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[Tadhg Tiogar]

6 minutes ago, Ohdearme said:

..... i think it means yes....

I'd be extremely cautious about this. Yes sometimes means no.

[dome]

Get anything nice on holiday then?

No...

Recovery guy should be on here, he buys Disco IIs, puts 30k on them in a few months and then scraps them and buys another. He was off up to Falkirk to pick up a Range Rover Classic to take to Brighton so worked out nicely.

[Supernaut]

With it being a Scout 4x4 model, it's a WBoD, of course.

[richardmorris]

Just spotted a Bugatti Veyron in forum brown and orange interior. Anyone here won the lottery and splurged out?

 

 

[LightBulbFun]

run up and stick an AS sticker on the back while no one is looking?

[trigger]

On 8/21/2019 at 11:55 AM, Noel Tidybeard said:

ooo Birminghamshire reggo- Bristol Street Motors or Meteor Ford?

We'll find out tomorrow morning when it delivered!

[jcr]

Just seen a brown diesel Espace that has been parked round the corner for years be carted off to the scrappy

L39 EEL, last MOTed in 2011. What a shame. 

[dozeydustman]

20 hours ago, stuboy said:

Thought the big old bonnet need some body art, so applied some bonnet stripes... 

 

How long before you paint on the cock & balls? ?

[anonymous user]

Well the Chrysler is back, the bit of exhaust that I mangled has been sleeved and the stupid exhaust bypass valve removed. It has to go back soon as the other side is on it's way and I'd prefer to get it done before it fails. Currently it's a lot quieter.

[egg]

Anyone spotted any good deals on 5w30 please? 4 litres will do I think, as it's for the Mazda. Ta.

[Fumbler]

Local Halfords offer has it down to £12 if that's a help. Have no idea if it's a store only offer though.

[dollywobbler]

Determined to outdo Trigger, I have purchased a new vehicle on Facebook Marketplace this evening. Hopefully this one has a V5. Collection caper tomorrow. Won't be live because I'm hopeless with technology. It will be epically shite though and also from Birmingham originally.

[egg]

13 minutes ago, Fumbler said:

Local Halfords offer has it down to £12 if that's a help. Have no idea if it's a store only offer though.

I'll swing by at the weekend, it's dearer online.

[Fumbler]

1 minute ago, egg said:

I'll swing by at the weekend, it's dearer online.

Offer be in the Industrial hub area known as the North Farm industrial estate in Tunbridge Wells if you're willing to go this far. Then again, for £12 or £14 (small print on their horrible posters) it's probably worth the trouble.

[Timewaster]

6 minutes ago, dollywobbler said:

from Birmingham originally

Built there or registered there?

[dollywobbler]

1 minute ago, Timewaster said:

Built there or registered there?

Registered there.

[skattrd]

14 minutes ago, dollywobbler said:

Determined to outdo Trigger, I have purchased a new vehicle on Facebook Marketplace this evening. Hopefully this one has a V5. Collection caper tomorrow. Won't be live because I'm hopeless with technology. It will be epically shite though and also from Birmingham originally.

I thought you were not buying any more vehicles before your trip to NZ?

[richardmorris]

5 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

run up and stick an AS sticker on the back while no one is looking?

I was lucky to get a photo. No plates front or rear.

[loserone]

50 minutes ago, dollywobbler said:

Registered there.

DW, only a few hours ago being congratulated for being wise enough to not buy a car, buying a car.

 

Well done!

[Ohdearme]

10 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

I'd be extremely cautious about this. Yes sometimes means no.

Well, I’ve just invested £12 in an Advance Single ticket so there’s no turning back now, surely she’d rather I bought a valuable asset* than cancel that £12 for no refund ?

 

[stuboy]

Mondeo fiddling, added carbon effect rubber side skirtage..

Bit marmite, but im not wanting ST wannabe

[dollywobbler]

1 hour ago, skattrd said:

I thought you were not buying any more vehicles before your trip to NZ?

Apparently I'm not very good at listening to my sensible side.

[SiC]

One out, one in.

Gone to bed for now!

This new storage has been a godsend to have. Not far from where we want to move to either.

Plan is to use the Boxster for the rest of the month, stop the tax and put it in storage till Spring next year. In Spring it'll come back out and have all the small niggly issues fixed. Also will likely treat it to a proper professional detail and getting it super shiny again, like @Peter C did with it before I bought it. It's still shiny but it won't stay like forever unless it gets polished and waxed.

MGB will be used for the rest of September - unless weather really turns bad suddenly. Will be MOT'd mid Sept and I'm hoping/planning it won't need anything! Then it will be put in storage with the Boxster.

This should keep the worse of the winter elements off the two cars and keep them looking nice. Especially the Boxster.

Dolly is going to stay outside on the drive at home for now. This will allow me to continue working on it and get it sorted over the next few months. Hopefully before winter really sets in, we should finally move. Then it should go into the attached garage on the house, so I can work on it inside. 

This is the master plan if stuff doesn't get cocked up again!

[cort16]

Are you going to run the gooner as your WBOD?

[SiC]

11 minutes ago, cort16 said:

Are you going to run the gooner as your WBOD?

That's the plan.

If/when we move house, it's likely I will primarily be driving in to work. So it'll be used for that as its main purpose on the fleet. Being already battle scared, I will be less worried about parking it in a central Bristol NCP. 

Also will be used for short/local runs. Keep the miles off the A4. Especially as my wife uses it to commute to work. These short and slow 3-4mile journeys it is doing will not be good for the A4, not least as it's a DPF equipped diesel. Loading and shortening the life of that DPF more than is necessary. 

[clayts450]

3 hours ago, egg said:

Anyone spotted any good deals on 5w30 please? 4 litres will do I think, as it's for the Mazda. Ta.

Tesco have it for 8 quid at present if you have an Extra nearby ?

[egg]

5 minutes ago, clayts450 said:

Tesco have it for 8 quid at present if you have an Extra nearby ?

Thanks, 10 mile round trip - but on the way re: another trip I'm doing Saturday.

[BL Bloke]

I'm off on a train to Marylebone tomorrow to collect a smoll French car. No live collection because my phone is very low tech. ?

DSCF0426 by timothy jones, on Flickr

[RobT]

As posted about last week, I collected the Mk1 Clio yesterday.

It's running rough, and the seller just wanted rid as he couldn't find the cause.  Was driving him bonkers and it wasn't far off from being scrapped, so I had to save it.  33k and very tidy, so there's plenty of life left.

Lovely interior with the early seats and non-PAS steering wheel.

Signs of gifferdom

I drove it home on a pre-booked and tried to fix it before the test.  I actually made it worse (no surprise there) so the test had to be aborted.  Only after cocking things up did I try WD40 on the inlet manifold, and I think a leak from the gasket is causing rough running as the WD levelled things off briefly.

Either way I've palmed it off on another poor sod (a fellow shiteist) as I don't need another project.  My goal was to just ensure it survived.  With regular maintenance it must have years left in it, unlike the early 2000s toss that Renault (and others) were knocking out.

Saying that, a Laguna II is still on the To Do list. Preferably a V6.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

17 minutes ago, RobT said:

...... I've palmed it off on another poor sod....

That's the name of the game.