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[paulplom]

Sell it to me really cheap. You'll feel loads better.

[DVee8]

My Daimler was registered 52 years ago today 9/10/1968. It was delivered to  it's first owner tomorrow 10/10/68.

It's also MrsV8's birthday tomorrow, not 52 though and i have owned her 13 years.

[richardmorris]

very early targa?

[egg]

the infamous Top Gear Porsche 928 H982 FKL is still on the DVLA, even though it never came back to the UK, and 'some say' it was scrapped in an agreement between Argentina and local officials.

I guess someone, somewhere still has a V5 for it - but can neither mark it as exported or get a COD?

It's in eternal limbo.

[Jamie]

Turning into @loserone

 

[loserone]

FUCK YES.

 

Dibs to @sdkrc

[Jamie]

@loseroneplay much? 

[loserone]

Oh shit that's you? I'm commenting on facebook

 

[Jamie]

4 minutes ago, loserone said:

Oh shit that's you? I'm commenting on facebook

 

Yeah haha 

[loserone]

9 minutes ago, jamiechod said:

Yeah haha 

to be fair that last 206SW you picked up looked like it might have had a bit of unfortunate camber to the back end too.   @davehedgehog31 has put a new axle on the back of a pug in the street, and as you say you're fairly handy with spanners so expect you should be OK.  Might even turn a nice profit if it's otherwise OK.

[dozeydustman]

I passed my second Hiab test. I am now licensed for Clamshell buckets up to 20t/m using remote controls. Work hasn't got the necessary paperwork and personnel in place (yet) to officially use it on the road, so until then I'll keep my hand in by playing with it in the yard.

 

Plus it's 4 months old and our instructor has found faults with it, so FASSI need to come and remedy their crane..

[clayts450]

Streetshite road legal for another year. Work all done by local indie, first time I've used them - very impressed. One of the co-owners did all the work and talked me through it. And he happily used the CV boots/hubnuts I supplied. I shall use them again. He did say that the CV boots were a complete bastard, and there was no way I could have done it at home - my gut feeling paid off.

[Jamie]

22 minutes ago, loserone said:

to be fair that last 206SW you picked up looked like it might have had a bit of unfortunate camber to the back end too.   @davehedgehog31 has put a new axle on the back of a pug in the street, and as you say you're fairly handy with spanners so expect you should be OK.  Might even turn a nice profit if it's otherwise OK.

No profit in this one unfortunately paid too much for it to start with hoping it would be a good winter runabout. Sold the clio off here to my mate with the BMW specialist (again) for another courtesy car. I never make owt on anything 😂 it's too much of an arse ache of a job for me so I'll just get him to do it. Seen a refurbed gti axle on ebay for 220 posted 

[clayts450]

In other news, whilst I was waiting on the Streetwise getting fixed, I thought I'd sort out* one of those annoying jobs on the coupe. The bonnet release.  It opens fine, but the secondary catch sticks and doesn't pop back down when the bonnet is lifted, so the bonnet remains on the secondary catch rather than fully closed when you shut it.

The mechanism was full of gunk (and, bizarrely, moss) so took it all off and cleaned it all out, lubed where appropriate and put it back together. I also took the liberty of detaching the bonnet alarm sensor, which can cause the alarm to go off when the battery is low.  This is recommended in Accord Coupe owner circles !

Anyroad, did the secondary catch now pop back down ? Did it bollox. Luckily there is a workround, involving the prodigious poke of a finger on the mechanism, which I'll have to show the MoT tester.  Previously it required a stab with a screwdriver, so that's an improvement, I guess.

Looks like the cable has stretched, so that'll need replacing, assuming the cable isn't unobtainium.

[omegod]

Bit of a worry this morning,  bought car via ebay and arranged a pick up via shiply, paid the seller direct via a bank transfer which my bank flagged up as something being a bit fishy but I went ahead anyway ........ message received from ebay this morning to say sellers account has been suspended due to dodgy activity but not to worry as I hadn't paid for the car yet  I couldn't get an answer from the seller so thought I'd been stung

Fortunately the transporter arrived with it this afternoon, I asked him if the seller seemed dodgy, he said he didn't meet the seller personally as he texted he'd left the car in a field with the keys in!  

Avoid "repossessedcarsukltdcheshire" should you come across them at any point

 

 

 

[clayts450]

36 minutes ago, omegod said:

Avoid "repossessedcarsukltdcheshire" should you come across them at any point

 

 

 

Crumbs, not exactly a confidence-filling name that is it ? 

[loserone]

1 hour ago, omegod said:

left the car in a field with the keys in! 

Seems legit. Have you run an HPI check on that?

 

[17-Coffees]

Got annoyed of fuckwits while trying to sell the Astra. Getting offered £100 or less and I just know that if I said yes they'd try haggle down more as no doubt never read the ad.  So decided to just scrap it for £100. No hassle and free uplift. Sorted. 

I was happy to take £100 from friends and fellow Shiters, but chancers and fuckwits can get in the sea. 

She will be missed that car, did a good service! 

