Lord Sterling Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 5 hours ago, 5speedracer said: Any allowances for being further North? Where I am you're talking sunset at around 9.45pm and sunrise just before 4.30am. 17hrs15min without food! Sent from my Redmi 4 using Tapatalk Lol, 'fraid not. I remember breaking fast up on Scotland a couple of years ago (in Motherwell of all places) it was pretty difficult I tells thee! I'd not slept at all last night so it was the sleep rather than the fast getting to me. Had a couple of hours kip just now so all is well again. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 After replacing the radiator on the 172, it still has a significant drinking problem as it's used around 1/2 a litre of coolant in 50 miles. No obvious leaks or signs of HGF and the latter was replaced 2 years ago. It seems an awful lot for just a leak though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigmund Fraud Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 8 hours ago, Split_Pin said: After replacing the radiator on the 172, it still has a significant drinking problem as it's used around 1/2 a litre of coolant in 50 miles. No obvious leaks or signs of HGF and the latter was replaced 2 years ago. It seems an awful lot for just a leak though. Heater matrix ? Check your carpets ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 1 minute ago, Sigmund Fraud said: Heater matrix ? Check your carpets ! Good shout, never thought of that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 21 hours ago, 5speedracer said: Any allowances for being further North? 15 hours ago, Lord Sterling said: Lol, 'fraid not. So what would happen if you lived in, say, Reykjavik and Ramadan fell in mid-June? Lord Sterling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 1 hour ago, wuvvum said: So what would happen if you lived in, say, Reykjavik and Ramadan fell in mid-June? There are a few choices. Save up holidays and take them during Ramadan. Leave Reykjavic and spend a month further south etc.... it did happen a few years ago when Ramadan fell in June. Most just opted to take holidays then and/or leave for that month. Lacquer Peel and wuvvum 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Got the Mot on Saturday and everything is lookin sort of ok. Until the back box made a bid for freedom this afternoon. BOLLOX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 3 hours ago, puddlethumper said: Got the Mot on Saturday and everything is lookin sort of ok. Until the back box made a bid for freedom this afternoon. BOLLOX. booo.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Check out this sweet LDV pick-up which I saw at an event in Birmingham last weekend. Best vehicle there, in my opinion: I chatted with the owner (the German Shepherd!) at some length and told him about about this place; he'd fit in straight away with such a quality motor, which has low miles, a very interesting history and is pretty much rot-free, having been Waxoyled when it was new. His plan was to take it on a pilgrimage to the remains of the former LDV factory at Washwood Heath at some point this week anonymous user, egg, Bucketeer and 13 others 15 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Another blinking F1 outside. Getting positively common! stonedagain, spike60, egg and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 3 hours ago, Shep Shepherd said: Check out this sweet LDV pick-up Phrases you will only read on Autoshite #423 dome, CGSB, egg and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 It's been a strange day so far, I'm still pretty much deaf so blissful silence is quite nice (apart from when lying down I get a noise in my head like the dishwasher is going). I've been out to do the weekly shop and think silent supermarkets could catch on. I bumped into an old boss, who retired over 20 years ago and we did have a short conversation, refereed by his wife as neither of us could hear the other properly , sadly one of the things he passed on was that another former colleague has taken his own life. Our colleague had not been coping with his workload and took time off, unfortunately this meant even more work when he went back as nothing was done in his absence. When back he made a mistake, a very costly one and was sacked. He had very good grounds for a case for constructive dismissal and probably for the workload induced illness/mistake. Sadly he took a different way, RIP John, he was a decent bloke. I have juggled cars around on my return home as the Chrysler has been blocking the Mini in. The reverse sensors are not much good when you are deaf, unfortunately I didn't see a plant pot, I am pleased to say the large dent it caused in the bumper has sprung out. My new key shell has arrived and I have put the rubber pad in the old one so now have a good spare key. Toby the Bastard won't leave me alone, whether he can sense that I'm not well, or just wants to be a bit more needy than usual I can't tell. Probably should have put most of this in the grumpy thread Tickman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 jumped in the Flying Zit ( C1 ) as it had a full tank and just done a round trip to Yorkshire covering nearly 200 miles over the last 2 days ..... considering its just a 3 pot 1 litre it has a fair pair of legs on it and it used about 1/4 tank of go juice ....and was quite good around the hilly bits and bends ... one gripe .... the rear wiper , it dont have intermittent .