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[trigger]

I'm probably mental but i put the Granada on ebay last night, I'm not really using due to this virus and i was never planning on keeping it so thought I'd try selling it now whilst the weather is nice and it be worth more than in the winter when no one wants old cars, I've had several emails etc but tonight I had a good offer on it and pending a payment it might be going up north.

 

The Marina might be next for the chop ? I''m not not sure yet but as lovely as the car is and I know i'll never find another car in that condition i really want something a little more exciting to drive which has rear seat belts and is also tax exempt (it's much easier to live with and insurance is cheaper too!) and want to use the money from both cars to pay for it.

[Popsicle]

312k mile Zafira had its 4th cambelt kit fitted this weekend and most suspension bushes changed - they where all original - it's like a new car* now. Hopefully keep it going a bit longer!

* not that it was very good new mind.

[Ghosty]

@Slowsilver as someone else said, your new trims are off a Corsa D, Club spec iirc. 

IMO original is always best (and of its time!) but the Corsa trims don't look bad at all. 

Early Vectra C/ Corsa C Design wheel trims also don't look bad on Zafiras. 

[LightBulbFun]

11 hours ago, Slowsilver said:

Decided to try out the free set of 15" Vauxhall wheel trims kindly provided by @TheDoctor on our Zafira.
Compare and contrast.

The old:

Original trims. Twenty years old and fitted to the car from new. Bit scuffed but generally not in bad condition considering their age. Vauhall griffin logo in the centre is actually a sticker which makes then easy to clean but a couple of them have had to be restuck, although fortunately none have gone missing. The valve cutouts are rather obvious.

The new (well actually second hand but new to this car):

Genuine Vauxhall with proper moulded griffin logo in the centre. The valve cutouts are much less obvious. Must be from a newer car but may well have been standard fit on a later model Zafira or Astra.

New ones look quite smart but are probably more difficult to clean than the old smooth ones, particularly the centre logo, and obviously compromise the originality of the car, which is otherwise pretty much as it left the factory.
Can't decide which look better so I will probably leave the new ones on for a while until I get used to / fed up with them.

Anyone have any thoughts / opinions?
 

by far not the worst looking wheel trims out there

but I personally prefer the simpler looking original  trims  

(rest of the car looks very clean/nice btw!)

[paulplom]

7 hours ago, stuboy said:

nothing exciting, turned halfway to 90 years old saturday, few gifts from missus and kids, and today the shalaxy rewarded me by not starting  again..

Happy birthday @stuboy

[Split_Pin]

I've got a set of 4 facelift Vectra B LS wheel trims in 15 inch which someone can have for free if they want. They are scuffed but no chips or cracks.

[richardmorris]

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

For some reason, this reminds me of an old cartoon where a character saws a circle in the floor and then falls through it. But I guess it does take all sorts to make a world and life is busy. Having worked on air springs I understand how it could go wrong so easily and with terrible consequences, so if you are thinking of repairing your saggy motor car then just spend a few minutes covering how you intend to do it. 

https://www.hse.gov.uk/safetybulletins/air-suspension-systems-on-vehicles.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=coronavirus&utm_term=alert-1&utm_content=mvr-12-jun-20

 

[stuboy]

Any on here been silly...

[hairnet]

On 6/21/2020 at 3:40 PM, dean36014 said:

Got my zx estate from detailing it. Removing all the grime of it has revealed the horizontal surfaces to have the typical Citroen laquer. Thankfully it's not too bad and hopefully the treatment applied will halt any more degradation for a while yet. Look at that shine though, well chuffed!

you are @Mrs6C in disguise :P

[cort16]

17 hours ago, trigger said:

I'm probably mental but i put the Granada on ebay last night, I'm not really using due to this virus and i was never planning on keeping it so thought I'd try selling it now whilst the weather is nice and it be worth more than in the winter when no one wants old cars, I've had several emails etc but tonight I had a good offer on it and pending a payment it might be going up north.

 

The Marina might be next for the chop ? I''m not not sure yet but as lovely as the car is and I know i'll never find another car in that condition i really want something a little more exciting to drive which has rear seat belts and is also tax exempt (it's much easier to live with and insurance is cheaper too!) and want to use the money from both cars to pay for it.

Have you still got the van?  My granada hasn't moved out it's garage in 8 months, it's a real shame, it's probably better for you  and the car to sell it on to someone who'll use it.

 

[barefoot]

1 hour ago, stuboy said:

Any on here been silly...

My VW bloke did a similar with my bus, whilst returning from the paintshop to his workshop - about 500 yards, he popped it in for MOT with no glass & doors held closed with masking tape. It failed.

[barefoot]

On 5/21/2020 at 8:17 AM, barefoot said:

Auto Aid collected the 944 and took it to Cavendish Porsche, yesterday afternoon.

It's back this afternoon with lovely new fuel pipes...

Why did it take so fucking long? Apparently the correct pipes are difficult to obtain. Now I don't mind that, and I appreciate that bits for old cars don't grow on trees, but a phone call or a text message or something would have been appreciated. I had words. That's Cavendish Porsche, if you're wondering where to lose your expensive motor car for a month.

On 5/24/2020 at 11:36 PM, mitsisigma01 said:

Imprinted concrete, pretty colours and patterns for the Mrs, sealed and oil proof for the leaky old shiters, win win ?

