barefoot Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 1 hour ago, stuboy said: Any on here been silly... My VW bloke did a similar with my bus, whilst returning from the paintshop to his workshop - about 500 yards, he popped it in for MOT with no glass & doors held closed with masking tape. It failed. paulplom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 On 5/21/2020 at 8:17 AM, barefoot said: Auto Aid collected the 944 and took it to Cavendish Porsche, yesterday afternoon. It's back this afternoon with lovely new fuel pipes... Why did it take so fucking long? Apparently the correct pipes are difficult to obtain. Now I don't mind that, and I appreciate that bits for old cars don't grow on trees, but a phone call or a text message or something would have been appreciated. I had words. That's Cavendish Porsche, if you're wondering where to lose your expensive motor car for a month. On 5/24/2020 at 11:36 PM, mitsisigma01 said: Imprinted concrete, pretty colours and patterns for the Mrs, sealed and oil proof for the leaky old shiters, win win ? Amazingly the fair wife & I have have reached a better compromise. Block paved in grey to satisfy her lust for aesthetics, with an 18 inch wide black gravel trough down the centre for my Bauhaus inspired, form follows function requirements of somewhere for the oil to drip. beko1987, mitsisigma01, dome and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 8 hours ago, richardmorris said: Ah, Veyron. Each corner's tyre is specific, and has to be changed four at a time at the Bugatti factory. Stevebrookman and richardmorris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 6 minutes ago, Ghosty said: Ah, Veyron. Each corner's tyre is specific, and has to be changed four at a time at the Bugatti factory. Now I know where all the Lancia design engineers went to work after they got handed their cards. 320touring, wuvvum, Ghosty and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Enough procrastination. Time to actually deal with this spaghetti. I have absolutely no idea what goes where, but there's at least one circular bit of wiring in there... I've been putting this off since getting the van. Skizzer and Fat_Pirate 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00833827 Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 A bit blurry but this is a tray that attaches to the back of the front passenger and driver seats of my Kangoo. One was missing so i got this one from ebay for a fiver. Its for a Scenic but i will be surprised if they are any different. Maybe a shade of grey out but at least my kids wont fight over which side they want to sit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 3 minutes ago, Zelandeth said: Enough procrastination. Time to actually deal with this spaghetti. I have absolutely no idea what goes where, but there's at least one circular bit of wiring in there... I've been putting this off since getting the van. You can’t complain at a little wiring like that when you have an xjs! Stevebrookman, Skizzer, NigeT and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Just now, richardmorris said: You can’t complain at a little wiring like that when you have an xjs! That is infinitely better than it was when I got the van...back then there were two sets of battery terminals floating around in the battery box and half a dozen wires connected to nothing - several of which turned to be unfused and connected to the vehicle battery + at the other end...how it never caught fire is beyond me. richardmorris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Sitting outside with a small glass of red and my peace had been disturbed by a chinook passing right overhead. No idea where it’s heading as it doesn’t appear on Flightradar24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Today has been a good day, finally i think things are starting to get back to something like normal. after the upset of the last few weeks, ending with the FiL's funeral last week, Rodney Mini has finally come out to play. After cutting down the 2 foot high weeds that had grown up in front of the garage first.... Now Kerry said she thought that the car was loosing oil,like a lot of oil, and while, yes there is a far sized spot on the garage floor, a look underneath has shown that the drive shafts are dry, as was the back of the engine and around the rocker box. the gear change though is oily,as is to be expected. Alos, the car was running like a back of shite, or it was last time it was out before lockdown. it was miss-firing when given nay sort of revs, but we drove it over to the garage for some fresh petrol. in a rush of blood to the head i even put sper-max-v-extra-whatever high octane in. well about 1 and half gallons worth...... with how ever much stale fuel was in there, i figured that some better petrol wouldn't do it any harm. so much so that the miss-fire has gone. which is nice. So the tiny car has been to the in-laws,for a soapy wash and polish before coming home. And i have had the best drive across the moors in like 9 months or so,cos that would be the last time that one of the tiny cars was out and on the road. Yes, today has been a good day. danthecapriman, Amishtat, andyberg and 22 others 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 43 minutes ago, richardmorris said: Sitting outside with a small glass of red and my peace had been disturbed by a chinook passing right overhead. No idea where it’s heading as it doesn’t appear on Flightradar24 funny,cos the last few days we have had at least one merlin helicopter (one today, on Saturday there were 4 of them!) come over us, on an afternoon. there must be some exercise on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 51 minutes ago, richardmorris said: Sitting outside with a small glass of red and my peace had been disturbed by a chinook passing right overhead. No idea where it’s heading as it doesn’t appear on Flightradar24 They used to practice low level night flying when I was living in my little Sprite 2 berth caravan, it used to shake it to shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floatylight Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Sitting outside with a small glass of red and my peace had been disturbed by a chinook passing right overhead. No idea where it’s heading as it doesn’t