Aston Martin Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 My nephew who's 17 and is learning to drive. He doesn't want to, but his mother's making him. He doesn't like it, but I asked "what car is it?" "I dunno, it's red" ? .... We had other visitors around on Sunday, so there was 6 cars outside. Normally it's 4. None of our neighbours have cars, so I think it balances out. paulplom and 320touring 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 I don't know what this is, any thoughts? dome, BL Bloke, HillmanImp and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty998 Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 29 minutes ago, richardmorris said: I don't know what this is, any thoughts? Wiesmann very expensive powered by a M3 BMW engine Six-cylinder, wuvvum, richardmorris and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat_Pirate Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 4 hours ago, Aston Martin said: My nephew who's 17 and is learning to drive. He doesn't want to, but his mother's making him. He doesn't like it, but I asked "what car is it?" "I dunno, it's red" My son is 17 and just the same, no interest in cars whatsoever. None of his friends do either, makes me feel like Frank Dibnah. *edit: Fred Dibnah. Deffo losing my marbles. RobT, Tayne, stonedagain and 5 others 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Snipes Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 *Fred. Can't really blame them. They all look the same, and behave much the same now, so what difference does it really make? Fat_Pirate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floatylight Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Smoll FL was the same until he got behind the wheel and since he went to Chumley, now planning on owning a fleet of shite, no interest in anything modern, C3 is modern enough..Sent from my Moto G (5) using Tapatalk brownnova, LightBulbFun and chaseracer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floatylight Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Smoll FL was the same until he got behind the wheel and since he went to Chumley, now planning on owning a fleet of shite, no interest in anything modern, C3 is modern enough..Sent from my Moto G (5) using Tapatalk beko1987 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Bought wheels on eBay on Sunday, arrived today at 1:00pm1 That's quick. Also, they look good but the small problem of tyres and how to get them to the tyre place to solve now. SLK is to smoll for luggin' duties! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Tyres on the drive. skattrd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skattrd Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 39 minutes ago, Mally said: Tyres on the drive. There are a few choices nowadays, even kwik fit do home tyre fitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Indeed they do but their tyres are fekkin expensive! Black Circles for £405 or Kwik fit for over £500! So, 225/40/18 X2 and 245/35/18 X2 Avons from Black Circles it is. Delivered to Euromaster where they will be fitted all in the price. There are many more cheaper tyres about but I LIKE Avons and they are the quietest available with A grip and C fuel consumption. Whatever I do/did it was going to be a faff so just done it and they will get fitted on Friday, just got to work out how to get four huge wheels into a titchy car.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi paul Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Plus get the old ones, with tyres on. back home. Not helping am I? dave j and xtriple 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi paul Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Did post in ask thread about jumpy celica clutch. Bit of googling suggested giving it more revs and let clutch out slower, giffer style driving I believe. Anyway Been doing that and it works fine . Went out today got my dinner and watched a few planes at liverpool airport, always fascinating how they get in the air. Then a general hoon round hale village and some country lanes home. paulplom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 54 minutes ago, taxi paul said: Plus get the old ones, with tyres on. back home. Not helping am I? Not in the slightest taxi paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Sold daughter's bike for £10. She saw me sneaking it out out the gate tonight, ok love you can have the tenner Haggling at the sale location meant I only got £5 I bought some shopping, cos you know, was already out I gave daughter tenner 'cos I'm too tired to teach life lessons Net result: I'm about £10 down on the deal (But more space in the shed for Mondeo junk) It's why I don't work in sales. Eddie Honda, beko1987, stonedagain and 6 others 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovorsche Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Sometimes you take it on the chin for the bigger picture, sounds like the space is more valuable egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 4 hours ago, xtriple said: Whatever I do/did it was going to be a faff so just done it and they will get fitted on Friday, just got to work out how to get four huge wheels into a titchy car.... book a taxi and follow it? gm, stonedagain and DeeJay 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camryv6 Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 4 hours ago, xtriple said: Indeed they do but their tyres are fekkin expensive! Black Circles for £405 or Kwik fit for over £500! So, 225/40/18 X2 and 245/35/18 X2 Avons from Black Circles it is. Delivered to Euromaster where