OM646 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Today i went to work in the Aldi just to find out it had water in the O/S footwell. Apparently, gunk accumulated so much that it obstructed the drain ducts, so the water found its path through the cabin air filter into the cabin itself. Great. Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 4 hours ago, OM646 said: Today i went to work in the Aldi just to find out it had water in the O/S footwell. Apparently, gunk accumulated so much that it obstructed the drain ducts, so the water found its path through the cabin air filter into the cabin itself. Great. That's a standard feature on a lot of VAG cars Split_Pin, OM646 and Barry Cade 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 "Free" car anyone? I'd love to try take one of these just to wind up the Mrs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 "Free" car anyone? I'd love to try take one of these just to wind up the Mrs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 One out! Take it to the bridge! The broken 206 which had been littering my drive way has finally gone for scrap! BorniteIdentity, Burnside, loserone and 3 others 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 12 hours ago, Tim_E said: You'll get there, it won't be too long before we're allowed out a bit more, possibly. I mean months rather than years😅 Oh we will for sure (providing it doesn't blow up). However it's my wife driving it usually and she has zero interest in the mileometer. So there could be a good chance I'll miss the roll-over! BorniteIdentity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 New tyres day. Burnside, BorniteIdentity, loserone and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 3 hours ago, andy18s said: "Free" car anyone? I'd love to try take one of these just to wind up the Mrs There's a HUGE amount of trust involved with the temporary custodian. Sod that. Craig the Princess 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OM646 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Back to the Aldi after a rainy night. Checked the cabin filter, and it's dry, so i guess the drains were successfully cleared. Behold one of the less tidy engine bays ever! Split_Pin, Jim Bell and Burnside 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 My turn out in the little VW Fox. By God it's built down to a price. The doors and particularly the tailgate crash shut. Thin isn't the word, but it does what it sets out to do & there's a comfortable ride, if little or no roadholding. It lights up its tyres with the minimum provocation, but it's nippy and cruises on the motorway at 70mph/3,500 rpm which is about the same as the 944! the verdict from the barefoot is in - it's OK. Tickman and Stanky 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Well I've taken the first tentative step towards converting the Trafic into a camper. I was looking at those Chinese diesel heaters on eBay - my neighbour has recently installed one in his Bedford Bambi and reckons it's brilliant - and found a reputable-looking UK seller flogging them for £79.99, which seemed reasonable enough. I was debating whether to go ahead or not, but then when I clicked to add to my basket the price dropped to £66, which is the cheapest I've ever seen them. So I did a buy. It's never going to be a Cobblers-style van, but the heater will remove my main bugbear about camping - that I always wake up freezing my bollocks off at about 3am. A mattress on the floor in the back and maybe a Porta Potti in the corner behind a shower curtain with some basic handwashing facilities will be enough for me - I wouldn't be doing any cooking in there or owt like that so a kitchen would be a bit of a waste of effort. somewhatfoolish, Cord Fourteener, LightBulbFun and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minimad5 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 17 minutes ago, wuvvum said: Well I've taken the first tentative step towards converting the Trafic into a camper. I was looking at those Chinese diesel heaters on eBay - my neighbour has recently installed one in his Bedford Bambi and reckons it's brilliant - and found a reputable-looking UK seller flogging them for £79.99, which seemed reasonable enough. I was debating whether to go ahead or not, but then when I clicked to add to my basket the price dropped to £66, which is the cheapest I've ever seen them. So I did a buy. It's never going to be a Cobblers-style van, but the heater will remove my main bugbear about camping - that I always wake up freezing my bollocks off at about 3am. A mattress on the floor in the back and maybe a Porta Potti in the corner behind a shower curtain with some basic handwashing facilities will be enough for me - I wouldn't be doing any cooking in there or owt like that so a kitchen would be a bit of a waste of effort. Got a link, please ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 4 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said: There's a HUGE amount of trust involved with the temporary custodian. Sod that. I spent much of my time with the Y10 worrying about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 13 minutes ago, Minimad5 said: Got a link, please ? 12V 5000W Air Diesel Night Heater LCD Display 5KW for Car Truck Motor-Home Boat 6941577355381 | eBay Minimad5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 70 beer tokens for one of them? How does the chinese economy actually work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 2 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said: 70 beer tokens for one of them? How does the chinese economy actually work? BorniteIdentity, Burnside, crad and 3 others 2 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispian_J_Hotson Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 BREAKING NEWS: S TYPE PASSES MOT. Rewards driver with first ever show of abs, TC and brake warning lights on way home. Immediately fixed by turning engine off and on again. EDIT: those 3 lights appearing suggest a low battery voltage. Burnside, Jim Bell, Cord Fourteener and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldo135 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 3 hours ago, wuvvum said: Well I've taken the first tentative step towards converting the Trafic into a camper. I was looking at those Chinese diesel heaters on eBay - my neighbour has recently installed one in his Bedford Bambi and reckons it's brilliant - and found a reputable-looking UK seller flogging them for £79.99, which seemed reasonable enough. I was debating whether to go ahead or not, but then when I clicked to add to my basket the price dropped to £66, which is the cheapest I've ever seen them. So I did a buy. It's never going to be a Cobblers-style van, but