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[Stevebrookman]

1 hour ago, Split_Pin said:

I remember your pictures of that job 😬

Was a bit restricted for room!!!

[SRi05]

 

 

GOOD BOI

[Split_Pin]

9 minutes ago, SRi05 said:

 

 

GOOD BOI

Superb. Another forum Top Buy I'd say!

[SRi05]

4 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Superb. Another forum Top Buy I'd say!

Aye absolutely, three years with it now. Only needed consumable bits in that time, no major dramas. 

[comfortablynumb]

I'm not an advocator of the policies of violence, but of all the people who are in the public eye, media hungry 'stars' and so on 

they try to shoot Ian hislop???

[Split_Pin]

I've been a taxi that was shot at in Glasgow, for context. 

[comfortablynumb]

26 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

I've been a taxi that was shot at in Glasgow, for context. 

Are you famous? 😁

[Datsuncog]

1 hour ago, comfortablynumb said:

I'm not an advocator of the policies of violence, but of all the people who are in the public eye, media hungry 'stars' and so on 

they try to shoot Ian hislop???

Angus Deayton plays the long game...

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In May 2002, the British tabloid newspaper the News of the World reported he had taken cocaine and had sex with prostitutes. He was ridiculed by Paul Merton and Ian Hislop in the following episode of Have I Got News for You but continued as presenter. 

Angus Deayton - Wikipedia

Merton might want to watch his back too.

[comfortablynumb]

Apparently now he wasn't shot at

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr750d1257mo

As you were... 🙄

[reb]

I met my new upstairs neighbour just now. Seems really nice.

Amusingly she thought the V70 was a 21 reg because apparently nobody knows what a prefix reg looks like anymore.

[Barry Cade]

I was also very disappointed with my 75, although it was beautiful.  A 2.5V6  Connissuer SE  auto monogram. Ride wasn't all that, didn't find the seats very comfy, wasn't as quiet as I expected and was very heavy on fuel. I expected  a smaller S Class, but got a posh Cavalier.

[Zelandeth]

1 hour ago, reb said:

I met my new upstairs neighbour just now. Seems really nice.

Amusingly she thought the V70 was a 21 reg because apparently nobody knows what a prefix reg looks like anymore.

They have fixed it since, but I remember shortly after I moved down here (so ~2014) discovering that I couldn't park in any of the pay & display car parks in Oxford as they wouldn't accept prefix plates as valid!  They demanded that the format was ab12abc.

Was a good couple of years before they finally sorted that.  Not that I go anywhere near Oxford given the choice anyway, but given we lived in Kidlington at the time and the newest car I owned was from 1989 it was kind of annoying!

[Asimo]

Van in pieces:

hoping to fix the water leak which (I hope) was around this loom plug. We shall see.

1 broken screw, 10 snapped clips. 
To get at that connector: Remove wheel, wheel arch liner, wheel arch trim, bumper cover, wing, washer fluid container, awkward steel connector cover-box (pop rivetted to inner wing).

The headlights are out because my gingercator mod hasn’t lasted.

I painted these when it was well below freezing. The same paint has been perfect on the rear indicators. (Both front and rear are the same polycarbonate material)

Reassembly tomorrow.  If this doesn’t fix the leak I’ll be drilling holes in the floor.

[Matts_Rusty_Bus]

8 hours ago, SRi05 said:

Aye absolutely, three years with it now. Only needed consumable bits in that time, no major dramas. 

Glad to see it's still going strong, great MOT result 

 

[grogee]

2 hours ago, Asimo said:

Van in pieces:

hoping to fix the water leak which (I hope) was around this loom plug. We shall see.

1 broken screw, 10 snapped clips. 
To get at that connector: Remove wheel, wheel arch liner, wheel arch trim, bumper cover, wing, washer fluid container, awkward steel connector cover-box (pop rivetted to inner wing).

The headlights are out because my gingercator mod hasn’t lasted.

I painted these when it was well below freezing. The same paint has been perfect on the rear indicators. (Both front and rear are the same polycarbonate material)

Reassembly tomorrow.  If this doesn’t fix the leak I’ll be drilling holes in the floor.

That first pic looks very skull-like. 

Well done getting to the thing that Ford didn't want you to get to. 

