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[HarmonicCheeseburger]

Anyone else had issues with P2 V70's sticking rear wiper?

[beko1987]

On 16/10/2024 at 20:57, w00dy said:

Partner's sister was after a cheap car that's CAZ complaint, not too big but with decent space. Keen to avoid remote car buying and being messed around I decided it was easier to spend the day travelling across the country to pick this up from @BeEP. Much like the V70 T5 I bought from him years back, it's a great little motor. Made it back no problems whatsoever. It likes to pitch about a bit on a undulating country road so you really have to hang on, not sure if that's old dampers or by design though!

 

 

It even came with a free colour-matched CD

They are a bit wallowy, we had one when my daughter was born (pram fitted in it better) 

Their just a corsa c underneath. I hated the ex's tbh, hated driving it, hated how it felt, hated how it handled. But I only drove it rarely, she liked it and it was very reliable, and easy and cheap to work on. 

 

[DeanH]

10 hours ago, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

Anyone else had issues with P2 V70's sticking rear wiper?

Easily solved with a trip to knowsley safari park

[Metal Guru]

23 hours ago, lesapandre said:

36 miles with 27 Junctions? It's not really a 'motorway' is it? More like an urban ring road.

That’s the trouble with all our motorways anywhere near a city (which is most of it).

[lesapandre]

Yes. Roads which were never designed as commuter routes are...commuter routes.

[richardmorris]

[Lord Sterling]

To join in with the all the good MoT passes that we seem to be having on here recently, my Jag also passed it's MoT without any advisories. Amazing!

Well chuffed.

When I dropped it off there I had to walk for a bit to the local Tesco to catch a bus home. Spotted a few things on the way:

 

[richardmorris]

[barefoot]

^ pah

Here's a better looking car 

And some new, news!

[richardmorris]

[junkyarddog]

^^^^^^That's an interesting bit of kit!!

[richardmorris]

7 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

^^^^^^That's an interesting bit of kit!!

Something out of thunderbirds

[richardmorris]

7ft guy watching is either bodyguard or American football player .

[lesapandre]

1 hour ago, junkyarddog said:

^^^^^^That's an interesting bit of kit!!

One free with every JLR vehicle.

[lesapandre]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

7ft guy watching is either bodyguard or American football player .

That's actually two people- one operates the head and arms -another the legs.

[goosey]

Helping my son out today, he was moving a friends Jimny as it’s going in for some serious body and chassis repairs 

[Snake Charmer]

3 hours ago, lesapandre said:

That's actually two people- one operates the head and arms -another the legs.

I'm going to forward that to my stepson, he's 7'1"". 🤣

[somewhatfoolish]

Three children in a raincoat and trilby.

[MJK 24]

I don’t think you’ll need a tacho in a Corsa?

 

[wuvvum]

6 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Bloody hell, that thing must have some serious ballast in the yellow bit...

[dozeydustman]

First FTP in the 205 today with a snapped clutch cable. Managed to buy an assortment of bowden cable ends and bodge something with a little help from one of the streetscene guys to get me home. New cable ordered for £13 which is supposedly correct.

[richardmorris]

15 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Bloody hell, that thing must have some serious ballast in the yellow bit...

It’s very impressive- the controller has a remote box like a PlayStation with joysticks. It doesn’t live here as I’d have seen it before- seems to be a specialist recovery outfit.  I spent half an hour looking at it whilst ignoring work. My mechanic friend tells me there are a handful in the country: one delivered an h van to him in weybridge earlier in the year

[LightBulbFun]

9 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

It’s very impressive- the controller has a remote box like a PlayStation with joysticks. It doesn’t live here as I’d have seen it before- seems to be a specialist recovery outfit.  I spent half an hour looking at it whilst ignoring work. My mechanic friend tells me there are a handful in the country: one delivered an h van to him in weybridge earlier in the year

Looks like it would be ideal for shuttling cars about the FoD, especially with it on tracks  

[richardmorris]

13 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said:

Looks like it would be ideal for shuttling cars about the FoD, especially with it on tracks  

I agree. See if @Six-cylinder agrees.  I suspect he prefers manual slave labour. Give me a minute and I’ll google the maker.

 

 

https://www.trackedmachines.com/towtracken/

 

 

 

 

 

 

[SiC]

55 minutes ago, MJK 24 said:

I don’t think you’ll need a tacho in a Corsa?

 

Presumably the RR broke down while towing the Corsa?

[stuboy]

Highlight of my day was changing indicator bulb on a Renault master...had intermittent double flash on left turn.. changed front.. no difference and so changed the rear from what look like a new bulb to a 'new' bulb this cured the faulty flash

[N19]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

I agree. See if @Six-cylinder agrees.  I suspect he prefers manual slave labour. Give me a minute and I’ll google the maker.

 

 

https://www.trackedmachines.com/towtracken/

 

 

 

 

 

 

What sort of uses is this for? I thought that automatics could be towed for a short distance if in neutral (e.g. to get them to a safe place to load onto the back of a recovery lorry)?

[richardmorris]

11 minutes ago, N19 said:

What sort of uses is this for? I thought that automatics could be towed for a short distance if in neutral (e.g. to get them to a safe place to load onto the back of a recovery lorry)?

I suspect it’s for vehicles with dead gearboxes. The lambo had a front end crash and the h van my friend worked on had a seized manual box. I was actually busy today ( despite taking photos )so couldn’t go out to ask. Plus mr7ft jack reacher was a bit scary.

[NorthernMonkey]

They’re used primarily for recovering dead vehicles from multi story and underground car parks where you can’t get a normal slide bed. They’re also handy for recoveries from down tight lanes, driveways and other tricky locations.

They can be transported to scene on a flatbed, deployed to pick up the vehicle then loaded back onto the truck whilst still with the recovered car on board.

There’s actually quite a few in use…I know at least three local recovery companies that have them and the company I work for have financed quite a lot of them.

[Yoss]

6 hours ago, lesapandre said:

That's actually two people- one operates the head and arms -another the legs.

 

2 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Three children in a raincoat and trilby.