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[Supernaut]

Oh no!

 

LHM fluid / petrol / something else flammable on hot exhaust...?

[fordperv]

Oh no thats not good, i hope there isnt too much damage

[Bobthebeard]

Having never owned or even driven a Saab until recently I am impressed. Collected the 9-5 on the 14th January and have so far driven it around 500 miles including the collection. What a car! I have owned Honda Accords since 2004 and never looked back, but the Saab is like a Honda but with extra character and thought for the driver. Long trips are easy and relaxed, fuel consumption from a 2.3 turbo engine is good, the seats are comfortable and everything just works! Well, apart from the display panels. The cold weather shuts out a few pixels until the cabin warms up, but hey, not a problem.

A long drive from Newcastle to Lytham in freezing temperatures was despatched easily and in comfort.

I now like Saabs!

[oldcars]

Not good about the fire 

[rml2345]

Flaky insulation dropped onto the exhaust according to the fire brigade. They reckoned the back box wasn't fitted right and it cobtributed to the cause. The exhaust set fire to the spare wheel and carrier and started tracking down the car so pretty glad they showed up promptly. There's a mass of pipes in that area and the boot floor is distorted so it's probably deid but it's with the local garage for assessment. With three shunts in two years not so long back I'm not bothering with the insurance as they'll ream me for higher premiums in exchange for £500 or something.

[cort16]

I've got happy joy roads fitted to my Panda. They're pretty good for the money, I went around knockhill with them.

[fairkens]

Finally on the road back to shite, couple more things to drop into place and I can ditch the modern

[Supernaut]

Flaky insulation dropped onto the exhaust according to the fire brigade. They reckoned the back box wasn't fitted right and it cobtributed to the cause. The exhaust set fire to the spare wheel and carrier and started tracking down the car so pretty glad they showed up promptly. There's a mass of pipes in that area and the boot floor is distorted so it's probably deid but it's with the local garage for assessment. With three shunts in two years not so long back I'm not bothering with the insurance as they'll ream me for higher premiums in exchange for £500 or something.

:(

 

I'm sitting here wondering if there are any parts I'd want for my Xantia now, though.

 

 

Anyway, I thought insulation would be on the inside of the car, not the outside where it could drop onto the exhaust. Curious.

[beko1987]

Shit the bed that's not good. Luckily I don't have a spare wheel or insulation to worry about...

 

Fit a new cheapy backbox, and carry on driving it?

[dollywobbler]

On our way back from Sweden, our H van managed to set fire to the carpet inside the rear because of a badly fitted exhaust. It even burnt through a bag strap. I agree that insulation on the outside does seem somewhat unusual, but there could well have been anti-corrosion wax or similar - that'd go up nicely with a bit of heat.

[rml2345]

It was probably flaky underseal+heatshield but that's what the brigade chap said. Couldn't really see and wasn't too keen on poking it but did confirm boot floor is distorted. It does still just about run but I've no storage so if it's deid and you can shift it you're welcome to bits. Spheres are no older than 6 months and everything still works so if the pipework etc. Is still okay and the thing is repairable then it'll get repaired. I'm not too hopeful however as the FB said the fire had started to spread under the floor.

[beko1987]

If its anything like mine there's not much rubber under there so hopefully it will be ok, depends if the strut rubbers copped too much heat. It'll look like death though if the spare wheel copped it...

[EssDeeWon]

Car Lock Ups question... (to save starting OMG yet another new thread for a quick question)

 

How much to people pay on here for their lock ups?  Are you asked to sign up to contracts i.e. 6 months or a year?

 

Are all the council lock ups generally on council estates?

[Kiltox]

Too much. 550sqft. Months notice

 

Single garages come up now and again for £75ish a month, private lets though no council ones available here

[captain_70s]

£70 a month, single garage, 6 month contract, private. No council stuff around here I don't think. It's also storage only so I'm not supposed to fiddle with the car while it's there, not that it's stopping me...

