LightBulbFun Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 2 hours ago, brownnova said: When we got the keys to the house we bought a few weeks ago we were surprised to find rather a lot of junk in the garage. Coupled with our own junk and the 2CV the garage has been rather full and required mountain goat skills to access much let alone all the movement in order to access the pit! So bank holiday job for me today is... And it’s empty. We’ve been painting in sections and the plan was to paint the floor too, but we need to put all the stuff back in the garage so that might be a section by section job too. However not quite done, need to sort through the mystery crap in the ceiling space next... extra like for what I think are vintage Philips Streamlite/Crompton Crompacks complete with T12 tubes still (yes they badge engineered light fittings LOL) brownnova and Six-cylinder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 3 hours ago, reb said: I've got my first proper job interview in kicking on 5 years in an hour and a half. Last two I've had have been for jobs that really I already had an offer in the bag for. Here's hoping! Very fast response! Alas it was a no. Bastard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Air con seems to have failed in the V70, I am sure it was working a couple of weeks back. So is it worth a re gas? Or is such a quick death a sign of a more critical issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 3 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: I like the way the crease on the fuel filler flap doesn't quite line up with the crease on the body panel.... If you like that I'll have to get some shots of the Dolly's panel gaps... Tadhg Tiogar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 2 hours ago, vulgalour said: Not many people out and about, everyone seems to stay indoors, apart from a few young, fit, topless sorts which is a pleasant distraction while driving about. I noticed that this morning around 10:30 on my way out in the manta, was expecting every man and his Citroen out on the roads with it being a bank holiday and really good weather. I think everyone went to bed last night expecting rain today and didn’t bother getting up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 My GSA features early on in this video - between a Lotus Cortina and an Escort Cosworth #illustriouscompany gm, Skizzer and Six-cylinder 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 19 minutes ago, sutty2006 said: ...expecting every man and his Citroen out on the roads with it being a bank holiday and really good weather.... Mad I may be, but I'm not suicidal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Try living in Torquay on a Bank Holiday weekend, 'tis fookin' purgatory! All the places I usually go are filled with dickheads with deckchairs and tents burning the grass with disposable BBQs (none of which is allowed on the grass) and cuntish children screaming so loudly it makes your ears bleed. I have I mentioned I hate kids? Then there's parking... or rather the simple fact you can't. So BH starts for locals tomorrow. stonedagain and taxi paul 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Been a reflective day here. Pottering about in a polo not too dissimilar to the first car I drove after passing my test- a then new 1.6glx auto that was my mums. It had one of those Sony stereos that would annoyingly bleep at you if you didn’t remove the face off radio cassette. It was also the first car I drove (on a private test road) at over 100 which gave me palpitations for the rest of the day pretty much. RobT, Alan_Green, Tickman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 25 minutes ago, HMC said: Been a reflective day here. Pottering about in a polo not too dissimilar to the first car I drove after passing my test- a then new 1.6glx auto that was my mums. It had one of those Sony stereos that would annoyingly bleep at you if you didn’t remove the face off radio cassette. It was also the first car I drove (on a private test road) at over 100 which gave me palpitations for the rest of the day pretty much. My 1.9D polo did an indicated 105 on a similar private test road in Shetland, with quite a lot of clag spewing out of it. Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Unusual alloys too, haven't seen many of those sets out in the wild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Saturday and Sunday we went on road trips, covered about 600 miles. We were home Saturday night though to save booking a hotel last minute but as usual we really enjoyed the drive and found it a shame to have to head back. Then the previous conversation with brownnova about campers came up. Think we're gonna do it over the winter and have one ready for camping early next year. So much so I passed a Vivaro for sale at the side of the road, turned round and went back. Sadly it was £10k and more than that, a young lad on a bike came over and told me it was his dad's, and gave me a different phone number to the advert. Dodgy as. So, now have ebay searches saved for campers and will see how it goes! brownnova 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 2 hours ago, 320touring said: My GSA features early on in this video - between a Lotus Cortina and an Escort Cosworth #illustriouscompany Larkhall circuit ? Never heard of it - is it karting ? Looks nice and tight, a bit like teeside - do they do car track days ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 2 minutes ago, gm said: Larkhall circuit ? Never heard of it - is it karting ? Looks nice and tight, a bit like teeside - do they do car track days ? It's a karting track, aye. Too small for cars I reckon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 shame, I just googled it and the track is long in karting terms at 1100m but even in the mazda, that is a bit short Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 1 hour ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: Mad I may be, but I'm not suicidal. Same here. I decided to ignore traffic and go out on my mountain bike rather than take the fiat out and go for a walk in the Surrey hills. Gridlock round here yesterday after a crash on the m3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 1 hour ago, xtriple said: So BH starts for locals tomorrow. As