Ghosty Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 Bought carb trumpets for the hatch - DCOE bolt on ones fit! They sent me push fit ones. Fuck. Wanted it done for Radwood... coming down to the wire on Friday night then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 Seems to be a recurring theme these days, eBay sellers sending the wrong thing. I ordered a pair of standard indicator bulbs, they've sent me the wedge type ones which don't fit anything I own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_cal Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 Got overexcited lol Dick Longbridge, Stevebrookman, mercedade and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 Got to say, the selection of chod in the car park isn’t as good as the last time I was here… Much better weather though! Rust Collector, wuvvum, davehedgehog31 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 My second Rexton and the third car I've bought from @Jim Bell, confirmed GOOD. Attempts have been made with @juular to make it less slow with a manual boost controller, it is a bit more responsive now but still needs more boost and fuel. dome, LightBulbFun, wuvvum and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 Hang on, he sold it?! loserone, Jim Bell, Shirley Knott and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 2 minutes ago, Lacquer Peel said: My second Rexton and the third car I've bought from @Jim Bell, confirmed GOOD. Attempts have been made with @juular to make it less slow with a manual boost controller, it is a bit more responsive now but still needs more boost and fuel. I think that's the furthest it's ever been off road. Looks well in it's element in the Highlands man. aldo135, Tenmil Socket and Lacquer Peel 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 3 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said: Hang on, he sold it?! Yup. No regerts thus far. Loved it but enjoying the change of pace of punchy pez at the moment. I know @Lacquer Peel will show it more of the world and make it go faster on a regular if not constant basis, than I ever would have. Shirley Knott, Lacquer Peel, aldo135 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 13 minutes ago, Jim Bell said: Yup. No regerts thus far. Loved it but enjoying the change of pace of punchy pez at the moment. I know @Lacquer Peel will show it more of the world and make it go faster on a regular if not constant basis, than I ever would have. Fair do. Good to see it remain within the fold regardless. You do realise you've missed the opportunity to get AnnoyingPentium's sticker dealer to make up the ultimate window sticker for it though - 'I love my Rexton'. Maybe SplitPin could pick up the reins... AnnoyingPentium and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnoyingPentium Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 2 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said: get AnnoyingPentium's sticker dealer to make up the ultimate window sticker for it though - 'I love my Rexton'. Could be arranged when I'm not swamped with work. Dick Longbridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 You need to get some stickers made up for the Volvo 740 owners too. Coprolalia, Jim Bell, Yoss and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 2 hours ago, brownnova said: Got to say, the selection of chod in the car park isn’t as good as the last time I was here… Much better weather though! Lovely part of the world. brownnova and AnnoyingPentium 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundwave Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 Made the mistake of sitting down and trying to tot up my various automotive expenditures - servicing, MOT dates, insurance renewals, taxation, storage, upcoming parts costs, jobs to do etc. Actually trying to do it properly, with a spreadsheet and everything. Feeling a bit overwhelmed with it all, and thinking I might need to thin the herd a bit. Not sure how you serial collectors do it, I'm only on 5 and things feel like they're spiralling! Rust Collector and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saabnut Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 9 hours ago, Soundwave said: Not sure how you serial collectors do it, I'm only on 5 and things feel like they're spiralling! It is really easy. Whenever you get the urge to sit down and add it all up, go on to AS/Ebay/Marketplace etc instead and buy another one. Once purchased, the urge to add up will pale into insignificance. After a while, the urge to add up may return, when you repeat the cycle. Eventually, there will be just too many things to add up and the urge will not return. Problem solved. More advice available on request. catsinthewelder, brownnova, cort1977 and 11 others 1 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 10 hours ago, Soundwave said: Not sure how you serial collectors do it, I'm only on 5 and things feel like they're spiralling! Once you get past 5 it gets easier…. At least that’s what I keep telling myself. Twiggy and Stinkwheel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rust Collector Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 You just need to push through and get to a number of cars where you start to forget some of them and find it difficult to list them all off the top of your head. Spreading them over at least a couple of different sites will help with this. Tickman, Rightnider, Stinkwheel and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinkwheel Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 1 hour ago, Rust Collector said: You just need to push through and get to a number of cars where you start to forget some of them and find it difficult to list them all off the top of your head. Spreading them over at least a couple of different sites will help with this. I got to 16 cars plus 'some' motorcycles at one point. It feels so much better to be back down to the manageable and known number of 6 cars and 4 bikes - That's what i keep telling myself anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 12 hours ago, Soundwave said: I'm only on 5 and things feel like they're spiralling! I'm on 7 and occasionally add it all up. Definitely don't do that if you want to keep them all. MOT/Tax exemption does make owning multiple cars less painful. My intention is to sell at least two and get back down to five. Ideally lower. That was after I realised that insurance+tax+storage costs are £300pcm. Then maintenance/fuel on top. Probably nearer £500pcm all said and done. It does helps on costs that not all are on the road and in storage too. 