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[Arthur Foxhake]

I fitted electric windows from a scrapper to my transit yesterday.

7.5 hours. Yes. 7.5.

I assumed, wrongly, that all the looms would be the same.

Not so. A fair amount of wires had to be cut from the doner van and offerings of skin and blood had them both working perfectly after some masterful* wiring.

First transit I've ever owned with electric windows.

 

Now when i drop off the labourer and he leaves the window open, I can close it without taking off my seatbelt, raising the armrest and leaning over to do it manually.

Refitting seatbelt and armrest is the reversal of...

[dollywobbler]

I fitted electric windows from a scrapper to my transit yesterday.

7.5 hours. Yes. 7.5.

I assumed, wrongly, that all the looms would be the same.

Not so. A fair amount of wires had to be cut from the doner van and offerings of skin and blood had them both working perfectly after some masterful* wiring.

First transit I've ever owned with electric windows.

 

Now when i drop off the labourer and he leaves the window open, I can close it without taking off my seatbelt, raising the armrest and leaning over to do it manually.

Refitting seatbelt and armrest is the reversal of...

 

You could have just told him to close the window...

[Jams]

So I've decided to move the mrs modern Leon on! Sacked it on gumtree and I'm already regretting it!

 

Had two texts so far with 1000 on! Just fuck off!!!!!

[twosmoke300]

Well that didn’t go to plan - was looking for a practical diesel estate car but I’ve just bought a metallic baby blue mx5 ! Perm anyone ?

[New POD]

it was on a telly program filmed on board HMS Turbulant....

 

they weren't allowed anywhere else on the boat other than the C-in-C, galley and crew quarters, but it was mentioned when talking about the reactor compartment (which they were not allowed into)

 

Try as big as a very fucking big thing that won't fit on the back of a lorry, with out an extra 12 axles and a wide load sign and a convoy of very armed Military Police and 2 yes 2 break down trucks big enough to remove the QE2 from the M5.   

[They_all_do_that_sir]

Car hire future shite. Booked a class A car from enterprise, expecting aygo or similar. Ended up with this subtle little wagon:

 

Being totally honest it wasn't a bad car at all. Handles very well, steering is lovely when in helmsman mode on B roads and I actually enjoyed piloting it. Gear change is lovely too.

 

Every other one I passed was being driven by a teenage girl so I kinda felt like I'd borrowed my daughters car, as a full size bald man it's not a good look.

 

Once I discovered you can do wizardry to connect your phone to the stereo I had shatnav with all my preloaded routes from my Google account etc and it all worked very well

 

 

Onto the motorway, I drove from Manchester Airport to Morecombe. Bit out of its depth as a city car, the previously lovely darty handling translated to it not feeling particularly well planted on the motorway. Electric power steering which was lovely before felt a bit inconsistent at speed with a sort of stiff dead spot at straight ahead which got tiring after a while. Also the clutch pedal made an annoying boing noise not unlike a cheap bed spring on return. Also when parked up and looking beyond the bits of interior you don't make contact with you can see the lovely soft touch bits don't extend very far and much normal vauxhall plastickness is evident. Annnd the wee lcd screen between the dials is mega naff and cheap. They've made a bit of effort on the dials themselves which makes this look more naff than it would normally

 

 

 

Collected my 11yr old daughter who thought it was the best car of ever. Mostly because yellow is her favourite colour so thanks enterprise for many dad points scored.

 

Overall not my sort of car but I was impressed - shows vauxhall can make a perfectly decent interesting small car. I also imagine residuals on these won't be anywhere near a fiat 500 so once daughter reaches 17 a 6yr old one should be fairly easy to procure...

 

Dropped off to enterprise before they opened, took lots of pictures to prove it wasn't on fire when I left it so hopefully I'll not be bummed for my deposit....

 

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[stuboy]

ordered a cheapo step/bumper protector as kids scratching getting in and out the back of the galaxy, cheap china one with not enough double sided tape.

[dollywobbler]

Today, the Starlet and S-MX will form a convoy to go on holiday. S-MX being delivered to its new owner on the way. I say we'll convoy, we argue more when driving in two separate cars (well, afterwards) than when navigating together in one, so I suspect we'll take two entirely separate routes and see who wins.

[Jim Bell]

10-4 rubber ducky, eastbound and down watch your back door son, looks like we got ourselves a shit cooooooonvoy.

 

*convoy theme tune plays*

[BorniteIdentity]

Chassis 001 Sierra Cossie is up for auction...selling at what might turn out to be the top of the market might not be such a bad idea..

 

it's not a bASe though, is it?

 

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-5688245/The-Ford-Sierra-Cosworth-RS500-chassis-001-going-sold-auction-May.html

 

 

On the one hand, these do appeal - but only the very early ones like this.  They've aged gracefully, and look beautiful when left as nature intended.

