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I changed the coolant on the 75 today.

It was fairly easy, just lower the undertray and take off the bottom hose.

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I fucked up on the coolant though as I accidentally diluted stuff that I'd already mixed 50/50 but the pen I'd marked the bottle with had faded. As you can see I only had protection down to -7.

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I figured after a short drive the coolant would need topping off so I could just use neat stuff.

I entered diagnostic mode to check the real engine running temperature.

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The heaters stayed stone cold and the temperature rose to 95 which is not normal for this car. Shit. Suddenly though the heaters got hot and the temperature went down to 75 degrees. A further quick drive showed a steady 85 which is what I'd expect .

I topped it up with neat antifreeze once it had cooled for a couple of hours.

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Goodbye, Mégane. It doesn't look very damaged, but I fear it's going to be written off. Two headlights @ at least €250 each, probably a bumper at €4-500, plus all the various bits attached to it, slam panel as well, a foglamp, and the bonnet damaged and moved back and sideways an inch, and one wing damaged, also the washer bottle smashed, plus paint and labour. I'd like to see it back, but AXA write them off if the damage is more than 50%of the value. Which means write-off if it's going to cost more than 3k. So I'm not very hopeful.

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11 minutes ago, artdjones said:

Goodbye, Mégane. It doesn't look very damaged, but I fear it's going to be written off. Two headlights @ at least €250 each, probably a bumper at €4-500, plus all the various bits attached to it, slam panel as well, a foglamp, and the bonnet damaged and moved back and sideways an inch, and one wing damaged, also the washer bottle smashed, plus paint and labour. I'd like to see it back, but AXA write them off if the damage is more than 50%of the value. Which means write-off if it's going to cost more than 3k. So I'm not very hopeful.

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Can you buy it back? And fix it yourself cheaply with used parts?

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Suddenly have come into a newer car.

I don't want it though.

At all.

It's not because I'm ungrateful, but because it was my Dad's retirement 'last car'.

Sadly it now is, we lost him after 2 weeks ill in hospital on Sunday morning. Life can be really quite 'shite sometimes, can't it?

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Not a great deal of car related action of late. 

BMW was to undertake a 600 mile round trip to North Wales a few weeks back. Decided to change the shocks, having already done the springs. 

It wasn't a great job, but wasn't the worst. Just required a lot of disassembly of the boot area to access the top mounts. 

Buy my book of sketchy lifting tecniques;

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Worth it though, the passenger's side was shagged.

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Two new Meyles on. It also got a new battery, the current Exide one was going flat overnight with no obvious parasitic drain. 

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Other than that it completed it's 600 miles without fuss and averaged 49.9mpg over the tank. 

Conwy is nice and worth a look, maybe for anyone heading to Shitefest. 

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53 minutes ago, SRi05 said:

Glasgow - - > Manchester Airport and back (with a holiday inbetween :D) in the Civic. That's not bad for a 1.8 Pez! 

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That's what our 1.4 Peugeot 207 gets and what my 2l diesel estate gets, so yes not bad at all. 

Of course moderns shit on these figures but you pay way more in buying the damn things. 

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I've never really had the luxury of a workshop at home. 

Moved house earlier in this year, but the shed was in a state. It seems a good quality structure but the roof was quite incontinent. 

Spent Saturday re-felting it with a hand from my dad.

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It was all in good order underneath and a few hours later it was looking better;

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Had been on the lookout for a tool chest and spotted the ideal one on Gumtree as part of a job lot. £100 for the tool chest(s), a trolley jack, some axle stands, shelves and a small selection of tools, a couple of bits were actually quite handy, namely a quality pair of side cutter pliers. 

The seller was a mechanic to trade and had some serious machinery. An Audi RS4, Impreza and a beautiful e46 330i. Gave me a good look round them which was interesting, a bit of money in them tubs. 

Bundled the lot into the trusty 3 series of doom. 

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The main event;

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A bit of organisation finally;

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With the tool box in place I decided to sort out the rest of the shed, it was a bombsite with shit piled up to the roof and a healthy spider habitat. 

I had a big offcut of worktop and used it to build a usefully sized workbench. After a lot of tidying and graft it's looking well;

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My Dad recently found this photo of my Great Grandfather's 1959 Standard Ensign, and I've just discovered that it's still on the road! According to the DVLA, it's taxed till March 2023! 

If anyone has any photos of the car that would be fantastic, I would love to see how it is now.

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6 hours ago, Austat said:

My Dad recently found this photo of my Great Grandfather's 1959 Standard Ensign, and I've just discovered that it's still on the road! According to the DVLA, it's taxed till March 2023! 

If anyone has any photos of the car that would be fantastic, I would love to see how it is now.

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I put the reg number into a Facebook picture search (same way I found pics of my old Cortina recently)

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13 hours ago, SiC said:

TIL this is even a thing
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133817633652

 

I saw them using that stuff on that South Main auto channel on a pickup that has 120 walnuts in the air intake and also had some wires nibbled.  

He mentioned the shielding on car wiring is soya based hence why it's so delicious to mice etc. 

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The BMW went to the dealer for a recall. New drivers airbag required. Apparently there was a manufacturing defect where upon detonation it can embed some nice shrapnel in one's visage.  

