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[Six-cylinder]

We have adapted our old van for modern life!

[SiC]

Just saw that the NEC classic car show at the end of this month has been cancelled. 

[somewhatfoolish]

On 3/15/2020 at 2:20 PM, Eyersey1234 said:

Does @dollywobbler still have a BX? 

IIRC only down under, I think it was passed on to one of the AS antipodeans.

[sdkrc]

21 hours ago, trigger said:

 

Wow. That's what mine is supposed to look like. Same year, engine and body.

Big shout out to diligent car maintenance. Still MOTing for safety 

[stuboy]

Looking for ideas for my mondeo front bumper and found this bad boy in ecp clearance sale and thought ohh I wonder

[BorniteIdentity]

10 years of early starts improves your body clock.  I now am up by 5.30am, without fail, every day.  Perversely, my body sees that as a lie in after 0355 for a decade.  

Anyway, by 7:15 I'd serviced the wife and the Avensis.

Y'all need to raise your game.

[stuboy]

2 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said:

Anyway, by 7:15 I'd serviced the wife

i say ding dong...

[stuboy]

2 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said:

10 years of early starts improves your body clock.  I now am up by 5.30am, without fail, every day.  Perversely, my body sees that as a lie in after 0355 for a decade. 

when i was on 530 starts and needed to fix my car i got it all ready to start work, waited for 8am fired up the grinder.... morning neighbours

[Bren]

3 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said:

10 years of early starts improves your body clock.  I now am up by 5.30am, without fail, every day.  Perversely, my body sees that as a lie in after 0355 for a decade.  

Anyway, by 7:15 I'd serviced the wife and the Avensis.

Y'all need to raise your game.

Did you remember to stamp the book?

[xtriple]

Not got the CV19  ut I do feel shit... and I've got them! Where's the loo rolls?

Been to the shop and nowhere has got any, no eggs either, dog food in short supply (I like that epople are stockpiling for their mutts as well) but still managed to spend £111.00 on crap. I think I'll just lay on the floor and quietly die.

[egg]

Come and join us all on the Covid thread in the open Section @xtriple - we'll keep your spirits up*

[junkyarddog]

49 minutes ago, xtriple said:

Not got the CV19  ut I do feel shit... and I've got them! Where's the loo rolls?

Been to the shop and nowhere has got any, no eggs either, dog food in short supply (I like that epople are stockpiling for their mutts as well) but still managed to spend £111.00 on crap. I think I'll just lay on the floor and quietly die.

Well if you do pop your clogs at least the dogs will have something to chew on.

[BL Bloke]

Some under seat fiddling this afternoon has got the Saxo's airbag light to go out. Fingers crossed it will do the same when it goes in for its Mot tomorrow.

[reb]

Yesterday I visited one of dad's mates at his garage, I have a lot of happy memories there.

I wonder where I got my taste in cars.

[Wingz123]

Won some 17" wheels on Ebay yesterday for the price it would cost me to replace 2x 15" tyres. I needed 4x tyres in an ideal world and the 17s had 7mm of tread. 

Shot to Brighton and back by 10.30am this morning. Half an hour later had them fitted....

Not too sure what to make of them. They arent quite my cup of tea I dont think but it was a financial decision not an aesthetically motivated one.

Also bought a replacement passenger door.....more on that when it turns up

[wuvvum]

Not sure about the style but they look the right size for the car - on 15s it must have looked like it was on castors...

[SRi05]

On 3/13/2020 at 1:44 PM, SRi05 said:

Had a voucher for Black Circles so treated the Saab to a set of Bridgestones today. Had a slow puncture on one of the front tyres, and the other front was a landsail so bit the bullet. Only paid for 3 of them with the voucher applied so a decent deal. Fuck me what a difference, genuinely changes the car. Dropped it off after that to an upholstery place that was recommended to me, they're going to tackle this seat over the weekend. Will also get it serviced once I have it back. It's going to be a pretty well sorted car when I'm done with it, then I'll no doubt end up selling it ? 

So picks the car up tonight, and the seat looks great. Yay! The joy was short lived as the fucking airbag light came on 2 minutes into the journey ? FML

[cpjitservices]

Insured the new truck for an almighty £9 more than the Saab!!

Dont know why the insurance company bothered lol.

 

Really enjoying driving an Auto again! 

 

Saab now off the road! SORNED.

[BL Bloke]

Dropped the Saxo off for its Mot. Airbag light went out as it should so it stands a decent chance of passing. 

Walked back home in the rain and got soaked, hope I don't catch a cold or something, 

[Yoss]

The people next door are having a new garage roof put on, God knows why because the sides are precast concrete slabs and are wonky as fuck. 

But The old roof looks like that asbestos sheeting and they are disposing of it themselves in their own car. 

But it's alright because they've wrapped every one in clingfilm! 

God only knows where they're taking it. 

[mitsisigma01]

They wouldn't get past the gestapo gate man at our tip, probably end up flytipped. 

[LabRat]

Our tip will let you take small amounts of asbestos, so long as it is contained and well sealed, not cling filmed up!

 

That little lot will probably be coming to a beauty spot near you shortly

[Eyersey1234]

National Express are cutting services right back from Tuesday as a result of coronavirus, so I'm temporarily transferring back to local bus to help out. 

[Yoss]

29 minutes ago, mitsisigma01 said:

They wouldn't get past the gestapo gate man at our tip, probably end up flytipped. 

 

25 minutes ago, LabRat said:

Our tip will let you take small amounts of asbestos, so long as it is contained and well sealed, not cling filmed up!

 

That little lot will probably be coming to a beauty spot near you shortly

Unfortunately my thoughts exactly. Our tip now charge for building materials. That lot would cost a fortune if they even accepted it. 

[Mally]

Quite possible it's cement based, and safe as houses, (garages) ?

But everyone is still very suspicious.

[stuboy]

Bloke at work who paid 500 shackles for corsa cdti 1.3, then spent 900 more after clutch went.. said today eml light is on..I kindly read the code  and cleared it, told him to clean the egr valve and also may rag it on way home on the motorway... the car is a pile of poop..lol

[TrabbieRonnie]

Did my garage roof last summer, a new building at work was getting clad (at great expense!) in insulating foam filled, stainless-steel backed 140mm-thick corrugated sheeting.  One of the lads at work drove the telehandler over the end of a pile of this stuff, conveniently leaving the majority of their length unscathed (enough for the width of my garage anyway!).  Anyway, took it home, and the farmer next door said he'd get rid of the old asbestos roof sheets for me.  I said thanks but I'll sort it, not wanting him to go out of his way sort of thing... came home from work one day and he'd hoiked them over the fence and away!  God knows where he put them, I went up and fixed/serviced his old jeep as a thank you and never asked any questions!

[Bren]

The SD1's o/s rear arch is clamped in place ready for welding.

Not sure why I bothered - will die of some horrible disease before it's painted. At least the mutants that survive will enjoy it's unfinished look as they roam the wasteland in it looking for fucking toilet rolls.

[spike60]

I work  as a vehicle fitter on a dock in the NE of England and when I was out and about yesterday I found this laid in the road near our workshop.

As it's  nothing to do with the dock vehicles I can only assume this brake pad came from one of the many road  legal HGV's that are in and out of our site every day,?  I wonder what  VOSA would have made of it they'd pulled it in for a roadside examination?

[Mally]

Bit of life left in that yet.