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[phil_lihp]

That is unacceptable. You've gone too far this time.

[egg]

Took the Favorit for a 40 mile round trip for work today. In the pouring rain with the front fogs on down the A roads I stayed completely dry! Popped a tenner of superunleaded in to see if it makes any difference. Verdict, not a lot.

 

More rattles revealing themselves and managed to just scuff the edge of an alloy parking in up in an unusual street this evening (to avoid neighbourly disapproval). Damn.

 

Oil and air filter ordered with an ECP 'offer'.

 

It is just a fun little car.

 

Edit- the heater is amazing - proper Siberian winter effective!

 

[Guest Hooli]

If there were that many lads around could they not have given him a bump?

 

Eee, the youth of today, etc.

Does that even work on a properly flat modern?

 

You need enough power to run the ECU, prime the fuel pump blah blah blah.

[Cavcraft]

I have just been offered this as a leveller for my Calibra...

 

 

 

 

 

 

...they must have been on here at some point.

[tooSavvy]

Why is £5.75 cheap? Cheapest car park otherwise I've seen is £9 a day and always full. Bus is £4 for a day pass. So £1.75 extra a day (excluding fuel), I can sit on a comfortable heated leather seat in silence and not squashed, coughed over, etc. Best of all it's just a 3 minute walk from my work in central Bristol!

 

.... I can sit on a comfortable heated leather seat in silence and not squashed, coughed over, etc.

 

& (parking my works van at the end of the street) ... Best of all it's just a 3 1minute walk from my work.

 

 

TS

[richardmorris]

M3 closure notice!

 

 

Re-opening

Please be advised that the M3 motorway will be closed in both directions between junction 2 and 3 for one weekend while Woodlands Lane Bridge is demolished and other works are undertaken:

 

From: 9pm Friday 18 November 2016 to: 5.30am Monday 21 November 2016 Diversion routes will be clearly marked for

 

the duration of this closure. Drivers are encouraged to find alternative routes and to avoid the M3 during

 

this time.

 

Please note this

 

closure will be subject to safety

 

reviews and weather dependant.

 

* Two consecutive contingency weekend dates are in place for 25-27 November and

 

2 – 5 December 2016

 

We understand that diversion and warning signs will be positioned at major road intersections to inform and encourage motorists to use marked alternative routes at an early stage to avoid local congestion.

 

In addition, resurfacing work with the new quieter road surface will commence at night in lanes one and two between jct 3 & 2 w/c 7th November and is expected to take two weeks to complete subject to weather conditions. Due to the process required to remove the old surface and replace it with the new one some noise may be heard by residents close to the motorway.

[Ghosty]

I changed the Bini's brake pads today. It went without incident.

[richardmorris]

Set the float levels in the 2cv with my new vernier calipers.

[Guest Hooli]

I'd take those back, they appear to only speak froggish.

[Cleon-Fonte]

At last, my new Chinese BX radiator and coolant hoses have arrived.

 

[wuvvum]

I appear to have won a reasonably priced VW T4 on t'bay.  I didn't know such a thing still existed.  Be interesting to see how the sale goes.  If it all goes OK I might even be able to make an OMGPROFIT selling it on to some hipster surfer dude whose parents can't quite afford to buy him a Splittie.

[Tamworthbay]

I appear to have won a reasonably priced VW T4 on t'bay.  I didn't know such a thing still existed.  Be interesting to see how the sale goes.  If it all goes OK I might even be able to make an OMGPROFIT selling it on to some hipster surfer dude whose parents can't quite afford to buy him a Splittie.

But dealing with such tossers will make you wish you hadn't been born (sadly speaking from experience )

[Barry Cade]

That is unacceptable. You've gone too far this time.

A 307? His brain's gone into economy mode...

[cros]

My Aldi CTEK copy resurrected the Clios battery-an hours driving after a jump (the thing had sat for months) and the starter just clicked when I tried to start it again. 24 hours on the charger and it's been ok, even on the cold mornings. So far...

Re-erected an hour after a jump? A good 33 quids worth.

[mercrocker]

190E seems to be sorted.   CHG replacement and head skim etc. went well enough - subsequent lumpy idle turned out to be an air sensor duly replaced.   I vaguely remembered a "slight corrosion" note on the MOT pass this year so had it up on ramps on Thursday for a scrape and Vactan session.    This will have to be followed up Tuesday with some Dynax action but its all pleasingly solid under there, no missing plugs or covers but I think I will bite the bullet in Spring and have those Sacco covers off........ 

