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[Mally]

1 hour ago, brownnova said:

The sun was shining yesterday... that means one thing...

Roof down! 

Which has highlighted my first foible with this car. The zip on the back window is a bit rubbish, keeps separating. Holds the window up though and the way it’s designed it’s unlikely to let water in. If I know it’s going to rain I’ll stick the hard top on anyway. 

 How heavy is the hard top, can you fit it alone?

I used a hoist to lift my MGB  hardtop,  and left it hanging in the garage roof.

[brownnova]

I can take it off alone, but the only time I’ve refitted I had to get Mrs_brownnova to help. But since then I bought a hard top stand (posh I know) so hopefully I can wheel it to the car and lift it myself. We’ll see! 

[Vince70]

12 hours ago, OM646 said:

One of the first means it's still one that has no airbags, right? 

 

You might have had the same steering wheel i have in my estate 

(Sunshade because I was working on the inside and it was burning hot outside)

Sorry I meant one of the first I meant cabriolet so it was a bit later than the saloon but I’m not sure it had an airbag.

I do remember it had a Cat fitted which I wasn’t keen on as it was the first year the 80 got one of those.

It was truly immaculate and remember to get it that way I needed a seat bolster repaired and getting hold of the material was a nightmare and luckily someone sent me the material off an armrest which matched.

I’m guessing I sold mine about 8 years ago and it’s still going strong when I last looked.

[Vince70]

8 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

 

[OM646]

16 minutes ago, Vince70 said:

It was truly immaculate and remember to get it that way I needed a seat bolster repaired and getting hold of the material was a nightmare and luckily someone sent me the material off an armrest which matched.

Vintage Audi upholstery truly is a pain to find. I found the original fabric that they use in my car ay a shop in Oporto.

 

Asked for a quote and they reached back with a 80€ per metre quote!

[Borsuq]

The Transit is in for surgery today. Dad got the turbo out to send it off for a rebuild. Over half a million hard km on it isn't too bad I think. The turbo wasn't even completely shot yet, but oil did start to seep past the seal so we decided to get it sorted before it becomes a runaway problem. ;D

Dad reckoned we should have just chucked a spare engine we have lying around into it, cause this one is also due a cambelt, but I wasn't about to trade a turbo engine for a NA one.

[Sunny Jim]

@brownnova when I had an MX5 and was taking the hard top on and off my myself I kept an old towel in the car that I'd spread out over the boot lid which meant I could slide the hard top on and off the locating pegs without risking scratching the paint work - particularly handy when trying to line the top up to get it on by myself.

[Floatylight]

3 hours ago, Vince70 said:

 

https://www.facebook.com/ozzymanreviews/videos/2861849947436972/

Made me smile

[brownnova]

45 minutes ago, Sunny Jim said:

@brownnova when I had an MX5 and was taking the hard top on and off my myself I kept an old towel in the car that I'd spread out over the boot lid which meant I could slide the hard top on and off the locating pegs without risking scratching the paint work - particularly handy when trying to line the top up to get it on by myself.

Top tip right there! Thank you! 

[gm]

also open both windows or doors and remove the radio aerial, makes life a bit easier.

 

[barefoot]

The members of the fleet that one would expect to be working are doing so, the SORN'd vehicles remain inactive & the one in the garage is still there awaiting time & money.

[HillmanImp]

Not managed to do much on the cars but I've just been out and changed the air filter on the whale. 

[brownnova]

Just put both 2CVs away in the garage for the first time in a month (heavy rain forecast for tomorrow) now my drive looks empty... 

[Cord Fourteener]

May I have a bit of a sweary melt down?

Fucking piece of shit diesel PussHat. I've only had it since Thursday and it's in fucking limp mode.  What is it with fucking faffy ever- so- fussy fucking turbo diesels with their fucking snow- flake turbos and other fucking pieces of shit engineering that always just fucking breaks and never seems to just fucking work?

I'm so fucking stressed, I just need a fucking car to go to work, which has been shit thanks to fucking covid, and for the fucking family.

I'm so angry with myself for swapping a fucking working petrol na car that was ok for a fucking piece of shit fucking broken diesel, with fucking mysterious fucking gremlins like fucking always. 

Fucking V fucking W cunts and their over rated fucking shite. I can't fucking afford to go chasing gremlins, neither do I have the fucking time between looking after kids, trying to do fucking work etc etc to kak-handedly attempt and fucking fail to find the problem. 

I just want a fucking daily estate or other large car with a fucking tow bar.

Rant over. Thanks. Sorry. 

[brownnova]

Other than that? All OK yeah? 

[MarvinsMom]

shoulda got a diesel Rover 75, the M47R reworked by Rovers and made by Styer Puch are i think far superior to any VAGshite diesel.

obviously the car does have faults, the drop links been a service item, and the clutches been good for only 100,000 miles or so,

the turbos, head gaskets and timing chains are all things though that do not usually give trouble.

the VAG diesels i have driven i have HATED with a vengeance, they are all go or whoa. they were either screaming their fuckin' tits off on the rev limiter, or labouring like fuck with no torque at lower revs.

and usually i didn't like anything else about the cars, their bland looks, their rubbish gearboxes, the suspension made from cement and seats made from rubble, and so on!

