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[richardmorris]

I’ve just seen the fiat beast of Turin go up on their YouTube page. It’s a favourite of mine for being so ridiculous,

 

 

 

[eddyramrod]

1 hour ago, wesacosa said:

couple of photo highlights from Goodwood yesterday . The mk1 Polo was exquisite 

 

I would have given that post a Like, because there was so much to like in it, but... it was a mk1 Polo that wrote off my lovely triple-black Princess in 1991.  So no, no Likey.  Can't do it.

[stuboy]

Another sunny day in Gillingham assessing people's driving..

[Metal Guru]

3 hours ago, stuboy said:

Another sunny day in Gillingham assessing people's driving..

Costa del Mudway looking as inviting as ever.

[dollywobbler]

Bought a Perodua Kenari at last. £200. Bought in Bicester, drove it straight to The Netherlands. Hit 1000 miles in it after a week.

Proper bonny little thing. Happy at motorway speeds though wind noise is hilariously awful.

Even took it back to the original dealer on my way home.

The really odd thing is that it turns out it was owned by the grandad of a Facebook friend, who I'm friends with because his uncle owned my old Nippa!

The Kenari was owned by gramps 2007-2011 when he passed away, so the Kenari was actually sold by this dealership in 2004, 2007 and 2012. It ended up in a scrapyard because it needed a wheel bearing. Previous owner to me saved it, did 10,000 miles in a year and then replaced it with a Daihatsu Hijet. It is still on only 48,500 miles. A proper slab of Autoshite.

MOT next week. Hoping it isn't as rotten underneath as the previous MOT suggests.

[Spottedlaurel]

1 minute ago, dollywobbler said:

Even took it back to the original dealer on my way home.

They're still going?! That's great if so.

My Laurel came from them, part-ex'd against a Perodua of some sort! I rang him up a year or two later and he was kind enough to send me the original V5 that he'd kept for some reason. Said he never get involved with scrappage, good man. Seems to actually like cars, I bet he's had some amazing stuff go through his hands.

[dollywobbler]

Just about I'd say. The buildings are only just hanging in there. Appeared to be one bloke in the garage doing everything so I didn't linger.

[Soundwave]

Shopping around for insurance quotes for my Rover. Cheapest so far is £173, which is better than my renewal. Most expensive? Well... 

Going to go out on a limb here and say Hiscox would rather not insure me. Either that or they're expecting me to cause some serious devastation in my giffer spec 216.

[richardmorris]

Took the x1/9 out for a walk. Going to try lanoguard on it later.

[Joey spud]

11 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

Costa del Mudway looking as inviting as ever.

I'll admit that that area by the Strand has a certain charm to it.

But the river Medway looks just fine opposite it on my side.

[4wheeledstool]

Another one nearing completion. 

Next up is a white one, followed by a Ford Corsair. 👍

[Keymaster]

With the 307 seemingly unsellable l've pulled the advert and will keep it for time being. Today I improved it a bit  by replacing the blown rear speakers. Easy job, just 30 mins to do both sides, including a brew break. 

[richardmorris]

Well I'm certainly not going to rust now, and the car smells of wet sheep! 

Nice to use though, and overspray can be wiped offwith a soapy microfiber cloth.

[Matty]

3 hours ago, 4wheeledstool said:

Another one nearing completion. 

Next up is a white one, followed by a Ford Corsair. 👍

Tell me more

[junkyarddog]

Nice day for it. 

Lough Derg for those interested. 

[hairnet]

Fecker

I ride past the southern end of that tomorrow

[Split_Pin]

On 12/07/2024 at 14:04, grogee said:

I got Maestro-stalked by a van driver. 

He said: "I saw you in the high street and just had to follow you!" 

It's really quite sweet I suppose, anyway he stopped and had a chat about his Maestro memories and showed me a picture of his Escort convertible ( @Cavcraft's folly).

Anyway it's flattering to be followed because of old shite, I'm sure it's happened to you lot as well. 

I was followed home by someone when I was in my Cavalier once. They sat at the end of my driveway  and stared until I got out.

He just wanted to chat but the joke was on him because I knew where he lived and went on to talk to him about the Mitsubishi Carisma he used to drive about in and was languishing in his drive at the time.

[stuboy]

No idea what this is at the auction.

[Westbay]

It's a Berkeley

[louiepj]

We have accidentally become a Mégane family!

[lesapandre]

5 hours ago, Westbay said:

It's a Berkeley

You buy it - and when it breaks immediately after you have paid you say....'WHY ME' 🤣

[lesapandre]

Stumbled on a small car show here in France yesterday. One or two more unusual cars...Couple of interesting Simcas:

One slightly later than the other with different dash and detailing. Never seen one of these at a show before.

Citroen Axel:

This was in everyday use. Like most older cars in France these days on 'collectors' black and silver plates.

Some more:

Unusual Ford to see in the UK - but this Consul is a LHD export model:

Defender run by the local fire service:

[lesapandre]

On 13/07/2024 at 10:35, Soundwave said:

Shopping around for insurance quotes for my Rover. Cheapest so far is £173, which is better than my renewal. Most expensive? Well... 

Going to go out on a limb here and say Hiscox would rather not insure me. Either that or they're expecting me to cause some serious devastation in my giffer spec 216.

Which site do you use?

[Soundwave]

21 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

Which site do you use?

Initially I compared some meerkats, cheapest quote from them came from MotorVision. When following up that quote, turns out MotorVision itself is a small comparison site rather than an actual insurance company, and the daft quote came up on their site alongside the cheap one.

[brownnova]

Post Shite-fest I popped into a car show, as I simply hadn’t had enough old car shenanigans! 

At Shitefest last night I was talking with some Shiters about my old MG Midget which I still see about occasionally… and today was one of those days as it turned up at this show!

[junkyarddog]

Took the shitbox Jetta to a show today,

Did about 200 miles in all.

Shiny Jetta isn't mine😁

Well that's a load of bull!!

[lesapandre]

23 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

Took the shitbox Jetta to a show today,

Did about 200 miles in all.

Shiny Jetta isn't mine😁

Well that's a load of bull!!

I think that's a Ford Heffer.

[richardmorris]

20 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

I think that's a Ford Heffer.

 

[richardmorris]

@Six-cylinder

[High Jetter]

4 hours ago, lesapandre said:

I think that's a Ford Heffer.

No, it's older, a Cownsul.