Split_Pin Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Well fuck. Another garage has let me down with the Cavalier. Promised it would be ready today. I had been corresponding with the chap via WhatsApp so sent him a message at 3 o'clock today asking how things were going with the car. I'll take the absolute radio silence to mean 'haven't even touched it'. WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE??? dome, Lacquer Peel and Cord Fourteener 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Two hours silence from someone who probably can't hear their phone for all the welding? I wouldn't worry about that just yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 I sure hope so! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 11 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: Well fuck. Another garage has let me down with the Cavalier. Promised it would be ready today. I had been corresponding with the chap via WhatsApp so sent him a message at 3 o'clock today asking how things were going with the car. I'll take the absolute radio silence to mean 'haven't even touched it'. WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE??? I know my favourite local garage is up to the eyeballs in work at the moment. MOTs have eased off massively but loads of general work and the results of deferred maintenance, now that people are starting to go out more again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Two days ago I was working outside in a T shirt, and considered shorts as I was overheating. Outside my bedroom window about 15 minutes ago... Yep... that's the British weather being itself as normal then. richardmorris, Split_Pin and Cord Fourteener 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Since I got the same excuse from my usual garage on week 1 and again on week 4, resulting in nothing done at all, I'm understandably irritated by this situation. Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Goodbye old friend. richardmorris, BorniteIdentity, Split_Pin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 20 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: Since I got the same excuse from my usual garage on week 1 and again on week 4, resulting in nothing done at all, I'm understandably irritated by this situation. "Probably be Monday" was his eventual response. I'll give it till Monday then its coming back and I'm selling it to someone that can fix it themselves. Its been one big pain in the arse, through no fault of the car but I just don't need the hassle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Boxster went in for its MOT today. It passed its with a clean sheet. Emissions were respectable. Lukewarm engine going by the test time. Also got fresh oil + filter and inspection service. 9 litres of the stuff. Cheapest Porsche C40 approved oil was a big tub of MANNOL. £30 for 10 litres - a good quarter the price of official Porsche branded oil. Split_Pin, puddlethumper, LightBulbFun and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 24 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: Since I got the same excuse from my usual garage on week 1 and again on week 4, resulting in nothing done at all, I'm understandably irritated by this situation. If what I've been seeing the last couple of days are anything to go by it's going to be the norm for a while...had to negotiate three broken down cars in awkward places today alone. Get the feeling folks have just gone out again the millisecond they're allowed, and cars aren't too happy at having barely moved in months. Cord Fourteener and Split_Pin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 I've had my 305 van for about twenty years and when I got it the drivers door would drop and the top corner would hit the frame. About 8 years ago I thought it was about time to do something about it so I purchased two new pins. After fitting it made no difference at all. Bugger. So I gave up for 8 years until yesterday, don't want to rush things, when I decided plan B would have to be dusted off. Off with the door card, a 5min job coz none of those pesky electrickery things, loosen the two bolts holding the hinge and slip a shim into the hinge. What a lovely thunk now. I must have opened and shut it twenty times just to hear it. You can't beat the sound of a car door shutting nicely. Why I left it 20 years when it took no more than an hour I'm buggered if I know. Oh, and another thing. When I imported it in 2010 I got an E prefix plate which is 1988, which it is, but mine is December 88 which would make it an F as E stopped in August. I wonder if I could get an age related plate. They've also put it down as a GLD which I reckon is wrong. I'm sure mine is a GRD, base model, as I don't have carpet, rubber mats, plain door cards, no decadent rear wash wipe or intermittent front wiper. Bastards, upgrading me from base. Who do they think they are ? Just looked out the window. Kin ell ! It's a snow storm. chaseracer, mercedade, Three Speed and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Her next door had a empty washer bottle on her mercs cause she could not get the 2nd latch undone . When i opened the bonnet , she headed straight for the brake resoiviour !!!! , Er no , how about this blue top over here with the washer symbol , good thing the 2nd latch worked .. Three Speed, Stevebrookman and Cord Fourteener 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 is this one of those Eagle E Types? Sounded good, not convinced on the looks. Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, richardmorris said: is this one of those Eagle E Types? Sounded good, not convinced on the looks. If it looks suspiciously good, it was probably better built than the original E-type. A bit like those Covid 911s richardmorris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw1977 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 13 minutes ago, MikeR said: Her next door had a empty washer bottle on her mercs cause she could not get the 2nd latch undone . When i opened the bonnet , she headed straight for the brake resoiviour !!!! I did that once, fortunately I realised straight away. That was a fun half hour syringing screenwash out of the brake fluid reservoir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 19 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: If it looks suspiciously good, it was probably better built than the original E-type. A bit like those Covid 911s An eagle speedster it seems. https://www.eaglegb.com/9/jaguar-e-type-special-editions/eagle-speedster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 21 hours ago, dollywobbler said: Headed up to North Wales today for a bit of colour. In the Matiz. It's last long drive was up to North Wales in November. 