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[cort16]

I posted an advert for the maestro on retro rides . It’s like the Mary Celeste over there there’s tumble weed rolling between web pages.

What happened it used to be buzzing?

[tooSavvy]

I posted an advert for the maestro on retro rides . It’s like the Mary Celeste over there there’s tumble weed rolling between web pages.

What happened it used to be buzzing?

I have stirred up the Carina II thread. But, then, I would

 

 

TS

[320touring]

All the sales were split out into different groupings and the sales section just went deathly quiet..

[DodgeRover]

I posted an advert for the maestro on retro rides . It’s like the Mary Celeste over there there’s tumble weed rolling between web pages.

What happened it used to be buzzing?

To many rules and enforced cheerfulness. Oh and KGF cars dominating the for sales pages so nobody looks for anything under sub 20k anymore. There was a 10page thread a while back asking why their couldn't be a motorcycles section which the mods never bothered replying to.

[cort16]

All the sales were split out into different groupings and the sales section just went deathly quiet..

It did seem to kill it but the whole site seems dead. I also thought the non rolling year 2000 rule was daft . Lots of interesting stuff built in early 2000’s.

[Essex V6]

Renault 30's ahoy here in NZ!

 

Www.trademe.co.nz 1555991900

[fordperv]

I have also reached the conclusion I definately need to get a girlfreind...

At least when you do get one your all sorted for when she asks for a good drilling

[dollywobbler]

I posted an advert for the maestro on retro rides . It’s like the Mary Celeste over there there’s tumble weed rolling between web pages.

What happened it used to be buzzing?

 

It is strange, especially when you go to the Retro-Rides Gathering, and it's HUGE with a really nice vibe, just like the forum used to have.

[FakeConcern]

Over the past couple of days I have mostly discovered that folding bikes with 20" wheels are shit in the snow. 

Not as shit as a modern train.

When we had the thick snow in 2005 I took the Brompton to the station in Hastings and caught the first train to London, which left about 2 hours late. It got as far as Crowhurst and then couldn't get up the really slight slope out of the station. When they decided to take it back to Hastings, I got out and cycled (slid) down the steep hill and then rode up the 1in3 hill and all the rest of the way home. I had decent tyres on (Schwalbe Marathon) and the main problem was the snow jamming up between the tyres and the mudguards and the brakes (which are pathetic anyway) freezing up totally.

[tooSavvy]

^^ aye, drilled... Not Bored, eh?

 

TS

[omegod]

..... we have a duvet rolled up in the bin, to go... I'll get it out and make a 'snowman roughsleeper' with just a heed poking out. Got a few bits of black stone left for eyes but, if I make him asleep >> wont need them

 

TS

 

Seriously unliked !

[tooSavvy]

Chill.... Or is that inappropriate?

 

TS

[xtriple]

I am determined (it seems) to run out of food/milk/drink because I didn't panic buy. All I want to do is eat! This is very strange because I rarely do normally and what I do eat I share with the dogs, I just told Chester to 'fuck off and get his own' over a cheese sandwich, so he raided the bin for the wrapper which he is now chewing up with a look on his face like: 'woe is me, no one loves me or feeds me or takes me out in the wonderful white stuff that makes my todger cold'.

 

Can't understand it, m.ust be some kind of evolutionary thing where I am preparing for the next ice age. I expect to be a fat bastard before the weekend!

[omegod]

Chill.... Or is that inappropriate?

 

TS

 

Yup it certainly is , I work with homeless so if you fancy bedding down in your garden tonight on a bit of cardboard and report back tomorrow how funny it was feel free 

[bramz7]

Not as shit as a modern train.

When we had the thick snow in 2005 I took the Brompton to the station in Hastings and caught the first train to London, which left about 2 hours late. It got as far as Crowhurst and then couldn't get up the really slight slope out of the station. When they decided to take it back to Hastings, I got out and cycled (slid) down the steep hill and then rode up the 1in3 hill and all the rest of the way home. I had decent tyres on (Schwalbe Marathon) and the main problem was the snow jamming up between the tyres and the mudguards and the brakes (which are pathetic anyway) freezing up totally.

I think (think) trains running off third rail have to run low power in snow due to the risk of arcing, which could cause the shoe gear to practically weld itself to the conductor rail.

This has happened in the past few days.

 

Not good on hills then.

 

Diesel probably would have been fine.

