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[Bren]

The 120 is not as lively as the 150 obviously plus the glow plugs on the 120 are a PITA to get at.

[Bren]

21 minutes ago, Mrcento said:

I'm pretty familiar with the engines mechanically being a Fiat tickler by night.... Well that's what the judge accused me of anyway.

There's just never any decent working ones for sale near here, i've genuinely seen more Maserati bi-turbos for sale locally than working Vectra estates of any flavour.

I'm not even exaggerating, there's 3 for sale near me right now v 1 Vec estate, that V6 CDTI. Next nearest working one seems to be Bradford.

Birmingham seems to have more cheap cars than anywhere. Buying stuff like this is fraught with risk - I was surprised how much people are asking for tired cars with hardly any MOT. The price of old cars seems to be going up - not sure if it is because it is harder to get credit or because it's all people can afford.

[richardmorris]

Thumbs up for ECP trading as carpartsaver on eBay. A pair of front indicator lenses, the correct ones, arrived by DHL this morning at 10am. £15.50 with free delivery. Ordered at 5.30 on Friday.

[wuvvum]

10 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

ECP

 

10 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

the correct ones

[clayts450]

Up early to collect keys to new council garage from their offices. In and out in five minutes. As quick thought I'd go and check the new pad out.

Keys bear no resemblance whatsoever to the lock fitted, way too small.

Either that or I was at the wrong garage.

I'll sort it out next week, couldn't be arsed, and had to shoot off to work anyway.

Knowing my luck they evicted the last tenant and he just stuck his own lock on there in revenge.

[Mrcento]

12 minutes ago, clayts450 said:

Up early to collect keys to new council garage from their offices. In and out in five minutes. As quick thought I'd go and check the new pad out.

Keys bear no resemblance whatsoever to the lock fitted, way too small.

Either that or I was at the wrong garage.

I'll sort it out next week, couldn't be arsed, and had to shoot off to work anyway.

Knowing my luck they evicted the last tenant and he just stuck his own lock on there in revenge.

A couple of years back, i went up to my council lock up and got the surprise that none of keys i had fitted any of the locks on it anymore.

The thickos at the council changed the locks on the wrong one and didn't even inform me. Probably because they couldn't find anyone to explain that they'd effectively destroyed my locks and broken into my garage before locking me out of it.

When i phoned them up, they were extremely apologetic and somebody ran round late at night to put the new keys through my door.

[lanciamatt]

I worked for vauxhall for 13 years now, the 1.9 150bhp is a great engine, it's just the shit that's bolted to it. I love the V6 diesel, only problems we had with them was fuel pumps, which are quite a job to change, but later in the engines life there was a TSB fetched out by vauxhall to just change the solenoids on the back of the pump, which you can do without taking the pump off . Nice vectra estate with v6 mated with auto, flying machine. 

[320touring]

Faux by faux VS 4x4

[Floatylight]

I worked for vauxhall for 13 years now, the 1.9 150bhp is a great engine, it's just the shit that's bolted to it. I love the V6 diesel, only problems we had with them was fuel pumps, which are quite a job to change, but later in the engines life there was a TSB fetched out by vauxhall to just change the solenoids on the back of the pump, which you can do without taking the pump off . Nice vectra estate with v6 mated with auto, flying machine. 

@lanciamatt if you know the 1.9 150 engines well perhaps you can give a bit of advice, low power, code P0234, fitted in Saab 9-3, what are the most likely failure points, I'm guessing a hole in an intercooler pipe somewhere but any guidance to a quick fix welcome!

 

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[17-Coffees]

Had two nice letters from the DVLA while I was on holiday, informing me I've not tax'd two of my cars...

The Morris (Not taxed since May...) and the Golf (1st September) so put them both on SORN, then seen the nice wording when putting them on SORN saying '"DVLA's enforcement section may be in touch about the gab in tax".

Considering how one of them is due the DVLA £0, and the other is just under 2 months out, How fucked am I? ? 

And yes, none of them have been on the road while un-taxed. 

 

[Mrcento]

Just now, 17-Coffees said:

Had two nice letters from the DVLA while I was on holiday, informing me I've not tax'd two of my cars...

The Morris (Not taxed since May...) and the Golf (1st September) so put them both on SORN, then seen the nice wording when putting them on SORN saying '"DVLA's enforcement section may be in touch about the gab in tax".

Considering how one of them is due the DVLA £0, and the other is just under 2 months out, How fucked am I? ? 

And yes, none of them have been on the road while un-taxed. 

 

You should be ok, worst case, they'll probably want the 2 months tax backdated.

The big problems only really start if your car gets spotted/reported parked on the road whilst untaxed and you get clamped.

[wuvvum]

2 hours ago, 320touring said:

Faux by faux VS 4x4

Tsk tsk, you haven't got the hang of the Merc SUV ownership thing yet, have you?  What's all this parking in one space malarkey about?

[stuboy]

On 10/26/2019 at 7:57 PM, Saabnut said:

As I entered the town I passed 4 red/white UK registered 2CVs all wearing Deux Cheveaux Challenge plates. Despite me being in a RHD UK registered car, and flashing the headlights, all 4 completely ignored my waves,

le snobs de paris

[New POD]

9 hours ago, 17-Coffees said:

Had two nice letters from the DVLA while I was on holiday, informing me I've not tax'd two of my cars...

The Morris (Not taxed since May...) and the Golf (1st September) so put them both on SORN, then seen the nice wording when putting them on SORN saying '"DVLA's enforcement section may be in touch about the gab in tax".

Considering how one of them is due the DVLA £0, and the other is just under 2 months out, How fucked am I? ? 

And yes, none of them have been on the road while un-taxed. 

