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[Stanky]

26 minutes ago, Joey spud said:

About two years ago my son bought a scruffy second hand Clarke portable garage for £50 with plans of housing his 300zx in it but instead left it rolled up in my garden. Fast forward to today and I dug it out of the bushes and spent 45 mins putting it up.

I wasn't expecting it to be any good but I'm quite impressed with it's design and how you can tension the cover so it is nice and tight. I don't think it would last long in a location like an exposed field but if it is well ancored down the side of a house I reckon they would be great asset for a shitter.

 

My father in law had one of these and they're great. What you need to do is to make sure that the top cover is pulled really taught over the frame because if it gets windy and it flaps about then the frame rubs through the cover. My brother-in-law built it for my FIL and did a shitty job, and it rubbed through in about a dozen places over the space of 2 years.

Something thats massively worth doing is fitting pipe lagging to the 60 degree angle sections to help cushion the elbow from poking through the cover if you can

Some people who live just down the road and whose house is on the seafront have one of these that they keep their MX5 in and its survived absolutely fine for 10 years or so, in a position that's much more exposed to wind and weather. It does look like it was built correctly though

[loserone]

6 hours ago, brownnova said:

I have had a parent say similar to me about taking the kids in the 2CV… 

I got the same on here on a 19 year old car with a 4 star NCAP rating.

 

Quite irresponsible 

[RichardK]

Sent a solicitor some money. Gave notice to letting agent. ARGH. Stuff's happening!

[RoverFolkUs]

6 hours ago, brownnova said:

I have had a parent say similar to me about taking the kids in the 2CV… 

Same parent quite possibly carries the kids around in a 4 year old Evoque with fucked tyres or metal to metal brakes which they refuse to rectify until MOT time!!

[Nev]

1 hour ago, Rust Collector said:

edit:

After all the excitement of registering for a TFL account and then punching in the reg to register it as exempt I got this:

Job jobbed!

Print that out or save it somewhere, I have little trust in Mr Khan(t) and his systems....

[brownnova]

1 hour ago, loserone said:

I got the same on here on a 19 year old car with a 4 star NCAP rating.

 

Quite irresponsible 

A positively sensible vehicle for child transportation! 

[brownnova]

2 hours ago, Joey spud said:

About two years ago my son bought a scruffy second hand Clarke portable garage for £50 with plans of housing his 300zx in it but instead left it rolled up in my garden. Fast forward to today and I dug it out of the bushes and spent 45 mins putting it up.

I wasn't expecting it to be any good but I'm quite impressed with it's design and how you can tension the cover so it is nice and tight. I don't think it would last long in a location like an exposed field but if it is well anchored down the side of a house I reckon they would be great asset for a shitter.

 

Looks like the sort of storage solution I need for some of the fleet which have to live outside… I can’t just never find one for anywhere near £50!! 

[JJ0063]

I have just been to view, and purchased, a 125…

Decided when I sell the scirocco I want to press on and actually do my big bike test but after doing my CBT last year I realised I’d probably benefit from a few months on a 125 to build my confidence before taking a test. 
 

Found this on Facebook 15 mins from us, it’s 1 owner from new and only done 1700 miles. It’s not spotless, few chips and rust specs but not been down the road or anything. Sounds brilliant too. 
 

Will Roffle in 6 months when I’m done with it if there’s enough interest. I’ve just paid £800.

[HMC]

School run: return leg

[SiC]

Weighed in a bunch of mixed metal and two car batteries. Got £22 which I thought was alright.

Dolomite shell is cut up now to weigh in too. Will be glad to get the driveway space back.

[GingerNuttz]

Finally got my dad to get rid of that bloody Zafira, was gonna need welding and painting soon and I told him no 🤣 

He's away to see an 18 plate Insignia, hopefully he buys the bloody thing so I can set the Zafira on fire up the fields and claim the insurance 

[Austat]

This might interest @juular, I got talking with a friend of mine's Dad yesterday and we were chatting about cars for a bit. He showed me this photo he found and recently scanned. 

This is him with his 1962 Volvo Amazon, taken in Sydney in 1983.

This was one of two Amazons he had, the other one he bought as a university student when he studied in Sweden a year later. He now owns two mid-1950's Chevrolets.

