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[Cord Fourteener]

So Wifey's Peugeot 307 has done a French and FTP on her way home from work. She's not sick in a nearby town awaiting recovery.

Apparently all the lights have come on and the engine won't run properly. 

[Stanky]

I've noticed more cars recently driving around with their headlights on in daytime, but with the front indicators on on both sides permanently lit. The first time i saw this was on a BMW and i dismissed it as being some kind of electrical issue, but since then I have seen probabaly about ten different cars, all running with both front orange indicators permanently lit. Myriad makes and models, BMW, VW, Peugeot, Ford at the very least.

Is this a scene thing, or some sort of weird Fareham phenomenon and the owners/drivers are completely oblivious?

Also, I have noticed several obviously chavved up cars recently with some kind of treatment to the windscreen and front headlights making them sort of tinted but in a colour change film, sort of like late 90s/00s flip paint TVRs and things, but on the glass. Apparetly its legal, looks weird but there you go. Is this another new fad elsewhere in the country too? So far I;ve seen it on some mid-00s Subaru Impreza and a heavily modified Civic type-r.

[captain_70s]

Do some modern cars not have yellow side marker lights? As per the US?

[AnnoyingPentium]

Just now, captain_70s said:

Do some modern cars not have yellow side marker lights? As per the US?

Some folk retrofit these to their cars too. Seen a Mk1 Fabia VRS kicking about Ayr with the indicators permanently on. Not keen on it myself, but whatever floats yer boat etc etc.

[Stanky]

Maybe its that, I was sure I'd seen equivalent cars without orange side marker lights, but maybe its just that the owners have fitted orange rather than white bulbs?

[Split_Pin]

The film on the lights is chameleon tint. Even when applied correctly it looks horrific. I 'viewed'  an MGZT with it applied to the rear lights, badly wrinkled as well. I'm not sure about the windscreen though.

[stuboy]

on my wasy back from marden village i saw not 1 but 2 bond bugs.... (the 2nd was being towed by a large blue van)

[Jamie]

1 hour ago, Stanky said:

I've noticed more cars recently driving around with their headlights on in daytime, but with the front indicators on on both sides permanently lit. The first time i saw this was on a BMW and i dismissed it as being some kind of electrical issue, but since then I have seen probabaly about ten different cars, all running with both front orange indicators permanently lit. Myriad makes and models, BMW, VW, Peugeot, Ford at the very least.

Is this a scene thing, or some sort of weird Fareham phenomenon and the owners/drivers are completely oblivious?

Also, I have noticed several obviously chavved up cars recently with some kind of treatment to the windscreen and front headlights making them sort of tinted but in a colour change film, sort of like late 90s/00s flip paint TVRs and things, but on the glass. Apparetly its legal, looks weird but there you go. Is this another new fad elsewhere in the country too? So far I;ve seen it on some mid-00s Subaru Impreza and a heavily modified Civic type-r.

There is an option on carly coding called 'us spec sidelights' or something along those lights, which will illuminate the indicator bulbs albeit dimly - not my cuppa, but also see a lot of scene kids running round with them near me too.

 

 

 

 

[dome]

24 minutes ago, Jamie said:

There is an option on carly coding called 'us spec sidelights' or something along those lights, which will illuminate the indicator bulbs albeit dimly - not my cuppa, but also see a lot of scene kids running round with them near me too.

 

 

 

 

Aye, that's it. Carista or similar apps let's you change the setup on vag stuff to allow you to mess with this sort of thing.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Similar here in Kernow. Plenty of young bucks trying to be 'Murican.

Same crew seem to like running cars with turbots with dump valves which make the car sound like it's having some sort of major asthma attack. Real cool*. 

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, stuboy said:

on my wasy back from marden village i saw not 1 but 2 bond bugs.... (the 2nd was being towed by a large blue van)

Even so, 2-in-1 is unusual.

[DVee8]

 

 

9 hours ago, Stanky said:

I've noticed more cars recently driving around with their headlights on in daytime, but with the front indicators on on both sides permanently lit. The first time i saw this was on a BMW and i dismissed it as being some kind of electrical issue, but since then I have seen probabaly about ten different cars, all running with both front orange indicators permanently lit. Myriad makes and models, BMW, VW, Peugeot, Ford at the very least.

Is this a scene thing, or some sort of weird Fareham phenomenon and the owners/drivers are completely oblivious?

Also, I have noticed several obviously chavved up cars recently with some kind of treatment to the windscreen and front headlights making them sort of tinted but in a colour change film, sort of like late 90s/00s flip paint TVRs and things, but on the glass. Apparetly its legal, looks weird but there you go. Is this another new fad elsewhere in the country too? So far I;ve seen it on some mid-00s Subaru Impreza and a heavily modified Civic type-r.

So apparently it's called oil slick for the front screen. As for the indicator being on I I think it's a yoof thing I have seen a few, they flash off if you know what I mean.

