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[SiC]

19 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

@ianbmw has forgotten his password, what is the system for getting it back?

Ask your missus to reset it for him, she's an admin user!

[paulplom]

I'm after a bit of advice. Cash out or not.

I'm very nervous. Think of the shite I could buy!

 

 

[wuvvum]

'Kinell.  If that was me I would cash the f*ck out.  A bird in the hand being worth 2.33995 in the bush etc.

[andyberg]

Shit yeah, cash out. Its a guaranteed £39k yes you could win more, but as it stands now that's £38k more than you had last week. If you lose it in a couple of weeks you will be gutted. You have 38k now, but only MAY have 90k in a couple of weeks. You are a winner already

[Agila]

CASH OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[paulplom]

I wish it was mine! A mate put it on fb. I'd cash out.

[hairnet]

cash out obvs

leeds nope - been there before and they have no balls

man city

if they were inthe final then maybe.........but semi still............no

 

[BorniteIdentity]

As my old Doris says, you never see a bookie on a bicycle. Take the money and scarper (if this is for real).

I’d not be wondering about the other £60k, Leeds will blow it again anyway. 

[BorniteIdentity]

16 hours ago, paulplom said:

I'm after a bit of advice. Cash out or not

 

13 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said:

Leeds will blow it again anyway. 

Right on cue

They bottled it last year.  I reckon they will again.  Take the money, don't give it another thought.  

[Tadhg Tiogar]

CX head done, and engine is running. Garage Dubois-Loizou still needs two new radiator hoses and a new expansion tank pressure cap, though.....

 

EDIT: Chevronics is charging fifty quid for a pressure cap!!! FIFTY fuppin' quid! For a screw-on cap, FFS. I feel faint....

[N19]

The Bluebird needs a bit of work, nothing outlandish, but (other than new shocks and brake lines) all stuff I'm going to do at my leisure.

Whats the solution to this when you rely on it for your daily transport.... Of course, buy another car! Enter post last week from @garycox who I went to buy this off today. Nice journey back, cruise control a definite boon on the M25.  Already put to use to finish emptying my old lockup. Bumper gaffer tape is a service part on these, right? 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

After all the electrical fun* last year, think it might be an idea to wire in a voltmeter display.....

[HMC]

6 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Nice! Judging by the lattice alloys and blanked off grille I’m guessing it’s a vantage. One of my first car books (1988) was a WH Smith publication with its caption “one of the fastest accelerating cars in the world” cool I thought. I still do, especially in an unusual colour choice like that.

[HMC]

1 hour ago, N19 said:

The Bluebird needs a bit of work, nothing outlandish, but (other than new shocks and brake lines) all stuff I'm going to do at my leisure.

Whats the solution to this when you rely on it for your daily transport.... Of course, buy another car! Enter post last week from @garycox who I went to buy this off today. Nice journey back, cruise control a definite boon on the M25.  Already put to use to finish emptying my old lockup. Bumper gaffer tape is a service part on these, right? 

Nice one! Geography was the main reason I didn’t go for that, it would of been a bit of car buying symmetry as @garycox bought a Sierra ghia estate off me about 7 years ago.

[stuboy]

1 hour ago, N19 said:

The Bluebird needs a bit of work, nothing outlandish, but (other than new shocks and brake lines) all stuff I'm going to do at my leisure.

Whats the solution to this when you rely on it for your daily transport.... Of course, buy another car! Enter post last week from @garycox who I went to buy this off today. Nice journey back, cruise control a definite boon on the M25.  Already put to use to finish emptying my old lockup. Bumper gaffer tape is a service part on these, right? 

dam more tape than plastic

[Split_Pin]

That's the Corsa away to have its strut tops welded.

The chap at the garage thinks they might get away with a patch as it's very localised.

I gave them the 2 new strut tops just in case and if the area to be cut extends around a curve, they have a ready made patch right there in the correct grade of steel so cuts down on laborious fabrication.

I'll know Monday or Tuesday what the state of play is.

[Zelandeth]

Well that worked well.

Mission: Burble.  Status: Successful.

Well...refined rumble.  V12s don't do the raw burble thing like V8s really.  Either way, that's far more what the car looks like it should sound like.

[dean36014]

I cleared out a local village garage of autodata books from the 70's,80's and 90's. I've no idea what I'm going to do with them but there's useful information in there. Included in there was a few institute of road transport engineers from the late 60's. Is there a market for that sort of thing?

