holbeck Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 A big thank you to @chaseracer & @kirton for their combined shitely contributions in collecting and conveying an exhaust for my Audi 80 This place.. BorniteIdentity, Split_Pin, chaseracer and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 16 minutes ago, holbeck said: A big thank you to @chaseracer & @kirton for their combined shitely contributions in collecting and conveying an exhaust for my Audi 80 This place.. Can I ask where you got it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 So, Vauxhall, all are shit etc, are offering four fucking bags scrappage if you buy a new one. Bit desperate innit ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Gets a bit old, this "all Vauxhalls are...". For balance, Ford are doing it as well and the advert contains the voice of a passenger who suggests scrapping the car because it has a 'CD player' and non-working air con. It's fucking abominable. scdan4 and Craig the Princess 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Anyway, this afternoon I was parking up at the post office, returning the unused Mini parts to Autodoc and a chap is standing admiring the Audi. I never tire of seeing their faces when I tell them that I won it! Ended up having a natter with him about his Sierra and how polybushes and coilovers are shite for a daily. Good stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 13 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: Gets a bit old, this "all Vauxhalls are...". For balance, Ford are doing it as well and the advert contains the voice of a passenger who suggests scrapping the car because it has a 'CD player' and non-working air con. It's fucking abominable. I heard that advert earlier and thought.... one of mine has a cassette player and no air con and on another you open a little flap in the bodywork for ventilation! You can keep your fancy CD players and air con ability thank you very much I’ll be driving my old heaps. Split_Pin, BorniteIdentity, Vince70 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex66 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 8 hours ago, reb said: I'm in some strange alien place. Dressed suitably scruffily to make sure nobody tries to sell me a car. I quite like the look of that Duster, I think it has future classic in the line of other greats like old Lada and so on, its a bargain for what it is anyway and so unexceptional, I am tempted to get one (not new though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 My car has a cassette player with auto-reverse and Dolby NR. Who needs this swanky CD stuff anyway? 1 minute ago, brownnova said: I heard that advert earlier and thought.... at least one of mine has a cassette player and no air con and on another you open a little flap in the bodywork for ventilation! You can keep your fancy CD players and air con ability thank you very much! brownnova 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Split_Pin said: Can I ask where you got it? From a nice chap in Great Barr, name of Ray... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BL Bloke Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 33 minutes ago, Fumbler said: My car has a cassette player with auto-reverse and Dolby NR. Who needs this swanky CD stuff anyway? My 205 doesn't even have a cassette player, just a long/medium wave radio. I can still get some tunes on it though. ? BorniteIdentity and Split_Pin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Medium and Long Wave radio is for winners, especially when the signal is affected by the operation of another device like the alternator, wipers and so on. Just like old times! GrumpiusMaximus, BL Bloke, mitsisigma01 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodders Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 11 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: Medium and Long Wave radio is for winners, especially when the signal is affected by the operation of another device like the alternator, wipers and so on. Just like old times! Is that it? I get interference passing traffic lights and going under motorway bridges when listening to Medium Wave radio. I love Long Wave radio though, it means I can listen to BBC Radio 4 in France and most of Belgium. BorniteIdentity and BL Bloke 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Back at the garage today for Micra fettlege: Was meant to pick it up yesterday but was ill. However, I found today that the new battery was also dead which pointed to some severe battery drainage somewhere. Some testing with a multi-meter whilst painfully pulling fuses out narrowed it down to a fuse labelled "INTERIOR LAMP" the problem was, this fuse also controlled the mile-meter, petrol guage and radio, so I couldn't really leave the fuse off. Time to narrow it down some more.... With everything in place: Quite severe. Up to 1.38 at its highest reading. With bulb from from interior lamp taken out: Acceptable but still higher than it needs to be. I'd prefer 0.01. The bulb was left in on the higher readings and despite being in for less than minute was quite hot when I took it off. Seems to me quite odd that an interior light can drain a battery so fast. So some more investigating needs to be done. loserone and