The new news 24 thread

[richardmorris]

40 minutes ago, Bren said:

What is it?

New, boring and unpopular. It drove very well and has a good number of toys. Mind you the Mercedes still drives almost perfectly and that’s not got the structural integrity of the titanic.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

3 hours ago, Yoss said:

It's Flying Ant Day. 

Ant that the truth 

[richardmorris]

14 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Ant that the truth 

 

[brownnova]

4 hours ago, stuboy said:

First aid at work 3 day course started.. some nice motors at the auctions 

Ooof a Stanza!!! 
 

Would. 

[wuvvum]

Realised today that the Toyota turned 25 on Sunday.  Slightly miffed that I missed the occasion, but pleased that it was at least MOT'd in time for its quarter century.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

7 hours ago, stuboy said:

Seems the pictures are Australian 

Is the lowered, stickered, purple Fiesta still kicking around?  I seem to rememeber it has triangular exhausts.  Lowered to the extent that it couldn't even navigate the car park at anything more than 2MPH at your work...

[Leyland Worldmaster]

6 hours ago, richardmorris said:

New, boring and unpopular. It drove very well and has a good number of toys. Mind you the Mercedes still drives almost perfectly and that’s not got the structural integrity of the titanic.

Didn't know they still made and sold these here; I've seen a couple of hatchbacks- same colour as this one- and one estate! 👍 😎

[Amishtat]

14 hours ago, stuboy said:

First aid at work 3 day course started.. some nice motors at the auctions 

Wondering whether that Isis is the same one I saw at Reemans of Colchester about five years ago, now shorn of its four number F Essex plate. Almost certainly is, why can't greedy cunts leave stuff alone? 

[DVee8]

 

We have been in Glasgow for a couple of days.

A few points , boy is it big, and everyone drives a SUV of some description.

Every Qasquai, Juke and note, that rolled off the Nissan Sunderland plant is now in Glasgow.

Everyone in the city centre drives a Range Rover SVR.

All roads seem large, open and fast.

And the Erskine bridge is geeet big.

 

 

 

[dome]

1 hour ago, DVee8 said:

 

We have been in Glasgow for a couple of days.

A few points , boy is it big, and everyone drives a SUV of some description.

Every Qasquai, Juke and note, that rolled off the Nissan Sunderland plant is now in Glasgow.

Everyone in the city centre drives a Range Rover SVR.

All roads seem large, open and fast.

And the Erskine bridge is geeet big.

 

 

 

Glasgow is best explored on foot, via the medium of the city's many excellent bars(and ideally avoiding the dodgy ones)

[richardmorris]

8 hours ago, Leyland Worldmaster said:

Didn't know they still made and sold these here; I've seen a couple of hatchbacks- same colour as this one- and one estate! 👍 😎

This is the new face lift, with FIAT script on the grill and new 1litre turbo 3 cylinder lump. It's on a 21 reg and the active Cross edition for my "lifestyle". I like the fact that there are not many about - everyone round here has A class mercs and nissan cashcows.

[Split_Pin]

I took the Audi to the exhaust fabricators today.

The place came recommended and the chap was super-decent about everything.

It is going to come in at a bit more than I expected, well a lot more, at between £650 to £800 and that's with me supplying the downpipe and subsequent cat section.

As I may have said before, exhausts for the 1.8 Cabriolet are absolutely unavailable. The way things have been going car-wise lately, the above is a bit much to shell out for a cat-back exhaust for a 125bhp 4 cylinder engine. I could fuck about trying to get similar exhausts to fit but even they are near impossible to find.

It's got MOT to January so I think, for the second time this summer, I'm going to have to cut my losses and punt it spares and repairs.

Flapsticks.

[Leyland Worldmaster]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

This is the new face lift, with FIAT script on the grill and new 1litre turbo 3 cylinder lump. It's on a 21 reg and the active Cross edition for my "lifestyle". I like the fact that there are not many about - everyone round here has A class mercs and nissan cashcows.

For what it's worth, I really like these- precisely because it isn't a Datsun Cashcow- I also struggle to see how people are buying more of these SUV\Cross-over\ whatever thingies as they don't appear to be space efficient and must use more materials and fuel and stuff during build and in their operation. I'll grab my coat before running for cover! 😁😁😁

[reb]

At the unit to do a bit of general tidying up, had intended on stopping at a shop in town to pick up lunch and cigarettes after my job centre appointment but completely forgot! I could endure the nightmare of getting parked again, along with the waste of time heading back, all for a shitey meal deal, or I could order a delivery of a sausage roll (as in sausages on a roll), a traybake and a hot coffee. I know which I'd pick! Cigarettes I can do without, probably.

