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[egg]

One of the reasons I insured my Fusion recently with Direct line, is I've learnt from shitters on here they will add a temp car to the policy.

 

rang up this morning to get the Favorit added for a month while I see how I like it. They suddenly thought I was a trader or something - are you doing it up sir? This was because I said this is temporary for now - anyway I calmed them down a bit, and it went ahead.

 

I guess it would be a good ruse for a trader to do it this way. £30 for a month - which is steep, but avoids a cancellation fee if I don't enojy it, so swings and roundabouts.

[Six-cylinder]

2nd load today, what do I have and how might it have helped shiters!

[Ghosty]

Ground matting for crawling under things with less mud!

[Six-cylinder]

The Glastonbury of Autoshite!

[wuvvum]

I have a real fancy for another mgf.

 

Me too, been browsing all afternoon.

Does either of you also fancy doing some welding in around 5 months' time?  If so, I have just the thing...

 

(would obvs be somewhat cheaper than the 500 quid I was asking for it before)

[fordperv]

another camouflage car spotted, this time a jaguar, i saw it in coventry earlier today, must be next years model or some special edition

 

[Ghosty]

If the last letter of the plate is an H, then Cartell says that's a diesel

[Bear]

I appear to be driving something black, less than 8 years old, and diesel.

 

It's French.

 

So far everything on it seems to work.

[Jim Bell]

Is it a massive Citroen?

[Bear]

Is it a massive Citroen?

 

 

It is. I was actually expecting something with three wheels and a washing machine motor, so it's a pleasant* surprise**

[Magnificent Rustbucket]

It isn't car related, but I saw a black fox in my brother's garden in Wilmslow on sunday. I didn't even know they existed until I googled it!

[taxi paul]

Yesterday I changed the plugs and air filter on my crv. I also cleaned out the throttle body to get rid of sticky pedal. I shall do the oil and filter next. I also need to rub some surface rust off underneath and apply some underseal or suchlike. I am Ed China. I must admit it is growing on me now it runs a lot better. I am even not bothered about the central locking not working. I shall look into that a bit more. The plan is to use this through winter till March then park it up and use my Japanese fun bus for summer. Oh and I also spotted a sticker in the door jam for cambelt replacement 70,000 , 7 years ago.

[dollywobbler]

It's quite nice out. Also, black is a horrible colour. This car is NEVER clean.

[DVee8]

Does either of you also fancy doing some welding in around 5 months' time?  If so, I have just the thing...

 

(would obvs be somewhat cheaper than the 500 quid I was asking for it before)

Tell us more.

[xtriple]

The bullet is well and truly, bitten! I have booked the Kia of much indifference in for an MOT test tomorrow at 11:00, I am secretly sure it will fail in grand fashion

 

However, went to the local car accessory shop to buy some decent jumpleads (more in a moment on this) and while distracted by the chap as I was walking away, missed my footing, walking stick slipped on the smooth floor and I went down like a sack of shit. Consequently, the guy behind the counter ended up helping me check lights and wipers and stuff as they were worried I'd sue. I wouldn't, ever, just one of those things but it was really nice to play the 'poor old soldier' routine and get some help   Everything was fine....

 

Reason for jumpleads: the battery on the Bentley is flat, can't remember the last time I used it (I am a useless twat), called a mate who came out with the cheapest, thinnest, mankiest leads I have ever seen which started getting very warm, smoking and then the positive clip fell apart all within about 30 seconds! The battery is not dead flat, all the lights work and stuff, radio coming on, just too flat to start so it only needs a little boost.... I hope!

 

As I couldn't use the Bentley, I had to do the unthinkable and go and put petrol in the Kia, near broke my heart it did

[Kiltox]

Colt is gone.

[richardmorris]

Glad you're ok xtriple. At least you slipped - when you start talking of "having a fall" the care home is a mere Bentley ride away!

Do you have power in your garage? I keep my X1/9 permanently plugged in on a conditioner. Last battery was fine at nine years old.

The last time I used my jump leads was to rescue a damsel in distress at egham shell. Her car wouldn't start and was asking for help- I'd seen a couple drive off whilst I was filling up the cx and so couldn't refuse.

[Kiltox]

Might have a grotty old Mk4 Astra van coming in soon, MOT fail mostly on brake pipes

 

No idea what I'll do with it

[Bear]

I keep being tempted with this C5 Tourer. It's only a bit over 7 years old. It has a colour LCD display in the middle of the dashboard, with menus in, like a modern car.

 

Is it bad that finances aside, the main thing holding me back from such an eminently sensible beast is that I just feel wrong not driving a Mercedes?

