New POD Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 14 hours ago, MrDuke said: Madeleine? Too soon? Very. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Call me old fashioned, but I tend to just call cars by the name they've already been given. Every single member of my family refers to Mini as "Bessie" which is what my Nan called it. I do not. We did have a bit of fun talking about a name for the Sierra but then "Sierra" or "That old shitheap" still seems to be favoured. Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 34 minutes ago, iainrcz said: My car is. It's called Steven, 1, Am I even still on the right forum? 2, You spell Stephen with a PH The Moog, wuvvum, Coprolalia and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 5 minutes ago, barefoot said: 1, Am I even still on the right forum? 2, You spell Stephen with a PH 1 yes. 2 well yes, but not always. 3. The only car we ever named was a mini 850 called bonker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainrcz Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 1, Am I even still on the right forum? 2, You spell Stephen with a PHShe wasn't posh enough for a PH.Sent from my VFD 710 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabRat Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 This also happened earlier Wether it makes it to 60000 or ends up heading back to China to become a fridge very much depends on parts availability in the next year or so. Craig the Princess and GrumpiusMaximus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 My Volvo used to be called Mavis because it was P422 MVS, then I put my wanker plate on it, so now it's Mavisnotmavis. Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyersey1234 Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 1 hour ago, iainrcz said: My car is. It's called Steven, but after a female cat. Yes, I had a girl cat called Steven. Sometimes it's called rattly little shit. Steven. The cat, not car. Is that like a boy called Sue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainrcz Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 4 minutes ago, Eyersey1234 said: Is that like a boy called Sue? And Lindsey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundwave Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 My cars don't have names. For much the same reason my kitchen table, desk lamp, wheelie bin and all other inanimate objects in my life don't have names. Lord Sterling, BorniteIdentity, Skizzer and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louiepj Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Just replaced both rear dampers on a friends 14 plate W204 c180 as one was causing a noise sounding like a failing anti-roll bar link rod. Mercedes wanted £183 each for rear dampers but local motorfactors got us both Meyle HD ones with top mounts for £170. An hour a side and a cup of tea later and wafting silence is resumed.Oh and its left hand drive. Vince70, crad, Stevebrookman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainrcz Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 9 minutes ago, Soundwave said: My cars don't have names. For much the same reason my kitchen table, desk lamp, wheelie bin and all other inanimate objects in my life don't have names. You'll be one of them there normal folk then. I often think it would be nice to be normal, but I think I'd miss the voices in my head.. I'd definitely not miss not being able to concentrate for shit for more than a minute and half though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 47 minutes ago, Soundwave said: My cars don't have names. For much the same reason my kitchen table, desk lamp, wheelie bin and most other inanimate objects in my life don't have names, but my armchair is called Gerald Soundwave, Eyersey1234 and catsinthewelder 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundwave Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 That's Lord Gerald Comfybuttocks IV to you! anonymous user, catsinthewelder and Eyersey1234 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince70 Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 I had an interesting drive in the E36 Ti for its MOT today as haven’t used it for about a year as I stopped to get some petrol and a guy at the pumps said your car is on fire (a little smoke) but luckily what he meant was my front NSF brake was binding on. I slammed my foot on the brakes and went on my way merrily to the MOT station about 25 miles away and it was fine afterwards and told the garage and all was good. The car even went straight through without an advisory which I wasn’t expecting after sitting for about a year and the brakes are working great so that will teach me not to dump my car up the side of the house for a year. Lacquer Peel, Craig the Princess, Tickman and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 My 9000 is called Bjorn, when we bought a second 9000 it was scaled Bjornadette.... and when the 900 came along it was called Christian... as in Bjorn again Christian... Skizzer, Floatylight, BorniteIdentity and 11 others 2 9 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevebrookman Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Drivers electric windows been playing up for around 6 years on the Sierra so i thought I'd better swap the motor/mechanism over. Took a couple of hours and lots of swearing-but now works! Craig the Princess, Skizzer, Stanky and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 6 hours ago, LabRat said: This also happened earlier Wether it makes it to 60000 or ends up heading back to China to become a fridge very much depends on parts availability in the next year or so. I love the gear shift diagram in the middle of the milometers. Stevebrookman and LabRat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 All my cars end up with names, usually stupid ones, sometimes inherited. Even the Maestro has a name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 I have to say that if I ever have another Princess it's going to be hard to resist calling it Craig. crad, Stanky, RobT and 8 others 1 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 I've got a set of pads to fit tomorrow. The man that owns the car set off downhill to go to the shops and found he had no brakes. Some pumping got it to stop and he found that the pad lining had come away from the backplate and disintegrated. The car has been sat round most of the time since March, so maybe that accounts for it. I did a Corolla last month where just one pad had become crumbly and had to be replaced, but that car had only done 1300 miles in 18 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMotor Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 7 hours ago, barefoot said: 2, You spell Stephen with a PH The random shit you remember... Dick Longbridge, crad, OM646 and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N19 Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Not being able to make any progress on the Bluebird, I decided to be a pyromaniac. ...officially to burn some old bank statements, but it was great fun! Capri should be getting out for a trip on the weekend, going to treat it to a wash beforehand. Vince70 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Ebay bidding has been bidded, and I got this job lot of chod-related articles in the post. The oldest magazine being from the mid-50's! Will scan some stuff from these for the Shite Magazine Scans thread. loserone, chaseracer, JMotor and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 8 hours ago, N19 said: Not being able to make any progress on the Bluebird, I decided to be a pyromaniac. ...officially to burn some old bank statements, but it was great fun! Capri should be getting out for a trip on the weekend, going to treat it to a wash beforehand. What is that device? I could be doing with a safe-ish way of discarding correspondence. I tried that once with a garden chimney thing but after one puff of wind the entire atmosphere was filled with cinders. Thankfully no neighbours had windows open or washing out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agila Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 23 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: What is that device? I could be doing with a safe-ish way of discarding correspondence. I tried that once with a garden chimney thing but after one puff of wind the entire atmosphere was filled with cinders. Thankfully no neighbours had windows open or washing out. Incinerator bin. About £20. https://www.toolstation.com/incinerator/p94173 N19 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_lihp Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Thanks to @worldofceri for another efficient and professional delivery. Highly recommended - sorry for the lack of tea/coffee offers! Nice day for it mind. One slightly dog-eared T4 joins the fleet, 1.9TD with some minor rusty bits and a decent camper conversion already done. HMC, Rusty_Rocket, SiC and 11 others 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Lovely. Real authentic patina too! phil_lihp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_lihp Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Cheers - at some point in the near future the rusty spots and tidemarked sills will have an appointment with a wire brush, some vactan and a tin of white paint to tidy it up for the short term at least but it's solid and has been well looked after, came from a friend of a friend and should do the job perfectly. My first ever VW too, I'm not intending on joining the dubber scene though, functional and tidy is all I will ever ask of it. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 There, that's better. 320touring, captain_70s, phil_lihp and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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