Datsuncog Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 6 hours ago, Datsuncog said: Corolla MOT scheduled for this evening. A feeling of doom has descended... It's in the lap of the gods now... Ungrateful bugger blew another sidelight bulb earlier, too. The one that requires removing the battery and the airbox intake to access, of course. I can see it whenever the HGV roller goes up... We'll know shortly whether the welding was worth it! Dyslexic Viking, Split_Pin, Tickman and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 Good luck @Datsuncog Went cross-country for work this week and drove back from Devon to Canterbury today via the A30, A303, M3, etc. On the A30 in the Blackdown Hills on the long downhill just after the abandoned (I think) pub I nearly had an off after some gentle braking. Must have hit a patch as the ABS kicked straight in and I had a slide. Steered slightly and planned to bin it into the verge but managed to get it back fairly quickly. However, the red van behind - which saw the whole thing - still continued to tailgate me for the next 10 fucking miles. Twat. I've done 720 miles since Monday afternoon and now I'm feeling somewhat unwell. What joy. Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 This little flurry led to chaos on the a3 and schools closed in Camberley GrumpiusMaximus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 6 hours ago, Datsuncog said: It's in the lap of the gods now... Well, knock me down with a feather. Pass. No advisories either. With any luck, this wee thing's dodged the recycler's gates for another year. And to top it all, MrsDC's away out to meet up with a friend this evening - I feel like a celebratory McDonald's along with my Vanishing Point DVD could be the optimal way to spend a cold evening... simple pleasures for simple people. mercedade, catsinthewelder, BeEP and 33 others 36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroShite Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 1 hour ago, HillmanImp said: Can't wait! puddlethumper, timolloyd, mk2_craig and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 Been keeping an eye on the Espero which was lurking on a driveway near Llandudno. I’d left a note, but nothing. Today I was passing for work and…. Gone…. I hope there were multiple notes from aspiring Daewoo owners and that they haven’t scrapped it. Broken glass on the floor isn’t the best sign Then a few minutes down the road I saw my first Ami in the flesh! What a funny little thing! Justwatching and HillmanImp 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 1 hour ago, Datsuncog said: Well, knock me down with a feather. Pass. No advisories either. With any luck, this wee thing's dodged the recycler's gates for another year. And MrsDC's away out to meet up with a friend this evening... I feel a celebratory McDonald's along with my Vanishing Point DVD could be the optimal way to spend a cold evening... simple pleasures for simple people. Congratulations, but this was not a surprise. I worked in a sales garage that specialised in used Toyotas for eight years. These must be among the easiest cars to get through a test out there, with the ball joints and wishbones giving almost no trouble. The only recurring problem is the rubber bushings on the longitudinal arms that locate the rear suspension. Unfortunately noone used to do them separately from the arms, and Toyota charge €250 for the parts. So we used to use s/h ones. Even then, it was only a small proportion of cars that had the problem. They also have very high quality catalytic converters. I took one for test once, on a day like today, snowing and about 1 degree temperature, and I couldn't get the car to warm up. It just stuck right down at the cold end of the scale, yet passed emissions perfectly. In fact, when a Corolla got scrapped garages would carefully save the cat to splice into the exhausts of other cars of different makes that had emissions trouble. One more year? Pah, keep on top of structural condition and you could get a lot longer. Dyslexic Viking and Datsuncog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C3C3 Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 Why does my escort run like shit. ... wait a fukin minute ... The relucter just.... spins... I am amused, saddened and pissed off. Plastic clip underneath connects the shaft to the wheel has ceased to exist. Whats timing anywayyyyyy Rusty_Rocket 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 5 hours ago, HMC said: School run transport for Wednesday. I made the mistake of shouting “ keep you hands where I can see them” and one of the passengers (age 6) then began pointing a water pistol as passers by and repeating it. School of life, Mr Turpin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 6 hours ago, Datsuncog said: I feel like a celebratory McDonald's along with my Vanishing Point DVD could be the optimal way to spend a cold evening Semi-blissful state achieved. G'night. lesapandre, Dyslexic Viking, AnnoyingPentium and 8 others 9 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Nice one @Datsuncog! Thats also a good choice of beer. Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMotor Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Good result that @Datsuncog. Yeah, I'd keep the 'Rolla going for as long as you can. 3 hours ago, Split_Pin said: Thats also a good choice of beer. I'll second that! That or Kirin Ichiban 👍. Split_Pin and Datsuncog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 3 hours ago, Split_Pin said: Nice one @Datsuncog! Thats also a good choice of beer. Cheers dude! Felt it was appropriate, given the Corolla's ancestry. Have had a soft spot for it ever since staying at a hotel in Tokyo which very conveniently had an Asahi vending machine opposite our room... Although looking closer at the bottle, the stuff they sell in Asda is brewed in Italy by Peroni - so does that make it the Nissan Cherry Europe/ Alfa Arna of the beer aisle? A few years ago I managed to get hold of a few bottles of Asahi Black. Now that was really good, but haven't seen it on the shelves again - well worth it if you can find it. mercedade, AnnoyingPentium, Stanky and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 I can now confirm riding a fucked old 50cc moped with a wobbly front wheel and a blowing exhaust at WOT up and down farm tracks is, put simply, fucking hilarious. Video to follow. LightBulbFun and mitsisigma01 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 https://youtube.com/shorts/UWm_L6J0UQ8?feature=share Six-cylinder, EyesWeldedShut, richardmorris and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 OMGSNOKAOS today… MiniMinorMk3, HMC, Six-cylinder and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 It’s totally dodged us here on the western part of Dartmoor. Plenty of rain and drizzle instead, as usual. lesapandre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justwatching Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 56 minutes ago, brownnova said: OMGSNOKAOS today… brownnova, loserone, MiniMinorMk3 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 On 3/4/2023 at 2:08 PM, HillmanImp said: Oh my. RHD too. Just saw the build pics for this on teh Facebooks. Well worth a gander. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02vUu6F275eykWGAUS6FWSWpzCSP4jUH9K27zAiPGVTgQj3ZvBWE2MpvYXjmGKBk3ql&id=594616955 brownnova, SmokinWaffle, HillmanImp and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 12 minutes ago, captain_70s said: Just saw the build pics for this on teh Facebooks. Well worth a gander. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02vUu6F275eykWGAUS6FWSWpzCSP4jUH9K27zAiPGVTgQj3ZvBWE2MpvYXjmGKBk3ql&id=594616955 Thats a mental amount of work to then just smash up in a few minutes isn't it? If it makes him happy, thats good but I'd just buy a Mondeo. Impressive stuff though. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercedade Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 That's brilliant. No notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Did anyone else catch tonight's car sos... yeah many say mundane mondeo but it was such a great show.. and car looked fabulous J W Pepper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 A good example showing how beauty really is in the eye of the beholder. horriblemercedes, Pat Earrings, GrumpiusMaximus and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 It's... unique. Did they convert a standard car into that blue one with a front shovel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 It's like they run out of their budget for that lower lip, it looks shit and unfinished, and very much an afterthought to me. A shame because the rest of it looks the part Tenmil Socket 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 3 hours ago, captain_70s said: Just saw the build pics for this on teh Facebooks. Well worth a gander. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02vUu6F275eykWGAUS6FWSWpzCSP4jUH9K27zAiPGVTgQj3ZvBWE2MpvYXjmGKBk3ql&id=594616955 given the amount of work that went into that as @HillmanImp says seems a shame to then smash it all up! I mean it probably would not have taken much more effort to then just punt it through an IVA and get it road registered as funky re-platformed Panhard however I cant help but think this sounds a bit sketchy? I mean its not like its a *BEEP* where you had to surrender the chassis plate to the DHSS upon withdrawal/scrapping so why would it be missing its Identity? anyone have a Panhard go missing I wonder? or was it a genuine rotten barn find, that someone then used its RHD bits and VIN plate to ring a good LHD import? (still somewhat dodgy LOL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 I saw the video of that being raced, I think it'll go another round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny Jim Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Left home at 5.30am to try and get to a hospital appointment in Liverpool for 8.30. That ain't happening then. Made it a couple of miles in the Skoda before having to admit defeat. A cold walk home but at least the fire was still lit when I got in and now I have a day off to look forward to. GrumpiusMaximus, MiniMinorMk3, Coprolalia and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Yeah, think I’ll be staying home… Lacquer Peel and AnnoyingPentium 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Just a lot of wind and rain here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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