 

(It does 60mph cruising, six-speed gearbox and it handles well too. Even the tailgate opens without having to touch it).

[vulgalour]

Had a lovely little windfall this month, in part thanks to the pound doing a Hindenburg against the dollar so my project income translated into considerably more than usual.  That means I should have enough now to get the Renault's engine measured and possibly even fixed this month providing I can get the parts and it's nothing too serious.  There is a certain irony when you consider the likely cause of the economic crash and the nationality of the vehicle it is assisting.

[Six-cylinder]

I keep being tempted with this C5 Tourer. It's only a bit over 7 years old. It has a colour LCD display in the middle of the dashboard, with menus in, like a modern car.

 

Is it bad that finances aside, the main thing holding me back from such an eminently sensible beast is that I just feel wrong not driving a Mercedes?

 

(It does 60mph cruising, six-speed gearbox and it handles well too. Even the tailgate opens without having to touch it).

I have a friend who had a 2003 2.2 diesel and that was a bit of a pain with poor cold starting that could not be traced and a faulty electronic arial. His current 2006 C5 2.0 diesel auto old shape seems ok, no issues so far. I think you will probably be ok but they do seem prone to electronic gremlins, which are are hard to trace/expensive if they hit you.

[Guest Hooli]

I completed the LED test on the milometer t'other day.

 

[barefoot]

The 944 was returned to me last night after it's clutch and torque tube change. To say that the car is transformed is an understatement.

All transmission shunt has gone, it is as smooth (almost) as the Jaaaaag and much, much more brisklier than I remembered.

[Bear]

I have a friend who had a 2003 2.2 diesel and that was a bit of a pain with poor cold starting that could not be traced and a faulty electronic arial. His current 2006 C5 2.0 diesel auto old shape seems ok, no issues so far. I think you will probably be ok but they do seem prone to electronic gremlins, which are are hard to trace/expensive if they hit you.

 

 

Yeah, I wouldn't like to be responsible for one after the 'ten years part supply' agreement ended - that's why I don't have an XM. This is a 2009 model so quite close to the last ones on sale (no idea which engine beyond it's 2.0 according to DVLA). Moot point, kinda - I can't afford it, but it's nice to get to play. Rationally, for what it would cost, I'm an idiot as I'd probably get 2-4 years of relatively pain-free (and comforable) use out of it. Half the asking price is pretty much accounted for by the new tyres on it!

[Roverageous]

So fucked off with the state of Buckinghamshire's roads. Had to do Aylesbury to Slough today for a meeting & roads were horrifically rough - sounds like droplinks have gone AGAIN (3rd set within a year - and no there's nothing wrong with the suspension causing them to go - it's been looked at by two specialists).

 

And the round trip took a total of 4 hours 45 minutes. For a 40 mile round trip.

 

Pathetic.

 

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[beko1987]

So fucked off with the state of Buckinghamshire's roads. Had to do Aylesbury to Slough today for a meeting & roads were horrifically rough - sounds like droplinks have gone AGAIN (3rd set within a year - and no there's nothing wrong with the suspension causing them to go - it's been looked at by two specialists).

 

And the round trip took a total of 4 hours 45 minutes. For a 40 mile round trip.

 

Pathetic.

 

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You get used to it! One of the reasons I went liquid suspension!

[MarvinsMom]

the roads bout Nottingham are no better, the front end of my 75 has started clattering again after driving over these freshly ploughed fields roads to get too and from work.

 

these have done reasonably* well having been on the car for 6 months.

 

in common though with everything new though, the only replacement bits all seem to be made of cream cheese....... 

 

which pisses me off even more!

[Roverageous]

Sorry chaps didn't mean to grumble but I'm getting really fed up with 75 suspensions (this one has had 2 sets of droplinks, lower arms, bushes etc...) - to be honest I've never had one that was quiet which ruins the experience somewhat.

 

There's a really nice one owner, low mileage, cambelt done, C5 exclusive for sale around here which is really starting to tempt me.

 

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[dollywobbler]

The RAV has a soft rear tyre. If one of my lovely new Michelin tyres has a puncture, I will not be a happy boy. 

[Bren]

Sorry chaps didn't mean to grumble but I'm getting really fed up with 75 suspensions (this one has had 2 sets of droplinks, lower arms, bushes etc...) - to be honest I've never had one that was quiet which ruins the experience somewhat.

There's a really nice one owner, low mileage, cambelt done, C5 exclusive for sale around here which is really starting to tempt me.

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Vectra c is just as bad - poor quality parts, perhaps never good enough in the first place and crap roads keep euro car parts in business.