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[EssDeeWon]

I normally do the day insurance thing, but thought this would be a dead cert so lobbed it straight on to my policy. If I get it back great, if not, whatevar.

 

Undeterred, I'm hopefully off to view another Clio today, a Baccara this time so a bit of posh shite. I'm in the mindset now. Target locked, must have Clio!

 

Worst case scenario can they not leave the £89 there as a credit so you can use it when you insure the next car? Don't let them just swipe it. Pretty sure all insurance policies come with a 7 day cooling off period, but they wont tell you that.

[RobT]

Reading the T&Cs there is a 14 day period to cancel, but as I'm likely to be buying something else soon I hope they'll do just that and count it as a credit. The Clio today was a 1.4 and the Baccara a 1.8, but shouldn't make much difference. The 75 only cost an extra £50 last October so it seems a bit random how they calculate classic premiums sometimes.

[EssDeeWon]

Reading the T&Cs there is a 14 day period to cancel, but as I'm likely to be buying something else soon I hope they'll do just that and count it as a credit. The Clio today was a 1.4 and the Baccara a 1.8, but shouldn't make much difference. The 75 only cost an extra £50 last October so it seems a bit random how they calculate classic premiums sometimes.

 

Yes its called a raffle, the office junior rolls 6 dice, adds up the total,  times that number by 4 then adds on admin fee's and insurance tax and there is your premium Mr Rob T.

[HMC]

I can haz Volvo tirbot dizzler.....

 

[messerschmitt owner]

Are you Scottish? If not, return to vendor!!

[phil_lihp]

I was sworn to secrecy until now but there's a South West England Volvo collective forming, we have the will to take on Scotland but not yet the quantity.

[skattrd]

There's a few of the VW 6 pot turbotdizzler Volvos on here now.

[cms206]

The SWEVM are welcome to align themselves with the aims and achievements of The SVM.

I can haz Volvo tirbot dizzler.....

 

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[fordperv]

I was sworn to secrecy until now but there's a South West England Volvo collective forming, we have the will to take on Scotland but not yet the quantity.

That's it now we're going to have an svm uprising they are going to visit south west England throwing scotch eggs at volvo owners and play bagpipes outside their windows at 3.45 in the morning, screaming you can take our lives but you'll never take our volvo's as they run away laughing

[Lacquer Peel]

I can haz Volvo tirbot dizzler.....

 

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Is it automatic? RWD diesel Volvos are for winners.

[Lord Sterling]

Merc has come back from Steve, it sounds fucking awful and my bonnet and hinges have been damaged. All I wanted was an oil leak sorting. Now I can't afford to take it anywhere for proper repairs or even stick petrol in. Not happy.

 

I should have taken my car to Mahmoud.

[dollywobbler]

We just gave our house an Italian tune up...

 

Chimney fire cleared out a lot of manky soot! Quite scary though.

[twosmoke300]

Love it ! Did you put a bottle of hopes and dreams in the tank/ stove first ?

[saucedoctor]

Should have tried the proven* Irish method of firing a shotgun up the chimney.

 

*proven to demolish your chimney, probably.

[cobblers]

Theres an elbow in my mates chimney in his workshop where the pipe goes through the wall, we burn all sorts of shit on it (Anything that will burn, wood, carboard, Van lining out carpet, old thinners etc etc) so the horizontal bit of the pipe gets clogged every month or so and the fire starts smoking the workshop up a bit. 

 

Rather than rod it out proper, I just drilled a hole in the end of the elbow allowing you to poke a bit of 8mm copper pipe in connected to an airline off the compressor.

With the venturi effect it draws like an absolute bastard and fires all the muck out of the top of the chimney.

On a cold morning you cane some air down it with the fire going and it works fantastic to get the workshop nice and warm really quick too (Just hope none of the neighbours complain about the 4 foot flame and mushroom cloud coming out of the top of the chimney)

[richardmorris]

Was it one of those chimney cleaning bricks you set fire to in the hearth and hope for the best?

[Richard]

My mother tried that method of cleaning the chimney once.

 

Fire by RichardB5, on Flickr

 

Actually I think she was using paraffin to light it. No harm done though, she lived in the downstairs flat.

[richardmorris]

Nice sunny morning, so I thought I'd poke at the scab on the n/s rear arch on the merc. About 1inch of paint fell off. Picked at it a bit which made it no better it has to be said, then put some kurust on it and did what I've been meaning to for over a year and drove it down to multitech in chobham. Just to see what sort of place it is.

 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Multi-Tech-Automotive-Body-Paint-Repairs/201796866499712

 

Turns out they guy was there polishing a beautiful midnight blue pagoda. Anyway, he didn't think the arches were too bad and was happy to do both rear arches at an estimate of about £400 depending on how bad he rust went. The o/s one is probably worse, but you cant actually see it, the n/s one is on the edge of the arch. Told me the front wings were pattern ones, but quite good quality so at least 10 years old. Also said don't bother sending money on them, it's cheaper to paint new front wings than repair and paint old ones.

 

Now I just have to sort out the fleet as I'm getting the X1/9 down here at Easter to do drive it day, brooklands and good wood. Then I have a holiday in Normandy booked in it.

 

 

I think this should go in the first world problems thread!

[myglaren]

Drove the Xantia on some errands after all that carpet refitting faff yesterday.  It's a nice thing, it's a very nice place to be, I'm making a mistake keeping it up for sa-ARRGH MY FUCKING BACK.

 

Every time, every freaking time I start to give it the benefit of the doubt those seats put paid.  If these seats from Moog are comfortable then it's a keeper, that's for definite now because the only problem with the car is the seats.  In fact the only problem is one seat, the one the driver sits in.

I had the same problem with my Accord (followed the Xantia) for about three months it was purgatory - I literally had to fall out of the damned thing, then all of a sudden it was OK.  Must have got used to it and found it fine after that.

[stuboy]

Is that a can of easy start in the Toyota dealers window.....?  

nah K & H cars palmers green

[dugong]

Mazda is leaking oil.

 

A lot of oil.

[oman5]

There's a few of the VW 6 pot turbotdizzler Volvos on here now.

I was thinking that. Between us we must have cornered the market in surviving lorry engined RWD volvos. I guess the secret is out about how bloody fantastic they are!

[stuboy]

collegue at work says her car squeaking and making funny noise.. 

noticed were the rubber bung and dust cover got too?

and that nylon spring cup is breaking up..

she will be taking it to her local garage asap

[captain_70s]

Dolomite 1850's starter motor finally gave up in Aberdeen yesterday. I just managed to get it going by lying under the car and smacking it with a spanner while somebody was turning the key but I think that was pot luck.

 

I've now drafted in the 1300 as the daily driver, the run to work is going to be bloody slow tomorrow...

[richardmorris]

Oh I remember smacking mt 2cv's starter motor with my maglite torch. Shouting at it didn't seem. To be as effective.

[Asimo]

Always park a Triumph 1300 facing down hill.

[vulgalour]

Is that because the front of the engine is more oil-tight than the back?

[red5]

There was this bang noise, then it went all low on the front....

 

 

[Six-cylinder]

My Son's Girlfriend who is in Canada now works for Monster Drinks part time while still at collage and now gets to drive this from time to time.

 

[Cavcraft]

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I think she sponsored every f*ck*ng Ford Mondeo and Chinese moped on every council estate in Britain.