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[Ghosty]

This is the first Honda product we've had with over 100k on it! 

 

Old Man's old Prelude that he got in 2008:

 

 

He PX'd a HGFing 190E 1.8 for it (J568PCK, long since dead, shame as it was super clean - Smoke Silver, and it had a rare brown interior and 8 hole wheels).

 

 

This all-black Prelude was on about 60k and was up for £3k, no idea what he paid, probably around 2 bags.

IIRC I found it in a dealer listing of the local Auto Exchange, he liked the idea and went with it, thus starting both his and my fascination with Hondas.

 

 

This is me in early 2008, I'll have been 12 at this point. Blue house in the background has now been renovated, looks shit, and is owned by a wanker with a BMW. Back then there was an garage-find spec M reg Mini Sprite in the garage that seldom moved. 

 

The wanky private plate and fake split rim wheels came with the car instead of the standard 14" steels'n'trims, and Old Man couldn't be arsed sending the plate back to the DVLA. He put red badges on though

 

2 003

 

House shite - our old 9N Polo can be seen in the garage. That was a really boring car. Shite sliding door and '60s wood fronting is now gone as are the planters, and paving slab driveway.

 

 

Driveway and all the doors and windows have been redone so the house doesn't look as '90s giffer any more. No more fake plants either.

 

 

This is when we PX'd it in 2010 - the Y plate Civic behind it is a 1.4 auto, the car he was getting (that was up for £2195 then!). We loved that thing and kept it for five years, running it from 58k to 88k, but being a 1.4 it didn't have much high end, and when it became uneconomical to repair it was PXd in something of a hurry for a manual 5 door Civic:

 

 

which some of you may remember. This was only on 55k but it smelt weird inside, was weirdly uncomfortable, the dash was greasy from crap valet products that refused to clean off, and it was generally a dull, uninspiring drive that we altogether regretted. We fucked it off after six months and that's where the A4 came in.

 

 

[The Moog]

Are these better on fuel that the 1.6 civic auto missus Moog had? Did about 25 ISH round town.

[BorniteIdentity]

LOL

 

 

Quirk of the Prelude: the stalks are the correct way round, indicators on the right, wipers on the left

 

Most people are terrified of the indicators being on the right.  But once you realise you can rest your arm on the top of the doorcard and indicate with nothing more than the flick of a finger, it changes your life for the better.

[mercrocker]

Ah....indicator vexation.   

 

Minor - Right hand, broken canceller.   

Fiesta - Left hand, broken canceller. 

Merc - Right hand, 

VW  - Left hand

Cowley - Steering wheel hub.  

 

Add that to central gearchange on all the manual cars except the Cowley (column) and the auto Merc.   

Luckily the handbrakes are all central except the Cowley which is on the drivers side between door and seat. 

 

Driving them all on the same day (as I did yesterday....) keeps you alert!

[Guest Hooli]

Indicators on the right is so much better in a manual, you can change gear while sideways across a roundabout and still correctly indicate for your exit.

 

I miss that MG.

[oldcars]

What a nice looking house Ghosty, looks a lovely place to live.

[beko1987]

My magic potion seems to have worn off

 

 

More is needed I think, maybe 1 bottle to 3/4 a tank this time?

[Kiltox]

Have you cleaned out the EGR valve?

[beko1987]

Have you cleaned out the EGR valve?

Yep, did that a month or so ago. May eyeball it up again. Wondering if I should look at the broken breather/air pipe I taped up a while ago actually, whilst I think about it...

[Kiltox]

Yep air leaks are gonna always cause trouble

[Guest Hooli]

Swan Vestas

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Going to invest* in a small solar panel (20w) to help maintain a car battery. There are a couple of sets with regulators that look like a good laugh.

[xtriple]

Watched a woman in a newish grey estate (64 reg) attempt to turn into a driveway yesterday, she started from WAY too close and predictably, hit the wall with the passenger side rear door. I thought she'd stop and get out/have a look, but no, she reversed out at great speed and shot off up the road as if all the demons in hell were after her, did an illegal 'U' turn at the 'T' junction and tore back up the road. I could see her cursing and swearing as she drove.

 

Bizzare....

[artdjones]

http://www.rossgazette.com/article.cfm?id=112195&headline=Classic%20car%20recovered%20in%20Ross-on-Wye&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2018

 

Please note,I make no comment.The last person to comment on this appears to no longer be a member.

[Ghosty]

Are these better on fuel that the 1.6 civic auto missus Moog had? Did about 25 ISH round town.

