Sham Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 Today, my 13 year old 130k mile Skoda Octavia passed it's MoT on the first attempt with advisories for some tiny cracks in the tyres between the tread (they're Avon's, TADTS) and corroded rear arms. Both of which are only there so the garage had something to write down and are extremely nitpicky. Happy days. Yoss, Dyslexic Viking and AnnoyingPentium 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerNuttz Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 Outside pics. Oh how far the Clio of the lake has come 🤣 Back_For_More, Dyslexic Viking, aldo135 and 26 others 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 Three Saabloads of junk to the tip today enabled this: Now Cindy Citroën has her house. Also did a few more checks on it, I need 2 new tyres as I hadn’t noticed the other day one of the rears is the original Michelin Energy with a 2006 date stamp on it. Loads of tread but it’s cracked a bit too much for my liking. Along with the spare having never been fitted I can imagine that will be a ballache to get out the cradle. I’ll do some shopping around but when I had the silver C2 I was mega impressed with the Vreidesteins I got for that. Front tyres were about 6psi down each, so they have been pumped up and the fluid levels checked. Cindy was the name given to the car by the previous owner, so Mrs D has decided to keep the name. Six-cylinder, Popsicle, SiC and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 21 minutes ago, GingerNuttz said: Outside pics. Oh how far the Clio of the lake has come 🤣 Looks well! Is the owner of that 900 a boy called Gary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerNuttz Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 7 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: Looks well! Is the owner of that 900 a boy called Gary? Aye it's Gary's car, he needed a corner welded for an MOT but he's wanting it restored in the future. Someone had made a total arse of the back corner Tacked on arch panels and patches over holes, first pic is the arch where it meets the bottom of the quarter panel, they couldn't even be arsed finishing the weld 😑 Oh aye and the sheet metal tek screws just slammed through the panel. He should have it back at 5pm tonight Split_Pin, Shite Ron and sdkrc 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.E Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 A short while ago I brought the Peug to a garage for a couple of jobs I don't have time for myself atm, and today this happened: https://www.gooieneemlander.nl/cnt/dmf20230313_49967786 Not really something for the grumpy thread as this could have ended a lot worse for the 205 (the cars in front of the garage were far enough away from the fire and do not seem to have been damaged) and the mechanic (who inhaled smoke and is in hospital now), but I think it is safe to assume that this workshop can't be used for a while... AnnoyingPentium, Popsicle, Lacquer Peel and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 19 minutes ago, GingerNuttz said: Aye it's Gary's car, he needed a corner welded for an MOT but he's wanting it restored in the future. Someone had made a total arse of the back corner Tacked on arch panels and patches over holes, first pic is the arch where it meets the bottom of the quarter panel, they couldn't even be arsed finishing the weld 😑 Oh aye and the sheet metal tek screws just slammed through the panel. He should have it back at 5pm tonight Ooft, looks like the kind of repairs I helped a boy do to the works hack MK2 Fiestas back in the 1990s. Blame me for you getting that, I gave him your number last year😅 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerNuttz Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 17 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: Ooft, looks like the kind of repairs I helped a boy do to the works hack MK2 Fiestas back in the 1990s. Blame me for you getting that, I gave him your number last year😅 I've been putting it off for a year, poor guy must have thought I was ripping the piss 🤣 I'm still putting the resto off but I sorted his mot welding out since it was basically nothing. Shite Ron, AnnoyingPentium, Saabnut and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 All being well, I'll have another poor life decision being delivered next week. Really excited! After saying never again, it's bought a classic car sight unseen. Just hoping this won't be another big project again. 🙈🙉 Does mean I'm back at the ridiculous figure of 7 cars though. Jenson Velcro, GrumpiusMaximus, Cookiesouwest and 6 others 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 8 minutes ago, SiC said: All being well, I'll have another poor life decision being delivered next week. Really excited! After saying never again, it's bought a classic car sight unseen. Just hoping this won't be another big project again. 🙈🙉 Does mean I'm back at the ridiculous figure of 7 cars though. Triumph Spitfire and sell the MGB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 31 minutes ago, Mally said: Triumph Spitfire and sell the MGB? Unfortunately no and definitely no. Still have my eye out for a Spitty though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Back_For_More Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Pah...... Double figures FTW etc.... Although sometimes some of mine count double that's for damn sure. * - actually down to 8 at the moment so off to practice what I preach Hope it's a P4 as they're on my shopping list as the next project..... I'll read up on your thread first methinks SiC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 JLR woes: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/mar/13/how-jaguar-land-rover-fell-behind-in-the-race-to-an-electric-future-and-what-it-means-for-the-uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Good news if you live near Halewood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Dug the auld dear out from hibernation to get the Saab in the garage for fixing. I think I'll stick on 6 months tax and use it for a bit. Datsuncog, RobT, stuboy and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 I appreciate that ultimately I'm paying a bit more, but I just get the Porsche out & do the pay monthly thing & SORN it as & when. That way I can just run it on the nicest of nice days without feeling that I'm committed. They always take the money after I cancel, but that's just the way the system is set up and it's always refunded within about a week/ten days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Bulgaria has a vignette (road tax) system that allows you to buy cover for 24hrs,3 day weekend,7 day week,a calender month and then on to 3,6 or 12 month options. Rust Collector and GrumpiusMaximus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Coming home in the 107 I was followed on to the car park by a chap in a Defender (a proper one) who wound down his window and informed me that he'd been following me