xtriple Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 We have snow here as well... about three flakes spread about throughout the area, expect chaos... I quite fancy a play out in the snow and the dosg have never seen the white stuff, Chester would get a cold todger which would make me laugh! fordperv 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordperv Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 I felt guilty coming to work today, I'd much rather be out with cara playing in the snow at the local country park, she loves the snow The view from the bedroom window at 12.15 last night Skizzer and Shep Shepherd 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Morose Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 .....One thing to remind you it's Italian: the seat belt warning pings at you even if you belt up. It gives up after a while though, so I don't particularly care......The start of the slippery slope. Welcome to #Alfalife. purplebargeken and Skizzer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Had a break in the snow here,and the temperature has risen to a much more bearable-5c....more due next Tuesday though cros, wuvvum, fordperv and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbaldy Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 After seeing the report on the emissions scandal I see the yanks are now going after fiat, Should we all be buying those now so we can claim compo for dead cats and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Andy18s that is a great photo. purplebargeken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nacho man Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Seeing as it's snowing I got my snowman socks on this morning. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcyonecorporation Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 I drove my 305 automatic to work in the snow this morning because I was late. STYLE ET LUXE. (there wasn't much snow this morning and this is a filling station shot). Eddie Honda, Lacquer Peel, M'coli and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vantman Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 More positively, the Alfa looks a peach. I am very jealous Skizzer,I have always fancied a Brera but as I can now only drive autos it doesn't seem right to drive an Alfa auto.I've had a few manual Alfas though,2x75,2x164 and a 166(horrid car). Enjoy it! Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M'coli Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 I drove my 305 automatic to work in the snow this morning because I was late. STYLE ET LUXE. (there wasn't much snow this morning and this is a filling station shot). You just couldn't stay away, could you? Even though it does your skull in, you couldn't ignore the sirenian call of the beige page... Lacquer Peel, BorniteIdentity, alcyonecorporation and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean36014 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Well i had a fun night on the motorways last night. Big thanks to kent council for appearing not to have gritted any of the slip roads off the m20 and m2. Got stuck on the exit slip of m2 junction 3 in an empty wagon and drag. Traction control refused to let any power go to the wheels meaning if you tried to pull away you rolled backwards, bloody auto's! Traction control off, diff locks in and managed to wheel spin my way through the ice up the ramps. Then got stuck again going round the island at the top. horrendous queues due to the trucks, cars and motorbikes that were all stuck there. Then got to my factory and found everyone gone home, all the roads solid with snow and my drop boxes at the bottom of a long downhill ramp, just wonderful. Ended up using the yard shunter to drag them out on the basis I'd rather get their truck stuck than mine! Surprisingly work phoned up just now and just asked if I'd like to work Sunday instead of tonight. lets think, double pay, and hopefully no snow chaos, yes please! Vantman and Supernaut 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcyonecorporation Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 You just couldn't stay away, could you? Even though it does your skull in, you couldn't ignore the sirenian call of the beige page... No, I couldn't. DUGONG, REGENERATE! Brodders and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M'coli Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 I see Wat you've done there... Oddly enough, I got it before clocking that you'd swapped your avatar. loserone and alcyonecorporation 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Howmanyleft data seems to have been updated for Q3 2016. Only 189 Shuma sx mk1 left now, really need to get the bits done on mine and back and taxed. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Howmanyleft data seems to have been updated for Q3 2016. Only 189 Shuma sx mk1 left now, really need to get the bits done on mine and back and taxed. Take it to the howmanyleft show in Alford in May! oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Take it to the howmanyleft show in Alford in May!I was planning to, need to get two front wings and a couple of other bits done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 I see Wat you've done there... Oddly enough, I got it before clocking that you'd swapped your avatar. The penny dropped with me too, either last night or this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 That's a good 600 miles covered in the MG GS now. I don't seem to ache too much, though the seats are still rather too much like church pews for my liking. Also, the head restraint is too close. I find this on almost every modern car. I blame NCAP. Something very irritating is the stop start. It stops the engine when you brake to a halt, then turns the engine back on when you apply the handbrake. What sodding use is that?! I turned it off when we got stuck in Hereford earlier. Everything stopped moving. Earlier, we went to a garden centre. oldcars and Coprolalia 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 rock and roll The Moog, DeeJay and bangernomics 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Restarts the engine when the handbrake is on? WTF?