[Wack]

Salesman with his hands on his head 

Customer, thanks for the test drive but I think I'll leave it 😄

Only one in the country apparently M4 CSL , 10 destined for the UK , one a cat S already 

 

[Cord Fourteener]

10 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said:

Similar here in Kernow. Plenty of young bucks trying to be 'Murican.

Same crew seem to like running cars with turbots with dump valves which make the car sound like it's having some sort of major asthma attack. Real cool*. 

To the tune of Woodie Guthrie 'Driving in my car'

"The boost it goes a-whizz pish

the boost it goes a-whizz pish

when I'm drivin' in my car"

I realise that might mean something else in different parts of the UK.

[Cord Fourteener]

32 minutes ago, Wack said:

Salesman with his hands on his head 

Customer, thanks for the test drive but I think I'll leave it 😄

Only one in the country apparently M4 CSL , 10 destined for the UK , one a cat S already 

 

 

All the emogis are applicable here i think. 

[Cord Fourteener]

So further to Wifey's FTP last night, 

The oil leak it has had for ever has corroded the fan belt and it pinged off as she was arriving to work. 

Last night before driving she saw this

And was told by the security who allegedly used to be a mechanic that it was nothing but debris caught on her axle. 

She made it an hour out of her one-and-a-quarter hour commute home before getting stranded on a busy roundabout. Managed to kangaroo the car off the roundabout with the very unhappy car into a car park and Autoaid came to tow.

So an unscheduled day off today and an easy fix, but we are going to have to sort the oil leak!

[barefoot]

I keep meaning to mention the retired brain surgeon who lives in the next village. I suspect that he used to experiment on his first wife who was absolutely crackers.  He owns a Bentley Continental Coupé, a Maserati Quattroporte and a Piaggio Ape which he is generally seen pottering about in. I was amongst a long procession of cars following him the other day, when he pulled over to let everyone past by hiding the Ape behind a couple of cones that had been left in the road. It is incredibly slow & looks dreadfully fragile.

[wuvvum]

There was a lad near me who used to run around in a 50cc Ape.  It was a fucking liability on the roads around here - it even used to hold up agricultural machinery.

He eventually traded it in for an Aixam, which he is currently driving (illegally) on L plates.

[andyberg]

Fiat pandas, quality cars. Just driven over 300 miles of Welsh roads and motorway in my wife's recent purchases. No back ache, perfectly able to sit at the speed limit and get up hills ok. AND 57 mpg's. What's not to like 

[Fumbler]

I've just been told the bearing has been replaced and the towbar removed on the Volvo. I went posh and bought an SKF bearing

It's a heavy old thing. The mechanics reckon the clunk when turning the wheel when stationary is a "top link". Hopefully I can find this out when I'm back in the country next weekend.

 

[AnnoyingPentium]

51 minutes ago, Nyphur said:

Thank Christ for that. 

Same steering wheel here. Although my replacement one is leather.

[Royale80]

Mot passed again for my Range Rover. Had it nearly 16 years now. Calipers and backplates need cleaning up-quite rusty. Also found out why air con stopped working-the drier is rusted through.

 

[Lacquer Peel]

12 hours ago, Fumbler said:

I've just been told the bearing has been replaced and the towbar removed on the Volvo. I went posh and bought an SKF bearing

 

It's a heavy old thing. The mechanics reckon the clunk when turning the wheel when stationary is a "top link". Hopefully I can find this out when I'm back in the country next weekend.

 

Top link, eh. The strut top mounts can rust through on these cars, worth checking while you're in about the wheel bearing and can see the top of the strut from the inside. 

[GMcD]

I've sold the 1100. It's being collected on Monday.  There is now an available space. I have the money burning a hole in my pocket....

[Split_Pin]

1 hour ago, Stevebrookman said:

Mot passed again for my Range Rover. Had it nearly 16 years now. Calipers and backplates need cleaning up-quite rusty. Also found out why air con stopped working-the drier is rusted through.

 

These have aged just as well as the previous generation. Handsome indeed.

[cpjitservices]

Dam cars.

On way to Beamish wife’s new to her Citroen has gone into Limp mode!

ESP/ABS fault - likely brake pedal switch and or ABS sensor.

Should be able to get it home.

[Jamie]

Guy come to pick a set of wheels up off me yesterday and restores sierras for a living. This is his daily. Can't belive he isn't on here 😅

[cpjitservices]

3 minutes ago, Jamie said:

Guy come to pick a set of wheels up off me yesterday and restores sierras for a living. This is his daily. Can't belive he isn't on here 😅

I hope you recommended him to join the best beige.

[Cord Fourteener]

30 minutes ago, Jamie said:

Guy come to pick a set of wheels up off me yesterday and restores sierras for a living. This is his daily. Can't belive he isn't on here 😅

Oof! 

[andyberg]

Just been to the Lakeland motor museum. A pleasure to meet @eddyramrod

Some quality cars on show