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[wuvvum]

5 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said:

Spotted at a customer’s place today.

Is it even possible to drive one of these? Surely the first corner has you at 45 degrees and wedged?! 

 

5 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said:

Apparently so.??

That must be a right laugh at the slalom entrance to a supermarket (!)

It's the overhang at the back I'd be worried about - I'd be guaranteed to take out someone's garden wall with it.  That poor Panda on the back must get yanked around all over the place on tight corners.

[Dannyk]

1 hour ago, Split_Pin said:

That looks like a tyre, some gaffa tape and an Italian tune up enroute to a completely different and more reasonable garage.

Glad you have saved, I would have too.

Yeah all easy now ive had it explained, im letting the garage do it though so they can't say i havn't done it good enough or whatever. Oh well, it's only another 17 years and it won't need one.?

[richardmorris]

 

https://rmsothebys.com/en/home/lots/pa20#?SortBy=Default&SearchTerm=&Category=All Categories&IncludeWithdrawnLots&Auction=PA20&OfferStatus=All availability&AuctionYear=&Model=Model&Make=Make&FeaturedOnly=false&StillForSaleOnly=false&Collection=All Lots&WithoutReserveOnly=false&Day=All Days&CategoryTag=All Categories&TimedOnly=false&page=1&pageSize=40

[richardmorris]

 

https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/pa20/paris/lots/r0023-1998-bentley-azure/830795

 

 

 

 

https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/pa20/paris/lots/r0022-1959-facel-vega-excellence/830793

[320touring]

Ooooft facel Vega

[richardmorris]

13 minutes ago, 320touring said:

Ooooft facel Vega

That's the noise I made!

[wuvvum]

It's an Excellence as well - about the rarest of the lot, most of them snapped in half years ago.

[HillmanImp]

I quite like these number plates being advertised on Facebook. 

https://hdplates.com/collections/number-plates/products/4d-laser-cut-acrylic-front-back

Question is, if I put them on the Legacy which needs a new front plate really, will it look fucking stupid. 

[Split_Pin]

All down to opinion, mine is that those gel plates belong on slammed Astra VXRs and new AMG lookalike Mercedes.

[barefoot]

9 minutes ago, HillmanImp said:

I quite like these number plates being advertised on Facebook. 

https://hdplates.com/collections/number-plates/products/4d-laser-cut-acrylic-front-back

Question is, if I put them on the Legacy which needs a new front plate really, will it look fucking stupid. 

Yes

[HillmanImp]

Okay, chav look car avoided. 

Now to work on my wardrobe......

[richardmorris]

10 minutes ago, HillmanImp said:

Okay, chav look car avoided. 

Now to work on my wardrobe......

One of the workers in a neighbouring company has a set on his old BMW 3-Series. Look crap but he likes them.

[Spurious]

https://m.facebook.com/GMPCityCentre/photos/a.309557355825078/2728606970586759/?type=3

I suppose the usual advise of being careful of where you meet up if suspicious is needed.  But robbed at gunpoint? Bloody Oldham... 

Text for those not on Faceache 

 

"Police are asking members of the public to remain vigilant after a number of armed robberies in Greater Manchester.

A number of victims have been targeted through false car advertisements on the online auction website Ebay. Between Tuesday 19 November 2019 and Wednesday 22 January 2020, police received 10 reports of armed robberies across Manchester and Oldham.

Having reviewed several lines of enquiry, detectives are now treating the incidents as linked and are investigating a further six incidents which have been reported as suspicious circumstances.

On most occasions, offenders falsely advertised a car on Ebay and organised to meet the buyers at a given location for the car sale. On arrival, the potential buyers were threatened with weapons, including with a gun, a hammer and machetes and offenders fled with a large quantity of the victim’s cash.

On one occasion, a victim and his girlfriend arrived to buy the advertised car. Two men – one of which was wielding a gun –approached the victims and held the weapon to the woman’s head as they stole a large quantity of cash from the victim. 

On another occasion, a victim arrived to buy the advertised car. On arrival, two men threw a vehicle jack through the passenger window of the victim’s car, smashing the window and hitting the victim in the face. The offenders attempted to assault the victim and steal his bag, but the victim managed to escape and no money was stolen.

On a third occasion, a victim arrived to buy the advertised car. The offenders – who were wearing balaclavas and wielding machetes – approached the victim and threatened him with the weapons before stealing a large quantity of cash.

No arrests have been made and enquiries are ongoing.

Detective Sergeant Kat McKeown, of GMP’s City of Manchester division, said: “These offenders are targeting innocent members of the public via the internet and have no compassion at all for their victims who they have subjected to a number of terrifying ordeals. 