the heater will remove my main bugbear about camping - that I always wake up freezing my bollocks off at about 3am. A mattress on the floor in the back and maybe a Porta Potti in the corner behind a shower curtain with some basic handwashing facilities will be enough for me - I wouldn't be doing any cooking in there or owt like that so a kitchen would be a bit of a waste of effort. This is how I see it. So many of the coach built ones look like they are 40-50% kitchen, but you’re on your holidays! Get a chippy! A comfy bed and some kind of toilet facilities would do fine. You can always have a wee burner under the tailgate to make a coffee or whatever stripped fred and BorniteIdentity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Had a work meeting... hmmm.... haven’t driven the 900 in a couple of months I’ll take that. Battery: You wot M9... don’t think so. So I go to work and come back and the. Run the battery charger on an extension, pop the bonnet and..... shit myself because a mouse sprints across the engine! Little bugger goes and hides Worried that it may have infested I hook the battery up to the charger and leave the bonnet up so it’ll go away. I return to the car half an hour later... no sign of Mr or Mrs Mouse. Good. Car starts, good. I reverse it from its spot and watch as a mouse jumps from the front of the car into the hedge... I put it on the proper part of my drive and get ready to check it over at which point another mouse makes a leap from the front bumper inches from me. Now I’m a proper bloke and don’t scare easily, but I jumped a mile and shouted fuck off you fucking fucker very loudly at it... Good news: no sign that they got into the car, and no obvious signs of damage under the bonnet. Bad news: there were mice under my bonnet... were they living there? We are in the countryside and do get mice around but never had them in the cars before! Other bad news the Nova and MX5 are also both parked on that storage part of the drive and have been for a long time... I’ll take a bloody big stick and check them for critters at the weekend. Ahhh countryside life! mitsisigma01, davehedgehog31, Stanky and 11 others 8 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispian_J_Hotson Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 4 minutes ago, brownnova said: Had a work meeting... hmmm.... haven’t driven the 900 in a couple of months I’ll take that. Battery: You wot M9... don’t think so. So I go to work and come back and the. Run the battery charger on an extension, pop the bonnet and..... shit myself because a mouse sprints across the engine! Little bugger goes and hides Worried that it may have infested I hook the battery up to the charger and leave the bonnet up so it’ll go away. I return to the car half an hour later... no sign of Mr or Mrs Mouse. Good. Car starts, good. I reverse it from its spot and watch as a mouse jumps from the front of the car into the hedge... Bounce sheets used to work for us when we lived in a mouse infested house with character* in the middle of nowhere... And traps loaded with bits of Mars bar, but they could be messy. Our record was 11 mice in a night. We soon moved to another great* house near a river that had reoccurring issues with rats. No cars were ever eaten though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 We’ve not had any in the house yet this year... unlike last year! 12 minutes ago, Crispian_J_Hotson said: Bounce sheets used to work for us when we lived in a mouse infested house with character* in the middle of nowhere... And traps loaded with bits of Mars bar, but they could be messy. Our record was 11 mice in a night. We soon moved to another great* house near a river that had reoccurring issues with rats. No cars were ever eaten though. Can you explain Bounce sheets to me please... my googling brings up something that goes in a tumble dryer... Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Further googling suggests they hate the smell! Excellent. I’m off to Tesco! Cord Fourteener and richardmorris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispian_J_Hotson Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 1 minute ago, brownnova said: Further googling suggests they hate the smell! Excellent. I’m off to Tesco! Yes, theory is that meeces use smell to detect predators, when there is one or two of these sheets in a cupboard, car or whatever, they can't smell the situation so they do one back to Disney land - apparently. Best defence, get a cat. Stanky, richardmorris, crad and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 3 minutes ago, Crispian_J_Hotson said: Yes, theory is that meeces use smell to detect predators, when there is one or two of these sheets in a cupboard, car or whatever, they can't smell the situation so they do one back to Disney land - apparently. Best defence, get a cat. Yup, get a cat, ideally several in case one or two of them aren't hunters. Cord Fourteener and Steviemillar 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 11 hours ago, Crispian_J_Hotson said: Best defence, get a cat. get 2 keeps them happy Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 @brownnova What, did someone call? crad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 1 minute ago, stuboy said: get 2 keeps them hap 5 hours ago, wuvvum said: Well I've taken the first tentative step towards converting the Trafic into a camper...I wouldn't be doing any cooking in there or owt like that so a kitchen would be a bit of a waste of effort. Cold beans on bread with a packet of crisps then is it? To be fair, you can always throw a camping gas stove in if you decide you need bacon butties and cups of tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Linseed oil, meet these grey bumpers. Before: After: Looks impressive, let's see how it long it lasts. Stanky, Wilko220, N19 and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Covid-compliant Clio collection caper. 2 miles away so it was a caper in miniature. Forecast was wrong so I got soaked walking there too. Fake pez shot as tank was half full. RN spec so keep fit everything, and it'll do hopefully. 1.6 automatic for added peril. Must admit, although the Morris has been performing main car duties well, it's nice to have something with a heater and de-misting properties. It's also been five months since my last purchase. It feels gooood...like having a drink after denying yourself all month or something! Angrydicky, wuvvum, clayts450 and 21 others 23 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Stanky said: Yup, get a cat, ideally several in case one or two of them aren't hunters. There are three or four who frequent our garden... Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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