Amazingly the fair wife & I have have reached a better compromise. Block paved in grey to satisfy her lust for aesthetics, with an 18 inch wide black gravel trough down the centre for my Bauhaus inspired, form follows function requirements of somewhere for the oil to drip.

 

 

 

 

 

[Ghosty]

8 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Ah, Veyron. Each corner's tyre is specific, and has to be changed four at a time at the Bugatti factory. 

[Skizzer]

6 minutes ago, Ghosty said:

Ah, Veyron. Each corner's tyre is specific, and has to be changed four at a time at the Bugatti factory. 

Now I know where all the Lancia design engineers went to work after they got handed their cards.

[Zelandeth]

Enough procrastination.  Time to actually deal with this spaghetti.  I have absolutely no idea what goes where, but there's at least one circular bit of wiring in there...

I've been putting this off since getting the van.

[00833827]

A bit blurry but this is a tray that attaches to the back of the front passenger and driver seats of my Kangoo. One was missing so i got this one from ebay for a fiver.  Its for a Scenic but i will be surprised if they are any different. Maybe a shade of grey out but at least my kids wont fight over which side they want to sit.

 

[richardmorris]

3 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

Enough procrastination.  Time to actually deal with this spaghetti.  I have absolutely no idea what goes where, but there's at least one circular bit of wiring in there...

I've been putting this off since getting the van.

You can’t complain at a little wiring like that when you have an xjs!

[Zelandeth]

Just now, richardmorris said:

You can’t complain at a little wiring like that when you have an xjs!

That is infinitely better than it was when I got the van...back then there were two sets of battery terminals floating around in the battery box and half a dozen wires connected to nothing - several of which turned to be unfused and connected to the vehicle battery + at the other end...how it never caught fire is beyond me.

[richardmorris]

Sitting outside with a small glass of red and my peace had been disturbed by a chinook passing right overhead. No idea where it’s heading as it doesn’t appear on Flightradar24 

[MarvinsMom]

Today has been a good day, finally i think things are starting to get back to something like normal.

after the upset of the last few weeks, ending with the FiL's funeral last week, 

Rodney Mini has finally come  out to play. After cutting down the 2 foot high weeds that had grown up in front of the garage first....

Now Kerry said she thought that the car was loosing oil,like a lot of oil, and while, yes there is a far sized spot on the garage floor, a look underneath has shown that the drive shafts are dry, as was the back of the engine and around the rocker box. the gear change though is oily,as is to be expected.

Alos, the car was running like a back of shite, or it was last time it was out before lockdown. it was miss-firing when given nay sort of revs, but we drove it over to the garage for some fresh petrol. in a rush of blood to the head i even put sper-max-v-extra-whatever high octane in. well about 1 and half gallons worth...... with how ever much stale fuel was in there, i figured that some better petrol wouldn't do it any harm. so much so that the miss-fire has gone. which is nice. 

So the tiny car has been to the in-laws,for a soapy wash and  polish before coming home.  And i have had the best drive  across the moors in like 9 months or so,cos that would be the last time that one of the tiny cars was out and on the road.

Yes, today has been a good day.

[MarvinsMom]

43 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Sitting outside with a small glass of red and my peace had been disturbed by a chinook passing right overhead. No idea where it’s heading as it doesn’t appear on Flightradar24 

funny,cos the last few days we have had at least one merlin helicopter (one today, on Saturday there were 4 of them!) come over us, on an afternoon. there must be some exercise on.

[mitsisigma01]

51 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Sitting outside with a small glass of red and my peace had been disturbed by a chinook passing right overhead. No idea where it’s heading as it doesn’t appear on Flightradar24 

They used to practice low level night flying when I was living in my little Sprite 2 berth caravan, it used to shake it to shit

[Floatylight]

Sitting outside with a small glass of red and my peace had been disturbed by a chinook passing right overhead. No idea where it’s heading as it doesn’t appear on Flightradar24 

Probably coming to or from here (Stafford Army Base) loads about here

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[schonker]

How much do you reckon the marina is worth Trig,considering its in such original condition

[Pat Earrings]

New upgraded rear wiper arm/blade fitted. Looks a million times better and really suits the car, old one has been binned. Popped in some subtle LED number plate lights too and changed the reverse lightbulb. Noticed it was out the other day and it's the easiest thing, you push in a tang and it pops out. It still said motorcraft on so possibly the original or just a dealer visit. Fully working now.

[Jazoli]

10 minutes ago, sims00 said:

New upgraded rear wiper arm/blade fitted. Looks a million times better and really suits the car, old one has been binned. Popped in some subtle LED number plate lights too and changed the reverse lightbulb. Noticed it was out the other day and it's the easiest thing, you push in a tang and it pops out. It still said motorcraft on so possibly the original or just a dealer visit. Fully working now.

Ready to swap yet

[wuvvum]

Another faultless 550-mile round trip in the Rover 75 this weekend to see the folks in Somerset.  It's reminded me of a couple of jobs I need to do though - sort out the dodgy self-levelling on the nearside headlight and try and get the aircon belt sorted.

[richardmorris]

16 hours ago, Floatylight said:

Probably coming to or from here (Stafford Army Base) loads about here

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Flying out of RAF Odiham I expect - heading due NE.

[gm]

I had to nip to the bank in Newcastle yesterday so parked (for free, thanks tescos) in Gateshead and walked over the bridge into town, spotting this on the way

looks like it could be closed down but, by the time I'd come back, the doors were open and fettling was going on, disappointingly no reliants were visible, only boring normal cars