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[chodweaver]

Wouldn't ride any other make, not after an early encounter with a Raleigh Arena that didn't feel right.

...for which there might well be a very good reason - Raleigh managed to push out a whole batch of Arenas one Christmas, all of which had dodgy welds between the head tube/down tube that failed - cue some nasty accidents and injuries followed by compensation and recall...


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[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 minute ago, chodweaver said:

...for which there might well be a very good reason - Raleigh managed to push out a whole batch of Arenas one Christmas, all of which had dodgy welds between the head tube/down tube that failed - cue some nasty accidents and injuries followed by compensation and recall...

 

I didn't know that. Dodged a bullet there. My "not feeling right" came from the fact that it was heavier than its Peugeot rival, which also looked better screwed-together. After that junior Peugeot was outgrown, it had to be a Peugeot Talisman next.

[Justin Case]

Ideal night to fold the hood down and go for a virtual  blast round the lanes. Here is a real moon a few minutes ago to light your way ?

(Moon is the top lh one, the others are street lights )

 

 

[High Jetter]

Essential virtual travel, obs

[Cavcraft]

Oh, the steering wheel was a bit loose on the Lada, so took the centre off and managed to find a socket big enough to fit the nut. Probs should have disconnected the battery, as every time the socket touched a certain point the horn sounded, alerting any curtain twitching moaning bastards that someone was unessentially repairing their car.

Flushed with success after this, the slightly wonky passenger seat was sorted (loose bolts) and a couple tightened down on the driver's one.

[junkyarddog]

There's an old saying, "the devil makes work for idle hands"!

I've been channelling my inner Stuboy and added yet more lights to the front of my 205!!

Picked up a pair of new square driving lamps at a car show last summer,I had the lower bumper panel for years,I half heartedly painted it some time back,and as the day was nice I decided "why not"

I must admit to quite liking them.

I have a matching lower bumper for the rear,but alas no paint.

Hoping to find a reflective rear panel for the tailgate sometime too.

Poor little car is wondering WTF is happening to it!

[Cavcraft]

In an exciting* update, the spare parts now don't live in the boot anymore, so the back seats have been put up since the first time I've owned it. It needs a polish really, but that's a job for another time

[stuboy]

1 hour ago, junkyarddog said:

I've been channelling my inner Stuboy and added yet more lights to the front of my 205!!

clasps hands together .nods head..  welcome 

[Zelandeth]

You'll probably find she feels a bit nippier now Cav!  I was definitely aware of the amount of weight that was in the back when I was on the way over to yours.

[LightBulbFun]

3 hours ago, Cavcraft said:

In an exciting* update, the spare parts now don't live in the boot anymore, so the back seats have been put up since the first time I've owned it. It needs a polish really, but that's a job for another time

Always nice to see the lada again

I still really want to have a proper drive of that on the public highway!

(ideally before I get my full licence for maxmium bewilderment points of a Lada on L plates ) 

its probably thanks to it, and @Mrs6C's ZX that clutch control is thankfully not something I struggle with LOL and how I probably managed to get through my first official lesson without stalling once  

[egg]

[brownnova]

13 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

(ideally before I get my full licence for maxmium bewilderment points of a Lada on L plates ) 

You are Maureen from driving school AICMFP... 

EDIT: beaten to it by egg... Dammit!

EDIT #2: That was a really great show... they should re-run it for positivity during lockdown. 

[somewhatfoolish]

And A-Z; tales of modern motoring. That deserves an outing, although anyone not familiar with it will probably think it a parody.

[Daniel R25]

Hi,

sometimes I am running out of mojo with this project. Suppose I am not the only one. But finally, during the (not as tough as yours) German lockdown, I have had time to work on the Renault 30.

It will need welding in the inner mudguard at the front. The rear looks a lot better and I just applied heaps of protective grease while changing the rear shocks. New NOS rear and front bumper which I am sure EVERYBODY here realizes is not adequate because they are from a R20Ts and don't wrap around the corners as much.  Have some pics. I hope I will get it on the road this year...

Daniel

[Eyersey1234]

1 hour ago, brownnova said:

You are Maureen from driving school AICMFP... 

EDIT: beaten to it by egg... Dammit!

EDIT #2: That was a really great show... they should re-run it for positivity during lockdown. 

Agreed about the rerun. Didn't her husband crash the Lada a year or two later?  Edited to add I heard somewhere Lada UK gave her for free the last Samara that was imported 

[LightBulbFun]

2 hours ago, brownnova said:

You are Maureen from driving school AICMFP... 

