Leyland Worldmaster Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Wow! Bet he has seen some changes! https://www.topgear.com/car-news/british/man-has-worked-vauxhall-75-years BorniteIdentity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Camry had a failure to proceed... Coprolalia, Supernaut, BorniteIdentity and 3 others 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dome Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 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 Supernaut, JMotor, Tickman and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Was that being stored under the sea? Crusty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 1 hour ago, DodgyBastard said: Camry had a failure to proceed... Dick Longbridge, GrumpiusMaximus, BorniteIdentity and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 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 Shite Ron and Dick Longbridge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 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. barefoot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 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. LightBulbFun, Dr_Slow, aldo135 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N19 Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 16 hours ago, brownnova said: Portsmouth Southport Ellesmere Port Stockport Everybody talk about, port music. brownnova, BorniteIdentity, RichardK and 7 others 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dome Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 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 chaseracer and Dick Longbridge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 @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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 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. GrumpiusMaximus and chaseracer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floatylight Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Sleep well sweet Prince, see you in spring.. Barry Cade and chaseracer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardK Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Holiday Vantman, Datsuncog and chaseracer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 That last photo looks treacherous... Nice part of the world though Whitby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Whitby is an ace day put. Best chippy ever, I thinknits called Robertsons, followed by a bracing walk up to the Abbey. Before a trip to the puggies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 16 minutes ago, RichardK said: Holiday Great T-shirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 EspenO, Dr_Slow, catsinthewelder and 7 others 7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Fabio the Fabia doesn't work on fan speed 1 and the passenger door is usual VAG where it doesn't know it's not open or closed. Probably could have lived with no fan speed 1 but it bugs me.So I've invested/wasted more money by buying a fan resistor (£20) and door lock (£20) from Amazon. Paid extra for a Febi fan resistor as I didn't want it to catch fire like some of the cheapy Chinese no names sometimes/often do.Fan resistor was straight forward. Glove box off with 5 torx screws and removing the clip fit side panelFan resistor lives hereTwist and pull up get it out. Then swap over and fiddle to get it back in.Door lock will come later as VAG bloody well rivet the inner panel in ffs. Bought the rivets but need to check they fit my rivet gun. Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 2 hours ago, RichardK said: Holiday We used to nip up to Whitby every November for fish n chips. It took four hours each way in Olly - (the Orange T2). We'd leave at about 08:00, get there just as the chippy opened, shove it down our neck, a quick walk on the beach and head home. With luck, we'd be home just as it was getting dark. The trip at two & a half hours in Gordon (the golden Jaguar) was never quite the same sort of adventure. Ooops, nearly forgot - naming cars is still a sport for utter twats. wuvvum, Amishtat, chadders and 4 others 1 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Trip away later in the week in the van. Right...good excuse to fit the new speakers so I can actually tell if the stereo is even turned on above 40mph. Can I find the speakers? Well I can find *one* of them...which was in a drawer in the van. Why the heck did I leave a single speaker in there yet stow the second one away somewhere else? Part of me is seriously considering just going and buying another pair of 6x9s as I can't be bothered turning the whole house upside down looking for it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 24 minutes ago, Zelandeth said: Trip away later in the week in the van. Right...good excuse to fit the new speakers so I can actually tell if the stereo is even turned on above 40mph. Can I find the speakers? Well I can find *one* of them...which was in a drawer in the van. Why the heck did I leave a single speaker in there yet stow the second one away somewhere else? Part of me is seriously considering just going and buying another pair of 6x9s as I can't be bothered turning the whole house upside down looking for it... Do that, keep the receipt because the nanosecond you arrive home with the new ones, the missing original one will magically reappear right in front of you. You can then waste the petrol taking the new pair of 6x9s back to wherever you bought them from. anonymous user and barefoot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Bugger! Missed a milestone by 10. Floatylight, loserone, Dyslexic Viking and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 4 minutes ago, puddlethumper said: Bugger! Missed a milestone by 10. Is that your old Peugeot van? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 19 minutes ago, puddlethumper said: Bugger! Missed a milestone by 10. And still half a tank of diesel 😂 chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 12 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said: Is that your old Peugeot van? Sure is. Dyslexic Viking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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