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[Ghosty]

18 hours ago, Joey spud said:

My wifes CRX had been languishing unloved down on her dads driveway for at least a couple of years and a decision has to be made whether to keep it or move it on.

So last weekend it got hit with a jet washer and my faithful jump pack (cheers Rac) was clipped on to its long dead battery,and being a Honda it coughed into life within a couple of seconds.

We have now bought it back home and i will have a look under it to see what's needed for another mot and then decide it's fate.

Trouble is being left abandoned unloved for so long has allowed grot to burst through the paint on drivers rear wheel arch and the end of the n/s rear sill.

And the laquer on the n/s front wing has started to peel off too,the paintwork was never great but now it's really showing where it has had various touch ups throughout its life.

It's an auto so it's not even slightly sporty to drive but it got lots of comments when its was being used.

The local car cash back place has offered £375 for it which surprised me I guess Honda cats are worth good money but I would need to remove the plate from it first.

Can I pull the plate off it without out it having a current Mot (expired 2019 I think) ?

Thats really nice, looks clean for a delsol, they can rot like fuck but if the body is OK (and it looks it) it's definitely saveable. That VTEC engine is worth a bit. 375 scrap is an absolute rip off, you could stick that on eBay for 1500 and it'd fly off.

It's a good colour too. 

 

Needs an MOT for plate retention. 

[Cord Fourteener]

So I've just driven back from Bristol, nearly 4 hours, in limp mode. 

Good for the fuel economy at least...

[stuboy]

Mini stuboy has been a bit off.. earache snotty nose... so I offered to take him out in the v6.. within a mile he was sparko, so a nice drive around the country side and most mpg I've ever had...

[Pat Earrings]

I did a rotation on the wheels on the Avensis a few days ago after I stuck the originals back on. The fronts had very recent tyres but the rears are like 6 years old. Turns out the rears are misshapen due to the low mileage and never getting used, and I’d get an odd vibration even though they were balanced. Two new tyres being fitted Tuesday, £93. Say what you want about budgets, but these Autogreens from National are A rated for wet grip allegedly and with the 10% discount it was a no brainier. Plus it is no sports car. 

[Pat Earrings]

1 minute ago, stuboy said:

Mini stuboy has been a bit off.. earache snotty nose... so I offered to take him out in the v6.. within a mile he was sparko, so a nice drive around the country side and most mpg I've ever had...

Jesus Christ 😂was that at full throttle for that MPG?!

[sdkrc]

Just lost the arse end of the Lexus LS400 massively at 15mph with the whole family on board. It was heavy rain granted but I wasn't travelling at speed, I was driving smoothly and  barely applied any throttle. 

The back tyres were inflated correctly, they've worn evenly, the tread is OK but they're sailuns. Gonna have to spunk some money on crossclimates for the back. I've always bought cheap tyres and I've never had a problem but that was marginally scary

This car badly wants me to hate it. It's just back from having a fair old chunk of work and a hefty-ish bill.

[brownnova]

Had an eventful day car wise… 

Visiting the parents in Stratford on Avon this weekend, and discover it’s the Volvo owners club national meet there this weekend. We made plans to duck off for a couple of hours. Cars a bit dirty… let’s take it to the car wash says the good lady. Hand car wash in Stratford is double the price of back home so off to the automated car wash it is. 

Mid wash it cuts out… and won’t restart. We end up having to push it out of the car wash… 

Spins but no catch. Check all the bits I can being 150 miles from home with no tools. Still nothing. Eventually 15 mins later it splutters back to life… and dies instantly. Another 10 or so minutes and we have life… odd. Must have been water in there somewhere.

Drove it off to the Volvo national… only for it to cut out again and not want to restart at a junction this time. Fucksticks.

5 mins later it was going again. So drove it back to my folks instead and walked down to Volvo national.

Apt sticker… 

Probably would have had more fun if a) I wasn’t trying to figure out what was wrong with my Volvo, b) we had had the Volvo in the meet. It was ok, not a massive meet compared to Saab and 2CV nationals I have been to before.

