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[wuvvum]

Well I was wrong about the scooter.  It wasn't ignition-related at all.  The mixture screw had slowly been winding itself in until the bike was running hopelessly lean at high revs.  Unscrewing it three quarters of a turn produced a dramatic improvement.  It still needs some minor tweaking, but at least it's not a rolling roadblock any more.

[fordperv]

Today is the last day of my twenties.

Today is mine

[ShiteRider]

Today is mine

Happy birthday mate.

[hairnet]

twenties - what are they

[steve_earwig]

They're the notes between tenners and fifties.

[fordperv]

Happy birthday mate.

Cheers dude it's not till tomorrow, today is the final day of being 29

[xtriple]

Oh dear, Barclaycard have offered to transfer cash into my bank account at 0% for one year.... should I?

[anonymous user]

Oh dear, Barclaycard have offered to transfer cash into my bank account at 0% for one year.... should I?

Bentley?

[xtriple]

I keep  looking at them, even though I know it would be wrong.....

[Cavcraft]

C U L8R Volvo. In a no real surprise move, it's now gone and I've taken a (recent) old flame in part-ex for it. Thank .you for 28 miles of absolute insanity, old Swede

[Cavcraft]

[Inspector Morose]

Just spied a 46000 mile engine and box from a BXTZD on 't bay for 100 quid. I think I know which car it's from (if it's true it's actually done 64000 miles). It's got a Bosch pump too. Should I?

[320touring]

Just spied a 46000 mile engine and box from a BXTZD on 't bay for 100 quid. I think I know which car it's from (if it's true it's actually done 64000 miles). It's got a Bosch pump too. Should I?

Yes!

 

 

Mystery of the missing parcel was resolved tonight- driver had dropped it off at a neighbour, and got them to sign for it with to the wrong address on the form.

 

at least the parts look right. Huzzah

[The Moog]

C U L8R Volvo. In a no real surprise move, it's now gone and I've taken a (recent) old flame in part-ex for it. Thank .you for 28 miles of absolute insanity, old Swede

Bugger... I was working out how i could convince my missus that the Volvo was a 405 in disguise...

 

It is on my top ten car to own list

[Gerald]

No chod, Just Mid '80's Cold war music...

 

[mat_the_cat]

I picked the right day to take off work to fell some trees for a mate! Scorchingly hot.

 

I brought this down to dispose of the branches:

 

 

Bx did well towing it, especially when I found out it weighed 1500 kg, not the 800 kg I had been told. Although it was the second least enjoyable trailer journey I'd been on, as it seemed someone had removed the spring from the overrun brake mechanism, as every time you slowed down there would be a bang and a jolt as the trailer shot forwards. At least no overheating despite mountain roads, and the AC was *very* welcome.

 

Chipper was a bit of a beast, and could apparently cope with 9" logs. Even this small one made a hell of a racket.

 

 

Managed 39 mpg on the 250 mile round trip, which I thought quite impressive

[dollywobbler]

Gorgeous sunny day, so took 2CV to the beach. Then enjoyed a delighful sunset roofback in the 2CV. Then enjoyed driving home from the pub at 1am roof back in the 2CV. Even when it started raining. Fabulous.

[STUNO]

 

I am hating winter here, 15 mins ago at my house

a perfect day!

[rml2345]

I KAN HAZ LIFTY TOOLZ!

 

 

From B&Q of all places. They should be ideal for doing more servicing and whatnot at home. The bottle jack is my first hydraulic lifting device and is GR11 compared to the standard Volvo jack so it might find its way into the boot. Quality looks good and they weren't too dear either.

[HMC]

Range rover currently sat in the MOT bay. A fail is almost certain on the sills........

 

We will see.

 

Some of the exhaust system must have disintegrated on the way, by the time I arrived it sounded like a can am racer

[xtriple]

I went to see a Honda Insight today at the main Honda dealer in downtown Newton Abbot.  I was intrigued by the car and after dithering for a fortnight (I'm bloody good at changing my mind/dithering/second guessing myself) I went...

