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[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

Went to see an old friend today..

 

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Its time will soon come:)

Please please sell me this!!!!!!!! #OMGWANTZZOBADGUNNAHAVKITTNSSTALKYEWTILYEWGIVIN  etc.... If ever up for sale - I'd be seriously interested. Can't find a decent E30 wagon over here for love nor money - even decent amounts of it!

 

 

Me and 17-Coffees have used that place a couple of times. It's absolutely brilliant! Lovely people who run it too, they provide you with copious amounts of tea, biscuits and chat. The stock of tools is huge, and it's just really nice to work in a sheltered, heated space with a proper lift for a change. The folk who run it even wander around asking how you're doing, ask if you need a hand etc. A few times we had the guy who runs it (forgot his name) giving us tips and pointers, and even getting stuck in helping us.

 

If Captain_70s does go there, I'd be willing to get myself there to lend a hand / pass the wrong spanners.

They look great and are usually really really helpful - but beyond their control is the insurance aspect - so even if you hire for a couple (or more) days - the car MUST be outside overnight. A bit of a bind of doing some serious work on a chodder

 

sorry to hear of the implosion Capt…..

[cms206]

Max that 850 looks okay to me; I've had four, one each in 2.0, 2.3 T5, 2.5 and 2.4TDi flavours.

 

Front wings rot, front inner wings behind the header tank rot, the base of the A-pillars can go and they apparantly can and do crack B-pillars - I've had the first three but not the last on mine. I have never had one with sill issues yet and spares availability, apart from front wings, is good.

 

Cambelts on petrols are a piece of piss, diesel ones are a bastard nightmare. All engines are interference. My 2.5 was a 10v but it was properly gutsy and pulled well, 20v should go very well indeed.

 

Auto 850s IMHO are the pick of the bunch; should be silky smooth and generally are; my current TDi needs a flush out just now but I can't be arsed and it's about 70-odd quid for 25L of the right stuff from the local factors. Any driveline shunt will be an engine mount; they all eat engine mounts but from memory they're not bad to change. My 2.5 auto did about 27 round the doors, 34ish on a run.

 

They feel like a Volvo but they also feel much more modern than a 700/900 and they're properly good fun to throw about. That one in the ad is a higher spec than my late GLT TDi and has one of the less offensive interior colours.

 

Also looking at the test history the cheese cog has gone - mileage has been the same since November '17 at the very least. I reckon it's probably on about 108k or thereabouts.

 

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[RobT]

Idiocy knows no bounds so I'm off to have a look at it.

 

 

Carry on Ghosty, it's what we do, and good luck with it.  Plenty else to choose from whilst you're down here, should it turn out to be rubbish.

[320touring]

Please please sell me this!!!!!!!! #OMGWANTZZOBADGUNNAHAVKITTNSSTALKYEWTILYEWGIVIN etc.... If ever up for sale - I'd be seriously interested. Can't find a decent E30 wagon over here for love nor money - even decent amounts of it!

 

Not Gunna happen sorry!

 

Had this car longer than the Burd ( I got it in 2005) and the Burd understands that should it come down to 'keep the house by losing the 320i' we would be homeless.

 

Info on the 10 year anniversary is here

 

https://fuguttycars.wordpress.com/2015/02/14/30-shades-of-alpine-white-ii/

[DodgeRover]

Gav at Petrolblog bemoans the loss of proper base models. A sentiment that will obviously go down well here!

 

https://petrolblog.com/2018/12/proper-base-models/

 

imagine a Focus popular!

 

I actually think that looks quite smart!

[Ghosty]

I'm in a services on the M1. No live collection as O2 has shat itself nationally apparently.

[egg]

RobT and me have been discussing trying to fix my Mondy GLX...BUT

 

scrap value of my GLX is currently £162.

 

Plus I could take the trims off it, get the radio out, and a few other odds and sods (new overflow pipe, ashtray, clear light reflectors, heater resistor).

 

Right now I'm tempted.

 

couple hundred for xmas and garage space to SORN the Base for Jan/Feb (another almost £50 in VED saved) is tempting me....

 

LAST CALL M8s.

[RobT]

^^You forgot to say, despite my enthusiasm I'm not much use beyond Haynes manual three spanner jobs.

 

I can help you strip it though.  I'm good at that sort of thing.

[rantingYoof]

Re. Volvo 850s: The 2.5 20v is the pick of the naturally aspirated bunch I reckon. The 2.0 20v I tested (before opting for a 480, naturally) was very lively so the extra 20hp or so the 2.5 has can only make it better.

 

If it turns out to be crap then I'd suggest looking for the ever so rare 960 2.5 with six silky cylinders instead.

[Guest Hooli]

The TDi is the nicest lump in a 850, torquey & cheap to run. I rate then as second fastest cross country too, only beaten by spending three times as much on fuel in a T5 to not go much faster.

[Tamworthbay]

The TDi is the nicest lump in a 850, torquey & cheap to run. I rate then as second fastest cross country too, only beaten by spending three times as much on fuel in a T5 to not go much faster.

