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[Ghosty]

After two and a half hours, and only managing to fit two tyres on the passenger side of the Type R, the Kwik Fit man claims that two of the Michelin Pilot Sport 4S that I ordered wouldn't fit on the third rim, but there was nothing wrong with the rim. He's fitted two to one side and requested the office call me tomorrow to rebook and send two more tyres for the other side. 

I've been left with different size tyres on the back (225/35 vs 235/35, budget vs Michelin), and a brand new Michelin on one side of the front and a bald Potenza on the other. Car's not usable IMO (traction control would go mad), lucky I have the MX5 to get to work. 

 

Kwik Fit will be compensating me for this. 

[davehedgehog31]

If it had a bald tyre on it then it was unusable before he fitted any tyres?

[Noel Tidybeard]

2 hours ago, Ghosty said:

  

This spaceship I bought about three weeks ago.

and you posted this where? 😲

[Ghosty]

41 minutes ago, davehedgehog31 said:

If it had a bald tyre on it then it was unusable before he fitted any tyres?

Valid, more like 1mm tread. But I bought it like that. 

[dome]

7 hours ago, SiC said:

Another Ceri delivery! This one actually got the neighbours out for a look.

But TL;DR it's a one owner local Bristol car that was his company car. Creme Cake (iirc) was in use until 2004 when it failed it's MOT and parked up for restoration. Left outside since then, it sadly slowly deteriorated.
They had a number of lovely pre-war Austins in the garage which presumably was always the main interest and this just never got done.
The chap passed away and the family decided that this had to be sold. When the cat came out from underneath and more rust fell out, they knew it was never going back on the road.

I paid basically scrap price for it. I hate the idea of ever scrapping a car but this is by far past it. I'll primarily be using it for body cuts and the like. Maybe selling the odd part cheap if anyone is after anything. My purchase money went to a Parkinson charity, so will only be right if I donate a proportion of anything I sell there too.

I'll do a video later of it after work. Apparently the engine runs really sweet. Ceri mentioned it even drove onto the trailer under its own power!

@captain_70s found your next engine!

[SiC]

24 minutes ago, dome said:

@captain_70s found your next engine!

I did message him yesterday asking if he wanted any bits but guess he must be busy and not had a chance to respond.

[High Jetter]

6 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Wow, that's a late one!

The reg can't be original. Thought it was a K at first.

 

 

[Ghosty]

2 hours ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

and you posted this where? 😲

in News 24, but not much anywhere else. I've done sod all on my cars lately as they've just been working, so I've not had much to say about them. 

As I'm commuting daily I needed something a bit more sensible and modern as I didn't even own a car with ABS. 

[andy18s]

7 hours ago, Ghosty said:

 
As I'm commuting daily I needed something a bit more sensible and modern as I didn't even own a car with ABS. 

You make that sound like it's a bad thing..

[Yoss]

8 hours ago, Ghosty said:

As I'm commuting daily I needed something a bit more sensible and modern as I didn't even own a car with ABS. 

ABS? That's your right foot isn't it? 

[artdjones]

Looks a bit better now. I have to do a bit more work from behind, glue the inner and outer arch back together, knock down the high spots, and start trowelling on the wob.

[dome]

10 hours ago, SiC said:

I did message him yesterday asking if he wanted any bits but guess he must be busy and not had a chance to respond.

I've sent him a telegram. It is the 1970s where he is, he should get it within a week or so 

[Split_Pin]

Dropped the Cavalier off for its MOT, I didn't know the exhaust was that bad. Otherwise not bad at all.

 

Thankfully I don't need to mess about with the handbrake this year though.

I'll get an exhaust ordered up, hopefully it'll arrive within the retest period.

[dome]

9 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Dropped the Cavalier off for its MOT, I didn't know the exhaust was that bad. Otherwise not bad at all.

 

Thankfully I don't need to mess about with the handbrake this year though.

I'll get an exhaust ordered up, hopefully it'll arrive within the retest period.

Like for getting the parts ordered, not for the fail!

[Split_Pin]

I have spoken to the garage and the manifold is cracked, which is obviously drawing in air and impacting the Lambda reading. They are going to try and seal it up to get it through the emissions. Either way I might be as well to just find a manifold as they'll be cheap 2nd hand and less hassle than me trying to weld it (and making a mess no doubt)

[tooSavvy]

I don't know if there is any demand, these days with mobby calc apps 🤔

However, needing a BIG CLEAR display? Can't beat this today!!

Luvverly 😋

 

*NOT displayed as 'clearance £1'.....

[captain_70s]

14 hours ago, SiC said:

I did message him yesterday asking if he wanted any bits but guess he must be busy and not had a chance to respond.

Moving house. Not even once*....

*(This is my 11th house move)

Will try to get back to you tonight!

[Tubbo]

So, after putting a call out on here for someone to look at a car for me @pilninggas offered to help. 
He not only went to look at the car, he negotiated a deal and bought it for me and then got it back to his house.

