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[steve_earwig]

Oh! Sweet Nice plate too.

[dollywobbler]

OMG! UR GONNA DIE! Swing axle mayhem. (looks lovely though!)

[holbeck]

bmw01 by holbeck251, on Flickr

 

Curse you Mr Scooters, I hadn't even considered owning one until you disposed of yours.

 

Yep, I had Rob's one off him. Selling it was a big mistake. I considered asking Philibusmo to sell it back to me when he was trying to raise cash recently!

[The Moog]

Came out from work earlier to find the fans running on peugeot. Popped bonnet and removed the grill. Looks like one of the relays is already fucked and constantly open. Swapped them around and it is fine

 

I think i need to redo the wiring and move the relays to into the engine bay, perhaps inside a tupperware box or similar to protect them. Bollocks.

 

Also now need to change glowplugs and check injectors not leaking.

[wuvvum]

The Mk1s are the best looking of the GT6s (imho).  Never driven one so can't comment on whether their reputation for OMGLIFTOFFOVERSTEER is deserved or not.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

I swallowed a 32 gig microSD card. Dont ask me how, Im not even sure myself.

 

Don't worry, soon it will C: and you'll get it back. 

 

*takes a bow*

[mrbenn]

I swallowed a 32 gig microSD card. Dont ask me how, Im not even sure myself.

 

You'll download it soon.

[Jim Bergerac]

That Triumph looks well fit. I demand more pics.

[michael1703]

The Mk1s are the best looking of the GT6s (imho).  Never driven one so can't comment on whether their reputation for OMGLIFTOFFOVERSTEER is deserved or not.

Wet roundabouts at speed are a challenge

[philibusmo]

Collecting my new chod today - I'll write it up on here when done but for LIVE CHOD COLLECTION FEED keep an eye on my twitter account today @PMozzy

 

https://twitter.com/PMozzy

[HillmanImp]

This would be a GR8 day to go outside and do the welding on the GT6 but it is also a GR8 day to go to the pub.

 

The prospect of waking up with a steaming hangover tomorrow and the missus being upset with me for something I can't remember saying or doing seems like the better option for some reason. Odd how my mind works. No point fighting it though.

[richardmorris]

Just fitted Visa door pockets to the 2CV - bought at last month's French National.

 

Then going for a drive into work in it overtook a 63 plate bmw 5 series that was doing 25 mph and about to be overtaken by the guy on the bike I had just passed. Queue flashing of lights and beeps on the horn - why? The limit is 50 and nothing coming the other way. I waved anyway - friendly wave, not Vulcan hello. What is it with owners of new bmws and audis - are their man bits so small they can't stand being overtaken by a 2CV (or a bicycle)?

[Shep Shepherd]

Received these Volvo pin badges in the post today from a fellow enthusiast:

 

 

He only wanted the price of a first class stamp for them, but I gave him a fiver, as the one on the left is about 50 years old

[The Moog]

Fitted new glow plugs to pug. Hasn't made any difference to white smoke.so will ignore it for now.

 

Whilst i was there i noticed a crack in the pipe to a small black canister. Looking closer the prong had snapped off. For now i have bypassed this. I looked online and consensus is that it is to do with bleeding air and only used in some 405s.

[twosmoke300]

Dirty old bong ?

[cort16]

Collecting my new chod today - I'll write it up on here when done but for LIVE CHOD COLLECTION FEED keep an eye on my twitter account today @PMozzy

 

https://twitter.com/PMozzy

So? Avantime friend ?

[richardmorris]

Isn't white smoke water not diesel?

[messerschmitt owner]

white smoke after winding the starter for ages to get the bastarding thing to start is unburnt diesel!

[dollywobbler]

Gah. I've just found a BX for sale. In Wales. In my favourite BX colour (Olympic Blue). In my favourite spec (DTR Turbo, or TRD Turbo in other markets). It's pretty cheap too. Anyone want a Maestro van?

[steve_earwig]

TRD Turbo in other markets

I wonder why they didn't call it that in the UK...

[richardmorris]

My language skills were just about up to explaining that to some French friends one 2cv French meeting  when I turned up in my CX DTR Turbo. Oh how they laughed!

[philibusmo]

So? Avantime friend ?

AVANTIME FRIEND!

 

[richardmorris]

Have you talked to him calmly and called the friendly people in white coats?

[cort16]

AVANTIME FRIEND!

 

I love mine it's flippin awesome. Everything just so quirky on them.

[phil_lihp]

That, sir, is a driveway full of win.  What is that lurking behind the Supra though?

[philibusmo]

Have you worked out how to use the radio, or the cruise control?

 

I spent the majority of my 2 hours journey back trying to get it to find Radio 1 (good, radio 1 is shit lololololol) but it just found Heart FM repeatedly, then Radio Wiltshire, then Radio 4 and then Heart FM multiple times again.

[philibusmo]

That, sir, is a driveway full of win.  What is that lurking behind the Supra though?

A Mk1 1 MR2 with a borked radiator.

 

I was meant to go on a track day yesterday - but shat out the content of its radiator on Thursday. I took the Lancia Y10 as planned, my dad took the Supra instead of his MR2. The Supra now has almost non existent brakes and I was trying so hard in the Lancia that I ripped most of the tread clean off one of the front tyres and the front suspension fell apart a bit.

 

Full details on my motoring based weekend will be written up tomorrow.

[cort16]

The radio takes some finessing . I don't think I have cruise control. I bought a dab thing today that broadcasts fm so I can listen to 6 musics and jazz hands fm.

What spec is yours (the spec badge is inside the top centre bin obviously )? mine is a dynamique.

[philibusmo]

Privilege; which I think is top spec.

 

I have the usual electric windows and sliding glass roof arrangement and I also have the following fancy toys:

Sat Nav - run by a DVD player in the passenger side glove box.

6 Disc CD changer (broken)

Rear parking sensors

Dual zone climate control

Heated front seats

Heated front screen

Cruise control

Steering wheel controls for the stereo and cruise control

Trip Computer

A 3.0 V6 with manual gearbox

[Ratdat]

Did some Nissan Corporate event today with a bunch of other wierdos in old Datsuns (and some in Renaults). I'll post some pics up in a bit when I've uploaded them. One highlight was going for a ride in this monster which somewhat re-defined to me what a fast car actually is. Now I finally know what a 1000hp feels like. Fortunately my retinas managed to stay attached. Just.