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[mitsisigma01]

4 hours ago, Cord Fourteener said:

Note: apparently we are upside-down and there's nothing I can do about it. 

 

Worse than that you're invisible as well 🤷🏼‍♂️

[Supernaut]

11 hours ago, 320touring said:

4 I know of..

@Jim Bell

@Out Run

@Lacquer Peel

@Supernaut

 

And YES buy buy buy

Mine doesn't count.

Yet.

[Asimo]

Modified Audi.

 

[Split_Pin]

That's the brown 93 dropped off for its MOT at 10am this morning. The last 2 cars I submitted failed and needed some work so I'm hopeful for a pass this time! 

[SRi05]

MOT time in the least week in January, the stuff of wallet nightmares. Hope all goes smoothly 

[Split_Pin]

I wonder if the MOT system has been impacted by today's MS outage.  The car was booked for 10am and they're usually very prompt at recording the fail but as yet there's no update showing online. When a car passes they seem to wait until the end of the day to log that so I'm hopeful this could be the reason!

[Split_Pin]

Wahaey, I was right about a Pass!

 

[RoverFolkUs]

38 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

I wonder if the MOT system has been impacted by today's MS outage.  The car was booked for 10am and they're usually very prompt at recording the fail but as yet there's no update showing online. When a car passes they seem to wait until the end of the day to log that so I'm hopeful this could be the reason!

Think the system is all over the place at the moment, I know they couldn't log them off on Monday so had to do them on contingency and print the certificate and update online later that afternoon

[Ghosty]

Looks like I'm going to Bridgwater at the weekend to view a car with my mate as he's after a fourth gen Civic, and I've had an eye out for him. It's going to be his first car, he's been driving for a while and wants one as a modern classic, he doesn't need a daily and it's going to live at his folks' place. 

Bridgwater, in Somerset. And it'll probably be a one day affair. 

Did I mention I'm currently in Fife?

[andyberg]

16 minutes ago, Ghosty said:

Looks like I'm going to Bridgwater at the weekend to view a car with my mate as he's after a fourth gen Civic, and I've had an eye out for him. It's going to be his first car, he's been driving for a while and wants one as a modern classic, he doesn't need a daily and it's going to live at his folks' place. 

Bridgwater, in Somerset. And it'll probably be a one day affair. 

Did I mention I'm currently in Fife?

Good luck, that's one hell of a day trip.

[Metal Guru]

28 minutes ago, andyberg said:

Good luck, that's one hell of a day trip.

Once took 14 hours from Glastonbury to Edinburgh. ( one way). Traffic jam started at Bridgewater , ended at Tebay.

[Ghosty]

1 hour ago, andyberg said:

Good luck, that's one hell of a day trip.

It's bad enough from Manchester, I'm glad I get a day's rest there after I come back from Fife tomorrow. I've done Bristol and back in a day in an MX5 and that was surprisingly doable but hard work. 

[Mrcento]

2 hours ago, Ghosty said:

Did I mention I'm currently in Fife?

What part of Fife?

'Fife M8'

Yeah but what bit?

'Fife!'

I get that, but where in Fife are you?, What town?

'About 8 miles from St.Andrews, 9kilometers northwest of Glenrothes but about 1 hour from Edinburgh'

Can i have a postcode?

'I'm in Fife M8'

etc etc etc 😉

 

[alcyonecorporation]

5 minutes ago, Mrcento said:

What part of Fife?

'Fife M8'

Yeah but what bit?

'Fife!'

I get that, but where in Fife are you?, What town?

'About 8 miles from St.Andrews, 9kilometers northwest of Glenrothes but about 1 hour from Edinburgh'

Can i have a postcode?

'I'm in Fife M8'

etc etc etc 😉

 

CAR 
IS 
IN 

FIFE 

[Mrcento]

Just now, alcyonecorporation said:

CAR 
IS 
IN 

FIFE 

Where in Fife?, Can i see it?, Where will i be able to come and see the car?

Fife M8.

[alcyonecorporation]

2 minutes ago, Mrcento said:

Where in Fife?, Can i see it?, Where will i be able to come and see the car?

Fife M8.

Mate - mate. 

It's no bother, it's in Fife. 

[High Jetter]

Fife? Have you a musket and drum?

[dome]

I am conducting an experiment so the rest of us don't have to.

I'm going to try and run a  normal car for a bit to see how that is.

By normal I mean not an L322 or a 20 year old Renault van with the wrong engine. 

No collection thread, it was delivered to my door last night. 

It's a mk5 Golf 1.6 SE, owned by a friend for the last 8 years.

I'll get pics when I see it in daylight but here's what I have so far.

 

 

 

 

#vaglife

[EyesWeldedShut]

1 minute ago, dome said:

I am conducting an experiment so the rest of us don't have to.

I'm going to try and run a  normal car for a bit to see how that is.

By normal I mean not an L322 or a 20 year old Renault van with the wrong engine. 

No collection thread, it was delivered to my door last night. 

