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[alf892]

Fingers crossed. The question is how did it get so bad in the first place? It looks like water but the oil is still perfect and it doesn't lose water?.

Looks like maybe that valve had some water behind it while it was laid up which was seeping into the combustion chamber?

 

Water in fuel either stops the car or goes off as steam..........and just gives a nice clean combustion chamber and piston top. 

[reb]

https://www.national.co.uk/download-voucher/WheelAlignment/

 

Tracking is £15 at national, cheaper than tyres

The place i had it done last time offered to do it again for free since it couldn't be set reliably because of the ball joint. It's good to know it can be done so cheaply though!

[Guest Hooli]

I treated the goona to anti-freeze & a new aux belt yesterday. Probably a good job as it only had water in & the belt was so worn the steering had got lumpy where it was slipping.

[Ghosty]

Surprise outing wasn't too interesting unfortunately. Now in Holmfirth - spotted strangeangel's Honda Spacy Fusion in a car park.

I want this 405 that's come up, it's an XUD for £100, can't go wrong with that. Probably a better buy for me than RobT's would have been really. I can probably afford to buy it and tax it on Direct Debit (that's about £20 a month), does anyone fancy running/storing it for a bit? Just add diesel/insurance.

[egg]

To be fair, I think the biggest problem with the Colt is the fact someone needs to bite the bullet and sort out the rear arches and filler neck. It was a fine little thing for blezzing around in.

 

Indeed. That's why I haven't bought the Colt the last 3 times it has been offered up - I'd end up spending £500 on it!

 

The other hesitation with the 323 is that seller thinks it doesn't have MOT and has priced it at £395. It does have an MOT, and I'd have to tell him/her, I have no interest in messing with them - which would probably mean they suddenly want £600.

[Kiltox]

Decided not to go and look at the Mazda 323 coupe in Margate discussed in the tat thread.

 

The very similar, but surely more desirable*, Colt of many shitters is a very similar car (1500 auto) and isn't very valuable nor sometimes much desired!

 

I could get lumbered!

 

Desirable* as fuck* - you should definitely make enquiries about it's availability

[vulgalour]

Fleet update.

 

The Cavalier is in for its MoT this week, the second in my ownership, which is impressive considering how fickle I can be with cars.

Since we still have Nugget the Corsa who is performing similarly admirably whenever required, I'd say you're the South's answer to Cavcraft.

[reb]

Managed to get Pugsley in for an alignment, which is good because I'm now working tonight it seems!

[The Moog]

 

 

I want this 405 that's come up, it's an XUD for £100, can't go wrong with that. Probably a better buy for me than RobT's would have been really. I can probably afford to buy it and tax it on Direct Debit (that's about £20 a month), does anyone fancy running/storing it for a bit? Just add diesel/insurance.

I can store it if you need up my front, only in Accrington

[Cleon-Fonte]

Surprise outing wasn't too interesting unfortunately. Now in Holmfirth - spotted strangeangel's Spacy in a car park.

 

I want this 405 that's come up, it's an XUD for £100, can't go wrong with that. Probably a better buy for me than RobT's would have been really. I can probably afford to buy it and tax it on Direct Debit (that's about £20 a month), does anyone fancy running/storing it for a bit? Just add diesel/insurance.

 

Depending on insurance I could find use for it as a BX substitute for a while I suppose, it'll need to come off the road for welding/rustproofing/general sorting out at some point.

[Ghosty]

This all sounds good - if you can make use of it CF I'd be more than happy for you to be a temporary custodian! Car seems to be in the Norfolk countryside sans MOT so epic collections or Shiply would be in order...

 

edit: is the 'Peugeot/Talbot diesel engine' HBOL for XUDs? If so I know where to find one.

[Tayne]

In an attempt to improve my chances of selling my car I put it in for an mot (current one runs out in February).

 

It failed on a broken spring and two balding tyres.

 

I'll be ordering a pair of Uniroyals tonight and have put the winters on for the retest so will be driving around looking like a twat for the next few days.

 

[Lord Sterling]

Picked up a 56-plate Corsa for work which promptly broke down at Cobham services just off the M25 with head gasket failure, so I'm currently sat in an AA van having said vehicle recovered to mine. Fun.

[Tayne]

All vauxhalls...

[vulgalour]

Because I'm shit at working out modern number plates I thought 56plate was brand new.  It isn't, it's ten years old, which makes the OMGHGF less surprising.

 

EDIT: We've had this new plate system for above a decade (17 years?  We're getting on for TWO decades!).  Why can't I get my head around it?  Why does everyone else find it easy?

[Kiltox]

Picked up a 56-plate Corsa for work which promptly broke down at Cobham services just off the M25 with head gasket failure, so I'm currently sat in an AA van having said vehicle recovered to mine. Fun.

Ouch. At least it's not yours though!

[strangeangel]

 spotted strangeangel's Spacy

 

 

*cough* FUSION *cough*

[beko1987]

Because I'm shit at working out modern number plates I thought 56plate was brand new. It isn't, it's ten years old, which makes the OMGHGF less surprising.

 

EDIT: We've had this new plate system for above a decade (17 years? We're getting on for TWO decades!). Why can't I get my head around it? Why does everyone else find it easy?

Here here! I still think V/S plates are brand new, I was 11...