I went to collect it today, and as the train service was to pot the train that was running when I left home was no longer running when I got to Bristol. So after a £60 taxi ride I finally got to his house.

He had told me he was going to be at work so left the key in a safe place for me.

After finding the key and starting the car I tried taxing it but the server was down on the .gov website but no drama I will do it later.

So I went to leave and then realised I had to open both gates to get out. I got out of the car and opened the gates and then went to get back in and the car door wouldn’t open.

Bollocks!

So the engine was running with both keys and my phone in the car ‘double bollocks’.

With this in mind and @pilninggas not at home I was left with somewhat of a dilemma.

Luckily @pilninggas must of known that this was going to happen (as he had told me the central locking was temperamental) so he kindly left me a brick.

So I have managed to do more damage to the car in less than 5 minutes of ownership than the previous owners in 18 years 🫣😂

 

[barefoot]

I've made a note of your name and if I ever need a bit of help moving a car, I'll know who not to ask!

[Tubbo]

Also as I was unable to tax the car after leaving @pilninggas place after about 400 yards I passed a vehicle tax check van parked in a lay-by 😳

I taxed it when I got to a service station about an hour later so I don’t know if this will be picked up?

Anyway a big thank you 🙏 once again to @pilninggas for helping me get the car!

[Andyrew]

Why on earth would you put through a bonded rear window instead of the easily replaceable ,  bolt in front window?

[tooSavvy]

33 minutes ago, Tubbo said:

Also as I was unable to tax the car after leaving @pilninggas place after about 400 yards I passed a vehicle tax check van parked in a lay-by 😳

I taxed it when I got to a service station about an hour later so I don’t know if this will be picked up?

Anyway a big thank you 🙏 once again to @pilninggas for helping me get the car!

Ahh..... 'Untaxed Vehicle' ,eh 😮

Yesterday, leaving the house to get shopping/lunch, there was a burly guy chaining a car in our street + BIG sticker on drivers window....

Returned home an hour or so later... No change.

A little later I went out to the car to get something and, yay... Burly  guy unchaining car and being watched by a rather fidgety continental gent. Car on UK plates.

#also a parking ticket on it, for overstaying the local resident control, likely triggered Tax Check 🙄

Having just spunked £180 by DirDebt, I must say it makes you think 😱😮

🚙💨

[Tubbo]

1 minute ago, Andyrew said:

Why on earth would you put through a bonded rear window instead of the easily replaceable ,  bolt in front window?

 

3 minutes ago, Andyrew said:

Why on earth would you put through a bonded rear window instead of the easily replaceable ,  bolt in front window?

Didn’t fancy a long drive home covered in glass with the wind in my hair

[Split_Pin]

Got a pass on the Cav, the garage fixed the exhaust

[pilninggas]

1 hour ago, Tubbo said:

So, after putting a call out on here for someone to look at a car for me @pilninggas offered to help. 
He not only went to look at the car, he negotiated a deal and bought it for me and then got it back to his house.

I went to collect it today, and as the train service was to pot the train that was running when I left home was no longer running when I got to Bristol. So after a £60 taxi ride I finally got to his house.

He had told me he was going to be at work so left the key in a safe place for me.

After finding the key and starting the car I tried taxing it but the server was down on the .gov website but no drama I will do it later.

So I went to leave and then realised I had to open both gates to get out. I got out of the car and opened the gates and then went to get back in and the car door wouldn’t open.

Bollocks!

So the engine was running with both keys and my phone in the car ‘double bollocks’.

With this in mind and @pilninggas not at home I was left with somewhat of a dilemma.

Luckily @pilninggas must of known that this was going to happen (as he had told me the central locking was temperamental) so he kindly left me a brick.

So I have managed to do more damage to the car in less than 5 minutes of ownership than the previous owners in 18 years 🫣😂

 

I hope you didn't hurt my pet brick, I've had froggy-the-brick since I was a lad.

[SiC]

40 minutes ago, Tubbo said:

 

Didn’t fancy a long drive home covered in glass with the wind in my hair

Cling film!

[RayMK]

Yesterday morning my modern Mitsubishi Mirage Juro was attacked by my son's Honda NC750X.  The bike was blown away from its side stand and my car's bonnet and offside front wing cushioned its fall.  The Honda only suffered a broken front brake lever but my car has a probably unrepairably dented bonnet and lesser dents on the wing.  My son has taken my car into work today for advice and opinions from the bodyshop. Meanwhile, being a creature of habit, I did not let the missing Mitsubishi deter me from going to one of my lunchtime haunts to sit and have a packed lunch and read a few pages of Practical Classics mag while admiring the scenery.  My Tipo was therefore called into service.  Photos below. 

[SRi05]

21 minutes ago, pilninggas said:

I hope you didn't hurt my pet brick, I've had froggy-the-brick since I was a lad.

[Tubbo]

Window out and broken glass gone

 

[reb]

@Tubbo ever since I was a lad I've known not to leave keys in a car with central locking, let alone known faulty central locking, without at least one window down so you can reach them. You just never know.