Ghosty Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 14 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said: Gone to live on a farm*? Nah, believe it or not it's going to live on, it's going to the guy that has my old 416GTI. He's going to replace the engine if it can't be fixed. LightBulbFun, Skizzer and somewhatfoolish 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N19 Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 1 hour ago, egg said: ECP spanners have arrived. Seem ok. Proof is in the using of course. Just got an email from eurocraparts saying they have run out and are refunding me for the set I'd ordered up. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 19 hours ago, DVee8 said: Has anyone's Top Tech 7pc Ratchet Spanner Set ordered from ECP turned up yet? Mine doesn't appear on orders, but arrived today via post man. The case is shite, but the spanners seem OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Well,I have no delivery or a email so see what next week brings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Says they're NLA on their webshite now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Grotty strut tower on the Corsa. The hole on the left is an empty bolt hole where the ABS pump bolts to on posher models. Its the bit on the right I'm concerned with as has gone through. However it's a double skinned area and there is a strengthening plate behind which might explain why it has passed several MOTs like this. I'm going to ask my garage to sort it properly this year before it spreads any further. Craig the Princess, Angrydicky and paulplom 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyersey1234 Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 I was following this beauty on the M1 earlier, think it's the first time I've seen a DeLorean in the metal Dannyk, LightBulbFun, egg and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Kv6 Sterling has been recovered home. Damn thing has been sat for about 2 years or thereabouts. A battery, some fresh petrol and some air in the tyres saw it start up and be recovered home successfully. Angrydicky, Split_Pin, Fat_Pirate and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Autoshite Funerals Your passing is our concern. HillmanImp, jumpingjehovahs, paulplom and 8 others 5 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yes oui si Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 On 3/5/2020 at 11:38 PM, volvov70 said: Bini please. Mini’s do not have vanos or codes ”old grump on mode” They're minis, and much better cars than the clattering rusty old shite from forty years ago. paulplom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 1 hour ago, yes oui si said: They're minis, and much better cars than the clattering rusty old shite from forty years ago. The prince engine you are describing went in the MK2 Bini and that was from around 2006. dome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 It's a glorious day, so I fully expect a thread full of people interfering with and enjoying their shite old cars today. Hoping to get both the Sierra and Mini out today for a good old shake down. Need to make a plan to reinstate heating to the Sierra, replace the leaky hose, price up a clutch and get it ready to go on front line duty from April. Skizzer and Angrydicky 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 My beloved BMW E46 touring is not very well, if I can't get it running I'll have to do a buy. It depends on how I do today. Problem is I rely on it for my income so I need something big this week so if it goes in to a garage and has to wait then I definitely have to do a buy. It would be my first since being on Autoshite, so the important first question is, obviously, where is the best place to post a collection caper? Is it best to start as a new thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yes oui si Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 1 minute ago, Tim_E said: My beloved BMW E46 touring is not very well, if I can't get it running I'll have to do a buy. It depends on I do today. Problem is I rely on it for my income so I need something big this week so if it goes in and has to wait then I definately have to do a buy. It would be my first since being on Autoshite, so the important first question is, obviously, where is the best place to post a collection caper? Is it best to start as a new thread? New thread in the main Autoshite forum is best Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickman Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Yes, a new thread every time Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Thanks, that's the first hurdle dealt with. Fingers crossed for a driveway fix though. But who doesn't like buying some new god-awful shite off the internet? chodweaver 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Meant to be raining later so was up early doors putting the new light in. Fixed it in with Butyl tape. The old sticky stuff on this one was really soft compared to the near side one and came off easily, no heat gun or owt, just peeled away and then needed cleaning. It didn't leak into the car before I replaced the light so inevitably it will now that I've fucked about with it but the old lens was cracked so it needed doing. yes oui si, Cord Fourteener, Split_Pin and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Nothing car wise from me today! Althogugh we went out earlier to buy a wii from Facebook and drove up and down Kop Hill, so I pretended the hill climb was on... A diesel xsara doesn't sound fab in low gears racing up a hill... paulplom and Cord Fourteener 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 BMW estate out of action; 924 is now my daily. yes oui si, brownnova, egg and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 11 minutes ago, Tim_E said: BMW estate out of action; 924 is now my daily. I've lost Imp Jrs car seat for the 944 so can't go anywhere in it with him. I took it out when I was selling it but I've no idea what I've done with it. Its one of those pockets ones so isn't big but I've looked everywhere and still can't find it. Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, HillmanImp said: I've lost Imp Jrs car seat for the 944 so can't go anywhere in it with him. I took it out when I was selling it but I've no idea what I've done with it. Its one of those pockets ones so isn't big but I've looked everywhere and still can't find it. Getting jrs out in the classics is important part of their education! Craig the Princess, HillmanImp and brownnova 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 16 hours ago, Eyersey1234 said: I was following this beauty on the M1 earlier, think it's the first time I've seen a DeLorean in the metal I hope it wasn’t going 88mph as it would have triggered the speed cameras on the gantry. Eyersey1234, Semi-C, HillmanImp and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyersey1234 Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 32 minutes ago, HMC said: I hope it wasn’t going 88mph as it would have triggered the speed cameras on the gantry. We were doing 62 and keeping up with it lol HMC and strangeangel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyersey1234 Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 I should point out I was driving a coach, and no it wasn't me that took the photo lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadsword Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Found this little souvenir in the Triumph Herald. The tag line is priceless. dome, RobT and egg 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Just now, Broadsword said: Found this little souvenir in the Triumph Herald. The tag line is priceless. Does it also come with a complimentary soluble tablet of replacement wire smoke? Broadsword and stonedagain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 22 minutes ago, Broadsword said: Found this little souvenir in the Triumph Herald. The tag line is priceless. "Trust Lucas" ....to leave you in the dark. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 11 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said: It's a glorious day, so I fully expect a thread full of people interfering with and enjoying their shite old cars today. Hoping to get both the Sierra and Mini out today for a good old shake down. Need to make a plan to reinstate heating to the Sierra, replace the leaky hose, price up a clutch and get it ready to go on front line duty from April. Gah. Little of this happened. Neither car got a look in as I took a magical mystery tour of tile vendors in the Cambridgeshire area ahead of our bathroom being re-tiled tomorrow. However we've made a plan of action to get the Mini through another MOT (expires in 8 weeks) and I did get to drive something a bit different. My father in law - ever since I met him 17 years ago - has always had Subarus. Through university and early adult life, he never had a piss to pot in - always making do with whatever he could buy from a pub car park for £50 or whatever. He was the stereotypical, eccentric Dr of Science - fantastic mind, teribble taste. My wife remembers a string of shite cars - particularly a brown Datsun (I think 1200) and a Sierra L. He tells me there was also a Fiat 128 at one stage (well, most of one) When money eventually found him, he bought an Impreza. Then an STI. Then another - and then, 4 years ago, this absolute fucking monster. I've never driven any of them, but offered to pull it up onto our drive today to load his tools into the boot (he's been helping with the bathroom). He smiled, passed me the keys and then said "Go on then." Goodness me, they area bone shakingly brutal. It's 4 years old, and not only as tight as a drum - tight as cramp. Sorry to sound like an old fart (and I'm nearly half his age) but it must be absolutely exhausting to drive something like this every day. God alive! So anyway. I've come to terms with the fact that I'm now old and my father in law clearly isn't. Great, great fun. But I think I'd rather something more sedate. Like a mug of cocoa and an episode of Lovejoy. stonedagain, wuvvum, Disco Fever and 9 others 7 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyersey1234 Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, BorniteIdentity said: Gah. Little of this happened. Neither car got a look in as I took a magical mystery tour of tile vendors in the Cambridgeshire area ahead of our bathroom being re-tiled tomorrow. However we've made a plan of action to get the Mini through another MOT (expires in 8 weeks) and I did get to drive something a bit different. My father in law - ever since I met him 17 years ago - has always had Subarus. Through university and early adult life, he never had a piss to pot in - always making do with whatever he could buy from a pub car park for £50 or whatever. He was the stereotypical, eccentric Dr of Science - fantastic mind, teribble taste. My wife remembers a string of shite cars - particularly a brown Datsun (I think 1200) and a Sierra L. He tells me there was also a Fiat 128 at one stage (well, most of one) When money eventually found him, he bought an Impreza. Then an STI. Then another - and then, 4 years ago, this absolute fucking monster. I've never driven any of them, but offered to pull it up onto our drive today to load his tools into the boot (he's been helping with the bathroom). He smiled, passed me the keys and then said "Go on then." Goodness me, they area bone shakingly brutal. It's 4 years old, and not only as tight as a drum - tight as cramp. Sorry to sound like an old fart (and I'm nearly half his age) but it must be absolutely exhausting to drive something like this every day. God alive! So anyway. I've come to terms with the fact that I'm now old and my father in law clearly isn't. Great, great fun. But I think I'd rather something more sedate. Like a mug of cocoa and an episode of Lovejoy. Phooar what a lovely Impreza your FIL has Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 On 3/7/2020 at 6:07 PM, Eyersey1234 said: I was following this beauty on the M1 earlier, think it's the first time I've seen a DeLorean in the metal Getting it serviced before the impending apocalypse LightBulbFun, Eyersey1234 and Tadhg Tiogar 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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