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[blackboilersuit]

I could sand all the walls . But it would take just has long to paper it. So I am sort of picking the easier option. Sanding would work but I don't fancy cleaning up the dust for months.

Polyfilla do a cover up paint that's really good. It's expensive and as thick as plaster but really effective. It's designed to cover up imperfections and seal over damp stains etc. I've used it on a shoddy plaster and mildew stains before with great results. Got to be worth a try on one wall before reaching for the wallpaper. 

[oldcars]

Also - it turns out we have a local DIY scrapyard. Old Man wanted to pull a radiator fan motor off any old VAG shite in there, went down, then came back to tell me it was DIY, so I went off with him.

 

Above the Octavia he was working on was this:

 

 

Mitsubishi GTO It had 'do not touch' in paint pen on the driver's window.

 

The place was mainly full of VAG shite, early Binis, Fords and small shit European cars but there were a few interesting things here and there - two early Discoveries in red, a phase 3(?) 306 cabriolet, couple of 25s and 75s (one on Serpents), the above GTO, that was about it I think. There was an Insignia taxi too, wonder what failed for that to end up in there.

 

Someone nearby opened the door on a Mk4 Golf and the alarm went off

Serpents are nice. Rare find, if there cheap you could make a few quid selling them on.

[blackboilersuit]

 

Woo Hoo, the CRV has a fresh MOT. Planning to replace it in a few months though. 15yrs and 170,000 miles are taking their toll and there are a number of issues that could turn from niggles to big repairs by the time the next test is due. After 4 years 25mpg is getting hard to live with too. It's been a great car though, thrived on total neglect and zero FTP's something most new cars can't do.

[purplebargeken]

Ghosty.... are there any modern Beetles there? I need a passenger door window regulator, motor and shit. Bit far for me to go though.

[taxi paul]

I have now got wallpaper. This is how the paint looks. I have tried better quality paint over it but it is still the same. It could be according to google. Old paint or just a reaction to the matt paint frombthe silk paint underneath. The paint is not flaking it just has dried solid like a cracked mudbed. Very wierd.

[puddlethumper]

My pineappled hallway is still a challenge. I bought some better quality paint and painted a test patch over my cracked original paintings. No difference. So today I am going out to but wallpaper. Pain in the backside of a job involving ladders and boards. Three weeks till the kids break up from school. Needs to be done before then .

Lining paper I presume and you are right in that it has to be but wallpaper. Overlapping went out in nineteen oatcake.

[Mally]

Think that might be Buy.

[stuboy]

Whilst touching up the monturdo i found a useful tray to stop me kicking it over...ha ha

[stuboy]

My pineappled hallway is still a challenge. I bought some better quality paint and painted a test patch over my cracked original paintings. No difference. So today I am going out to but wallpaper. Pain in the backside of a job involving ladders and boards. Three weeks till the kids break up from school. Needs to be done before then .

lining paper over it?

[darkfour]

Been away for a while as not been working on cars as too many house projects needed attention. Anyway I'm back trying to stop the transmission leak from the Plymouth, new Speedo seals, new nss and another new shift seal on the hope I can stop it. I need to get out sorted and get an alignment as I may have to sell it and the Dart. My friend may soon be selling her 76(?) corvette, orange with a chocolate brown interior.

 

Here it is next to my Dart convertible

[Ghosty]

Ghosty.... are there any modern Beetles there? I need a passenger door window regulator, motor and shit. Bit far for me to go though.

I think I saw one but if I did it was top of a stack and I've not the slightest how you'd get to it, the place was pretty cramped.

[Tamworthbay]

I have now got wallpaper. This is how the paint looks. I have tried better quality paint over it but it is still the same. It could be according to google. Old paint or just a reaction to the matt paint frombthe silk paint underneath. The paint is not flaking it just has dried solid like a cracked mudbed. Very wierd.20170706_143006.jpg

Crackle finish, very Lawrence Llewelyn Bowen.

[Essex V6]

I know I am late to the party but I have finally found out why Picassos are referred to as Ronnie Pickerings - absolute gold! "Do you know who I am"

[Shep Shepherd]

The Volvo had its new Michelin tyres fitted this morning:

 

 

They are appreciably quieter than the previous Yokohamas and the car's ride has improved markedly

 

Also, the fitter was very complimentary about the car's condition, so I must be doing something right.

