Jazoli Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 5 minutes ago, sims00 said: Winner! Just got back to Watford for a flying visit to the parents. 80mpg achieved with not much effort. This car is brilliant. Quirky and so comfortable to drive. Battery is in rude health as well which I'm chuffed with. A few minor things to do aesthetic wise and I'll make it look smarter but I'm pleased. Looks like I'll be hanging up my car buying tendencies for a while as I've found the perfect vehicle to commute and save money. Brilliant to see Colin again and his amazing house. Dibs please, I'll give it a month. BorniteIdentity and puddlethumper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Earrings Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 1 minute ago, Jazoli said: Dibs please, I'll give it a month. ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 17 minutes ago, Jazoli said: Dibs please, I'll give it a month. Just buy @Jim Bell's ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 22 minutes ago, sims00 said: ??? And un-dibbed, didn't realise these were a manual puddlethumper and Pat Earrings 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 6 hours ago, sims00 said: So I say goodbye already to the Legacy today and I'm picking up something completely at the other end of the motoring scale. 3 hour journey awaits me. Something which is super rare, super frugal and only 2 other members have. I know it is NOT a 305 van. It never is.? loserone and Pat Earrings 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 I do love this car, but this bit still stings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 2 minutes ago, Zelandeth said: I do love this car, but this bit still stings! Please tell me that's not the Invacar. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 11 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: Please tell me that's not the Invacar. I would be well impressed if it was! A: for how just how hard you would have to rag the tits off the poor thing to get that low of an MPG figure (maybe ill finally get a verified top speed number? LOL) and B: for somehow getting 64 litres into a 20 litre fuel tank (on a more serious note I think its the Jaaaag) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 11 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: Please tell me that's not the Invacar. No. Though the mid 20s it was initially returning was bad enough, seems to be doing better now the carb has been fettled and returned 35mpg from the last tank which is more in the expected ballpark. Worst tank I think I've had from the Jag so far was 9.6mpg. I'd really like to see the average creeping into the mid teens really, currently sitting at 12.7. I know the A bank inlet manifold gasket is compromised in at least one location so that won't be helping anything. LightBulbFun and Split_Pin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 18 minutes ago, Zelandeth said: No. Though the mid 20s it was initially returning was bad enough, seems to be doing better now the carb has been fettled and returned 35mpg from the last tank which is more in the expected ballpark. Worst tank I think I've had from the Jag so far was 9.6mpg. I'd really like to see the average creeping into the mid teens really, currently sitting at 12.7. I know the A bank inlet manifold gasket is compromised in at least one location so that won't be helping anything. You're doing marginally better than Brother Fumbler's old P38 which had 4 less cylinders! Best we got was 18 on the trip to buy the Land Cruiser. 18 is, apparently, the best you can ever get with that engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Stuboy junior attempting parallel parking.. 1st proper lesson booked for the 1st September Burnside, Split_Pin, paulplom and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 On 8/9/2020 at 1:17 AM, wuvvum said: There is also an occasional knock from the offside front over bigger bumps - I'm going to replace both drop links and see if that cures it as they don't look particularly recent and again, they're cheap. Replacing fuses got the sunroof and rear fogs working again - the aircon doesn't seem to do much though (I can't hear the compressor kicking in), and the airbag light is on with my Delphi kit unable to find a fault code, so not sure what's going on there. Overall it's still a nice thing to drive with pretty car-like handling, although with black leather seats it could do with working aircon. drop links will sound like the front is going to fall off! air con- check this relay as there was a better quality one released yhat is supposed to be less failure prone the troublesome one is an Omron the upgrade is Mitsuba wuvvum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 1 hour ago, stuboy said: Stuboy junior attempting parallel parking.. 1st proper lesson booked for the 1st September He's done better than most people with a licence. Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 1 hour ago, stuboy said: Stuboy junior attempting parallel parking.. 