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[HillmanImp]

4 hours ago, goosey said:

Unknowingly Been using this for the last half hour to wipe my hands on, think we going to have to change the bulk rag supplier

Your rag supplier didn't own @cms206's Council Estate once did they? 

[SiC]

8 hours ago, SiC said:

Put the Bini up for sale on a R53 Facebook group for £675... Wish me luck!

Turns out FB messenger has a Spam folder and I've missed a whole load of people messaged me. Who knew 🤷

Anyway got someone coming tomorrow morning to view it. Four other people after it, including one that is a breaker. Rather it didn't go to a breaker but cash is cash. It's straight and clean but not exactly a super rare car. 

[High Jetter]

6 hours ago, goosey said:

Unknowingly Been using this for the last half hour to wipe my hands on, think we going to have to change the bulk rag supplier

That's pants. Not that bulky either.

[High Jetter]

8 hours ago, barefoot said:

I just rang up the garage to book Billy in for an MOT.

Is it @Cavcraft's time again?

[Split_Pin]

5 hours ago, Lankytim said:

Spotted this quality front door yesterday…

 

I bet the letterbox and lock are hydraulic and the door can still open normally at speeds of up to 40mph if you detach one of the 4 hinges.

[Sunny Jim]

On the ferry out of Portsmouth, will be in Spain by Saturday morning.

[mintwth]

Best view of Portsmouth.........seeing it grow smaller in the distance 

[grogee]

8 hours ago, mintwth said:

Best view of Portsmouth.........seeing it grow smaller in the distance 

I lived there for 5 years. It's not very nice. 

[beko1987]

15 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

Slightly better.

Have I mentioned I bloody hate having to park 50% of the cars by trees?

I was planning on cleaning the van too as it's also turning green, but the pressure washer just exploded so that's the end of that plan for now.  Hopefully I can reattach the bit which decided to eject itself.

Oh no, which bit suicided itself on it? 

[hairnet]

9 hours ago, mintwth said:

Best view of Portsmouth.........seeing it grow smaller in the distance 

All ports are shitholes

[brownnova]

37 minutes ago, hairnet said:

All ports are shitholes

Portsmouth 
Southport
Ellesmere Port
Stockport

Yep, checks out. 
 

[Leyland Worldmaster]

Wow! Bet he has seen some changes! 

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/british/man-has-worked-vauxhall-75-years

[DodgyBastard]

Camry had a failure to proceed...

[dome]

Stripped the Mazda6 (Manta engine donor) down yesterday. 

Japanese cars in Scotland, don't do it kids. This one is from 2008😲

LHS rear lower arm was the reason it was cheap.

How it should look.

General crustiness

Coming soon to a supermarket shelf near you 

[somewhatfoolish]

Was that being stored under the sea? Crusty.

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, DodgyBastard said:

Camry had a failure to proceed...

[barefoot]

I've just discovered that Gabriela Irimia is now a sales executive at Minstergate Hyundai in York, whilst her twin sister Monica Taylor is employed in a similar position at Read Hyundai in Boston, Lincs. Gigs have apparently been a bit thin on the ground recently...

https://cardealermagazine.co.uk/publish/second-cheeky-girl-working-in-hyundai-showroom-as-pair-plan-their-very-own-dealership/238220

[Tadhg Tiogar]

17 minutes ago, barefoot said:

I've just discovered that Gabriela Irimia is now a sales executive at Minstergate Hyundai in York, whilst her twin sister Monica Taylor is employed in a similar position at Read Hyundai in Boston, Lincs. Gigs have apparently been a bit thin on the ground recently...

https://cardealermagazine.co.uk/publish/second-cheeky-girl-working-in-hyundai-showroom-as-pair-plan-their-very-own-dealership/238220

Someone in Hyundai UK HR clearly thought this was a PR coup.

[SiC]

Sold the Bini. Local guy in his 40s who used to have a lot of classic Alfas but sold them off and has got into R53s. He tried to knock me down but I had a whole line of people waiting. Knocked off a bit and I accepted as everyone likes a deal. Had it up for £675 and sold for £650. £300 loss over what I paid and about £400 off what it owes me. But annoying as I don't like loosing money however for cars, it is chicken feed sort of loss really.


Then went down to Devon to pick up the Boxster after it's new window fitted. Done a very good job and was only £222 all in. Only irritation is the window has two line of stiches now which hacks me off a bit. Given the other option was to spend £770 on a new hood, this was a much cheaper option and I get to keep an original Porsche hood rather than an aftermarket replacement.



As I was down Devon, I visited here as I've never been. Last week this year it's open until next year. He did mention he opens some Sundays in the winter though. I'll do another post later with all the pictures I took.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Just after receiving a text from the NHS telling me the lateral flow Covid test taken earlier today has rendered a negative result. 

That's grand. Only one slight problem: the test result is for someone else, with a date of birth over six years before mine.

[N19]

7 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Just after receiving a text from the NHS telling me the lateral flow Covid test taken earlier today has rendered a negative result. 

That's grand. Only one slight problem: the test result is for someone else, with a date of birth over six years before mine.

Lockdown has aged us all prematurely...

[Ghosty]

16 hours ago, brownnova said:

Portsmouth 
Southport
Ellesmere Port
Stockport

Everybody talk about, port music. 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

16 hours ago, dome said:

Stripped the Mazda6 (Manta engine donor) down yesterday. 

Japanese cars in Scotland, don't do it kids. This one is from 2008😲

LHS rear lower arm was the reason it was cheap.

How it should look.

General crustiness

Coming soon to a supermarket shelf near you 

Nasty. Weren't you using that MX5 mk3 lump though?

[dome]

4 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said:

Nasty. Weren't you using that MX5 mk3 lump though?

This is a 2.5 version of the same engine so 0.5 better. I need the MX5 gearbox and ancillaries so I can mount it longitudinally in the Manta

[GrumpiusMaximus]

@SiC We found Mortonhampstead a couple of years back when we were going through Dartmoor.  Absolutely brilliant little place - particularly liked the Dormobile with the full family history on the door.  The fact that you have to squeeze down between the cars to look at some of the other cars really does add to the charm.  Need to pop over there next time I visit my parents...

[SiC]

2 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

@SiC We found Mortonhampstead a couple of years back when we were going through Dartmoor.  Absolutely brilliant little place - particularly liked the Dormobile with the full family history on the door.  The fact that you have to squeeze down between the cars to look at some of the other cars really does add to the charm.  Need to pop over there next time I visit my parents...

I've upload some photos of my visit in my Boxster thread. 

[Floatylight]

Sleep well sweet Prince, see you in spring..

[dozeydustman]

C2 has developed an intermittent rattle with engine speed. It’s not a knock so will have to give it a once over tomorrow. Hopefully something simple like the engine plastics vibrating.

Hopefully I can find one of my old laptops to install Win7 on for the Lexia and finally sort out the wiring woes.

[Bear]

Holiday

[wuvvum]

That last photo looks treacherous...  Nice part of the world though Whitby.