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Had a lot to drink last night. 

No, more than that. 

Was definitely under the influence this afternoon, that's the only explanation I can think of for buying this.

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1.5 DCI Renault Megane Sports Tourer

MOT up in a few minutes

Clutch on the floor.

I'm aff the booze.

 

 

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23 hours ago, Fumbler said:

Clutch in grandma's Rav4 is slipping again, making this the 5th clutch replacement and probably the 4th DMF replacement (if she's lucky) in her ownership. 

She doesnt keep her foot resting on the clutch pedal all the time, does she?

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18 minutes ago, dome said:

Had a lot to drink last night. 

No, more than that. 

Was definitely under the influence this afternoon, that's the only explanation I can think of for buying this.

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1.5 DCI Renault Megane Sports Tourer

MOT up in a few minutes

Clutch on the floor.

I'm aff the booze.

 

 

It says it’s OK.

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1 hour ago, dome said:

Had a lot to drink last night. 

No, more than that. 

Was definitely under the influence this afternoon, that's the only explanation I can think of for buying this.

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1.5 DCI Renault Megane Sports Tourer

MOT up in a few minutes

Clutch on the floor.

I'm aff the booze.

 

 

Don't worry I bought a Megane under the influence as well.

Was this self inflicted or was there an enabler I the question 😂

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3 hours ago, sdkrc said:

Mushroom picking in Scotland. Great morning out. Disco was great for taking muddy shite, door slamming, lots of cargo and parking in verges

Just fried a porcini in butter and it's fucking ace. Not a fan of mushrooms normally

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Yum yum, they are lovely!

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31 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Don't worry I bought a Megane under the influence as well.

Was this self inflicted or was there an enabler I the question 😂

No, it was all me! 

I'd messaged him yesterday and was supposed to go see it after 3 today. He messaged me about 2 saying he was home so I asked for his address as Lyndsey and I were on our way to Toolstation. It was approximately 45 seconds off our route and Lyndsey graciously* agreed to the detour. 

I went away and thought about it, then dropped him a message with an offer about half an our later which he agreed to with him delivering it to me. 

As he was leaving to deliver it another punter turned up who was supposed to have been there at 1pm. He then went into a strop  when he was told it was sold and offered more money, which the seller declined. He then asked for petrol money for his wasted journey!

Understandably (and thankfully, I think) the seller told him to bolt and suggested that if he'd arrived when he said he would then he wouldn't have missed out. 

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7 minutes ago, dome said:

No, it was all me! 

I'd messaged him yesterday and was supposed to go see it after 3 today. He messaged me about 2 saying he was home so I asked for his address as Lyndsey and I were on our way to Toolstation. It was approximately 45 seconds off our route and Lyndsey graciously* agreed to the detour. 

I went away and thought about it, then dropped him a message with an offer about half an our later which he agreed to with him delivering it to me. 

As he was leaving to deliver it another punter turned up who was supposed to have been there at 1pm. He then went into a strop  when he was told it was sold and offered more money, which the seller declined. He then asked for petrol money for his wasted journey!

Understandably (and thankfully, I think) the seller told him to bolt and suggested that if he'd arrived when he said he would then he wouldn't have missed out. 

Lol, I love that there are genuinely decent folk selling cars out there, fending of the baying Facefook hoard.

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18 minutes ago, dome said:

No, it was all me! 

I'd messaged him yesterday and was supposed to go see it after 3 today. He messaged me about 2 saying he was home so I asked for his address as Lyndsey and I were on our way to Toolstation. It was approximately 45 seconds off our route and Lyndsey graciously* agreed to the detour. 

I went away and thought about it, then dropped him a message with an offer about half an our later which he agreed to with him delivering it to me. 

As he was leaving to deliver it another punter turned up who was supposed to have been there at 1pm. He then went into a strop  when he was told it was sold and offered more money, which the seller declined. He then asked for petrol money for his wasted journey!

