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[hairnet]

4 hours ago, 320touring said:

 

 being off my tits 

 

same shit different day no?

[IronStar]

1 hour ago, chaseracer said:

Always! 😎

Even with distinct possibility of heirs telling me to sod off? Unfortunately you can’t just apply for a V5 here, it needs to be a notarized sale, and as owner is dead, it needs to be handed down as part of the estate first, then sold on to get the title.

[chaseracer]

Fair point, but... you'll never know until you give it a go!

[Lord Sterling]

Sigh.... Cars....

ANYWAY. Ma barely uses Micra, so the battery ran out. So a new battery was purchased and a pair of wipers for the Vectra and Jag.

Except, the battery was wrong one

It was too large to fit into the Micras tray, so, had to go back to Halfords and get it exchanged. Poor lady on the desk was having to deal with all sorts.

So back to the Micra and the new battery got fitted. I took it for a blast up and down the road to free off the brakes as it literally hadn't been used for a good month or so.

So, it looks like the Micra will be for sale soon.

Jag;

Except it isn't. I topped it up anyway and it didn't make a difference and light remains. Sod it. Looks like it's a sensor then.

Really? FFS. Now gotta get a new badge. 

[loserone]

1 hour ago, Lord Sterling said:

Micra will be for sale soon.

I'll pay you double the value of all the roffle tickets I sold when you won it 😂

[loserone]

1 hour ago, Lord Sterling said:

 

 

That header tank repair is holding up well, I think that must be ten years old.

[andy18s]

2 hours ago, IronStar said:

Even with distinct possibility of heirs telling me to sod off? Unfortunately you can’t just apply for a V5 here, it needs to be a notarized sale, and as owner is dead, it needs to be handed down as part of the estate first, then sold on to get the title.

Same here. Any family members have to agree on any sale of estate or belongings. 

And anyone showing any interest means any item is obviously worth a gazillion leva....

[brownnova]

On 07/11/2024 at 23:01, wuvvum said:

The sat nav in my Rover 75 (also 2003) works well enough, but it also seems to struggle to read the disc when it's cold and damp.

Gave mine in the Saab a proper go this evening and worked perfectly… pretty much a modern at 2007 though. 

[Surface Rust]

Few more pics from the NEC today, hopefully no duplicates:

I imagine the term scuttle shake was invented shortly after this was finished.

Got a real soft spot for all these round the world relics. Kind of wish I lived in that age of automotive adventure!

Yes, it is a real one!

Great colour!

[hairnet]

12 please

 

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, Surface Rust said:

Few more pics from the NEC today, hopefully no duplicates:

I imagine the term scuttle shake was invented shortly after this was finished.

Got a real soft spot for all these round the world relics. Kind of wish I lived in that age of automotive adventure!

Yes, it is a real one!

Great colour!

Motorway remoulds! Takes me back. Anyone remember Kelly Springfield?

[wuvvum]

Got a few bits done this weekend.  Fitted new cabin filters to the Getz in the hope that it will help stop the car misting up every time it's a bit damp.  It's been pretty dry all weekend here so haven't been able to tell whether it's worked or not.

Backed the Ampera up onto the ramps for a look underneath the back.  It's all solid under there but there's a fair bit of flaky paint.  I gave it a quick jet wash and then started to attack it with the wire brush attachment on the drill, but I obviously forgot to switch the charger on last time I "charged" the drill as the battery ran out after a few minutes.  So that's going to have to wait for another day.  I'm also going to order some more Lanoguard spray as the last bottle I bought has nearly run out.

I did a bit of light dismantling under the bonnet of the Merc and found the source of the minor exhaust blow.

That's the vibration damper bit on the pipe that runs from the turbo to the down pipe.  It's only a little short section but I've not been able to find the part number for a new one - there are a few used ones on eBay though for not too much money, although I have a feeling it might be a bit awkward to fit - the OM642 is rather shoehorned into the C Class engine bay.  It's going to need doing though as eventually the pipe is going to crack all the way round and then the slight whiff of exhaust in the cabin won't be a slight whiff anymore.

That's about all I did on the cars, I rarely get much done this time of year as I get up late and it gets dark early.  I have been having some fun with phones though.  Buoyed by my recent success in resurrecting the two ancient Siemens phones I found in a kitchen drawer that had lain untouched for at least a decade, I decided to dig out all the other old phones I have around the place and see how many of them were able to be brought to life.  This is the result:

23 working mobile phones, and three tablets (one of which I have absolutely no memory of buying).  Which amusingly means I have the same number of phones as I do pushbikes.  I think I may have hoarding issues.  

[paulplom]

Bought a new car with a view to caravanning again. 2.0 diesel auto 4x4. Pretty much top spec and only 95k miles. Just about the right time to buy a caravan too. 

It's amazing what £5k can buy you car wise.

 

[Tenmil Socket]

3 hours ago, paulplom said:

Bought a new car with a view to caravanning again. 2.0 diesel auto 4x4. Pretty much top spec and only 95k miles. Just about the right time to buy a caravan too. 

It's amazing what £5k can buy you car wise.

 

Looks a bargain for £5k!

