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[New POD]

Just now, Cavcraft said:

Nope! I'm behind enemy lines at everyone's favourite* motor industry related company.

You at PAS in Ellesmere port ?

[anonymous user]

21 minutes ago, Cavcraft said:

Nope! I'm behind enemy lines at everyone's favourite* motor industry related company.

You're the chap who swaps stuff around, so everyone gets the wrong bits, at that spares suppliers

[dozeydustman]

Found this while chodspotting at work.

Excellent* Barryage

[Asimo]

1 hour ago, Cavcraft said:

Nope! I'm behind enemy lines at everyone's favourite* motor industry related company.

[Timewaster]

19 minutes ago, Asimo said:

Iveco Retail

That would explain all the walking! 

[chancer]

1 hour ago, dozeydustman said:

Found this while chodspotting at work.

Excellent* Barryage

Hope to fuck it was in a bin ??

[Timewaster]

Is that a wheelie bin lid glued to the bonnet? 

[dozeydustman]

22 minutes ago, chancer said:

Hope to fuck it was in a bin ??

Certainly belongs in one

18 minutes ago, Timewaster said:

Is that a wheelie bin lid glued to the bonnet? 

It certainly looks like it.

[richardmorris]

2 hours ago, busmansholiday said:

Lights must be on half an hour before sunset until half hour after sunrise. In 30 zones I think sidelights are still ok otherwise headlights. 

Years ago, they used to tell you these in local papers and on the news.

And yet at 7 am this morning for instance I still saw several cars on DRLs  only. So no rear lights,

[busmansholiday]

2 hours ago, New POD said:

Tell us more about the merc.

 

A ticket by the way. 

It's this one.

Serviced it since I got it, fixed the radio and heater and fitted the rubber grommet to the selector. It still isn't happy selecting gear when cold (turn the lights on so you can see when it actually selects D) but after that it's OK. Odd, occassional rumbling from back that again disappears when been running a bit. It's not getting much use, Mrs BMH banned the dog from it (so the modern is now internally covered in sand, mud and dog hairs) and wanted a smaller car. Tested to August located S73 in the People Republic. I'll miss it, it's my preferred weapon of choice but the drive is overflowing and there are double yellows outside the house.

[Cavcraft]

57 minutes ago, Asimo said:

 

  

Thats got to be the hardest job ever as it’d be impossible to make them any worse. 

[Broadsword]

2 hours ago, busmansholiday said:

Last night, after a few beers, I checked on AutoTrader in the sub 500 squid section. Usually it's by price, for some reason I decided to use distance.

Today, Mrs BMH has a new runabout.

Tested to May, piles of paperwork with it, just needs a bit of tape over the flashing EML. Still think 325 was worth it.

Big problem is my car is now on the street in the council estate behind us so something has to go. Looks like that will sadly be the Merc, thinking about a roffle at £6 (which is what I won it for from JohnK), or 300 coins.

It's this one. (I'm actually in that pub typing this!).

 

 

Well played. I'll take a ticket for the Merc.

[stuboy]

the merc is a fine steed there.

[brownnova]

Been in Scotland for a few hours. Haven’t seen any proper Volvos... think I might complain to Nicola Sturgeon. 
 

Although did park next to another Saab... 

[yes oui si]

3 hours ago, busmansholiday said:

It's this one.

Serviced it since I got it, fixed the radio and heater and fitted the rubber grommet to the selector. It still isn't happy selecting gear when cold (turn the lights on so you can see when it actually selects D) but after that it's OK. Odd, occassional rumbling from back that again disappears when been running a bit. It's not getting much use, Mrs BMH banned the dog from it (so the modern is now internally covered in sand, mud and dog hairs) and wanted a smaller car. Tested to August located S73 in the People Republic. I'll miss it, it's my preferred weapon of choice but the drive is overflowing and there are double yellows outside the house.

Lovely thing. Would have a brace of randoms but my roffle fund is out for this month

[wuvvum]

It's unnecessarily early in the morning, I have the day off work and I'm about to set out on a collection mission.  Heading west first, then south.  It's going to be a looong day...

[Craig the Princess]

With the Multipla awaiting repairs the back up is doing station duty today.

[paulplom]

Just broke my favourite cup while washing the dishes. The cup has always been ironic. The irony being, it was bought for me by the biggest cunt I've ever had the misfortune to meet.

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[High Jetter]

46 minutes ago, Craig the Princess said:

With the Multipla awaiting repairs the back up is doing station duty today.

That is a really nice looking Allaggro.

[Kiltox]

31 minutes ago, paulplom said:

Just broke my favourite cup while washing the dishes. The cup has always been ironic. The irony being, it was bought for me by the biggest cunt I've ever had the misfortune to meet.

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Replacements readily available on Amazon it seems!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

55 minutes ago, paulplom said:

Just broke my favourite cup while washing the dishes. The cup has always been ironic. The irony being, it was bought for me by the biggest cunt I've ever had the misfortune to meet....
 

They do say it takes one to know one......!

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

Opening a parcel which suspiciously may have originated in China and almost immediately sneezing was a bit of a spine tingler but look...!

Now, instead of looking at a black plastic lump and saying 'that's fucking fuct', I can look at a black metal lump attached to a black plastic lump and say 'that's fucking fuct'. Instrvctions in Transylvanian too it would appear!

[HillmanImp]

3 hours ago, Craig the Princess said:

With the Multipla awaiting repairs the back up is doing station duty today.

Autoshite PHACT! #1,136

There are 3 man made things that can be seen from space, the Pyramids, Dubai and Craig the Princess's Allegro. 

[egg]

Battery fully charged on Mondeo, and started fine. But still a little bit iffy restarting halfway through a run. It's near end of life then I think, but voltage ok with engine running.

V5 has arrived for Metro.

After driving the Rover, the Mondeo feels like a Merc S class ?

[puntopaul]

My 181,000 mile 02 Focus Lords edition, failed the MOT Monday night on a rusty sill. 

Will try and get a pic of the full horror, from the aftermath of the MOT mallet!

Naturally since the car is worth the square root, of absolute diddly squat anyway.  And said sill has a ruddy great dent in it, I've ordered a new sill and instructed the garage to replace it.

Since touch wood it's been a pretty decent motor overall, considering it was £100 in the first place!

May as well see it over the 200,000 mile mark, so hopefully the old girl will be looking pretty decent soon enough.

[Eyersey1234]

31 minutes ago, puntopaul said:

My 181,000 mile 02 Focus Lords edition, failed the MOT Monday night on a rusty sill. 

Will try and get a pic of the full horror, from the aftermath of the MOT mallet!

Naturally since the car is worth the square root, of absolute diddly squat anyway.  And said sill has a ruddy great dent in it, I've ordered a new sill and instructed the garage to replace it.

Since touch wood it's been a pretty decent motor overall, considering it was £100 in the first place!

May as well see it over the 200,000 mile mark, so hopefully the old girl will be looking pretty decent soon enough.

Be nice to see it get over 200k, my aim for my Focus is at least moon mileage, at nearly 195k now. 

[egg]

Just noticed V5 doesn't have my surname on! I just love V5 fun and games...

[HillmanImp]

1 hour ago, egg said:

V5 has arrived for Metro.

Have I missed something here? Don't recall a Metro? 

[wuvvum]

Collectioned. 

[Springer]

At last the A6 Allroad of doom is gone out of my face!

Lol, the guy/guys who contemplated buying it for £500  should have as I got a decent chunk more from Copart.

Nice and simple and was collected this morning.?