😅 But then I'll buy something else to clutter back up again. My thought was that I could sell most and get back down to 3 or 4 cars (two dailies for wife+me, one project toy and one working toy) - £300 pcm could go toward a loan on something a bit more special as a toy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 I’m at 8 (9 if you count the BiLs Kangoo which has been abandoned here), 3 of which are projects… albeit ones which are making snail pace progress. I said to myself that if I hd made no progress on the Nova by the end of the summer holidays it would go, it’s currently the final day of the summer holidays and I’ve done nothing to it. I also promised myself no more projects until I’d completed one. So I have two more cars arriving on Saturday which have been off the road a long long time, but which I couldn’t bear to see the owner scrap which seemed to be becoming a real possibility… Which is my way of saying, don’t try and make it make sense. It doesn’t 😂 chaseracer, Rust Collector, LightBulbFun and 3 others 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohdearme Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 Bollocks. Sat in Beamish Car Park with a metal shard pissing air out of tyre. Spare not coming out of underside. Anyone got a 5 stud renner wheel with a 225 55 R17 spare? or know a decent mobile fitter? Rust Collector and catsinthewelder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohdearme Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 23 minutes ago, Ohdearme said: Bollocks. Sat in Beamish Car Park with a metal shard pissing air out of tyre. Spare not coming out of underside. Anyone got a 5 stud renner wheel with a 225 55 R17 spare? or know a decent mobile fitter? Solved by a very helpful ring around of Indy tyre men of the north. shout out to the ones that didn’t help but passed me on and now one is coming! We R Tyres - Sunderland on the way, Tyres2u NE dipton couldnt do it but told me to ring We R tyres. and https://www.leadgatetyrecentre.co.uk couldn’t help but told me to ring dipton. I love small businesses, no charging for nitrogen in my tyres, just three blokes helping out a punter with a knackered tyre. loserone, grogee, catsinthewelder and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 Why is it as soon as you wash your car, some low-flying bastard shits all over it? Fuckers grogee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 I had some minor work done to the Scirocco last week, new engine & gearbox mountings, new alternator belt, brakes re-built, Oh, and a brand new hard to get fuel tank and filler neck. This obviously requires the back axle to be removed, so I also had new axle mounts and all new rubbery bits. Yesterday the ungrateful bastard broke down. I was quite grumpy, but the problem was quickly resolved by adding a can of petrol. Odd because the gauge still indicated a quarter of a tank. I drove it to the garage where I managed to squeeze in another 34.87 litres. It appears I'm probably the only bloke in the world who owns a late model Scirocco with a fuel tank from a much earlier one. 40 litres with a full size spare Vs 55 litres with a spacesaver - fuck sticks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 1 hour ago, Ohdearme said: Bollocks. Sat in Beamish Car Park with a metal shard pissing air out of tyre. Spare not coming out of underside. Anyone got a 5 stud renner wheel with a 225 55 R17 spare? or know a decent mobile fitter? sounds like you’re sorted but shout if you need anything - i’m about 15 mins away grogee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohdearme Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 46 minutes ago, gm said: sounds like you’re sorted but shout if you need anything - i’m about 15 mins away All done and back on the road. Cheers. Mentioned the fitters as I know there’s a strong country Durham contingent of shiters. Shirley Knott, gm and grogee 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogee Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 Moar Turkish deShite. Rennow neuf Broadway Suzuki SJ (belongs to local tourist centre apparently) Fiat OhNo Dyslexic Viking and Cookiesouwest 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 3 hours ago, bunglebus said: Fuckers permanent in a costal town, if the sea salt doesn't get your underside, the seagull poo gets your paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 Collegue came back from Turkey and I said I'd like pictures of hot babes and fast cars... guess what I got.. Dyslexic Viking and grogee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 4 hours ago, bunglebus said: Why is it as soon as you wash your car, some low-flying bastard shits all over it? Fuckers At least they shat on the glass. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 4 hours ago, Ohdearme said: Bollocks. Sat in Beamish Car Park with a metal shard pissing air out of tyre. Spare not coming out of underside. Anyone got a 5 stud renner wheel with a 225 55 R17 spare? or know a decent mobile fitter? Myself and @gm are only along the road about 3 miles away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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