mk2_craig Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 55 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said: I almost forgot this picture I took last Friday while shopping! Usual look around the car park revealed nothing that caught my eye so I returned to my car and realised there were many things more interesting than what I was parked next too! I looked over and could not say what it was until I found a badge. Bland, bland, bland! New version due out this year I think. Which is even blander! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 They all look the same these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said: I almost forgot this picture I took last Friday while shopping! Usual look around the car park revealed nothing that caught my eye so I returned to my car and realised there were many things more interesting than what I was parked next too! I looked over and could not say what it was until I found a badge. Bland, bland, bland! Sorry, I can't see anything in this picture. Supernaut, Six-cylinder, stonedagain and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 I don't know. I saw a 69.reg civic type R and that was just mentally disturbing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 9 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: They all look the same these days 40 odd years ago when when I was sat in my Triumph Vitesse I could name any car marketed in the UK from a picture this size, Cortina, Datsun, Fiat, whatever. The question is, is it me getting old or are cars more difficult to identify now? Maybe there is a bigger range on sale today or my brain is full from looking at cars for 50+ years? Datsuncog and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 8 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said: 40 odd years ago when when I was sat in my Triumph Vitesse I could name any car marketed in the UK from a picture this size, Cortina, Datsun, Fiat, whatever. The question is, is it me getting old or are cars more difficult to identify now? Maybe there is a bigger range on sale today or my brain is full from looking at cars for 50+ years? It seems to me as if car manufacturers are going after the sharp angles polygon look on their cars, even if it looks silly. It's a bit like when car manufacturers made their cars all bubblly and smooth in the 1990s. I'm sure this current style will fall out of fashion at some point. LightBulbFun and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Mostly forgettable, but will they become the shite of tomorrow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yes oui si Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said: 40 odd years ago when when I was sat in my Triumph Vitesse I could name any car marketed in the UK from a picture this size, Cortina, Datsun, Fiat, whatever. The question is, is it me getting old or are cars more difficult to identify now? Maybe there is a bigger range on sale today or my brain is full from looking at cars for 50+ years? Cars look as similar to each other now as they did in the past. Metros look like Fiestas, Visas, Unos etc. In any given time period there has been a particular style for cars, and the vast majority of cars of any time period have looked like each other save for minor trim, grill and light differences. BorniteIdentity, DeeJay and Timewaster 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Had another fit of enthusiasm today, might need to see the doctor about this, but in this episode I managed to change the side light light on the Vectra: The large intake pipe in the centre of the pic could be taken off from one end and moved about making it easier to access the rear of the side light (the small circular cap on the right of the pipe) thus also easier to fit my hand and comfortably grip and unlip the side-light bulb holder and bulb. Had some spare bulbs and within another couple of minutes the all was normal again with the Vectra. All lights are now working. HarmonicCheeseburger, Burnside, puntopaul and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadsword Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Jag lickers might appreciate this video of an extremely well executed XJR6 automatic to manual converted car. British racing green and has an exhaust harking back to a 1960s Mk. 2 Jag getaway car. It's just my idea of purrfection. yes oui si 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookiesouwest Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Not car related. Lost my wedding ring yesterday. Think it fell off in B&Q. Mrs Cookie unhappy. Took her for a nice posh pub lunch today. Been before, great food, figured I was onto a winner. 1/2 hr after leaving, became clear she had been glutened (she is coeliac). FML Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 5 hours ago, egg said: Might well do that, I need to get it up to speed to see how the wheel sits then. He admitted he didn't take it for a test run because we have a lot of congestion in town today (due to the collapsed building I posted during this week's storm). Could you not just hoik the wheel off and then refit it a couple of splines round? Should be easy* with no airbag to worry about. BorniteIdentity, BeEP and egg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 On 2/15/2020 at 5:54 PM, RobT said: I didn't get time to swap the door handles and integral lock, and it looks a pain to get them off, so that's unlikely ever to happen if I'm being honest. Took me 2 minutes this evening to get the old one off. Lazy twat. I should've done a proper job on Saturday. Oh well, might have a go next weekend. But only if I can manage to remove the torx headed screw I rounded off whilst fitting the door card to the replacement door... Burnside and brownnova 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Saw an S plate focus today in Southport. Apart from some rust on the doors it looked ok. Burnside and Tenmil Socket 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 I hate bodywork. Still, it's coming along okay. Don't ever complain about having to put a single-DIN radio in a car again, ever. Phil vulgalour, SiC, mercedade and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanciamatt Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Thema td has,been leaking