stuboy Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 got volunteered by a fellow senior to change a headlamp bulb on a aca's vauxhall meriva, drivers side, you need skinny, long hands... 'oh stuart will take a look for you' thanks luv... Amishtat, richardmorris, rusty998 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggersdog Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Angrydicky said: When did they actually become a fail then? I thought the only boots they could fail on were CV and steering rack! when the inspection manual was revamped in 2018. Any balljoint (steering or suspension) dust cover no longer preventing an ingress of dirt etc is a major fail , severely deteriorated is a minor. clayts450 and Angrydicky 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeB Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 16 minutes ago, meggersdog said: when the inspection manual was revamped in 2018. Any balljoint (steering or suspension) dust cover preventing an ingress of dirt etc is a major fail , severely deteriorated is a minor. Bugger. I'll cut some holes in mine before the MOT next week. meggersdog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggersdog Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 edited, thanks GeorgeB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 I'm beginning to think that I'm going to have to start naming my cars in order to fit in. Just on the first page of the forum we currently have updates on Winston the Lupo, Audrey and Bertie the Rover 75s, Alison the Audi A2 and Josephine the Renault Espace... DVee8, Skizzer, BorniteIdentity and 3 others 1 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 9 minutes ago, wuvvum said: I'm beginning to think that I'm going to have to start naming my cars in order to fit in. Just on the first page of the forum we currently have updates on Winston the Lupo, Audrey and Bertie the Rover 75s, Alison the Audi A2 and Josephine the Renault Espace... Please don't, cars shouldn't even be gendered. I blame fucking Walt Disney. brandersnatch, red5, The Moog and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 11 minutes ago, barefoot said: I blame fucking Walt Disney. Why did you fuck Walt Disney? BorniteIdentity, wuvvum, GrumpiusMaximus and 9 others 1 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 'cos he anthropomorphised Bambi. loserone, wuvvum and richardmorris 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyrew Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 1 hour ago, wuvvum said: I'm beginning to think that I'm going to have to start naming my cars in order to fit in. Just on the first page of the forum we currently have updates on Winston the Lupo, Audrey and Bertie the Rover 75s, Alison the Audi A2 and Josephine the Renault Espace... Meet "Ron" somewhatfoolish, Tickman, GrumpiusMaximus and 7 others 5 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 My cars are just named 'the shit one' and 'the other shit one' Sigmund Fraud, rob88h, GrumpiusMaximus and 4 others 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyland Worldmaster Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 I snapped this for Lightbulb Fun on the way back from a particularly stimulating Frisbee Session... R1152, somewhatfoolish, LightBulbFun and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyland Worldmaster Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Ah ! Just wondering how to get hold of an AS Bumper Sticker for Alison? 👍 👍 👍 😎 😎 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyland Worldmaster Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Supernaut said: My cars are just named 'the shit one' and 'the other shit one' I used to attend a Writers Group. A bit of educational fun; y'know... Anyway, I'd just bought Alison and I was telling my friends how lovely and engaging Alison is to drive. When I realised that another WG Member was also called Alison. It took some time to explain that Alison isn't named after Alison and that it was all to do with Alliteration; Alison the Almighty Aluminium Audi A2... 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ Edited February 24, 2021 by Leyland Worldmaster Tidied up a bit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 That was fate’s way of telling you that cars don’t have genders and shouldn’t have names. Wuv - don’t you dare. chodweaver, BorniteIdentity, drum and 6 others 4 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 19 minutes ago, Leyland Worldmaster said: I used to attend a Writers Group. A bit of educational fun; y'know... Anyway, I'd just bought Alison and I was telling my friends how lovely and engaging Alison is to drive. When I realised that another WG Member was also called Alison. It took some time to explain that Alison isn't named after Alison and that it was all to do with Alliteration; Alison the Almighty Aluminium Audi A2... 