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[High Jetter]

39 minutes ago, Saabnut said:

If you dercide to move the 305 on, can I have first refusal please

For use in France? Sounds eminently sensible.

[320touring]

I fixed* the issue with the headlamp on the ElGrand...

 

The headlamp plug is loose. I'll get a new H4 Plug and tail, and solder it up.

[Sunny Jim]

Farewell Madeira. Raise the main sail we're bound for the Savage Islands. 

[mitsisigma01]

Isle of Sheppey 🤔

[HillmanImp]

I did a car thing for the first time in months. Get me. 

The fuel gauge was suddenly reading zero the other day. I immediately assumed that someone had robbed my fuel but I couldn't see any spillage or damage so drove the car for a bit and it was fine. 

Went to the garage, lobbed a few liters of fuel in and it still registered nil. 

So today I took the rear seat out and swept out several years of crap. 

Yuk. 

There was a warning that I needed to ensure the fuel was below half level before opening. Unfortunately the only reason I'd be opening this is surely because the fuel sender wasn't working. So I've no idea. Is there another way to tell? 

Anyhow, it turns out I didn't need to open them as I gave both of them a firm THWACK with a lump of wood and a hammer and the fuel gauge started working again. 

So thats it. Thats my car thing. Back to shitposting and arguing with strangers it is. 

 

[wesacosa]

reliving my 90s teen fantasies today in Edinburgh. I thought all these type of shops were long gone 

[wesacosa]

purchase made too

[Metal Guru]

2 minutes ago, wesacosa said:

reliving my 90s teen fantasies today in Edinburgh. I thought all these type of shops were long gone 

I believe they had some problems with their website a few years back because there was a paedophile  website also called Wonderland.

[MrGTI6]

1 hour ago, Metal Guru said:

I believe they had some problems with their website a few years back because there was a paedophile  website also called Wonderland.

That reminds me, I ordered an Escort off that website and they mistakenly sent me a toy car.

[Ghosty]

 

Been down to Bridgwater to pick up this blue Civic for my mate. He's chuffed. Manual! 

102k, was owned by a giffer until the mid teens when she left it in her will to her mechanic, who sold it on to prevent his son ruining it. 

A bloke bought it, kept it four years then his 23 year old son ran it for a bit. He's now upgraded to an E46 328ci so the Civic was up for sale. Top notch seller tbh. 

 

Saw the ex-HMC Chevy pickup going up the M5, as well as some legend A-framing an MG Metro with a Rover 45 😁

[taxi paul]

A rose among thorns at the local aldi this morning. 

 

 

 

 

[RoverFolkUs]

On 1/27/2023 at 4:21 PM, egg said:

Yes, I find OEM parts desks (mostly) catastrophically unhelpful when asking for small bits in recent years, but maybe that's just me! It's a very generic Kia/Hyundai part, so think this Kia Sportage one will fit (new clamp and bolt).

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/274096842522

I asked Kia for a flasher relay recently 

Their helpful answer - 

"Nope, it's obsolete, infinite back order and it's highly unlikely it will come back in to stock. You probably won't find one anywhere else m8 either because I know what they're like to get bits for" 

🤦

He must have been having a bad day, or just being a typical parts advisor. One was duly found and bought from eBay 5 minutes later!

[Fumbler]

3 hours ago, Ghosty said:

Been down to Bridgwater

Oh God.

[Bear]

I seem to have acquired another car. I try to cut down and like a Phoenix from the ashes another vehicle springs Fourth. Need to get a battery and logistics in order to retrieve it, however...

[Ghosty]

54 minutes ago, Fumbler said:

Oh God.

Escaped unscathed, and both cars have made it home. That manual Civic is a real gem and isn't going to need much to be a cracker. It's had a series of caring owners with no intention to modify it at all - even has the original radio.

[Speedy]

7 hours ago, Ghosty said:

 

Been down to Bridgwater to pick up this blue Civic for my mate. He's chuffed. Manual! 

102k, was owned by a giffer until the mid teens when she left it in her will to her mechanic, who sold it on to prevent his son ruining it. 

A bloke bought it, kept it four years then his 23 year old son ran it for a bit. He's now upgraded to an E46 328ci so the Civic was up for sale. Top notch seller tbh. 

 

Saw the ex-HMC Chevy pickup going up the M5, as well as some legend A-framing an MG Metro with a Rover 45 😁

Hello, this is me!

Been determined to find a  4G Civic since experiencing the joy of driving Ghosty's sedan quite a few times last year for various events and road trips.

Ghosty saw it on Marketplace earlier this week, I was calm and considered with the seller who couldn't have been nicer, and actually ignored the 'I'll give you an insulting amount cash today mate' brigade because he clocked I was coming down from Manchestoh to view it. It would've been wrong to haggle him down even for a couple of hundred pounds given how positive the entire experience was.

Other than a few small items which need some attention (non-oily, but I'll do  filters, belts, fluids, water pump too) it's absolutely spot-on. It's in rude health and drives just like a happy one should. I'm absolutely over the moon with it.

[wuvvum]

Off on  a collection mission. 

First one of the year, in fact first one since the Visa.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

On 1/28/2023 at 9:56 AM, mitsisigma01 said:

Isle of Sheppey 🤔

I remember this one doing the rounds when I used to hang around a local sailing club:

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/man-sails-round-isle-of-sheppey--a85754/

[Metal Guru]

3 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

I remember this one doing the rounds when I used to hang around a local sailing club:

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/man-sails-round-isle-of-sheppey--a85754/

I bet the words “how hard can it be?” we’re used at some stage before he started. 

 

[GrumpiusMaximus]

1 minute ago, Metal Guru said:

I bet the words “how hard can it be?” we’re used at some stage before he started. 

 

The Dunning-Kruger effect in full operation.  Behold the glory.

[puddlethumper]

Here is a pic of the yard, for any MX5 lickers, and a crap pic of my future Mazda shite/not shite is. I think they had 12/13 Mx5's there.

[wuvvum]

First time on the Brenda Line.

All very shiny and new. 

[High Jetter]

27 minutes ago, puddlethumper said:

a crap pic of my future Mazda shite/not shite

Looks OK - are they getting a MOT on it for you?

[chaseracer]

2 hours ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

I remember this one doing the rounds when I used to hang around a local sailing club:

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/man-sails-round-isle-of-sheppey--a85754/

He's doing the Isle of Thanet next.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

2 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

He's doing the Isle of Thanet next.

Get a bit stuck in the Wantsum Channel to say the least...

[wuvvum]

Still not escaped London.

 

[wuvvum]

Slightly gutted that isn't my train. 

[Yoss]

2 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Slightly gutted that isn't my train. 

Can't you just get on it anyway, they all go in roughly the same direction from there don't they? 

[LightBulbFun]

19 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Slightly gutted that isn't my train. 

I dunno, @Mrs6C probably knows who to talk to if you really wish to purchase it...

 

[wuvvum]

Memories of SF16...