chodweaver Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 Friend of a friend bought this seemingly good MR2. Seemed reasonably solid on initial inspection. Some rust but nothing chronic. Turns out it's fucked. Not massively surprised but shit break for the young ownerI've taxed worse.Doesn't have a reg ending in XLM does it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 10 minutes ago, chodweaver said: Doesn't have a reg ending in XLM does it? Nah, 'tis JHJ 14 minutes ago, GingerNuttz said: @GingerNuttzOn the topic of welding PTSD, I thought you'd enjoy what a mate uncovered in his recently purchased mx-5. Sill plates had been hot glued down over this. Seller said the the floors were perfect. This is after brushing them down. Underside appears to have been undersealed dirt-and-all Lacquer Peel, Rust Collector and Dyslexic Viking 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerNuttz Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 1 minute ago, sdkrc said: Nah, 'tis JHJ @GingerNuttzOn the topic of welding PTSD, I thought you'd enjoy what a mate uncovered in his recently purchased mx-5. Sill plates had been hot glued down over this. Seller said the the floors were perfect. This is after brushing them down. Underside appears to have been undersealed dirt-and-all That sill is just pure laziness and the fitter should be ashamed 😂 sdkrc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerNuttz Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 I had a good one earlier in the week. Tack welded arch repair panel but at the rubber side strip they just stopped welding the 5mm gap they somehow cut and fiber glassed it 🤣 Soon as I tapped it the whole thing cracked right up to the rubber sdkrc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeT Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 6 hours ago, Supernaut said: A nice simple 90s car with just a Bluetooth head unit as the only nod to modernity is just perfect. Hence me still having an E36 on fleet, with exactly that upgrade. Funnily enough, so do I. A Kenwood one I had a few years ago for a Golf GTi. Pulled it out before sale as the car was ruined. Even matches the interior illumination nicely and dims when the lights go on. Supernaut, Vince70 and chodweaver 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markeh Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 24 minutes ago, JakeT said: Funnily enough, so do I. A Kenwood one I had a few years ago for a Golf GTi. Pulled it out before sale as the car was ruined. Even matches the interior illumination nicely and dims when the lights go on. Had the exact same head unit in my Megane II. Was honestly brilliant. Even kept it for 3 years after selling the car in case I bought something that took a single DIN unit again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horriblemercedes Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 29 minutes ago, JakeT said: Funnily enough, so do I. A Kenwood one I had a few years ago for a Golf GTi. Pulled it out before sale as the car was ruined. Even matches the interior illumination nicely and dims when the lights go on. One & One? Children? chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 Boat day #3 started off well: Hollandaise sauce and black pud ftw! Then it was off down the Staffs canal. Had to do a double take when I saw the name of this boat, thought i was on the m6... I had originally wanted to turn the boat at Tixall wide - as the name suggests plenty space.. But the good lady had other plans. There was a winding hole further on, so we went for that instead. A 55ft boat, about 70ft of width at the widest point, and boats either side.. Thankfully the boat went round well, no issues! We moored up and went for a stoat. Here you can see an antiquated victorian mode of transport, and a narrowboat On our wander, we saw a rotting hulk, and a narrowboat called Sheldon There was a 'Billy Big Baws ' in Milford - what a two car fleet Cannock Chase is ahead* of the times.. On the way back we got to some heady heights of revs.. And we're able to keep up with this walker At Tixall Lock, the wind caught the boat -literally no steering. Had to aim for the mouth of the lock, and the burd stepped off and took the centre line to pull the boat into the lock landing. That dealt with, we have moored for the night at Tixall Wide, with a few miles to do tomorrow. It's a grand holiday, and a lovely way to travel vulgalour, Joey spud, Sunny Jim and 30 others 33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeT Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 18 minutes ago, Markeh said: Had the exact same head unit in my Megane II. Was honestly brilliant. Even kept it for 3 years after selling the car in case I bought something that took a single DIN unit again. I did the same. Came out of the golf, Into a stopgap fiesta, and then into this. Agreed, been a great unit. I have a remote for it too. 14 minutes ago, horriblemercedes said: One & One? Children? Children I’d imagine. Great tune, and reminds me of playing the original Ridge Racer game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 Is this the one with our tyres on it? Yoss, SiC, GingerNuttz and 5 others 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 Don't think so, unless it's had a respray and a plate change. (Which would technically be illegal as it was an S plater so a T plate would make it look newer than it is, which is against the rules.) BorniteIdentity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 The Eunos I got in December turned out to be a shoddily repaired heap, and it recently burst a clutch hose, so it's going. With assistance from ms_ghost (aye I know), I picked up a replacement. No collection thread as it consisted of sitting in a Ka in traffic around south Manchester and bugger all else. Excuse potato cam, I'm having to use my spare phone at the moment. gm, AnnoyingPentium, Coprolalia and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantingYoof Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 7 hours ago, sdkrc said: Friend of a friend bought this seemingly good MR2. Seemed reasonably solid on initial inspection. Some rust but