Still the small matter of driving 150 miles home. Took a test run with my brothers to see if it would cut out and it didn’t, so braved the motorways with the littluns on board… that was stressful!! Breaking down on my own.. or with it he wife… meh. Breaking down with a 2 year old and a 5 month old… nightmare. However… 

Safely home, must have been water in the system somewhere.

Once home my wife confessed she’d never been through an automated car wash before “I was always too scared of breaking down in one” she says… 

[Cookiesouwest]

4 minutes ago, brownnova said:

Had an eventful day car wise… 

Visiting the parents in Stratford on Avon this weekend, and discover it’s the Volvo owners club national meet there this weekend. We made plans to duck off for a couple of hours. Cars a bit dirty… let’s take it to the car wash says the good lady. Hand car wash in Stratford is double the price of back home so off to the automated car wash it is. 

Mid wash it cuts out… and won’t restart. We end up having to push it out of the car wash… 

Spins but no catch. Check all the bits I can being 150 miles from home with no tools. Still nothing. Eventually 15 mins later it splutters back to life… and dies instantly. Another 10 or so minutes and we have life… odd. Must have been water in there somewhere.

Drove it off to the Volvo national… only for it to cut out again and not want to restart at a junction this time. Fucksticks.

5 mins later it was going again. So drove it back to my folks instead and walked down to Volvo national.

Apt sticker… 

Probably would have had more fun if a) I wasn’t trying to figure out what was wrong with my Volvo, b) we had had the Volvo in the meet. It was ok, not a massive meet compared to Saab and 2CV nationals I have been to before.

Still the small matter of driving 150 miles home. Took a test run with my brothers to see if it would cut out and it didn’t, so braved the motorways with the littluns on board… that was stressful!! Breaking down on my own.. or with it he wife… meh. Breaking down with a 2 year old and a 5 month old… nightmare. However… 

Safely home, must have been water in the system somewhere.

Once home my wife confessed she’d never been through an automated car wash before “I was always too scared of breaking down in one” she says… 

The like was for getting home OK, not for the breaking down.

[wuvvum]

As alluded to elsewhere, the Innocenti passed its MOT this week.  Somewhat to my surprise I have to admit - I was fully expecting it to need some obscure unobtainium bits, but I was relieved that it didn't.  I drove it 25 miles on Friday evening to go and see a mate - I'd forgotten how fun it is, despite the lack of power.  The steering is like a go-kart and it's great fun to fling around.  It's not running 100% right, it stutters every now and then under acceleration, but it has been off the road for nearly five years so not unexpected.  I suspect the fuel filter is full of crud - I've got a new one to go on.  Next weekend I'm going to fit the new gearbox mount as the one on the car really is beyond a joke now.  I'm also going to have a crack at adjusting the clutch cable to see if I can get any more life out of the clutch - the adjuster is a plastic knurled nut which is probably quite brittle by now so I'm going to have to be gentle with it - I've been soaking it in GT85 to see if I can free it off.  I might still need to change the clutch but I'd like to put that off if I can - some of the bellhousing bolts look a right twat to get to.

I drove the Volvo to Tesco yesterday.

It's still running fine, but the rear brakes definitely need looking at - I had to brake fairly hard on the way back to avoid someone coming round a corner and the back brakes stuck on.  Looking at the offside, the outer pad is almost down to the metal where the inner pad looks nearly new, so that piston has definitely been sticking.  I've ordered some new pads so when they get here I'm going to have a go at freeing the calipers off - I'm hoping they'll be easier to do than the fronts as they only have two pistons rather than four.

The Renault 6 is still buzzing happily around - it reached 96K miles yesterday.

I've had to redo the two bits of wob in the scuttle panel though as the previous effort (from about 8 years ago) was falling apart.  I do have a replacement panel to be welded on at some point, but it's way beyond my abilities to do, it really needs to go to a professional body shop which I can't afford at the moment.  I can't really patch up the existing panel with the welder either as the screen would have to come out and if it gets broken or cracked during the removal process finding a replacement will almost certainly be fun*.