[Jamie]

Can't drive it (cos dangerous) but at least it makes a, nice drive ornament 

[omegod]

2 hours ago, clayts450 said:

Crumbs, not exactly a confidence-filling name that is it ? 

I'm shiting at the bottom end here don't go judging me,lol  

[omegod]

1 hour ago, loserone said:

Seems legit. Have you run an HPI check on that?

 

All good, it's actually surprisingly good for what I paid with complete service history and drives like  dream, I'm still breaking it up though 

[Cavcraft]

True to his word, the vendor of the Sierra gave me the spare key(s) today and also the bonus of a Haynes manual. He has a low mileage Puma 1.7 next to his forecourt now, a mate's car he says. In an ordinary world I'd snatch it up, but it's too much money for a notorious mingebag, sadly.

 

In boring news it was time to lob some fuel into the Merc today, after it had a £5 wash and dry yesterday...

 

 

It's abso-fucking-lutely amazing to drive, found the multi-changer last night so whanged in an old  'Clubland' CD in this morning, cranked the volume up to the max and enjoyed some 'Blow My Whistle Baby' etc. 

Also managed to smoke a Transit off at the lights, which obvs isn't much to shout about, but by God it does these things in style.

[N19]

Mondeo behaved, mostly. Although I completely forgot about changing the bulb so embarrassingly have a failure for that on the sheet first. 

In further good news, a new bumper was waiting for me at home... 

Not sure what it'll look like rattlecanned. Can't be worse than the gaffer tape? 

Hmm, actually, the primer it's delivered in is dark grey. Wonder if it'll be ok to just chuck it on without putting a topcoat on... or does fibreglass need a topcoat?

[Vince70]

I thought it would be a good idea to fit a new dashtop this week to my Dads cheap Bini as it was all that was spoiling an otherwise perfect car and while I had the dash apart I thought I might as well repair the Rev counter.

Its  came out lovely In the end but I don’t wish to ever do another..

 

[catsinthewelder]

Urrrggghhh flipping cars!

Been using the poorly 405 as the Focus is at the garage.  Called by the motor factors earlier and got a load of power steering fluid.  Checked the bottle I had was full too so that'll be enough to change it tomorrow.  Called by work to try and borrow the ramps and ended up taking a Suzuki off them and putting a Renault on, that will be a no then.  Got home to find the fluid had leaked but only a little and all on the rubber mat.  Stupidity saw me wash it in the bath so just wait for the grump tomorrow when I slip over in the shower.

Girls have scouts tonight so I thought I'd call by and see a mate.  Stopped at the garage to get biscuits and the car won't start when I got back.  Jogged into town and borrowed the just fixed Suzuki from work, dropped off girls went back for jump leads, back up to the garage and started 405, dropped that at work and walked back up.  Fetched Suzuki, just dropped off leads and now it's time to pick the girl's up.  Going to sleep well tonight 😂

[catsinthewelder]

Comments from the girls on the Suzuki;

"It's so nippy and smooth"  After being thrashed down the road and achieving 30mph

"It's so plasticy, it's like the keyring I got from wish.com"

[TooManyPeopleMovers]

Went to MOTAT (the Museum of Transport and Technology, in Auckland, New Zealand) today and found some top chod worth sharing here:

I will lead with a wonderfully orange/brown Morris Marina Estate:

With a fitting beige interior: (This was as close as you could get)

The description may resonate with some shiters:

This Morris 1100: (Also beige)

And an imposing Daimler DE36 Hearse, originally a limousine used on the Queen's 1953 Royal Tour here:

[xtriple]

I am going to sunny Ivybridge to have a look at a car. It is a 'nice' car... possibly. It is an expensive car though and more than I can afford, haggling skills need a brush up  

Also, some twat has biffed the passenger door mirror on the SuLK and while the cover is still fine, the glass is doing a fine impression of mosaic. New mirror glass is only a tenner and looks to be a doddle to change, just brute force and ignorance, at least one of those I have in abundance.

I am however, niggled!

[N19]

Went up to the motorfactors this morning to pick up a few bits and pieces. This is one of the van hire fleet - a glut of smileyface transits are still used amongst the modern ones, which I think is suitably autoshite. 

[New POD]

19 hours ago, Cavcraft said:

True to his word, the vendor of the Sierra gave me the spare key(s) today and also the bonus of a Haynes manual. He has a low mileage Puma 1.7 next to his forecourt now, a mate's car he says. In an ordinary world I'd snatch it up, but it's too much money for a notorious mingebag, sadly.

 

In boring news it was time to lob some fuel into the Merc today, after it had a £5 wash and dry yesterday...

 

 

It's abso-fucking-lutely amazing to drive, found the multi-changer last night so whanged in an old  'Clubland' CD in this morning, cranked the volume up to the max and enjoyed some 'Blow My Whistle Baby' etc. 

Also managed to smoke a Transit off at the lights, which obvs isn't much to shout about, but by God it does these things in style.

Do you wanna swap an omega for that ? Which ones more german?