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[SiC]

Who is stealing Vauxhall grille badges these days?

 

Driving around recently I've noticed I see almost as many Insignias with their badge missing as ones with them still fitted, saw a new shape Corsa today with the same problem. Is there some sort of thriving black market for them or are they just really easy to pry off for shits and giggles?

It's Vauxhall, so GM would have saved a couple of cents by not sticking it on properly in the factory and so it falls off.

[cort16]

The badge falls of at 100,000 miles I think it's a feature.

[stuboy]

The badge falls of at 100,000 miles I think it's a feature.

by then its either burnt out or luckly enough stripped for parts

[anonymous user]

I'm 28 miles up the m40, your welcome to a 3 pin plug... You then need to find a shiter 40 miles up the road...

Did I see Lidl doing small generators recently?

[egg]

Autoglass chap has re-stuck my rear view mirror on the Mondeo. He said well known that 90s Fiestas, Mondeo's and escorts have this problem.

 

Apparently the sticky pads aren't as thick as sticky as they used to be (what is, lol!).

 

Also he noted mine had been glued on in the past (not advisable) and some of the glue had run down into the mirror ball joint which made it harder to adjust, making it easier to snap off. Silicone lubricrant has made this better.

 

Ah, but fellow 90s Ford owners may be interested to know that OEM mirror pads are still available...

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/291477584343

[Frogchod]

On my way to England tomorrow

Camping at Dieppe then on the morning boat to Newhaven. Then on to Kidderminster via Lambourn, Beenham and Harwell.

Taking my  408000km Jumpy (Dispatch) van, not expecting any problems, after all what's another 1000km.....

Would have been better taking the air conditioned XM.... but more room for proper beer and sausages in the van

On the other hand camping* in the van in this weather tomorrow wont be fun.

[tommotech]

It it still classed as a barn / garage find if I knew it was there, because that's where I put it 10 years ago?

Now the Kallista has gone I have work space to rebuild this mk2 998 Cooper. Thread to follow, once it's fully exhumed.

[beko1987]

I've just spent 4 hours putting this together

 

 

It had better work tomorrow. Orl modern dysons r shit

 

[Ghosty]

Another Dutch Ashtray.

 

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Hey, proper trims!

[cobblers]

Thank you, kind stranger. You don't realise what a favour you've done:

 

[Tickman]

Thank you, kind stranger. You don't realise what a favour you've done:

 

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You obviously were not that out of it as you only bid £601, if you drunk self really wanted to drop you in the shit there would have been another 0 on the end.

 

Nice save.

[cobblers]

Drunk me was still enough of a dickhead to stick the obligatory quid on to to make sure I'd beat anyone who bid a round £600.

 

TBH if I found a local one I'd be happy enough to pay that.

[Justin Case]

Last night I went to the railway society for a show, ironically on Trains in the Snow on the hottest day of the year! More to the point here, our guest speaker turned up in an immaculate G reg Saab 9000i One of those must be rarer than a snowflake in June

[cros]

I've just been banned from listing on ebay for 7 days. My crime was to put my phone number in a message about an engine I was selling for £30. My feedback rating totals over 3000, mostly selling, all positives. You'd think ebay could better employ their time, I'll be doing just that myself, probably just weigh it in.

[dollywobbler]

Having lost one of the Nippa's hubnuts, I ordered up another. It's not the right size. *eye twitches*

[alcyonecorporation]

Hammer a smaller classic car channel over it 

[egg]

Fordperv kindly sent me this, top bloke!

 

[Sigmund Fraud]

Thank you, kind stranger. You don't realise what a favour you've done:

 

I disagree... The G-Wiz is the thinking drinking man's Aston Martin Cygnet !

[egg]

Oof, in car fax, combine this with the Mondeo gold 9 speaker sound system and you were really Someone.

 

[dollywobbler]

Found the original nut! It was almost precisely where it should have been, albeit obscured by a bit of card I was sure I moved when first searching for it.

 

Anyway, we're done!

[RobT]

I've just been banned from listing on ebay for 7 days. My crime was to put my phone number in a message about an engine I was selling for £30. My feedback rating totals over 3000, mostly selling, all positives. You'd think ebay could better employ their time, I'll be doing just that myself, probably just weigh it in.

 

Same thing happened to me recently.  All I did was give my address in a PM for a collection only listing.  How else is the bloke supposed to find where I live?  It was for 20 quids worth of tyres, which he didn't buy in the end anyway.

[Noel Tidybeard]

I'm 28 miles up the m40, your welcome to a 3 pin plug... You then need to find a shiter 40 miles up the road...

 

....or a petril generator

[BorniteIdentity]

Same thing happened to me recently.  All I did was give my address in a PM for a collection only listing.  How else is the bloke supposed to find where I live?  It was for 20 quids worth of tyres, which he didn't buy in the end anyway.

 

Unbelievable.

 

I think the new system is writing your telephone number/address on a piece of paper - photographing it - and then uploading that to the 'gallery'.

 

Wastes a photo though which is annoying.

[alcyonecorporation]

....or a petril generator

 

I only have a morris minor traveller full of brie I'm afraid

[Bobthebeard]

Unbelievable.

 

I think the new system is writing your telephone number/address on a piece of paper - photographing it - and then uploading that to the 'gallery'.

 

Wastes a photo though which is annoying.

I had the same hoohar when I bought the Rover 75 on eBay.

I bought and paid for it whilst on holiday in Malaysia. That part was easy. Trying to arrange the collection for when I got home was a PITA as telephone numbers and addresses didn't work on the messages bit. Finally managed to get my email address to the seller by spelling it out phonetically and arranged the collection via email.

[nacho man]

We have one of them French transits

 

 

How do I manage working with these people.

 

 

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[Lord Sterling]

We have one of them French transits

How do I manage working with these people.

Lol, that reminds me of when I picked up a Mercedes Citan (small Combo-type van) and the lady at the desk said to the key holder over the phone that I was picking up a Mercedes 'Citation'

[Sigmund Fraud]

How do I manage working with these people.

 

Yeah, they seem to have missed the "h".

 

[andy18s]

getting nice and toasty next week.....

[twosmoke300]

We have one of them French transits

 

 

How do I manage working with these people.

 

 

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What someone that made a spelling mistake ? Just the worst kid of scum !

 

 

 

#sarcasm