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[drum]

Yeah, lol. I was a Kirrie Angling Club member for many years. Spent many happy hours with the motor parked up just along the road in your pic, traipsing down the hill and fishing the Prosen. Had some good salmon out of it over the years!

Did you live locally? I'm in th syndicate that have the opposite bank. Rarely have time for a cast these days though.

[Guest Hooli]

I've just asked someone about a car with a gearbox problem....

 

This is the reply.

 

 

please translate, eh?

 

[Christine]

I've just asked someone about a car with a gearbox problem....

 

This is the reply.

 

 

please translate, eh?

just buy it

[mrbenn]

What a motley bunch.

 

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I'm normally considerate and park two on the road to free up spaces, but not today.

 

What a fleet. I'll take the Cavalier, please.

[Springer]

Did you live locally? I'm in th syndicate that have the opposite bank. Rarely have time for a cast these days though.

 

No, Aberdeen. I'm thinking about re-joining this year as I do miss it. Still fish the Southie though and am a member at Brechin. 

 

Best ever fish from the Prosen was a 16lb 2oz bar of silver in the middle of October.  It was a beat. That was in 2007.

[dean36014]

The senior moments are getting worse. I wanted to get the brake doseur valve fitted in the Xm which is stored in a friends garage. Thought I'd take the spare battery with me just incase it wouldn't start. I definitely remember putting the multimeter on it to check the voltage on it and the battery plastic caps are on the utility room counter where it was stored. But, its gone, vanished in a poof of smoke. I've searched everywhere for it and it's not exactly bloody small. Obviously the usual place i find lost things, the fridge, is not the guilty culprit this time. I'm completely confuddled by this, how the hell can I misplace a pigging car battery, it's not like I live in a massive house either. Going to check the security cameras later on for clues.  

[Christine]

An Irish knocker just pulled up in a new van and tried to sell me a "silent generator "  again...which was probably a just a box of  old bricks anyway ...and if it was a generator , it wouldn't go , so obviously it would be silent  wouldn't it ?  Fuck off ..

[Guest Hooli]

The senior moments are getting worse. I wanted to get the brake doseur valve fitted in the Xm which is stored in a friends garage. Thought I'd take the spare battery with me just incase it wouldn't start. I definitely remember putting the multimeter on it to check the voltage on it and the battery plastic caps are on the utility room counter where it was stored. But, its gone, vanished in a poof of smoke. I've searched everywhere for it and it's not exactly bloody small. Obviously the usual place i find lost things, the fridge, is not the guilty culprit this time. I'm completely confuddled by this, how the hell can I misplace a pigging car battery, it's not like I live in a massive house either. Going to check the security cameras later on for clues.  

 

I can't wait to find out where you lost a car battery, they aren't the easiest thing to misplace.

[richardmorris]

An Irish knocker just pulled up in a new van and tried to sell me a "silent generator "  again...which was probably a just a box of  old bricks anyway ...and if it was a generator , it wouldn't go , so obviously it would be silent  wouldn't it ?  Fuck off ..

I haven’t heard that term before - is it doorstep sellers?

[Lacquer Peel]

My friend crashed his Hilux last night, I helped him put it back together*.

 

 

 

 

 

It's FUCKED.

 

 

Bumper donor on the right, bonnet and wing donor on the far right.

 

 

This meets Toyota quality control.

 

The whole front end is twisted and is majorly held together with cable ties but it looks okay* now. The cab steel is so flimsy it is beyond pulling out or repairing, I think it needs a new cab.

 

Luckily with a separate chassis it still drives as it should.

[Redfred]

Down the back of the sofa? In the cupboard beside the tea bags? Washing machine? In the oven?

 

The senior moments are getting worse. I wanted to get the brake doseur valve fitted in the Xm which is stored in a friends garage. Thought I'd take the spare battery with me just incase it wouldn't start. I definitely remember putting the multimeter on it to check the voltage on it and the battery plastic caps are on the utility room counter where it was stored. But, its gone, vanished in a poof of smoke. I've searched everywhere for it and it's not exactly bloody small. Obviously the usual place i find lost things, the fridge, is not the guilty culprit this time. I'm completely confuddled by this, how the hell can I misplace a pigging car battery, it's not like I live in a massive house either. Going to check the security cameras later on for clues.

 

[anonymous user]

I haven’t heard that term before - is it doorstep sellers?

Sellers and buyers, "Ow much for that old car, oi'l tek it off your 'ands"

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Today, I rescued a poor little Audi 80 from the frozen wastes of Hampshire .

Didn't need to put any derv in it, so no pez station shot.

Here it is in temperate Bucks. With some other German whips.

[Dippy]

The senior moments are getting worse. I wanted to get the brake doseur valve fitted in the Xm which is stored in a friends garage. Thought I'd take the spare battery with me just incase it wouldn't start. I definitely remember putting the multimeter on it to check the voltage on it and the battery plastic caps are on the utility room counter where it was stored. But, its gone, vanished in a poof of smoke. I've searched everywhere for it and it's not exactly bloody small. Obviously the usual place i find lost things, the fridge, is not the guilty culprit this time. I'm completely confuddled by this, how the hell can I misplace a pigging car battery, it's not like I live in a massive house either. Going to check the security cameras later on for clues.

