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15 minutes ago, BorniteIdentity said:

In fairness, Mum always said there’s always some worse off than yourself. This might take some beating though. 

Meh... the 307 is ok when the sun is shining and has done 60k at minimal cost in our tenure, the Insignia, well it was cheap and its big enough to carry my shit.

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3 hours ago, Jazoli said:

I serviced the wife's 307CC and the Insignia today, I had a moment of panic when I stopped the folding roof operation to lube all the seals then got a 'Roof Faulty' message, I thought the missus was going to kill me but I'd noticed the bootlid drop slightly when applying the gummi pleghe stuff and with her sat in the seat I lifted the boot lid slightly and it started working again.

Bonus tool find was a led ring inspection lamp in the undertray in the Insignia, if the previous owner reads this you can have it back if you send me the service booklet ;) :D

 

?That will be Sam's! I text him a while back with your dets to post it on but I know he's mega busy usually

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It's no good to me as I don't have the charger for it!

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Just to add, fucking Vauxhall and their penny pinching, the Insignia is SE spec, 5 metres long and has no fucking parking sensors, what's that all about? Its also supposed to have a USB socket in the drivers armrest cubby thing, nope that's not there either, aftermarket sensors are being fitted tomorrow as I've already crashed it into my workshop at work, plenty of evidence of others missing the parking sensors too on the rear bumper :D

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As I need things to keep me busy when not working has pushed my mind into wanting to remove centre box, realised ment chopping up a too crumbly 2nd hand one I got, then remembered when changing mates STtdci mondeos exhaust the centre section very similar, so eurocarparts had sale on so £20 later I ordered it, delivered next day, so if I get bored ill get the welder and grinder out.

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I’ve just taxed one of my E36s as the mini is purely a winter car and forgot how good they are to drive so I don’t have to weave across the road anymore to avoid potholes on the daily  drive (supposedly essential according to our boss) to  work.

Well I guess a bright red E36 won’t go under the radar if the police decided to pull me up but then again a yellow Mini wasn’t exactly blending in with the traffic.

If I ever get any free time this weekend the  mini is getting its wipac spots I bought for it about a couple of years ago and I’m taking out the nice Sony stereo which I just fitted and will.be changing it for an all singing all dancing NOS Alpine Bluetooth unit which I bought off Facebook about a month ago for £35.

Also I fitted a nice new genuine BMW badge to the front of the E36 today as I bought a Chinese fake by mistake and it lasted all of about a week so I’m now an expert on how to tell a fake badge or not by looking at the back of the badge lol.

 

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13 minutes ago, reb said:

Probably not very. My collection is of something that will stop me having to go outside too much!

I'm looking at contactless options at the moment.  They include getting it delivered by someone who does it for a job and therefore can't work from home or changing job to car collector and then doing it.

I jest.  Gonna try and drop a deposit on it and hope he sits tight.  I guess the only people who could buy it in the meantime are local so worth a go.

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I'm not up for being a dick - just for clarity.  I saw my then 7 year old son in hospital with double pneumonia which nearly finished him and it's not funny.  But I am of the opinion that someone driving me 50 miles where we don't leave the car is safer than a 5 mile walk where other people are about.  As long as you don't stop for fuel (full tank already) and use breakdown facilities (easy enough) or crash (ahh - bit trickier to guarantee) then it's a difficult one.

Ultimately if you pass the attitude test with the plod and have a feasible reason for being out they'll let you go.  I guess motor traders are still able to do business?

I don't reckon i'll go for it, because the optics aren't great.  So looking at alternatives.

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My news today is this: BMW is fixed, Volvo is a good working car that needs timing belt and thermostat sorting out as well as a service and I have some time free in the coming weeks.

And there's not much point rushing to sell a car in this current climate...

I've never done a timing belt or a thermostat and as I have a working daily and a functional classic ready to go I can afford to try like a beginner and get it wrong, take ages and then ask a mechanic to fix my mess!

Joy!

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I'm pissed bored here like. I've even tidied under my bed.
I found a tv/dvd combi if anyone would like it. 22" with a decent looking bracket. I presume it could be used as a monitor.
I'll leave it in the front garden if anyone would like it. No contact required. You could collect on a essential trip to tescos.6ac2f62b4de5a435e761459bc7aa7c11.jpgccaf4cf1055a2ad48f490e1f1009fbaa.jpg

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Tinkered around the cars today, mainly the Clio.

The clamp holding the tail pipe to the mid section was loose.

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The clamp holding the second tailpipe to the system is also rotten but still tight.

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Helpfully I have neither size so have ordered 2 from ebay.

The rear heatshield was only held on by one bolt and was rattling something awful.

Off you fuck.

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While I was there I fitted a new hanger for the second tailpipe and applied Vactan to the rear chassis rails followed by stonechip.

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The whole mid section is only held on by this one bizarrely designed rubber. It is hanging a bit low so I'll order another.

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Sits a bit more even each side now.

 

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I also fixed the non working numberplate light bulb by binning the shitty LED item and robbing a bulb from the Corsa. Garage had said it was the wiring but that looked fine and it now works.

Moved onto the front nearside and treated some light corrosion with Vactan and then stonechipped it. I did the offside about a month ago.

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I had some Vactan left over so treated a small patch in the Audi's front wheelarches, same both sides.

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Poked the hole in the Corsas strut top again and made it bigger. Rest of the car is OK but realistically its worth more in bits.

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I fitted parking sensors to the Insignia today, no pics as I didn't take any, but I can now park with confidence as previously it was a guessing game as the visibility was shit due to it being a modern.

I also had to fit a new battery to the wife's 307CC, yesterdays fucking about finally killed it and it wouldn't start well today and was showing 12.1V at rest, we have been having random bouts of windows dropping and spurious warning lights, which all pointed to the battery on its way out, its now fixed, annoying thing was is that I had a brand new battery in the garage but the wife thinks because I already had it she can have it for free :(

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4 hours ago, reb said:

All the essentials in.

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No bench yet, so had to improvise for mounting the truing stand

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Shimmed with a lump of the free kindling I got the other day.

You're actually using a real trueing stand! Luxury. I normally used the upturned bike and the brakes as a reference.

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