Cavcraft Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Today was collecting a cheap 'rock n roll' bed for the T25, and the lady kindly gave me a 12V fridge too. No idea how to fit either, though the bed will need a shelf or something underneath it. It's just sort of thrown in here, not fixed once... Prior to this I picked up some matching colour side panels for the Scomadi , then quite badly applied the 'wraps' for them. Everybody's favourite group immortalised on everybody's favourite two wheeler... egg, stonedagain, HarmonicCheeseburger and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 The T25 looks like a bit of a fun wee project, something different! Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 A few from a local meet this morning (I was late and most people had gone already..) Brodders, dome, Cavcraft and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Whats with the Car Show, on Whitley Bay links......... ? *just wrapping up now. Ah >>>> https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/family-kids-news/whitley-bay-classic-car-show-15897031 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Jesus wept... Colway remoulds? And in what looks like a commercial size... Ha'p'orth of tar, anyone? Mrcento, Skizzer, dome and 6 others 7 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 24 minutes ago, chaseracer said: Jesus wept... Colway remoulds? And in what looks like a commercial size... Ha'p'orth of tar, anyone? Got to love a Colway! They used to do Rally remoulds as well, as a stupid 17 year old I bought a set of their tarmac road legal slicks for my Capri. They only lasted a month and were bloody lethal in anything but perfectly dry conditions. Wish they were still going. dome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 I was just pleased to see an Alpine on steel wheels! When I mentioned this to the owner he admitted he was going to put chrome wires on it. His car, his choice.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairymel Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 My best drinking buddy changed a front spring on his sons e87 1series bmw. Of course as soon as he had finished that it randomly came up with a electronic steering lock error and wouldn't even start. I was asked to help. Foolishly I said yes. My delphi ds150 clone with cars2014 and WOW wouldnt clear the fault so we bought a bmw k+dcan cable and I installed bmw standard tools. I spent an evening installing this. Then another evening pissing about trying to clear the fault then another evening trying to update the cas (car access sytem) firmware as a suggested fix. Then another evening digging through the dash to remove the electronic steering lock which is affixed by 5 sided security torx screws.which we didn't have a suitable bit for. I managed to get the lock motor to actuate but it was decided to buy a £70 lock emulator rather than put the lock back on and have it fail again. This cleared the fault but now the immobiliser (cas - dme) was throwing up a tamper fault. By this time the install of bmw tools was buggered by having to keep changing settings between the programs to get the cable to work. Deep despair caused many beers. And discussion of scrap values. I spent 13 hours reinstalling the software plus versions of ista p and d (older bmw main dealer software) paying close attention to configs so I didn't have to fudge the settings if I needed to change the program I was using. I wish using unsupported pirated main dealer software was easier? After almost 2 weeks of spending every spare minute scouring the internet to understand the problem, and downloading nearly 1/2 a terabyte of files, I spent an hour today resetting stuff and screwing the interior back together and normal service has resumed. Tldr Stupid idea having a cheap plastic Chinese toy thing to work the steering lock and computerised diagnosis/repair is not the same as undoing a couple of shear bolts. Fixed it though? Skizzer, Fat_Pirate, Stevebrookman and 5 others 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince70 Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 I had quite a constructive day today as I serviced the girlfriends A class plus I started my old E36 which has been sitting for a year and it started 1st turn of the key. Also I went to pick up some smaller wheels for the Bini which won on eBay for £35 which have good tyres. So now I have 3 sets of Mini wheels and a Set of E36/Z3 wheels spare and a few odd wheels knocking about. How many spare Wheels does an Autoshiter need. The answer 20 plus lol DVee8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17-Coffees Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 From one of the best service stations ever down in Gloucestershire with its own butchers and bakery’s. I’m now back in the North East of Scotland at this legend* of a place... The pipework for urinals in the men’s toilet runs into a gutter below it. Classy... Skizzer, taxi paul, Tickman and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 The only place one can get genuine dead fly cake loserone, Supernaut and stonedagain 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saabnut Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 29 minutes ago, 17-Coffees said: From one of the best service stations ever down in Gloucestershire with its own butchers and bakery’s. I’m now back in the North East of Scotland at this legend* of a place... The pipework for urinals in the men’s toilet runs into a gutter below it. Classy... Aaah, Stracathro services where they have to peel the blanket off the mince to serve you.... No Michelin stars, but only just missed out on a fate-o star according to rumour...... dome and 17-Coffees 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 4 minutes ago, 320touring said: The only place one can get genuine dead fly cake Made with genuine dead flies...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Just now, chaseracer said: Made with genuine dead flies...? Hence the genuine.. chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean36014 Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Had many a night out there twenty odd years ago, glad to see it hasn't changed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 22 hours ago, 17-Coffees said: I drove all way from Aberdeen to Somerset in a Vauxhall just so I could... Look at another Vauxhall! Did they get the Leopard 1 out today? When I went a couple of years ago that impressed me more than the Tiger - and the Tiger is quite a sight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17-Coffees Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 8 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said: Did they get the Leopard 1 out today? When I went a couple of years ago that impressed me more than the Tiger - and the Tiger is quite a sight! They did have it out! We nice to see, along with the Challenger 1 and a Patton as the ‘‘newer’ stuff along with the WW2. Personally, seeing the Churchill and Matilda 2 was my favourite as they are two of my favourite tanks. They also had a Ha-Go which was fun to see in action too, especially when it stopped! The Tiger 1 is dam impressive too. I posted some photos in the Warshite thread. - Having left Wincanton at about 8:30am I arrived back at mine at roughly 7:45pm!