RayMK Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Changed the Tipo's oil, oil filter, air filter and plugs yesterday and gave it a cursory checkover (and under) prior to today's MOT. It all looked passable and drives fine. I was therefore surprised that it passed, albeit with some advisories and the tester saying he did not like the corrosion behind both bumpers. It was nevertheless deemed non-structural and safe for 12 months. My son accidentally booked the MOT for today, not realising that it was a day too early to get 13 months. Expiry of the previous MOT was 23rd Jan 2020. As a result, we have lost a month's MOT cover. Oh well. Can't win them all. A couple of weeks ago my daughter's/son in law's 1.4 Focus MK1 with 177K on the clock also passed without much comment despite my efforts to bodge the front exhaust hanger using an old upholstery tension spring. egg, Six-cylinder, Split_Pin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 32 minutes ago, RayMK said: 1.4 Focus MK1 with 177K on the clock. Tremendous. I love these old things. Good to see it hanging around for another year! RayMK and mrbenn 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 37 minutes ago, RayMK said: we have lost a month's MOT cover. Oh well. Can't win them all. I didn't think of it this way when I took the zx in on the 1st day I could, was more 'I get a month to either get another car or fix this so it passes' because its a grey area and I'm sticking to it... Flew through, 13 months for me! Think the original test date was Saturday, and fuck doing an mot at Christmas! RayMK and mrbenn 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 1 hour ago, richardmorris said: 1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said: Much tea was drunk, sucking of air, but no conclusion was reached. What's caused that? mrs6c *runs off to a different country Fumbler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Result of my recent job interview today - nosirreebob. Did go to a colleague on my team who I saw as very much the main competition and am genuinely pleased for him. Apparently was a fag paper between him and I. Still feels like a kick in the nuts mind, no matter what my brave face says. Ghosty, richardmorris, egg and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 2 hours ago, richardmorris said: What's caused that? The owner's inability to drive the car properly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 3 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: The owner's inability to drive the car properly? We don't think so the clutch plate was in good order and the clutch even worked like this, but when he switched it off the starter would not work again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 bet something went bang 3-400 miles before... then they bought it in as it made a funny noise recently. Got to be close to writing the car off hasn't it? Or was it fairly new? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 2 minutes ago, beko1987 said: bet something went bang 3-400 miles before... then they bought it in as it made a funny noise recently. Got to be close to writing the car off hasn't it? Or was it fairly new? It went bang then completed its journey but would not restart. 54 plate so depends if they can get a secondhand gearbox for it as the casing is cracked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Git of a dilemma for someone! If the zx did that it would be straight to ASM without passing go as its not worth £200 on the bridge... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Arse. Bad timing. Christmas and my wife has a hospital appointment tomorrow morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Got another grill, tried to make a debadged grill, turned out rubbish, couldn't get it to fit as earlier facelift don't fit last of the mk3s so cut off all the lugs, couldn't get badge to lay flat so cable ties all all round and balls to it.. paulplom and mrbenn 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainrcz Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 I received the discs and pads I ordered, hopefully get them done before back to work next year. Probably not though. Pagid pads and Blueprint discs, nothing fancy. mrbenn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Spent 7 of the past 24 hours inside a 22 year old Swede... A bit high mileage and feeling a bit baggy, but the Saab performed its pre Christmas run down to the folks and back perfectly. mrbenn, BorniteIdentity and stuboy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 9 hours ago, richardmorris said: What's caused that? At a guess, exploding clutch pressure plate for 200 points; fracture due to crappy steel quality/flaw in steel exacerbated by vibration, flappy bit becomes progressively loose and flappy, eventually skelps the nose of the starter housing and in a mutually destructive embrace everything falls off and gets spun around like the spin cycle from hell. richardmorris and stonedagain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Sitting waiting for diesel Borat to have n/s dampers and ball joint replaced, plus MoT retest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floatylight Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 What the heck is going on with Tapatalk & Gumtree ads Sent from my Moto G (5) using Tapatalk Tadhg Tiogar and stonedagain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 14 minutes ago, Floatylight said: What the heck is going on with Tapatalk & Gumtree ads ....and that's why I don't use Tapatalk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyersey1234 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 National Express taster for January confirmed and I'm on a couple of courses that week too. Looking forward to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 ....and we have a test pass at last. Two dampers, one ball joint and a brake switch later..... louiepj, Six-cylinder, clayts450 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Should've been out working on cars today but have spent the whole day playing Wreckfest on the PS4. Haven't even left the house. mercedade, stonedagain, Fat_Pirate and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 11 minutes ago, HillmanImp said: Should've been out working on cars today but have spent the whole day playing Wreckfest on the PS4. Haven't even left the house. I'm vegetating at the moment, when I know I should be outside working on the Dolomite. Just 100% knackered right now. 500tops, Craig the Princess, Lord Sterling and 7 others 6 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 6 hours ago, Floatylight said: What the heck is going on with Tapatalk & Gumtree ads Sent from my Moto G (5) using Tapatalk The vendor is vending something other than socks? stonedagain, Amishtat and Floatylight 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Earrings Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 The Golf passed the MOT today so chuffed as it's a years ticket for the new shiter to enjoy. Also saw @Lord Sterling E39 looking rather sad and languishing in the yard there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 1 hour ago, SiC said: I'm vegetating at the moment, when I know I should be outside working on the Dolomite. Just 100% knackered right now. I made the pornservatory into a games room yesterday. All the consoles are in there with the Scalextric so I'll probably be in there until the novelty wears off. I'm enjoying some time off from work though. Incidentally there's a guy I was racing against called OP_OMEGA_V8 which I assumed was nothing to do with Vauxhalls but I've looked and theres a whole section on Wiki about prototype V8 Omegas. So its been educational too. Brodders, Vince70 and SiC 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 17 minutes ago, sims00 said: The Golf passed the MOT today so chuffed as it's a years ticket for the new shiter to enjoy. Also saw @Lord Sterling E39 looking rather sad and languishing in the yard there too. E46. He'll get around to it one day..... I'm not massively bothered about it at the moment. The Vectra is going in soon too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Earrings Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 23 minutes ago, Lord Sterling said: E46. He'll get around to it one day..... I'm not massively bothered about it at the moment. The Vectra is going in soon too. Ah yeah lol I should know, I've had 2! Lord Sterling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Merry Christmas ladies & gentlemen (there are other customers, they're just outside smoking) Vince70, HMC, mitsisigma01 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 Down in Somerset for the festivities. Drove down in the 75 in the end - ran faultlessly as always. There wasn't even much traffic. Now full of food and alcohol, and it's not even properly the big day yet. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night. Craig the Princess, Vince70, nigel bickle and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 Bin collection day is different this week and I forgot so Meg has been temporarily downgraded to the recycling bin until I get to the tip. Jamie, egg, Skizzer and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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