[Guest Hooli]

I know I am late to the party but I have finally found out why Picassos are referred to as Ronnie Pickerings - absolute gold! "Do you know who I am"

Welcome to 2016

[eddyramrod]

Huggy turned 99,000 miles on the way to work this morning.

[danthecapriman]

Huggy turned 99,000 miles on the way to work this morning.

'The beasts good for another hundred thousand miles'

[Eddie Honda]

The Volvo had its new Michelin tyres fitted this morning:

 

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Made in Poland?

 

That'll be Stomils old place.

[billyboy406v6]

Merc in FTP shock horror !! Currently waiting for RAC, and I need a piss !

 

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[Justin Case]

We went to Telford this morning and came back along the A5. All the way from Weston Park to Gailey a steady stream of VW campers of all flavour were coming the other way, there is a camper do (Camper Jam) on this weekend, but I hadn't realised just how  popualr they were. Lliterally everry other vehicle coming the other way was a camper and lots of them were in groups of five or six. I know the air-cooled ones have a cult following, but they were far outnumbered by the modern versions. Not my cup of tea, but nice to see a lot of individuality and not sheeplike  like some scenes

 

Perhaps more interesting here, I passed a motor caravan emporium with what looked like an F reg Freight Rover conversion up for sale at I think £2750. I was going to fast to see the name of the garage or any details, but it is a couple of miles to the East of Weston Park, just on the Cannock side of the Bradford Arms pub at Ivetsey Bank.

[Lord Sterling]

Just over on 'Princes Island' off Turkish coast. No shite to speak of here as technically cars are not allowed unless they are official government/police vehicles. A couple of crappy old council trucks doing the rubbish rounds and a few delivery vehicles including a seriously shonky old Sprinter which works as an ambulance. Not really spotted a lot due to Mrs_Sterling rules but have tried to sneak a shots of shonky Turkish made vehicles and the Turks obsession with every car must be a saloon car I.e. Renault Clio saloon.

[Honey Badger]

I have now got wallpaper. This is how the paint looks. I have tried better quality paint over it but it is still the same. It could be according to google. Old paint or just a reaction to the matt paint frombthe silk paint underneath. The paint is not flaking it just has dried solid like a cracked mudbed. Very wierd.20170706_143006.jpg

 

Go to a decent decorator center and ask the guy behind the counter if there is a fix for it, I'm sure they have seen it before.

[DodgyBastard]

Plugged the crypton diagnostic centre into the lada to find the volt meter and timing light both work. Still need to source an instruction manual for it.

 

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[SiC]

Looks like the MOT history page is to gain basic details on which garage did the MOT:

https://mattersoftesting.blog.gov.uk/what-were-working-on-7-july-2017/

[SiC]

I've been told that if I want another car, I better get out this morning, clean the cars and get pictures taken...

 

Not sure which one should be the priority either

 

I'm rather envious of all those on here who have room for many cars.

[beko1987]

Do just that, spend a day washing them, take some pictures and out them here then buy another car...

 

Don't see anything in the above telling you to sell one

[RobT]

I'm rather envious of all those on here who have room for many cars.

Is on street parking free where you live? If so, then you have the room! I normally have two parked on the road, now three with the Jag.

[SiC]

Is on street parking free where you live? If so, then you have the room! I normally have two parked on the road, now three with the Jag.

I personally don't care but Liz, my wife, doesn't like to annoy my neighbour. When I had the Saab, he decided to block the end of the road with his two cars when I kept parking down that end.

 

Stupid and annoying thing is that he has room on his drive for both of his car. But he's decided that the space in front of his house is his. Also that I shouldn't park in the one next to it.

 

My solution was to buy many more cars and block all the space. I was vetoed on that...

 

Being a quiet cul-de-sac, we tend to only have our own cars and visitors cars down here. The Laguna could be parked at a side road but apparently that's anti-social too!

[Guest Hooli]

Your neighbour is a wanker.

[Guest Hooli]

In other news I saw a large MPV thing with a Skoda badge the other day, when did they start them? I had no idea they existed.