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[Essex V6]

Best looking Vectra I have seen!

[mercrocker]

FOURTEEN DAYS

 

THAT'S

 

TWO WEEKS

 

Without a FTP

 

Take that Goona doubters!

 

Did you enjoy your 14 day sea cruise?

[darkfour]

Took the family for a week in southern Spain where I did a little spottage much their chargrin.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was parked inside the bullring at Ronda...I can only assume it was waiting to be put out of its misery

[oldcars]

That 75 has a posh lower trim bit on the bumper.

[Guest Hooli]

Did you enjoy your 14 day sea cruise?

 LOL, I've driven it it on all but one of those days. Done near 400miles of FTP free goonering.

[skattrd]

Not really news, but I think I spotted Vulgalour in his Rover coming off the A1 at Newark. Either that or there are 2 red Rover 400s with black roofs driven by men in trilbys.

[Guest Hooli]

I thought ALL Rover 400 drivers had to wear hats by law?

[Craig the Princess]

Last five tanks in the Rover 414

39.5 mpg

43.2 mpg

40.2 mpg

47.4 mpg

40.4 mpg

 

Got to be happy with that

[egg]

Fusion failed it's MOT today, not too bad just a wheel bearing and rusty brake pipe. Should be sorted by Monday by my local mechanic.

[Kiltox]

Normal Renault FTP frequency will return shortly - I'm looking at a leggy Trafic tomorrow

[cort16]

Panda now has mot. Tally so far 260 quid + £100 for front struts. It's getting the timing belt done next week and now I've spunked that much cash I might as well get my mate to fix the door .

 

The odd thing is Today I got a rebate from the finance company I have my juke with for reasons I don't fully understand that should cover the costs of the panda. Result.

[For Fiats Sake]

Going to see a caravan tomorrow -I is officially middle aged/old giffer in waiting as it seems a nice way to avoid hotels &   B'n'Bs and take the dog.

 

The fact I haven't got a working towbar fitted despite having two of them is neither here nor there!

 

In work related news one of the assistant managers was taken away by the rozzers this afternoon on suspicion of theft.  Apparently he's been issuing no receipt cash refunds to himself for some time.

[Lord Sterling]

Well, the week started off fairly well, spent a couple of days in a rainy but nevertheless beautiful Scotland and came home a few more times this week than usual, but things started to go wrong today as I headed down South (again) got to my pick up late due to the lads who picked me up this morning mis-timing how long it'd take to get to pick up the 4th driver and get to our pick up which was in the middle of some airfield.

 

Eventually I got the van which was a bit surreal as it was exactly the same make and type of van I'd picked up/dropped off earlier up in Scotland and during the same type of weather, very rainy.

 

I left the site 4 hours later than I should have, then my PDA phone went wrong just as I was getting the number of the customer I was dropping to. It wouldn't switch on just started 'clicking' so a call to the office to explain what was going on and general faffing about added yet more time and less credit on my own phone.

 

Eventually I got the van to the customer, but he wasn't happy as the van wasn't ply-lined and had a few items missing. I was aware that the van wasn't fully kitted out but wasn't aware whether the customer had actually asked for the van to be like this, I'd picked it up from a PDI place near Peterborough and it was parked and signed off to me so I assumed it was ready to go, obviously not... The customer was a nice chap though, once the people who'd sold him the van had promised to finish lining his van before Monday he happily dropped me off to the car hire place where I picked up my ride home.

 

Now, normally I have 2 cars on the road in my local area that are my responsibility, now I have 4. No, I haven't bought anything (thankfully, as I can't bloody afford it) but when work sorted me out a hire car for me from Surrey to home, the local renting firm to me had also dropped another car off for me whilst I was on my way home so now I have 2 hire cars as well as my own cars. Thankfully by tomorrow it shoukd be 3 then by Monday, just my own cars.

 

Also, the M25 can fuck off.

[bub2006]

Going to see a caravan tomorrow -I is officially middle aged/old giffer in waiting as it seems a nice way to avoid hotels & B'n'Bs and take the dog.

 

The fact I haven't got a working towbar fitted despite having two of them is neither here nor there!

 

In work related news one of the assistant managers was taken away by the rozzers this afternoon on suspicion of theft. Apparently he's been issuing no receipt cash refunds to himself for some time.

Tell me more about the caravan. Delivery may be possible depending on location too. And it don't weigh more than 1400kg! Love my van easy to clear off for for a night or two. Dog is welcome too!

[purplebargeken]

I hear you about the M25. Oh yes.

[bub2006]

Well, the week started off fairly well, spent a couple of days in a rainy but nevertheless beautiful Scotland and came home a few more times this week than usual, but things started to go wrong today as I headed down South (again) got to my pick up late due to the lads who picked me up this morning mis-timing how long it'd take to get to pick up the 4th driver and get to our pick up which was in the middle of some airfield.

 

Eventually I got the van which was a bit surreal as it was exactly the same make and type of van I'd picked up/dropped off earlier up in Scotland and during the same type of weather, very rainy.