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Yes I noticed this in my dad's ds4 over Christmas. It wouldn't go into eco mode if you put the handbrake on. Almost like you shouldn't have the handbrake ( which is a silly electric thing) on at traffic lights. Also has a hill start delay which is ok once you're used to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 It's massively annoying. It's actually encouraging you to NOT use the handbrake. Which is stupid, as the brake lights seem brighter than the sun. I kept distracting myself on the way back, as they illuminated road signs behind me like a frigging distress flare. On the plus side, I'm quite liking the dual clutch transmission, bar its occasional lag. Mind you, when I drive cars with more than four gears, I sometimes struggle to decide which one I actually want too. This thing has SEVEN. Twiggy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcyonecorporation Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Fleet reduction continues. Been a while since I've been through all this so now I've at least got something to talk about. Hurrah? Sold so far: 1. Peugeot 605 SRdt (eventually) 2. Peugeot 605 SVE 3. Mazda Xedos 6 4. Peugeot 306 Estate (scrapped) 5. Rover 25 diesel (sold to CastrosBro) I think I've sold my Volvo 960 Borked Headgasket Edition but the bloke who said he wanted it has gone quiet (he also bought my 605 V6 and Mazda Xedos)/ Also bought/sold/scrapped this year: SCRAPPED 6. Renault Laguna V6 (everyone was so supportive* over that one) BOUGHT 7. Renault Laguna Estate DTi (will be up for sale when the MoT's done) 8. Subaru SVX (because you might as well fail with style). 9. Peugeot 305 Estate Automatic (because it was a WORKING 305 and also BEIGE). Too many cars and not enough space. I technically bought the 305 knob_van back off CS after it had appeared in print on the other side. My overdraft sheet is hilariously bad. Skizzer, Coprolalia, Supernaut and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M'coli Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Tonight's Autoshite news on the Pug 106 front is that it appears to have shat its waterpump seal. At first I thought it was just getting colder as I headed north, half an hour later I decided that I too was cold: the heater, though, had decided that there was no more heat to give. I stopped a further 10 miles on, off of a motorway junction (it was the first time I had a chance to stop), had a pee behind the car and nearly regretted it as the engine took over 3 litres - including the contents of my thermos flask! - to get back to some sort of coolant level. Guess what I'll be doing tomorrow afternoon...? 320touring 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 After a number of misadventures culminating in a meet-up in a betting shop in Wapping, I now have possession of an Alfa Romeo. Money shot: It runs very sweetly and looks very shiny and got me across the middle of London and home to Wales in considerable comfort and style. And has a few minor electronics niggles to sort out, just so I can say it's got character. blakey79, dome, rml2345 and 29 others 32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Tonight's Autoshite news on the Pug 106 front is that it appears to have shat its waterpump seal. At first I thought it was just getting colder as I headed north, half an hour later I decided that I too was cold: the heater, though, had decided that there was no more heat to give. I stopped a further 10 miles on, off of a motorway junction (it was the first time I had a chance to stop), had a pee behind the car and nearly regretted it as the engine took over 3 litres - including the contents of my thermos flask! - to get back to some sort of coolant level. Guess what I'll be doing tomorrow afternoon...?? mrbenn and M'coli 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Arny shark in shit service after they have your money shocker.My new X-trail only had 1 working fob,the second damaged inside possibly by the previous owner as the button was damaged. The car was booked in to Arny for the wednesday before christmas,we arrived around 9am to be told there was no fob ordered as it needs to go to a Nissan dealer for that. Yeah we know but you booked it in here,you were going to take it to Nissan,this was organised so there was no need for courtesy a car as we were both on holiday.well we can't do it.The lass on reception even told Mrsv8 that she had not booked the car in even when she booked it in with the same receptionist.Home we went a little peeved. So we wait till xmas is out of the way and ring Arny.It needs to go to a Nissan dealer for that,no shit sherlock.So book it into a dealer tell us were and when and we will take it to the dealer. Booked in for today at 13.00. Mrs V8 rang the dealer just to check that the fob is there and it can be done in a hour.The dealer had the fob but no name for who it belongs to just a reg number of a car booked in and unaware of the hour to hour and a half she had between meetings and school run.When she got to the dealer the service reception was waiting with seat covers and the new fob.Our lass said she was going to nip over to kfc over the road,reception told her there wasn't a crossing over the carrige way so dropped her off and collected her when the car was ready.14.20 the car was finished and washed. Main Dealer 1 Arny 0 loserone, oldcars, The Moog and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 After a number of misadventures culminating in a meet-up in a betting shop in Wapping, I now have possession of an Alfa Romeo. Money shot: IMG_7697.JPG It runs very sweetly and looks very shiny and got me across the middle of London and home to Wales in considerable comfort and style. And has a few minor electronics niggles to sort out, just so I can say it's got character.Very nice..not sure I'm brave enough to try a cheap Alfa, and I've had P38's Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 After a number of misadventures culminating in a meet-up in a betting shop in Wapping, I now have possession of an Alfa Romeo. Money shot: IMG_7697.JPG It runs very sweetly and looks very shiny and got me across the middle of London and home to Wales in considerable comfort and style. And has a few minor electronics niggles to sort out, just so I can say it's got character.Thats painfully handsome. purplebargeken and Skizzer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 After a number of misadventures culminating in a meet-up in a betting shop in Wapping, I now have possession of an Alfa Romeo. Money shot:IMG_7697.JPGIt runs very sweetly and looks very shiny and got me across the middle of London and home to Wales in considerable comfort and style. And has a few minor electronics niggles to sort out, just so I can say it's got character.Y badge no begin with l...... And mention Greek Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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