The new news 24 thread

[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!

[egg]

Biggest ever posters on this news thread...

 

[SiC]

Around a tenth of my posts on here. Blimey.

[Six-cylinder]

I made a concious decision not to fill 24 hour news full of my personal drivel and started my Motoring Notes so if you want to avoid me you can.

[Six-cylinder]

Have a 24 hour news post!

 

I have be to Milton Keynes Classic car meeting today.

 

Cold and bright. Three turned up roof down!

 

Me, the 156 was warm and snug.

[fordperv]

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!

You have one of these as well mine's a right cunt, my most recent is a presumed lost lump hammer, it had been missing for a few weeks then turned up resting on its head with the handle upright in the middle of a tidy work bench where i had been working the previous day to finding it, so it wouldn't have been missed

[holbeck]

#fogs

[Six-cylinder]

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#fogs

 

They need to be more yellow for a Frenchy

[Eddie Honda]

It needs to be foggy first though.

[Skizzer]

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...

Oi, that Sierra woollarding shot should be my picture credit!

[wuvvum]

The article's been updated with the "it's home" picture.

 

Edit:  Oh fuck, there's a picture of my arse on there as well.

[Redfred]

I’m going to be watching this thread with intrigue, can’t wait to see where it turns up!

 

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!

[Six-cylinder]

I think I know the answer!

[anonymous user]

What the hell would the borrowers want with a car battery? My best guess is that you have put something on top of it like the laundry basket.

 

My father's advice when trying to find something lost by my uncle was "think like an idiot"

[holbeck]

They need to be more yellow for a Frenchy

I dunno, they're as yellow as the finger's of a Gitane smoker.

 

BTW I reckon Mrs 6C will be along any minute to identify the disused railway bridge I was parked on.

[trigger]

Car stuff has been on the back burner lately due to REAL LIFE issues, still waiting on a moving date which is taking for ever too but that's another story, meanwhile for various reasons I needed to move my Van from home and my Marina from the in laws garage until I move so dad managed to find a empty barn that I can use rent free for a few months.

 

Yesterday I took my van down to the barn which is about 20 miles away, it was good to be actually behind the wheel of something old for a change, even if it is loaded up with about half a ton of garage crap! After dropping the van off I went and got the Marina out of storage too, I forgot how well that drives, again that was loaded up with garage tat, mudflaps scraping on the roundabouts! Hopefully in about a month or so I'll be able to take them to the new house and get them emptied.

 

 

 

I've been thinking of selling the van for a while as I don't really have any use for it and sooner have a car, I've had someone who's seen it offer me a fair price for it which I'm tempted by but Practical Classics magazine also want to feature it so I might hang on to it for a little longer.