 

My grump is that the weather is trying it's best to ruin my weekend plans.

[Asimo]

Fancied a drive in the snow. Battery flat, charger lost, so I had to improvise with transformer, diode and resistor.

 

 

1990 Tamiya is a typical Japanese soft-roader - big image, big wheels and 2WD so useless in the snow.

 

 

Stuck.

edit - so took this to the end of the lane

and back.

Had to use the diff. lock to get back up the drive. This is engaged by a little electric motor which puts the transfer box into neutral on the way to locked. 

So today it had a sulk and left me with only neutral until I had pushed the car downhill a bit when it popped back into gear.

Why not use proper manual lever f.f.s.?

[wuvvum]

How come your Rover has got an LSD then? Never heard of that in a 45 before.

It has a 'box from a 620ti fitted, but with the ratios changed to diesel ratios.  The chap I bought it off was a bit mental and spent shitloads on it - it originally had an all-singing-all-dancing Quaife LSD, but that shat itself after a few thousand miles so he took it out and fitted the (rebuilt) 620ti 'box.  It's also had pretty much every conceivable performance upgrade apart from a remap (which would have been far more cost effective and is something I will eventually get done), as well as the suspension and uprated front brakes from a ZS190, and three (count 'em) strut braces.

[holbeck]

 

God bless the RAV4. It got me home from work yesterday afternoon even though it's 2WD and has road tyres that are legal, but not in their first flush of youth.

 

 

 

 

 

[dollywobbler]

I went out for a spot of sight-seeing.

 

We're pretty much snowed in at the moment though!

[Lord Sterling]

BMW broke down today. (Yes, I can hear the cheers at the back) temp shot up to bear Red so coasted down a hill and into a carpark and switched off the car. Lack of coolant hasn't done things very well, but when I added a bit more water, the bloody thing refused to start. It 'coughed' and then nothing. Sounds like the battery needs a bit of help.

 

RAC called but due to "extreme" weather conditions the call centre was busier and inwas quoted a time of a 5-hour wait, so I headed home as tyere was a conveniently placed train station and then a taxi home. Now I've got to do the same journey out again to meet the RAC patrol man who'd actually come by 2 hours after I first called the them. We rebooked it for 5pm so hopefully something will be done.

[Lord Sterling]

I went out for a spot of sight-seeing.

 

We're pretty much snowed in at the moment though!

Aren't those Renault Laguna wheels on that crashed Peugeot 206?

[Datsuncog]

I went out for a spot of sight-seeing.

 

We're pretty much snowed in at the moment though!

 

Did you get into a fight in the snow with a blue 206? Over the last loaf of Kingsmill in the shop?

 

Bloody hell. At least you won.

[FakeConcern]

I think (think) trains running off third rail have to run low power in snow due to the risk of arcing, which could cause the shoe gear to practically weld itself to the conductor rail.

This has happened in the past few days.

 

Not good on hills then.

 

Diesel probably would have been fine.

 

My grump is that the weather is trying it's best to ruin my weekend plans.

Yes after that their solution was to run a 1950s diesel engine through first. Progress.

[Lacquer Peel]

Wynn's power steering fluid stop leak, more like Wynn's power steering fluid continue leak

[Datsuncog]

^^  "Not a problem sir; just pop it all back into the bottle and bring it back to us for a full refund."

[holbeck]

Last night, we decided the best thing to do was go down to the pub until this thing blows over.

 

On the way down, we passed a couple of buses being parked up on the side of the road because they couldn't tackle the slope up to the yard where they normally park up.

 

On the way home, one of the buses had it's doors wide open and the snow was blowing in. Being an upstanding member of society I had a quick look and found the door close button gave it a press and restored normaliy.

 

This morning I got a message from a friend  - "you know the pub we were in last night?"

 

'yes'

 

"Well someone stole a couple of buses last night and crashed  one of them into it".

 

 

 

 

Apparently the only Copper in town gave chase on foot and was outrun by the two lads responsible.

[SiC]

Complete with your fresh fingerprints left on the close button!

[holbeck]

Complete with your fresh fingerprints left on the close button!

 

I'm waiting for the knock on the door!

[drum]

Thought I do some snow clearing with the Davie Broon. Started ok with some electrical boostage but the hydraulics wouldn't play ball. A valve must be stuck.

[twosmoke300]

Standard DB then