 

 

 

 

[dollywobbler]

Managed to escape from the house for a bit. Nipped into town with the roof off. Lovely. Found a spot not suitable for longer vehicles. Lovely.

[danthecapriman]

Spent the morning setting up the new carb on the Transit. This afternoon I've been refilling all my dehumidifier trays with those damp eating crystal things and putting them all in the cars.

I've got two trays in each car, ready for winter. Should keep the insides dry and mould free.

 

It's f*****g cold outside today though. Horrible! We've had frost the last couple of mornings, this morning last nights rain had even frozen.

Hopefully we'll get a cold snowy winter this year instead of the usual miserable rain shit we've had the last few years.

[Cavcraft]

Adieu, Citroen C1.

 

再见, Kymco Agility.

[Skizzer]

Following a conversation with a friend of mine from London - a conversation that involved a number of pints of Spitfire - he is coming to look at the VX2300S next Saturday, with a view to buying it as his regular transport.  

 

So tomorrow will be Carb-Tickling Sunday.  Wish me luck.

[Cavcraft]

I bet it'll be hard to say goodbye to that, Skizzer? Lovely old bus that thing and a v.rare sight.

[Skizzer]

It is a lovely old bus, but I'm not sure it's very me.  To be honest I'm not sure it's very him either, so I will probably end up talking him out of it if I don't think it's in the car's best interests.

 

I am so rubbish at selling cars.  I need to be more you, Billy.

[Skizzer]

Also, I need to sell something to make room for this, potentially:

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/332020843934

 

I wasn't supposed to buy any more cars until I've got the Rancho on the road, but this is about the only thing left on my all-time must-have bucket list.  And it's cheap (possibly for a good reason, but even so).

 

 

(If someone could talk me out of this, by the way, I'd appreciate it.)

 

Edit: Actually Anonymous User already had a pretty good go at talking me out of Gamma Coupes last time, and it didn't work then.  I'd have bought that one if the seller hadn't gone suddenly mental.  

[hairnet]

oof

 

launch vx buy pasta

 

visa ran out of petrol this morning on way to work

 

close enough to abandon and get a lift

 

i now know it doesnt have a fuel light

[RobT]

When I saw that Gamma was back on ebay, I immediately thought the inevitable. Let me know if you'd like collectioneering assistance/someone to act as spare part again seeing as it's local to me.

[holbeck]

Also, I need to sell something to make room for this, potentially:

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/332020843934

 

I wasn't supposed to buy any more cars until I've got the Rancho on the road, but this is about the only thing left on my all-time must-have bucket list.  And it's cheap (possibly for a good reason, but even so).

 

 

(If someone could talk me out of this, by the way, I'd appreciate it.)

 

Edit: Actually Anonymous User already had a pretty good go at talking me out of Gamma Coupes last time, and it didn't work then.  I'd have bought that one if the seller hadn't gone suddenly mental.  

 

To be fair Mr Skizz, that'd look good as a shed ornament

[HMC]

^^ That gamma does look tempting! I like the sound that its been properly exercised by its current owner; what with the recent Scottish road trips it must be pretty sorted mechanically, and so easy on the eye.

[bub2006]

Well im very glad i didnt sell the kia to anyone here. Looks like it was worse than i thought. Reverse non existent,gearbox banging and slipping through changes and its whining like a jeremy kyle mum. Removing from sale looks the best plan.

[DVee8]

I appear to have won a reasonably priced VW T4 on t'bay.  I didn't know such a thing still existed.  Be interesting to see how the sale goes.  If it all goes OK I might even be able to make an OMGPROFIT selling it on to some hipster surfer dude whose parents can't quite afford to buy him a Splittie.

This wouldn't happen to be up north would it

[xtriple]

Just washed the car, by 'eck, it's flamin' cold out there! Took it for a run to dry off the brakes and stuff and was going to leather it off etc. Got home, put heating on, closed door and declined to dry the car.... I want to put it back in the garage tomorrow (mates moving his stuff in tomorrow so wanted it out of the way, after all, I can damage it easy enough, don't need no help!) night and hate putting it away dirty or wet.

[wuvvum]

This wouldn't happen to be up north would it

Nope, it's in That There London.  Albeit just outside the LEZ.