[purplebargeken]

Council here, 15 quid a week. Located externally in a block of garages/yard which services two blocks of low-rise flats. People parking in front of the garage can either be viewed as a pain in the arse or an additional anti-theft device.

[panhard65]

Spent an hour or so hunting through old hard drives and found some pictures of my tat from about 10 years ago. So far it seems they all died within a year of me owning them.

[egg]

In Kent typically 40-60 for housing association/council. Privately, anything up to 100 for proximity to a London commuting station.

[EssDeeWon]

Ok thanks all, so looking at £60-£70 a month, hmmmm.

 

Cheers

[purplebargeken]

That is if your council has any. 

[JohnK]

I pay £75 a month for a double garage + 2 parking spaces (in front of the doors but off road, technically classified as off road parking). I dropped lucky with that. That's a private let.

 

I have 2 other council garages at £35/month each.

[stuboy]

Silent witness choose winning car choice

[MarvinsMom]

what i would give for the CHANCE of a lock up garage!! (ok, its quiet a lot...)

[320touring]

BOOM! the burd's Clio 172 is back in the hunt:)

 

Thanks to my bro and dome for the assistance:)

[EssDeeWon]

Tried to recreate the V reg Granada that me and a couple of my junior school mates used to perv over in 1990. It belonged to a dad of a kid in the year above and was parked on the zigzags outside the school gates every day after school, we used to make a point of dashing round to see it. It was truly bad but so so cool at the same time.  It was a dark blue 2.0 L like below and same wheels and with blacked out front indicators and rear lights, plus a big twin custom exhaust system that hung down and only just cleared the ground.

[scaryoldcortina]

^ "THE BEAST"

[dave21478]

This looks like the car I sold you in 1989.

This IS the car you sold me in 1989.

 

 

The Soup Dragons plays...

 

I put this on a tape for you....where did you find it?

It was in the tape player.

*awkward silence*

 

[Guest Hooli]

Great film

[Lord Sterling]

Car Lock Ups question... (to save starting OMG yet another new thread for a quick question)

 

How much to people pay on here for their lock ups?  Are you asked to sign up to contracts i.e. 6 months or a year?

 

Are all the council lock ups generally on council estates?

Sorry, your probably not interested now but I pay about £28 per month for my lock up. Found through a housing association. It's a single garage (seen here on Autoshite before) but wider so doors can be opened/more storage options.

 

I signed a 'contract' of sorts basically saying that I will pay what is asked for on agreement and that I won't use the garage for business/etc... purposes. My garage is located in a newly revamped council estate so not so bad. Fairly nice and tidy.

[BorniteIdentity]

Right.  This seems like the best place to collect some thoughts on this.

 

This little canary turned up in the Tat thread earlier in the year at £1500.  It was just relisted at £1200 with a BIN at £1500.  Not a sniff.  I had previously emailed the seller a considered, well thought out email saying that I was:

 

1. Genuinely interested
2. A Ford enthusiast
3. A masochist (in not so many words)
4. Keen as the french mustard this car resembles
5. Not willing to pay their price

I was a pretty good negotiator back in the day when in Estate Agency, and love a challenge.  (Not to rip people off, but to get to a place where everyone's happy).  

 

Anyway, the vendor has come back and said "Even our MOT tester thinks it's too cheap but, as you've already said, it's only worth what someone is willing to pay.  Please make an offer for our consideration".

 

I've told them about the green Sierra at £510 and the bASe Sierra at £750.  I've shown them comparable evidence of sales in the last month:

 

 

I've said I'd be prepared to pay £750.

 

1. Is that still too dear?  There's something very endearing about it.
2. Would anyone fancy coming "in on it" and adding it to the Autoshite Ford Preservation Portfolio â„¢ ?

Would love to know your thoughts.

 

(A bit of poo is coming out just thinking about them saying yes...)