They definitely won't be worse, maybe a bit better as you can just knock about on barely any throttle at all.

Certainly going to be better on the motorway, the 1.6 starts to get a bit leggy over 50mph.

[xtriple]

Wasn't enjoying driving the dollop today, felt really skittish and was moving around on the bumps and tarmac strips. I stopped at the bank (had a DVLA cheque to pay in    ) and checked the tyres, that was when I noticed the front left tyre had diesel all over it! Definitely diesel, stank awful and I recalled I'd driven through a long shallow puddle on the way out. I thought it was just wet, but no, it is a HUGE diesel slick on the road. Now reported to the council.

[egg]

Found out today that my Mother-in-Law still uses minidiscs to record on, great, I thought, the modern shiters choice!

 

Then I saw the price of blank discs....anyone know of a cheap way to get them?

[alcyonecorporation]

Found out today that my Mother-in-Law still uses minidiscs to record on, great, I thought, the modern shiters choice!

 

Then I saw the price of blank discs....anyone know of a cheap way to get them?

Mither a local radio station, they'll probably have a box of the fuckers in the back.

[alcyonecorporation]

Also, wtf happened to doubleyeller?

[The Moog]

Also, wtf happened to doubleyeller?

He asked to leave for a while

[BorniteIdentity]

Found out today that my Mother-in-Law still uses minidiscs to record on, great, I thought, the modern shiters choice!

 

Then I saw the price of blank discs....anyone know of a cheap way to get them?

Me.

 

I probably have a hundred or so, along with six hundred cassettes that I’m selling.

 

#GetRichSlowly

[D Spares & Tyres]

Talking to one of the dads at school today. He bought a 1.9 diesel zafira from one of them can't get credit car places about 10 months ago. Tells me it's in the garage due to lots of smoke and stuff. Verdict is rings have gone and.other stuff so it's 3 grand for a rebuild or get another engine and swap for around 2 grand. He hasn't got a pot to piss in so is knackered. I think he said he pays £150.00 a month over five years for a 10 plate zafira with 98,000 miles on when he bought it. He thinks he may have a 12 month warranty but doesn't know. He said the salesman said it did but it isn't on the paperwork. Felt a bit last telling him how I had scrapped the primera and lost £150.00.

Makes no difference what warranty they 'give' the sale of goods act says you have 12 months or longer depending how old it is. The law is on his side with this one

[Datsuncog]

Me.

 

I probably have a hundred or so, along with six hundred cassettes that I’m selling.

 

#GetRichSlowly

Heh, are you selling yours through Discogs? I've managed to offload a coupla hundred cassettes through there - Scandinavian and Japanese buyers seem particularly keen at the minute.

 

And I still have a boxed and practically unused Sony Minidisc head unit kicking around in the attic, for those looking for the ultimate Y2K ICE experience.

[SRi05]

I bloody loved minidiscs, what was it, a whole GIGABYTE of music on one of the wee things? Was a revelation before mp3 players became common

[Hertz]

My Alpine is in for it's clutch with a specialist in Derby. Rot has been found in the footwells and one sill needs replacing. Par for the course and I was expecting it to be honest.  Radiator also being replaced.

 

 

 

Looking like an junior xtriple bill will be coming up.

[tooSavvy]

^^ lol..

 

I'm getting my tame MOT guys to swap my engine mounts (lift + air tools = Yeah!)

Young guy says to boss "...aye, looks just a few bolts - nae probblemmo"

 

.... Cue ... Big Bill :/

 

 

TS

[dollywobbler]

Today, I drove a Tagora Sports. Which was nice. 

[HMC]

^ lovely! Didn't breadvan have one? Mustard mitt, get confused here re what's a murena (sp?) and what's a bagheera (sp?)

[dollywobbler]

Murena looks like the above.

 

Bagheera looks like this.

 

 

[/hilarious]

[Shep Shepherd]

#TakeYourVolvoToWorkDay

 

 

 

Today was the first time I've driven The Volvo for any distance since I replaced its instrument panel. It's so good that the car now has a functioning clock, an accurate tachometer and a fuel gauge which doesn't act like it's stoned when the tank is less than half full. I hope that this state of affairs will be the car's new normal

 

Also, the car's replacement driver's side door wiring loom arrived today:

 

 

It's in perfect condition and should hopefully be easy enough to fit, thus restoring reliable operation of the electrical equipment in the car's passenger side rear door. Watch this space.