davehedgehog31 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 1 hour ago, puddlethumper said: So, Vauxhall, all are shit etc, are offering four fucking bags scrappage if you buy a new one. Bit desperate innit ? I would like to point out that I do own an all Vauxhalls etc and I'm not bothered about people saying they are all shit. Get them cheaper then. Amishtat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Well one of my cars doesn't even have a radio. So there. BorniteIdentity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 9 hours ago, Split_Pin said: Medium and Long Wave radio is for winners, especially when the signal is affected by the operation of another device like the alternator, wipers and so on. Just like old times! Yes, my Mazda does a bit of that - ideal* for listening to Test Match Special. GrumpiusMaximus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 My 6 year old son said, after some deliberation, that speech on AM and LW radio sounded like "old talking". He must have heard a recording of something at school to know that. Brodders and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 11 hours ago, puddlethumper said: So, Vauxhall, all are shit etc, are offering four fucking bags scrappage if you buy a new one. Bit desperate innit ? It’s just marketing. Next month they’ll be offering a £2000 discount and £2000 deposit contribution without the trade-in I bet the £4000 is off full list price.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 I wonder when was the last time someone paid full list price for a new Vauxhall. I can't really fathom why anyone would buy a new Corsa now anyway - it's a 13-year-old design and you can pick up a decent used example of basically the same car for under a grand now. BorniteIdentity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3VOM Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 10 hours ago, Lord Sterling said: The bulb was left in on the higher readings and despite being in for less than minute was quite hot when I took it off. Seems to me quite odd that an interior light can drain a battery so fast. So some more investigating needs to be done. Wrong power bulb or crappy switches with high resistances? Other causes include another interior light somewhere in the car but fallen and hidden behind a panel, that sort of thing. Aftermarket radio using more power than OEM radio or wired incorrectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holbeck Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 12 hours ago, Split_Pin said: Can I ask where you got it? Ebay! Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig the Princess Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 1 hour ago, wuvvum said: I wonder when was the last time someone paid full list price for a new Vauxhall. I can't really fathom why anyone would buy a new Corsa now anyway - it's a 13-year-old design and you can pick up a decent used example of basically the same car for under a grand now. But that doesn't have Facebook connectivity. BorniteIdentity, Cavcraft and wuvvum 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 9 hours ago, vulgalour said: Well one of my cars doesn't even have a radio. So there. None of my cars has a working radio. Not even the borrowed BMW! The Matiz has one, but it only takes USB/Aux and I can't be arsed sorting any music out. It doesn't like my old WMA files when I tried those, so I gave up. Don't think the aerial is connected as zero radio. The CityRover has one, but the controls are knackered, so you only get Radio 2 at a volume you can't actually hear. The Fox has one, but it's entirely dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidel_Kakao Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 32 minutes ago, dollywobbler said: None of my cars has a working radio. You are Alec Issigonis AICMFP LightBulbFun and egg 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 WMA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 8 track players are for winners... None of this new fangled DAB tosh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Regret letting my 8 track go in the MGB, tapes as well Could have used it in the Minor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 3 hours ago, 3VOM said: Wrong power bulb or crappy switches with high resistances? Other causes include another interior light somewhere in the car but fallen and hidden behind a panel, that sort of thing. Aftermarket radio using more power than OEM radio or wired incorrectly. Hmmm. Putting my thoughts on here. The radio is a proper Nissan jobbie but from a later K12. It doesn't switch on without the ignition. The wires behind the radio are standard connectors with possibly only a non-OEM connector. Can't remember. There are no more interior lights in the car, its a fairly low-spec jobbie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Looking through a old tool box in the garage I found these. I think the gingercator is from a micra also the cig lighter with the image on. The toggle switches and the other cig lighter no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 something appears to be happening with the Mercedes a/c. Six-cylinder and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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