SRi05 Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 5 minutes ago, clayts450 said: 1302 hours car cost me £450 two years ago 1306 Parts Emporium from Dewsbury ring - explained alternator seized, battery dead, but does have original cat. 'We'll have someone with you in two hours' 1500 Dignified, if slightly smoky exit. Guy hooked booster pack up, smoke billowing all over place as alt pulley seized. Drove up under own power onto trailer. Goneski. TLDR Motorwise bloody good. 200 2nite m8 clayts450 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 3 minutes ago, SRi05 said: 200 2nite m8 Precisely the reason I 'just fucking scrapped it, m9' 😄 Just wanted a hassle-free offski, as insurance due for renewal and tax up as MoT long expired. Creates an extra parking space..... (stop it) RobT, SRi05 and Fat_Pirate 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegod Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Part of me wants to ask you if you removed the Accords cat first but part of me is too scared to ask ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 14 minutes ago, omegod said: Part of me wants to ask you if you removed the Accords cat first but part of me is too scared to ask ........ Reasonable question, but no. I did say to the guy I reckon it was worth about £800 and he said that's about right. TBH it's not about the money - £350 for a pile of shite is good for me, and it takes out all the hassle of parting bits out here, there and everywhere. Ordinarily I'd have sold it to Dodgy Paul, the next door neighbour (he gave me Motorwise price for a Rover 45 with original cat), but he hasn't lived there for two years... RobT and Split_Pin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Can't say I blame you. Selling cheap cars is just utter hassle. As for the DVLA, getting very annoyed as it's taking absolutely forever to achieve very little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Cade Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Left Fiat X1/9s behind many years ago for a variety of reasons, but they're ganging up on me and dragging me back.. firstly a garage locally got in touch through a friend because of a 9-5 aero.. message went... I hear you know a bit about X1/9s?.. Went down for a nosey and they have a '77 1300 serie special which is being restored. Its going to be a very,very nice car when it's done, and I'm trying to help source a few parts for it. Then I got a call for work to pick up a 79 RS2000. Got to the chap and recognised the car straight away- used to look after it when I had my garage, for guy who had one of the best X1/9 1300s in the country. RS2000 is a South African built car and its been made absolutely mint, then Got a call from a guy who I worked with about 15 years ago... Do you still mess around with X1/9s..........? He's just moved jobs and his boss has one, along with loads of other rare and interesting stuff.. he asked me to go in and give it a going over, do the belts ,points,carb etc... I got all that done today and its running very nicely, but the fusebox is gubbed, and the pop ups don't work.. Kicking myself as I've had loads of X1/9s, and being around them again is reminding me why I love them, and I want one again but the prices are going crazy and I don't have a garage.. I used to have a garage, which was rammed full of X1/9 parts and spares, as well as a couple of complete spares cars and I had all the parts I need for the both of them squirrelled away, but I got rid of the lot. Why didn't I just shut the door and walk away instead of having a tantrum and basically giving everything away Lesson learned. Bugger. Coprolalia, dome, Burnside and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BL Bloke Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 The fat Golf that was left outside my house on Monday was taken away this afternoon so all my cars are available for use again. 🙂 All I need now is somewhere to go. RobT, Cord Fourteener and brownnova 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Took missus out and we had an asda meal deal on Sandgate seafront, who says romance is dead and then I bit bullet and payed for my private plate... Tickman, clayts450, Steviemillar and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Just unearthed this lot Burnside, DVee8, richardmorris and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cort16 Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 I changed the gearbox mount on the Granada I think it’s fair to say it was banjaxed new v old Split_Pin, Tickman, Cord Fourteener and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Well the Skoda made it to Shotley. RobT, outlaw118, LightBulbFun and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Never realised you were so tall. wuvvum and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Boom Motorwise - wd recommend 11,500,000/10 Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 2 hours ago, wuvvum said: Well the Skoda made it to Shotley. HG fixing hero. Good to see you earlier Wuv, and @trigger too. This was gr9. I think it'd been sat an hour or so, yet still stank of dizzle. Marvellous. I took the ex-HMC S124. Here it is down by the marina. Isopon, Skizzer, wuvvum and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 7 hours ago, clayts450 said: 1302 hours car cost me £450 two years ago 1306 Parts Emporium from Dewsbury ring - explained alternator seized, battery dead, but does have original cat. 'We'll have someone with you in two hours' 1500 Dignified, if slightly smoky exit. Guy hooked booster pack up, smoke billowing all over place as alt pulley seized. Drove up under own power onto trailer. Goneski. TLDR Motorwise bloody good. Think my 900 might go the same way as I’m not sure I can be arsed with Facebook marketplace/eBay for a cheap car sale… and I just want the space now! Would be a shame but… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 8 minutes ago, brownnova said: Think my 900 might go the same way as I’m not sure I can be arsed with Facebook marketplace/eBay for a cheap car sale… and I just want the space now! Would be a shame but… I think because it happened so quickly, I didn't have 'scrapper's remorse' nor time to think about the bad thing I done. TBH, it's a blessed relief seeing the back of it. And £50 saved each month on tax/insurance, which is also a win. brownnova and Split_Pin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 With the value