they will be fitted all in the price. There are many more cheaper tyres about but I LIKE Avons and they are the quietest available with A grip and C fuel consumption. Whatever I do/did it was going to be a faff so just done it and they will get fitted on Friday, just got to work out how to get four huge wheels into a titchy car.... A couple of trips ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camryv6 Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 I like stuboy answer better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 4 hours ago, xtriple said: Indeed they do but their tyres are fekkin expensive! Black Circles for £405 or Kwik fit for over £500! So, 225/40/18 X2 and 245/35/18 X2 Avons from Black Circles it is. Delivered to Euromaster where they will be fitted all in the price. There are many more cheaper tyres about but I LIKE Avons and they are the quietest available with A grip and C fuel consumption. Whatever I do/did it was going to be a faff so just done it and they will get fitted on Friday, just got to work out how to get four huge wheels into a titchy car.... Google suggests these guys: https://www.tq1motcentre.co.uk/mobile-tyre-fitting If they’re anything like my two local mobile tyre fitters, they’ll happily fit tyres you’ve already bought for a tenner a corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 16 hours ago, dollywobbler said: Loads. There were also several 1970s Lancers! One looked fairly decent and almost caused some difficult questions. Phil was more taken by a Sigma estate. were the ax's bx's and opel blitz still there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 I had to come out of a meeting at work to respond to a text from my wife which said 'Phone me please', which she never does. The Mini had conked out on the Old Inns Roundabout which is near Cumbernauld and is very busy, particularly with trucks coming on/off the motorway. Thankfully my son was still at school and not in the car at the time, My wife was surprisingly calm and explained what happened quite clearly. She also managed to shudder it back home after she finally got it started again. I am hoping that its just the o2 sensor but either way she has finally accepted that it's going. It's replacement will need to be a cheaper car as I've spent an awful lot on this thing and it's bled me dry. I don't want her driving the Clio due to the advice on its condition from my garage, however much I think they may be overreacting and I need the Audi for my work. Something small and in serviceable condition will do for now. SRi05, HarmonicCheeseburger, BorniteIdentity and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmatt Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 Finally got round to changing the front end on the Rover Asbo, it's been sporting a nice little battle scar from when it belonged to Jim bell over 3 years ago and I've been a lazy arse not doing anything about it because, meh it works. I've had the parts sitting here since April when Wingz123 kindly retrieved them from somewhere in the darkest Midlands for me and I got some new to me headlights and nightbreaker bulbs recently, so didn't really have any more excuses not to do it. Bugger! So this happened today... Which happily lead to this.. The panel gap is better than I expected after it's mishap. This one's a bit tight, needs adjusting. mmm bright lights. I really do have a fondness for this little Rover Gti. They are a rare old thing now but unfortunately scarcity in these does not equate to value. Double bugger. HillmanImp, Vince70, Aston Martin and 27 others 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 Wow, thought that was long gone. Glad to see it's still about. Mr_Bo11ox and barmatt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 I do occasionally wish that I'd pulled my finger out and got my 200 VI back on the road - that was a fun little thing to cane around. As usual I was spreading myself too thin at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 Is that the one that had a coming together with a multi story car park? Great work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmatt Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 26 minutes ago, HillmanImp said: Wow, thought that was long gone. Glad to see it's still about. I have occasionallythought about moving it on but if I did it would be roffled on here to keep it in the fold. 24 minutes ago, HMC said: Is that the one that had a coming together with a multi story car park? Great work It's the very same, I won it, used it for a bit then "sold" it to a mate on the condition that I got it back when he was bored with it, which happened last year. It's still as reliable now as the day Mr Bollox did the HG, not that it's done many miles it's just about to clock 87k. Split_Pin, DVee8 and HillmanImp 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 Horopito Motors! https://youtu.be/aFqxMK0Ex0U GrumpyCat, RayMK and RobT 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Honda Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 9 hours ago, Split_Pin said: Something small and in serviceable condition will do for now. The answer to that has been, is, and always will be - Jazz. Split_Pin and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Day off... plans... raining and dam cold... adapt... Bought spoiler for mondeo.. oily hand prints etc all over primer.. take to bathroom, washing up liquid, green scourer, clean, rinse with shower, stand in sink to dry.. sorted DeeJay, BorniteIdentity, paulplom and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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