“They are devious and ruthless and need to be caught. For this reason, we have a dedicated team of detectives working around the clock to identify those responsible. Though, I would like to take this opportunity to remind people to say alert and vigilant and report anything suspicious to police immediately."

Anyone with information should call police on 0161 856 4409, quoting 1926 of 21/01/2020. Reports can be made anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111."

 

[HMC]

1 hour ago, HillmanImp said:

Okay, chav look car avoided. 

Now to work on my wardrobe......

In a way having raised characters Harks back to the 70s - I quite like them but agreed so do a lot of others!

[HillmanImp]

2 minutes ago, HMC said:

In a way having raised characters Harks back to the 70s - I quite like them but agreed so do a lot of others!

Yeah, thats what I liked. I've not actually seen any on other cars that I know of. Will look at the chavvy cars in McDonald's car park. 

[artdjones]

On 1/21/2020 at 7:14 PM, SiC said:

Have you not opened the bonnet yet? You'll change that opinion if you have to do any work in there!

It's not too difficult to remove the plastics.The difficult thing is to replace headlight bulbs,the whole bumper has to come off,and the bulb fixings in the lights are rather flimsy.The electric power steering column can go wrong,and the fuse/relay box also. Everything else is Clio and fairly durable.

[clayts450]

1 hour ago, Spurious said:

https://m.facebook.com/GMPCityCentre/photos/a.309557355825078/2728606970586759/?type=3

 

Jeezus, that's a scary scam. (Adds Oldham to list of places never to buy a car from, qv Wakefield, Bradford)

The only ambush you may experience during a sale by another Shiter would be 'can I interest you in this fucked Corsa as well, 100 2nite m8' ? Especially if they live in Chester.

[Split_Pin]

Oil change on the Audi tonight.

Hopefully the thinner 5w40 and recommended Mann filter with the anti-drainback valve will improve oil circulation to the chain tensioner at the back of the engine on a cold start. I went for Fuchs Titan as that's what I use for the Clio.

Not overly concerned as it runs quiet after a few seconds but every little helps and all that.

MOT booked for 4th Feb......

[Saabnut]

On 1/21/2020 at 6:16 PM, HMC said:

Is a 55 plate modus shite? Dunno, I do think it’s nicely designed this one has the little extra boot hatch and movable rear seat; and yes I have purchased.

Of course not! Also has boot chute and moveable seats. Diesel for extra shite points!

[stuboy]

payday cant come soon enough as driving about with fresh air in the tank... anyone else had a 6 week payday break because of xmas etc..?

[Jamie]

Wife sent me these today from work (bbc media city) 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

7 hours ago, wuvvum said:

It's an Excellence as well - about the rarest of the lot, most of them snapped in half years ago.

In the photo above, you can just about see that the window frame verticals of the front and rear doors are not quite parallel to each other. Is the body flexing already?

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, stuboy said:

payday cant come soon enough as driving about with fresh air in the tank... anyone else had a 6 week payday break because of xmas etc..?

Yup.  January is a loooong month, for several reasons.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

3 hours ago, stuboy said:

payday cant come soon enough as driving about with fresh air in the tank... anyone else had a 6 week payday break because of xmas etc..?

Getting a sizeable tax demand doesn't help. 

[Eyersey1234]

First proper day of route learning on National Express today. 

[BeEP]

8 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

In the photo above, you can just about see that the window frame verticals of the front and rear doors are not quite parallel to each other. Is the body flexing already?

Glad I'm not the only one who thought it was sagging, even before I read Wuvvum's comment!

[Stanky]

I went to check my tyre pressures yesterday after the new tyres had had a chance to settle in and made a few corrections to level them all out to what I like (34 front, 32 rear) and as i was walking back from the petrol station shop I suddenly thought I ought to check the spare too.

Just as well i did! it was inflated to a whopping 9psi. Glad i discovered and corrected that now and not while changing a flat tyre in the dark & pissing rain on the side of the M25 at 8pm. its also worn down to the 3mm markers, suggesting its been used in anger for a while in the past. its a full size steel so no reason not to I suppose. anyway, glad thats done.

[egg]

12 hours ago, stuboy said:

anyone else had a 6 week payday break because of xmas etc..?

Not for me, they don't pay us until 31 Dec anyway, so it's normal...

[richardmorris]

And there's more, including this lovely ex Alan Clarke MP Bentley.

[richardmorris]

3 hours ago, BeEP said:

Glad I'm not the only one who thought it was sagging, even before I read Wuvvum's comment!

professional photo for the auction looks better.