The 107 is still in use as the daily runaround.  I've splashed out on a pair of upgraded speakers - these in fact:

They do make the radio sound rather less tinny, although it's never going to be the most fantastic sound system.

The Jag is still behaving somewhat oddly.  I took it for a run up the coast road last Sunday evening - it was running fine and pulling as it should with no smoke or stuttering, but half way through the drive the DPF light came on.  Not entirely surprising given the amount of clag it'd been putting out when I drove it into Norwich.  So one evening last week I took it for a run, fairly late to ensure that the dawdling giffers had all gone to bed - I was going to drive towards Norwich then go down the northern bypass, but just as I got to the bypass roundabout the DPF light went out so I turned round and came home.  It was running perfectly on the way down; on the way back it gave the odd stutter but no smoke that I could see.  It's all a bit odd.  I've booked it in to the local garage on Friday for a go on their diagnostic machine to see if they can make head or tail of it - I'm in two minds whether to spend a bit of money on it or whether to cut my losses and sell it as it is and buy something else...  I do like the old thing though when it's behaving itself.

 

[Ghosty]

How was your weekend, Max? 

 

fucking class, thanks. 

[MrDuke]

11 hours ago, sims00 said:

Say what you want about budgets, but these Autogreens from National are A rated for wet grip allegedly and with the 10% discount it was a no brainier. Plus it is no sports car. 

I was reliably informed recently (possibly by @bub2006?) that Autogreens use an old Toyo tread pattern. I've no idea how the actual rubber compares, but apparently they're not a bad steer.

[SRi05]

G Techniq, a very satisfying (and bastard expensive) product. Worth it though as it actually lasts unlike other back to black type stuff. 

Every spaceship Civic I see seems to have grey weathered trim, this one is looking good now though. 

[sdkrc]

10 minutes ago, SRi05 said:

G Techniq, a very satisfying (and bastard expensive) product. Worth it though as it actually lasts unlike other back to black type stuff. 

@SRi05, do you have a link to the stuff you bought? I have more faded trim than I could shake a stick at

[SRi05]

19 minutes ago, sdkrc said:

@SRi05, do you have a link to the stuff you bought? I have more faded trim than I could shake a stick at

Only if you promise not to faint 

 

Gtechniq C4 Permanent Trim Restorer 15ml - Revitalize Tired, Faded, Discoloured Car and Vehicle Trim - Premium Weather Protection, UV Resistant, Leaves No Unattractive Gloss - 2 Year Durability https://amzn.eu/d/56JtVEf

[Pat Earrings]

9 minutes ago, SRi05 said:

Only if you promise not to faint 

 

Gtechniq C4 Permanent Trim Restorer 15ml - Revitalize Tired, Faded, Discoloured Car and Vehicle Trim - Premium Weather Protection, UV Resistant, Leaves No Unattractive Gloss - 2 Year Durability https://amzn.eu/d/56JtVEf

Amazing stuff. I’ve got a bottle to use on the Avensis on a few small bits. Nothing else comes close to how good this stuff is 

[JJ0063]

I’ve used that stuff back in the day and it is very good. 
 

These days I’m not into ‘detailing’ and more just cost effective ways of making things look less shit. 
 

Read on forums over the years about Cherry Blossom liquid shoe wax and how people have done their bumpers and years later it looks exactly the same with no fading.. I did the Transit months ago, posted pics in that thread and it still looks exactly the same now. For £1 a bottle it’s bloody amazing 

[Lacquer Peel]

6 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

I’ve used that stuff back in the day and it is very good. 
 

These days I’m not into ‘detailing’ and more just cost effective ways of making things look less shit. 
 