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Getting a bit nervous now about what else Monsieur Dubois at FCS might have found during his electrical troubleshooting. Only hope he can wrap it up by tomorrow afternoon, otherwise the CX isn't going to Coventry on Saturday.... brownnova and richardmorris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 1 hour ago, MikeR said: jumped in the Flying Zit ( C1 ) as it had a full tank and just done a round trip to Yorkshire covering nearly 200 miles over the last 2 days ..... considering its just a 3 pot 1 litre it has a fair pair of legs on it and it used about 1/4 tank of go juice ....and was quite good around the hilly bits and bends ... one gripe .... the rear wiper , it dont have intermittent .. You are an electronics engineer. There would have been a point in you life, when youd have wired up.an intermittent that worked on moisture content in the air. Or turned on when you clapped your hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Yes .. But I fixed my car with your spare sticker .... somewhatfoolish and busmansholiday 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 15 minutes ago, MikeR said: Yes .. But I fixed my car with your spare sticker .... There should be a dealer one somewhere too. I shall look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Favorit licker drives to Madrid for the champions League final... https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-fan-buys-40-car-16352549?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar BorniteIdentity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Hooray, Mike got the crankshaft bolt on the BX undone without drama. Just needed the lift and a bar long enough to have to be used from Manchester. egg, stonedagain, LightBulbFun and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 52 minutes ago, egg said: Favorit licker drives to Madrid for the champions League final... https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-fan-buys-40-car-16352549?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar One of six still active on UK roads. Think that may now be five, given the treatment he's given the thing already...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 I acquired a "Tuning box" for the V70 D5 a while back and have been driving round for a few months with it plugged in. It's one of those types that plugs into the fuel rail sensor. It didn't seem to make much difference and I basically forgot about it. Recently I've been getting the odd limp mode issue which has been cured by knocking the ignition on and off and the engine has been feeling a bit lumpy. Anyway, I remembered the tuning box and removed it. The difference is like night and day! The engine is so much smoother, pulls better low down and doesn't slip into limp mode. TL:DR Tuning boxes are shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Depends. Those cheap generic resistor-in-a-box jobs are pretty crap A decent quality tuning box can be a bloody revelation. stonedagain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 I think this one was a resistor-in-a-box style gizmo, they're about £120 brand new but this one came with a car I broke for parts. They seem to go for £20-30 on ebay so if anyone want's their car to go slower and run like shit PM me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 8 hours ago, richardmorris said: Another blinking F1 outside. Getting positively common! Meh. I'm more interested in the blue K11 in the background...that's a lovely colour, that LightBulbFun and Lord Sterling 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 43 minutes ago, clayts450 said: Meh. I'm more interested in the blue K11 in the background...that's a lovely colour, that And considerably easier to get in and out of from the look of things. (Has that chap been posted into the footwell using a fish slice?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 2 minutes ago, anonymous user said: And considerably easier to get in and out of from the look of things. (Has that chap been posted into the footwell using a fish slice?) I did comment to my colleague that you wouldn’t want to go to do the weekly shop in it. The central seat doesn’t seem to be easy to use. As to the micra, it’s a new arrival. The guy usually has a bmw coupe thing or Audi blinged up. All polished and cleaned daily. I think he must deal them or have family doing something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Oh, the worst thing I saw today was over the road outside Surrey car craft on fairoaks site. A white Lamborghini countache with red leather interior, and the worst USA spec bumpers I’ve seen. Horrendous. But it was next to a Ferrari testarossa on the right , and a blue F40 on the left. The whole lot looked like a scene from Miami vice. Stanky and anonymous user 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 5 minutes ago, richardmorris said: The guy usually has a bmw coupe thing or Audi blinged up. All polished and cleaned daily. I think he must deal them or have family doing something. Certainly sounds like he's dealing something. JohnK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Spotted this in a junk shop in Camelford, what’s it from? Alfa? Renault?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigmund Fraud Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Looks like it belongs to an Alfa 105 Berlina... Was it marked as "Carello" ? If so, it's worth far more than the sticker price ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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