clayts450 Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 A lot of temporary drivers at Parcelforce at the moment for the Christmas rush, so I suspect it won't have been your usual driver yesterday. Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 30 minutes ago, clayts450 said: A lot of temporary drivers at Parcelforce at the moment for the Christmas rush, so I suspect it won't have been your usual driver yesterday. True. Anyway, if I was meant to assume that it would come today then it worked 😊 So, air filter and spark plugs to go in when I get a few minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenson Velcro Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Whilst not as high a mileage as some Vehicles on here, my old Defender has just clocked up 200,000. Shame the digits have decided not to line up Rusty_Rocket, Mr Laurence, Yoss and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Air filter done. Of course two of the three screws are knackered! Old filter looks ok though, but fresh is in. Spark plugs can wait until I have got more time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Just farmed out a full service including rear brakes and MOT, and it cost as much as the car! 🤣  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Oh joy. It looks like I have a water ingress issue in the Xantia judging by the level of condensation I've just walked out to find in the car. Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 6 minutes ago, Zelandeth said: Oh joy. It looks like I have a water ingress issue in the Xantia judging by the level of condensation I've just walked out to find in the car. Let's hope it's just some soggy item of clothing or something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Zelandeth Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 43 minutes ago, Tim_E said: Let's hope it's just some soggy item of clothing or something... Nope, it's definitely the car that's damp rather than anything in it. Hopefully something simple light a tail light seal. Xantias aren't usually had for water ingress so there are only a few likely suspects. At least being a series 1 car it doesn't have the roof mounted rear window washer. They liked to leak for fun and would make the headlining disintegrate. Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 3 hours ago, Jenson Velcro said: Whilst not as high a mileage as some Vehicles on here, my old Defender has just clocked up 200,000. Shame the digits have decided not to line up TADTS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 I’m sure there was a thread for this but I can’t seem to find it now... but my haven’t you grown!  dome, Jim Bell, Cord Fourteener and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 18 minutes ago, brownnova said: I’m sure there was a thread for this but I can’t seem to find it now... but my haven’t you grown!  I think the original 1 series track and wheelbase was but a bawhair off an E30.. and you can get a 1 series MK1 with a 3.0...  That modrin wan can GTF though Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 8 hours ago, N19 said: Those new generation of transits are like driving a car, certainly come a long way! The MK1 Tranny drove like a car as well. That was part of the advertising at the time if I remember correctly. So I don't know if they have come that far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 I would have a 130i. Except for the small matter of all those previous owners Cord Fourteener and 320touring 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 24 minutes ago, loserone said: I would have a 130i. Except for the small matter of all those previous owners #naesmellofweedhonist catsinthewelder, Tadhg Tiogar and Cord Fourteener 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 1 hour ago, loserone said: I would have a 130i. Except for the small matter of all those previous owners I remember reading (I think in the blue forum) someone commenting about how such and such a car was an M3 killer (probably the S80R), the response was that the only things that kill M3s are M3 drivers and the rain. It tickled me. Supernaut, BorniteIdentity and dome 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N19 Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 No Internet connection tonight; problems at the exchange apparently. So what to do other than mess around with some Bluebird mirrors? New unit has 3 cores, old had 5. Hmmn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 7 minutes ago, N19 said: New unit has 3 cores, old had 5. Hmmn. One type from Japan one from Sunderland? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Bloody Mackem copper fairies stonedagain and loserone 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 3 hours ago, Tim_E said: I remember reading (I think in the blue forum) someone commenting about how such and such a car was an M3 killer (probably the S80R), the response was that the only things that kill M3s are M3 drivers and the rain. It tickled me. The 135i and 145i are a bit notorious for biting hard too. Which explains why so many Cat S examples end up for sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 9 hours ago, SiC said: The 135i and 145i are a bit notorious for biting hard too. Which explains why so many Cat S examples end up for sale. I bet they do. What kind of nut-nut puts a turbocharged 3.0 6cyl making over 300 of the finest metric horse power in a 1 series? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Trying one of those Aerotwin flat wipers on the CX, hoping it could cope with the curvature at the side of the windscreen. That looks like a "no" there.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 620 passed its MoT this morning at the first attempt- the GunGum patch on the exhaust worked a treat: CO Max 0.30% - reading 0.01% (at fast and normal idle) HC Max 200ppm -reading 15ppm Very chuffed indeed. Does need some rust treatment, which I said last year I'd do, but never did. The benefit of an Autumnal MOT test date is that I can do it over the summer, rather than the colder months. Cheers Boris. BorniteIdentity, Cord Fourteener, Angrydicky and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty998 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 59 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: Trying one of those Aerotwin flat wipers on the CX, hoping it could cope with the curvature at the side of the windscreen. That looks like a "no" there.... Â I wonder if it would get pushed onto the screen better once the car is in motion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 57 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: Trying one of those Aerotwin flat wipers on the CX, hoping it could cope with the curvature at the side of the windscreen. That looks like a "no" there.... are they not too long; if an inch or so shorter would the fit be better? alf892 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 1 minute ago, rusty998 said: I wonder if it would get pushed onto the screen better once the car is in motion? Valeo worked best on my CXs, but nothing quite sits flat at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 4 minutes ago, rusty998 said: I wonder if it would get pushed onto the screen better once the car is in motion? Doubt it; they are flexible, but not that flexible. 2 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said: are they not too long; if an inch or so shorter would the fit be better? They are the correct 24 inch. Any shorter would not sweep the top of the screen. somewhatfoolish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Exactly the same issue on the GSA with 16" wipers Right it off as a "quirk" Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 3 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: Trying one of those Aerotwin flat wipers on the CX, hoping it could cope with the curvature at the side of the windscreen. That looks like a "no" there.... They also look gash on pre-2000 cars (imho). Out Run, Fumbler and Cord Fourteener 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 18 hours ago, 320touring said: #naesmellofweedhonist Could be worse.. #naesmell of wee honist Cord Fourteener, Tadhg Tiogar and dozeydustman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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