[LightBulbFun]

9 hours ago, wesacosa said:

I looked up the Lada when it was for sale and it was showing as not exempt. it should be (unless there is some BS referring to imports) but would investigate before planning to bring it into Sadiq Turpin's Utopia 

8 hours ago, Rust Collector said:

Ooh I just checked and you are correct. It's in the historic tax class so it should be exempt, I'll register it with TFL and see what happens...

*edit:

After all the excitement of registering for a TFL account and then punching in the reg to register it as exempt I got this:

Job jobbed!

yah dont actually have to register for a TFL account its just the general ULEZ checker does not really work properly so anything thats post 1973 will still come up as needing to a pay a charge when it wont if it is historic vehicle taxation class'ed

 

if you go to the pay a charge checker a Historic vehicle is correctly flagged as exempt

(note how I am not signed in or anything)

[Sunny Jim]

Reunited, me and the Travelling Whippet are on a collection mission. 

[wuvvum]

Wow, you didn't waste any time!

I hope it's a Peugeot 3008 given the page we're on.

[Sunny Jim]

Sorted it while I was away 🙂 Sold the car I went to Somerset in to drop the hound at my brother's. On the train now to collect the new car on our way back to North Wales!

 

Travelling in comfort* - wheelchair area for the win.

[Twiggy]

Well, the dog looks happy ! Hope it all goes well.

[ruffgeezer]

Ill shortly be extracting this with a view to giving it a service and mot and preparing it for sale.

It has been comprehensively restored by a local specialist with photo documentation, and is completly standard 'City' specification. 

[cobblers]

1 hour ago, ruffgeezer said:

Ill shortly be extracting this with a view to giving it a service and mot and preparing it for sale.

It has been comprehensively restored by a local specialist with photo documentation, and is completly standard 'City' specification. 

ooof!

[SiC]

1 hour ago, ruffgeezer said:

It has been comprehensively restored by a local specialist with photo documentation

Over sills? 😬

[cobblers]

13 minutes ago, SiC said:

Over sills? 😬

double the strength 😎

[SiC]

22 minutes ago, cobblers said:

double the strength 😎

Double the rot! 😱

[Sunny Jim]

Admittedly I probably look like I'm homeless sat with my bags and the dog outside the station but I've just been offered some spice by some of Shrewsbury's Street characters! 

[Sunny Jim]

Collectioned, diolch @83C.

vRS =TWA*

Travelling Whippet Approved

[juular]

1 minute ago, Sunny Jim said:

Collectioned, diolch @83C.

vRS =TWA*

Travelling Whippet Approved

Very Relaxed Sighthound

[ruffgeezer]

4 hours ago, SiC said:

Over sills? 😬

Doubtful,  there was a lot of new metal put in as I recall though!

[AnnoyingPentium]

1 hour ago, Sunny Jim said:

Collectioned, diolch @83C.

vRS =TWA*

Travelling Whippet Approved

Wonderful. Glad to see you've collected this.

[louiepj]

Just found out that the garage that burnt down in Newhaven five days ago had a friends broken down BMW in it.

[camryv6]

6 hours ago, cobblers said:

ooof!

Do you mean ooof! i can still remember your fun* with your mini lol

[Sunny Jim]

Ooo, I'm going to enjoy this one! A5 through the mountains was the perfect first drive. The torque is addictive! I can safely perform overtakes I haven't been able to consider since I had the Cooper S. The vRS does it with far less noise and drama - befitting of the more mature white-bearded man I am these days - not so mature that I didn't cackle like a cheeky kid when I surprised a BMW 420 as we pulled off a roundabout onto a section of dual carriageway. 

As I came down the valley towards Llyn Ogwen there was a bong and a warning flashed up on the dash. I pulled over and when I got out of the car thought,  "ffwcin hell it's freezing". Took me far too long to realise that the warning on the dash was because the outside temperature had dropped below 4 degrees! In my defence it's been a long day for both me and the dog! Still the stop was an excuse to take some pictures and reward the Travelling Whippet with a sausage roll for being so well behaved on the journey today.

Thanks again to top shiter @83C for a straightforward sale and a great car, good to meet you.