diesel for a while from top gasket on bosch fuel pump. Found lancia part number put it into Google, seems it's a common seal kit that was needed. Ordered seal kit, took a weak to come. Fitted top seal, checked for leaks all seemed ok. Drove to work, when stuck in traffic I could smell diesel worse than before. Checked and work and same seal pissing out. Got mad threw rest of seals in bin and went old school. Looked round workshop and found a oil filter seal that looked roughly same size, fitted it. 3 days in its still bone dry. RobT, BorniteIdentity, Split_Pin and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Urgh. Left my little 6V battery on my big charger in the den on my workbench. Seems my big charger isn't 6 volts on the 6 volt charge setting because I just got woken up having forgotten about it, the house stinks of hydrogen disulphide and the battery was swollen and hot and the ammeter reading about 6 amps. Fucksticks Airing out the house at 2am, just my idea of fun. Several moths think this is their house now. Phil Yoss, BL Bloke and Asimo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 In an act of rebellion two wheel bolts have sheared off in my hands, without undue force or anything! At 1am, quite far from home. TAXI I think it's upset with me because I flattened the battery by leaving the interior light on all weekend. Or more likely, the state of the roads this winter has significantly weakened the wheel bolts. Either way I'm treating it to a full new set because I'd rather not experience a wheel flying off when it turns out the rest are gubbed too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 12 hours ago, Bren said: Saw an S plate focus today in Southport. Apart from some rust on the doors it looked ok. I was in Southport yesterday... sadly no Focus sightings for me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Why were you in Southport? Were you lost? Places to avoid in Southport. The hospital. Especially if ill The beach, the Pier, the prom, Lord street, church town, Birkdale, and the rest of Southport itself. Ghosty, brownnova and stonedagain 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 5 hours ago, PhilA said: Urgh. Left my little 6V battery on my big charger in the den on my workbench. Seems my big charger isn't 6 volts on the 6 volt charge setting because I just got woken up having forgotten about it, the house stinks of hydrogen disulphide and the battery was swollen and hot and the ammeter reading about 6 amps. Fucksticks Airing out the house at 2am, just my idea of fun. Several moths think this is their house now. Phil Just ordered 2 replacements- one can stay in my bike and one for the workbench. $16 delivered. The price of lead acid batteries has plummeted in the last 2 years- I bought the current one for $30 in 2018. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Mondeo won't start. Jealous of the Metro arrival? Battery at 11v. Ah. Hopefully it will take a charge so I can at least get the broken fence panel in the boot up to the tip! To be fair, it was on the car when I got it 4 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 I chickened out of fuel gauge roulette with the BX. Set off from a parking space on a slope and as I turned out of the bay, the car ran out of fuel. Not because there was no fuel in it, but because the fuel that was in it was at the wrong corner of the tank. So, the danger zone on my BX's fuel gauge starts at just under the 8th of a tank mark, which is worth knowing. I do wonder if the guage or the sender is calibrated wrong anyway because when you fill it the needle sits higher than the full mark on the guage so I might have been a bit closer to empty than I thought I was. It's useful knowledge to have anyway. I'm also not sure if using up as much of the fuel as I could in the car has been the reason the starting problem went away, or if it was something else entirely, Because French. It can't hurt to burn up the old fuel at any rate, and it seems much happier since I put £20 of fresh diesel in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Had the headlights mended on the Subaru. £84, not the end of the world and I'm less likely to get pulled or crash for having a light out, or get pulled as I crashed because I had a light out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 The passat has sold. Buyer came all the way from Devon. Sold for more than what I paid for the vectra. I paid £1150 for it two years ago - it sold for £120 less. Result. yes oui si, brownnova, egg and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 25 minutes ago, HillmanImp said: Had the headlights mended on the Subaru. £84, not the end of the world and I'm less likely to get pulled or crash for having a light out, or get pulled as I crashed because I had a light out. What was up with them? Just the snapped clips and ziptie bodge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 The vectra got it's first wash by me. brownnova, yes oui si, jumpingjehovahs and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 21 minutes ago, loserone said: What was up with them? Just the snapped clips and ziptie bodge? No, it was some electrical shizzle stopping the O/S one working properly. I'd changed and swapped over the bulbs just after I'd got it to no avail so it was obviously an electrical gremlin. I mean the light still worked, it was just really dull compared to the other one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 48 minutes ago, Bren said: The vectra got it's first wash by me. That actually looks rather smart!! Bren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 10 hours ago, PhilA said: Urgh. Left my little 6V battery on my big charger in the den on my workbench. Seems my big charger isn't 6 volts on the 6 volt charge setting because I just got woken up having forgotten about it, the house stinks of hydrogen disulphide and the battery was swollen and hot and the ammeter reading about 6 amps. Fucksticks Airing out the house at 2am, just my idea of fun. Several moths think this is their house now. Phil And this of course is why modern chargers won't charge at 12v if the voltage is too low. Users just can't be trusted! PhilA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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