500 miles between the two visits. Midlands tomorrow where the Matiz will receive some bodywork TLC. Calendar shot Shirley? chaseracer, catsinthewelder, LightBulbFun and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Travelling back from college to home and doing some commuting racked up 199 miles and I used around 28 litres of petrol. Not good, my sticking caliper is now hurting my fuel economy. Something I should probably fix now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 14 minutes ago, Fumbler said: Travelling back from college to home and doing some commuting racked up 199 miles and I used around 28 litres of petrol. Not good, my sticking caliper is now hurting my fuel economy. Something I should probably fix now. Sounds positively frugal to me! Fumbler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 3 minutes ago, Zelandeth said: Sounds positively frugal to me! Heh, this is true, it's just a positive indicator that the problem with my front brakes is worse than originally thought, which is good motivation to "fix the bastard" at the end of the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 3 hours ago, puddlethumper said: I've had my 305 van for about twenty years and when I got it the drivers door would drop and the top corner would hit the frame. About 8 years ago I thought it was about time to do something about it so I purchased two new pins. After fitting it made no difference at all. Bugger. So I gave up for 8 years until yesterday, don't want to rush things, when I decided plan B would have to be dusted off. Off with the door card, a 5min job coz none of those pesky electrickery things, loosen the two bolts holding the hinge and slip a shim into the hinge. What a lovely thunk now. I must have opened and shut it twenty times just to hear it. You can't beat the sound of a car door shutting nicely. Why I left it 20 years when it took no more than an hour I'm buggered if I know. Oh, and another thing. When I imported it in 2010 I got an E prefix plate which is 1988, which it is, but mine is December 88 which would make it an F as E stopped in August. I wonder if I could get an age related plate. They've also put it down as a GLD which I reckon is wrong. I'm sure mine is a GRD, base model, as I don't have carpet, rubber mats, plain door cards, no decadent rear wash wipe or intermittent front wiper. Bastards, upgrading me from base. Who do they think they are ? Just looked out the window. Kin ell ! It's a snow storm. I may be wrong but I’m pretty sure GR is above GL, at least it was on 405s. The base 405 around that time was the GE. In 88 I was fully invested in company car hierarchy and I know my 1.9 GRi was only bettered by a GTX. The 1.6 GL was on the same list as 1.6 L Cavalier, Sierra, Montegos and the GR was the GL equivalent. Talbot and alf892 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 LS400 is going into the garage tomorrow. It repaid my excitement about going straight through the MoT then having an oil change by dropping out on half its cylinders, seems like a coil pack has failed. The exhaust heating up to cherry red and then splashing through puddles on the slow journey home doesn't seem to have done it any favours either, I'm hoping they can weld it up. Hoping to drop into a real post office later in the week so I can get the Laurel swapped over to historic tax. Split_Pin and BorniteIdentity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw1977 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 GRD was certainly above GLD in 1984: HarmonicCheeseburger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 16 minutes ago, NorfolkNWeigh said: I may be wrong but I’m pretty sure GR is above GL, at least it was on 405s. The base 405 around that time was the GE. In 88 I was fully invested in company car hierarchy and I know my 1.9 GRi was only bettered by a GTX. The 1.6 GL was on the same list as 1.6 L Cavalier, Sierra, Montegos and the GR was the GL equivalent. I'm pretty sure mine is a Base because in Portugal, where it came from, all the cars and vans I had there were base spec because they didn't want to pay the extra. Back in the 80's it was only ten or so years after a dictatorship and people didn't have much so paying for 'luxuries' was wasting money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Someone must be in a spot of strife today, given I found a brake pad and retention spring in the gutter outside work. BorniteIdentity and Cord Fourteener 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Right, which one of you drove past my house, saw the Pontiac and left this all over the road outside.... You dirty buggers you... BorniteIdentity, Coprolalia, Ghosty and 9 others 1 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Received my EU driving licence this morning, which I put behind my residency card in my wallet. No longer will I have to go around with a rucksack stuffed with papers and receipts to prove that I live here and can legally drive. Cord Fourteener, Mally, Tickman and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wgl2019 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 17 hours ago, MikeR said: Her next door had a empty washer bottle on her mercs cause she could not get the 2nd latch undone . When i opened the bonnet , she headed straight for the brake resoiviour !!!! , Er no , how about this blue top over here with the washer symbol , good thing the 2nd latch worked .. We used to be trusted to top up engine oil at work if the weekly vehicle check highlighted it..... People would invariably add oil to the screenwash or brake fluid. One time someone topped the engine oil up with some kind of car shampoo. Our rewritten weekly check now tells us not to lift the bonnet! Tickman, Cord Fourteener, Twiggy and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinmasters Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 loserone, stuboy, chaseracer and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Well this looks safe! Currently someone is just walking around on the roof, on their own as far as I can see, for some reason pressure washing the roof. Yes there are cars parked roadside both sides just out of frame which are getting showered with the spray off as well. Is this a thing that people have done regularly? Have never even heard of it before! louiepj and Cord Fourteener 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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