I have a bit of a fetish for the Connect, I think they're ace

[wuvvum]

Just realised that last Tuesday was the 20th anniversary of me buying the Volvo 164.

[crad]

corolla still works. used some oil going to the 'port and back, but i think these early vvti engines all burn some oil. or i'm just telling myself that anyway. hopefully getting some boot struts at the 3rd fucking attempt. because when I buy some of course I only want one and not a pair!

needs some things doing, and the throttle cable is part tape, but you know, such is life.

[crad]

oh and check out my seatbelt covers. (not pictured are the two Mitsubishi ones)

Edited October 2 by crad
formatting was awful, shame on me!

[Six-cylinder]

12 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Just realised that last Tuesday was the 20th anniversary of me buying the Volvo 164.

And I nearly got it of you, you have such tempting cars!

[angle]

22 hours ago, Lord Sterling said:

Anyone near Pilning train station? Glovestrains video was suggested to me and I do like occasionally like watching her vids...

I noticed there appears to be a white saloon car, possibly a Ford or Vauxhall, I wonder what it is?

EDIT*

From this angle, it looks like a.Mk2 Cortina:

I did notice that there appears to be a scrapyard or vehicle storage right next to the station. 

I think @pilninggas might be your man, although I'm doing a bit of work up that way at the moment. 

[pilninggas]

7 hours ago, angle said:

I think @pilninggas might be your man, although I'm doing a bit of work up that way at the moment. 

Blimey astonishing spotting @Lord Sterling. That compound used to belong to Alan Coward, but his lot moved up to Chittening 20+ years ago.

I can take a look but cant do it until the weekend, so @angleis welcome to do a recce first.

[Split_Pin]

14 hours ago, Barry Cade said:

expected a smaller S Class, but got a posh Cavalier.

People forget these are Rovers and they were car for someone looking for a bit more luxury than their D-Segment Vectra or Mondeo could provide. That's why people always say they prefer the earlier Honda-based cars, because they portrayed this image without the fancy styling. Remember the episode where Hyacinth Bucket etc al went to a Rolls Royce garage in their Rover 200? That wasn't far off the truth at all.

If they were pitched against top - end 3 series or C class you would have been paying for it, and nobody would have because of the badge.

You must have Top Gear stuck in your head, where they reviewed one at the October 1998 Birmingham Motorshow and compared it to the Jaguar S Type. The latter is a class above and a totally different driving experience.

[wuvvum]

Yes, S Type does ride significantly better than a 75, and I also prefer the handling being RWD.  As you say though, different class of car (and price bracket).  Also the diesel engine in the Rover is brilliant, the 2.7 V6 in the S Type is a bag of shite.  Although a 3-litre petrol S Type is a fantastic machine.

[Mally]

19 hours ago, comfortablynumb said:

Are you famous? 😁

YouTuber  y'know.

[Split_Pin]

Haha I did get some hate in the comments from bitter Rover 75 owners 😂

I gave up with You Tube - a lot more effort to stop and start recording when I'm trying to fix something, for, like, 100 views. The whole platform is in its twilight anyway.

[comfortablynumb]

As I've said before, I usually either look at something thats photo worthy, or do a job, finish and go on to the next thing, and then think ' should have videoed or photod that!'

[tooSavvy]

I 'photod' my Rear Parking Bleepers....

Can't think why 😁

🚙💨

[reb]

Got a lift in mum's new 74 plate Duster today. It is mostly identical to the outgoing 21 plate one, but with a more complicated stereo.

I'm not really sure what the point was if I'm honest. 

[MJK 24]

No obvious issues here, officer….

 

 

[Joey spud]

Another quick job today for a friend of the wife.

A two owner fiat Cinquecento that's done 32,000 miles in its 28 years and a fair few more while being towed behind a Motorhome.

A fuel hose to the filter had turned to jelly and started dripping. I had some decent Gates ethanol proof hose handy so replaced it and any others that looked iffy.

The poor little thing hasn't been cleaned for years and the paint is really dull and chalky but the body hardly has a dink on it the only rust is two plebs on the scuttle.

It drives far better than it looks and is surprisingly nippy around the houses. Give it a good clean and i reckon it wouldn't look out of place at the Fotu top table if thats your thing.