 

They'll be around to crush them both on your drive.  Then the TV licence people will come to check that you have the correct permissions and the RSPCA will be checking later to check all.pets for chips. The Social workers will be watching, and HMRC are currently checking your eBay purchases and sales. 

Once the authorities notice you that's it....

On the bright side you'll be getting a free smoke alarm and advice about loosing weight. 

[320touring]

8 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Tsk tsk, you haven't got the hang of the Merc SUV ownership thing yet, have you?  What's all this parking in one space malarkey about?

I was out in my onesie with my rollers in

[wuvvum]

I'm not going to ask where you had the rollers in...

[Tadhg Tiogar]

15 minutes ago, 320touring said:

I was out in my onesie with my rollers in

 

7 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

I'm not going to ask where you had the rollers in...

The onesie I can accept, but the rollers are a step too far!

[Yoss]

On 10/24/2019 at 3:17 PM, Andyrew said:

Hmmm I'd say "all new" is a bit far, reskin-d favorit really, if you take the top of the dash it's just a favorit dash under a cover. 

Yes, it always annoys me (I get annoyed too easily, I'll admit) when I see adverts saying the Felicia is just a Polo underneath, with the vendor trying to say this is a good thing. You don't have to look very far to see it's a Favorit. Though having both an early Fav and late Felly it's surprising how different they feel considering the similarities. 

[Spurious]

On 10/20/2019 at 12:29 PM, Spurious said:

Because I'm easily distracted, I bought something this morning. It's made in a country that no longer exists.

Can't pick it up for about 10 days or so. Sadly.

But there shall be a collection thread soon. Oh yes.

It's on. I'm very giddy. 

 

 

 

[Split_Pin]

Saw a car this morning that was exactly what I wanted and the owner was after a swap.

Unfortunately but unsurprisingly he was not attracted to a Clio 172, and he had also valued his car at quite a bit less than mine.

Ho-hum!

[Bren]

Treated the filthy passat to £26 worth of part worn - continental super contact. And gave it a wash.

[xtriple]

Received goodies in the post/DPD, much surprised as the Gummi Plege was only ordered yesterday and here today which is impressive, but not as impressive as... the boot spoiler! All the way from Taiwan since last Friday, to be honest, much better product than I expected for £88. Thought it would be some cheap, flappy plastic thing but instead, it's a quality moulded item, beautifully painted the correct colour and on a quick hold up to the car, seems to fit properly as well.

 

Pretty good.

 

Shame that while I was checking for fit, the heavens opened and it hasn't stopped raining since. Typical...

[Supernaut]

You know how you sometimes see a car fitted with wheels from another manufacturer and think "Oh, didn't realise those wheels fitted those cars..."

(No? Just me?)

I saw possibly the weirdest combination of car & wheels earlier. Unfortunately no picture as I was driving.

An Audi A2 on Rover 75 alloys.

[Lacquer Peel]

You know how you sometimes see a car fitted with wheels from another manufacturer and think "Oh, didn't realise those wheels fitted those cars..."

(No? Just me?)

I saw possibly the weirdest combination of car & wheels earlier. Unfortunately no picture as I was driving.

An Audi A2 on Rover 75 alloys.

 

I like seeing Renault Trafics wearing BMW wheels, and of course there's the Citroen Synergie on here with Alfa wheels that looks great.

 

[dozeydustman]

Helped niece’s husband fix his car today

exhaust manifold sheared a stud. Chased out the thread with a sacrificial bolt and used a pair of them to hold the downpipe on.

Has to go in here somehow.

about 20 mins later it’s in, needed a little tweaking once all assembled but not bad for a roadside repair in the dark. No chuffing or blowing, but may need a retorque in a day or so.

nice to work on a longitudinal 6-pot, first time in ages

[lanciamatt]

On 10/28/2019 at 9:25 PM, Floatylight said:

@lanciamatt if you know the 1.9 150 engines well perhaps you can give a bit of advice, low power, code P0234, fitted in Saab 9-3, what are the most likely failure points, I'm guessing a hole in an intercooler pipe somewhere but any guidance to a quick fix welcome!

 

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What's the code description, check the vac pipes, make sure waist gate not siezed. I'll check tomorrow for code description if you don't have it.

[HillmanImp]

Took Imp Jr to the National Media Museum in Bratfurt innit yesterday. Its quite distressing to realise that there is a museum dedicated to things made within your own lifetime. 

I'm officially old ain't I? 

Gave some pointers to some kids on how to play Goldeneye though. I ain't irrelevant yet. 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

2 minutes ago, HillmanImp said:

Took Imp Jr to the National Media Museum in Bratfurt innit yesterday. Its quite distressing to realise that there is a museum dedicated to things made within your own lifetime. 

I'm officially old ain't I? 

Gave some pointers to some kids on how to play Goldeneye though. I ain't irrelevant yet. 

I still have 5.25" floppy disks for the BBC "B" in a drawer. They've got things like "Chuckie Egg" on them. No idea if they still work....

[dollywobbler]

On 10/27/2019 at 7:57 AM, Saabnut said:

Went to pick up my friends from the railway station at Chateau du Loir. As I entered the town I passed 4 red/white UK registered 2CVs all wearing Deux Cheveaux Challenge plates. Despite me being in a RHD UK registered car, and flashing the headlights, all 4 completely ignored my waves, miserable barstewards.

Maybe because they're all non-2CVers, so aren't used to actually being seen in a positive light!

[wuvvum]

I still have a BBC Micro in the cupboard under the stairs that my dad bought in about 1986.  I got it out a couple of years ago to try it out - the computer switched on OK but the monitor started smoking, so I turned it off sharpish and put it all away again.