the new house 3 full days, not even half unpacked but mrs JJ decided we needed to start painting the lounge tonight…

I hope that's an euphemism?

3 hours ago, JJ0063 said:

Here are the pipes I can see through the vent. Obviously long disconnected but still I assume would need a gas engineer to come and remove them / cap further up the system which will be another cost, unless there can be studwork in front but still deep enough for the electric log burner

Only 1 pipe needed for gas, prob 15mm, but 2 for water. Get it checked, to be certain.

[SiC]

9 hours ago, JJ0063 said:

Here are the pipes I can see through the vent. Obviously long disconnected but still I assume would need a gas engineer to come and remove them / cap further up the system which will be another cost, unless there can be studwork in front but still deep enough for the electric log burner

Middle pipe old gas line and outer two the water feed for an old back boiler?

[DeanH]

21 minutes ago, SiC said:

Middle pipe old gas line and outer two the water feed for an old back boiler?

My thoughts too