wuvvum Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Well the Maxus failed the MOT as predicted. Two front bottom balljoints, a track rod end and a drop link, plus a corroded brake pipe which I hadn't spotted, and the bit of inner sill which I had. Also needs the nearside headlight polishing, a front number plate and the handbrake adjusting. So a fair bit to do but nothing terminal. I had visions of having to replace both front wishbones, but the ball joints on these actually bolt to the bottom of the hub carrier and poke down through the end of the wishbone, so that should make replacement easier (and will definitely make it cheaper). About £60 in bits, which I've already ordered - hopefully they'll be here in time for me to fit them at the weekend, then I'll have to see if I can persuade my welding mate to stick a patch on the inner sill. Split_Pin, Dyslexic Viking, Rust Collector and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Not bad for a car that the only thing I've done to it in the nearly a year I've owned it is wash it twice and replaced two tyres. Dyslexic Viking, outlaw118, davehedgehog31 and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 3 hours ago, vulgalour said: All repaired and ready to go. Booked in for the retest at 16:30 today. Literally took me longer to get out the tools and tidy up than to do the repairs. Blown rear bulb decided to work because it wasn't blown at all, it was just being a little shit. Retest complete: PASS As if there was any doubt. LightBulbFun, Tickman, Fumbler and 19 others 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 1 hour ago, vulgalour said: Retest complete: PASS As if there was any doubt. Well done - all your hard work paid off! vulgalour 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Just seen a rover for sale on Facebook.. thought I'd share it on here.. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1034634554153293/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyberg Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 16 minutes ago, stuboy said: Just seen a rover for sale on Facebook.. thought I'd share it on here.. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1034634554153293/ Nice car, I just despair at some people's grasp of the English language 🙄 Rusty_Rocket 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Managed to get a £10 voucher for Halfords so I’ve bought a cordless Ugga-dugga gun. (Not for £10) Been after one for ages. beko1987 and Kiltox 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N19 Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 I had to work late last week and got a taxi on expenses. The receipt shows a MK3 cavalier, although sadly the taxi was one of those new TXE electric ones. Shite Ron, BorniteIdentity, egg and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 If you see a tradesman turn up in a full body kitted Traaaansit Sports on a private plate....do you think... (a) top lad! (b) style over substance? (c) he's charging too much... AnnoyingPentium 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 9 minutes ago, egg said: If you see a tradesman turn up in a full body kitted Traaaansit Sports on a private plate....do you think... (a) top lad! (b) style over substance? (c) he's charging too much... Traaaaaansit Spowrt laaaaad. C. Definitely C. MJK 24, egg and Shite Ron 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 14 minutes ago, egg said: If you see a tradesman turn up in a full body kitted Traaaansit Sports on a private plate....do you think... (a) top lad! (b) style over substance? (c) he's charging too much... D) They’re going to tarmac my drive and try to get me to agree to having some trees cut down or my roof pressure washed. busmansholiday, Rusty_Rocket, DVee8 and 3 others 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N19 Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 3 minutes ago, JJ0063 said: D) They’re going to tarmac my drive and try to get me to agree to having some trees cut down or my roof pressure washed. That'd be if there were "borrowed" plates on it... egg and JJ0063 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 E - Twat. egg, alf892 and paulplom 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 16 minutes ago, barefoot said: E - Twat. The tradesman or the judgemental customer? Oh, how dare a tradesman have some self respect and choose a nice vehicle in which to spend their entire day? They don't deserve that! They should be driving around in poverty! Get over yourselves, all of you. goosey, AnnoyingPentium, alf892 and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horriblemercedes Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 12 minutes ago, Supernaut said: The tradesman or the judgemental customer? Oh, how dare a tradesman have some self respect and choose a nice vehicle in which to spend their entire day? They don't deserve that! They should be driving around in poverty! Get over yourselves, all of you. I thought more likely a comment about the tastes of the sort of person who'd think that was a cool van rather than thinking that tradesman shouldn't be allowed it BeEP, Pete-M, MrGTI6 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 The best tradesman that did a job for me turned up to price it in an old s class, wearing brogues and had his jack russell in the passenger seat. Supernaut, paulplom, GagaStan