 

I left the site 4 hours later than I should have, then my PDA phone went wrong just as I was getting the number of the customer I was dropping to. It wouldn't switch on just started 'clicking' so a call to the office to explain what was going on and general faffing about added yet more time and less credit on my own phone.

 

Eventually I got the van to the customer, but he wasn't happy as the van wasn't ply-lined and had a few items missing. I was aware that the van wasn't fully kitted out but wasn't aware whether the customer had actually asked for the van to be like this, I'd picked it up from a PDI place near Peterborough and it was parked and signed off to me so I assumed it was ready to go, obviously not... The customer was a nice chap though, once the people who'd sold him the van had promised to finish lining his van before Monday he happily dropped me off to the car hire place where I picked up my ride home.

 

Now, normally I have 2 cars on the road in my local area that are my responsibility, now I have 4. No, I haven't bought anything (thankfully, as I can't bloody afford it) but when work sorted me out a hire car for me from Surrey to home, the local renting firm to me had also dropped another car off for me whilst I was on my way home so now I have 2 hire cars as well as my own cars. Thankfully by tomorrow it shoukd be 3 then by Monday, just my own cars.

 

Also, the M25 can fuck off.

This plating job sounds alright Ls. Driving cars and meeting folk. How is it realistically?

[rml2345]

I hear you about the M25. Oh yes.

Yes. Only ever encountered the M25 twice, which is seventeen times too many.

[Lord Sterling]

This plating job sounds alright Ls. Driving cars and meeting folk. How is it realistically?

In a few words; Utterly brilliant, unique, frustrating, tiring and expensive.

 

Utterly brilliant as you get to see parts of the country, your office window is often a wilderness of beautiful greenery, different little towns ditted all around and the countryside etc... You are not having to go to the same place everyday sat between 4 walls surrounded by a bunch of twats who don't like you that you are forced to work with and no one is really breathing down your neck.

 

But like most jobs, it has its frustrations; failed jobs, (cars you have reject due to dangerous defects/bald tyres) smarmy arrogant unhelpful dealers/customers, travelling costs, crappy public transport, other drivers, places that be found, time limits and not really knowing where your gonna be/sleeping from one day to the next.

 

It can be very tiring as I'm finding out now. Many early starts and late finishes are usually down to traffic and the distance you travel.

 

Travelling from job to job can be fairly wallett hurting. Depending on your employment structure, you can either have this cost reimbursed every week or get most of it back in a chunk by the end of the financial year if you are self-employed. If starting out in this game, you really need a chunk of money behind you and be savvy about finding overnight digs if you work for a company like mine.

 

Also, it is important that you can drive pretty much whatever they throw at you (and of course according to your licence entitlements) you can't turn up to a job and refuse it because you don't like a certain car's driving position/handling etc... it just wastes everyones time including yours.

 

It's not a job that suits everyone, money can be a bit up and down, some weeks are great, some not.

[Semi-C]

Purchased 4 x pneu tyres for my lass's Liana in 185/65/14 guise.

 

£114 fitted, at my local garage. They're Mohawks according to the sidewall, initial reports find them sufficiently adequate.

 

Also a coincidence is the tyres they've replaced were bald apart from a strip down the middle.

[warren t claim]

In a few words; Utterly brilliant, unique, frustrating, tiring and expensive.

 

Utterly brilliant as you get to see parts of the country, your office window is often a wilderness of beautiful greenery, different little towns ditted all around and the countryside etc... You are not having to go to the same place everyday sat between 4 walls surrounded by a bunch of twats who don't like you that you are forced to work with and no one is really breathing down your neck.

 

But like most jobs, it has its frustrations; failed jobs, (cars you have reject due to dangerous defects/bald tyres) smarmy arrogant unhelpful dealers/customers, travelling costs, crappy public transport, other drivers, places that be found, time limits and not really knowing where your gonna be/sleeping from one day to the next.

 

It can be very tiring as I'm finding out now. Many early starts and late finishes are usually down to traffic and the distance you travel.

 

Travelling from job to job can be fairly wallett hurting. Depending on your employment structure, you can either have this cost reimbursed every week or get most of it back in a chunk by the end of the financial year if you are self-employed. If starting out in this game, you really need a chunk of money behind you and be savvy about finding overnight digs if you work for a company like mine.

 

Also, it is important that you can drive pretty much whatever they throw at you (and of course according to your licence entitlements) you can't turn up to a job and refuse it because you don't like a certain car's driving position/handling etc... it just wastes everyones time including yours.

 

It's not a job that suits everyone, money can be a bit up and down, some weeks are great, some not.

http://autoshite.com/topic/9407-a-bit-of-a-strange-working-day-moderns/?hl=kowalski

[Ghosty]

Purchased 4 x pneu tyres for my lass's Liana in 185/65/14 guise.

