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[bub2006]

Another camper at shitefest panhard? Great looking little trailer too

[For Fiats Sake]

^^ well jell, combi camp gr1000 for lazy campers

[andrew e]

Those crazy Danish! If you need spares at shitefest the importer is only in Thame (or he used to be).

[mouseflakes]

So I had to manually move 3 metric tonne's of gravel by hand up the drive.

That must have taken a fair few trips.

 

[Brodders]

 

Rover sold now, within 1 day of going on sale.

 

I should be happy that I managed to sell it so quickly and so close to the asking price, but I don't feel that overjoyed, I really liked that car a lot. Oh well.

 

The buyer seemed like a genuinely nice guy and it should be a decent runaround, so I don't have any worries about that. Any shitters in Ipswich who may see it around give me a shout (or get a picture if you are quick enough), it would be nice to see it still going strong. In a slightly odd coincidence, the buyer works on the same road as the original dealer, so it still hasn't gone far from it's source in all this time.

 

Anyway, apologies for the long post and poor quality of the picture, it was getting dark and I cocked up on the focus of the camera as it was driving away. 

[BorniteIdentity]

I'm absolutely not looking to buy another car.

 

I'm totally asking for a friend.

 

Anyway. When you see a fail sheet like this... what's happened ? Half a job to scrape it through an MOT?? It's moved from fail to advisory.

 

[andy18s]

Came out my local Morrys to find this parked next to me.

Nice to see another floating about.....

[Kiltox]

I'm absolutely not looking to buy another car.

 

I'm totally asking for a friend.

 

Anyway. When you see a fail sheet like this... what's happened ? Half a job to scrape it through an MOT?? It's moved from fail to advisory.

 

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Most likely as you describe however if the failure sheet is not present I'd also wonder if it's gone to a more friendly tester

[twosmoke300]

What were the advisories on the fail ? Prescribed areas can be a 12" circle so may have several rusty areas in it . One was repaired , one wasn't

[Eddie Honda]

12" radius, so 24" diameter.

 

And sphere rather than a circle.

[twosmoke300]

You know what I meant ! 😄

[wuvvum]

I scrolled down and thought this was cavcrafts latest adventure !!!

I fervently hope that Cavcraft didn't pay £600 for his example.

[Largactil]

Possibly more relevant to the eBay thread, but this popped up about 7-8 miles from me - If it's complete, is it worth the £500 he's asking?

 

 

http://www.adverts.ie/vehicles/austin-a30/8957983

 

Another adverts.ie gem - A 1.5 'B' Series DIESEL from a Marina - You can create that diesel Maxi you've always promised yourself...!

 

http://www.adverts.ie/parts-accessories/classic-car-parts/10540637

[cros]

Bargain.

[wuvvum]

I still haven't quite got the hang of this fleet reduction malarkey.

 

 

 

[Tayne]

I fervently hope that Cavcraft didn't pay 6p for his example.

EFA

[scruff]

Just booked for our first euro adventure in the A35!! Southern France here we come (in August) 

[Lacquer Peel]

I still haven't quite got the hang of this fleet reduction malarkey.

 

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I'd rock one of those, what are they like to drive?

[fordperv]

Let's see a woolard on that glorious bumper

[Jazoli]

Polished the battered 147 today

 

I think it's come up ok

 

 

 

[Brodders]

Polished the battered 147 today

 

I think it's come up ok

 

That's the understatement of the year; it looks like a massive, Alfa Romeo shaped mirror. Nice job.

[wuvvum]

I'd rock one of those, what are they like to drive?

Better than I expected, as long as you don't try to take speed bumps too quick.

 

I might actually do a thread for it.

[ruffgeezer]

Aren't they a facelifted L300 MisterBitchy?

[wuvvum]

Basically, yep.

[dollywobbler]

Just booked for our first euro adventure in the A35!! Southern France here we come (in August)

Ace! When do you go over? We're chunneling in August.

[stuboy]

After fixing crack in maf housing i now get 133 miles to 20 notes that 110

[For Fiats Sake]

I was kindly offered a free tow bar set up for the Maestro, so I went to collect it today.

 

This is what the m25 did to it:

 

At journey's end (did I mention I went from Halifax to Portsmouth 255 miles) the fan was tested and found to be a bit stiff so was cooling on air flow only.  The fuse had blown for the fan too.

 

Refilled 3 litres of water and was golden until I got home and it overheated again just as I parked up.

 

To add insult to injury the center console had got warm and melted my wispa.

 

Apart from that, and spilling coffee in the passenger footwell it was a trouble free trip of 510 miles!

 

Thanks to 109landys3 for the towbar and bits and diagnosis, nice to meet you.

 

 

[Supernaut]

To add insult to injury the center console had got warm and melted my wispa.

 

Day. Fucking. Ruined.

 

If it wasn't for that it would have been a perfect shite day out!

[stuboy]

Also my brother called me to look at his non starting zafira.jumpstarted it..checked charging at 14.5volts, looked in lil window and was black, took tops off and few cells dead.. turned off wouldnt restart so meter said 10.2v so sadly for him he had to spend 60 notes on a new battery..so he treated the turd to wash n brushup..

[17-Coffees]

Me & Supernaut went down to Dundee for a big car meet with a few friends, which as expected turned out to be a bunch of 'Yoof' & Barrys (The meet, not our mates...). Was a few cars of interest such as a  MG ZT260, Ratty looking '69 Mercury Cougar with a organismic sound, A Ford Fairlane 500, One of the crazy import spec Suzuki Wagon RR's as well as a T-reg Mondeo saloon! (Which was't part of the event, just parked up) 

 

But the trip was an excuse to test the Lexus in it's "Cross-Continent' spec. CB radio & Cool box plugged in, boot full of crap as well as a full 20Ltr Jerry can, etc. As expected handled it like it was nothing...

 

If you look carefully, you can just see the CB radio antennas on the cars. Supernaut went for the crazy 1.5 meter sized one... 

 

So it's safe to say, the Lexus will just eat up the miles to Shitefest as if it were nothing.