cobblers Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 My business is doing really well all of a sudden, so I sold my T5 and was going to just lease a brand new van through the business to save tax, vat and the rest of it. I got knocked back because the company hasn't been trading for a year, even though I offered to pay the 2 years lease up front! I need a van so I went on ebay and somehow ended up here: this is giving me MEGA HORN https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Golf-Mk2-1990-Low-Mileage-85468/133187667205?hash=item1f029a8505:g:4oMAAOSwWtZdkmdK Skizzer, wuvvum, GrumpiusMaximus and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 5 minutes ago, cobblers said: My business is doing really well all of a sudden, so I sold my T5 and was going to just lease a brand new van through the business to save tax, vat and the rest of it. I got knocked back because the company hasn't been trading for a year, even though I offered to pay the 2 years lease up front! I need a van so I went on ebay and somehow ended up here: this is giving me MEGA HORN https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Golf-Mk2-1990-Low-Mileage-85468/133187667205?hash=item1f029a8505:g:4oMAAOSwWtZdkmdK That’s tremendous. You’ll get many more winks in that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 22 minutes ago, cobblers said: My business is doing really well all of a sudden, so I sold my T5 and was going to just lease a brand new van through the business to save tax, vat and the rest of it. I got knocked back because the company hasn't been trading for a year, even though I offered to pay the 2 years lease up front! I need a van so I went on ebay and somehow ended up here: this is giving me MEGA HORN https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Golf-Mk2-1990-Low-Mileage-85468/133187667205?hash=item1f029a8505:g:4oMAAOSwWtZdkmdK Bonus AEC Number Plate FTW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 That's pretty sexy, and I don't normally do VW's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Realised the Autoglass man may be staying longer than he thought tomorrow morning..... as I'm a nice bloke I'll make a start on doing the prep work for him...up at sparrowfart for this little lot, then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 "After inspecting the front tyre, the officer advised the motorist to head to a nearby garage to have a new tyre fitted." Should have called the cops to lift it off the road. Wtf https://www.itv.com/news/2019-10-02/car-with-bizarre-bubbles-on-front-tyre-stopped-on-school-run-in-derby/?fbclid=IwAR21dxgzasxV0zeHQ_V9LDL6S1k9dW3gmklGjFl7C9QGFrZlvgMh7G_Lez0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Of course it's a Zafira. egg, Retr0naut and scdan4 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Autoglass in da house replacing the Coupe's shattered quarterlight. Blokey said he's been doing the job 20 years and never seen an Accord coupe before. He said when he got the job he suspected it would be a total ball ache, but was very pleased to see I'd sorted out all the seat/rear bulkhead/side trim removal for him and even more so when I said I'd put it all back together. He showed me the virtually unobtainium replacement panel (over two months for them to source it) and reckoned he'd be done in 40 minutes. Happy chappy Me, however, is totally fucked, after an hour's labour sweating me balls off ripping the car apart.... puddlethumper, RobT, egg and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 10 hours ago, cobblers said: ....: this is giving me MEGA HORN https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Golf-Mk2-1990-Low-Mileage-85468/133187667205?hash=item1f029a8505:g:4oMAAOSwWtZdkmdK Weber carb should compensate a bit for the automatic transmission. Drove an auto Mk.2 Golf (also a 1.6) a few times many years ago; pickup was slow and it was a bit reluctant at the top end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 My mum had a 1.8 Mk3 auto and it was right enough, I should imagine this is similar? I'm daily driving a 70bhp talbot express motorhome, so pretty much anything else will be like a rocket in comparison. BorniteIdentity and Stevebrookman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 2 minutes ago, cobblers said: My mum had a 1.8 Mk3 auto and it was right enough, I should imagine this is similar?... World of difference between 1.6 and 1.8. Think Mk.3s had fuel injection (my sister's 1993 Golf GL certainly had that). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Ta-da.... he nailed it in 30 minutes flat. Before: After: mercedade, scdan4, Split_Pin and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 If you wanna stalk it my Pajero is in for mot. 1 pm ish. It's been sat for ten months...... It's a bit smokey....I'm going for a thrash first but it looks a bit dire ! K 247 OYJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Christine said: If you wanna stalk it my Pajero is in for mot. 1 pm ish. It's been sat for ten months...... It's a bit smokey....I'm going for a thrash first but it looks a bit dire ! K 247 OYJ Pass with 1 advisory Spurious, clayts450, puddlethumper and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Pass with 1 advisory Nice one@Christine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dome Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 18 hours ago, Ghosty said: If all goes to plan I might need a car with no MoT moving from London to Manchester next week. Can anyone assist? If you're still looking there's a Facebook group called "UK Backloads" or similar. Recovery drivers out of position use this to get paying jobs to where they need to be. It's thanks* to this (And Cavcraft who i saw mention it on a thread on here somewhere) that I managed to get a dead Octavia moved from South Shields to Fife for £160 If you want I'll find the group for you. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Well that was a surprise !:-) All it does is tow me daughters horse.... egg and Spurious 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Good luck Volvo. The Moog, dome, scdan4 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 It came off the ramps for a brake test, and now it's back on the ramps and three guys are looking at the underside. Take it to a council MOT testing station they said, there's no incentive for them to fail anything they said. It's possibly the longest MOT test I've ever seen. Kiltox, Split_Pin and BorniteIdentity 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainrcz Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 After spending over a week at Uncle Toyota's, the GT86 is back. I haven't smiled as much in ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Ferals. Not too bad. Sigmund Fraud, loserone, GrumpiusMaximus and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Shitting sump plug is seized solid on the JimnyTime to deploy heat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 23 minutes ago, Spurious said: Shitting sump plug is seized solid on the Jimny Time to deploy heat. Suck it! scdan4 and clayts450 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 29 minutes ago, Lacquer Peel said: Ferals. Not too bad. Those damn feral brake hoses, coming over here and failing our tests. Spoiling things for us proper Ferrules. Brexit NOW. beko1987, sutty2006, Lord Sterling and 12 others 3 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 @dome - Is the group 'UK Recovery Linkups & Backloads' - just applied to join. Ta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Those damn feral brake hoses, coming over here and failing our tests. Spoiling things for us proper Ferrules. Brexit NOW.30-50 brake feral hogs DeeJay and Split_Pin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssDeeWon Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dome Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 3 hours ago, egg said: @dome - Is the group 'UK Recovery Linkups & Backloads' - just applied to join. Ta. Yup, that's the one! Some of the quotes were pretty close to shiply prices but it's well worth a try. I got lucky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Spotted this in Aldi this evening.... Sorry for potato cam. ODB reader £16.99, Bottle Jack £12.99, battery/plug in the fag lighter tyre inflators £9.99 BL Bloke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Spotted this in Aldi this evening.... Sorry for potato cam. ODB reader £16.99, Bottle Jack £12.99, battery/plug in the fag lighter tyre inflators £9.99 Those bottle jacks are actually alright. I've got one and it's fairly decent. I've not got the storage room for a trolly jack so a bottle jack is a good compromise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now