 

On the other hand, it's not a car any more.  It's not going to be driven, it's going to be locked away by a collector in a climate controlled, dehumidified wing of a country house and that's that.  We might be lucky enough to see it at the odd show, but it'll be transported there in an enclosed vehicle trailer and roped off on site with a 200m perimeter boundary.

 

I'm not bitter, I'd not spend the original price of £20k on one because I'm tight.  But it's a world away from being a car, really.

 

What will be interesting, from an investment point of view, is to see how it performs over the next 10 years compared with other options like property and gold etc.

[oldcars]

10-4 rubber ducky, eastbound and down watch your back door son, looks like we got ourselves a shit cooooooonvoy.

 

*convoy theme tune plays*

I just read that with an American accent 

[Jim Bell]

And now you are reading in the voice of Morgan Freeman.

 

I wish I could say that Dollywobblers convoy was of such a length to be impressive, but it was not. What I do know is that sometimes its not size that matters. Its whats inside.

[BorniteIdentity]

Its whats inside.

 

[They_all_do_that_sir]

Time for next hirecare shite

 

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[madrat]

Thank you Mr

dollywobbler

I got my hubnut sticker  

IMG_20180504_121412 by Ian Grice, on Flickr

[Matt]

Walked outside last night and found a lovely mix of colours running down the street from under the Swift. Awful timing as I just quit my job and my insurance needs renewed this weekend. Arse. Thankfully it only seems to be the sump gasket and my sister is away this weekend so I can use her Fiesta for now.

 

[They_all_do_that_sir]

Time for next hirecare shite

 

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Annnd here she is. 1.2 pez for added misery

 

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[egg]

Ford parts UK are doing free delivery this weekend on orders over £50, code below: https://www.fordpartsuk.com/

 

FPUKMAY

[alcyonecorporation]

24 mpg from chav lifestyle device last fill up. 

Old photograph. The temptation to handbrake turn in the Bicester hanger was strong, but I resisted. There was something like £3 million-worth of cars for sale in there. 

[SiC]

My wife's friend who was supposed to be buying my mother-in-law Corsa has had to pull out. Something to do with her building management company not giving permits or something. She was supposed to have it and then my mother-in-law has the Civic.

 

I know of another potential buyer who would have the Corsa, however I'm seriously think of taking this opportunity to fuck off the TT and have my Civic back. The TT is quick and drives alright but the Civic is a lot more stress-free.

 

Doesn't help that the wheel isn't straight after the suspension work. Took it for a tracking alignment (£110 FFS) at a garage I haven't really used before and the tracking still the same. So need to go back and whinge about that. I really hate having to go back and moan when garages don't do their job right. I really can't stand if the wheel isn't straight when driving straight.

[madrat]

FFS, guess who hit the wing mirror of motor home with caravan as I was pulling into site, twat had stopped in most stupid position, caught h with sat pole mount, put some scratches on the mirror, but hard to tell it was so banged up, let's see if he tries it on, got photos.

[twosmoke300]

So you drove into his camper ?

[madrat]

No just caught it as going round it.

[Broadsword]

For the past few days on my drive back from work I have been going past an old Land Rover Discovery which is always parked outside the same house (on the main road). Only difference is that for the past three days I have seen a man working on it. Tuesday evening, the guy is busy working on the front suspension. Wednesday evening, same again. Thursday evening, same again. Friday morning, still working on the front end, Friday afternoon STILL working on the front suspension. Seems to have a new axle now. Is this what classic Land Rover ownership really is like? Poor guy.

[SiC]

Is this what classic Land Rover British car brand ownership really is like? Poor guy.

FTFY

[madrat]

Lol, I have never hit anything with the caravans in 20 years

[Sloth in a bowl]

Just a small example of the French car being French

 

A couple of weeks ago the Megane had the yellow engine dash light come on, for no noticeable reason.

Today it has gone out, for no noticeable reason.

 

Maybe it has become aware that I am planning on giving it a service?

[egg]

Right, seems like I might be viewing this Saturday morning. Fingers crossed.

 

Seems to be confirmed, instead of going to Bulgaria to buy a Wartburg, I'm seeing a Bulgarian in the less salubrious part of Margate (yes, just think) about a Mazda.  No MOT or even drive it home tax, so won't be a collection, might get it Shiply'd home.

 

Phone camera pics in the dark too. Ace.

 

[anonymous user]

Just a small example of the French car being French

 

A couple of weeks ago the Megane had the yellow engine dash light come on, for no noticeable reason.

Today it has gone out, for no noticeable reason.

 

Maybe it has become aware that I am planning on giving it a service?

Or the bulb has gone

[Supernaut]

I was bored, so I went for a drive. Ended up being out for over an hour and watched the sun set.