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I finally bit the bullet last week and organised a mobile phone replacement under the insurance - after ignoring the cracked screen with weld spatter craters for about 18 months, I had an off on the bike which appeared to make the battery swell. The new one arrived (at £125 for the excess) on Tuesday and most of Wednesday was spent moving over all of my data and apps.

 

So naturally, I was overjoyed this evening, a mere five days later, when I pulled my house keys out, causing the phone to slip out of my pocket and fall, cracking the screen once again, rendering the entire fucking exercise pointless.

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After a month of being mucked about by people on Marketplace and Gumtree (none it worth of the "Stupidest Message While Flogging a Shiter" thread - perhaps if we had a Most Banal or Most Tedious) I finally sold the BMW today.

A woman came and viewed it yesterday, the money was in my account this morning and I dropped it off this afternoon. Based on my sample of 23 responses from the two platforms here's my advice on screening them: manners! If someone bothers to be polite and say please and thank you whether by text or on the phone they're much more likely to turn up for a viewing when they say they will - or am I just getting old?

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8 hours ago, tom13 said:

Cheers. Exhaust has had some alterations. Its had a new backbox and the midbox replaced with a sleeve. I need to have a look at the hanger though as something funny is going on. Did you do the wheel bearing yourself?

There is only one exhaust box - cat is integrated in the manifold, then it's a dime straight drinking straw to the back box.  Hanger that rots off is the one right above the rear axle.

The rear bearings are integrated into the hub, so a four bolt job to change.  Fronts I believe require a press to remove/install so I farmed that out to a garage - the car being in daily commuting use at the time (not by me either) put paid to any potential for a DIY repair.  Wasn't expensive to have done though.

Do miss my one.

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Was a great little car to be honest.  Yes a new car is expensive, but *knowing* what it was going to cost each month in advance made my life a lot simpler at the time.  Plus it Just Worked, which honestly was worth its weight in gold to me at the time!

Edit: Can't remember if I mentioned before, keep an eye on the oil level.  It seems to be something of a lottery as to which ones use oil and don't...mine never used a drop despite mostly being driven like I stole it (though it did get changed every six months irrespective of mileage, so not sure if that had a part to play) and the sump isn't huge.  

Know a few which do use a fair bit of oil and it doesn't seem to have any actual impact on anything beyond needing to be kept on top of.

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43 minutes ago, Sunny Jim said:

If someone bothers to be polite and say please and thank you whether by text or on the phone they're much more likely to turn up for a viewing when they say they will - or am I just getting old?

I'm quite frequently harping on about this, I think there's got to be some truth to it. 

It's probably how I ended bagging the Xsara Picasso. 9 months test, 30,000 miles, £600... In the current market! Advert had been on for 8 hours, but it was Facebook marketplace, which probably explains why it took the seller 8 hours to receive a coherent message

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Moskvich may be making a comeback, using the factory that Renault have decided to abandon. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-61461805?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=628283bb9f4dc855020394ac%26Russia revives classic Soviet car as Renault pulls out%262022-05-16T19%3A55%3A33.814Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:c1a64625-82fb-4058-8cea-e246431fa14d&pinned_post_asset_id=628283bb9f4dc855020394ac&pinned_post_type=share

One of the Soviet Union's best known car brands could be about to make a comeback, after car company Renault announced plans to transfer 100% of Renault Russia to the city of Moscow.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Renault's car factory in the city would be nationalised and repurposed to produce Moskvich cars, which were last produced over 20 years ago.

The Moskvich, which means Muscovite, was the first Soviet-produced car made for individual use, rolling off the production line in 1946.

Sobyanin said the move would "open a new page in the history of the Moskvich", adding that the plant would produce conventional cars to begin with, but could make electric cars in the future."

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19 hours ago, tom13 said:

Joined the 107 gang. Kept seeing people rave about them on here and couldn't resist the cheapness of tax insurance etc. Anything I need to look out for? First task is a wheel bearing. Had a recent clutch which I have heard is a major weak point.

Get it in the air and try and rust proof the cills. I must do my own at some point. I've seen a few badly patched. 

My clutch is also quite high but I'm used to it. I must look at adjusting it. If yours doesn't have a rev counter they're around £60 on ebay and are plug and play.

I love mine and it's driven flat out everywhere. Go kart handling too.

I had a full front to back exhaust fitted in mine yesterday for £230. I fitted new discs and pads last year. They were only £50 to buy iirc.

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9 hours ago, adw1977 said:

Moskvich may be making a comeback, using the factory that Renault have decided to abandon. 

This article suggests that they will be selling the Duster with Lada badges.  And presumably still doing so in 30 years time.

 

 

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2 hours ago, paulplom said:

Get it in the air and try and rust proof the cills. I must do my own at some point. I've seen a few badly patched. 

My clutch is also quite high but I'm used to it. I must look at adjusting it. If yours doesn't have a rev counter they're around £60 on ebay and are plug and play.

I love mine and it's driven flat out everywhere. Go kart handling too.

I had a full front to back exhaust fitted in mine yesterday for £230. I fitted new discs and pads last year. They were only £50 to buy iirc.

Mine has a bit of bubbling on the rear but it's not too bad yet will have to inspect. Mine has electric windows and a rev counter installed. Does this mean it was a slightly higher spec, or were they all electric windows?

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6 hours ago, tom13 said:

Mine has a bit of bubbling on the rear but it's not too bad yet will have to inspect. Mine has electric windows and a rev counter installed. Does this mean it was a slightly higher spec, or were they all electric windows?

C1 Vibe (like mine) and 107 Urban Lite had manual windows (and no rev counter).  C1 Rhythm had both electric windows and rev counter but 107 Urban just electric windows, although as noted above it's easy to add the rev counter and many have done so.