for a while and thought I should know that my offside rear wheel was, in his words, "like a fucking pretzel". I initially thought that it was probably just the wheel trim not on straight or uneven wear on the tyre, but when I jacked the back of the car up and spun the wheel by hand it was obvious that the rim is indeed warped. I have no idea how or why it happened - I assume it must have been before my ownership as I haven't hit anything with it, although it wasn't picked up at MOT time (would that be something a tester would spot?). It doesn't seem to affect the car at normal speeds so I'm not sure what to do about it - I can get a second hand rim for 40 quid and then pay the local tyre place a tenner to change the (nearly new Falken) tyre over, but it seems a bit of a pointless expenditure given that the car may only have three months left to live anyway. I was looking on eBay for electric radiator fans for the Volvo, and then it dawned on me that there is an unused one fitted to the Mazda that I put on there last year - the Mazda probably won't be going very far, and anyway it never got close to needing a radiator fan even in the heatwave last summer, so I'm going to nick that for the Volvo and save myself a few quid which is a Brucie bonus. AnnoyingPentium, LightBulbFun, Wibble and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camryv6 Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 On 3/13/2023 at 8:02 AM, Six-cylinder said: Yes but where does the cassette slot in! I thought that was the cassette slot in the middle, until you said that 🤦♂️ Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 36 minutes ago, camryv6 said: I thought that was the cassette slot in the middle, until you said that 🤦♂️ brownnova, junkyarddog, Six-cylinder and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 I love working on older cars sometimes Lovely* old Saab 900 this afternoon (very leggy and filthy, mostly held together with gaffa tape) needing a door latch Removed it and I found myself pulling it apart and repairing it. That's old school mechanics for you Bonus points for the cassette player actually having a cassette in it that the chap was listening to! Snake Charmer, brownnova, Andyrew and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeEP Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 17 hours ago, wuvvum said: I can get a second hand rim for 40 quid and then pay the local tyre place a tenner to change the (nearly new Falken) tyre over, but it seems a bit of a pointless expenditure given that the car may only have three months left to live anyway. Does your 107 have a full size spare (the three C1s I've owned all did, so I assume they all do)? If so I'd get the tyres swapped and put the prezel in the boot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Got fired into the Saab heater blower job on my lunchbreak. Sealed up the pollen filter housing, put the wiper back on and punted it back out the garage. Got to the stage where the blower is ready to come out. Shitload of stuff to take off to get to it but its all T20, T25 and one cheeky T15. The fixings were a weird shape so my Torx Plus bits came in handy. Boot is full of plastics now. Hopefully the rain will stay off long enough after work to allow me to get the old blower motor out. I also have a mobile tyre fitter due to come and fit a couple of Falkens to the back of the TT this afternoon. Six-cylinder, GMcD, Datsuncog and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 I still don’t understand why car designers are allowed to design cars where it’s impossible to change things like light bulbs. Guys on Facebook said this was a 5 min job, nope. Bumper off time! I thought I’d been smart and just pulled back the driver’s side of the bumper to pull the headlight out. Replacing the bumper was impossible at this angle so the whole lot had to be removed. What a pain! I think my neighbours heard me swearing and peeped around the net curtains to see my waving my fist at the sky too. Embarrassing. Jerzy Woking and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 4 hours ago, BeEP said: Does your 107 have a full size spare (the three C1s I've owned all did, so I assume they all do)? If so I'd get the tyres swapped and put the prezel in the boot! The spare is indeed full size, but that's pretty shagged as well - the tyre is on its last legs, and the edge of the rim is bent out in several places so I'm not sure whether the tyre place would even be able to swap a good tyre onto it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat777 Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 I did a thing! And apparently I now own a 109 year old car. Have I bitten off more than I can chew? Almost certainly! But who cares, I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.... BeEP, Datsuncog, SiC and 24 others 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesacosa Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 found when browsing an old practical classics off eBay. @danthecapriman ?? danthecapriman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 1 hour ago, wesacosa said: found when browsing an old practical classics off eBay. @danthecapriman ?? Fame/infamy!! How long ago was that!? I think it was from their old forum. Im still not a fan of Rovers from that era! I spent my years as a mechanic working on them when they were much newer and couldn’t stand them. Specifically anything K-series! The amount of head gasket replacement jobs we had! Then flushing milky oil out of everything. wesacosa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 17 minutes ago, danthecapriman said: Fame/infamy!! How long ago was that!? I think it was from their old forum. Im still not a fan of Rovers from that era! I spent my years as a mechanic working on them when they were much newer and couldn’t stand them. Specifically anything K-series! The amount of head gasket replacement jobs we had! Then flushing milky oil out of everything. No K series in the 600. danthecapriman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerNuttz Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 On 3/13/2023 at 4:05 PM, GingerNuttz said: Aye it's Gary's car, he needed a corner welded for an MOT but he's wanting it restored in the future. Someone had made a total arse of the back corner Tacked on arch panels and patches over holes, first pic is the arch where it meets the bottom of the quarter panel, they couldn't even be arsed finishing the weld 😑 Oh aye and the sheet metal tek screws just slammed through the panel. He should have it back at 5pm tonight Nearly done I said, have it back at 5pm I said, I need to give myself a slap. Held together with hopes and dreams topped off with a ton of filler. 12 hour days since Monday to crank it out and this whole side is done but I'm burnt to shit and tired, look like I've been shooting up 😂 AnnoyingPentium, Saabnut, GMcD and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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