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[Westbay]

2 hours ago, Angrydicky said:

That BX estate of many shiters, E79 EPN, has resurfaced on FB marketplace.

Unfortunately, ruined by being painted matt black (the kiss of death for cars)

Marketplace – 1988 Citroen bx | Facebook

'Citroen bx 1988 1.9d runs and drives fine gear selector a bit sloppy but still drivable suspension works fine could do with some more fluid in but still works fine logbook here in my name has 11 month mot not in no rush to sell it I’d be using it but can’t insure it so no point it just standing here can come with a lode of spare parts if wanted'

£900. In Bishop Auckland.

 

how easy/difficult is it to remove the paint ?

 

[tooSavvy]

2 hours ago, loserone said:

A couple of pics from when I drove it up North (an hour and a half north of this)

Oh...... THAT sign, eh 😉

🚙💨

[Dyslexic Viking]

Haven't been in town for a while and the Christmas stuff has already arrived in the stores, I'm guessing it's the same at yours @Datsuncog ?

[Dyslexic Viking]

5 hours ago, loserone said:

@dollywobbler has pointed out that the chap who matt-blacked it also brought it back from the dead.  

 

I wish it hadn't been painted but as long as it hasn't been done to cover up bad body work I don't see it as a problem as I could always have painted it a different color myself so could others so I don't see it as a death sentence for the car.

Edit.

The intention was to quote several posts about the BX.

Edited October 30 by Dyslexic Viking

[barefoot]

Back in about 1912, my grandfather was a professional footballer and played for England in South Africa. Whilst there he visited a diamond mine where he found 'the Richards rubies'. Stored in an ornate wooden box for more than a century, this priceless heirloom finally came into my possession recently and this morning I took them to a respected jeweller of my acquaintance who confirmed that they are in fact, little red pebbles. I suspect I'll tell no-one of this shocking revelation and leave them in my will to my favourite niece. 

[Burnside]

Another years MOT on the Stilo today with a clean pass too. Much relief!

[dozeydustman]

I was at Beaulieu. I spotted a mistake in the exhibition of screen used cars. The Gavin and Stacy Saxo had the wrong engine capacity (1580cc instead of the correct 1587 of a 1.6 TU)

however there was something much more my cup of tea

The Dalek thankfully didn’t zap me.

Then someone told their kids this was a ‘Robin Reliant’ and I wanted to kick him hard in the ballbag for his heinous crime.

Mrs Dustman tries an Allegro for size

I saw this on display in a caravan and thought it would actually be a nice luncheon

Pick of the cars I’d take home would be this lovely old Humber Imperial.

You can keep your rollers etc.

 

[dozeydustman]

Oh, and in addition someone else called the RT bus a Leyland Routemaster.

 

[Andyrew]

I've tinkered with 2 friends VW Golf's this past week, a mk2 gti and a mk4

The mk2 was just a dog with plastic so brittle that a light stare would break it

Mk4 has stuck front and rear door actuators

What a colossal heap of shit design, absolutely wank. Advice from a Vw specialist was smash the fucker out. 

Golf's suck

 

[chadders]

My Mk2 GTi was the best car I've ever had.

Mind you I had it from new so I've no idea how plastics would age.

[dozeydustman]

Now at a comedy night in the new forest. 

please excuse the wife she’s had a drink. T-shirt courtesy of the @RetroShite shop.

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, Andyrew said:

Mk4 has stuck front and rear door actuators

My uncle had that problem on his Mk6 estate so obviously they never bothered to sort it.

2 hours ago, dozeydustman said:

Pick of the cars I’d take home would be this lovely old Humber Imperial.

 

 

Coachwork by Thrupp & Maberley.

3 hours ago, Burnside said:

Another years MOT on the Stilo today with a clean pass too. Much relief!

Bloody good cars those.  Apart from decomposing buttons on the dash.

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, chadders said:

My Mk2 GTi was the best car I've ever had.

Mind you I had it from new so I've no idea how plastics would age.

Dog indicating left? 

[catsinthewelder]

14 hours ago, Westbay said:

how easy/difficult is it to remove the paint ?

 

Fairly sure the paint underneath isn't pretty.

[junkyarddog]

5 hours ago, Andyrew said:

The mk2 was just a dog with plastic so brittle that a light stare would break it

Not something I've ever encountered on mine,apart from the scuttle drip tray,those are pretty shit.

