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[garbaldy]

 

Engine out!!

That's a spitfire engine surely

[Shep Shepherd]

Nice weather this afternoon in the westcountry. Had a meeting in Perranporth on the north Cornish coast. Most normal people would have taken a Merc convertible what with the weather and that whole first impressions counting thing; but because autoshite I decided the 740 was the car for me....

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Could almost be a brochure shot 

[New POD]

I've just paid someone for Fixing the BINI.

Wife and Daughter pointed out a clunking noise on full lock.

I diagnosed NOT a drive shaft.

Turned out to be 2 worn out front end bottom bushes. So fuck that I'm not arsing around on my back trying to fix that (cause I'm off to Lake Garda tomorrow and packing)

 I agreed with a local back street place that does my MOT's that they'd do it Thursday Morning. Which apparently means Friday afternoon. Took him 5 hours apparently. Given that he'd nearly finished at 6pm Thursday, but only actually finished at 4pm on Friday, I'm wondering if lying is normal for these "types"

£150 with a brake pipe, which we agreed was dodgy.

They don't have a card reader, don't do paypal. I have no cheques. I paid cash. How fucking back street is that?

[Ghosty]

Had a look at DVLA Cherished for the plate GG66GGG (yes 66 is available now).

 

£auction. Wonder what it goes for?

 

Which makes me think, won't OO00OOO, BB88BBB and AA44AAA be issued at some point?

[dave21478]

 

credit to XKCD....

https://xkcd.com/1105/

[richardmorris]

No photos but today outside my window was a Bugatti veyron ( reg something like BUG1A), beige rolls continental convertible reg x13aaa ( or something), white Ferrari California 458? Reg aaa again.

 

All with blingy chromed wheels. I had no idea football transfer fees came through so quickly!

[Cavcraft]

Thank you...

 

 

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Luckily* it's attracting the morons on social media already.

[fordperv]

today's job has been to swap the headgasket on the replacement engine I put in the saph for a multi layer steel one, I wanted to change it as a matter of course, I'm glad I did as I found someone had plopped a bottle or 2 of k seal in it in the past due to gasket issues around no4 cylinder (surprise surprise) I hate k seal,

 

 

 

the old gasket

 

 

 

I dropped the head off at the engineer's at 1.30 as it needed a lick, I got back with it at 5.30 so started putting it back together with new timing chain, oil pump chain, chain guides, water pump etc I left it at just needing the manifolds putting back on pipes putting back on and filling up with fluids

[fordperv]

double post

[crapcarcollector]

Luckily* it's attracting the morons on social media already.

Bit more shit than shite then

 

 

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[scaryoldcortina]

In a similar, but more nerdy vein - SQL injection attack via reg plate... here's hoping the Polski po-po don't standardise their input data.

 

[beko1987]

Haha

[For Fiats Sake]

Fucksticks, reversing panda skillfully between dustbins and modern car forgot about modern cars towbar and ripped one side of bumper mounts off.

 

Fucking bin men never came anyway, cunts.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

 

Is this some computer cunts joke that normal cunts don't get?

[beko1987]

Cunt possibly

[andrew e]

I got mine from Roys of Wroxham - probably not a lot of help for you, soz...

 

They do them on ebay though for not much more money.

Roys, their taking over the world!

 

https://www.roys.co.uk/do-it-yourself/car-and-bicycle/car-cleaning/pressure-washing/greenblade-8l-portable-power-washer

[scaryoldcortina]

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Is this some computer cunts joke that normal cunts don't get?

probably. They do chemistry jokes too.

 

[Cavcraft]

'Defense'  

[beko1987]

Popped to mums with Eva for a bit to pick something up that Amy wanted, no stepdad. "Oh, a tyre keeps going flat, so he's at kwikfit (lease company make him got to KF).

 

Not 3 seconds later the phone rings (10.20 by now), they can't do it until 3pm... I've just picked him up, will run him back later. 

 

Shame, as if he could have gone to the local tyre place up the road it would have been fixed by now! And as the tyre has 4mm of tread left the lease co won't authorise a repalcement so it needs to be fixed!

 

I know I moan about the cost of lots of stuff but I'm glad I can just go anywhere for tyre work!

[Pillock]

Rather go to Kwik Fit and not pay, than anywhere and it come out of my wallet.

 

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[320touring]

320 is not working, toledo needs rear wheel cyls, the 335 is running like crap, clio is buggernated and the only working car is a Vectra...

 

anyone got any motivation available?

[beko1987]

Buy another vectra? Or a cavalier for something we can call shite

[tooSavvy]

Rather go to Kwik Fit and not pay, than anywhere and it come out of my wallet.

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My van goes to KF for tyres. Nice chap agreed to put my spare (brand new) onto the other side, as I got a new replacement - and hang the roadworn one as spare.

 

Happy with all that & 45mins off the road (something about keeping us moving)

 

 

TS

[beko1987]

They expected my stepdad to wait 6 hours in town! Glad I bought him back now, it's raining quite hard

[fordperv]

the saph is all back together now and purring away, finished it in the pissing down rain

 

[andy18s]

Rf900 went to its new owner in Norfolk yesterday,and have just dropped off the Iveco in Gloucester....down to 1 legal car at the mo,and the wife has someone on the hook for that as well...

Just need to find a suitable van this weekend and I'll be a happy chappy..

And our house buyer has confirmed she will be wanting to be done and dusted by the 30th of Sept........less than 4 weeks away..

Yikes!

[Tickman]

320 is not working, toledo needs rear wheel cyls, the 335 is running like crap, clio is buggernated and the only working car is a Vectra...

 

anyone got any motivation available?

Obvious solution starts with a collection thread, has the 205 gone already?

[Supernaut]

320 is not working, toledo needs rear wheel cyls, the 335 is running like crap, clio is buggernated and the only working car is a Vectra...

 

anyone got any motivation available?

 

Time to crack on with the CX!

[320touring]

Time to crack on with the CX!

 

 

christ no- I don't have the means to get over to it!

 

 

Obvious solution starts with a collection thread, has the 205 gone already?

get behind me satan!

[RobT]

320 is not working, toledo needs rear wheel cyls, the 335 is running like crap, clio is buggernated and the only working car is a Vectra...

anyone got any motivation available?

As beko said, buy another Vauxhall. They have a habit of being reliable, or atleast the older ones do!

 

 

 

Now I've said it, mine will probably break now....