[Six-cylinder]

1 hour ago, dean36014 said:

I cleared out a local village garage of autodata books from the 70's,80's and 90's. I've no idea what I'm going to do with them but there's useful information in there. Included in there was a few institute of road transport engineers from the late 60's. Is there a market for that sort of thing?

Yes I would be interested in the Autodata books that cover the cars I have.

Sorry not the other stuff.

[Zelandeth]

34 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Ooh...yes please.  Most cars in that sort of bracket I'm a bit "meh" on...but have a soft spot for the Diablo.  Better in the eye searing orange and purple if it's an SV though.

A purple alcantara with neon orange stitching interior just seems the right sort of bonkers for a Lambo.

[anonymous user]

The other day I noticed one of my VP's had gone missing from a hub cap on the Austintatious. I managed to find one on Ebay so decided to fix it today. Then I noticed another one hanging inside the hub cap on the other side of the car. It appears the little metal tabs that secure them have snapped off. I have therefore used gorilla glue and more gaffer tape to fix them. (About the limit of my skills these days). The good news is that when I took the other hubcap off, the VP centre cap was wedged inside, so I now have a spare.

Full of pride from a job well* done, I used it to go shopping and managed to over fill it with petrol (the gauge is useless) spilling it onto my foot.

I could look into why the gauge doesn't work, but will need to use some of the petrol up first if the tank sender has to come out. I shall probably get the garage to sort it, I don't fancy crawling underneath.

[BeEP]

9 minutes ago, anonymous user said:

I could look into why the gauge doesn't work, but will need to use some of the petrol up first if the tank sender has to come out. I shall probably get the garage to sort it, I don't fancy crawling underneath.

At least the sender is on the side of an Allegro (um, sorry, I mean VP) fuel tank so nothing else needs to be moved to replace it.  Initial test would be to pull the wire off the sender and earth it; if the gauge goes to full the sender is dead (which is probably the case).  Depending on corrosion levels it's then 'just' a case of knocking the locating ring round with a hammer and screwdriver to release the sender.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

3 hours ago, dean36014 said:

I cleared out a local village garage of autodata books from the 70's,80's and 90's. I've no idea what I'm going to do with them but there's useful information in there. ..

Did Autodata ever cover the CXs?

[bramz7]

I got to drive a mid 90s small car today. You know the ones, a VAG group product (but not a German brand) with an underpowered engine, and tons of blank buttons (but AC). 

I loved it. Real analogue feeling car after all my recent cars. The sort of car that loves to be ragged in all gears yet still feels oddly comfortable on fast A roads. And it was a joy to wrestle around sweeping bends. 

Genuinely put a smile on my face and was exactly what I needed. 

Also picking up cars for other people is a lot cheaper than buying them yourself. 

[HMC]

9 minutes ago, bramz7 said:

I got to drive a mid 90s small car today. You know the ones, a VAG group product (but not a German brand) with an underpowered engine, and tons of blank buttons (but AC). 

I loved it. Real analogue feeling car after all my recent cars. The sort of car that loves to be ragged in all gears yet still feels oddly comfortable on fast A roads. And it was a joy to wrestle around sweeping bends. 

Genuinely put a smile on my face and was exactly what I needed. 

Also picking up cars for other people is a lot cheaper than buying them yourself. 

That sort of sums up why I like the fiesta, I’d sort of kept away from small simple cars and With it the fun of being able to push quite hard whilst at legal speeds. The a30 is a good companion to it as it’s brakes and handling make the fiesta feel like a rocket ship.

[anonymous user]

24 minutes ago, BeEP said:

Depending on corrosion levels it's then 'just' a case of knocking the locating ring round with a hammer and screwdriver to release the sender.

This is why the garage will do it, these days I'm ham-fisted enough to bash a screwdriver through the tank. I worked on these when they were new, but that's over forty years ago now. 

[Ghosty]

Been talking to dad and his mate about the car I'm tasked with selling. 

 

'he wants £800 for it, that's all it owes him. Anything else you can keep'. 

MOTHER FUCKIN' WINDFALL!

[loserone]

What is it again?

[stuboy]

4 minutes ago, loserone said:

What is it again?

£805 and its urs..lol

[Split_Pin]

Busy back shift today once I finished work at 4.

Washed the 75

Cut the grass

Got the Mini on ramps, wired brushed the subframe, Vactan and 2 coats of stone chip.

While the Vactan was drying I changed the oil and filter on the Audi.

After work tomorrow I'm having a beer and doing SFA.