captain_70s Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 *JDM INTENSIFIES* djim, Ohdearme, strangeangel and 8 others 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TataBobu Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 8 hours ago, paulplom said: Just broke my favourite cup while washing the dishes. The cup has always been ironic. The irony being, it was bought for me by the biggest cunt I've ever had the misfortune to meet. Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk When you got it, did you thank and assured the other person that the mug will always remind you of him or her? 5 hours ago, BoggyMires said: Instrvctions in Transylvanian too it would appear! Could you take a picture of said instructions and post it? I do love me a nice bit of google translate humour. Last chinese bit of kitchen equipment I bought had a nice recipe on how to make soup from babies. stonedagain and paulplom 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 1 hour ago, egg said: Here you go! I didn't see that. I saw you were collecting something but never saw the outcome, I thought it was the Mazda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 I called the Mazda guy twice more, nothing doing Craig the Princess 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohdearme Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Insured the Renner today so all the fleet is now driveable, Mot pending on white one 22/2 so situation is fluid. paulplom, loserone, Angrydicky and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N19 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Bluebird wouldn't start this morning, didn't have time to look at it until I got home. Came back and spent a while pissing around with checking the ignition system, before realising that one of the autochoke flaps was stuck shut, and it starts perfectly if prodded open. Sod's law dictates that this is just as it gets too dark and cold to reasonably do any work, so will have to investigate further tomorrow. paulplom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 On 2/18/2020 at 12:28 PM, PhilA said: Stage 1 is nearly complete. I'm glad I put the air conditioner on in the workshop else the paint would've bloomed. Phil New speaker grill fabric arrived. Original scrap right there to compare how it should look. Really nice fabric, happy with that. Phil djim, strangeangel, Craig the Princess and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 New boots ordered for Suzuki. £160 I didn't want to spend, but as I'm off to Canterbury on Saturday morning to catch up with some old Uni chums who still live round those parts I don't want 1 Polish death ring, 2 almost worn out Nankangs and an 18 year old spare. 4x Avon ZV7s to be fitted, and going mingebag by asking them not to change the valves. Only place that could have fitted them by Saturday afternoon is Formula 1 in Bognor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 4 hours ago, wuvvum said: Collectioned. hnnnng Ghosty, BorniteIdentity, drewd and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Arriving at the Sloth in a Bowl palace this morning, coz working there, pulled the handbrake up to be greeted by a twang and nothing. Bollix ! I got new ones about 3 years ago. Pre coronavirus crap I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 2 minutes ago, puddlethumper said: Arriving at the Sloth in a Bowl palace this morning, coz working there, pulled the handbrake up to be greeted by a twang and nothing. Bollix ! I got new ones about 3 years ago. Pre coronavirus crap I suppose. Your mistake there was using it in the first place, all custodians of citroen CXs stopped applying them after a week. puddlethumper, stonedagain and Tadhg Tiogar 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 I'll remember that if I ever have the luck, or not, of owning a CX. richardmorris and stonedagain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntopaul Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 8 hours ago, Eyersey1234 said: Be nice to see it get over 200k, my aim for my Focus is at least moon mileage, at nearly 195k now. Your a little bit ahead of me on mileage then! but likewise hope your Focus makes it to the moon an back again ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Oh fucking bollocks , major FTP after filling up with diesel in the garage.....starter motor failure. Not a click , well you hear a click but no starter motor .. not the inhibitor either as I smashed it off and bridged the wires ..Automatic Pajero so no chance of bump starting! and it looks a right bastard to get at... Bro in law towed me home.. puddlethumper, stonedagain and BL Bloke 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 8 hours ago, wuvvum said: Collectioned. Thread over, forever. RobT and wuvvum 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 4 hours ago, richardmorris said: Your mistake there was using it in the first place, all custodians of citroen CXs stopped applying them after a week. Especially automatic ones.