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7,716 · November 18, 2023

13 hours ago, Jenson Velcro said:

Assume this belongs to @Mr_Bo11ox

Pleeease update us on this and the rest of your eclectic fleet.

Ahem! Photo credit? 👀😉😁

November 18, 2023

53 minutes ago, worldofceri said:

Ahem! Photo credit? 👀😉😁

Oops, sorry but in the excitement I forgot. Did you try to persuade @Mr_Bo11ox to update on his exploits?

7,029 · November 18, 2023

5 hours ago, New POD said:

A JiZz ?

Fuck me, how tight is he that he'd make an offer on a car that's only done 1.8k? It would have to be a shit car, for it not to be worth that. I wouldn't be wasting time haggling.

It’s a Perodua being sold in Birkenhead. It’s on Auto Trader.

53,858 · November 18, 2023

7 hours ago, ruffgeezer said:

Speak to the retailer's customer service, they should be able to help you.

Automated online thing for the appeal so I've submitted that with a photo of the car being lifted on to the recovery truck that also shows the recovery company's details on the side. Even though that's about as good proof as you can get that the car was recovered and not driven out, I'm still expecting them to tell me it's not enough and I need to pay the fine. Which I obviously don't intend to do because that would be absurd.

8,593 · November 18, 2023

Yeah we overstayed once and I rang wickes customer service I think it was, after I had explained we very definitely had been looking at kitchens, they got the charge dropped. 😆

31,064 · November 18, 2023

Very much depends on the retailer and who's managing the car park. A few have made a definite point of offloading the handling of parking disputes entirely - B&Q and Asda around here being two examples I know of. The former courtesy of me falling foul of the "No return within 2 hours" stipulation. At a DIY store...talk about biting off your nose to spite your face. Asda someone I know got a fine at when their partner fell ill while in the store and they left in an ambulance (called by the store). Got someone to go and collect the car a few hours later, that fine was also upheld. That was Parking Eye.

Sadly unless you somehow manage get hold of an actual sensible human being you're likely going to be stuck with it. In their faceless, money-grabbing corporate view it's not their fault your vehicle broke down...and is a way they can get money out of you to line their pockets despite circumstances totally outweigh your control. As far as they're concerned, you overstayed and that's that. Why you did it they couldn't care less about.

53,858 · November 18, 2023

We'll just have to see. If I get stuck with it I suppose I could speak to my insurer who were apologetic about keeping me waiting for recovery for so long so maybe they'd help out if it comes to it. Just got to wait and see really.

23,617 · November 18, 2023

It's things like that which makes me glad I left.

Obviously that doesn't outweigh the good things but it's nonsense like that which makes me worry about the way our future generations will come to accept these things as normal.

That's the second time a story of retail woe has got under my skin.

Phil

1,555 · November 18, 2023

30 minutes ago, PhilA said:

It's things like that which makes me glad I left.

Obviously that doesn't outweigh the good things but it's nonsense like that which makes me worry about the way our future generations will come to accept these things as normal.

That's the second time a story of retail woe has got under my skin.

Phil

Is there not an equivalent in the United States of capitalist freedom?

17,333 · November 18, 2023

One tiny step on the mojo recovery plan today. I haven't looked at my cars since August. I got depressed about the ULEZ, my half arsed attempts to sell some of them came to naught and 3 of them decide to break in a short space of time, closely followed by a 4th. I also started to feel a bit overwhelmed by having 6 needy cars (although I did buy a 7th last week but out of ULEZ/commuting necessity)I have hardly been able to look at them in months let alone do any work.

Anyway today I bailed the Estelle out which seems to have taken water onboard since I last looked at it. Finding out from where is for another day. Only a 15 min job but it feels significant and hopefully its a small step on the way to pulling myself out of it and not letting the fleet go under

31,064 · November 18, 2023

20 hours ago, Jenson Velcro said:

Assume this belongs to @Mr_Bo11ox

Pleeease update us on this and the rest of your eclectic fleet.

Okay, I give up...What IS it? Don't often find myself totally stumped and not even able to pin down the maker, but this one has me at a loss.

November 18, 2023

4 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

Okay, I give up...What IS it? Don't often find myself totally stumped and not even able to pin down the maker, but this one has me at a loss.

According to @worldofceri (credit) post it’s a 1978 Mazda 929

31,064 · November 18, 2023

19 minutes ago, Jenson Velcro said:

According to @worldofceri (credit) post it’s a 1978 Mazda 929

That must be one heck of a rarity these days...Must have been in its day, never mind today. Very 80s/early 90s Jag XJ look to the tail lights. Knowing what higher end Jap cars of that era were like it's probably just as if not more comfortable than the aforementioned Jag too.

Hopefully we'll see more of it, I'm curious now. Definitely not a car I've ever seen before, or to be honest realised was a model that even went back that far.

23,567 · November 18, 2023

This is a new one on me:

1971 Bedford MultiCruiser. Parked on a drive near the Western General Infirmary in Edinburgh. StreetView suggests it was in decent condition in 2008 but now it's had most of it's windows/lights smashed and all the loose bits like mirrors, the grille etc snapped off/nicked.

Certainly a weird one and I'm guessing unique and based a CF chassis.

7,716 · November 18, 2023

39 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

Hopefully we'll see more of it…

Here’s a bit more:

23,567 · November 18, 2023

It gives me Japanese vibes

25,622 · November 18, 2023

Some wins today.

Wing mirror glass randomly fell off the XC90 on Tuesday. Amazon delivered a new one yesterday and fitted between rain showers.

Then I did a wheel swap on the 940, as one wheel was damaged and sporting a rather old tyre, whilst the spare was in good condition and had a younger tyre on. Four safe tyres again now, so back in action!

Then jacked the 9000 up to try and find the source of the exhaust blow which has slowly been getting worse, and discovered two small holes which were gun gummed up for now whilst I locate a new section of exhaust…. Or more likely until they fall off again and I remember to locate a new section of exhaust. The 9000 needs a little bit of love as the brake discs need doing, and there is definitely a water leak somewhere too. 😕

18,208 · November 18, 2023

911 engine removal day today. I'll update my thread at some point but here's a couple of pics for now of how the day went.

14,169 · November 18, 2023

1 hour ago, dome said:

911 engine removal day today. I'll update my thread at some point but here's a couple of pics for now of how the day went.

Like a big beetle!

(Bloody glad you were doing it, not me 🫡)

23,617 · November 18, 2023

7 hours ago, DeanH said:

Is there not an equivalent in the United States of capitalist freedom?

The retailers want people to be able to come and use the parking lots.

Difference is the average Walmart parking lot is the size of Oxford.

26,152 · November 19, 2023

3,125 · November 19, 2023

19 hours ago, captain_70s said:

It gives me Japanese vibes

Ha! I was about to say the front end looks very un Japanese to me! The rear and side definitely Japanese however!

3,125 · November 19, 2023

A few interesting cars moved this week. Unlike all the usual modern boxes I’m usually stuck with.

The maroon and black Vauxhall dated from 1926 I think.

53,858 · November 19, 2023

20 hours ago, captain_70s said:

This is a new one on me:

1971 Bedford MultiCruiser. Parked on a drive near the Western General Infirmary in Edinburgh. StreetView suggests it was in decent condition in 2008 but now it's had most of it's windows/lights smashed and all the loose bits like mirrors, the grille etc snapped off/nicked.

Certainly a weird one and I'm guessing unique and based a CF chassis.

Looking for more on that Multicruiser (and only finding that one Multicruiser and shots of it when it was looking decidely healthier, which makes the current state of it very sad), stumbled across this photo. I cannot think of suitable words to describe the action.