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[Split_Pin]

Cavaliers gear shift was a little better this morning whilst out an about between work meetings. 

Pushing the pedal all the way to the floor improved things even more.......

In my 6 days of ownership  I've had more nice comments and caused more incidences of pencilnecking than in the 11 years I owned the Corsa B.

I'm going to have a crack at welding the 5p hole in the sill tomorrow if the weather holds up.

[Tickman]

3 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

I'm going to have a crack at welding the fist sized hole in the sill tomorrow if the weather holds up.

I've corrected that for you.

[Fumbler]

Booked my vaccines. I look forward to being able to access TOR browser with my brain😁

[DeeJay]

24 minutes ago, Tickman said:

I've corrected that for you.

b

29 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

 

I'm going to have a crack at welding a new sill on tomorrow if the weather holds up.

Fixed it a bit more.

[bunglebus]

Here's a strange coincidence. My partner has been telling me for years about a MK1 Fiesta her mum used to own. Finally found a picture of it:

And here's mine, that I owned at the same time, over 20 years ago

Even stranger, they were registered in Cumbria, yet both were within a few miles of each other here in Chelmsford when we owned them.

Sorry for scan of a crap pic/video still, best I've got at the moment.

[SRi05]

Took the new (to me) Outback for a valet this morning, it's been sat outside the house since being delivered by Ceri on Tuesday, been dying to get out a proper run in it, it's my day off and the sun is shining. Perfect! 

[loserone]

An auto Outback with no rust (HA!) and a free fuel card would be a nice way to drive around.

[Supernaut]

My parents had a very similar looking one as a farm hack for a few years. 2.5 manual, too.

Even with it encrusted in mud and with several years' worth of towing duties under its belt, it was still lovely to drive. Surprisingly sporty handling through that small steering wheel, considering it's jacked up and on balloon tyres. The pedals were just right for a bit of heel-toe action too.

[SRi05]

10 minutes ago, loserone said:

An auto Outback with no rust (HA!) and a free fuel card would be a nice way to drive around.

I'm a big auto fan, but dropping a gear, putting the foot down and listening to the bwaaaaaaaahhh is bloody nice in this. Unsure if it's the factory exhaust but it sounds great 

[loserone]

Mine was a spec B, so 6 speed manual and the H6.  It was amazing on paper but just not quite great IRL

[barefoot]

Insurance renewal - 944 (agreed value) 75 & Scirocco - £328 - A chap can't grumble at that.

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, dozeydustman said:

Granddad was the owner of the service station I have posted on here previously. I’ve asked my parents and aunt to scan in more photos of the Place so I can do a thread on here about it

I think that's a great idea. They obviously turned adversity into triumph at the timeshare site which must have been very traumatic to go through. Sounds like they were special people, DD.

[320touring]

Watchin' in slow motion as you turn around and say

It made me laugh anyway...

 

was an advert on mugjotter for scrap removal

[richardmorris]

No pics as I was busy but the people across the way at work dropped a db5 on their hydraulic lift today. Twice! Looked out of the window to see what the bang was to see them trying to load the silver birch car into one of their huge transporters. Watched as they tried again, but hydraulics not up to it after a foot and dropped to earth again.   Huge bang. Unloaded, turned the car around ( pushed in the rain) and got it back on the lift engine first this time. Lifted ok and pushed it onto the top deck. I can only think the extended weight engine out on the edge of the lift put too much strain on it. A bit keystone cops- must have been the weather, they’re usually better than that at it.

There was also a rather nice Bentley Continental on the truck too.

 

[wuvvum]

Speaking of nice old British cars, I was going round a roundabout in the centre of Norwich this morning and waiting to pull out, looking massive even amongst the bloated modernz, was a rather lovely Silver Cloud III.

The purpose of my visit to Norwich was to test drive this:

My disenchantment with spending much of my free time chasing faults on a fleet of old heaps has reached the point where I'm seriously considering jacking it all in and getting a shiny new car with a warranty.  The one I drove was a posh one but the monthly PCP payments on the more basic model I was looking at are roughly the same as what I'm bunging out every month on VED at the moment, which negates the "oh, it's just money down the drain" argument against having a brand new car.  I'd probably keep just the Renault 6 and the Toyota (the Innocenti had been on the "keep" list too, but that's pissing me off at the moment), and I might then actually have the time and money to give them the attention they deserve.

