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[Lacquer Peel]

PISS STEW

[Richard]

The Grandland advert makes more sense now I've realised it's a PSA brand, not a GM one.

 

There's signalling, but it's not necessarily virtue signalling. The message is that the old Vauxhall of fat kids and women who go out in their pyjamas is gone. Both the women have taken the time to get dressed, they live in a posh house in the country, they have Radio 3 as a preset on their car radio and they're not bickering all the time.

[3VOM]

Pretentious and pompus...

 

Ive won a private plate off ebay...

 

 

Chuffed to bits...

Just need to buy a P5 now.

[Jazoli]

Pretentious and pompus...

 

Ive won a private plate off ebay...

 

 

Chuffed to bits...

It makes no sense, hope it was cheap and you're not going to butcher the spacing, because kittens will die if you do and that's bad.

[skattrd]

Actually the Rover 75 has a speed limiter function - goes up in 5mph increments from 5 to 150 (!).  I need to try it some time - don't know if it actually limits the speed or just bongs at you if you go over the set limit.

 

I think the Merc has limiter as well, check the cruise control stalk... I never used the limiter but did use cruise control

[wuvvum]

I'll have to give that a try - I use the cruise all the time but not played with the limiter yet.

[Brodders]

If you find out how the limiter works could you let me know?

 

After two and a half years of ownership I still haven't been able to figure out how it actually works on mine.

[dieselassist]

Had some sort of industrial grade flu' chest infection this last week, so haven't been outdoors; n I forgot about my latest daily (audi avant b6 tdi) occasional refusal to start 'once every 3 weeks'...

 

...so while back to somewhat 'rude health' I decided to take a trip over town in the 'two months since acquired B6 Audi avant tdi as the fridge was looking bare n the two cats were turning feral, having eaten all going...

 

,,,refused to start after a huge cranking session, n flattened battery -Great!!

 

...I summoned my brother, n we shuffled cars about to make room for the audi - uninterntionally creating a sort of ' dodgy used car lot'/ shooting gallery of shit'heaps '...facing nose down, arse up, on the sloping avenue...I reckoned it was maybe a lift pump issue, but he employed his 'blank look/ economy of speech' response as I announced we'd have to push the heavey CHAVANT onto the avenue ...

 

we did that, n he went into the house to make tea with the remaining thimbleful of milk in the fridge...

 

It did later start after a 20min cranking session hooked up to my 'hasn't sold yet' Disco 300tdi...

 

...Ive since arranged to buy a lift pump sunday afternoon from a Polish lad in Waterford......hope that cures it!!

 

heres a pic of the chAVANT

[fordperv]

You wouldn’t be the sort of person to space it like that, though. Would you?

The spacing doesnt seem that bad to me

[cros]

The Grandland advert makes more sense now I've realised it's a PSA brand, not a GM one.

 

There's signalling, but it's not necessarily virtue signalling. The message is that the old Vauxhall of fat kids and women who go out in their pyjamas is gone. Both the women have taken the time to get dressed, they live in a posh house in the country, they have Radio 3 as a preset on their car radio and they're not bickering all the time.

They missed a trick though, if the passenger had actually calved on the journey they could have shown the Vauxhall's famously versatile seats allowing a comfortable delivery, and the wipe clean 'leather' coming up like new afterwards.

[Noel Tidybeard]

I think it's showing off the speed limiter function that a lot of other cars have these days. Maybe they should have stuck some '30' limit signs on the film shoot road, I think the idea is that she's sticking to a 30 limit. Not that any of this matters.

 

its just a shame the test track the filmed it on looks like its NSL

[Noel Tidybeard]

My cars have a speed limiter too, in the form of my right foot.

 

I have to attend a funeral in Aberdeenshire next week. Have to decide whether to take the Acclaim, which is rapidly running out of miles on it's insurance policy or the Dolly which is just generally a bit shit.

 

 

ahh was that the week the speedo mysteriously stopped working for about 2476 miles?

[cros]

BBC News item-

 

":00 18 Oct

Shoelace held handbrake in place in seized vehicle

A people carrier has been seized by police after officers found the handbrake was being held together by a shoelace.

 

South Yorkshire PoliceCopyright: South Yorkshire Police

The Bulgarian-registered Mercedes was found at about midday at Parkgate, Rotherham.

 

South Yorkshire Police said the vehicle had "seen better days" and the driver had been reported"

 

This is one of those frustrating reports that lacks enough detail to make sense. Was the shoelace inadequate for whatever task it was expected to perform? It looks like the pedal is a parking brake and if so the vehicle probably doesn't even have a handbrake.