Read on forums over the years about Cherry Blossom liquid shoe wax and how people have done their bumpers and years later it looks exactly the same with no fading.. I did the Transit months ago, posted pics in that thread and it still looks exactly the same now. For £1 a bottle it’s bloody amazing 

 

Double TDCI badges so you doubly know it's a turbo diesel with common rail injection. 😎

[JJ0063]

3 minutes ago, Lacquer Peel said:

Double TDCI badges so you doubly know it's a turbo diesel with common rail injection. 😎

Is that not standard?! 😂 I hadn’t even noticed there was 2 badges!

[artdjones]

2 hours ago, SRi05 said:

Only if you promise not to faint 

 

Gtechniq C4 Permanent Trim Restorer 15ml - Revitalize Tired, Faded, Discoloured Car and Vehicle Trim - Premium Weather Protection, UV Resistant, Leaves No Unattractive Gloss - 2 Year Durability https://amzn.eu/d/56JtVEf

Not too bad for something that really works. I thought it would be 60 from your warning.

[SRi05]

13 minutes ago, artdjones said:

Not too bad for something that really works. I thought it would be 60 from your warning.

Remember, I'm from Scotland 

[juular]

Boiled linseed oil is another cheap alternative that lasts ages and smells nice.

[loserone]

4 minutes ago, juular said:

Boiled linseed oil is another cheap alternative that lasts ages and smells nice.

And you can slap it on underneath to stop it rotting

[Split_Pin]

Simoniz bumper and trim wax is pretty good for about £6 from Tesco. I don't spray it though, I pour it into an old aerosol lid and wipe it on with an old rag or use an old paintbrush to put it on tyre sidewalls. It lasts as good as anything else I have tried, admittedly I haven't ever spent alot though.

 

[tom13]

Don't use the Meguiars stuff it's junk.

Cherry Blossom does work well. Apply liberally and it helps if you give it a couple of coats as it will soak in. 

I have tried boiled Linseed oil, works well inside steel frames and always found it to be a bit too sticky?

[Bren]

The vectra was overdue an air filter.

The BMW had it's MOT - it dipped it but only on a split boot on a drop link. I am waiting for the part to come in.

 

 

[Noel Tidybeard]

owatrol is good on plastic bumpers

[Spurious]

Got a doorbell camera so when the TV licence inspector comes I don't even have to open the door to tell him to clear off. Nice. 

[cobblers]

4 minutes ago, Spurious said:

Got a doorbell camera so when the TV licence inspector comes I don't even have to open the door to tell him to clear off. Nice. 

Does it pop up on your TV when he arrives 😅?

[Spurious]

Just now, cobblers said:

Does it pop up on your TV when he arrives 😅?

No, on my phone! Even when I'm not at home. 

He called round the other week. Very bloody cheeky. Kept asking for the previous owner of the address.  Then who I was. Had to ask him 3 times who he was until he said "I'm your local TV licence inspector". I said "no thanks"  and locked the door. He must get that a lot. 

They're so bloody pushy. I must fill out that online "I don't need one" but I loath to give them any details. Or I should just buy one. I dunno. 

[richardmorris]

9 hours ago, JJ0063 said:

I’ve used that stuff back in the day and it is very good. 
 

These days I’m not into ‘detailing’ and more just cost effective ways of making things look less shit. 
 

Read on forums over the years about Cherry Blossom liquid shoe wax and how people have done their bumpers and years later it looks exactly the same with no fading.. I did the Transit months ago, posted pics in that thread and it still looks exactly the same now. For £1 a bottle it’s bloody amazing 

Any link for the cherry blossom? I can only see it at £5 or £6 ish.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=cherry+blossom+liquid+shoe+polish+black&rh=n%3A355005011%2Cp_89%3ACherry+Blossom&dc&ds=v1%3Ac7lXPIvZXP%2Fdah12JNjIPrvWHUpbbisEHL%2BIsDlcmXk&crid=IRBD60V1HN1R&qid=1656353672&rnid=1632651031&sprefix=Cherry+blossom+liquid%2Caps%2C158&ref=sr_nr_p_89_2