a coastal town resident myself, albeit one a bit less genteel, I love September when the weather is good but everyone has gone SierraMikeHotel and xtriple 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Every man and his Citroen may not have been out and about, but This man and his Citroen was out on the roads... but no more than 4 miles from my house. Today I tackled the garage and having emptied it I put the stuff I actually wanted back in. And promptly put the Mazda in, in order to diagnose the oil leak and change the oil and filter. Which was fine until I realised that the filter I thought was for the Mazda was in fact for the camper. Balls! Whereupon I went out to the motor factors in the Citroen... only to find they didn’t have it in stock. So I looked at the random stuff I have found in the garage. Random alternator... off what? Who knows! A thing... maybe a mulcher? Not a clue, but it’s heavy. Sewing machine... this is staying. I might try and tart it up a bit. Ancient heater... very cool VW Beetle back windows. Anyone wants these just shout! Split_Pin, Skizzer and RobT 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyk Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Today i Spent some time trying to figure out why my polo sounds like when i was 18 and i had a nova with a cherry bomb. Whilst under there i thought id take some pics as it's mintier than danthecaprimans capri. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 On Saturday I spent nearly 10 hours sitting on a bus (two buses to be pedantic) to Plymouth, to pick up this beast from HMC's Pukka Motor Sales Ltd. Inc.: Then I dropped HMC off at simon8201's to pick up the Polo, and then hooned up to my parents' new house in Portishead to spend the weekend. Drove back to Norfolk this afternoon. It's an interesting thing to drive - it has ZR suspension and silly 17" alloys with rubber band tyres, so the ride is a bit sudden, but it turns in to corners very well for something so nose-heavy. Seats feel a bit odd to start with but they were comfy enough on the 250-mile drive home this afternoon. Brakes are definitely better than the 200's, and the steering is noticeably quicker too. It needs a few jobs doing - it's definitely down on power, feels like it's losing boost from somewhere so that will be investigated at the weekend. It still keeps up with traffic OK, and I managed to shave 23 minutes off the sat nav ETA between Simon's and my parents', but it definitely doesn't accelerate as well as it should and doesn't seem to have much oomph up motorway hills. The only other issue needing immediate attention is that the screen wash and rear wiper don't work - I suspect the stalk as it's rather floppy. I might borrow the one from the Rover of Doom and see if that sorts it. Other than that it's a great wee thing, and once it's got its full complement of horses back it'll be great fun to roar around in. Thanks to HMC for picking me up from Plymouth, and to Kiltox for facilitating the transaction. Here's a pic of the MG and HMC's Horsey Horseless Volvo 940 together: Split_Pin, Craig the Princess, holbeck and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat_Pirate Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 I'm in the USA, and yet this is the sort of thing I photograph: Skizzer, Tickman, davehedgehog31 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 I'm on the banks of loch Lomond. Eating McDonald's cheeseburgers. They're still hot. Isn't rampant consumerism just the thing? davehedgehog31, GrumpiusMaximus and Fat_Pirate 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Viewing another car on Thursday. The seller's address is on a new build estate, on the grounds of the factory where the car was built. Locally registered too, and in one of the 'right' specs. LightBulbFun, stuboy, taxi paul and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 23 minutes ago, Ghosty said: Viewing another car on Thursday. The seller's address is on a new build estate, on the grounds of the factory where the car was built. Locally registered too, and in one of the 'right' specs. Peugeot? loserone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulplom Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 That paraffin heater you have will be worth a few quid to someone with a greenhouse. I used to grow show leeks and a dual heater like that would be the mutts nuts as it were. brownnova 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 5 hours ago, Ghosty said: Viewing another car on Thursday. The seller's address is on a new build estate, on the grounds of the factory where the car was built. Locally registered too, and in one of the 'right' specs. Longbridge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 Today, I drive over 200 miles in the Matiz. Yesterday, I found a split in the air intake pipe which may well explain why it's been feeling a bit tardy lately. I fixed* it with gaffer tape. Have a poorly composed photograph. That was a distraction while I was fitting a new radiator to the Fox, when what the Fox actually needs is a new temp sender. taxi paul, Bamboocarman, LightBulbFun and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 8 hours ago, reb said: I'm on the banks of loch Lomond. Are they as bonnie as the adverts would have us believe? dome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 7 minutes ago, wuvvum said: Are they as bonnie as the adverts would have us believe? I don't know, it was dark and there was a lot of lorries. I slept in the car and headed further west as soon as I woke up. I was too early to buy coffee anywhere that wasn't McDonald's, so I just kept driving. More than two hours later and a fair bit of not actually knowing where I was, I'm in Dunoon drinking lovely coffee. This is neither Loch Lomond nor Dunoon, but the views were lovely despite the fog. GrumpiusMaximus, stonedagain, The Moog and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehedgehog31 Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 8 hours ago, reb said: I'm on the banks of loch Lomond. Eating McDonald's cheeseburgers. They're still hot. Isn't rampant consumerism just the thing? McQuacks in Balloch? Always thought it was oddly placed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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