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[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.

[somewhatfoolish]

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

You can tell the difference between by whether it exists(Murena) or not(Bagheera) as the latter came with rust as standard, the chassis merrily dissolved beneath the plastic panels and killed most of them. Murena chassis got galvanised I think. Top mid-engined shite.

[dollywobbler]

You can tell the difference between by whether it exists(Murena) or not(Bagheera) as the latter came with rust as standard, the chassis merrily dissolved beneath the plastic panels and killed most of them. Murena chassis got galvanised I think. Top mid-engined shite.

 

Yes, Bagheera had a plastic body, bonded to a powder-coated steel chassis that rotted away, and was then practically impossible to restore. Bit like early Lotus Europa.

[Guest]

Became a Grandad today Everyone is doing well and I have a huge grin and feel 10 feet tall.

 

[egg]

Congrats. Now buy her a mini x1/9 to get her off to a good start

[Ghosty]

Had a brief tinkering session before work wherein I took my Sony head unit out of the Volvo and put it in the Prelude. It's the best sounding radio I've heard in any car for a long time, super subtle looking and easy to use. It works with the electric aerial too which is nice. Confused the fuck out of me the first time it went up! The Pioneer unit that was in there when I got it is off to Supernaut.

 

In changing the radios over I found that only two of the four speakers worked - on one of the rears, a ground wire was loose so I just electrical taped it in place, job jobbed for now. The one in the passenger door only puts out some high end quietly so I'll investigate if it's blown and replace the front ones if so.

The boot carpet doesn't sit flat - it turns out the car came with a dinner plate space saver as standard, that someone has thrown away and replaced with a full size 14" steel wheel with a Dunlop SP Sport on it. I have no issue with that.

The clock is also u/s (bulb?) but I'm not too fussed about that.

Is it hard to get the dash panel out? (Ian?)

[SiC]

All change with cars this week. Literally have friggin cars coming out my ears now. By the end of next week I'll have 5 cars at my place unless I do something about it.

 

 

Mini convertible went back as the rental place sold it. Picked this up as a replacement. Its a Honda HRV. I'm telling you that because it's so bland you've probably never noticed them before.

 

Had 14 miles on the clock when I picked it up. I do like my Honda's. But I don't really like this. Honestly it's a total appliance. Going to have to go back soon to make space.

 

I've agreed on a settlement value on the Civic. Also going to get it back as salvage too. Going to fix it up and potentially give it to my in-laws. If they don't want it, I'll stick it up here for sale. Will likely be an absolute billy bargain if I do as I will need to make space quck.

 

Also agreed with a mate to buy his car that he was going to send to WeBuyAnyCar. He's bought a expensive but minter Clio 182 in his favourite colour and spec to replace it. I won't say what the car I'm getting is but it's likely eligible for the Low Cost But High Liability thread.

 

YOLO right?

[mrbenn]

Looking forward to updates on the Civic and incoming purchase!

[Jim Bell]

.

 

No more gas leaks for me.

 

The lad that services my LPG used to play bass in Smokie and The Animals ( not original line ups).

 

Still though. One cool dude.

[loserone]

Excellent work!

[Coprolalia]

Scirocco has MOT and tax.

Planning repatriation mission.

Looking forward to explaining the modifications to insurers:

'yes, I've reduced the engine size, bhp and changed to diesel'.

[chatsharris]

The boot carpet doesn't sit flat - it turns out the car came with a dinner plate space saver as standard, that someone has thrown away and replaced with a full size 14" steel wheel with a Dunlop SP Sport on it. I have no issue with that.

 

First thing I did when I bought the Saab, if I get a puncture, I'm already likely to be late - I don't want to then be restricted to 50mph on the doughnut tyre.

 

If anyone wants the space saver by the way, will happily dish out for postage costs when I'm back in the UK.

[BorniteIdentity]

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.

 

The cassettes are all D90s/120s that an old giffer used to record Radio 2 programmes onto.  I've probably sold about 200 so far, with another 500 left I reckon.  The Minidiscs are what we used to use in the studio for playout of pre-recorded/produced items and I've been slowly archiving anything worth keeping onto HDD/Cloud.

[Asimo]

Yes, Bagheera had a plastic body, bonded to a powder-coated steel chassis that rotted away, and was then practically impossible to restore. Bit like early Lotus Europa.

And Renault GTA / Alpine. See Hertz' post above.

[adw1977]

Looking forward to explaining the modifications to insurers:

'yes, I've reduced the engine size, bhp and changed to diesel'.

And then they quote you double the normal premium!

[taxi paul]

I would just like to say I have seen a few moans lately on here which may be justified or not ,depending on your view. My view is that I think this forum is amazing. We have people from all walks of life and we all have experience and advice to offer whatever the problem may be. My dad always said" if you don't know ,ask someone who does". I suppose like all friends we can disagree with each other from time to time. But we all come back for more to offer help and advice when needed. Anyway I shall stop being soppy now and go out. Got to go and see why my new car isn't ready. Arnold Clarke hey, who would have thought.

[chatsharris]

^ I thought the real quote was "If you don't know, put the wrong answer on the internet and someone will correct you".