 

I was NOT going to buy it, just have a test drive and a mooch around.

 

I pick it up next Wednesday!

 

I was really impressed with it: drives really well, dashboard is fookin' awesome ( I like gadgets and geegaws) and watching what was currently powering the car was quite addictive!  Don't like the gearbox much on the motorway - feels like the clutch is slipping when you boot it (it's meant to!) but put it in sport and use the paddles and it's GREAT. Even got the dashboard to turn green...

 

Got offered a really good deal on my Mazda, I've lost £500 on it in six months, but when you think I bought it from a Mazda main dealer and traded it to a Honda main dealer, I thought that was a result... and I kept the tax.

 

It had to be done: the dogs were/are trashing the interior, dog hair, slobber, and salt stains all over the inside and I was really struggling with getting in/out of it, and the manual box is, for me, a disaster - I stall it ten times a day and cock up gearchanges for a passtime.

 

Strangely, I will not be sad to see it go.

 

So now the next step on my return to the land of the living is to get somewhere decent to live. Somewhere with parking so I can have an 'interesting car as well, I really miss fiddling around with heaps and while I'm very limited in how much I can do in one go, a project that doesn't have to be relied upon for actual transport will be great to have again.

 

Sorry for dripping on... and on..... and on!

[anonymous user]

I initially thought you were talking about the original Insight, but having read it all, I now realise it is the new one

[xtriple]

Yes, new one.

 

It will be nice to NOT spend days and nights looking for a new car, petrol and auto seems to be bloody hard to get! Everything is chuffing diesel these days and I HATE new diesels....

 

Just insured it for £32 more than the MAZ, and while I've got the money in the bank I've just borrowed the difference between the Mazda nd the Honda from my Barclaycard, for ZERO percent! They kept sending me offers and I kept throwing them away, then actually read one and they were offering me 0% if I transferred into my bank account, very small fee for doing so, but 0% for a year gives me a profit. Oh, and while I was on the phone to Barclaycard, they put up my credit limit!

 

It's all got to go wrong at some point soon.....

 

As soon as I get somewhere to live, the chod bothering will begin.... I have NEVER only had one car before, it goes against the grain to do so!

[panhard65]

I talked my dad into a Honda Insight earlier this year. We went to the dealer to look at a Jazz but he preferred the Insight. I don't find it particularly exciting or anything but it is pleasant enough. It is an easy car to drive and being a Honda should be reliable. It is fun trying to drive it and keep it in the green. Expect at least 50 to the gallon and the engine is so quiet you will never notice when it is running. Enjoy !!

[richardmorris]

Stupendous thunderstorm last night - about 4hours of flashes and bangs with a bit of rain thrown in. I was standing in the doorway at about 3am looking out when one thunderbolt hit the field opposite. It made the floor shake! It seemed to hit a sheep feeder rather than a tree. Then another bolt hit Broadmoor watch tower which set the siren off for three hours!

[r.welfare]

I heard about that, apparently set it off at 430am. I used to study in Wokingham and the weekly Broadmoor alarm test, at 10am every Monday, was loud enough to interrupt our lessons even though it was several miles away.

[Richard]

the weekly Broadmoor alarm test, at 10am every Monday, was loud enough to interrupt our lessons even though it was several miles away.

 

Is that what they are on about in the second verse of this?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nncWCvrWRrc

[cms206]

This weekend I shall mostly be driving... this.

 

Arses.

 

[Micrashed]

Lobbed the Mav on Autotrader for the bargain* price of £990 ONO.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201407185926929/postcode/?atcide=emc-cars-FTL002

[Herts van Rental]

With regard to the Honda Insight in an earlier post, just been reading Honda are discontinuing that car at the end of the 2014 Model Year due to poor sales.

I also read the older models have had their Battery Packs renewed 3 times under warranty in the US of A. at around 3 Grand a time.

 

JK.