Mr Laurence Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 I got an electric polisher for Christmas, so I spent Boxing Day detailing the MX5. It’s amazing what a difference it’s made. It’s hard to believe it’s done 164000 miles; it practically looks like a new car again! Six-cylinder, Cord Fourteener, vulgalour and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 1 minute ago, Mr Laurence said: I got an electric polisher for Christmas, so I spent Boxing Day detailing the MX5. It’s amazing what a difference it’s made. It’s hard to believe it’s done 164000 miles; it practically looks like a new car again! You need to get the headlights polished up. I find crystal clear headlights make a massive difference to the freshness of a car. Cord Fourteener, Mr Laurence and Pat Earrings 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Laurence Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 3 minutes ago, SiC said: You need to get the headlights polished up. I find crystal clear headlights make a massive difference to the freshness of a car. Yep that’s the next job on my list! I did them with some T cut when I first bought it at the start of the year, but they’ve started yellowing again. Is there anything you’ve used that’s worked well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 3 minutes ago, Mr Laurence said: Yep that’s the next job on my list! I did them with some T cut when I first bought it at the start of the year, but they’ve started yellowing again. Is there anything you’ve used that’s worked well? I've used Meguiars headlight cleaning kit which did the job but do the same thing of having no UV protection still. I believe a thin coat of clear lacquer paint helps a lot. Also even just regular car wax can slow down the effect too. Mr Laurence 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Last night's rain and wind has destroyed another fence panel (who needs money anyway), and blew the cover off the Maestro. Thankfully, the issue with the cover is that the stitches gave up on one corner and the strap pulled out, an easy repair since it was just the stitching that had failed, not the strap or the cover. Unfortunately it did mean enough rain had got into the car that I could have probably kept sticklebacks quite happily in the boot, not quite enough water for goldfish, you see. Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 33 minutes ago, vulgalour said: Last night's rain and wind has destroyed another fence panel (who needs money anyway), and blew the cover off the Maestro. Similar here, fence panel down and cover of the Mazda... first time I’ve seen it in a couple of months. After looking at a potential replacement a couple of weeks back I realised that I would really miss the MX5, so I made a pact with myself that I will have the Mazda back on the road for spring... plan is to get it to a local MX5 garage next month to have a good look at what is up engine wise add see if it is fix or replace time. Craig the Princess, Cord Fourteener and Tickman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Mr Laurence said: Yep that’s the next job on my list! I did them with some T cut when I first bought it at the start of the year, but they’ve started yellowing again. Is there anything you’ve used that’s worked well? I used some Turtle Wax headlight restorer stuff in a green bottle. It seems to have done a decent enough job on the 75's headlights - it got rid of the cloudiness and appears to be keeping it at bay a couple of months down the line, which is more than T-Cut could ever manage. Mr Laurence 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 I don't know where else to put this but since I was talking about him in the grim cars thread... Today would have been my dad's birthday. His centenary in fact. December 27 th 1920 he arrived, and was 84 when he died. Pete-M, Vantman, inconsistant and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 20 hours ago, Craig the Princess said: For those on phones who can't work out how to see a signature can you put the link in a post? Turn the phone to landscape I think Jerzy Woking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 time once again for a bit of a fleet update- Rover 75, 202450-odd on the clock and still going. this has recently been treated to some of the finest* chinese deathrings at our favoured tyre spot, as i noticed that the tyreson the back of the car were proper fucked and waaaaaaay past their prime. it has also had the none functioning lights replaced meaning that there is currently, touch wood, no warning lamps lit on the dashboard. i think though that the thermostat in the motor is jammed open as the temp gauge barely gets off the bottom bump currently, as Rover gauges are complete liars, until the engine is fucked, and the stat on an M47R lives in a brittle plastic housing then i don't think that will be getting changed anytime, soon or otherwise. also the a/c is needing a regas, it was working with plenty of cool air at the back end of last year, and the back parking sensors are not working either. otherwise i guess thats not too bad for a 20 ear old Rover. The Toyota still doesn't start, not all the time anyway. there is a recon starter in the boot of the car, but as we had a cold, wet and miserable day trying to change it yesterday with no luck, then in the boot it will stay. first we tried jacking the car up, only to find that the jack doesn't want to work, Kerry thinks some seal in the mechanism has burst, no matter we'll put on the ramps instead, only it won't go up, cos the splitter, front bumper fouls on the ramps . so we added some planks of wood to lift the front of the car, and some more and then another. when