Understandably (and thankfully, I think) the seller told him to bolt and suggested that if he'd arrived when he said he would then he wouldn't have missed out. 

He sounds like a top gent! There are some out there after all then!

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Today was day 1 of Mondeo mk4 estate daily life. 

It is nice, I'm settling in. I miss the crazy power of the remapped Passat but the Mondeo is composed and comfy, and is definitely capable. 

And it's very very big inside. 

It even did a regen without me noticing when I must have been on the A494 crossing the Clwydian hills or bypassing Mold to join the Chester bypass. Not a place i would have guessed, but it makes me happy that it's regenerating the DPF in my regular travels without fuss. 

I think I'm going to like the car. 

It's proving the rule though; all Mondeo diesels are smoky. 

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Something that I didn't realise on this Fabia is just how clean underneath is. Not just no rust but not even dirt. The headlights are also crystal clear too and none of the clouding. I'm pretty certain it was owned by a succession of elderly people that only drove in nice weather and garaged it. Would explain the scuffed body and high clutch bite point.

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Plenty of meat left on the brake pads too.
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I do think it may need a clutch soon...
Might even get it done because I'm a bit mental.

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42 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Drop links are one of those jobs that should take 10 minutes but almost never do.  It is nice when you get an easy one.

I think this might have been the first time ever done them on a car?

I was prepared to just chop them off with the angry grinder. But thought I'd give them a go with the wrench. Bought a 30cm long 3/8" Sealey job and they undid no bother. 

Definitely helps that nothing is rusted underneath. I know I'll get bored of this car but I also know I think I've got a bargain (until the clutch goes!). 

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2 minutes ago, Rusty_Rocket said:

...which is a good job as you'll be doing them every 12 months!

More exciting is the rear lower arm bush, where the steel through-bolt shears off in the aluminium carrier.

I like the Polo/ Fabia/ Ibiza as a car, but can't abide the fragile 3-cyl paperweight most of them seem to have.

This is the 4pot 1.4 16v of 75bhp. Quite how VAG got so little power out of that engine is a bit of a mystery. 

No idea how strong these engines are. Have read rebuilds aren't easy as something about the crank being machined to fit the block. Also piston rings I believe can cause grief. 

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Got a message to rescue someone who locked their only key in a Kia.  

 

On getting there, discovered that have lost literally all the even slightly appropriate rakes and torsion levers for car keys.  FFS.

 

Still, at least I had the back up option of some furniture moving airbags and an old wire coat hanger.

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Open it up a crack

 

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Grab the key 

 

 

Drop it on the floor, FFS.

 

Anyway, no deadlocks so just pulled on the lock lever on the drivers door and BAM get hit in the face with a door which was under pressure, quite literally.

 

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Sorted.

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14 minutes ago, SiC said:

This is the 4pot 1.4 16v of 75bhp. Quite how VAG got so little power out of that engine is a bit of a mystery. 

No idea how strong these engines are. Have read rebuilds aren't easy as something about the crank being machined to fit the block. Also piston rings I believe can cause grief. 

I think the 1.4 16v was 100hp. My 1.6 8v in the Felicia is 75hp. This isn't great when the ancient 1.3 pushrod of Škodas own design chucks out 68hp. The VW engine is much quieter, that's its only advantage. 

When I used to frequent Briskoda (rarely bother any more as the Favorit/Felicia section dried up as the cars disappeared) the 1.4 16v that you have was a popular conversion as it was so easy. The block for the 8v and 16v are very similar so would mate up to the standard gearbox, but you had to make a new engine mount at the cambelt end. There would be no point doing the swap if both engines had the same power. 

The only swap really worth doing was the 1.6 16v but this was trickier as something was different, can't remember what now but I seem to remember you had to put the 1.6 internals in a 1.4 block which meant you needed two engines to start with. And the 1.6 16v was a much rarer beast to start with. 

This is all a very long winded way of saying I think you have more power than you think you do. 

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