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15 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said:

They are slow as fk by modern standards , it definitely ain't the same class as a sprinter , but it will keep on going , never had any mechanical issues with my old one ....apart from the heater stopped working on an overnight to Hanover in December, iced on the inside !!

If I ever have another one of those it'll be a 2.5D.  Just as mechanically robust but closer to being able to keep up with modern traffic.  I even managed a couple of overtakes in my old one.

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My colleague is staying in a fashionable AirBnB atm and has found a stash of porn*

Sadly, the stylus is shagged on the turntable - otherwise he’d be cueing it up and FaceTiming me.

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If @mat_the_cathasn’t got this - along with the Ford Sierra Dealership VHS - for guests, I’ll be very disappoint. 

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55 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

A whole day and thousands of ads and she ended up with a Ford Fusion? :???:

she wanted to go look at a corsa with 6 weeks mot and tag line on the post was 'all last years advisories repaired'

viewed a toyota corolla verso that just been mot'd from a trader with a split/cracked front tyre

various mk5 astra's with various crusty brake pipes and high milage..one with an wobbly wheel that apparantly doesnt affect driving

a peugeout 206 with ecu problems..

 

 

 

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4 hours ago, stuboy said:

Sil finally after all day looking at 1000s adverts.. ford fusion 1.6 automotive... £1200.. few age related marks but drives really well.

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Same colour and engine as my folks second one.  Was a decent little car, just a bit heavy on fuel.  Went well though and handled better than it looked like it should.  We liked it and would happily have had another one - only reason we switched to Peugeot was because the local Ford dealer stopped doing Motability.

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Things I particularly remember include a really nice gearchange and that the engine seeming to thrive on revs - which is probably half the reason the economy never seemed great when I drove it!  Definitely quieter inside than the Pug that replaced it. 

Always felt these were somewhat underrated cars really...It's basically a Fiesta they designed to have more room inside...and the Fiesta of this generation was pretty well liked.

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Tuesday at 7am I set off from rural Stirlingshire en route to Surrey and immediately had wipers, indicators, horn and hazards fail. Not ideal especially in Scotland. Fuses all fine so I diagnosed SAM module failure - always most likely suspect for multiple gremlins in Mercs of this era . RAC agreed and got me towed as far as Abington Services where I had a fun almost 8 hour wait before RAC and the very nice folk at G-Sport Hawick kindly organised a mighty Dacia for me to continue the journey. Merc delivered yesterday morning  with the delivery dude trailering off the Dacia all the way back to the borders. I've already pIcked up & fitted a new used £20 ebay SAM module and normal car functions instantly restored, no dealer coding bollox necessary with this old barge. MOT on Friday a good excuse for a few days rustproofing/bodywork, new rear tyres, & general TLC. 

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On 24/08/2022 at 11:01, dozeydustman said:

Playing Thunderbirds gets me out the office I s’pose

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Rear axle shackle snapped on the freighter so I ran a spare up to the crew and waited for the big red taxi

Fitters changes the shackle yesterday afternoon and the load ejected.

 

Same driver broke it again today. This time a front parabolic spring 😤.

Might have do redo his driving assessment

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While I'm sorting pics from my phone, have some taken on recent trip to the Emerald Isle:

Views of Clew Bay taken from (not very far up) Crogh Patrick, Ireland's Holy Mountain. It's764m (2,507ft) tall and yes, I have walked to the top (a distance of 7km where, incredibly, there is a church built in 1905.

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I didn't realise, but the nearby Achill Island (which has an intersting history of its own) also boasts this:

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Guinness was still good though.

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31 minutes ago, Mr Pastry said:

Surely the wrong pads?    Can't recall the details now, but there are pads of that type that use the same backing plate but smaller area of friction material.

Agreed.  The pads pictured have the correct clips., pins etc, but I would try a new set (which are available) and see if they line up correctly with disc.

All Allegro discs are the same (and are also the same as the Maxi).  New ones are pretty much unobtanium now.  Agree with above that whilst initial thought was disc too small, clearance on caliper looks about right. 

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