(including dropping the parents off and unpacked) Longest brake the car got was about 25 minutes. Fair to say, I’m rather shattered... GrumpiusMaximus and Tickman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Last day of my week's leave so the 620 and I took off to the coast. Skegvegas was overcast, but not cold nor rainy. Nice four hours strolling about, home in time for tea, and some excellent overtaking skills from the two of us on the way back (gotta love a safe, three car overtake...twice : thanks Reg Local) chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 34 minutes ago, 17-Coffees said: They did have it out! We nice to see, along with the Challenger 1 and a Patton as the ‘‘newer’ stuff along with the WW2. Personally, seeing the Churchill and Matilda 2 was my favourite as they are two of my favourite tanks. They also had a Ha-Go which was fun to see in action too, especially when it stopped! The Tiger 1 is dam impressive too. I posted some photos in the Warshite thread. - Having left Wincanton at about 8:30am I arrived back at mine at roughly 7:45pm!(including dropping the parents off and unpacked) Longest brake the car got was about 25 minutes. Fair to say, I’m rather shattered... That's bloody good going. The best I've ever managed was Edinburgh to Gravesend with a hangover and no break - but you've beaten me hands down there! Didn't have the Patton or the Challenger 1 when I went. Maybe I'll go next year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 @ProgRockermade a fantastic observation on the modern forum; A Dacia Logan (effectively a Sandero estate) is similar in size to a Sierra. How can that be? Sierra = Big. Sandero = small (not far away) But wait... Sierra Length 4521mm Width 1727mm Logan Length 4501mm Width 1994mm ORLY? ? This isn’t a rant about cars getting bloated. We all know why. I just, strangely, want one more now! ProgRocker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 To be fair the Sandero/Logan is still quite a big car and bigger than most superminis that it seem to get classed with. I think that's why they're eligible for use as taxis by many councils. Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M'coli Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 I'm knackered after a bit of a hectic weekend central to which was the wedding in the East of London of my only nephew, it was a grand do! Today we managed to squeeze in some wrecklessly Cavalier behaviour, more of which tomorrow... ?☺️ Burnside and Jim Bell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 I was thinking about dashboards earlier, every car I owned simply HAD to have a full complimesnt of gauges - oil pressure, volts, fuel, temp rev counter etc. Now I hate too many gauges as they just worry me to death I love the fact that to get the temp gauge to display on the Merc I have to go into a meny and put it on the dash. Needless to say, I don't. The one thing I still MUST have is a rev counter (tachometer) and I only want that so I can see when it changes gear and if it is in top. I have become old and sad. Ohdearme and dome 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 9 minutes ago, xtriple said: I was thinking about dashboards earlier, every car I owned simply HAD to have a full complimesnt of gauges - oil pressure, volts, fuel, temp rev counter etc. Now I hate too many gauges as they just worry me to death I love the fact that to get the temp gauge to display on the Merc I have to go into a meny and put it on the dash. Needless to say, I don't. The one thing I still MUST have is a rev counter (tachometer) and I only want that so I can see when it changes gear and if it is in top. I have become old and sad. One feature I really liked with the C2 is being able to turn off the dashboard bar the speedo and tach. I found driving without even a clock to be a much more relaxed experience and the only other actually useful thing on the dash is the fuel gauge and that's a bit crap anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 I went to the Dumfries Motos Show yesterday. Excellent wee event, this is my second year there. HillmanImp, Burnside, Lacquer Peel and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 On 9/12/2019 at 4:44 PM, egg said: Been meaning to pap this for a while, a little serviced pez station (but they only had diesel today) in place called Egerton on a hill near Ashford A couple of doors up is the associated garage It has quite a good view for a Petrol station The whole set-up been up there when it was icey, deadly Lacquer Peel, Asimo and egg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 What car is Morrissey sitting on? Looks like a Dodge to me but I'm struggling. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohdearme Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 Rain this morning has just reinforced the point the Vulva is dripping oil somewhere, really cba to get under it and poke about and I’ve just shelled out £140 for new boots on the 323. Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 Back home after a weekend in London. Mingebag spec hotel in Hounslow, asian cash & carry shopping, 40th birthday bash in an expensive hotel in Richmond with £2500 put behind the bar in advance by hosting couple, Sunday in Pickledwilly Surplus at the Comedy Store for an improv night (bit like Whose line is it anyway?) with Paul Merton, Richard Vranch, Neil Mullarky and 3 others, smoked out by a spliff smoking moron on the tube, 3 Wetherspoons breakfasts and 2 Wetherspoons dinners, charity shop shopping in Farnborough on way home this afternoon which resulted in this quality £4 purchase for either the shed or garage. I'm now quite knackered, and looking forward to a nice cup of tea and the spag Bol I've got brewing on the stove dome, paulplom, BorniteIdentity and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 43 minutes ago, Jim Bell said: What car is Morrissey sitting on? I don't know - but is that from his trip to the States a couple of years before the Smiths? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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