The Dacia drove quite well, and certainly feels a lot more of a grown-up concept than the previous model.  It's spacious, it's comfortable enough, the gear shift is nice and crisp and the switches don't flop about.  The plastics are hard and the engine is a bit growly on the dual carriageway, but nothing I couldn't live with.  I haven't made a decision yet but I'm giving it some serious thought.

[chadders]

I guess that you could always fix things at your relative leisure on the other cars as you'd have this as a reliable daily.

It seems a sensible plan to me, especially as the pressure to get something fixed so that you could go to work would be gone.

[stuboy]

If u like the smell of old engineering workshops then got to asda and buy a can of this, reminded me of skool daze metalwork room and college engineering room with the lathes

[brownnova]

47 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Speaking of nice old British cars, I was going round a roundabout in the centre of Norwich this morning and waiting to pull out, looking massive even amongst the bloated modernz, was a rather lovely Silver Cloud III.

The purpose of my visit to Norwich was to test drive this:

My disenchantment with spending much of my free time chasing faults on a fleet of old heaps has reached the point where I'm seriously considering jacking it all in and getting a shiny new car with a warranty.  The one I drove was a posh one but the monthly PCP payments on the more basic model I was looking at are roughly the same as what I'm bunging out every month on VED at the moment, which negates the "oh, it's just money down the drain" argument against having a brand new car.  I'd probably keep just the Renault 6 and the Toyota (the Innocenti had been on the "keep" list too, but that's pissing me off at the moment), and I might then actually have the time and money to give them the attention they deserve.

The Dacia drove quite well, and certainly feels a lot more of a grown-up concept than the previous model.  It's spacious, it's comfortable enough, the gear shift is nice and crisp and the switches don't flop about.  The plastics are hard and the engine is a bit growly on the dual carriageway, but nothing I couldn't live with.  I haven't made a decision yet but I'm giving it some serious thought.

I’ve been feeling this a bit lately… A Duster or an MG ZS are on my radar as a family wagon. But then I’m struggling to cull the fleet! 

[Jerzy Woking]

11 hours ago, dozeydustman said:

 

Tat is very thin on the ground out here now. The era of the Barreiros diesel powered Chrysler 180 and various Seat badged Fiats are well and truly gone. I’ve only seen 3 other bits of rammel and was unable to snap because driving. Very few cars registered with provincial plates here.

Scattering ashes was very nice gesture and very meaningful.

I'm down near Alicante and its rare to see anything more than about 15 to 20 years old, except for Berlingo's (and similar). The scrap yards I pass all seem to have what I deem as new cars in them. Mechanical failures rather than rust related I think.

Only place I see old stuff is on the N332 between Benidorm and Alicante. There is a garage yard full of half scrapped Citroen's (mostly aircooled), and next door an Alfa specialist who has some fantastic 60's rally cars in. He showed us around a couple of year ago-his office was full of trophies he had won racing.

[Fumbler]

I'm struggling to understand some paint vendors' descriptions on eBay. This is my last attempt at finding anything before I turn to local paint shops (who will probably have what I'm looking for).

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/193930821417?var=494129833170&hash=item2d272d7f29:g:3LwAAOSwATZgPrwy

The above link is Rouge Furio, available in a solvent basecoat or aerosol. The paint finish for aerosol is... aerosol. Not very helpful.

What do you people think, will this just be an aerosol basecoat requiring a lacquer, or will it be a high-gloss finish aerosol I've been wasting too much time trying to find?

 

[dozeydustman]

1 hour ago, Jerzy Woking said:

Scattering ashes was very nice gesture and very meaningful.

I'm down near Alicante and its rare to see anything more than about 15 to 20 years old, except for Berlingo's (and similar). The scrap yards I pass all seem to have what I deem as new cars in them. Mechanical failures rather than rust related I think.

Only place I see old stuff is on the N332 between Benidorm and Alicante. There is a garage yard full of half scrapped Citroen's (mostly aircooled), and next door an Alfa specialist who has some fantastic 60's rally cars in. He showed us around a couple of year ago-his office was full of trophies he had won racing.

