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[High Jetter]

5 hours ago, RetroShite said:

I went and picked up the Rover 416 today. It's surprisingly nice to drive.

That looks interesting. Which engine?

[wuvvum]

27 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

That looks interesting. Which engine?

Didn't all the 1.6-litre R8s get the Reliable Honda Engine™?

[Wibble]

Yes, I believe so.

[High Jetter]

R, you're probably right. It's a long way norf tho...

[lesapandre]

"when I got to the car park exit they were stood there waiting to watch me drive off..."

Bit spooky... 

I'm never too happy myself to be seen as public property - I'd make a terrible celebrity - I don't know how they stand it - the money I suppose.

[Split_Pin]

8 hours ago, Ghosty said:

The Cav is quite reliant on its cooling fan. It sits at 90 which is the centre of the gauge, but when stationary at temp it pretty quickly climbs up to 100, the fan kicks in then puts it back down to 90, repeat ad nauseum.

Is that normal? Not had a car like that before.

Completely normal, they get hot very quickly in stationery traffic and the gauge is very active. All 3 of my Cavs did that and so did my Vectra B. Nothing to worry about.

[RetroShite]

10 hours ago, High Jetter said:

That looks interesting. Which engine?

[Brodders]

2 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Completely normal, they get hot very quickly in stationery traffic and the gauge is very active. All 3 of my Cavs did that and so did my Vectra B. Nothing to worry about.

Same here, my Omega does exactly the same. Nothing to worry about from my experience (even if a little alarming at first.)

[Dick Longbridge]

This one was around for a while although looks to have been weighed in a couple of years back. 

 

[Split_Pin]

I seem to recall 'Project Nigel' had one on his channel but I stopped following him about 6 months ago so couldn't confirm. He kept saying he'd never sell this one but did in the end.

Edit: It's not the same one at all.

[stuboy]

Yesterday... £2 spent at the boot fair.... record Stilton things.. brake spanner cause it has my surname....and obligatory 10mm...

[Ghosty]

18 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Didn't all the 1.6-litre R8s get the Reliable Honda Engine™?

No. Bubble dash cars have a K. 

[Six-cylinder]

18 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Didn't all the 1.6-litre R8s get the Reliable Honda Engine™?

My R reg convertible was K series.

[brownnova]

If you went to either of the last two shitefest you might have seen this near the campsite on a driveway. Here it is in all its glory… 

(Not spotted by me sadly…) 

[wesacosa]

I may be late to the party on this, but the rather good classic.retro.modern mag is (now?) on Readly

[The Vicar]

Picked this up today brand new off the forecourt on behalf of my employer. 1.0 petrol 7 seater; €24,000 out the door with a bottle of wine and air freshener on the passenger seat. No negotiations, no trade ins. There were about 5 other people picking up identical examples at the same time as me. 

Not very shite but an interesting experience all the same. I never would have guessed that it was a 1.0, I initially thought it to be a 1.5/1.6 by how it drove. Feels surprisingly well put together too

[SiC]

3 hours ago, stuboy said:

brake spanner cause it has my surname

Superslim?

[stuboy]

Just now, SiC said:

Superslim?

off course..

[loserone]

3 hours ago, stuboy said:

 record Stilton things.. 

 

Made of cheese?

[stuboy]

Good news today, galaxy passed mot with only handful of advisories..

[GMcD]

Beautiful morning so decided to take the Saab to work. Probably coming of the road at the end of the week so I can start taking it to bits.

Then I went home and finished what I started yesterday and lobbed sand on the now clean drive. Put far too much on, took ages to brush off. But done.

Now burst. 

[MrGTI6]

29 minutes ago, stuboy said:

Good news today, galaxy passed mot with only handful of advisories..

Good news! 

I'm assuming either the rules have been changed or a very lenient tester based on the spacing on the plates! 🤣

[artdjones]

4 hours ago, stuboy said:

Yesterday... £2 spent at the boot fair.... record Stilton things.. brake spanner cause it has my surname....and obligatory 10mm...

Nice 10mm, a good deep jaw.

[artdjones]

1 hour ago, The Vicar said:

Picked this up today brand new off the forecourt on behalf of my employer. 1.0 petrol 7 seater; €24,000 out the door with a bottle of wine and air freshener on the passenger seat. No negotiations, no trade ins. There were about 5 other people picking up identical examples at the same time as me. 

Not very shite but an interesting experience all the same. I never would have guessed that it was a 1.0, I initially thought it to be a 1.5/1.6 by how it drove. Feels surprisingly well put together too

Does it have a spare wheel?

[wuvvum]

3 hours ago, The Vicar said:

Picked this up today brand new off the forecourt on behalf of my employer. 

 

New popemobile?

[The Vicar]

8 hours ago, wuvvum said:

New popemobile?

The Holy Father prefers a much more humble Fiat 500X in a fetching shade of doom blue 

two of these will eventually permanently replace a 98 t4 minibus belonging to a college. Two of them are about half the price of a new Transporter bus apparently!

[3VOM]

14 hours ago, The Vicar said:

Picked this up today brand new off the forecourt on behalf of my employer.

I too had visions of His Holiness scanning donedeal.ie and going "That's a f***king bargain, who have we got in the area who can pick one up for me?"

[TheOtherStu]

I don't know if anyone else watched it last night, but the new Wheeler Dealers series started with a Pug 205 Rallye.
What I didn't realise was quite how startling the prices are now for pretty much any Pez Pug.

I mean, the one they got, whilst it was generally in good shape rust wise, they felt they got a bargain for a heavily underpowered 1.4 engine with some rotten paintwork, 2 broken bumpers and a scabby interior.

Is this going to be the new Mk1 Escort? Is it time to hide your genuine GTIs in the garage?

[grogee]

Mrs Grogee sent me this pic yesterday. Initially I thought she was taking the piss but when she got home she said 'no, I think it looks cool'. 

Personally I think that's grounds for divorce, don't you? 

Look at the state of it! Barried T4, shit German font plates, Halfords GTI badge and lame A-Team stripes. What a throbber

[Jazoli]

24 minutes ago, grogee said:

Mrs Grogee sent me this pic yesterday. Initially I thought she was taking the piss but when she got home she said 'no, I think it looks cool'. 

Personally I think that's grounds for divorce, don't you? 

Look at the state of it! Barried T4, shit German font plates, Halfords GTI badge and lame A-Team stripes. What a throbber

to be fair it just looks like every other 'individual' T/4/5/6, also can't see if its been lowered and had shit wheels put on it to further ruin the driving 'experience'