and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 2 hours ago, Supernaut said: Get over yourselves, all of you. I get where you're coming from....but a true story from my working life, me and a colleague were auditing a public service, me turned up in my old Fiat Uno, m'colleague turned up in new Porsche Boxster. Staff there said we don't want to be checked up on in a guy who drives a Porsche, and he was taken off the job. People make daft judgements like that all the time, sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 4 hours ago, egg said: If you see a tradesman turn up in a full body kitted Traaaansit Sports on a private plate....do you think... (a) top lad! (b) style over substance? (c) he's charging too much... E) I bet he's got an I phone that was launched in the last 3 months, and his "wife" is the same colour as the van, and has bleached blond hair and botox. But b. timolloyd, chodweaver and RoverFolkUs 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 5 hours ago, egg said: If you see a tradesman turn up in a full body kitted Traaaansit Sports on a private plate....do you think... (a) top lad! (b) style over substance? (c) he's charging too much... Can't I think B and C? 4 hours ago, Supernaut said: The tradesman or the judgemental customer? Oh, how dare a tradesman have some self respect and choose a nice vehicle in which to spend their entire day? They don't deserve that! They should be driving around in poverty! Get over yourselves, all of you. If they spend their entire day in it they aren't going to get much work done, are they? puddlethumper and richardmorris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 ...anyway, my original post was meant to be a light-hearted look at a particular part of Ford culture! richardmorris and AnnoyingPentium 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 7 hours ago, egg said: If you see a tradesman turn up in a full body kitted Traaaansit Sports on a private plate....do you think... (a) top lad! (b) style over substance? (c) he's charging too much... BIL has grey msrt and its great and he is a top spec chippie too goosey and egg 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 7 minutes ago, stuboy said: BIL has grey msrt and its great and he is a top spec chippie too I didn't know until today that the Connect and Ranger can be spec'd up too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 1 hour ago, egg said: ...anyway, my original post was meant to be a light-hearted look at a particular part of Ford culture! My reply too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 On 9/21/2022 at 8:12 PM, stuboy said: Just seen a rover for sale on Facebook.. thought I'd share it on here.. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1034634554153293/ They could use the £700 to get some lessons in punctuation and grammar! Not a single bit of punctuation in that essay 😅 "Water pump needs putting back on" - BS translator - something has snapped along the way and is a total pain in the arse to sort out. Or the cambelt/water pump job went tits up, timing etc, so thats a convenient way of hiding it ... timolloyd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 One of the most photographed cars on t'interweb has finally been bought. I think it belonged to the deceased son of the people who had it or something. Guess they maybe died or went into a home or something? Or just wanted to see it restored. Ted Eggs, Ghosty, Split_Pin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 8 hours ago, egg said: If you see a tradesman turn up in a full body kitted Traaaansit Sports on a private plate....do you think... (a) top lad! (b) style over substance? (c) he's charging too much... There's a builder's firm local to me, they have a fleet of these new shape transits and transporters, posh ones, and a couple of supercars, and a couple of recent (<5 years) range rover sports, all with private plates, a nice modern office, aforementioned supercars often parked illegally. Whenever someone asks for a job to be done - total radio silence and they never hear back from them. Not a one off, heard it happen multiple times. Dont know what their game is, does make me wonder though. To answer your question, C) - if you can even get any work done! egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 22 minutes ago, HillmanImp said: One of the most photographed cars on t'interweb has finally been bought. I think it belonged to the deceased son of the people who had it or something. Guess they maybe died or went into a home or something? Or just wanted to see it restored. Crikey, I photographed that in 2013. It was in such plain sight too, as you say, literally just sitting there on a driveway. I hope it is restored, its probably worth it these days. HillmanImp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 27 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said: Dont know what their game is, does make me wonder though. Popsicle, RoverFolkUs, richardmorris and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 1 hour ago, stuboy said: BIL has grey msrt and its great and he is a top spec chippie too To be fair, barried Fords do kinda run in the family. alf892, Rusty_Rocket, Ghosty and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Just now, wuvvum said: Yep, the path I was heading towards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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