brownnova Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Let’s go out! Wife’s modern: no charge on account of coming back from Devon in it yesterday. Volvo: seized brake caliper… the reason we took the MG to Devon Saab: still borked So the Pontiac then, ever reliable… but the battery is dead. Odd… I’ve left it over a month before now with no issues. Battery jump pack? Dead. No way of getting jump leads to it. 2CV? Blocked in by the dead Pontiac. Looks like we’re staying in then kids! Coprolalia, Rust Collector, Cord Fourteener and 3 others 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saabnut Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 20 minutes ago, brownnova said: Let’s go out! Wife’s modern: no charge on account of coming back from Devon in it yesterday. Volvo: seized brake caliper… the reason we took the MG to Devon Saab: still borked So the Pontiac then, ever reliable… but the battery is dead. Odd… I’ve left it over a month before now with no issues. Battery jump pack? Dead. No way of getting jump leads to it. 2CV? Blocked in by the dead Pontiac. Looks like we’re staying in then kids! You now have the perfect excuse to buy another..... loserone, Cord Fourteener, barefoot and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rust Collector Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 I dropped my Shogun Sport in for MOT about 40 minutes ago. It has done 3k miles since the last MOT. It has also sat in a corner at the stables for a few* months. I am anxiously clicking refresh, waiting to see how much pain I'm in for this year. Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rust Collector Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Well fuck me, I take it all back!! We won't talk about the advisory essay list. Dyslexic Viking, Split_Pin, dome and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 46 minutes ago, Rust Collector said: Well fuck me, I take it all back!! We won't talk about the advisory essay list. There you go, chod speed! Rust Collector 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 3 hours ago, Rust Collector said: We won't talk about the advisory essay list. Ah gwan, you know you want to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 So Wifey's Peugeot 307 has done a French and FTP on her way home from work. She's not sick in a nearby town awaiting recovery. Apparently all the lights have come on and the engine won't run properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 I've noticed more cars recently driving around with their headlights on in daytime, but with the front indicators on on both sides permanently lit. The first time i saw this was on a BMW and i dismissed it as being some kind of electrical issue, but since then I have seen probabaly about ten different cars, all running with both front orange indicators permanently lit. Myriad makes and models, BMW, VW, Peugeot, Ford at the very least. Is this a scene thing, or some sort of weird Fareham phenomenon and the owners/drivers are completely oblivious? Also, I have noticed several obviously chavved up cars recently with some kind of treatment to the windscreen and front headlights making them sort of tinted but in a colour change film, sort of like late 90s/00s flip paint TVRs and things, but on the glass. Apparetly its legal, looks weird but there you go. Is this another new fad elsewhere in the country too? So far I;ve seen it on some mid-00s Subaru Impreza and a heavily modified Civic type-r. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Do some modern cars not have yellow side marker lights? As per the US? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnoyingPentium Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Just now, captain_70s said: Do some modern cars not have yellow side marker lights? As per the US? Some folk retrofit these to their cars too. Seen a Mk1 Fabia VRS kicking about Ayr with the indicators permanently on. Not keen on it myself, but whatever floats yer boat etc etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Maybe its that, I was sure I'd seen equivalent cars without orange side marker lights, but maybe its just that the owners have fitted orange rather than white bulbs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 The film on the lights is chameleon tint. Even when applied correctly it looks horrific. I 'viewed' an MGZT with it applied to the rear lights, badly wrinkled as well. I'm not sure about the windscreen though. Stanky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 on my wasy back from marden village i saw not 1 but 2 bond bugs.... (the 2nd was being towed by a large blue van) Yoss 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Stanky said: I've noticed more cars recently driving around with their headlights on in daytime, but with the front indicators on on both sides permanently lit. The first time i saw this was on a BMW and i dismissed it as being some kind of electrical issue, but since then I have seen probabaly about ten different cars, all running with both front orange indicators permanently lit. Myriad makes and models, BMW, VW, Peugeot, Ford at the very least. Is this a scene thing, or some sort of weird Fareham phenomenon and the owners/drivers are completely oblivious? Also, I have noticed several obviously chavved up cars recently with some kind of treatment to the windscreen and front headlights making them sort of tinted but in a colour change film, sort of like late 90s/00s flip paint TVRs and things, but on the glass. Apparetly its legal, looks weird but there you go. Is this another new fad elsewhere in the country too? So far I;ve seen it on some mid-00s Subaru Impreza and a heavily modified Civic type-r. There is an option on carly coding called 'us spec sidelights' or something along those lights, which will illuminate the indicator bulbs albeit dimly - not my cuppa, but also see a lot of scene kids running round with them near me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dome Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 24 minutes ago, Jamie said: There is an option on carly coding called 'us spec sidelights' or something along those lights, which will illuminate the indicator bulbs albeit dimly - not my cuppa, but also see a lot of scene kids running round with them near me too. Aye, that's it. Carista or similar apps let's you change the setup on vag stuff to allow you to mess with this sort of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Similar here in Kernow. Plenty of young bucks trying to be 'Murican. Same crew seem to like running cars with turbots with dump valves which make the car sound like it's having some sort of major asthma attack. Real cool*. Cord Fourteener and Jamie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 1 hour ago, stuboy said: on my wasy back from marden village i saw not 1 but 2 bond bugs.... (the 2nd was being towed by a large blue van) Even so, 2-in-1 is unusual. Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 9 hours ago, Stanky said: I've noticed more cars recently driving around with their headlights on in daytime, but with the front indicators on on both sides permanently lit. The first time i saw this was on a BMW and i dismissed it as being some kind of electrical issue, but since then I have seen probabaly about ten different cars, all running with both front orange indicators permanently lit. Myriad makes and models, BMW, VW, Peugeot, Ford at the very least. Is this a scene thing, or some sort of weird Fareham phenomenon and the owners/drivers are completely oblivious? Also, I have noticed several obviously chavved up cars recently with some kind of treatment to the windscreen and front headlights making them sort of tinted but in a colour change film, sort of like late 90s/00s flip paint TVRs and things, but on the glass. Apparetly its legal, looks weird but there you go. Is this another new fad elsewhere in the country too? So far I;ve seen it on some mid-00s Subaru Impreza and a heavily modified Civic type-r. So apparently it's called oil slick for the front screen. As for the indicator being on I I think it's a yoof thing I have seen a few, they flash off if you know what I mean. Stanky and Cord Fourteener 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Salesman with his hands on his head Customer, thanks for the test drive but I think I'll leave it 😄 Only one in the country apparently M4 CSL , 10 destined for the UK , one a cat S already 8aad3a6eb9e2c5de045d03743c097a23.mp4 Patent, Asimo, Lacquer Peel and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 10 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said: Similar here in Kernow. Plenty of young bucks trying to be 'Murican. Same crew seem to like running cars with turbots with dump valves which make the car sound like it's having some sort of major asthma attack. Real cool*. To the tune of Woodie Guthrie 'Driving in my car' "The boost it goes a-whizz pish the boost it goes a-whizz pish when I'm drivin' in my car" I realise that might mean something else in different parts of the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 32 minutes ago, Wack said: Salesman with his hands on his head Customer, thanks for the test drive but I think I'll leave it 😄 Only one in the country apparently M4 CSL , 10 destined for the UK , one a cat S already 8aad3a6eb9e2c5de045d03743c097a23.mp4 2.42 MB · 0 downloads All the emogis are applicable here i think. Wack and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 So further to Wifey's FTP last night, The oil leak it has had for ever has corroded the fan belt and it pinged off as she was arriving to work. Last night before driving she saw this And was told by the security who allegedly used to be a mechanic that it was nothing but debris caught on her axle. She made it an hour out of her one-and-a-quarter hour commute home before getting stranded on a busy roundabout. Managed to kangaroo the car off the roundabout with the very unhappy car into a car park and Autoaid came to tow. So an unscheduled day off today and an easy fix, but we are going to have to sort the oil leak! JakeT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 I keep meaning to mention the retired brain surgeon who lives in the next village. I suspect that he used to experiment on his first wife who was absolutely crackers. He owns a Bentley Continental Coupé, a Maserati Quattroporte and a Piaggio Ape which he is generally seen pottering about in. I was amongst a long procession of cars following him the other day, when he pulled over to let everyone past by hiding the Ape behind a couple of cones that had been left in the road. It is incredibly slow & looks dreadfully fragile. HillmanImp and Yoss 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 There was a lad near me who used to run around in a 50cc Ape. It was a fucking liability on the roads around here - it even used to hold up agricultural machinery. He eventually traded it in for an Aixam, which he is currently driving (illegally) on L plates. Ghosty, Lacquer Peel and warch 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyberg Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Fiat pandas, quality cars. Just driven over 300 miles of Welsh roads and motorway in my wife's recent purchases. No back ache, perfectly able to sit at the speed limit and get up hills ok. AND 57 mpg's. What's not to like Sunny Jim and Yoss 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 I've just been told the bearing has been replaced and the towbar removed on the Volvo. I went posh and bought an SKF bearing It's a heavy old thing. The mechanics reckon the clunk when turning the wheel when stationary is a "top link". Hopefully I can find this out when I'm back in the country next weekend. Lacquer Peel, Dyslexic Viking, AnnoyingPentium and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnoyingPentium Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 51 minutes ago, Nyphur said: Thank Christ for that. Same steering wheel here. Although my replacement one is leather. cpjitservices 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevebrookman Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Mot passed again for my Range Rover. Had it nearly 16 years now. Calipers and backplates need cleaning up-quite rusty. Also found out why air con stopped working-the drier is rusted through. Saabnut, Back_For_More, Split_Pin and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 12 hours ago, Fumbler said: I've just been told the bearing has been replaced and the towbar removed on the Volvo. I went posh and bought an SKF bearing It's a heavy old thing. The mechanics reckon the clunk when turning the wheel when stationary is a "top link". Hopefully I can find this out when I'm back in the country next weekend. Top link, eh. The strut top mounts can rust through on these cars, worth checking while you're in about the wheel bearing and can see the top of the strut from the inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMcD Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 I've sold the 1100. It's being collected on Monday. There is now an available space. I have the money burning a hole in my pocket.... sdkrc, Split_Pin, Cord Fourteener and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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