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[Crispian_J_Hotson]

Be mindful that the sill is an integral part of the cars structure. Not only is it in close proximity to critical mounting points and other body structures it will also provide a certain amount of energy absorption in the event of an impact.

 

The 'spread' of the corrosion appears to be large enough that it has been giving some warning for some time of the damage hiding within. There are various economic ways to repair this. A good repairer would fix this to a nice standard with ease and it wouldn't cost the Earth.

[Fumbler]

MPG stats from Range rover:

 

 

12.5 Miles per gallon!

[richardmorris]

I never took the sill covers off my last CX. Living in Denial was great. Especially when it was bendy in the middle on a four post lift.

[puddlethumper]

Is that the 850? Surely rot!

FTFY

[wuvvum]

I never took the sill covers off my last CX. Living in Denial was great. Especially when it was bendy in the middle on a four post lift.

I did take the sill covers off my last CX.  Then wished I hadn't.  Some* welding ensued.

[wuvvum]

Saw one of those funky new hybrid London taxis earlier.  Bit of an odd thing to see in the arse end of Norfolk - there aren't even that many of them in London yet.

[Kiltox]

Saw one of those funky new hybrid London taxis earlier.  Bit of an odd thing to see in the arse end of Norfolk - there aren't even that many of them in London yet.

Aren’t they fully electric? Or are there hybrid ones too!

[Tayne]

Electric with a range extender engine.

The wheels are only driven with the electric motors, the engine is only used to recharge the battery.

[stuboy]

new car is insured extra £4.25 a month till renewel, tax it online tomos, due to work and where i got it stored i wont be able to retrieve till sunday.

 

bums

[Craig the Princess]

Saw one of those funky new hybrid London taxis earlier. Bit of an odd thing to see in the arse end of Norfolk - there aren't even that many of them in London yet.

Quite often see one on the rank at King's Lynn train station. They are big ugly beasts aren't they?

[MorrisItalSLX]

Electric with a range extender engine.

The wheels are only driven with the electric motors, the engine is only used to recharge the battery.

[HillmanImp]

The 944 is in getting its wheel bearings done. It seems a bit loose at the back too so have asked them to have a look there too.

 

Hopefully i won't need to get a new interest free purchases credit card to pay for it all....

[Tadhg Tiogar]

I did take the sill covers off my last CX.  Then wished I hadn't.  Some* welding ensued.

Oh feck.....

[stuboy]

happy valantines day..... just online taxed the mondeo..

[andy18s]

MPG stats from Range rover:

 

 

12.5 Miles per gallon!

You make that sound like a bad thing!

[andy18s]

Meanwhile,back in the 90's

[Fumbler]

You make that sound like a bad thing!

For us, it's hilarious. The ovloV does 32 and beyond MPG and the Jazz does upwards of 50. Grandmother's Rav4 is probably the worst, because she revs its nuts off every time!

 

Brother might* be weeping because of the fuel costs...

[anonymous user]

Saw somebody trying to parallel park into a space that wasn't there. Wondered what he was trying to do, as I drove past, until I heard the clunk as the back of his car hit the side of the one already in the space. Unfortunately I was in traffic and couldn't stop at the time, but enough people were on the pavement who would hopefully take details if he drove off.

[New POD]

I did take the sill covers off my last CX. Then wished I hadn't. Some* welding ensued.

This might be why I dare not remove them off the MV6.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

FoTU 2019 booking now open

[Ghosty]

Only concourse for now.

[Cavcraft]

Not very exciting, but getting nearer to finally putting the Thunder wheels on the blue Puma after some last minute arsing about at a scrap yard that's closing for good, the spare wheels off the car and dropping them off at a tyre place to change over.

 

 

The more I look round the Thunder, the more fucked it appears. Good job it's a parts car, will strip it completely at some point, next up will (hopefully) be the leather interior. 

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

The 318 embarked on an epic (with all it's doors present) 187 mile, 5 hour trip of pure misery. Man... I have clutch leg!

 

Same again tomorrow? But of course! YAY!

 

And if that's not enough punishment, on Monday....

 

WE'LL SEE IF THE JAG CAN DO IT!

[fordperv]

happy valantines day..... just online taxed the mondeo..

I may be being daft, have you put any pictures up of the mondeo, I cant recall seeing any

[yellowperil]

Saw one of those funky new hybrid London taxis earlier.  Bit of an odd thing to see in the arse end of Norfolk - there aren't even that many of them in London yet.

I saw that on he Thickthorn roundabout yesterday, I did wonder what it was for a second.

[RobT]

Meanwhile,back in the 90's

Do they not use salt over there in winter? Just wondering as the Cavalier is clearly a daily yet the arches are still there.

[richardmorris]

Oh feck.....

I think I spent £3000 on welding my cx DTR - from 2001 to 2006 and 111,000 to 174,0000. Some very intricate welding was done, but the final straw was the rear subframe parting company with the body. No solution apart from a full body off subframe repair so I sold it.

[Ghosty]

I saw that on he Thickthorn roundabout yesterday, I did wonder what it was for a second.

 

LEVC TX, they're the replacement for LTI TX4s. They've started appearing in Manchester quite a bit. They're PHEVs but mainly run on electricity, the engine is a 'range extender'. The idea is that they're zero emission capable.

[junkyarddog]

Since I've decided to take my FE estate off the road,it was high time to see if my HC Viva was still functional,hasn't been started in about a year.

Charged up the battery and it started after about 40 seconds of cranking.

 

 

IT'S ALIVE!!!!

 

Push in choke and it settled down to a reasonable idle

Cue lots of oil burning off various bits as it warms up.

 

Will chuck a bucket of water over it in the coming days,it's covered in crud.

[Guest Hooli]

Oh lovely. My mum had one of them when I was a kid. I remember sitting on the steering rack washing the bellhousing out after it blew up & dad was dropping a recon engine in.