[Guest Hooli]

BBC News item-

 

":00 18 Oct

Shoelace held handbrake in place in seized vehicle

A people carrier has been seized by police after officers found the handbrake was being held together by a shoelace.

 

South Yorkshire PoliceCopyright: South Yorkshire Police

The Bulgarian-registered Mercedes was found at about midday at Parkgate, Rotherham.

 

South Yorkshire Police said the vehicle had "seen better days" and the driver had been reported"

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This is one of those frustrating reports that lacks enough detail to make sense. Was the shoelace inadequate for whatever task it was expected to perform? It looks like the pedal is a parking brake and if so the vehicle probably doesn't even have a handbrake.

 

 

Ahh Rotherham and it's cultural enrichment showing on the roads again.

 

TBH I think you're right, it looks like a parking brake pedal with a broken return spring to me too. No idea what car though.

[wuvvum]

Maybe more to it than that?  From what little I can see on the pics it appears to be RHD, so maybe someone bought a shagged Vito and stuck it on Bulgarian plates to avoid having to take it for an MOT and be LOLd at by the tester.  In which case it probably had no sills left either.

[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

Looks like the retaining spring has snapped - gone awol - so it's tied up to stop it triggering the auto handbrake mech that is probably electric! A bodge. Only thing is - if that was caught/snapped accidentally whilst in motion - cue handbrake lockup and all kinds of mayhem I suspect...... 

[cros]

It takes shiters to make sense of it. I suspect lots of news items get a bit mangled like this.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Off to the States tomorrow morning.  We're hiring a car to drive from New York (after a few days in New York) to Washington DC via Philadelphia and Annapolis.

 

Expecting Korean mid-size saloon chod.  Will report back.

[xtriple]

The connectors in the car for the gauges were awful! Really discoloured and oxidised. I cleaned them with a fibreglass scratch pen (for watches really) and contact cleaner. Brought them up a treat I now seem to have a fuel gauge that reads higher, a voltmeter that climbs out of 'discharge' a temperature gauge that was well on its way to the 'N' mark. The oil pressure gauge now reads higher as well, but not what I wanted! Still goes straight to the top as soon as the ignition is turned on, it used to go about 80% of the way to the top, now hard up against the stop.

I did also put in a secondary 'earth' lead because it seemed like a good idea as these damn things have so many earthing problems.

 

So, partial success but I think the oil pressure gauge itself is fubar, let it warm up quite a way, heater works well as do all the fans etc also got to use the fabric glue I bought for the headliner, one of the trim pieces that go round the clocks had come away so glued it all back also used it to stick the screw to the screwdriver so I could get the last screw right into the corner of the dash, properly recessed by about an inch and nothing else would do the job.

[They_all_do_that_sir]

I think we are all agreed, SIC especially, that oil gauges are a terrible idea

 

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[dozeydustman]

Well, the Saab is back to moments of electrical weirdness. TBH I think this car is too bad to sell or roffle even on Autoshite.

[Liggle]

Spotted in a coffee shop in Leicester today, this is one of the paintings they had on the wall!

[davehedgehog31]

My breaker bar met its end trying to undo a Suzuki Alto hub nut.

 

We undone many a fastener together, he heard many a curse word.

 

Goodnight sweet Prince.

 

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[holbeck]

405 just shat it's coolant.

 

Fucksticks.

 

On the brightside, it's happened right outside our house.

[Cavcraft]

Daughter's 131,000 mile Corsa has just flown through the MOT with no advisories.

[davehedgehog31]

405 just shat it's coolant.

 

Fucksticks.

 

On the brightside, it's happened right outside our house.

I maintain they are considerate bastards, mine has only ever failed to start the one day I had jump leads in the boot.

 

I'd left the interior light on.

 

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[Lacquer Peel]

405 just shat it's coolant.

 

Fucksticks.

 

On the brightside, it's happened right outside our house.

At least it's early enough to be fitted with proper hose clips, fingers crossed that's all it is.

[clayts450]

Well, the Saab is back to moments of electrical weirdness. TBH I think this car is too bad to sell or roffle even on Autoshite.

 

[adenoidal voice]I think you'll find we'll be the judge of what is roffle-worthy[/adenoids]

 

Two randoms please

[Vantman]

Incoming shite,sometime this weekend--

 

[egg]

top work, I look forward to meeting that hopefully!