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14 minutes ago, BeEP said:

C1 Vibe (like mine) and 107 Urban Lite had manual windows (and no rev counter).  C1 Rhythm had both electric windows and rev counter but 107 Urban just electric windows, although as noted above it's easy to add the rev counter and many have done so.

Wealth of knowledge there. You have done your research.

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1 hour ago, BeEP said:

C1 Vibe (like mine) and 107 Urban Lite had manual windows (and no rev counter).  C1 Rhythm had both electric windows and rev counter but 107 Urban just electric windows, although as noted above it's easy to add the rev counter and many have done so.

Verve was the 107 to have I reckon.  Electric windows, rev counter, alloy wheels, remote central locking, air con, several acronyms I can't remember and the metallic paint options at no extra cost.

As someone used to small cars like Metros etc that felt like a hell of a lot of kit on a small car at the time!

Worth noting that I bought mine on the strength of work having a trio of C1s as pool cars, and even in that role they turned out to be pretty much unkillable save for the well documented clutch issues on early cars.

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19 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Much like the original, but for different reasons, I can't imagine a single place in the world other than Russia that would touch one of those. Not even for ironic, 'Autoshite'reasons.

I remember my dad teling me a tale from the 70's - a brand new barrelled past him.

On the pavement.

'Cos the brakes had failed.

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Followed a rather fresh looking Anglebox on the way home. I noticed it was very smokey and smelled of lead, but the smoke wasn't coming from the exhaust pipe at all, in fact nothing was coming out of it- it was coming from the right side of the engine bay! I hope the chap has a look at his exhaust manifold when he gets home.

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Had a go at replacing the knackered Sony stereo in the 205 tonight, was an absolute bastard to get out for some reason.

Found a Blaupunkt salvaged from my Dads old 190E about 20 years ago but will it work….. 

err not really, I’ll probably just upgrade to a new Bluetooth unit, any recommendations, ideally something that doesn’t look to out of place? 
 

 

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Replacing the wings on the base spec escort, found a big o hole in the drivers floor and the back third of the drivers side sill needs doing.

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Replacement wings line up pretty much spot on other than the vertical due to some excess material. Going to save the reach arches almost in the entirety as the material is solid just all bent up, nothing a dolly and some elbow grease wont fix.

 

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Found out why I'm getting abysmal fuel economy (saw 13mpg this morning). Second lambda sensor appears to have went nuts according to the diagnostic shite I was using, reporting it to be running lean and the ECU has been compensating for it. Ordered a replacement up (£40 quid, fucking hell) and am planning to be going under the car to fit it whenever it arrives. Should be interesting.

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2 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Assuming he hasn't died of carbon monoxide poisoning in the meantime obvs.

It certainly was loud when I was behind him. It may have explained why he was also bimbling along rather slowly.

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27 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Found out why I'm getting abysmal fuel economy (saw 13mpg this morning). Second lambda sensor appears to have went nuts according to the diagnostic shite I was using, reporting it to be running lean and the ECU has been compensating for it. Ordered a replacement up (£40 quid, fucking hell) and am planning to be going under the car to fit it whenever it arrives. Should be interesting.

I really hope for your sake that the sensor is the only cause of it's fuckery! My cockup slightly, the reading was rich not lean, but the principal is the same because it's overcompensating it so much it's making it rich rather than in the middle (i.e 14.7:1 air:fuel) 

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1 minute ago, RoverFolkUs said:

I really hope for your sake that the sensor is the only cause of it's fuckery! My cockup slightly, the reading was rich not lean, but the principal is the same because it's overcompensating it so much it's making it rich rather than in the middle (i.e 14.7:1 air:fuel) 

I went and got a second opinion as well before splashing the £40 on the sensor and got the same confirmation. So I reckon that's exactly what it is.

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1 hour ago, jmsguzzi said:

Had a go at replacing the knackered Sony stereo in the 205 tonight, was an absolute bastard to get out for some reason.

Found a Blaupunkt salvaged from my Dads old 190E about 20 years ago but will it work….. 

err not really, I’ll probably just upgrade to a new Bluetooth unit, any recommendations, ideally something that doesn’t look to out of place? 
 

 

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Have you had a look at the New Retro Blaupunkt range like the Bremen!

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1 hour ago, jmsguzzi said:

Had a go at replacing the knackered Sony stereo in the 205 tonight, was an absolute bastard to get out for some reason.

Found a Blaupunkt salvaged from my Dads old 190E about 20 years ago but will it work….. 

err not really, I’ll probably just upgrade to a new Bluetooth unit, any recommendations, ideally something that doesn’t look to out of place? 
 

 

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Maybe a Blaupunkt Madrid 200 BT?

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24 minutes ago, Floatylight said:

Have you had a look at the New Retro Blaupunkt range like the Bremen!

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I love this unit but it always turns up so expensive

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3 hours ago, jmsguzzi said:

Had a go at replacing the knackered Sony stereo in the 205 tonight, was an absolute bastard to get out for some reason.

Found a Blaupunkt salvaged from my Dads old 190E about 20 years ago but will it work….. 

err not really, I’ll probably just upgrade to a new Bluetooth unit, any recommendations, ideally something that doesn’t look to out of place? 
 

 

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I'm quite a fan of the Kenwood KMM-506DAB.

Looks pretty inoffensive when off.

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Plus has infinitely adjustable display illumination colour available so you can perfectly match it to the car.  In the case of my Caddy a hyper-saturated green with just the slightest hint of yellow.

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Buttons and display can be adjusted independently too.  When I had it in the S123 I had the buttons red and display warm white which matched the heater controls above.

 

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