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[stripped fred]

Best of wishes Bren.

[tooSavvy]

My name is Sam! Not overly fussed on private plates though!

 

I'm not tooSavvy... BUT wood roll on TW05 AVV

 

TS

 

*ToMM© obvs cannot be '05'.... god knows what 25 AVV pre suffix aged wood B 

[Angrydicky]

That Moggy Minor looks pretty good HMC. As an Essex boy, I like the Essex WOO reg on it! There's another Minor near me that's on a COO.

[LabRat]

So, the c5 has gone all french on me and thrown an engine high temp warning/stop light on the dash.

 

Strange thing is, it's only doing it when the air-con is running- kill the air con off and the temperature gauge immediately drops back to the middle and the warning resets. Plenty of coolant, fans are running and the engine isn't getting that hot under the bonnet.

 

Any resident Citroen lickers able to give me a clue as to what it's doing? (Other than don't run the climate control!!) It's a 2005 1.8i if that's any help to anyone.

 

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[Kiltox]

Ha, SAM 8W for £350... Almost tempting

Start price - it'll go for a fair bit more I expect

[doobietoo]

Happened to be in Salzburg this afternoon and came across these little beauties more after dinner if anyone is interested

[doobietoo]

Does anyone know what the wheel in the last picture is attached to?

[Guest Hooli]

Lancia Stratos.

[doobietoo]

Lancia Stratos.

Ah yes...

[stuboy]

Having surgery in a few hours. Wish me luck.

what you having done

[Guest Hooli]

Ah yes...

 

I didn't spoil a quiz did I?

 

They were one of my favourite rally cars as a kid.

[doobietoo]

Last few Porsche was smoking a bit. .. that's all folks

[stuboy]

been to preop assessment and given date for bilateral inguinel hernia on 15th june,,

[wuvvum]

DAF has passed its MOT.  It'll now be going up for sale - it owes me 600 quid now and want to see that back for it (shouldn't be too tall of an order I wouldn't've thought for a low mileage tax exempt motor, even an unpopular one with issues).  I'll do a proper for sale thread when I'm less tired. 

 

I actually did 70 in it on the way back from the MOT - some tit in a W124 estate pulled out in front of me and then proceeded to trundle along at 35 in a 50, I eventually got fed up and floored it to get past him, whereupon he did the usual tit thing of taking offence at being overtaken by a(n even) older car and speeding up himself, and sitting up my arse at 70 for the next four miles.  Car seemed happy enough at that speed though, if a bit revvy.

 

Looking at the MOT history it did 143 miles between the last MOT and this one - of which 60 was me driving it back from Kings Lynn after buying it, and the rest is also probably me pottering around locally in it.  So the bloke who bought it from Stondon and spent hundreds getting it back on the road must have then literally never have used it.  Weird.  Given its low mileage, original old biddy owner and lengthy sojourn in Stondon, it is also quite likely that the drive home from KL was the longest single journey it's ever done (under its own power at least) in its 45 years,.

[Inspector Morose]

I be very tempted by a daf. My old 66 was a great weapon. Unfortunately my youthfulness at the time relegated it to storage without much a thought. Maybe a re- acquaintance with the marque will quell my lust...

[5speedracer]

That Moggy Minor looks pretty good HMC. As an Essex boy, I like the Essex WOO reg on it! There's another Minor near me that's on a COO.

Farmer near me has B16 COO. Coo being Scottish cow you know.

[egg]

A Fusion b-Max direct comparison. Just going off for its MOT and new oil seal. The b-Max is a lot better looking isn't it? And that sliding door makes it much more suited to its small family brief.

 

 

[egg]

been to preop assessment and given date for bilateral inguinel hernia on 15th june,,

Good luck Stu, hope you're getting some proper recovery time off work

[Supernaut]

The b-Max is a lot better looking isn't it?

No.

 

I like the idea of a Fusion. However, they didn't do them with any interesting (i.e. 100hp+) engines. Would look great sitting just slightly lower.

 

Basically, a Fusion with Fiesta ST running gear and suspension would be my idea of a Fusion.

[egg]

??

 

[Supernaut]

??

 

Ford Fusion4.jpg

Woah!

 

Remove the spoiler and put some nicer wheels on it and that would be HAWT.

[Guest Hooli]

A Fusion b-Max direct comparison. Just going off for its MOT and new oil seal. The b-Max is a lot better looking isn't it? And that sliding door makes it much more suited to its small family brief.

 

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Same car innit?

[egg]

Woah!

 

Remove the spoiler and put some nicer wheels on it and that would be HAWT.

 

There does seem a bit of a #scene around them on the continent from what I've seen online. It's because all the old VW's are over here

[egg]

Fusion gets the fail/pass treatment to keep the stats down for the month . Wipers weren't that bad (only a year old)

 

[Bobthebeard]

My worthless news..

Had to build a bit of decking to cover up an unsightly bit in the back garden. All went well, despite me being crap at joinery/carpentry.

Found a bumble bee nest just forming, so decking on hold for now.

They need all the help they can get, poor buggers. Nest is safe.

[egg]

More Czech parts arrived today for the Fav, including some scene crap I couldn't resist! Would be useful if I actually got the car out of its lock up and used it...

 

[SiC]

My worthless news..

Had to build a bit of decking to cover up an unsightly bit in the back garden. All went well, despite me being crap at joinery/carpentry.

Found a bumble bee nest just forming, so decking on hold for now.

They need all the help they can get, poor buggers. Nest is safe.

Get a bee keeper in. They often will remove the nest for you for not a lot or no cost and give them a new home elsewhere, as they make their money by renting out beehives to farmers.

[egg]

I think 'chick Hunter' would* be a great Favorit addition!!

 

[Bren]

Having surgery in a few hours. Wish me luck.

Aarrgh! Still in hospital. Surgery was ok but took me a while to come out of anasthetic - I was on oxygen through the night and morning but my SATs are low so they won't discharge me. If I have not improved tomorrow I am getting shipped out to Warrington.

[DeeJay]

Aarrgh! Still in hospital. Surgery was ok but took me a while to come out of anasthetic - I was on oxygen through the night and morning but my SATs are low so they won't discharge me. If I have not improved tomorrow I am getting shipped out to Warrington.

Is that a threat so you discharge yourself.