About 20 different folk milling about. Two lassies on the reception gabbing shite. Various salesmen milling about frantically chewing and clicking pens before their next line in the bogs.

One very helpful lady on the service counter frantically trying to check in a queue of folk with no help, the only bit of the site with any customers. 

Anyway, they carried out a "health check" while it was in;

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Hmm, rear washer gubbed. Pretty sure it was working. Anyway, what would be the damage;

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No thanks squire. Picked it up and checked when I got home. Not sure what my £162 would have been for;

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7 minutes ago, davehedgehog31 said:

The BMW went to the dealer for a recall. New drivers airbag required. Apparently there was a manufacturing defect where upon detonation it can embed some nice shrapnel in one's visage.  

About 20 different folk milling about. Two lassies on the reception gabbing shite. Various salesmen milling about frantically chewing and clicking pens before their next line in the bogs.

One very helpful lady on the service counter frantically trying to check in a queue of folk with no help, the only bit of the site with any customers. 

Anyway, they carried out a "health check" while it was in;

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Hmm, rear washer gubbed. Pretty sure it was working. Anyway, what would be the damage;

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No thanks squire. Picked it up and checked when I got home. Not sure what my £162 would have been for;

 

I had the airbag recall, free tea and biscuits at the local bmw dealer!

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22 minutes ago, davehedgehog31 said:

The BMW went to the dealer for a recall. New drivers airbag required. Apparently there was a manufacturing defect where upon detonation it can embed some nice shrapnel in one's visage.  

About 20 different folk milling about. Two lassies on the reception gabbing shite. Various salesmen milling about frantically chewing and clicking pens before their next line in the bogs.

One very helpful lady on the service counter frantically trying to check in a queue of folk with no help, the only bit of the site with any customers. 

Anyway, they carried out a "health check" while it was in;

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Hmm, rear washer gubbed. Pretty sure it was working. Anyway, what would be the damage;

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No thanks squire. Picked it up and checked when I got home. Not sure what my £162 would have been for;

 

Good news! Just to let you know your rear wiper is starting to seize (as they all do). There’s a good guide here in stopping and cleaning it up.

 

https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?1958098-DIY-Attention-Sportwagon-owners-Rear-wiper-fix!

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4 minutes ago, JakeT said:

Good news! Just to let you know your rear wiper is starting to seize (as they all do). There’s a good guide here in stopping and cleaning it up.

 

https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?1958098-DIY-Attention-Sportwagon-owners-Rear-wiper-fix!

That'll be £162 please.

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I've previously posted these two Saabs in the lazy spotters thread as they are where I park my car for work. IMG_20220523_061708.thumb.jpg.8b84877ba0d5185102eb42d5f866db75.jpg

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The white one arrived first, followed by the blue one a few weeks later. The white one has since gone. 

Today I was parked just round the corner and when I drove past the blue Saab was in the drive it is parked next to in the above pics with the owner (I presume) tinkering. When he saw me he waved and I waved back! So I'm assuming he's noticed my Favorits when they are parked there. Obviously a man of taste. If I see him there again I will have to say hello. 

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18 hours ago, davehedgehog31 said:

Other than that it completed it's 600 miles without fuss and averaged 49.9mpg over the tank. 

Conwy is nice and worth a look, maybe for anyone heading to Shitefest. 

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19 hours ago, SRi05 said:

Glasgow - - > Manchester Airport and back (with a holiday inbetween :D) in the Civic. That's not bad for a 1.8 Pez! 

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Two perfectly good cars I’ve sold in the last couple of months….petrol is at a record high and what am I driving? A bloody 3.0 Jag.

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Bugger me…no wonder I end up working 70hrs a week…. 🤔😳

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Popped into the local shite breakers today for a battery tray from a Corsa B and a suspension cup from a Laguna Mk1.

The Corsa battery tray was easy to retrieve but the Laguna part was a different kettle of crabs. A diesel estate was found and after clambering up I set to work. The strut bolts came out but I couldn’t get to the top mount nuts as the bonnet wouldn’t open. Clambering up and into the Laguna to pull the bonnet release didn’t yield the desired results and the bonnet remained firmly closed. Unfortunately I disturbed the golf next to the Laguna and approx a million wasps appeared from under the wing forcing me to make a “parkour” style escape over the pile of cars. I never realised I could move so fast!  
 

Im returning on Tuesday to get that Laguna part.. with better tools and a bee keeper outfit! 

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On 7/14/2022 at 5:34 PM, Longbridge Apologist said:

Suddenly have come into a newer car.

I don't want it though.

At all.

It's not because I'm ungrateful, but because it was my Dad's retirement 'last car'.

Sadly it now is, we lost him after 2 weeks ill in hospital on Sunday morning. Life can be really quite 'shite sometimes, can't it?

My condolences.

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On 7/1/2022 at 12:06 AM, SiC said:

Been away in Jersey for the last week.
Saw a lot and went to a very good museum on the island. Small but plenty of interesting stuff.
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A lot of random WW2 paraphernalia is deposited around the island.
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Including tunnels dug during the war.
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Saw this beauty.
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But the highlight definitely was the hire car that I had for the day. That though, belongs in a more appropriate thread:
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You came over here and didn’t pop in to say hello? ;)

Nice to see the Renner 25 local landmark is still cluttering up the streets of St Aubin, left hand drive Turbo DX. 

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