of scrap, both steel and catalysts, as high as it is at the moment, anything less than a £500 car is scrap. Seems a shame, but that's been true before, and it'll be true again. I miss the days when scrap 90s catalysts weren't worth it, and light iron was about £15 a tonne. There were some absolute belting bargains around. Burnside and clayts450 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 150 miles covered in the Felicia, and it still has coolant in it and the oil is still clean. At the risk of tempting fate I'm going to declare it fixorated. Good to catch up with RobT, Trigger, and Brodders and his rather lovely beige Orion. As usual, a wonderfully eclectic collection of vehicles at the ECR meet. LightBulbFun, Sunny Jim, Split_Pin and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 8 hours ago, Talbot said: With the value of scrap, both steel and catalysts, as high as it is at the moment, anything less than a £500 car is scrap. Seems a shame, but that's been true before, and it'll be true again. I miss the days when scrap 90s catalysts weren't worth it, and light iron was about £15 a tonne. There were some absolute belting bargains around. I'd still rather keep a car that's got useful life in it on the road, even if you have to enjoy* a bit of banter with muppets on soshul meadya. Mostly I end up selling to shitters anyway. Angrydicky and Burnside 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 38 minutes ago, Cord Forteener aka Tim_E said: I'd still rather keep a car that's got useful life in it on the road, even if you have to enjoy* a bit of banter with muppets on soshul meadya. The problem these days is if you sell a car that has a £500 catalyst on it and is worth £150 in light iron for £300 on arsebook, the likelihood is that it won't stay on the road, and said arsebook bloke will simply scrap it himself. Better to simply scrap it yourself and get the cash. That said, if I owned a car with a £500 cat on it, I'd likely weigh it in myself and put a £100 generic one on. Saves the ballache of coming out one day to find it gone and nets me the £400 rather than some thieving tosser. Cord Fourteener, Burnside, Jerzy Woking and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Finally have just clicked "buy" on a proper actual nice real deal MIG welder on Machine Mart (also bought regulator and gas bottle). If I wasn't in solitary confinement self isolating I might be a little more excited and drive the car around for a bit. wuvvum, Burnside, Split_Pin and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Moved the cars about on my lunch break today. Had a look under the Cav at the brake lines as I know @320tourings similarly aged Toledo needed new ones however the ones on the Cav have either lasted remarkably well, or are very well made replacements. GOOD CAR. The Rover obviously got jealous and for its lack of use for the past 2 weeks it chucked its brake pad warning light on. Pads are definitely good,, my gold 75 was the same. Filed under 'Heritage'. BAD CAR. Put the Audi in my garage to do an oil change tonight. Tried to crack off the filter to save time tonight, this is always an arse due to its awkward location. Wouldn't budge, shall reconvene tonight. Investigated the slight exhaust blown that I was convinced was getting louder. The join on the exhaust between the downpipe and middle looks like it's been at the bottom of the sea for a decade. Otherwise not too bad and there are 2 braces across the tunnel it sits in so it's not going to fall off. INDIFFERENT CAR. Cord Fourteener, Fumbler, JMotor and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat_Pirate Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 This went to cartakeback today for £300. It's been stored some 180 miles from my house and the lacquer peel had got much worse since this photo was taken (and it had lost all it's coolant), seeing as ~£1000 will still buy a decent example it wasn't worth faffing with. Burnside, mitsisigma01, JMotor and 4 others 2 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Balls. Looks like my 25 years of clean driving are up. Got done for speeding in a car I hate, when I was running late for something after a monumentally stressful morning. Not even the glory of being done for speeding in something that's either genuinely stupidly fast, or genuinely stupidly slow. All the more annoying, because as I general rule, I do not speed. 69 in a 60 suggests I definitely did that time. Didn't even see the van. (which suggests I was overtaking something). lesapandre, High Jetter, Coprolalia and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesacosa Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 9 minutes ago, dollywobbler said: Balls. Looks like my 25 years of clean driving are up. Got done for speeding in a car I hate, when I was running late for something after a monumentally stressful morning. Not even the glory of being done for speeding in something that's either genuinely stupidly fast, or genuinely stupidly slow. All the more annoying, because as I general rule, I do not speed. 69 in a 60 suggests I definitely did that time. Didn't even see the van. (which suggests I was overtaking something). I am patiently waiting on a potential summons from tripping a gantry camera on m25 on way home after my Panda collection. Do you get offered a speed awareness course ilo points for first offence /minor infringement? Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 69 in a 60 will be a speed awareness course. Currently carried out by Zoom meeting. Several boring hours where you'll be able to know more than the instructor. Shame. 2mph less and you would likely have been ignored. Enforcement is recommended by the ACPO to start at 68 in a 60 Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Yeah, while my general aim is to not speed, I do occasionally let myself go a few mph over at the upper end. Ah well. Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Do they have the option to take a speed awareness course instead of points and a fine in Wales? I got caught going 60 in 50mph roadworks on the A66 3 years ago. As it was in England, the £90 for the course was cheaper than all 4 insurance premiums going up. In Scotland we don't have that option. Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 I suspect so. Won't find out for a bit. Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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