vulgalour Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Angrydicky said: Looks a lovely job, and quick too! Be sure to recommend them, as there’s so many cowboys about. We found them by word-of-mouth, but they can be found here: https://www.checkatrade.com/trades/OriginalRoofingAndConstructionLtd/ and other review sites. No sucking of teeth or other such nonsense, just crack on and get it done, an absolutely ideal experience to be quite honest. No mess left behind either, if it weren't for the new roof you wouldn't know they'd even been. Angrydicky, barefoot, LightBulbFun and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vantman Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 32 minutes ago, vulgalour said: We found them by word-of-mouth, but they can be found here: https://www.checkatrade.com/trades/OriginalRoofingAndConstructionLtd/ and other review sites. No sucking of teeth or other such nonsense, just crack on and get it done, an absolutely ideal experience to be quite honest. No mess left behind either, if it weren't for the new roof you wouldn't know they'd even been. Did they like your Lanchester? LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 With all this electric vehicle thing coming in I'm taking the depot manager out in an electric bin wagon tomorrow afternoon. Gave it a once over it's a 6 year old Dennis that's been converted, so it's going to crash and rattle. I hope to get some video/pics. catsinthewelder, LightBulbFun, mitsisigma01 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, dozeydustman said: With all this electric vehicle thing coming in I'm taking the depot manager out in an electric bin wagon tomorrow afternoon. Gave it a once over it's a 6 year old Dennis that's been converted, so it's going to crash and rattle. I hope to get some video/pics. Definitely be interested to hear how that goes. I saw a post from a Scottish council the other day saying they'd just bought some brand new ones. I decided to have a rant about the 2030 petrol/diesel ban and the stupid reactions people are having to it: HarmonicCheeseburger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 1 minute ago, Kiltox said: Definitely be interested to hear how that goes. I saw a post from a Scottish council the other day saying they'd just bought some brand new ones. I decided to have a rant about the 2030 petrol/diesel ban and the stupid reactions people are having to it: tbh I think the 2030 ban is too early, the battery technology isn't there yet and I (among others) do not consider Lithium as environmentally friendly as the world reckon. The crew that had it today ran out of juice and they were in the town, 2 miles from our depot. 12 miles covered but 1400 lifter cycles. Doesn't bode well.... mitsisigma01 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 I think there's an awful lot of development to come for heavy machinery like that - hybrids are much more likely to be the viable solution to start with surely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Just now, dozeydustman said: .... I (among others) do not consider Lithium as environmentally friendly as the world reckon.... The environMENTALists help to push Lithium batteries because their manufacture is "out of sight, out of mind". Western society only sees the finished product, not how it is made, so we can't see the damage done elsewhere. Christine, N19, Shite Ron and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 4 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: The environMENTALists help to push Lithium batteries because their manufacture is "out of sight, out of mind". Western society only sees the finished product, not how it is made, so we can't see the damage done elsewhere. A fascist coup was allowed in Bolivia to extract the lithium resources. We in the west are 100% guilty of enjoying consumer products without thinking about the consequences that face workers and the environment, only somewhere far enough away that we don't care. It's not like oil extraction, processing and burning it is the moral alternative either. Shite Ron, SiC, Dirk Diggler and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 11 minutes ago, Lacquer Peel said: ...It's not like oil extraction, processing and burning it is the moral alternative either. No, but we know it works. Shite Ron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Vantman said: Did they like your Lanchester? Of course they did, everybody does! Shite Ron, LightBulbFun, Vantman and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 1 hour ago, dozeydustman said: tbh I think the 2030 ban is too early, the battery technology isn't there yet and I (among others) do not consider Lithium as environmentally friendly as the world reckon. The crew that had it today ran out of juice and they were in the town, 2 miles from our depot. 12 miles covered but 1400 lifter cycles. Doesn't bode well.... Yup. At least they saw it in a 'real world' scenario. It's got to help, little steps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 3 hours ago, wuvvum said: Then I can start on the fun* task of trying to track down a clutch. choice of many i think https://www.ebay.co.uk/b/Complete-Clutch-Kits-for-Autobianchi-A-112/174100/bn_7013314960 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Sadly not - my Innocenti has a 3-cylinder Daihatsu engine, the A112 had the 903cc Fiat engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 7 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: The environMENTALists help to push Lithium batteries because their manufacture is "out of sight, out of mind". Western society only sees the finished product, not how it is made, so we can't see the damage done elsewhere. 