It's a mk5 Golf 1.6 SE, owned by a friend for the last 8 years.

I'll get pics when I see it in daylight but here's what I have so far.

 

 

 

 

#vaglife

I'd fix the fuel gauge - nobody hands over a car these days with that much juice in it - must be bust :- ) ?

[SiC]

1 hour ago, dome said:

It's a mk5 Golf 1.6 SE, owned by a friend for the last 8 years.

Nearly 50mpg out of that is pretty impressive. The one we had a few years ago now was an early FSI and really only got 33-35mpg. As it was an early one, it irritatingly only really liked super unleaded.

It was particularly boring and not fast but it was comfortable, very quiet and easy to drive. I saw why golfs are so popular. Do everything that a non car person wants in a car and does them well. 

[Six-cylinder]

17 hours ago, Ghosty said:

Looks like I'm going to Bridgwater at the weekend to view a car with my mate as he's after a fourth gen Civic, and I've had an eye out for him. It's going to be his first car, he's been driving for a while and wants one as a modern classic, he doesn't need a daily and it's going to live at his folks' place. 

Bridgwater, in Somerset. And it'll probably be a one day affair. 

Did I mention I'm currently in Fife?

You will have to add a bit of a detour to increase the mileage beyond the 952 miles I did taking my son to his gran's and taking her out. Buckingham to Forfar, drive out for lunch tour, Forfar to Buckingham 3am to 10pm. This Cavalier 2.0 CDi in case you wondered 44 mpg.

[ProgRocker]

A few days off work this week. Today's relatively mild weather has given me the opportunity to hand wash my i10. It is the dirtiest it has been in my ownership. I have been clocking around 100+ miles a week in it on my commute.

Mileage is up to 37,500 (ish). The warranty runs out in March, which of course is when the next service and MOT is due. Once those milestones pass I may be looking to move the i10 on. 

[tom13]

2 hours ago, SiC said:

Nearly 50mpg out of that is pretty impressive. The one we had a few years ago now was an early FSI and really only got 33-35mpg. As it was an early one, it irritatingly only really liked super unleaded.

It was particularly boring and not fast but it was comfortable, very quiet and easy to drive. I saw why golfs are so popular. Do everything that a non car person wants in a car and does them well. 

Our 1.4 MK6 non tsi is very good on fuel for a heavy car with a little engine. 45 around the houses 55 on a run.

[dome]

4 hours ago, SiC said:

Nearly 50mpg out of that is pretty impressive. The one we had a few years ago now was an early FSI and really only got 33-35mpg. As it was an early one, it irritatingly only really liked super unleaded.

It was particularly boring and not fast but it was comfortable, very quiet and easy to drive. I saw why golfs are so popular. Do everything that a non car person wants in a car and does them well. 

The economy is after an easy A road/motorway run so will flatter it.

I saw the chat about super unleaded with these engines.  I'll need to ask the previous owner what he ran it on but I suspect regular. This is a 55 plate so about as early as they get. Boring and comfortable is what I'm looking for. 

[SiC]

1 hour ago, dome said:

The economy is after an easy A road/motorway run so will flatter it.

I saw the chat about super unleaded with these engines.  I'll need to ask the previous owner what he ran it on but I suspect regular. This is a 55 plate so about as early as they get. Boring and comfortable is what I'm looking for. 

I think 55 it had been sorted by then. It was the early 53 to 54 I believe required it. Ours was an 04.

Essentially it was because the ECU operated in fully stratified mode. However that caused issues and required stuff like an expensive NOX sensor in the exhaust. So later engine codes simply ditched the fully stratified mode. Incidentally they still kept the FSI monikers though!

The petrol cap flap should tell you what it would really like best. 

[dome]

Took a pic on the way to the shop.

Just like a Golf 

 

[stuboy]

Bugger yodel delivered my compressor and it's damaged...

 

Rang aldi... they said take it too local store and get a refund I said no I want the bloody item... so she went away and are sending me a replacement..

[Dick Cheeseburger]

2 hours ago, SiC said:

I think 55 it had been sorted by then. It was the early 53 to 54 I believe required it. Ours was an 04.

Essentially it was because the ECU operated in fully stratified mode. However that caused issues and required stuff like an expensive NOX sensor in the exhaust. So later engine codes simply ditched the fully stratified mode. Incidentally they still kept the FSI monikers though!

The petrol cap flap should tell you what it would really like best. 

I wonder if this would be the same 1.6 pez lump my old 2007 Leon ran? I seem to remember you said they were fairly dated engines at this point. The MPGs from mine were really poor - my 1.8 vvti MR2 is way more frugal.

[SiC]

1 hour ago, Dick Longbridge said:

I wonder if this would be the same 1.6 pez lump my old 2007 Leon ran? I seem to remember you said they were fairly dated engines at this point. The MPGs from mine were really poor - my 1.8 vvti MR2 is way more frugal.

Wasn't that a pre-FSI lump?

[Ghosty]

NOT IN FIFE M8, another blissful 280 miles.

Managed an improvement in MPG too.