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[Split_Pin]

Great to see the Volvo out and about @wuvvum, it's looking splendid. 

As said about the Foxgloves, look but do not touch.

[J W Pepper]

On 6/12/2022 at 1:24 PM, sims00 said:

This man now accompanies me everywhere with his sheer happiness.

Me and my grandpa like to watch his painting programmes

[N19]

Looking at some job adverts, pondering a move, one has "£4k car allowance" even though there's no driving as part of the role... interesting! Wonder if they'd let me fund something ULEZ compliant on a pretext... would need to find the most AS-friendly ULEZ-compliant thing on the market....

[Yoss]

Don't know what's going on here. I managed to almost surreptitiously snap this today. 

A Fiat 500 you say. But those are Triumph Stag/2500S alloys. They're not just similar, they are identical. 

 

But the PCD isn't anywhere near the same. The Fiat is 4x98 and the Triumph 4x114. So if you were really keen you could fill the original holes and re drill them. Except, on both cars the wheel nuts appear to be central in the inner black circle. If you redrilled them to 4x98 surely the wheel nuts would be practically touching the centre cap.

I wonder if the same design was used on an old Italian car. The Triumphs are a Michelotti design, maybe he designed the wheels as well and so felt he could use them again on something else.

It's got me stumped. They do look good though. 

[AnnoyingPentium]

They fit that little 500 quite well, IMO.

[grogee]

1 hour ago, N19 said:

Looking at some job adverts, pondering a move, one has "£4k car allowance" even though there's no driving as part of the role... interesting! Wonder if they'd let me fund something ULEZ compliant on a pretext... would need to find the most AS-friendly ULEZ-compliant thing on the market....

I think my Saab 9-5 is ULEZ friendly. At least it seems to be able to drive most places without incurring a charge (eg Birmingham centre). I don't know why or how, as it's an old automatic barge but I did notice it's got two cats. 

[Yoss]

4 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

They fit that little 500 quite well, IMO.

They do. They look even better on the Triumph. 

[wuvvum]

13 hours ago, Back_For_More said:

Pics of the Innocenti please fella - how's it holding up?

Initial checkover before MoT showing anything obvious?

I've spent quite a lot of money doing the obvious MOT fails.  It's had a new front subframe, new exhaust centre section, new brake master cylinder, new front calipers and pads, new offside headlight lens, two new headlight mounting brackets, new offside door mirror, new tyre on the back and probably other shiz as well.

It's almost certainly going to need new suspension bushes though, the brakes may be out of balance, I can't get the main beam telltale to work and there will probably be other bits needing doing as befits an obscure nearly-30-year-old Italian shopping car that hasn't been on the road for several years.

[Split_Pin]

The 75s oil level was back down to full again last night after having sat a couple of days. Who knows?!

Anyway, I started laying the groundworks for the Bosch CP1 repair last night. The work area is meant to be clinically clean but I couldn't do too much as there's meant to be a chap coming to mine this week for a service on his 75 so the work area would get dirty again.

The first thing I did was see if I could crack off the torx  screws on one of the cylinder heads. For anyone doing this job, you absolutely need a bench vice and a breaker bar as they will be extremely tight. After a bit of foutering around I got 4 cracked no bother so I can get on with the rest of the job now I know the first hurdle is cleared.

You will also need a small pick to retrieve some of the very small O rings in the pump. I had an old screwdriver that I had sawn half of it off to make a glovebox hinge pin for someone however I knew the other half would come in handy. I filed the end down to make one -glad I'm a bit of a hoarder!

It's straightforward but time consuming job so it will probably take me quite a few evenings.

[JJ0063]

Had the Scirocco a couple of days now and kind of wished I’d done it sooner. 
 

Not a car I’d ever considered, never really stood out as a car I particularly liked. After all the issues selling the T4 it’s genuinely put me off changing cars so buying something normal and simple was on the cards.

Ticking all the boxes so far, very economical, nippy, nice place to be and a cracking stereo. 
 

 

[beko1987]

1 hour ago, JJ0063 said:

Had the Scirocco a couple of days now and kind of wished I’d done it sooner. 
 

Not a car I’d ever considered, never really stood out as a car I particularly liked. After all the issues selling the T4 it’s genuinely put me off changing cars so buying something normal and simple was on the cards.

Ticking all the boxes so far, very economical, nippy, nice place to be and a cracking stereo. 
 

 

I used to like seeing them on the road... Came across as typical boring vag to me but look very smart, especially in the right colour. 

Couldn't say when I last saw one, either their all dead already or blend in so well I just don't notice in my subconscious 😄

[JJ0063]

21 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

I used to like seeing them on the road... Came across as typical boring vag to me but look very smart, especially in the right colour. 

