dean36014 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Gutted. Finished a full rust assessment on the Jag and it's terminal. So it's off to the scrappers with it. Seems a shame to scrap a good running V8 Jag with six months MOT but there you go. Scratched an itch, and will definitely have another one. Anyone want to save it or buy it for spares? Split_Pin and crad 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dome Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 3 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: Thanks Brian, appreciate the offer. I've no way of organising a trailer though. I've had Shipley quotes of around £60 to get it from Bo'ness to Bonnybridge. Obviously I don't want it back at mine but thats around 15 miles to give anyone else a frame of reference. I'm sure someone who has the welding skills will be able to sort it. The emissions issue I am certain is an easy fix. Shame. I was thinking get it back to yours and regroup to find a non shyster garage. The offers there if you change your mind but I reckon you need to get it away from this garage ASAP. Get it home, have a tinker with it and maybe you'll get some mojo for it? juular, Cord Fourteener and Split_Pin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 I guess if I got it home I might at least be in a better position to decide if I want to continue with it. Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 @Split_Pin did the garage give you a more detailed idea of the welding required? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Nothing above what was on the MOT fail list from 25th February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Looks like I have managed to arrange delivery of the car back to me tomorrow via Shipley. At least that's a better position than having it stuck at the garage. They weren't at all bothered when I said I wanted just to settle up with them and it was being taken away. Craig the Princess, Cord Fourteener and dome 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig the Princess Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/business-56526468?__twitter_impression=true Looks like it is the end of the road for the Mondeo crad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Earrings Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Picked this up from @Vantman today. I'm still not back but what a car and bloke. Chuffed. Sunny Jim, BL Bloke, Craig the Princess and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 17 hours ago, Ghosty said: That's a Speedtail, their fastest ever car. 1030bhp, £1.75m. You wait all year for your multi-million pound supercar and find out they’re as common as muck! Coming along in threes like buses! Jerzy Woking, mercedade, Austat and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 2 hours ago, sims00 said: Picked this up from @Vantman today. I'm still not back but what a car and bloke. Chuffed. Great cars. My Aero HOT had loads of upgrades which took it to 304bhp. Ultra reliable, 34mpg possible on a run. Smoked all the local BMW hero's. The Noobtune remap just has to be the best tuning mod for any petrol Saab, plus you get nice readouts on the SIP. Cord Fourteener and wuvvum 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Just exploring the new rules: took a drive out to Deganwy for a walk with the boy. Well, I came so he could spot boats and trains, heck I'd not even found the beach and drove past and along with two Volvo 7/940 estates. That's me done for spotting interesting stuff for the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 And this station park up looks like it kind of belongs to a shitter! BL Bloke, Split_Pin, somewhatfoolish and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 I just saw this on instergram. So is COVID 19 over in American now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 1 minute ago, cort16 said: I just saw this on instergram. So is COVID 19 over in American now? Depends on the state. Some have been doing stuff like this for a few months now, others are just starting. cort16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 24 minutes ago, Fumbler said: Depends on the state. Some have been doing stuff like this for a few months now, others are just starting. I heard on a podcast all the internal flights are running again with no breaks between the passenger. All passengers are sitting right next to each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Sounds about right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 21 hours ago, richardmorris said: You wait all year for your multi-million pound supercar and find out they’re as common as muck! Coming along in threes like buses! Those wheeltrims look well daft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 3 hours ago, Tim_E said: And this station park up looks like it kind of belongs to a shitter! That's a whole lotta floppytop B6s... Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N19 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Just looking on the Islington website. Pay and display charges vary from £2 to £6 per hour, depending on how busy the area is, and then an extra £5 an hour for a diesel vehicle. So you could be paying £11/hour for parking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 26 minutes ago, N19 said: Just looking on the Islington website. Pay and display charges vary from £2 to £6 per hour, depending on how busy the area is, and then an extra £5 an hour for a diesel vehicle. So you could be paying £11/hour for parking! Westminster and Camden have been charging diesel-friendly* rates for years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nacho man Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Yeah I rocked up in a 08 transit a couple of years back and it was £75 a night outside the hotel in Westminster . Gulp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chancer Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 After 2 months of putting it off, the 307cc now has an MOT. Clean pass as well 👌 Split_Pin, Sunny Jim, Jazoli and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Danterzza said: Yeah I rocked up in a 08 transit a couple of years back and it was £75 a night outside the hotel in Westminster . Gulp. For that I'd expect them to stand next to it spraying Chanel No5 in the air when you start it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 12 minutes ago, anonymous user said: For that I'd expect them to stand next to it spraying Chanel No5 in the air when you start it up. Probably cheaper to bring the Transit into the hotel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Some things cannot be unseen! Tadhg Tiogar, outlaw118, Six-cylinder and 2 others 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 So the Pontiac just needs the track rod end doing before it’s retest. I was going to farm it out as I didn’t have a ball joint splitter, but my BiL says he left one in my garage. So decision made I’ll do that in the morning.... in other news I had a phone call to say they were erecting scaffolding at my house for a some windows going in next week and was that ok. As long as it doesn’t cause any access issues says I. Right so that’s me not able to get at my tools... so the track rod end job is off... and it’s now too late to give my local garage a quick call to see if they can squeeze me in tomorrow for the track rod end... so I can retest Monday.... ffs.... Also means the 2CVs are in quarantine just in time for the Welsh restrictions to be lifted tomorrow... And to top it all off.... it now means we can’t access the garage, and one of the windows they need access too on Monday... oh yeah the back window on the garage... Should’ve put this in the grumpy thread really... wuvvum, Cord Fourteener, Shite Ron and 8 others 1 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 2 hours ago, brownnova said: As long as it doesn’t cause any access issues says I. Right so that’s me not able to get at my tools... def would be getting them out tomorrow to move it so you can - thats not on - and theyve not even started - whats their job gonna be like ffs Ghosty and Craig the Princess 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 On 24/03/2021 at 19:28, wuvvum said: I need to get myself one of those scissor-type ball joint splitters. I tried getting the front wishbone off the Mondeo last year using a wedge-type splitter and didn't get anywhere at all - I had to go to the garage with my tail between my legs and ask them to do it. To be fair they were doing the rear trailing arm bush anyway as I knew I'd never be able to do that so it didn't make a huge amount of difference. I’ve never got mine to work on the track arm / strut balljoints, it just isn’t big enough to fit around these joints. Works beautifully on track rod ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 On 20/03/2021 at 10:21, Tim_E said: Winner! Did she get a tune out of it? 😁 wuvvum, richardmorris, anonymous user and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 9 hours ago, cort16 said: I just saw this on instergram. So is COVID 19 over in American now? Not to say it's the right thing to be doing right now, but the US is doing pretty well in its vaccination program. Iirc around 40% adults have been vaccinated over there - similar level to us and we are starting to ease restrictions again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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