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[SiC]

dibbs on those wheels! lol

 

from that shot nothing looks like ist moved much- maybe need a new bumper beam

If it does get written off, I'll try and buy it back. After owning it for over 6 years, I've got rather attached to it. Hopefully the crash beam has taken the full force. Won't look a lot I guess as the bumper is plastic and flexible, so hide any damage underneath.

[dean36014]

Another 160 miles to go at 52mph and I'll finally be home.

[puddlethumper]

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Crikey ! A Magnum. Had one in the 80's. Bought it cheap off a coke dealer who needed to get rid.

Took the hit of being stopped a lot for the first fortnight. 

Went bloody well with the 2.3.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

....Did I mention he was Romanian ? Or did his apprenticeship at the Citroen factory ? Yes , he made Olcit things, including, according to him some CXes, which I never knew were made there. ....

Elena Ceausescu is thought to have run a CX in her fleet.

 

Probably most famous Soviet bloc chief to have CXs was Honecker, because East German.

[iainrcz]

The RCZ is taking a trip to Mr Peugeot in Scunthorpe. It's decided making a clattery noise at first start up is acceptable. Well it isn't.

 

I'm thinking tensioner.

 

No doubt the noise won't be enough and despite the warranty I'll have to pay for a diagnostic session.

 

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[egg]

Sorry to read Si. Really back luck.

[dollywobbler]

And back where we were 48 years ago , definitely future autoshite

 

 

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Coupe MY ARSE. It's a three-door estate, and therefore should have Merit badges.

 

I give it a manner of weeks before some arsehole is selling an original Range Rover as a coupe.

[cros]

I was put in a very difficult situation this afternoon. I went all the way to some bloke in Surrey to purchase a steering wheel and windscreen for my Bedford van. Unfortunately neither fitted. In the gloom at the back of the gentleman's motor-house I noticed a dusty Pug 205 and so was left with no other option than to purchase it, otherwise the journey would have been in vain.

It's been sat for 7 years, I prefer longer, but sometimes you have to accept the hand life deals you.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Topped up the CX fuel tank to the top. Strong smell of super unleaded. Think auto 'box is due a fluid and filter change. Will ask Brodie's to sort that out.....

 

?... I noticed a dusty Pug 205 and so was left with no other option than to purchase it, otherwise the journey would have been in vain.

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It's been sat for 7 years, I prefer longer, but sometimes you have to accept the hand life deals you.

Is that a Roland Garros edition? Because Poojos and clay-court tennis, that whole connection there....

[dollywobbler]

I was put in a very difficult situation this afternoon. I went all the way to some bloke in Surrey to purchase a steering wheel and windscreen for my Bedford van. Unfortunately neither fitted. In the gloom at the back of the gentleman's motor-house I noticed a dusty Pug 205 and so was left with no other option than to purchase it, otherwise the journey would have been in vain.

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It's been sat for 7 years, I prefer longer, but sometimes you have to accept the hand life deals you.

 

Cor! That looks a bit posh.

[Jim Bell]

Crikey ! A Magnum. Had one in the 80's. Bought it cheap off a coke dealer who needed to get rid.

Took the hit of being stopped a lot for the first fortnight.

Went bloody well with the 2.3.

He really loved it and was gutted when some yuppie prick in a 911 wrote it off. He looked for a Firenza after that, but never found a decent affordable one.

[dome]

I was put in a very difficult situation this afternoon. I went all the way to some bloke in Surrey to purchase a steering wheel and windscreen for my Bedford van. Unfortunately neither fitted. In the gloom at the back of the gentleman's motor-house I noticed a dusty Pug 205 and so was left with no other option than to purchase it, otherwise the journey would have been in vain.

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It's been sat for 7 years, I prefer longer, but sometimes you have to accept the hand life deals you.

Gentry?

 

Wibble!

[Anthony]

Is that a Roland Garros edition? Because Poojos and clay-court tennis, that whole connection there....

Looks like a 205 Gentry. Basically a GTi but with a de-tuned 1.9 engine, automatic gearbox and plush interior.

 

The Roland Garros ones were a lighter shade of green, 1.4 engine and had white half leather seats inside.

[cros]

Cor! That looks a bit posh.

Yes, I don't know if that's real tree wood. This is my first car with fuel injection and a catalyst. The presence of the latter item on the back seat tells me I'm shortly to become better acquainted with these mysterious devices...

 

It's not working so further exploration will have to wait until I can get it home.

[Ghosty]

205 Gentry?

 

Want a swap for a Volvo?!

[cros]

To be honest I didn't even want something called a Gentry- aren't they some kit car thing?

[scaryoldcortina]

Plywood mg replica with a triumph herald underneath iirc...

[puddlethumper]

He really loved it and was gutted when some yuppie prick in a 911 wrote it off. He looked for a Firenza after that, but never found a decent affordable one.

Loved mine as well. On an S plate, if I remember, which would have been a 78.

Sadly I don't remember what happened to it. Like a lot of vehicles I've had. 

Well, you can't remember them all, can you ?

 

Edit; Paid £150 for it.

[Inspector Morose]

Latest folly home and parked for the night. Pics soon but now SLEEP!

[andy18s]

Took on a street dog as a foster last week

She turned up in a nearby village a couple of months ago,then a friend started feeding her when the cold set in

Ended up getting her into a barn when it really got cold where she found the pup had a prong collar on

This had gone right into her neck and needed cutting off at the vets

We've taken her as a short term foster whilst she recovers,and get her built up a bit

She's doing well,fitted into the pack so far and is either an unclaimed escapee or been dumped

[MarvinsMom]

wtf??

 

like, wtf???

 

those fuckers who did that to poor pup should be made to wear a too small one of those as punishment.

 

cunts.

[tommytwo]

A reminder to drivers to think carefully before driving when it is icy, snow lies on the ground and you live on a hill and at the bottom of said hill, you need to make a hard right turn. This is what can happen. If conditions are really bad, call in and take the day off. It is less stressful for all concerned.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

WTF is a 'prong collar'???? Dear god.

[iainrcz]

A prong collar. I do hope whoever made that dog wear that has their days ended in some unimaginably horrific manner.

Preferably involving something sharp and fast moving.

 

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[djim]

Whatever the fuck a prong collar is supposed to be for, that shit is wrong. Happy to throw a few quid your way if you need help with vet bills etc. 

[Guest]

Just in from a wee drive. Lad starts a new live in job on Monday, so I agreed to take him and his stuff along and drop him off...in Newquay.

 

F*ck me it's a long way without getting a holiday in between, 580 miles each way,  26 hours. Vito never missed a beat though, and saved me from having to pay fortunes in the services for coffee, F8ck 'em, just used their stinky toilets and left again

 

Off to bed now,work tomorrow.

 

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Blimey that is some mission!

[tooSavvy]

Mr Boll. I travelled to Weymouth & Back, every weekend*, for nearly a year - in a Skoda 130Rapid!!

 

... Like a Stabbed Rat

 

I managed once to maintain a 'mile a minute' ave

 

*Lunacy? Well my mileage allowance more than doubled my wage.

 

 

TS

[Guest Hooli]

That poor pup Good on ya saving them.

 

As others have said, whoever puts those on dogs should be forced to wear one (at least two sizes too small) for life.

[Jim Bell]

I dont even understand what theyre meant to do. How is having a dog in agony of any use in any practical application?