[Cord Fourteener]

45 minutes ago, brownnova said:

Other than that? All OK yeah? 

Otherwise, yes. 

I'll probably just drive it in limp mode until I can splash out on some decent shite and scrap the fucker...

[Floatylight]

1 minute ago, Tim_E said:

Otherwise, yes. 

I'll probably just drive it in limp mode until I can splash out on some decent shite and scrap the fucker...

And breeeeeethe! I had a moment like that a year ago when it failed the MOT, but had a calm down and a sensible look at what actually needed doing and cracked on, you will do the same after some sleep, its a decent motor, never any engine management issues in my ownership..

[Cord Fourteener]

1 minute ago, Floatylight said:

And breeeeeethe! I had a moment like that a year ago when it failed the MOT, but had a calm down and a sensible look at what actually needed doing and cracked on, you will do the same after some sleep, its a decent motor, never any engine management issues in my ownership..

I've had a few breaths. I've put the kids to bed and managed not to get grumpy with them too much, at least I hope so!

[Cord Fourteener]

4 minutes ago, Floatylight said:

And breeeeeethe! I had a moment like that a year ago when it failed the MOT, but had a calm down and a sensible look at what actually needed doing and cracked on, you will do the same after some sleep, its a decent motor, never any engine management issues in my ownership..

What I'm pissed off with is me, I didn't need to go swapping around cars, but I got tempted and now I've got rid of a boring but steady car that was giving me no trouble at all.

[Split_Pin]

The thing about 75 diesels is that while the engine is usually very reliable, it's the rest of the car that can be a bit needy. If you dont mind going to work on a frosty morning with the door held shut with a ratchet strap, air bag light on and at least 2 calipers binding, then it could be a shout.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

10 hours ago, Tim_E said:

What I'm pissed off with is me, I didn't need to go swapping around cars, but I got tempted and now I've got rid of a boring but steady car that was giving me no trouble at all.

It happens.  Many's the time when I've swapped something out for a 'new' thing because I was vaguely bored of the old one.  Still kicking myself for swapping out a Paiste Dark Dry ride cymbal for a (very nice ) Istanbul more than ten years ago...

But you will get it sorted.  Absolutely.  One way or another. 

[Cord Fourteener]

Right thanks for letting me blow off steam. 

Now to figure out the the duck to do. 

[Cord Fourteener]

12 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

It happens.  Many's the time when I've swapped something out for a 'new' thing because I was vaguely bored of the old one.  Still kicking myself for swapping out a Paiste Dark Dry ride cymbal for a (very nice ) Istanbul more than ten years ago...

But you will get it sorted.  Absolutely.  One way or another. 

I bought a black SG special once upon a time and then swapped to for a Rickenbacker 330. While thr Rickenbacker was nice in later years I wished I'd have kept the SG even though they don't know what balance means. 

[Cord Fourteener]

I may have thrown the toys out of the pram recently. Still, it kept me from moaning and grumping to the family. Cheers👍

Passat is booked in for diagnostics Monday. 

[Split_Pin]

Hope the garage are better at diagnostics than mine.

[Split_Pin]

Waiting (ex)pensively for its MOT tomorrow at 9am.

I've had it MOTd and welded at the same garage  for the past 11 years and they had missed big bits of rot for goodness knows how many MOTs.  Welded up last year but it will be interesting to see what a different garage makes of it as I'm never going back to the one that currently has had the Cavalier for a fortnight and made almost no progress with anything. I dont want another of my cars sitting there for a similar amount of time.

Need to find out one way or another, hopefully  it won't be a disaster.

 

[SiC]

16 hours ago, Tim_E said:

May I have a bit of a sweary melt down?

Fucking piece of shit diesel PussHat. I've only had it since Thursday and it's in fucking limp mode.  What is it with fucking faffy ever- so- fussy fucking turbo diesels with their fucking snow- flake turbos and other fucking pieces of shit engineering that always just fucking breaks and never seems to just fucking work?

I'm so fucking stressed, I just need a fucking car to go to work, which has been shit thanks to fucking covid, and for the fucking family.

I'm so angry with myself for swapping a fucking working petrol na car that was ok for a fucking piece of shit fucking broken diesel, with fucking mysterious fucking gremlins like fucking always. 

Fucking V fucking W cunts and their over rated fucking shite. I can't fucking afford to go chasing gremlins, neither do I have the fucking time between looking after kids, trying to do fucking work etc etc to kak-handedly attempt and fucking fail to find the problem. 

I just want a fucking daily estate or other large car with a fucking tow bar.

Rant over. Thanks. Sorry. 

TL;DR should have bought a Honda Accord CTDi. 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

 

Have splashed out on one of these to see whether they are really are that good.

[Leyland Worldmaster]

Picking Alison up after her Injector Wiring Loom was replaced. Only lasted just over 246,500 miles... 😱😱😱