If I'm going to achieve anything I'll need to go back into town to get shelving out of my council lockup at some point but I can do that after I've eaten!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

35 minutes ago, Leyland Worldmaster said:

....I also struggle to see how people are buying more of these SUV\Cross-over\ whatever thingies as they don't appear to be space efficient and must use more materials and fuel and stuff during build and in their operation. ...

Obesity is the future, both in vehicles and people.

[DVee8]

3 hours ago, dome said:

Glasgow is best explored on foot, via the medium of the city's many excellent bars(and ideally avoiding the dodgy ones)

Yeah, we did last night a walk along the riverside and tried a couple 

Also it seems every second car is sold by Arny shark.

[Asimo]

18 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Airbag went off, so it must have been quite an impact.

😷 Point of order - airbags do not "go off", they deploy.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

3 minutes ago, Asimo said:

😷 Point of order - airbags do not "go off", they deploy.

...after which they go off?

[reb]

Delivery driver: "This isn't where you live, you live on *farm*"

Me: "Yes. This is where my workshop is"

😧Driver: "Are you a mechanic like?"

Me: *looks at assorted broken french tat* "I suppose you could say that"

[Leyland Worldmaster]

4 hours ago, DVee8 said:

 

We have been in Glasgow for a couple of days.

A few points , boy is it big, and everyone drives a SUV of some description.

Every Qasquai, Juke and note, that rolled off the Nissan Sunderland plant is now in Glasgow.

Everyone in the city centre drives a Range Rover SVR.

All roads seem large, open and fast.

And the Erskine bridge is geeet big.

 

 

 

Erskine Bridge:

https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/2254

[Fabergé Greggs]

Anyone heard from @purplebargekenrecently? 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

20 minutes ago, Fabergé Greggs said:

Anyone heard from @purplebargekenrecently? 

I think he's relieved that he managed to get out of Edmonton.

[barefoot]

Was it he who was after a Bedford CF Camper? Only there's been one down at http://www.sherwoodselfstore.co.uk for about the last three years. I asked about it when it arrived & was told chap didn't want to sell. But it hasn't moved since and the building is about to be demolished & replaced by an Aldi.

In other news, my Scirocco appears to have drunk all of its brake fluid - bastard!

[Stanky]

30 minutes ago, reb said:

😧Driver: "Are you a mechanic like?"

the answer to this question must always be 'NO I AM NOT' spoken loudly. Because if you do not say this, the very next question will be:

"because I have this issue you see, and I wonder if you might be able to take a quick look at it...."

and you will lose the next 3 hours of your life upside down in a footwell trying to work out whatever the hell might be wrong with the vehicle in question, and because you touched it/looked at it/went near it you will then be RESPONSIBLE for any malady that strikes the vehicle for at least the next 20,000 miles. 

 

[reb]

He was driving a new-ish crossover of some description, if I were him I wouldn't want someone working on a dismantled 80s* car going anywhere near it! 😂

 

* I know my particular one is from the 90s but that doesn't cover just how different it is from anything remotely modern.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, barefoot said:

..., my Scirocco appears to have drunk all of its brake fluid - bastard!

Has it been associating with a Rover P6?

[richardmorris]

[egg]

In the Autumn of 1990 me and a school mate decided to make our own car magazine. The content is risible, but here's the front covers of the two editions we wrote (i.e. cribbed from Car Magazine). Typed up on his dad's Amstrad. At least 30 years on it enhances my weird car nerd credentials, although back then it just helped alienate me (and him) from our peers.

[louiepj]

First ftp in the megane 1.6e today. Was struggling to crank over/no crank so I whipped out the starter to have a look. Although all connections are heavily corroded it appears that the solenoid is not energising when I tested it.
Stripped the starter down for a clean up of all the corrosion then gave it another try and still nothing so new one ordered.
Only positive to this was finding out the starter also fits a renner 5 GT turbo.

[Fumbler]

Temporary repair of superglue and gaffer tape has held up, which is good. I'd be inclined to keep it like that but the entire section from the tape to the end of the rod is perished tae fook.

 

Also,

What's this? It's mounted to the front slam bar. And it's German.