My 205 on the other hand gives me fear to touch the plastics on!

[Angrydicky]

22 hours ago, Westbay said:

how easy/difficult is it to remove the paint ?

 

Depends if any prep was done. Usually the kind of muppets who paint a car like that don’t bother prepping, they just slap it on. 
It’ll probably come off with a pressure washer.

It would look 100x better back in its original paint, even if it is knackered.

[comfortablynumb]

13 hours ago, dozeydustman said:

The Dalek thankfully didn’t zap me.

Point of order Mr chairman.

Daleks don't zap, they "EXTERMINATE!!"

# Pedantic 😁

 

[Metal Guru]

17 hours ago, dozeydustman said:

I was at Beaulieu. I spotted a mistake in the exhibition of screen used cars. The Gavin and Stacy Saxo had the wrong engine capacity (1580cc instead of the correct 1587 of a 1.6 TU)

however there was something much more my cup of tea

The Dalek thankfully didn’t zap me.

Then someone told their kids this was a ‘Robin Reliant’ and I wanted to kick him hard in the ballbag for his heinous crime.

Mrs Dustman tries an Allegro for size

I saw this on display in a caravan and thought it would actually be a nice luncheon

Pick of the cars I’d take home would be this lovely old Humber Imperial.

You can keep your rollers etc.

 

Agree with Robin Reliant, but objecting to a 7 cc discrepancy  in Gavin’s Saxo, probably makes you Anorak of the Year.

[dozeydustman]

2 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

Agree with Robin Reliant, but objecting to a 7 cc discrepancy  in Gavin’s Saxo, probably makes you Anorak of the Year.

You would have thought a museum would have been spot on though? 

[dozeydustman]

9 hours ago, comfortablynumb said:

Point of order Mr chairman.

Daleks don't zap, they "EXTERMINATE!!"

# Pedantic 😁

 

The also annihilate, conquer and destroy 

I have heard either in the series or a Big Finish the term ‘Zap’ for the description of a Dalek extermination.

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, dozeydustman said:

The also annihilate, conquer and destroy 

I have heard either in the series or a Big Finish the term ‘Zap’ for the description of a Dalek extermination.

And still steps defeat them. (Not the band, love to see them in front of a Dalek though). 

[LightBulbFun]

5 hours ago, dozeydustman said:

You would have thought a museum would have been spot on though? 

https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co127550/invacar-invalid-carriage

Quote

The Invacar is now banned from British roads for safety reasons. 

(I do hope you kicked whoever said "Leyland Routemaster" to that RT in the Bollocks also)

[richardmorris]

46 minutes ago, Metal Guru said:

And still steps defeat them. (Not the band, love to see them in front of a Dalek though). 

No, they’ve been able to levitate since silvester McKoys time as dr who.

[adw1977]

8 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

Anorak of the Year

A great accolade on this forum!

[artdjones]

22 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

My 205 on the other hand gives me fear to touch the plastics on!

If you break any I have a fair number of them out in the shed. 

[dozeydustman]

2 hours ago, richardmorris said:

No, they’ve been able to levitate since silvester McKoys time as dr who.

Sorry, Colin Baker’s dalek story had an hovering dalek </nerd>

[dozeydustman]

3 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

I do hope you kicked whoever said "Leyland Routemaster" to that RT in the Bollocks also)

I felt like doing so

[dozeydustman]

49 minutes ago, artdjones said:

If you break any I have a fair number of them out in the shed. 

Do you have any phase 1 interior bits?

[Zelandeth]

5 hours ago, dozeydustman said:

The also annihilate, conquer and destroy 

I have heard either in the series or a Big Finish the term ‘Zap’ for the description of a Dalek extermination.

I was literally watching that (or rather the animated recreation of it) story this afternoon... it's a small world sometimes!

This afternoon I actually drove the Volvo for the first time in at least a couple of weeks.  Goodness it felt like I was piloting (and trying to park) a small country!

[comfortablynumb]

My kids think it's hilarious when I say that the daleks were the scariest thing on telly, as in 'hide behind the sofa ' scary ( ok, I was only about 4!)

What annoys me more than anything is the fact that as soon as the Dr Who ratings drop, they roll out either the daleks, or the Cybermen, regardless of how many times they've annihilated them in a previous episode.

Not that I watch it any more, or any other television for that matter.