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[Skizzer]

Where might I acquire number plate blanks for raised digits?  I've got the digits, just not the plates to put them on.

I suggest phoning Tippers, they do restoration of old plates too: http://www.tippersvintageplates.co.uk/phdi/p1.nsf/supppages/tippers?opendocument&part=9

 

+1 on good service from them, they did the ones on my SD1.

 

The only tiny pedantic minus point versus Framptons is that Tippers’ plates have radiused corners rather than square.

[scaryoldcortina]

I just got a text from an unrecognized mobile number...

 

Hi Andy

Could you see how much an engine is going to be thanks

I think I know who is asking even though she doesn't bother to say. It's been a quiet couple of weeks, I was really hoping she'd either got another car or given up entirely.

 

I'm going to ignore it for now, but I do have a figure in mind if she really wants the engine changed. It's got several naughts at the end and starts with a five.

[Kiltox]

Tell her to fuck off

[scaryoldcortina]

Asking for half a mil to fix a mk1 focus should have the same result without having to resort to profanity.

[Kiltox]

Sometimes profanity is all these people understand

[scaryoldcortina]

No, she thinks "Fuck off" is banter but gets very upset if the bill is £10 more than she was expecting.

[Guest Hooli]

Birthday breakfast. Car Mechanics magazine arrived yesterday, so I'm reading that in the pub; staff cars written about this month are a Rover 75 and a (Barry-ed up) MGF. 

 

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Weatherspoon's plate?

[cobblers]

No, she thinks "Fuck off" is banter but gets very upset if the bill is £10 more than she was expecting.

I suspect a lot of people tell her to fuck off and she's just got used to it.

[Rave]

Anyone need any Mk6 Fiesta parts?

 

Was thinking about getting out of bed when I heard a bang and some angry voices outside my window- our house is on the corner of a residential road and a side road.

 

 

The Fiesta belongs to a chap over the road who I barely know, but we sign for his parcels occasionally, and thus have exchanged a few pleasantries. It's a Ghia I think, might even have a leather interior.

 

The Q5 has what looks like a personalised plate and "Quattro" on the front splitter, I suspect it was proceeding down our road at slightly more than the 20mph limit when someone pulled out of the side road, causing a swerve into the parked Fez, but that's speculation obv. The police have turned up now, the local vehicle base is at the end of the road!

[Parky]

She merely asked how much an engine is going to cost. She didn't specify which engine did she? For example a Rolls Royce Trent 7000 is an engine, and that retails at $37.9m.

 

You do know that there is literally nothing you can do to satisfy this customer? If she got it back with brand new paint, running gear, reupholstered interior and a brand new set of Bridgestones she would be on the phone complaining its too grippy or the engine is too quiet. Just tell her there isn't anything you can do, you are absolutely overrun with work for months, she will need to try someone else. However an inflated amount of cash up front might enable you to shift some stuff about....

[SiC]

Anyone need any Mk6 Fiesta parts?

 

Was thinking about getting out of bed when I heard a bang and some angry voices outside my window- our house is on the corner of a residential road and a side road.

 

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The Fiesta belongs to a chap over the road who I barely know, but we sign for his parcels occasionally, and thus have exchanged a few pleasantries. It's a Ghia I think, might even have a leather interior.

 

The Q5 has what looks like a personalised plate and "Quattro" on the front splitter, I suspect it was proceeding down our road at slightly more than the 20mph limit when someone pulled out of the side road, causing a swerve into the parked Fez, but that's speculation obv. The police have turned up now, the local vehicle base is at the end of the road!

It looks like the airbags deployed. So if the police really want to know they can pull the last few seconds of crash data off the airbag computer to find out what speed they really were going.

[panhard65]

Well it is done I have agreed to purchase the replacement for the 202. Flights booked for next Wednesday fingers crossed it makes the 900 mile drive home. I did check with my breakdown company (swintons) and as I have full european personal cover they will come out if it breaks and get me home. They really are good as they are covering it even though it is Spanish registered and nearly 50 years old.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Well it is done I have agreed to purchase the replacement for the 202. Flights booked for next Wednesday fingers crossed it makes the 900 mile drive home. I did check with my breakdown company (swintons) and as I have full european personal cover they will come out if it breaks and get me home. They really are good as they are covering it even though it is Spanish registered and nearly 50 years old.

 

Is it that SEAT hearse?

[oldcars]

Is it that SEAT hearse?

I thought you lay down in a hearse?

[tooSavvy]

^^^ ...saw what you did there!

 

TS

[panhard65]

Is it that SEAT hearse?