 

Haha I did just the same thing a couple of months ago took weeks to find it and i had put it on a car, wellwhere else would you put it

[RobT]

What a fleet. I'll take the Cavalier, please.

Given the choice, same here. I like all three, but the Cavalier is the best all rounder. I should chuck some money at it really, as it's feeling a bit tired. Keeps chugging away though.

[dozeydustman]

Some spots in Chichester within the last 24 hours. The beige Mitsbishi L300 camper brings much grins to me. The first van I drove at the age of 16 when I worked at Brands Hatch was one of these, but an earlier round headlamp model with the 4 speed column shift box.

 

Other photo made me smile as it was nice line-up of chod (ditch the escort to make it a better line up)

 

 

[Lacquer Peel]

Snow looks to be hopefully buggering off this week, so can get some supply runs done for ourselves and the old man.

 

Also enjoying the utter trainwreck which is Fallout 76 and Bethesda right now.

It's quite a new game and the price is already tumbling, CeX is swimming in used copies. How bad is it?

[Dan_ZTT]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-47076427

 

Is this anyone on here? I only ask because it's rare for a BBC news article to include a photo of a man Woollarding a Sierra...

[Lacquer Peel]

It's Borniteidentity, his thread is just below this one.

[SiC]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-47076427

 

Is this anyone on here? I only ask because it's rare for a BBC news article to include a photo of a man Woollarding a Sierra...

Yes. Here: http://autoshite.com/topic/25326-an-autoshite-miracle-bornite-buys-more-base-30012019/page-45?do=findComment&comment=1735468

[adw1977]

I love the way not only the Mini but also the holy grail Sierra managed to get on the BBC website.

[fordperv]

Its brilliant that the buttery biscuit bASe got an appearance

[somewhatfoolish]

Thoughts and prayers for me please

 

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Your neighbour's wheely bin has a power bulge; does it have more 'go' than yours?

[SRi05]

A mini milestone for the jag this morning, I think I might be the one to see it through to the big 100k. Love this beast the more I drive it. I'm usually thinking of moving a car on after 3 months but I still love getting into it. Wish I could get that bulb light off though

[Broadsword]

That’s the old Jag magic right there. For the bulb out warning light, try fiddling with the rear light bulb holders and see what happens. You should try driving a “cheap” X300 say about a £1000’s worth just to see the difference between a good one like yours and one that is starting to rot seriously and feel tired. Then you will be better informed at the point where you feel the urge to shift on, whether you really want to get rid yet.

 

EDIT: The dash photo illustrates what is in my opinion the classic set of positions for the four auxiliary dials in the binnacle. Volts, oil pressure and temperature all roughly pointing in the middle as they should be. Fuel low as usual.

[SRi05]

That’s the old Jag magic right there. For the bulb out warning light, try fiddling with the rear light bulb holders and see what happens. You should try driving a “cheap” X300 say about a £1000’s worth just to see the difference between a good one like yours and one that is starting to rot seriously and feel tired. Then you will be better informed at the point where you feel the urge to shift on, whether you really want to get rid yet.

What I like about it is how it feels like a modern car, even at 24 years old. It's genuinely a nicer drive than most newer stuff I've had. It's refined, comfortable, safe and shifts when you plant the foot down, more than enough for me anyway. It must have felt amazing driving this in 1995 I can't think of anything I'd want to replace it with at the moment, would have to be something similar, big and wafty. 

[Redfred]

Come on, have you found it yet??!?

 

The senior moments are getting worse. I wanted to get the brake doseur valve fitted in the Xm which is stored in a friends garage. Thought I'd take the spare battery with me just incase it wouldn't start. I definitely remember putting the multimeter on it to check the voltage on it and the battery plastic caps are on the utility room counter where it was stored. But, its gone, vanished in a poof of smoke. I've searched everywhere for it and it's not exactly bloody small. Obviously the usual place i find lost things, the fridge, is not the guilty culprit this time. I'm completely confuddled by this, how the hell can I misplace a pigging car battery, it's not like I live in a massive house either. Going to check the security cameras later on for clues.

 

[Guest Hooli]

A mini milestone for the jag this morning, I think I might be the one to see it through to the big 100k. Love this beast the more I drive it. I'm usually thinking of moving a car on after 3 months but I still love getting into it. Wish I could get that bulb light off though

 

Check the front frog lights. I had a late XJ40 (same as a early X300 except for panels) and the front fogs melt the connectors which triggers that warning.

[tooSavvy]

EDIT: The dash photo illustrates what is in my opinion the classic set of positions for the four auxiliary dials in the binnacle. Volts, oil pressure and temperature all roughly pointing in the middle as they should be. Fuel low as usual.

IIRC drivers of 'hot' motors... Racers/Rally guys sometimes have the needles (in Happy position) form a line across the dash ??

[dean36014]

Come on, have you found it yet??!?

 

 

No it's still missing. My CCTV shows be checking the battery voltage, but the front and back door cameras show I never left the house with it. This is the latest in a long line of things that my mischievous ghost has liberated. Normally they turn up a few weeks later in plain view, for instance in the middle of the lounge floor or propped up against the kettle. I'm quite excited to see where it's going to reappear, although slightly worried that this is the biggest thing yet to vanish!