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[stuboy]

12 hours ago, Cord Fourteener said:

Please, I need help. 

I need guidance, and maybe my head seeing to. 

This is for sale near me and I think I want it. 

But I also like being married. 

 

do it!

[mintwth]

5 minutes ago, Cord Fourteener said:

Please, I need help. 

I need guidance, and maybe my head seeing to. 

This is for sale near me and I think I want it. 

But I also like being married. 

 

Other wives are available

[andyberg]

Big enough to sleep in!!

[Split_Pin]

22 minutes ago, Cord Fourteener said:

Please, I need help. 

I need guidance, and maybe my head seeing to. 

This is for sale near me and I think I want it. 

But I also like being married. 

 

That is merely the entry price.

[stuboy]

13 hours ago, mintwth said:

Other wives are available

p/x for younger model?

[Leyland Worldmaster]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

Do you have an in-car chimenea?

No, however I do have a parking space with all day sun.  Only slightly damp when I finished! 

😎 

[Leyland Worldmaster]

1 hour ago, Cord Fourteener said:

Please, I need help. 

I need guidance, and maybe my head seeing to. 

This is for sale near me and I think I want it. 

But I also like being married. 

 

Get it buyed! 😁

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, Cord Fourteener said:

Please, I need help. 

I need guidance, and maybe my head seeing to. 

This is for sale near me and I think I want it. 

But I also like being married. 

 

What engine's it got?

[Cord Fourteener]

7 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

What engine's it got?

2.6 v6 pez guzzler autobox = about 19 mpg to maybe 25 if Wales wasn't so hilly.

[wuvvum]

Hmm.  If it was a dizzle or a 3.2 I'd say go for it, but the 2.6 isn't the best engine option - it's thirsty without being massively quick.  Does sound nice though.

[Cord Fourteener]

11 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Hmm.  If it was a dizzle or a 3.2 I'd say go for it, but the 2.6 isn't the best engine option - it's thirsty without being massively quick.  Does sound nice though.

Yes it's thirsty, it's probably underwhelming as compared with the Passat but by all accounts it's huge in the back. And I can't help but like it. 

Rational brain says no, frolicking brain says at least go for a test drive as its probably no more than 7 miles away. 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Another little trip for the CX this afternoon which somehow* turned into a three hour drive.

All the LEDs are functioning normally.

[brownnova]

When I bought it my MX5 had some unsightly mud flaps fitted. A few weeks back I drove through a flood and dislodged them, but I pushed them back into place thinking i must get around to taking them off. I finally got round to removing them properly yesterday. Pleased that the car looks better. Less pleased that on the drivers side the mud flap has clearly held moisture and dirt against the end of the sill and there is a bit of rust which will need repairing 🙄

[wuvvum]

20 minutes ago, brownnova said:

MX5

 

21 minutes ago, brownnova said:

there is a bit of rust

TADT,S.

[Leyland Worldmaster]

12 hours ago, Cord Fourteener said:

Please, I need help. 

I need guidance, and maybe my head seeing to. 

This is for sale near me and I think I want it. 

But I also like being married. 

 

Have you boughted it yet? 

What about now? 

OK... How about now? 

😁

[GMcD]

In Majorca. Nice yard of shite behind the hotel:

[Skcat]

12 hours ago, Cord Fourteener said:

Please, I need help. 

I need guidance, and maybe my head seeing to. 

This is for sale near me and I think I want it. 

But I also like being married. 

 

Be sure to check in the front wheel Wells, where the chassis rail meets the sheet metal for the strut tower. and the rear door shuts!

Ask me how I know! 😆

[Schaefft]

49 minutes ago, Gerrymcd said:

In Majorca. Nice yard of shite behind the hotel:

Same yard 2 years ago if it's in Can Picafort. I'm still wondering if this was a manual Biturbo.

 

 

[GMcD]

7 minutes ago, Schaefft said:

Same yard 2 years ago if it's in Can Picafort. I'm still wondering if this was a manual Biturbo.

 

 

Nailed it 👍

[Jenson Velcro]

The Defender managed to eject the ignition switch from the back of the steering lock so I thought it might be a good idea to trace a small intermittent electrical fault at the same time. Now I’m not so sure it was such a good idea.

[Schaefft]

1 hour ago, Gerrymcd said:

Nailed it 👍

Make sure to check out the Necropolis, that was the only thing worth seeing when I was there in early November, everything else was completely dead ha.

[Zelandeth]

58 minutes ago, Jenson Velcro said:

The Defender managed to eject the ignition switch from the back of the steering lock so I thought it might be a good idea to trace a small intermittent electrical fault at the same time. Now I’m not so sure it was such a good idea.

Looks pretty much like a normal day in any one I've ever been in!

Granted they were all farm hacks so that's not saying much.

[Jenson Velcro]

2 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

Looks pretty much like a normal day in any one I've ever been in!

Granted they were all farm hacks so that's not saying much.

Well it is nearly 30 years old and has done over 200k miles. It does get worked hard as well. It seems to just be poor earths as the relays for wipers, indicators and lights seemed to all want to work together, suggesting they’re back feeding. 

[Cord Fourteener]

I happened upon a 2CV meet so I stopped to get this pic and met a fellow shitter there!

A pleasure to see you as always @eifion

 

[dozeydustman]

 

Do you think the Binimini was overdue a service?

Oil like tar

rust around filter rim

Asthma.

[Eyersey1234]

3 hours ago, Cord Fourteener said:

I happened upon a 2CV meet so I stopped to get this pic and met a fellow shitter there!

A pleasure to see you as always @eifion

 

Don't show @dollywobbler's Ellie this picture she will be jealous 

[Cord Fourteener]

Turns out that my Volvo 740 Heater matrix is leaking. 

Option 1: bypass from the engine bay for now. Dry out interior and wait until I have time and inclination to do it properly. 

Option 2: immediately start stripping dash down (when i get the time) and take the few weeks or more that it actually takes me to get it ready for duty in winter. 

Option 3: take it straight for a repair quote.

 

[richardmorris]

Ventured out on the m25 this morning to visit Outwood near godstone for a walk.  Coming back traffic was slow from cobham services for a bit which turned out to be an expired 20reg Range Rover on the hard shoulder. Then traffic slow again until I came off at chertsey so don’t know what the trouble there was. 

New car is good at motorways but the concrete sections on the m25 round there are a lot noisier than the merc. Could be the tyres I suppose. I’ve always used Goodyear efficientgrip performance but the new fiat is on falken azenis.

[Fumbler]

22 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Then traffic slow again until I came off at chertsey so don’t know what the trouble there was.

Chertsey is always a slow spot. It's the sheer weight of traffic trying to get in at 9:00 that usually holds me up when I'm heading home from college.

[Supernaut]

Went to the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum today.

Buses!