Pat Earrings Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Having cast aside my annoyance at the windscreen crack to the E60 (new one scheduled for Saturday) I managed to source a proper space saver spare wheel and kit rather than the compressor stuff which never works. £80 and tbh, not bad considering I couldn’t see them cheaper elsewhere. Dyslexic Viking, Stanky and Cord Fourteener 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 I changed the coolant on the 75 today. It was fairly easy, just lower the undertray and take off the bottom hose. 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. 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. 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. RayMK, davehedgehog31, Lacquer Peel and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 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. BL Bloke, AnnoyingPentium, Cord Fourteener and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 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. Can you buy it back? And fix it yourself cheaply with used parts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbridge Apologist Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 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? High Jetter, AnnoyingPentium, NorthernMonkey and 28 others 31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 1 hour ago, Dyslexic Viking said: Can you buy it back? And fix it yourself cheaply with used parts? I haven't asked. But I already have 2 car projects that aren't making progress, so it might be a bit too much time pressure. I'll think about it when the insurance company get back to me. Dyslexic Viking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 TIL this is even a thing https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133817633652 RayMK, Stanky and Cord Fourteener 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 1 hour ago, SiC said: TIL this is even a thing https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133817633652 how bloody much!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRi05 Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Glasgow - - > Manchester Airport and back (with a holiday inbetween ) in the Civic. That's not bad for a 1.8 Pez! mercedade, dome, Cord Fourteener and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Earrings Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 1 hour ago, stuboy said: how bloody much!!!!!!!! Someone’s actually bought one😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehedgehog31 Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 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; Worth it though, the passenger's side was shagged. Two new Meyles on. It also got a new battery, the current Exide one was going flat overnight with no obvious parasitic drain. 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. Pat Earrings, cort16, dome and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 53 minutes ago, SRi05 said: Glasgow - - > Manchester Airport and back (with a holiday inbetween ) in the Civic. That's not bad for a 1.8 Pez! 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehedgehog31 Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 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. It was all in good order underneath and a few hours later it was looking better; 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. The main event; A bit of organisation finally; 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; brownnova, Coprolalia, timolloyd and 37 others 39 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 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. sdkrc, Cord Fourteener, Yoss and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Best bet might be to contact the standard motor club https://www.standardmotorclub.org.uk/ they may well know of the car Cord Fourteener, Dyslexic Viking and LightBulbFun 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesacosa Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 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. I put the reg number into a Facebook picture search (same way I found pics of my old Cortina recently) loserone, adw1977, LightBulbFun and 6 others 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 13 hours ago, SiC said: TIL this is even a thing 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Scirocco collected & driven home this morning. I can iz happy barefoot bunny! Coprolalia, chadders, LightBulbFun and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyberg Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 The beetle cabriolet of many shiters failed it's MOT Tuesday, handbrake imbalance and emmisions, due to a misfire. New coil pack, spark plugs and leads, handbrake adjusted and today we have a clean pass, no advisories happy days HMC, mitsisigma01, AnnoyingPentium and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehedgehog31 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 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; Hmm, rear washer gubbed. Pretty sure it was working. Anyway, what would be the damage; No thanks squire. Picked it up and checked when I got home. Not sure what my £162 would have been for; VID20220714171015~2.mp4 Coprolalia, RayMK, AnnoyingPentium and 8 others 8 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 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; Hmm, rear washer gubbed. Pretty sure it was working. Anyway, what would be the damage; No thanks squire. Picked it up and checked when I got home. Not sure what my £162 would have been for; VID20220714171015~2.mp4 21.6 MB · 0 downloads I had the airbag recall, free tea and biscuits at the local bmw dealer! davehedgehog31 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehedgehog31 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 6 minutes ago, Cord Fourteener said: I had the airbag recall, free tea and biscuits at the local bmw dealer! Coffee was small but very pleasant. A good 7.5/10. Had to get back to work sadly, so couldn't fully avail myself of the facilities. Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeT Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 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; Hmm, rear washer gubbed. Pretty sure it was working. Anyway, what would be the damage; No thanks squire. Picked it up and checked when I got home. Not sure what my £162 would have been for; VID20220714171015~2.mp4 21.6 MB · 0 downloads 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! mercedade and davehedgehog31 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sham Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 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. Yoss, davehedgehog31, Cord Fourteener and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 I've previously posted these two Saabs in the lazy spotters thread as they are where I park my car for work. 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. Joey spud, SRi05, Cord Fourteener and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRi05 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 The eurodeath heatwave of fire has even made it to Scotland Lacquer Peel, Split_Pin and Yoss 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernMonkey Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 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. 19 hours ago, SRi05 said: Glasgow - - > Manchester Airport and back (with a holiday inbetween ) in the Civic. That's not bad for a 1.8 Pez! 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. Bugger me…no wonder I end up working 70hrs a week…. 🤔😳 puddlethumper, Split_Pin, davehedgehog31 and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 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! brownnova, Back_For_More, Dyslexic Viking and 8 others 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2_craig Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 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. A lot of random WW2 paraphernalia is deposited around the island. Including tunnels dug during the war. Saw this beauty. But the highlight definitely was the hire car that I had for the day. That though, belongs in a more appropriate thread:https://autoshite.com/topic/48871-bmcbmhbl-readers-wives/?do=findComment&comment=2560868 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. SiC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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