1st proper lesson booked for the 1st September Your lads doing great there, I've been driving for nearly 24 years and usually avoid parallel parking am I'm so dreadful at it. I guess I'm out of practice as I'm rarely anywhere that I have to do it. When I had a flat with on street parking I was decent at it but that was nearly 20 years ago! Nice clutch control there too, I can't even hear the engine. stuboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 5 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: Your lads doing great there, I've been driving for nearly 24 years and usually avoid parallel parking am I'm so dreadful at it. I guess I'm out of practice as I'm rarely anywhere that I have to do it. When I had a flat with on street parking I was decent at it but that was nearly 20 years ago! Nice clutch control there too, I can't even hear the engine. I seem to be able to manage it *most* of the time in the Jag, no bother in the van...Xantia (or when I still had it, 107), nope! To be honest it's something which beyond the test I think I can count on one hand how often it's a skill I've needed each year. stuboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 6 hours ago, Jazoli said: And un-dibbed, didn't realise these were a manual They come in CVT flavour as well, for maximum shiteness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 13 hours ago, sims00 said: So I say goodbye already to the Legacy today and I'm picking up something completely at the other end of the motoring scale. 3 hour journey awaits me. Something which is super rare, super frugal and only 2 other members have. Oh god / good. Invacar? BorniteIdentity and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 1 hour ago, High Jetter said: Oh god / good. Invacar? Honda 2 seater? Difficult to guess; need some more insight really. Pat Earrings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 52 minutes ago, HMC said: Honda 2 seater? Difficult to guess; need some more insight really. I see what you did there ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Is it to go on holiday in.... To the Costa Del Sol ? Pat Earrings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Still don't know how Rock Auto do it. That belt was ordered a good 24 hours later than the oil pressure switch next to it, the belt came from the US, the oil pressure switch within the UK. Both arrived this morning. LightBulbFun and somewhatfoolish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 On 8/24/2020 at 1:24 PM, Borsuq said: Polonez is ready to pick up from the detailer's. Worried as hell. Looks decent in photos tho. That's just wrong. FSO's in the UK came scruffy as fuck, brand new from the dealer. Amishtat and Borsuq 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Costco trips are so much less hassle with an appropriate vehicle. First time I've been since the start of the year and we were basically out of everything. £280 worth of stuff in that photo! Some chilled things are hiding in the fridge too. mk2_craig, Six-cylinder, Amishtat and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 how big is your oven to fit that pizza in ? looks huge BorniteIdentity and LightBulbFun 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 I just got in from work and put the kettle on when my phone beeped "you got any jump leads ?" from my brother. he hasn't used his car for over a month but chose today when it's pissing it down to try to start it up. of course it was parked nose in on the drive with the brakes seized on so pushing it off the drive wasn't happening, we checked that his neighbours weren't in and drove my car sideways over their patio, gave it a tickle of juice and got it fired up quick style sent him on a long drive to get those volts restored, and went back to my cuppa mk2_craig and paulplom 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borsuq Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 56 minutes ago, barefoot said: That's just wrong. FSO's in the UK came scruffy as fuck, brand new from the dealer. They're such lovely, luxurious automobiles though! They even have a decadent, woolen upholstery! And it did come out fantastic. somewhatfoolish, wuvvum, holbeck and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 53 minutes ago, gm said: how big is your oven to fit that pizza in ? looks huge They fit, just! Pretty sure the maximum size of a standard oven in the UK is what determined the size they chose. They're pretty decent too as with most of their own label stuff. LightBulbFun and gm 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 6 minutes ago, Zelandeth said: They fit, just! ... Reminds me of an AEG oven..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Finally got round to hoovering and wiping out the ford galaxy...how can woman and kids make it so s Crappy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: Reminds me of an AEG oven..... Neff I think. Either way it came with the house and is a piece of garbage which will be getting replaced at the first available opportunity. Takes forever to warm up and is the most difficult to keep clean oven I have ever encountered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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