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[Kiltox]

Might need a cheap but half decent MPV type thing soon - Scenic, Picasso, Berlingo etc - anyone know of anything going?

[They_all_do_that_sir]

Water pump seizing up ?

Hopefully not!!, though that should be easily rectified given you can swap it without doing the timing belt.......

 

The old belt didn't make any noise, I only swapped it because it looked like it was the original and pretty badly cracked

[tommotech]

Might need a cheap but half decent MPV type thing soon - Scenic, Picasso, Berlingo etc - anyone know of anything going?

I'm putting the engine back together on a Picasso if that's of interest, 55 plate. Will be cheap.

[Shep Shepherd]

The Volvo's new wheeltrims arrived at my workplace today:

 

 

Not bad considering that they came from Germany and I only ordered them on Monday afternoon. Now, to find time to fit them...

[Roverageous]

Anyone car to hazard a guess as to which one of these reprobates I'm taking to Gaydon on Sunday?

 

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[Ghosty]

Both!

[cort16]

Anyone interested in a 57 Plate Diahatsu Materia? Just passed it's mot with a few advisories.

Looking for 1200 quid. Will put up a better advert if anyone is interested

 

Here's a gumtree photo.

 

 

 

Here's a better one.

 

[Spottedlaurel]

Finished getting the Laurel ready for Japfest at Donington tomorrow:

 

 

It has some sort of shine to it for a change.

 

 

Be interesting to see what other old stuff is there. I suspect much of the rest will be of more interest to my son than me.

[Lord Sterling]

In Türkiya now. Shite spotting set to resume at some point soon.

[tooSavvy]

Finished getting the Laurel ready for Japfest at Donington tomorrow:

 

Be interesting to see what other old stuff is there. I suspect much of the rest will be of more interest to my son than me.

Keep an eye out for L8 Toyotas.... Nice if you spot a Carina II (check the cab rank!)

 

TS

[stuboy]

Lots of rally stickered ladas and rusky cars heading london bound on m20 from dover/folkestone/ashford..

[wuvvum]

The Trafic failed its pre-MOT quite dismally.  Not entirely surprised tbh.  It needs too much welding to make it economical to repair.  Shame as it's still quite a decent old thing to drive - I actually managed to overtake someone in it on the way back, and it's good on diesel for an old van.  I think I might hang onto it for a bit to use as a shed until I declutter enough that I no longer need it, then I'll attempt to sell it as spears or reapers, failing which it'll go over the bridge.

[DeeJay]

In Türkiya now. Shite spotting set to resume at some point soon.

That's one hell of a pick up.

[Kiltox]

I'm putting the engine back together on a Picasso if that's of interest, 55 plate. Will be cheap.

May well be - send me details once it's back together and I'll see what the score is

[SiC]

My parents have offered me their car - 2010 Audi A4 2.0 tdi for £3k. Currently has a lumpy idle but they're going to try getting that fixed before selling it to me.

 

I'm no VAG fan, it's done 160k miles and really don't want another diesel. However it's a pretty smart looking car still and cartakeback will pay £2.1k in scrap as a non-runner.

 

I'll probably will go for it, as a replacement for the Laguna. Laguna is far less a liability mind!

[DodgyBastard]

Saved from a pineappled future! Spotted on gumtree for £495 so went and bought it this afternoon.

 

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[Matt]

Saved from a pineappled future! Spotted on gumtree for £495 so went and bought it this afternoon.

 

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Great little cars, miss mine terribly. Flippin thing sold for twice what I sold it for 3 years ago last I saw of it.

[Matt]

Anyone want this "bit of a dog" of an FSO? Still polish registered I think but probably stupid cheap. They've had it about three months apparently but this is the first time I've seen it. I was at another yard and  mentioned this car and learnt that the owner of the other yard used to be an FSO dealer and might still have loads of brochures and stuff if anyone wants those.

 

Scrap FSO by MattLikesCars, on Flickr

[Supernaut]

Saved from a pineappled future! Spotted on gumtree for £495 so went and bought it this afternoon.

 

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Hey, look! It's already painted dark green for you!

 

*runs away*

[BorniteIdentity]

Just six tickets remaining on Cabriolet raffle.

 

I'd be happy to take a delayed payment on tickets to regular and trusted posters.

 

Roll up. Roll up.

[cort16]

My parents have offered me their car - 2010 Audi A4 2.0 tdi for £3k. Currently has a lumpy idle but they're going to try getting that fixed before selling it to me.

 

I'm no VAG fan, it's done 160k miles and really don't want another diesel. However it's a pretty smart looking car still and cartakeback will pay £2.1k in scrap as a non-runner.

 

I'll probably will go for it, as a replacement for the Laguna. Laguna is far less a liability mind!

 

These are the world most boring car I'm afraid. You should get a nice gooner 3.

[Richard]

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[DodgyBastard]

Hey, look! It's already painted dark green for you!

 

*runs away*

It's metallic brown.

 

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[Lankytim]

Anyone want this "bit of a dog" of an FSO? Still polish registered I think but probably stupid cheap. They've had it about three months apparently but this is the first time I've seen it. I was at another yard and  mentioned this car and learnt that the owner of the other yard used to be an FSO dealer and might still have loads of brochures and stuff if anyone wants those.

 

Scrap FSO by MattLikesCars, on Flickr

 

 

Saloooon!!

[somewhatfoolish]

Saved from a pineappled future! Spotted on gumtree for £495 so went and bought it this afternoon.

 

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Is it as tidy as it looked on Gumshite? Plenty o' beige.

[wuvvum]

I think the ex-Smellypoo / Moog Mondeo's days are numbered sadly.  Finally persuaded the diagnostic software to install on my netbook (laptop 1 wouldn't install it at all and laptop 2 only had COM ports from 14 upwards available - the software only goes up to 8 ). Plugged it in and it threw up fault code P2336 - Cylinder 1 above knock threshold.  The software will clear the code, but it comes back again as soon as the ignition is turned on (before even starting the engine).  Google reckons that this points to a shagged injector, and seeing that to get a new injector fitted and coded is more than what I paid for the car, I don't think I can be arsed.  Annoyingly, on post-2004 Mondeos, the software I have can be used to recode injectors, but on a 2002 car it's some main dealer only wizardry.

[alf892]

Dog of an FSO? So like new then

[Shep Shepherd]

Fitted The Volvo's new wheeltrims this evening. They look so much better than the old ones, which incidentally came off my erstwhile 940 Wentworth, as did the wheels and tyres:

 

 

They'll look even better when the car gets a set of new tyres next week. The tyre in the photo will be going in the boot as the spare, as it's the best one out of the four currently fitted to the car

 

[eddyramrod]

Anyone want this "bit of a dog" of an FSO? Still polish registered I think but probably stupid cheap. They've had it about three months apparently but this is the first time I've seen it. I was at another yard and  mentioned this car and learnt that the owner of the other yard used to be an FSO dealer and might still have loads of brochures and stuff if anyone wants those.

 

Scrap FSO by MattLikesCars, on Flickr

YES!

 

No money, no time, nowhere to put it.  Bugger.

[Fat_Pirate]

300 mile round-trip to Port Talbot today, to look at a Merc CLK in 'immaculate condition'.  Clocked the overspray, masking tape and knife-and-fork applied wob within about 30 seconds of arriving.  It also sported an extremely shiny set of Chinese ditch-finders, there must have been a dozen layers of tyre shine on them.  Still, I went to Wales, in a Jaguar, and it didn't rain and there were no breakdowns - I'm counting that as an achievement.