Aside from the R8, I’ve seen two quatras latas and a very pogweaseled Visa

[Jerzy Woking]

I saw a Granada 2.8 Ghia X last weekend in a village not far from me. Giffer trinketed to death with grill bages and chrome strips. On my bike so no photo, but will be going to the village again this week so will have a scout around for it.

Very dissapointing levels of shite....

[doug]

Spotted these 2 beauties today. Looks like they have not moved in years

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[captain_70s]

Some sporting event I don't care about is occurring. That means quiet roads...

[chaseracer]

@Talbot visited Chaseracer Towers today, and kindly replaced the EGR valve on the Blingo.  I cleaned stuff and made tea...

[andy18s]

Oof

[Tadhg Tiogar]

5 hours ago, richardmorris said:

No pics as I was busy but the people across the way at work dropped a db5 on their hydraulic lift today. Twice! Looked out of the window to see what the bang was to see them trying to load the silver birch car into one of their huge transporters. Watched as they tried again, but hydraulics not up to it after a foot and dropped to earth again.   Huge bang. ....

How did they feel after that? Shaken, not stirred?

[Cord Fourteener]

12 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Here's a strange coincidence. My partner has been telling me for years about a MK1 Fiesta her mum used to own. Finally found a picture of it:

And here's mine, that I owned at the same time, over 20 years ago

Even stranger, they were registered in Cumbria, yet both were within a few miles of each other here in Chelmsford when we owned them.

Sorry for scan of a crap pic/video still, best I've got at the moment.

After my dad sold our blue Cortina HKY 147W we saw blue Cortina HKY 146W for sale in our town.

I think ours was a face-lift and 146W was not, but my memory is hazy. 

 

[Cord Fourteener]

2 hours ago, captain_70s said:

Some sporting event I don't care about is occurring. That means quiet roads...

Cricket, is it?

May I acclaim that your Triumph looks great?

Or should i say 'Ono gai ichi mas? Triumph kicka nakka'.

[Zelandeth]

5 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Speaking of nice old British cars, I was going round a roundabout in the centre of Norwich this morning and waiting to pull out, looking massive even amongst the bloated modernz, was a rather lovely Silver Cloud III.

The purpose of my visit to Norwich was to test drive this:

My disenchantment with spending much of my free time chasing faults on a fleet of old heaps has reached the point where I'm seriously considering jacking it all in and getting a shiny new car with a warranty.  The one I drove was a posh one but the monthly PCP payments on the more basic model I was looking at are roughly the same as what I'm bunging out every month on VED at the moment, which negates the "oh, it's just money down the drain" argument against having a brand new car.  I'd probably keep just the Renault 6 and the Toyota (the Innocenti had been on the "keep" list too, but that's pissing me off at the moment), and I might then actually have the time and money to give them the attention they deserve.

The Dacia drove quite well, and certainly feels a lot more of a grown-up concept than the previous model.  It's spacious, it's comfortable enough, the gear shift is nice and crisp and the switches don't flop about.  The plastics are hard and the engine is a bit growly on the dual carriageway, but nothing I couldn't live with.  I haven't made a decision yet but I'm giving it some serious thought.

This is kind of where I was when I picked up my 107 back in 2009.  Yes it was a lot of money down the drain (about £200pcm, but with no deposit and the finance was on 0% interest) but it meant I knew exactly what I was spending on it each month so it made my budgeting so much easier - even though it was more than I'd probably have been spending on cars in a normal month, just knowing it was a fixed number simplified things.

Plus it was so much of a weight off my mind to just have a car I knew was just going to work as an car.  Especially as my tinkering spot at the time was at my parent's place 40 miles away.  After the three years we paid the £3k or so that was left (rather than part exchanging it for another car which is what they *wanted* me to do), and we had it for another seven years.

Was an absolutely cracking little car and I don't regret buying new for a minute. 

During that time (was a couple of months short of ten years) she needed a clutch, radiator, air con condenser and a driveshaft.  Other than that was just normal consumables...if I'd got the space I'd still have the car to be honest.