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 9 hours ago, egg said: Well done Wuv! Does it run? (Trailer is a hint...) Well it drove onto the trailer, but I don't think it would have driven home... egg, RobT and Skizzer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Well after 18 hours, 670 miles, £115 of diesel and one police stop, the Rover, the Merc and I are safely home and the trailer is back with the esteemed shiter to whom it belongs. I won't be doing anything like that again in a hurry. Comfortable though Rover 75 seats are, 16 hours is more than enough time to spend sat in them in a day. It did an OK job of towing the Merc home, but it was abundantly clear that it was only about 50kg off its max towing weight - hill starts in particular had it scrabbling for grip when the road was wet, and pulling out to overtake lorries on the motorway took some forward planning. It managed it though which was the main thing. Tomorrow's job is to clear out the garage (which will involve turfing out the Innocenti and the boat, among other things) and stick the Volvo in there so that the Merc can take up temporary residence on the drive whilst I go over it and sort out what it needs. I was hoping to make a start this weekend but I have a job interview on Monday which I need to prepare for so Merc fettling might need to be put off for a week. I'll take some more photos tomorrow though - it's quite a vehicle... RobT, Kiltox, dome and 27 others 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 One of my favourite F1 cars. Craig the Princess, HarmonicCheeseburger, jumpingjehovahs and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 LightBulbFun, dome, RobT and 29 others 32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 What did the police say @wuvvum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 27 minutes ago, loserone said: What did the police say @wuvvum? Good evening sir, I see we are winning at life. catsinthewelder, Twiggy, BL Bloke and 17 others 3 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 No, it was when I was returning the trailer so the Merc wasn't present. They basically wanted to make sure I hadn't nicked it - towing an empty car transporter trailer through the wilds of Norfolk late at night does look a bit dodgy tbf. RobT, Timewaster, Tickman and 9 others 7 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 35 minutes ago, wuvvum said: My cousins used to run the W115 coupé version of that in the 1980s. ACD 824K. Quite a thirsty thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Well this is a 2.2 diesel so I don't anticipate it being particularly thirsty. It will, however, probably be slow. yes oui si, somewhatfoolish, Split_Pin and 6 others 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispian_J_Hotson Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 20 hours ago, TataBobu said: When you got it, did you thank and assured the other person that the mug will always remind you of him or her? Could you take a picture of said instructions and post it? I do love me a nice bit of google translate humour. Last chinese bit of kitchen equipment I bought had a nice recipe on how to make soup from babies. So.... Read the instructions... After extreme neck ache... NOTHING! Off to buy 3 new car batteries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TataBobu Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Wow! A battery tester in casing of imported steel, and it comes with a chuck too! And not a run-of-the-mill one, but one with copper components! Is it an SDS chuck? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanciamatt Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 1 hour ago, wuvvum said: Well this is a 2.2 diesel so I don't anticipate it being particularly thirsty. It will, however, probably be slow. We had one when I was a kid, in beige imported from holland. Q82 WWJ was reg. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel bickle Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Nice one Wuz. Look forward to the write ups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 25 minutes ago, wuvvum said: They basically wanted to make sure I hadn't nicked it - towing an empty car transporter trailer through the wilds of Norfolk late at night does look a bit dodgy tbf. A car I was passenger in, towing a car transporter trailer many years ago was stopped for that exact reason. I spoke with the copper briefly and he mentioned that he stops just about anyone towing a car transporter or plant trailer, and his hit-rate for finding stolen ones was remarkably high. A bit like back in the 90's when an officer who used to frequent the 24hr fuel station I worked in commented that he pulled over every single 'scrote XR3i/RS turbo and Arstra GTE, as his hit rate for finding stolen ones was well over half of them. He only left them alone once he recognised a driver in the car. Some owners were twats about it, but the vast majority were pleased, as it meant there was a fighting chance that if their car was stolen, it would be stopped. Supernaut, paulplom, Brodders and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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