7 hours ago, Lacquer Peel said: A fascist coup was allowed in Bolivia to extract the lithium resources. We in the west are 100% guilty of enjoying consumer products without thinking about the consequences that face workers and the environment, only somewhere far enough away that we don't care. It's not like oil extraction, processing and burning it is the moral alternative either. Exactly. I was a chemistry student for 4 years so I know all sorts of nasties go into battery production - both the environmental impacts of extraction and the poisonous compounds they contain. This covers all batteries, not just lithium. I’m not anti electric vehicle, anti what they’re energy storage source is. Sadly they’re a necessary evil. Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Hmm. Something just woke me up in here by falling over. Made a godawful crash...and it wasn't my imagination as the dog (who I was completely unaware had snuck in through the door I'd not latched properly and was curled up on the foot of the bed) just about bounced off the ceiling as well. Can I find anything out of place or any evidence of it? Not a chance. Been walking around scratching my head for 15 minutes now...Giving up and going back to bed. beko1987 and catsinthewelder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 On 29/09/2020 at 19:24, egg said: How come I didn't know until today, thanks to Matthew Hayward of Octane magazine, that the Alfa 90 could be spec'd with a built in suitcase!? There are 9 SORN'd Alfa 90's - none on the road - ok who's got 'em all? This is one of them Wow. Matt from Furious Driving has found a roadworthy one! With the suitcase....just amazing. Lacquer Peel, CGSB and Six-cylinder 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Electric dustcart is stranded again somewhere so I’m not going to have a play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eifion Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Hold on to your Vauxhall Corsas, they're classics* now. I like the way this article describes them as having had "a rapid decline in popularity" rather than having just got rare through getting old and rusty like most types of car do. https://www.theguardian.com/clture/2020/nov/20/vauxhall-corsa-museum-rare-cars-collection-lakedland-motor-musuem richardmorris, Fumbler, Eyersey1234 and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patent Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Around 11am this morning on the southbound M40 I overtook a pea green Wartburg estate towing an empty car transporter trailer. No photo because I was on my own. Surely they are from this parish? Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Is that Corsa the one auctioned by the Vauxhall heritage collection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanciamatt Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 V6 thema passed MOT other week but had some advisories . I've now replaced both track rod ends , changed rear discs and pads and yesterday morning I replaced the rear subframe as it was passed its best . egg and Stevebrookman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 8 hours ago, dozeydustman said: Electric dustcart is stranded again somewhere so I’m not going to have a play Binned it? Twiggy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M'coli Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 #TheDarkWobDown? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 7 hours ago, eifion said: Hold on to your Vauxhall Corsas, they're classics* now. I like the way this article describes them as having had "a rapid decline in popularity" rather than having just got rare through getting old and rusty like most types of car do. https://www.theguardian.com/clture/2020/nov/20/vauxhall-corsa-museum-rare-cars-collection-lakedland-motor-musuem What an utterly cretinous article, especially the quote from Practical Classics. Corsa Bs will only be rare because they rot badly in places you can't see until it's too far gone. Unless you are equally idiotic like me and keep having it welded up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 1 minute ago, M'coli said: #TheDarkWobDown? Computer says no for me also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 17 hours ago, egg said: Is that Corsa the one auctioned by the Vauxhall heritage collection? I don't think so. The Heritage collection one was a burgundy GLS. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 The fucking state dome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 1 minute ago, Jamie said: The fucking state I see nothing wrong. Apart from that the top needs to be down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agila Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, Jamie said: The fucking state I thought proper rag tops weren't allowed in car washes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Just now, New POD said: I see nothing wrong. Apart from that the top needs to be down. Course you don't. CGSB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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