EDIT: beaten to it by egg... Dammit!

EDIT #2: That was a really great show... they should re-run it for positivity during lockdown. 

 

 

2 hours ago, egg said:

 

haha, (admittedly had to google that  )

the amount of lessons/hours I have had it sure feels like! frankly its embarrassing! 

 

the photo does remind me, when I was getting L plates with Zel I was thinking to myself

"just where the hell are we going to stick the one in the front, without blocking anything!" I think Zel stuck it in the corner of the bonnet IIRC

only got a picture of the rear tho sadly! (guy in the food van just in shot shot got unhappy with me learning to drive in "his" parking lot, so we ended up moving to another parking lot, so although I wasn't doing the driving, between parking lots obviously, it did venture out onto the MK roads with L plates on IIRC LOL)

[Stanky]

My local Aldi had reduced 1 litre bottles of Prestone universal coolant to 99p each (from £2.49) so I bought 8. I may get round to changing the mercedes coolant over the weekend.

[Eyersey1234]

@LightBulbFun no shame in having a lot of lessons, I had about 50 or so when I learned to drive in 2004-5, that was because I wasn't doing any driving outside of lessons as I wasn't insured for the family Multipla due to cost. 

 

Edited to add this was car licence, I passed my bus test in 2007 and class 2 HGV in 2017.

[Aston Martin]

I had to go to Tesco for my mum and I decided to take the Alessi as it hadn't been used in a while,

It's soo bastard fun and I hate to be that prick, but it does turn heads. I mean, so would walking around covered in dog shit. But still....

[richardmorris]

This morning in a fit of enthusiasm I stripped the covers off the two 2cv seats I collected in December. One was too far gone foam backing wise to be worth doing anything with, but the passenger side cover is pretty good. No deterioration in the padding. Anyway, it went in the washing machine and came out in one piece too. Now drying in the sun. Tomorrow’s job may be to swap it for the one in the car at the moment.

A new set is getting on for £300 and as this was free it’s fantastic.

 

ps anyone want two 2cv seat frames?

[lanciamatt]

Been off work has got some jobs I've been putting off finished. Most of our dealer network has closed but I'm on call for essential workers so we can try keep there cars on the road, working out of Barnsley branch. Just hope this all ends soon when safe to do so. Biturbo all working at min, but can't use it, but I might go to work in it Wednesday. Regassed A/C so be good to see how that functions. 

[richardmorris]

Now time for a treat. 

[N19]

The brake fluid on the Bluebird looked a bit murky and was of an indeterminate age, so decided to flush new through. Front done fine. OSR, bleed nipple sheared off immediately i turned the spanner. 

S**t. 

On a bank holiday weekend and in the middle of a lockdown when factors are closed. 

Double s**t. 

It seems to have sheared without turning at all, doesn't leak under pressure, but even so it's not something I'd want to leave. Unless a tidal wave of people on here say "nah it's fine stop worrying". 

Triple s**t! 

[vulgalour]

Put a wood screw in it, cover it in some sort of goop.  Fixed*

[rmjbn1]

2 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Now time for a treat. 

That's the tonic. I'm a 51 man myself, but can appreciate Ricard's approach to brand development:)

[richardmorris]

12 minutes ago, rmjbn1 said:

That's the tonic. I'm a 51 man myself, but can appreciate Ricard's approach to brand development:)

I prefer henri badouin for preference, but Ricard was the choice last time I was in the French wine dealers, plus I have a collection of ricard and 51 carafes.

[stuboy]

Decided I'd use my lunch break to wash the mondeo, wanted to take galaxy to work and do the same, batterys stone dead, keeps doing it, think I need new one, euros Easter offer brings to £67, I may to sell my body ...lol

[rmjbn1]

11 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

I prefer henri badouin for preference, but Ricard was the choice last time I was in the French wine dealers, plus I have a collection of ricard and 51 carafes.

Right! I'm off to France as soon as it's allowed!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

 

15 minutes ago, rmjbn1 said:

2 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Now time for a treat. 

That's the tonic. I'm a 51 man myself, but can appreciate Ricard's approach to brand development:)

Indeed, Ricard takes that type of thing very seriously..... It's the culture, allegedly.

 

[Zelandeth]

Man I hurt...have spent all day working on the garden.  Just a few cuttings to get shot of.

More of the same tomorrow.  Skip will be getting swapped out for a fresh one on Tuesday.  I reckon we'll be looking at four skip loads before we're done.