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7,023 · July 7, 2021

15 hours ago, Jamie said:

In sunny Scotland @sri05 I'm in Troon, anywhere near you?

About 30 miles away from me, you're a lot closer to @cort16 on the Scotoshiter map 😁

Looks a belter of a day down that way

87,921 · July 7, 2021

38 minutes ago, SRi05 said:

About 30 miles away from me, you're a lot closer to @cort16 on the Scotoshiter map 😁

Looks a belter of a day down that way

Yes that’s my ‘hood. Scottish Riviera init. 😀

Are you doing a tour of Scotland @Jamie

7,006 · July 7, 2021

13 hours ago, Fumbler said:

However, why doesn't anybody invent a safe disposal method (for the average car DIYer) for used oil filters? Nowhere here takes them and doesn't intend on doing so any time soon. Even if we are disposing of vehicular fluids correctly, we are still contaminating the waste stream with oil and fuel filters.

This. And coolant and brake fluid.

I drain the filters thoroughly and then bin them, what else can you do?

Brake fluid goes in cat litter then the bin.

Coolant currently sits in my garage while I work out what to do with it.

87,921 · July 7, 2021

1 minute ago, cort1977 said:

This. And coolant and brake fluid.

I drain the filters thoroughly and then bin them, what else can you do?

Brake fluid goes in cat litter then the bin.

Coolant currently sits in my garage while I work out what to do with it.

I've got bottles of old coolant I've had in my garage for years not sure what I'm meant to do with it either. My dump recently told me they'd stopped taking paint and I was to fill the tubs with sand and once it had gone hard I could put it in the bin. And they wonder why people are fly tipping.

9,750 · July 7, 2021

2 minutes ago, Nyphur said:

I tip all my waste oil and fluids in the canal. Soon mixes in and the constant flow of water dilutes it right down. Victimless crime really.

Fun fact

The goo at the bottom of the canals that many think are turds dropped from passing watercraft,is in fact the contents of countless tins of paint dumped after drying out

Even though the owner was "sure I'd put the lid on properly"

4,500 · July 7, 2021

1 hour ago, cort16 said:

Yes that’s my ‘hood. Scottish Riviera init. 😀

Are you doing a tour of Scotland @Jamie

Ahh cool! We went up to glasga yesterday n off to the Isle of aaran today 😀

33,757 · July 7, 2021

Coolant can be diluted and disposed of in a foul water supply. Ie flushed down the toilet using plenty of water. Do not tip it down a drain.

Oil banks should be available somewhere!

87,921 · July 7, 2021

6 minutes ago, Jamie said:

Ahh cool! We went up to glasga yesterday n off to the Isle of aaran today 😀

How much did that parking cost you ? 😀Arran is great, one of my favourite places . it’s got a brewery , whisky distillery, cheese makers and arran aromatics (for the ladies ) so a good place to spend some time. There’s a pub at the bottom of the hill into Lamlash that has amazing views of the holy isle . I used to play golf in lamlash and would often just Chuck it in and sit down there and get pissed.
I need to get back there soon myself.

4,500 · July 7, 2021

16 minutes ago, cort16 said:

How much did that parking cost you ? 😀Arran is great, one of my favourite places . it’s got a brewery , whisky distillery, cheese makers and arran aromatics (for the ladies ) so a good place to spend some time. There’s a pub at the bottom of the hill into Lamlash that has amazing views of the holy isle . I used to play golf in lamlash and would often just Chuck it in and sit down there and get pissed.
I need to get back there soon myself.

£1 for 15 mins!!

Ah that's great we are going to get the ferry over today. Just have to get the wife to drive home then.... Hic!

6,203 · July 7, 2021

1 hour ago, cort16 said:

I've got bottles of old coolant I've had in my garage for years not sure what I'm meant to do with it either. My dump recently told me they'd stopped taking paint and I was to fill the tubs with sand and once it had gone hard I could put it in the bin. And they wonder why people are fly tipping.

My local council takes waste oil and the fellow there said just chuck it into the same vat mixed with God knows what.

It wasn't just engine oil I chucked in the last time, there was Gearbox oil, ATF, CHF, Brake fluid in the same manky tub. Suppose a bit of coolant wont make a difference, especially when I reckon they just incinerate it all anyway.

13,245 · July 7, 2021

46 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Oil banks should be available somewhere!

http://www.oilbankline.org.uk/

2,074 · July 7, 2021

11 minutes ago, Spurious said:

My local council takes waste oil and the fellow there said just chuck it into the same vat mixed with God knows what.

It wasn't just engine oil I chucked in the last time, there was Gearbox oil, ATF, CHF, Brake fluid in the same manky tub. Suppose a bit of coolant wont make a difference, especially when I reckon they just incinerate it all anyway.

I realise this is from the US. It is still informative though.

I'm assuming the comments about throwing dangerous and polluting chemicals are jokes.

4,744 · July 7, 2021

I am bridging my 206cc on the 21st, phoned local scrappers, some were laughable derisory offers, best price was furthest one,but probably biggest, Tottenham to Horsham.. Redcorn Ltd. They reckon they are collecting 400 motors a DAY!! If anyone wants to offer over £265 and collect it before the 21st of July it can be yours.

No mot, my local mechanic has failed to finish what he started, possibly not needing much, oil leak from top of engine, rear exhaust box, had new track rod ends and ball joints, I think mech said it needed one other link/joint/mount... Roof fulling working, drives ok , aircon was cold when last used two years ago, leather interior, dry but not badly cracked, tyres were good when last looked at.....

13,639 · July 7, 2021

13 hours ago, bunglebus said:

My mate got this in the post today, with 70's/80's stamps. Strange

I received this one a couple years ago covered in stamps from the mid-late 1980s.