[richardmorris]

[reb]

11 hours ago, wuvvum said:

What's the one on the bottom row third from the right, with the qwerty keyboard on it?

[richardmorris]

[loserone]

10 minutes ago, reb said:

What's the one on the bottom row third from the right, with the qwerty keyboard on it?

https://amzn.eu/d/f7f0M9V

 

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[Westbay]

Blackberry

[reb]

10 minutes ago, loserone said:

https://amzn.eu/d/f7f0M9V

 

?

I didn't realise they ever made android blackberries with keyboards!

Looking into it they were actually made by TCL (the cheap telly lot) after RIM ceased to be

[richardmorris]

On 11/11/2024 at 11:36, richardmorris said:

Passed, no advisories. Nearly 1000miles this year.

[richardmorris]

TIPO is also at the fiat dealer for a service. 
Apparently one tyre is 70% worn, so that means 30% left to my mind. Brakes are 30% worn and the car is on 24,000miles.

[paulplom]

2 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Looks a bargain for £5k!

It's from a mate's garage and came in as a px. He valeted it, sorted out some laquer peel with a partial respray then sold me it at cost.

[Rustybullethole]

After mucho fight I finally have a non blowing exhaust. Tightening the clamp quickly turned into replacing the backbox as it disintegrated in my hands. The replacement felt good quality (for an off the shelf exhaust) though i noted the tail pipe had a slightly different bend.

Hung donkey spec. Yep that scrapes. 

[artdjones]

15 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Motorway remoulds! Takes me back. Anyone remember Kelly Springfield?

Nothing wrong with Kellys! They were the second line Goodyears, with Lee the budget option.

[wuvvum]

3 hours ago, reb said:

I didn't realise they ever made android blackberries with keyboards!

Looking into it they were actually made by TCL (the cheap telly lot) after RIM ceased to be

The one directly above it is also an Android BlackBerry (a Priv), but that one has a slidey-out keyboard.

I actually prefer that setup as it gives a bigger screen and doesn't increase the thickness too massively, but the Priv runs a rather ancient version of Android and updates are becoming a challenge.

And the one to the left of that is a BlackBerry Classic, which runs the final version of the BlackBerry OS which is compatible with Google Play Store, so you can (or could when it was a bit newer) download Android apps onto it.

[wuvvum]

On the subject of slidey-out QWERTY keyboards, the Nokia and the Sony Ericsson in the next row up are also both thus equipped, although they slide out sideways rather than downwards.

In case it wasn't obvious, I like a physical keyboard...

[grogee]

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

Nokia

I had that Nokia. Haven't had another since. 

It did this thing where it filled up its internal memory with shite and then would be very flaky, freeze, not be able to answer calls etc. Even a factory reset wouldn't fix it. And it wouldn't let you move stuff onto the SD card to free up internal memory. 

[hairnet]

17 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Got a few bits done this weekend.  Fitted new cabin filters to the Getz in the hope that it will help stop the car misting up every time it's a bit damp.  It's been pretty dry all weekend here so haven't been able to tell whether it's worked or not.

Backed the Ampera up onto the ramps for a look underneath the back.  It's all solid under there but there's a fair bit of flaky paint.  I gave it a quick jet wash and then started to attack it with the wire brush attachment on the drill, but I obviously forgot to switch the charger on last time I "charged" the drill as the battery ran out after a few minutes.  So that's going to have to wait for another day.  I'm also going to order some more Lanoguard spray as the last bottle I bought has nearly run out.

I did a bit of light dismantling under the bonnet of the Merc and found the source of the minor exhaust blow.

That's the vibration damper bit on the pipe that runs from the turbo to the down pipe.  It's only a little short section but I've not been able to find the part number for a new one - there are a few used ones on eBay though for not too much money, although I have a feeling it might be a bit awkward to fit - the OM642 is rather shoehorned into the C Class engine bay.  It's going to need doing though as eventually the pipe is going to crack all the way round and then the slight whiff of exhaust in the cabin won't be a slight whiff anymore.

That's about all I did on the cars, I rarely get much done this time of year as I get up late and it gets dark early.  I have been having some fun with phones though.  Buoyed by my recent success in resurrecting the two ancient Siemens phones I found in a kitchen drawer that had lain untouched for at least a decade, I decided to dig out all the other old phones I have around the place and see how many of them were able to be brought to life.  This is the result:

23 working mobile phones, and three tablets (one of which I have absolutely no memory of buying).  Which amusingly means I have the same number of phones as el chapo 

 

[IronStar]

3 hours ago, wuvvum said:

The one directly above it is also an Android BlackBerry (a Priv), but that one has a slidey-out keyboard.

I actually prefer that setup as it gives a bigger screen and doesn't increase the thickness too massively, but the Priv runs a rather ancient version of Android and updates are becoming a challenge.

And the one to the left of that is a BlackBerry Classic, which runs the final version of the BlackBerry OS which is compatible with Google Play Store, so you can (or could when it was a bit newer) download Android apps onto it.

I remember how badly I wanted BB Priv when it was new, but couldn’t possibly afford it back then. Touch screens and keyboards have really come a long way since, and it’s much nicer to use that interface than small physical keyboard.