dollywobbler Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 I have sold the Fairmont, provisionally. I will miss it, but it joins a VERY long list of cars that have served me well and then been got rid of. Situation normal really. BL Bloke, Skizzer, Remspoor and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 This is why council tax is expensive Vince70, egg, djim and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 1 hour ago, dozeydustman said: This is why council tax is expensive Well if they let you drive the Mayoral Limousine I'm not surprised Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 I'm already wondering what to buy when I come back to the UK. A Vauxhall Frontera currently seems a good idea. Maybe I caught too much sun today... stonedagain, Skizzer and paulplom 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Nah it’s not a Frontera you want it’s an Isuzu VehiCross... But that’ll be harder to find and much more expensive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 2 hours ago, brownnova said: Nah it’s not a Frontera you want it’s an Isuzu VehiCross... But that’ll be harder to find and much more expensive... I'd love a VehiCross....but,yeah.lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Mini now has a new headlight - should have been easy but as per usual one captive nut decided to spin so after trying several conventional approaches I tried an unconventional one called “Hammer”. That worked. About to find if three bolts hold it in as well as four bolts but I have a replacement mounting bit on the way so can get all four bolts in later this week Light is in and roughly aligned by eye but will have to have another go when it’s darker. Just having tea before changing the pollen filter, let’s see if I have to use “Hammer” again or whether “Super unleaded and matches” might be the better approach for this... Split_Pin, Tickman, vulgalour and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N19 Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Just seen this at Tescos in B'wood... Brodders, BL Bloke, jumpingjehovahs and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 4 hours ago, anonymous user said: Well if they let you drive the Mayoral Limousine I'm not surprised Mayoral limo here is an S-class which is probably thirstier. To be fair when cruising it to the transfer station and back I got well into double figures, about 16mpg, which ain’t bad of 26 tonnes and an old-school Allison slushbox egg and paulplom 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 40 minutes ago, N19 said: Just seen this at Tescos in B'wood... Were the keys in it? loserone, paulplom and Twiggy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Spotted in today’s Daily Torygraph...... egg and DVee8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Edit, they won’t get those dents out of the bonnet! The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyersey1234 Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Just completed my last day of local bus work, bit strange leaving the depot for the last time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Hope you're looking forward to the change in rout(e)ine and that new post works out well for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumpingjehovahs Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Just seen this at Tescos in B'wood... That’s from a company called Palmdale, they took it in part exchange and decided to go mad with it. @TheCarGuru on twitter often updates about itSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Floatylight and N19 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyersey1234 Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 6 minutes ago, High Jetter said: Hope you're looking forward to the change in rout(e)ine and that new post works out well for you. Thanks, it will be different. I've done local bus for the last 12.5 years and wanted a change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 I’ve always meant to go to a local-ish museum which celebrates all things 50s! There were some cracking old cars... This is the indication of where to park This police car is next to an exhibit about the Krays This Fiesta used to belong to Christine Keeler... The truck used on the great train robbery I’d also in this museum but I forgot to photograph it... Theres a whopping great Cadillac in a section about 50s Rock N Roll This fire engine sits proudly outside With a Ford which was a one owner car and apparently won’t be painted, but does go on the road! There’s a fair bit of motoring memorabilia here too. There’s also hilarious adverts from a bygone era And to top it all off I found a model Renault 16!! I think this would be a great place for an AS meet up! Maybe there Shitesteddfod could be/include here. Angrydicky, Brodders, egg and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eifion Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 48 minutes ago, brownnova said: I’ve always meant to go to a local-ish museum which celebrates all things 50s! There were some cracking old cars... This is the indication of where to park I think this would be a great place for an AS meet up! Maybe there Shitesteddfod could be/include here. That's probably a remnant from the fire that they had there about 10 years ago. I'd be up for a meeting there as I've never got round to going even though it's fairly close to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyersey1234 Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 @brownnova which museum is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 I seem to be helping to sell other people’s cars atm - rather than my own. Along with the Eurobus mentioned in the tat thread - I met a bloke last week who needs to rehome this! I don’t even know what it is (other than the obvious) but said I’d ask around. alf892, Amishtat, Cavcraft and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saabnut Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 It is a Volvo PV544, powered by the same 1.8 litre that went in its successor, the Amazon 120 series BorniteIdentity, anonymous user and egg 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyrew Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Pffft ignore that volvo, look at that yaris verso the reliably ugly bastard. King of the bowling green with that bad boi. BorniteIdentity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 I like the Yaris Verso and fully intend to get one next time I retire, but it will have to be in piss green. BorniteIdentity, stonedagain and Andyrew 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 And the museum address? ( teachers today ,-)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Bornite - any mention of a price on the Volvo? (not that I'd be able to afford it anyway) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 3 hours ago, Eyersey1234 said: @brownnova which museum is that? 1 hour ago, richardmorris said: And the museum address? ( teachers today ,-)) It’s the Cae Dai 50s Museum. It’s near Denbigh. Wonderful little place. We’ll have a meet there some day. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyersey1234 Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Thanks @brownnova looks an interesting museum brownnova 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 I’m suggesting it as a meeting point for our Shitesteddfod (Wales Shiter meet up) Which you’d be more than welcome at! We just need to firm up a date! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 On the way home tonight I spotted a car in a ditch just off a roundabout. As I was passing I hadn't noticed the Police tape as it was on the floor at the time. I parked up the road and called the cops whilst running back down (I haven't ran for years ?) by the time I got there the lady call handler confirmed that it had been reported and that the vehicle was awaiting recovery. There were ar least 3 other cars who had stopped by the time I had got there. I put the tape back up and hoped others will see it, but because of ongoing roadworks on that stretch the cones get easily confused with the roadworks cones. Asimo and Skizzer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 The secondhand front strut I bought for the V70 arrived yesterday, and I fitted it this afternoon - much easier than pissing about with new top mounts, it took 45 minutes from start to finish. A test drive confirmed that the nasty clonking has been cured, and the car now drives better than it ever has in my ownership. 25 quid well spent I reckon. Ran out of time to look at the 75's exhaust, and I'm out all day tomorrow so that will have to wait for another day. Skizzer, holbeck, Cavcraft and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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