 

£114 fitted, at my local garage. They're Mohawks according to the sidewall, initial reports find them sufficiently adequate.

 

Also a coincidence is the tyres they've replaced were bald apart from a strip down the middle.

 

One of our Civics had Mohawks on it, and they were a much of a muchness budget tyre. A bit crap, and no use on a car like a 2000 Civic that actually handles pretty well, but for just knocking about, they do the job.

[cros]

Going to see a caravan tomorrow -I is officially middle aged/old giffer in waiting as it seems a nice way to avoid hotels &   B'n'Bs and take the dog.

 

The fact I haven't got a working towbar fitted despite having two of them is neither here nor there!

 

In work related news one of the assistant managers was taken away by the rozzers this afternoon on suspicion of theft.  Apparently he's been issuing no receipt cash refunds to himself for some time.

I had misgivings about the old twat aspect of caravan ownership, but it was eased by having met the criteria anyway. We saved a fortune on holiday this month.

I got fed up with crap B&Bs, at one recently the bog wasn't screwed down and swivelled round when I sat on it. I've now got a caravan with this feature for 50 quid a night less.

Pictures expected.

[Guest Hooli]

Also a coincidence is the tyres they've replaced were bald apart from a strip down the middle.

Under inflation does that (so does cornering like a twat)

[cros]

Took the family for a week in southern Spain where I did a little spottage much their chargrin.

 

 

 

This was parked inside the bullring at Ronda...I can only assume it was waiting to be put out of its misery

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I've stayed at Ronda a couple of times, went once in the Sherpa (camping) and once in AH Sprite. There was one of those scooters with two front wheels parked at the Bullring, first time I ever saw one. Not keen on the sport myself so we looked round the museum up the road where theres a section devoted to Spanish torture implements. The devices looked medieval, but the label on a device that goes round your head and allows a screw to be driven into the back of the neck said it was in use in the 1950's. Nasty.

[HillmanImp]

Without actually doing any maths, caravan ownership doesnt add up. However, as I said, i have no idea how much it is to do as i dont know:

 

How much it costs to park up a caravan at a campsite.

 

Park up a caravan over winter if your not using it (and aren't keeping it at home).

 

By how much does a caravan reduce your MPG as a percentage if you rack up a lot of miles in it.

 

However using EU referendum type adding up (i.e. None, I'm just winging it) the combination of these things, with the cost of the caravan seems to be considerably more than i woukd ever spend on some top notch accommodation every time i go away.

[Guest Hooli]

Without actually doing any maths, caravan ownership doesnt add up. However, as I said, i have no idea how much it is to do as i dont know:

 

How much it costs to park up a caravan at a campsite.

 

Park up a caravan over winter if your not using it (and aren't keeping it at home).

 

By how much does a caravan reduce your MPG as a percentage if you rack up a lot of miles in it.

 

However using EU referendum type adding up (i.e. None, I'm just winging it) the combination of these things, with the cost of the caravan seems to be considerably more than i woukd ever spend on some top notch accommodation every time i go away.

That's true.

£15-20 a night if you want leccy, or more at a posh site.

£200+.

25% minimum.

 

Plus the misery of driving around with it, you can't enjoy roads when you're having to tow a hovel.

 

I'm sure it's cheaper to use B&Bs, much nicer too.

[Kiltox]

LIVECOLLECTION

 

 

It's not Autoshite so I won't bother with a dedicated thread

[skattrd]

Without actually doing any maths, caravan ownership doesnt add up. However, as I said, i have no idea how much it is to do as i dont know:

 

How much it costs to park up a caravan at a campsite.

 

Park up a caravan over winter if your not using it (and aren't keeping it at home).

 

By how much does a caravan reduce your MPG as a percentage if you rack up a lot of miles in it.

 

However using EU referendum type adding up (i.e. None, I'm just winging it) the combination of these things, with the cost of the caravan seems to be considerably more than i woukd ever spend on some top notch accommodation every time i go away.

 

That's similar to my thoughts on campers.

I like the idea, but don't want to drive around in a 30yr old van with a bungalow on the back of it.

[Keymaster]

That's similar to my thoughts on campers.

I like the idea, but don't want to drive around in a 30yr old van with a bungalow on the back of it.

Ultimately it depends what you use one for.

 

I use my camper mostly for events where there are no b&b's/hotels nearby... or if there are then the prices are outrageous because "supply and demand"

 

Because I'm sad, I keep a spreadsheet of the costs of the camper and the potential costs of the alternative accommodation available. If at any point it becomes more expensive to keep the camper then the poor old Talbot will be punted on, but so far it works out that it's actually paying for itself... It costs about £1k a year to run & use, but I'm saving about £2k a year vs alternative options.

 

It doesn't stop it being a miserable and slow driving experience mind you

[Cavcraft]

It was November last year I picked up my brand new car. Today was a mileage milestone day...

 

 

... I also definitely did NOT discover that a 1.0 litre Vauxhall is only at 5k revs doing 100mph. Not me M8.