Couldn't say when I last saw one, either their all dead already or blend in so well I just don't notice in my subconscious 😄

I think they just blend in! It’s basically a Golf coupe so generally typically reliable boring VAG stuff!

[Back_For_More]

25 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

I used to like seeing them on the road... Came across as typical boring vag to me but look very smart, especially in the right colour. 

Couldn't say when I last saw one, either their all dead already or blend in so well I just don't notice in my subconscious 😄

Was about to say similar - don't see them at all really around here....... not sure if that is company car rules meaning they aren't on the options or if the locals stick to the Golfs they know and love* - Have to admit that the shape and design are growing on me...... no sodding clue what they are like to drive though so may be a disappointment in store.

[J W Pepper]

2 hours ago, JJ0063 said:

Ticking all the boxes so far, very economical, nippy, nice place to be and a cracking stereo. 

I concur with this statement, VAG cars have cracking stereos, my 2002 Ibiza and my grandpa's 2002 Bora are like that, nippy, comfortable, economical, just great cars

[BorniteIdentity]

3 hours ago, JJ0063 said:

Had the Scirocco a couple of days now and kind of wished I’d done it sooner. 
 

Not a car I’d ever considered, never really stood out as a car I particularly liked. After all the issues selling the T4 it’s genuinely put me off changing cars so buying something normal and simple was on the cards.

Ticking all the boxes so far, very economical, nippy, nice place to be and a cracking stereo. 
 

 

Out of interest - did you sell your T4 to a guy from St Neots?  There was a short nose white one with gingercators being loaded onto a recovery truck last night as I was driving home!  Made me think of you.

[JJ0063]

6 minutes ago, BorniteIdentity said:

Out of interest - did you sell your T4 to a guy from St Neots?  There was a short nose white one with gingercators being loaded onto a recovery truck last night as I was driving home!  Made me think of you.

Don’t 😂 no it was a chap local to me up near Fakenham

[GrumpyCat]

1 minute ago, JJ0063 said:

Don’t 😂 no it was a chap local to me up near Fakenham

Isn't it already up on eBay again?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284853607761

[JJ0063]

8 minutes ago, GrumpyCat said:

Isn't it already up on eBay again?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284853607761

It is, he messaged before he advertised it to say he was going to. Really nice guy.

[Datsuncog]

Non-pneumatic tyres - NPTs - the wheel of the future?

Apparently Goodyear, Hankook and Michelin think so.

Could flat tyres soon be a thing of the past? - BBC News

[wuvvum]

11 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Non-pneumatic tyres - NPTs - the wheel of the future?

Apparently Goodyear, Hankook and Michelin think so.

Could flat tyres soon be a thing of the past? - BBC News

Meh.  Already been done.

[Datsuncog]

Nothing new under the sun... 

[junkyarddog]

They won't be allowed, cops stingers won't work on them.

[beko1987]

3 hours ago, Back_For_More said:

Was about to say similar - don't see them at all really around here....... not sure if that is company car rules meaning they aren't on the options or if the locals stick to the Golfs they know and love* - Have to admit that the shape and design are growing on me...... no sodding clue what they are like to drive though so may be a disappointment in store.

That's when I saw the most, there were 4 in my car park alone 😅

Remember when it was 5 series dervs for a spell too. Seems to be very vag based now

[Bear]

This is an improvement. Or will be.

Maybe I will stop begging for amputation now.

[beko1987]

1 minute ago, RichardK said:

This is an improvement. Or will be.

Maybe I will stop begging for amputation now.

Nice sock m8

[Spurious]

Is there anything worse than the anxiety that comes with waiting for the MOT man to finish. 

Aaaaargh

[Datsuncog]

2 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

They won't be allowed, cops stingers won't work on them.

Other options remain available...

...just needs a little lateral thinking, that's all.

[Royale80]

Found a drip from the back diff of my range rover. Then these two commandeered the boot.

 

[SRi05]

Sick ICE install in the EP2 this afternoon using the finest* quality audio equipment from Amazon. 

Why Honda designed it so you had to pull the full fucking centre console out rather than stick a couple of stereo key holes in I'll never know. The aftermarket fascia didn't fit either so that was frisbeed into the bin. 

The car has been brought right into 2007 with the upgrade. 

Bonus leg shot for the ladies/gheys 

[Pat Earrings]

Alloys fitted today. I won’t be lowering it so everyone can breathe a sigh of relief 😅  

I think they really suit it. However the original bolts are too long, and look silly. It needs the flat ones which are on order. The annoying thing is the front hub nut bolt extends too far out and pushes the centre cap off. Can’t seem to think of any solutions to this though, so for now it drives without them on the front. Spacers perhaps? Or grind back the nut a few mm? I am going to have a look around for some different centre caps instead most likely.