[beko1987]

Picked up a 56-plate Corsa for work which promptly broke down at Cobham services just off the M25 with head gasket failure, so I'm currently sat in an AA van having said vehicle recovered to mine. Fun.

Can't you get it recovered to where you were taking it and claim all teh cash for the job? Just get the driver to pause momentarily near your hose so you can jump out...

[beko1987]

Also fun fact, Cobham is where I was taken off the m25 when the wheel fell off the zx! My mate who was with us had to leave after 10 minutes before the time limit and drive about for 20 minutes then come back to avoid a fine as he drove in, I was on a flatbed so my plate was obscured!

[New POD]

I have owned the ex-ColC and JohnK MV6 for 11 days and done 1154 miles at an average of 31.3 mpg.  I have ordered a Cabin Filter, wiper blades and front brakes from various sources, including Euro Car Parts, and Omegod of this Parish.

[For Fiats Sake]

The modernish panda has gone back to the garage for the aircon to be sorted (not blowing cold) and a mystery knocking going over cobbled streets, yes we still have cobbled streets in Halifax, I have to drive down one every day to leave work and the panda clonks away.  So they've given me a new 500 convertible.  I had a 500 for a short period of time before I got the first of my modernish panda's and most of the running gear is panda based.  Sports seats, sat down lower and a firmer ride are the main difference, was quite pokey for a 1.2.  Had a big central screen thing which is just for fancy radio and phone pairing and not a sat nav which seems a bit pointless.  Awful TFT display with a picture of the car and the slowest reacting digital rev counter and MPH in digits which still underread by 5mph.  I liked the DAB radio and managed to get radio 4 extra for some comedy programmes, but apart from that I don't know why people would want to pay 16k for a retracting roof 500.

I will be glad to get back into the Dame Edna Panda.

 

 

 

 

[drum]

As I was driving through the town in my allegro, I saw a man alerting his wife and children to my presence. I'd like to think he was impressed, but I suspect he was pointing and laughing.

[New POD]

Also fun fact, Cobham is the centre of the UK attack industry. Hush Hush now, nothing to see here

 

Edited for erm no particular reason. Missiles etc ??

[hairnet]

In an attempt to improve my chances of selling my car I put it in for an mot (current one runs out in February).

 

It failed on a broken spring and two balding tyres.

 

I'll be ordering a pair of Uniroyals tonight and have put the winters on for the retest so will be driving around looking like a twat for the next few days.

 

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mmmm scoatish stone hoose ,,,,,,,,,,

[johngarty]

The modernish panda has gone back to the garage for the aircon to be sorted (not blowing cold) and a mystery knocking going over cobbled streets, yes we still have cobbled streets in Halifax, I have to drive down one every day to leave work and the panda clonks away.  So they've given me a new 500 convertible.  I had a 500 for a short period of time before I got the first of my modernish panda's and most of the running gear is panda based.  Sports seats, sat down lower and a firmer ride are the main difference, was quite pokey for a 1.2.  Had a big central screen thing which is just for fancy radio and phone pairing and not a sat nav which seems a bit pointless.  Awful TFT display with a picture of the car and the slowest reacting digital rev counter and MPH in digits which still underread by 5mph.  I liked the DAB radio and managed to get radio 4 extra for some comedy programmes, but apart from that I don't know why people would want to pay 16k for a retracting roof 500.

I will be glad to get back into the Dame Edna Panda.

 

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What a fugly looking motah.

[Six-cylinder]

I have been to Camberley this afternoon and parked in a multi-storey carpark. No tickets just entry your reg number and a bill will be produced when you are ready to leave it said on the notice. Trouble is it said it did not recognize the reg number of the in the Sovereign S2 on black and silver plates so it seems the entry reader can't cope!

[hairnet]

The modernish panda has gone back to the garage for the aircon to be sorted (not blowing cold) and a mystery knocking going over cobbled streets, yes we still have cobbled streets in Halifax, I have to drive down one every day to leave work and the panda clonks away.  So they've given me a new 500 convertible.  I had a 500 for a short period of time before I got the first of my modernish panda's and most of the running gear is panda based.  Sports seats, sat down lower and a firmer ride are the main difference, was quite pokey for a 1.2.  Had a big central screen thing which is just for fancy radio and phone pairing and not a sat nav which seems a bit pointless.  Awful TFT display with a picture of the car and the slowest reacting digital rev counter and MPH in digits which still underread by 5mph.  I liked the DAB radio and managed to get radio 4 extra for some comedy programmes, but apart from that I don't know why people would want to pay 16k for a retracting roof 500.

I will be glad to get back into the Dame Edna Panda.

 

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dont dis pandaaaaaaa

[Kiltox]

Get that out of my sight before I set fire to it

[cobblers]

TFT display with a picture of the car and the slowest reacting digital rev counter

My Abarth "595" has the same TFT display but with older software and the revcounter is just about alright, the other week they gave me a new one as a courtesy car and it had fancy new software and graphics on the dash meaning the revcounter was so laggy you could get it to hit the limiter before the display said 3500rpm. Completely unreadable when driving too - useless!

 

That touchscreen stereo is shit too, the one I had defaulted to LOUD RADIO every time you turned it on, no matter what you did with it when you turned it off. that would be enough to put me into a deep deep depression over the space of a few weeks, you couldn't even tune the radio to static or something, it would only lock to an actual FM station which is honestly my idea of hell.