nothing chronic. Turns out it's fucked. Not massively surprised but shit break for the young owner The same thing happened to me in 2005 with a 1989 T-bar in light blue. I'm staggered this car still has atoms left that resemble a car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 On the school run….. Sticking out in the works car park….. And suitably shonky accessory just fitted…. Floatylight, Hertz, neil1971 and 19 others 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w00dy Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 T25s in their natural habitat at the garage. coachie, Hertz, Popsicle and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 19 hours ago, dozeydustman said: Thankfully the Kia’s steering problem looks like it’s only a pipe or hose. Bad news is it looks like a Kia special order unless I play parts darts with Autodoc. Stepdaughter needs the car soonish so I think Kia may be best bet but will try a couple local motor factors on way over to Bognor. Looks like it’s one of those order from Kia only parts. £176. Plenty of LHD ones on the internet for about £40 both rubber sections of the line are badly perished and the lowest metal part is so crusty it has a pinhole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 Can pirtek or a n other hydraulic hose supplier make one up Rust Collector 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 Working with dustcarts you probably blowout pipes regularly , what does your fitter see or say 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 3 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said: Can pirtek or a n other hydraulic hose supplier make one up Local guys can’t do anything for nearly 2 weeks. One quoted me not much less than Kia which I thought was a rip-off. 2 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said: Working with dustcarts you probably blowout pipes regularly , what does your fitter see or say 🤔 We make our own hoses up or order direct from Dennis Eagle. Our fitters have nothing that small. goosey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 Ready for the new season... The Spice Daves are about to hit the road. TheIsleofShite, Popsicle, BorniteIdentity and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 On 3/22/2023 at 10:02 AM, wesacosa said: Spent a long but interesting day off work yesterday driving from London to Lincolnshire to view a couple of Skoda Estelles. Both requiring levels of recommissioning. A really nice looking beige one but it was a lot of money and a straight and solid red one but with pretty weathered paint. As of yet neither purchased Have you bought one yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesacosa Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 41 minutes ago, Yoss said: Have you bought one yet? Not yet. I thought seeing two on one day would be a good idea but its now meant that the question isn't just do I want/need to buy a new car to but is now do I want/need to buy a new car and if so which one! Yoss 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 On 3/22/2023 at 2:15 PM, sdkrc said: Friend of a friend bought this seemingly good MR2. Seemed reasonably solid on initial inspection. Some rust but nothing chronic. Turns out it's fucked. Not massively surprised but shit break for the young owner Holy shit! (Pun intended). Buy a Jap car they said. Lasts forever they said. Would sorely love an MR2 or Celica, but seriously, screw that. Every one I've found has been the same, often hidden by the plastic covers they love so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popsicle Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 Wiper mechanism turned up for the Vectra today. Out with the old. New bits swapped over. All fitted and super smooth, no slapping wiper action returned. Went for a blast round the block and how did the universe repay me for all this niggle fixing? Puncture, nail through the shoulder of a three month old tyre 😡. RoverFolkUs, wuvvum, Dyslexic Viking and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 My dad's selling his car, same I can't afford it as bloody mint and perfect autoshite bigfella2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 Day 3 on the boat had a bit of an unexpected ending - These buggers decided to peck at the boat! they eventually fucked off Day 4 dawned bright but with an approaching band of rain.. We took the chance to motor away early (ish) and completed the cruise up to Weston in about 3hrs (including a couple of locks, and a reversal of the previous 'blind turn under a bridge onto another canal') This all went tickity boo, and we got to see some interesting sights on the Trent and Mersey.. A boat I'm not allowed to buy A truck I am not allowed to buy When we arrived at Weston we went for a stoat to a local hostelry for scran, and met some Llamas 🦙 I also found a hitherto unknown verse to "Battle Hymn of the Republic/ Glory Glory, Hallelujah" Dyslexic Viking, Lacquer Peel, sdkrc and 6 others 4 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goosey Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 8 hours ago, dozeydustman said: Local guys can’t do anything for nearly 2 weeks. One quoted me not much less than Kia which I thought was a rip-off. We make our own hoses up or order direct from Dennis Eagle. Our fitters have nothing that small. Have you got a pic of the pipe ? I would like to try identifying the fittings mitsisigma01 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 3 hours ago, 320touring said: I also found a hitherto unknown verse to "Battle Hymn of the Republic/ Glory Glory, Hallelujah" FFS, I'm going to have that stuck in my head all night now. 320touring 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 Just got in the door from seeing Peter Kay live at Resorts World at the NEC. Fantastic. 335D averaged 44.6 MPG over the 260 odd mile round trip. horriblemercedes, goosey, dome and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 6 hours ago, wuvvum said: FFS, I'm going to have that stuck in my head all night now. Glad to have been of service! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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