we got the car onto the ramps, we eventually got the undertray off, eventually, only to find out that the starter was all but in accessible behind the exhaust and then the wiring loom, once i got a socket on it, well i couldn't friggin move it..... not with a ratchet, or the torque wrench, or the biggest breaker bar we've got...... and i was proper swinging on them, well thats when i walked off the job. Kerry is going to find some mug to do it for us in the new year! And everything else? well the orange mini has been started and backed out of the garage. it then got put back in the garage! still that must have been the second time in more than a year that it has actually been started up! the bikes, Marvin the metro and Rodney mini, i know that they are still in their respective lockups, cos i have seen them, but thats all that i've done with them, maybe next year, or the year after that, maybe i'll even get to use them, maybe.... Split_Pin, DeeJay and brownnova 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Sounds like an inline Renault 5 thermostat is required for the 75, all 3 of mine got this treatment and it works perfectly. Cord Fourteener and BorniteIdentity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 10 hours ago, MarvinsMom said: well i couldn't friggin move it..... not with a ratchet, or the torque wrench, or the biggest breaker bar A torque wrench is a precision instrument and shouldn't be used for busting nuts off! That's if you want to have it anywhere near correct when you use it next. Asimo and Banger Kenny 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yes oui si Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Turns out that Dunbar is more than just a coastal junkie's paradise... DVee8, ProgRocker, worldofceri and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yes oui si Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Also spotted a Polestar 2 (much nicer in dark colours) and this. I want one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Welcome to winter with a 75. VID_20201228_103950.mp4 Tickman, BorniteIdentity, gm and 6 others 1 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickman Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Good job you like them! Split_Pin and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schaefft Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 35 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: Welcome to winter with a 75. VID_20201228_103950.mp4 Welcome to bmw ownership. I've held my door shut more than once driving to work. I didn't need that reminder... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 #BecauseSomerset gm and richardmorris 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 5 hours ago, Split_Pin said: Welcome to winter with a 75. VID_20201228_103950.mp4 My Saab is currently doing the opposite! The hinges on the driver's door are tired, and now really showing it. I have to push up on the door handle and pull it open at the same time in order to get in it. Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehedgehog31 Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 5 hours ago, Split_Pin said: Welcome to winter with a 75. VID_20201228_103950.mp4 Memories of various ingeniously* deployed bungee cords on cold commutes. blackboilersuit, Split_Pin and wuvvum 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Nothing exciting... moved some stepping stones and ran over a worm.. Kringle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcyonecorporation Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 stop running over worms man wuvvum, Semi-C, Coprolalia and 3 others 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike D Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Managed to get a few hours mini ing this aft, got the drivers door window and regulator fitted, and got a bit of headway made on building the subframe up. I'd have got the handbrake cables fitted but i thought id bought some new quadrants for the radius arms, seems i bought everything but! 🤦♂️ Ill blast the old ones up tomoz and see if they will go again Rusty_Rocket, LabRat, Banger Kenny and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 I'm looking forward to Jonny Smith's updates on this in the New Year... KitKat, Jim Bell and BorniteIdentity 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Going to look at a Lupo tomorrow. Much excite Mr Laurence, Supernaut and Broadsword 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 43 minutes ago, bunglebus said: Going to look at a Lupo tomorrow. Much excite At least the car is wearing a mask! wuvvum, Kringle, Eyersey1234 and 4 others 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 5 hours ago, Supernaut said: My Saab is currently doing the opposite! The hinges on the driver's door are tired, and now really showing it. I have to push up on the door handle and pull it open at the same time in order to get in it. I have to do that all year round in my tired Mondeo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 (edited) 10 hours ago, egg said: I'm looking forward to Jonny Smith's updates on this in the New Year... Wot? Toyota Crown (edit -🙄) I understand but... do you have a link? Edited December 29, 2020 by Asimo Gin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Asimo said: Wot? Toyota Crown I understand but... do you have a link? catsinthewelder, Asimo and Cord Fourteener 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Yay - van passed its MoT - let's see if I can get it to 200K now.... 320touring, Shirley Knott, Cavcraft and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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