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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 ...

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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...

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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!

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22 minutes ago, HillmanImp said:

One of the most photographed cars on t'interweb has finally been bought. 

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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.

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9 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...

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A fellow self employed courier I know has a done up 19 plate custom crew cab. Lovely looking thing, but its been a very needy bugger. Totally unsuited to the job in my opinion but he seems happy enough with it and it is probably nearly worth what he gave for it 3 years ago.

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10 hours ago, HillmanImp said:

One of the most photographed cars on t'interweb has finally been bought. 

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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. 

The true story of the car has been revealed on the FB page 

 

 

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20 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...

ford-transit-custom.jpg

I looked into leasing a Transit Custom back in 2018, the lease company were actually offering pre registered Transit Custom Sports for the same price as a brand new base model, with the added bonus of immediate delivery. I seem to recall VW were offering something similar on pre registered Transporters.

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25 minutes ago, goosey said:

I looked into leasing a Transit Custom back in 2018, the lease company were actually offering pre registered Transit Custom Sports for the same price as a brand new base model, with the added bonus of immediate delivery. I seem to recall VW were offering something similar on pre registered Transporters.

Perhaps they thought people might treat them better than a big standard white van.

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Progress on the Mobylette. 

Nearside indicators not working yet but I think that's probably because the rear bulb has gone - unfortunately the screws holding the lens on are rusted to buggery so will need drilling out.  The flasher unit is fine though which was a relief, and the cheapo Indian indicator switch I bought works as I'd hoped it would. 

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Soz, not soz.

May be an image of car and road

Have to say it wears its mileage (178k) exceptionally well, and the chain has been done recently. The lack of rear leg room is an issue though, to the point where it might have to go to be replaced with a 5 series or something.

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16 minutes ago, Cavcraft said:

Soz, not soz.

May be an image of car and road

Have to say it wears its mileage (178k) exceptionally well, and the chain has been done recently. The lack of rear leg room is an issue though, to the point where it might have to go to be replaced with a 5 series or something.

my brothers got quite new one and they like 4 door 2 plus 2

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15 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

Perhaps they thought people might treat them better than a big standard white van.

There could be something in that - I had a conversation with a fella years ago who ran a fleet of Transits as part of his commercial signage business.

He always optioned alloys on his new vans, as he reckoned the lads treated them so much better than if they were running standard steels. He said the wheels paid for themselves almost immediately, by not having to deal with scuffs and minor prangs.

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On 9/23/2022 at 8:22 AM, RoverFolkUs said:

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!

Be interesting to see what their accounts look like....

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/companies-house

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Gave the old W211 a wash and wax today, it still looks good considering it's 19 years old this year.

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Also I recently brought it into the 21st century with a new stereo with wireless android auto and carplay, 

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Finally got the reversing camera wired up, what a pain that was.

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It's proving quite reliable so far although I have got an SBC warning

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which means I'll have to send the pump off to be refurbished, my local specialist quoted me £1900! I can have it rebuilt for £450 so it's not the end of the world.

Overall average is 40mpg and that's 90% town only, can't complain for a nigh on 2 ton big old bus.

Although being a pre DPF diesel it stinks until its warm, which I'm not a fan of.

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Stepdaughter and her (new) BF are coming round this afternoon for a bit of work on the Mini. Hopefully those replacement struts will just slot in nicely. Might be a little firmer as they’re off a Cooper D and not a One D. Gonna give it a general look over as well to see if anything else is needed for the MoT in November

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1 hour ago, Jazoli said:

Gave the old W211 a wash and wax today, it still looks good considering it's 19 years old this year.

20220924_113926.thumb.jpg.7c248fb606a4f21c084777c53af6fc49.jpg

Also I recently brought it into the 21st century with a new stereo with wireless android auto and carplay, 

20220924_114120.thumb.jpg.cef3dffac327a6a3e11c03cad43a0bda.jpg

Finally got the reversing camera wired up, what a pain that was.

20220924_114448.thumb.jpg.5560647a901d1d38d15430550b49bae9.jpg

It's proving quite reliable so far although I have got an SBC warning

20220924_114745.thumb.jpg.dd60d2a9c9f58663197e7c21c2f0d5cf.jpg

which means I'll have to send the pump off to be refurbished, my local specialist quoted me £1900! I can have it rebuilt for £450 so it's not the end of the world.

Overall average is 40mpg and that's 90% town only, can't complain for a nigh on 2 ton big old bus.

Although being a pre DPF diesel it stinks until its warm, which I'm not a fan of.

Any more info on the Radio?

my Merc command unit is playing up so I’ll be looking to replace pretty soon

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I had planned on fixing the Volvo's handbrake on Thursday or Friday after work and getting the retest done today, but it was torrential rain after work both days and I don't have enough space to work on it inside the unit at the moment. The weather seems ok today, so hopefully I can get it sorted before it changes its mind.

According to an American on YouTube (not RobertDIY) the handbrake on an 850 should be fully engaged by 3 clicks. I refuse to believe that's true as all 3 I've owned have taken most of the travel to do anything at all.

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18 minutes ago, goosey said:

Any more info on the Radio?

my Merc command unit is playing up so I’ll be looking to replace pretty soon

Yeah it's one of these https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234566289973?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=UYYCUz9vRVi&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=CVQtOrP6SSG&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

It is a challenge to fit as you have to remove the control panel from the hidden drawer which is fiddly, but a bit of patience is worth it, pretty much plug and play, comparable double din AA+CP units from pioneer and the like are £400, and don't look as good or offer wireless functionality.

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