Yeap could save myself a few quid on a hotel as well, so a bit of a result really. £50 for a flight and the Ferry to Poole is £85. Just the cost of the fuel to worry about. I will take my motorway toll tag to save a bit of agro as well on the toll roads. I would rather take the back roads but I need to be back for work on Friday morning.

[Sigmund Fraud]

Yeap could save myself a few quid on a hotel as well, so a bit of a result really.

 

[Skizzer]

I have full european personal cover they will come out if it breaks and get me home.

  

Just the cost of the fuel to worry about.

Fingers crossed it breaks down on you, in that case.

[Talbot]

Fairly topical in the news at the moment.. how bad is the sno up north, really? Is it "Daily Fail travel chaos" or "actually quite bad"? I have to drive up to Edinburger on Monday, most likely with a trailer on tow... is this a bad idea?

[DVee8]

Fairly topical in the news at the moment.. how bad is the sno up north, really? Is it "Daily Fail travel chaos" or "actually quite bad"? I have to drive up to Edinburger on Monday, most likely with a trailer on tow... is this a bad idea?

I'm in Durham,we did have around 4-6 inches on wednesday night,it snowed for around 5 hours.On my way home thursday morning the snowplows and gritters were out.

All the main roads are clear with side roads turning to slush but it is freezing.It could be -5 tonight.It will be ok.

 

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The weather forecast  for Sunday is heavy snow

[beko1987]

I'm off to Wales for the weekend tomorrow, I almost hope I'm snowed in

[somewhatfoolish]

Fairly topical in the news at the moment.. how bad is the sno up north, really? Is it "Daily Fail travel chaos" or "actually quite bad"? I have to drive up to Edinburger on Monday, most likely with a trailer on tow... is this a bad idea?

As you're going to be M-way all the way, as long as it doesn't snow much you'll be fine; despite the UK press' insistence that we're shit at dealing with snow the highways agency(or rather their contractors) have the job pretty well taped unless it's white-out conditions.

[fordperv]

Had to change the rear bumper on fil fps dacia duster earlier, he reversed around a van parked peed up in his cul de sac at 5am on the way to work a week ago, he hit a wall opposite puncturing the bumper skin, what a lovely job changing it was, I also took the time to fit some reverse sensors at the same time as he is useless at reversing (his words), the only downfall of the whole job was when i was fitting the display to the dashboard some clever person put a couple of wires under where I was drilling for the wire to go through (which you couldn't see as the heater box is in the way) any normal person would put them along the bulkhead but no not French designers they sandwich them against the dash skin, so then I had to take the centre console and steering column out and dismantle the dash trim just so I could take the dash out so I could repair the damaged wires, the only saving grace is its a very neat installation that im very happy with so it was worth the extra fuss

 

This is where I mounted them to try and make them as invisible as possible because I hate how parking sensors look

 

 

They are usually on the painted section which is blooming ugly they stand out like erect nipples on a chilly day

[clayts450]

Off to see a man about a dog

 

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[wuvvum]

I got excited there for a minute as that's the Stansted train, was hoping for an international collection mission, then spotted it's going t'other way.

[Justin Case]

The Mazda 6 passed its mot first time yesterday, so another 12 months of trouble free motoring Not even any signs of rot :). Now that it is 11 years old is it automatically promoted from Modern Shite to Full Fat Shite?

[Rave]

It looks like the airbags deployed. So if the police really want to know they can pull the last few seconds of crash data off the airbag computer to find out what speed they really were going.

 

All occupants out of car and walking, so unless they want to claim for whiplash off their own insurance I doubt the police will be that interested. It was actually an RSQ3; I didn't know those even existed TBH, but that's got to be a 40 grand car.

 

When I left for the afternoon an hour later I found that it was slightly worse than it looked, as the Fiesta had been shunted into a Mk1 Focus and put a big dent in the back of that too. The focus is owned by...the same chap who owns the Fez! I think he wanted rid anyway, a couple of months ago I found him outside trying to start it with a flat battery, offered him a jump, but he said he only wanted to shuffle it across the road to get it out of the way. So maybe he's actually pleased...

 

When I returned home yesterday evening all three cars were gone!

[SiC]

Almost. List price starts at £45k for the RS Q3. So probably £50k once you've ticked a handful of boxes. About £600 p/m on the all important tick.

[danthecapriman]

Almost. List price starts at £45k for the RS Q3. So probably £50k once you've ticked a handful of boxes. About £600 p/m on the all important tick.

Fuck me! Some people have got way too much money and way too little taste.

[SiC]

Fuck me! Some people have got way too much money and way too little taste.

And in 5 years it'll most likely depreciate more than you've spent on your Capri in total.