Top right are a pair celebrating Australia Day 1987 and the row below are from the 1988 Bicentenary.

14,578 · July 7, 2021

14 hours ago, bunglebus said:

My mate got this in the post today, with 70's/80's stamps. Strange

Normally in a set of 4 the values pre 1990 were 2nd, 1st, Europe letter rate and small parcel.

The Europe letter value tends to be the hardest for collectors to find. I was aware all decimal currency postage stamp issues are still valid (along with certain pre-decimalisation issues with whole pounds) but the pennies must be rounded up to the next pence where ha’pennies are used with another x-and-a-half pence value. They’re nicely cancelled as well which is a bonus to a collector.

17,535 · July 7, 2021

3 hours ago, Jamie said:

Ahh cool! We went up to glasga yesterday n off to the Isle of aaran today 😀

My old work in the background there. Utter bastards.

63,076 · July 7, 2021

Spud cam spot which cheered me up, a ropey old 2cv in late-90's general cart horse spec. Rear full of cardboard boxes. Marvellous.

No MOT between 2009 and 2019.

4,500 · July 7, 2021

@cort16unfortunatley ferry is fully booked all week for aaran 😒 apparently there is another island a bit further up that is only 15 mins on the ferry?

We went to Culzean instead

Heres another passat pic from where we are staying (the salt Lodge in Troon) 😎

8,922 · July 7, 2021

Decided to tackle the overgrown mass of brbles behind my garden shed today.

Noticed there was a disused coal scuttle(?) In the corner of the garden that was full of empty oil cans, an exhaust manifold, and some kind of sump?

Ah well, got all the brambles out at least.

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87,921 · July 7, 2021

9 minutes ago, Jamie said:

@cort16unfortunatley ferry is fully booked all week for aaran 😒 apparently there is another island a bit further up that is only 15 mins on the ferry?

We went to Culzean instead

Heres another passat pic from where we are staying (the salt Lodge in Troon) 😎

Nice, I didn't even know they had accommodation there. Culzean is nice for a visit, Dunure is worth a visit too if you're ever down that way again.

4,500 · July 7, 2021

6 minutes ago, cort16 said:

Nice, I didn't even know they had accommodation there. Culzean is nice for a visit, Dunure is worth a visit too if you're ever down that way again.

I think they were recently built

Thanks, is there any more nice beaches over this side?

33,757 · July 7, 2021

47 minutes ago, Jamie said:

@cort16unfortunatley ferry is fully booked all week for aaran 😒 apparently there is another island a bit further up that is only 15 mins on the ferry?

We went to Culzean instead

Heres another passat pic from where we are staying (the salt Lodge in Troon) 😎

I'm going to Arran in a couple of weeks for 4 days with my family. The ferries are running at half capacity or thereabouts and they're limiting folk on the island. I booked the car months ago but some of my family who aren't taking cars had real trouble getting booked on. Unfortunately you can't just turn up like you used to be able to.

This will be my 21st year going there.

4,500 · July 7, 2021

Just now, Split_Pin said:

I'm going to Arran in a couple of weeks for 4 days with my family. The ferries are running at half capacity or thereabouts and they're limiting folk on the island. I booked the car months ago but some of my family who aren't taking cars had real trouble getting booked on. Unfortunately you can't just turn up like you used to be able to.

This will be my 21st year going there.

Yeah we just expected to turn up. Didn't realise it was school hols

24,044 · July 7, 2021

50th annniversary raf helicopter tour today, anyone else see?

87,921 · July 7, 2021

30 minutes ago, Jamie said:

I think they were recently built

Thanks, is there any more nice beaches over this side?

A lot of the real gems are down near Culzean. Dunure and Croy have nice beaches. Dunure was the setting for that Outlander TV program.

There's a big beach park at Irvine but I always think it's a little bit of a dump. . Largs is worth a visit although their beach is very pebbley .

You can get a ferry to Millport (Isle of Cumbrae) from Largs but it's usually quite busy.

Kelburn country park on they way to Largs is also quiet good.

87,921 · July 7, 2021

22 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

I'm going to Arran in a couple of weeks for 4 days with my family. The ferries are running at half capacity or thereabouts and they're limiting folk on the island. I booked the car months ago but some of my family who aren't taking cars had real trouble getting booked on. Unfortunately you can't just turn up like you used to be able to.

This will be my 21st year going there.

I started a job in Irvine in 1999 and every year since we've went to Arran in June to play golf (get pissed). The last 2 years are the only two years we've missed and I'm jonesing for a return visit.

24,044 · July 7, 2021

Hubut has reviewed a w124 coupe. Will watch it later, but I am pleased I have a car worthy of review. He’s done 2cvs, and @Three Speeds traction. Just need an x1/9 review now and it’s the full fleet set.

17,044 · July 7, 2021

1 hour ago, Jamie said:

I think they were recently built

Thanks, is there any more nice beaches over this side?

If you've got the time head down south of Stranraer. Portpatrick and the Mull of Galloway are worth a visit. Luce Sands is a decent beach down that way from memory

July 7, 2021

10 hours ago, cort1977 said:

This. And coolant and brake fluid.

I drain the filters thoroughly and then bin them, what else can you do?

Brake fluid goes in cat litter then the bin.

Coolant currently sits in my garage while I work out what to do with it.

10 hours ago, cort16 said:

I've got bottles of old coolant I've had in my garage for years not sure what I'm meant to do with it either. My dump recently told me they'd stopped taking paint and I was to fill the tubs with sand and once it had gone hard I could put it in the bin. And they wonder why people are fly tipping.

We must be lucky where I live, the council will take most waste. I have always taken used car fluids and filters there without any problems.