appear on Flightradar24 Probably coming to or from here (Stafford Army Base) loads about hereSent from my SM-A505FN using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schonker Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 How much do you reckon the marina is worth Trig,considering its in such original condition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Earrings Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 New upgraded rear wiper arm/blade fitted. Looks a million times better and really suits the car, old one has been binned. Popped in some subtle LED number plate lights too and changed the reverse lightbulb. Noticed it was out the other day and it's the easiest thing, you push in a tang and it pops out. It still said motorcraft on so possibly the original or just a dealer visit. Fully working now. Jazoli and Lord Sterling 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 10 minutes ago, sims00 said: New upgraded rear wiper arm/blade fitted. Looks a million times better and really suits the car, old one has been binned. Popped in some subtle LED number plate lights too and changed the reverse lightbulb. Noticed it was out the other day and it's the easiest thing, you push in a tang and it pops out. It still said motorcraft on so possibly the original or just a dealer visit. Fully working now. Ready to swap yet Pat Earrings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Another faultless 550-mile round trip in the Rover 75 this weekend to see the folks in Somerset. It's reminded me of a couple of jobs I need to do though - sort out the dodgy self-levelling on the nearside headlight and try and get the aircon belt sorted. LightBulbFun, RobT, Split_Pin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 16 hours ago, Floatylight said: Probably coming to or from here (Stafford Army Base) loads about here Sent from my SM-A505FN using Tapatalk Flying out of RAF Odiham I expect - heading due NE. Floatylight 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 I had to nip to the bank in Newcastle yesterday so parked (for free, thanks tescos) in Gateshead and walked over the bridge into town, spotting this on the way looks like it could be closed down but, by the time I'd come back, the doors were open and fettling was going on, disappointingly no reliants were visible, only boring normal cars paulplom, LightBulbFun, Spottedlaurel and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 They do have some interesting stuff hidden inside some of the arches gm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 21 hours ago, stuboy said: Any on here been silly... Nothing here should be more illegal than that font. wuvvum, Steve79, loserone and 7 others 1 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 2 hours ago, wuvvum said: Another faultless 550-mile round trip in the Rover 75 this weekend to see the folks in Somerset. It's reminded me of a couple of jobs I need to do though - sort out the dodgy self-levelling on the nearside headlight and try and get the aircon belt sorted. Those little arms that connect between the ballast and the suspension arms look really frail compared to the rest of the cars structure around it. I believe the ones on mine have been replaced at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out Run Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 1 hour ago, BorniteIdentity said: Nothing here should be more illegal than that font. Beat me to it! I don’t know why that is even an option. Sort it out, Samsung! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 3 hours ago, sims00 said: New upgraded rear wiper arm/blade fitted. Looks a million times better and really suits the car, old one has been binned. Popped in some subtle LED number plate lights too and changed the reverse lightbulb. Noticed it was out the other day and it's the easiest thing, you push in a tang and it pops out. It still said motorcraft on so possibly the original or just a dealer visit. Fully working now. Lol! Take the 'C' and '04' out of the plate and its message is clear ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camryv6 Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 1 hour ago, gm said: I had to nip to the bank in Newcastle yesterday so parked (for free, thanks tescos) in Gateshead and walked over the bridge into town, spotting this on the way looks like it could be closed down but, by the time I'd come back, the doors were open and fettling was going on, disappointingly no reliants were visible, only boring normal cars Did you enquire about the services from £19.99 ? gm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dome Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 On 6/20/2020 at 7:44 PM, dome said: Deposit received for the Locost, it'll go this week. What's next, I hear no-one ask? Oh, dunno, no plans Cough. Remember these? Offer accepted. Stay tuned! cort16, BeEP, louiepj and 10 others 10 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 I was behind one of them Rolls Royce suv things today. A very forgettable arse. I hope the interior made up for the exterior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydicky Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/john-winlow-volvo-too-old-ipswich-borough-council-1-6712355?fbclid=IwAR0pIxrAZolGXn5_-4pQm9K-RR14HZyJXmZ10T-mFeV6IErsLCJhG7tj_hI Bastards... Amishtat, wuvvum, Brodders and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 I've seen that Volvo taxi several times when I've been in Ipswich. If The Volvo is anything to go by, its exhaust emissions will be negligible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Angrydicky said: https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/john-winlow-volvo-too-old-ipswich-borough-council-1-6712355?fbclid=IwAR0pIxrAZolGXn5_-4pQm9K-RR14HZyJXmZ10T-mFeV6IErsLCJhG7tj_hI Oddly enough I came here to post just the same thing. I'm not sure if it was to do with the presence of the importers being in town back then, but there were a lot of Volvo taxis in town in the 1980s and '90s. I looked up the MoT history, looks as if the speedo stopped working some years ago - if he's doing 20k a year (which seems low) it must've done over 400,000 by now. BorniteIdentity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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