I have been surprised, and surprised a lot of other people, by how fast the 2.5 tdi can shift. Due to weight it’s never going to be great off the line but from 40 to 80mph it is a complete weapon. Much fun has been had slaughtering reps as you come out of the 50mph zones on the M6.

[Floatylight]

Monumental Mileage Moment

 

(Mrs FL's Citroen C3)

After 10 years ownership..

 

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[Guest Hooli]

Average mileage then.

[Floatylight]

Monumental Mileage Moment

 

(Mrs FL's Citroen C3)

After 10 years ownership..

 

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Update, rewarded this momentous occasion by the back box falling off...

 

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[xtriple]

I was so bored last night (well, 2:00 a.m. today to be accurate) that I lay on the sofa and worked out how accurate my watches were/are. The worst mechanical watch I own is 99.983% accurate!  All worked out in my sweet, fuzzy little bonce so possibly complete bollocks!

 

Been swanning around in the XJ-S again, I really do like that bloody car, just sooooooooo low! Chester likes the fact it is as it suits his short legs but I hate rolling out onto the road to get out, especially when the road is Goddamn wet! Also had to go and buy a new rubber bung thing for the end of my walking stick. Had a graceless fall in the Co-op and noticed it was down to the old bung being worn out. I did look a plank sprawled out in the chilled aisle  but I didn't object when helpful ladies rushed to my aid. The (one) benefit of being a cripple

[Ghosty]

Despite a recent cambelt it was burning oil and looked to have been used as a builder's van.

 

FOR FUCK'S SAKE

[bramz7]

Despite a recent cambelt it was burning oil and looked to have been used as a builder's van.

 

FOR FUCK'S SAKE

Do you want me to view this for you? It's apparently not that far away...01420 is Alton.

 

I just found a great car on Auto Trader.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201812063045401?atmobcid=soc3

[RobT]

Conrad has a point Ghosty...

 

http://autoshite.com/topic/33804-collection-fail/page-3?do=findComment&comment=1679895

[Shep Shepherd]

That green T-5 looks much more like it!

[Ghosty]

Do you want me to view this for you? It's apparently not that far away...01420 is Alton.

 

I just found a great car on Auto Trader.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201812063045401?atmobcid=soc3

Where has this been on my searches?!

 

I'd really appreciate if you could view it as that looks very nice. Cambelt history and turbo condition would be the big ones.

Insurance is even decent ffs, only £35 more than a 2.5 20v.

[bramz7]

Sure, if you can check with them if they are free tomorrow afternoon or Saturday morning or so, I'd be happy to look at it for you. It's literally about 20 mins from my house...

[SRi05]

That Volvo looks bloody excellent

[BorniteIdentity]

Where has this been on my searches?!

 

Cambelt history and turbo condition would be the big ones.

Bullshit.

 

It’s got the best wheels and a little gauge to tell you how hard the turbo’s blowing.

 

All bases covered really mate.

 

Break a leg.

[Ghosty]

Sure, if you can check with them if they are free tomorrow afternoon or Saturday morning or so, I'd be happy to look at it for you. It's literally about 20 mins from my house...

I rang, no answer. I'll try again later.

[Cavcraft]

weighed in??

 

Yeah, got a couple of bits off first.

[Parky]

Day 4 of job.

 

People - all lovely. Even the moody girl has been nice since discovering I actually know my shit.

 

Sat two four hour long exams today with an 85% and 90% grade. Both passed so two new certificates for the file.

 

Best bit - two support staff girls are apparently fighting over which one gets to work with me. Haven’t had women fighting over me since I nabbed a Teletubbie toy at Christmas 2007 and two women outside tried to buy it off me for increasing cash amounts!

 

Tomorrow is Christmas jumper day (dont have one!) and best of all an early finish - 6pm most days, 5pm fridays. Have always had a five finish, amazing how long that extra hour takes

[SiC]

I have a Christmas t-shirt. Bought from peacocks about 3 years ago. Every Christmas staff photo I've got the same one on... Better for the environment you see.

[DodgeRover]

RobT and me have been discussing trying to fix my Mondy GLX...BUT

 

scrap value of my GLX is currently £162.

 

Plus I could take the trims off it, get the radio out, and a few other odds and sods (new overflow pipe, ashtray, clear light reflectors, heater resistor).

 

Right now I'm tempted.

 

couple hundred for xmas and garage space to SORN the Base for Jan/Feb (another almost £50 in VED saved) is tempting me....

 

LAST CALL M8s.

 

2.0 Zetec?

[Squire_Dawson]

Couldn't stop laughing when I heard this. Obviously a piss take of the Beach Boys, Jan and Dean and others.

 

[Lord Sterling]

Couldn't stop laughing when I heard this. Obviously a piss take of the Beach Boys, Jan and Dean and others.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKIilkrZqu0

SD - Thank you for finding this, it will be joining my forever music list now....

 

Technically, even though the MG I'm driving around in now isn't a '10' it does 'fit' the criteria as I brun up the inside lane in my mighty Morris (Garages) ZS TD.