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[wuvvum]

In 1999, in a moment of complete stupidity, I purchased a Daewoo Matiz. I've just been offered it back for £100. I am so very tempted, though space is at something of a premium at the moment.

Aye, not a lot of space in the arse end of Wales.

[Guest Hooli]

FTFY

 

Guilty as charged but I do have the radio on as I post.

 

My standard response to that question is "masturbate".  It kills the conversation stone dead, but then those types of conversations are generally better off dead anyway.

 

I thought you sounded familiar

 

 

 

What does all your furniture point at then?

 

My radiogram.

[dollywobbler]

Aye, not a lot of space in the arse end of Wales.

 

Most of the space is currently on fire! Driveway space is in short supply, even with the parts Invacar gone. Reliant Fox arrives this afternoon. I'm not sure where it'll go!

[dollywobbler]

Still quite on fire then.

[mrbenn]

In 1999, in a moment of complete stupidity, I purchased a Daewoo Matiz. I've just been offered it back for £100. I am so very tempted, though space is at something of a premium at the moment.

As a previous owner of a Matiz I don’t see any other reasonable course of action other than to have it back. I thought mine was a hoot!

[dollywobbler]

As a previous owner of a Matiz I don’t see any other reasonable course of action other than to have it back. I thought mine was a hoot!

 

Plans are afoot. It is apparently losing coolant for reasons unknown. But easily guessed...

[mrbenn]

They had a common fault with water leaking from the inlet manifold area didn’t they?

[New POD]

Still quite on fire then.

I understand saddleworth moor is on fire too.

[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

Knowing the lady part like I do he's probably attempting a willy waving manoeuvre.

 

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You could point out if he weren't such a wanker he'd be able to see quite clearly with a 'normal' set......

 

That being said, I've used a projector as sole viewing for the last 15+yrs. Does prove popular for kids movies and the odd sport event.....

[davehedgehog31]

Development - Collection capers will ensue around 6pm on Friday evening, a new addition is afoot. This caper shall be documented and preserved for future generations in a separate thread.

 

First class was had on the train for £8 more and I got a hotel nearby using some airmiles I've had for ages! It should be a very civilized occasion.

 

This car will be both a chod and my daily transport, I will be maintaining two chod, hoping that one is always in drivable condition. 

[chodweaver]

lady part

 

I'm so thick. It took me many, many re-reads of this post and its antecedents before I understood what was meant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PS: Do I get a stealth point for this now, too?

[andy18s]

Still quite on fire then.

Where is this Ian?

Any risk to DW Towers?

[dollywobbler]

Where is this Ian?

Any risk to DW Towers?

 

A few miles down the road. Don't believe we're in danger at the moment, but naturally keeping an eye on it. Wind is quite breezy today, but thankfully blowing away from here. Mostly just open farmland/forestry, so no real harm being done. Not like Saddleworth Moor...

[wrenchvolt]

Deciding to put another MOT on my mk1 Clio at the end of the month. Bought primarily for use as a mobile skip but have grown to become very fond of the little thing. When I walk up to it I know it is going to start and it won't fook me out of my hard earned cash at the forecourt. Everyone else sees it as a dirty old banger but it treats me right. Time I stopped lavishing time and money on the Mazda and give the Clio some of what it has earned.

 

3 possessions I have that provide me service and give me no grief. My Cassio F-91W, My Hi-tec Silver Shadow's and my trusty Renault Clio.

[richardmorris]

Still quite on fire then.

 

Didn't know the Stalybridge fire had spread that far!

[mercedade]

The Stalybridge fire is having an interesting effect in the centre of Manchester - there's the faint whiff of bonfire everywhere and a haze that makes everything a little blurry.

 

I imagine those who are wistful for the days of the Empire and our Glorious Past are jizzing themselves silly right now as Manchester once again looks like the epicenter of smoke-belching industry.

[DodgeRover]

Once **** is completed the shipyards of Manchester will be rebuilt on the ashes of tech based industry. Ironclads will flow down the ship canal, powered by the finest Welsh steam coal, first to retake London then protect our fishing rights and shores.

In time the glorious blackness of industry will once again be witnessed on the walls of every building as we shrug off the shackles of restriction and regain our glorious position as leaders of the Free* World.

 

* Free in this instance means under British control obviously, but still free.

 

Disclaimer other views are available, your mileage may vary. This post is a joke, I'm not suggesting civil war.

[Guest Hooli]

 civil war.

 

What's so civil about war anyway?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYoIgKxOK4A

[iainrcz]

I thought coont maybe a touch strong.

I'm so thick. It took me many, many re-reads of this post and its antecedents before I understood what was meant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PS: Do I get a stealth point for this now, too?

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[Ghosty]

I understand saddleworth moor is on fire too.

 

LOCAL CORRESPONDENCE

 

It is/was yes. Few homes a mile or two away from me were evacuated.

[Guest Hooli]

Is it under control yet Ghosty or is the Rover in danger?

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Deciding to put another MOT on my mk1 Clio at the end of the month. Bought primarily for use as a mobile skip but have grown to become very fond of the little thing. When I walk up to it I know it is going to start and it won't fook me out of my hard earned cash at the forecourt. Everyone else sees it as a dirty old banger but it treats me right. Time I stopped lavishing time and money on the Mazda and give the Clio some of what it has earned.

 

3 possessions I have that provide me service and give me no grief. My Cassio F-91W, My Hi-tec Silver Shadow's and my trusty Renault Clio.

 

 

That Clio needs to be preserved.  It is too marvellous a thing to ever get rid of.  It's the ne plus ultra of French chod.

[twosmoke300]

Plans are afoot. It is apparently losing coolant for reasons unknown. But easily guessed...

Common prob on those is the inlet manifold gasket leaking on the o/s where it meets the head. Usually the end of the plastic manifold where the coolant flows has broken up so its a new manifold job.

 

Luckily the good folks at Blueprint make a repair plate for not much money

[Bren]

 

New coolant temp sensor for the A6. Tried getting a price from the stealers but you have more chance of contacting the dead - must be all the warranty work. Part is a febi item so should be ok. I will attempt to fit it shortly.

[Supernaut]

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New coolant temp sensor for the A6. Tried getting a price from the stealers but you have more chance of contacting the dead - must be all the warranty work. Part is a febi item so should be ok. I will attempt to fit it shortly.

I did the coolant temp sensor on an A4 1.8T I had a couple of years back. Piece of piss. It's right on top of the engine at the back.

 

No idea where it is on the other engines though!

[Bren]

 

Sensor lives in a pipe that runs along the front of the engine. Just need to see now how much coolant I have lost.

[Ghosty]

Seems to be OK, the smoke has all gone off towards the city. Cars a bit dusty mind, I'll have to wash it before it goes into the body shop on Monday.

Is it under control yet Ghosty or is the Rover in danger?

[Supernaut]

The first section of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route is now open today.

 

Do I be a sad bastard and go for a drive along it later this evening? Hmm.

[busmansholiday]

If the hills of Wales are on fire and DW is getting a Matiz that leaks water, cannot he use that to put the fire out ?

[Guest Hooli]

The first section of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route is now open today.

 

Do I be a sad bastard and go for a drive along it later this evening? Hmm.

Is that posh for 'ring road'?