Spottedlaurel Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Manta B Great to see these old shots, but do particularly like this one. A chrome-bumper, vinyl-roofed Manta B isn't far beyond Manta A on my list of wants. Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled_Tat_Gatherer Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Mrs Problemhamster's been using my RX8 as a daily for the last four years, ever since Little Miss Problemhamster was born - it is of course one of the most efficient cars for the young family as both the rear doors and rear seats are childsize, thus ensuring the most economical use of space. The recent symptoms of a ever worsening intermittent loss of power remained resolutely unsolved by my increasingly desperate attempts to find something wrong that didn't involve a compression test, so I found a local rotary specialist with a reassuringly deep pile of broken RX8s surrounding it on all sides. Unbelievably, my practically new 14 year old Japanese car needed it's engine rebuilt. Angrily binning my mid 2000's copy of the JD Power survey, we considered our options. As she's heavily pregnant once more, and funds are relatively limited - we did the sensible, ecologically sound thing and made do and had mended our old 1.3L four door car. The only miscalculation I made during this whole affair was to let the girls sort the details, resulting in a still-chuckling wife, a delighted four year old and this: IMG-20180228-WA0010.jpg Genuine LOL at that......... fantastic job - made my day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Just been perusing the various car sales sites (eBay etc) and I am amazed at how few auctions there are now. A few years ago it was mostly auctions and a few buy it nows, other way round now. Prices seem all over the place with people wanting strong coin for utter crap with major faults yet seemingly decent cars cheap. It makes no sense. Also, I have no great desire to interact with the average car dealer (who it seems are the major advertisers), where have all the private sellers gone? Squire_Dawson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Just been perusing the various car sales sites (eBay etc) and I am amazed at how few auctions there are now. A few years ago it was mostly auctions and a few buy it nows, other way round now. Prices seem all over the place with people wanting strong coin for utter crap with major faults yet seemingly decent cars cheap. It makes no sense. Also, I have no great desire to interact with the average car dealer (who it seems are the major advertisers), where have all the private sellers gone?Frightened off by eBay's evolving policy of catering for non-private sellers? catsinthewelder and mercrocker 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Also, I have no great desire to interact with the average car dealer (who it seems are the major advertisers), where have all the private sellers gone? Gone because they're fed up having auctions end with non-paying bidders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean36014 Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Gone because they're fed up having auctions end with non-paying bidders.I would save 50 Percent of the actions I've been watching or bidding on via eBay have been ended early. It's bloody frustrating, it's not even when I've been the only bidder either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 I would save 50 Percent of the actions I've been watching or bidding on via eBay have been ended early. It's bloody frustrating, it's not even when I've been the only bidder either.I had that the other day. And it was a car that I really wanted which ticked all the boxes. So I was prepared to pay a fair bit more than current price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 I made the mistake of washing the Lexus and Honda the other day. They're both filthy again. I didn't learn. I gave this pair a wash. It's now raining... Tadhg Tiogar, The Moog, Jim Bell and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean36014 Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 My new Xantia in resale Silver. Photo flatters the outside a bit, few area that need attention but no rust at all in the usual Xantia places. Interior is lovely though I need to fix the heater blowers as it has the usual ignition switch failure, new front brake pads to fit(supplied) and desperately needs tyres as they've gone hard and its like drive on bowling balls. Will stick a wanted post up in a minute incase anyone has some. D Spares & Tyres, Skizzer, Jim Bergerac and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabRat Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Just picked this up from Wakefield this afternoon, not had time to properly look at it as back to work again. First proper impressions are very positive, drives lovely and seems to sip fuel compared to the knackered insignia it replaces. Time will tell if it lives up to its Renault roots or not, but I'm suitably impressed. Sent from my VKY-L09 using Tapatalk Kiltox, Exiled_Tat_Gatherer, DVee8 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Volvo brake calipers replaced. Easy job really. The old ones were dragging a serious amount, it turns out. I've been putting some thought to what I might replace the Volvo with. I want an XJ40 but it's an awful idea really. I'm probably going to end up with an early '90s coupe (Celica, Prelude, Audi 80) or large hatchback of some sort. Old Man appears to approve of non-hydraulic PSA products too which is interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Old Man appears to approve of non-hydraulic PSA products too which is interesting. If it doesn't have green blood there's not really any point. *runs away* Naah, I've had a couple of 306s, lovely cars. I'd have another if I had space / time / etc. catsinthewelder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 I wonder how far back you'd have to go for a Peugeot or Citroen with cable brakes. Squire_Dawson, Sigmund Fraud, Ghosty and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordperv Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Fantastic pics WilsonWilson Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Just picked this up from Wakefield this afternoon, not had time to properly look at it as back to work again. First proper impressions are very positive, drives lovely and seems to sip fuel compared to the knackered insignia it replaces. Time will tell if it lives up to its Renault roots or not, but I'm suitably impressed. Sent from my VKY-L09 using TapatalkWelcome to being one of life’s winners. oldcars, egg and LabRat 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Splurged on a new trolley jack to replace the one that got its chassis twisted under a LWB W108 a few years ago. The handle's got a weird kink in it and I can't decide if it's supposed to be there or not. Whatever, what's the first job I can do with it? Mini Manifold Madness by Conrad Conelrad, on Flickr Of course, of course, of course. Sodding downpipe join worked great for months until I drove off a non-dropped kerb. chodweaver, mercrocker, MarvinsMom and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Ah, the famous 'bastard clamp.' The memories! The painful, painful memories. AlabamaShrimp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 been fiddling with the mini again today. solved the non-functioning side lights, it was down to the bullet connectors, which fasten the lighting loom into the main loom were crusty as hell, cleaned them up, a smeer of vasiline to keep future crusty-ness at bay and all seems well. got the grill back on. i've put the column shroud and newly painted steering wheel back on, and even fitted a new brake pipe running from the union on one side to the other, with the flexi-pipes attached. missing one more union under the master cylinder, and the pipe to connect that into the other 2 unions, cos they were in the back of the car at home, BUT feel definate progress has been made, and that the car will soon be ready fot its final MOT. doubtless we will hit some other unexpected snag between now and then, but even so, we have made progess. chodweaver, Saabnut, mercrocker and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean36014 Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 300 mile parts collection trip to do today. Sensible head says take the van, loads of room and more reliable, heart wants to take the Shonky the bx as I've not really used him since the xmas Paris trip. Guess I'll find out in 30 minutes which one i'll take. Datsuncog and chodweaver 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 so the collection trip has started under BX power? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Today I saw thisBut it's one of these Pretty much one of my dream cars, it was broken down, but under control, the owner's friend (who also owns an A35 pick up) had just arrived with a spare distributor cap, etc. Coprolalia, chodweaver, Bucketeer and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRi05 Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 The panda finally has tyres that fit, no more rubbing, hooray! It's also developed a really annoying fault, the rear wiper stopped working ages ago, now though every time I start the car the motor is trying to engage and I get an extremely loud RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR noise. Which is lovely* Jim Bell and cort16 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Any updates on the Liverpool carpark fire ? I can't find the old thread . Last i saw , was started by a Lawn Rover converted to an alternative fuel .. Is the building demolished yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 The main thing to remember about stereotypes is they exist for a reason... [/fakedironiceyebrowraise] ... kinda TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 It’s true though, they do exist for a reason. Ignorance is the main reason. The Moog, Exiled_Tat_Gatherer, mercedade and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean36014 Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Collection trip completed in the.......BX! Other than some blocked washer jets it never missed a beat, 270 miles completed. Only problem is I like the car that much I only have a 100 miles left of the limited mileage policy and a trip to France at the end of the month. Wonder if I'd get away with saying I lent to a mate that knocked up a 1000 miles!Big thanks to Bramz and Castros_bro for the parts, nice to meet you Mark and Sam i wish I'd bought your 205 after seeing it today. Oh and yes the Tipo does stink slightly of dog chodweaver and MarvinsMom 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Just put the mileage up. Put the Honda up from 6k to 10k and it didn't even cost any extra. Eddie Honda 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean36014 Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Just put the mileage up. Put the Honda up from 6k to 10k and it didn't even cost any extra.Wasn't aware you could do that, its insured with Adrian flux. Policy runs out in 4 weeks though just after i get back from france. Might be easier to just reinsure it early, I need to sort insurance out anyway as i have 3 old citroens and want them on one group policy if possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 In a bASe hire van rented and driven by Lady Grumpius... Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 In a bASe hire van rented and driven by Lady Grumpius...Careful, BourneIdentity will be after that in 17 years time! GrumpiusMaximus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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