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ Sounds more like an AA group to me Leyland Worldmaster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N19 Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Bluebird electrickery fun continues. Having realised that there are two pumps and they had been swapped over, I removed the faulty one for repair, and promptly covered myself in washer fluid. Mmm antifreeze. It's borked, so another has been ordered up. The brake light was next on the list, and proved to have a bulb sheared off inside the socket. The only solution to which was to cut the cables, remove the whole thing to the bench to extract the remnants and then crimp repair. For info, crimp repairs inside a bluebird boot with v little cable slack aren't fun. It needs a bit more tidying up before I am happy with it. Hopefully by Saturday the new window regulator will have arrived and that plus the washer pump can be fitted. I anticipate the rest of the rear lamps are similarly rusted/seized in position, so will order up some new P21 holders and swap them out. That done it'll only be the reverse light switch to fit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggersdog Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Only one of my cars has a name, sort of. When I hand the keys over to my Peugeot loan car I always say "here, take the ZXR " These are the last three letters of the reg number and I've always called it that. Get some funny looks from those who know. stripped fred 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabRat Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 3 hours ago, wuvvum said: I'm beginning to think that I'm going to have to start naming my cars in order to fit in. Just on the first page of the forum we currently have updates on Winston the Lupo, Audrey and Bertie the Rover 75s, Alison the Audi A2 and Josephine the Renault Espace... I just call mine Bastard, or it's full name Temperamental Bastard when it finds new and inventive ways to break. Leyland Worldmaster, Craig the Princess and GrumpiusMaximus 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 40 minutes ago, Leyland Worldmaster said: I used to attend a Writers Group. A bit of educational fun; y'know... Anyway, I'd just bought Alison and I was telling my friends how lovely and engaging Alison is to drive. When I realised that another WG Member was also called Alison. It took some time to explain that Alison isn't named after Alison and that it was all to do with Alliteration; Alison the Almighty Aluminium Audi A2... 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ Past tense (and likely reason) noted... 😉 Leyland Worldmaster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty998 Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 On 2/20/2021 at 9:02 AM, HMC said: Wow was that recently purchased paint stripper? I got some recently and it seemed a LOT less effective. Presumably it’s now more ecologically friendly. This is what we use at my mates Body shop Paint/pour into panel then cover with plastic sheet and leave until the paint goes crinckley and scrap off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1152 Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 4 minutes ago, rusty998 said: This is what we use at my mates Body shop Paint/pour into panel then cover with plastic sheet and leave until the paint goes crinckley and scrap off Yep, that's the stuff that is now supposed to be supplied for professional use under strict conditions because dichloromethane, as it says on the tin. Still freely available to the public in Australia and Panicky Yank land though... and on eBay where not too many questions get asked where it is sold as Synstrip and the like. rusty998 and loserone 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Leyland Worldmaster said: I snapped this for Lightbulb Fun on the way back from a particularly stimulating Frisbee Session... blimey thats a find, I could not figure out what it was, so I knew it must be something rare LOL so I asked a friend about it and going by his reaction I think it might be LOL!, we think its a Phosco P156 for those curious, a 1950's low pressure sodium street light for 140W SO/H SOI/H lamps originally although today would run 90W SOX lamps GrumpiusMaximus, somewhatfoolish, drum and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1152 Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 On 20/02/2021 at 09:02, HMC said: Wow was that recently purchased paint stripper? I got some recently and it seemed a LOT less effective. Presumably it’s now more ecologically friendly. More "less injurious to your health" - dichloromethane is not good in enclosed spaces especially. rusty998 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 23 minutes ago, LabRat said: I just call mine Bastard, or it's full name Temperamental Bastard when it finds new and inventive ways to break. The Fiat, The Merc and The 2CV are my fleet names. It’s a car not a sentient being ( although the ex C5 was particularly bloody minded). I agree with @barefootabout anthropomorphism. barefoot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Maybe it's just a thing with non-scientific types, Rich... 🤔😃 richardmorris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 any suggestions on name for a mk3 mondeo v6 ghia x? Craig the Princess 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabRat Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 In my case it was numerous awkward and hard to get parts breaking in short order (£650 for a front suspension lower arm, key dock failing at £190+ coding at the local mg dealership, lower engine mount failing and now NLA as the supplier in China has ceased manufacturing) The wife's ssangyong is just known as the Tivoli. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 10 minutes ago, stuboy said: any suggestions on name for a mk3 mondeo v6 ghia x? The Mondeo, FFS. Shite Ron, blakey79, BorniteIdentity and 5 others 4 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig the Princess Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 13 minutes ago, stuboy said: any suggestions on name for a mk3 mondeo v6 ghia x? Ford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 22 hours ago, stuboy said: got volunteered by a fellow senior to change a headlamp bulb on a aca's vauxhall meriva, drivers side, you need skinny, long hands... 'oh stuart will take a look for you' thanks luv... And you never thought to train as a gynocologist? Twiggy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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