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[tom13]

1 hour ago, JJ0063 said:

Oh I know where you mean. What part of the world are you from again? I was actually on the A11 and A14  today myself as had to pick the window up for the transit 

I'm midlands by Birmingham. The better side ha.

[JJ0063]

9 minutes ago, tom13 said:

I'm midlands by Birmingham. The better side ha.

I had 2 weeks at the Autoglass training centre in Aston when I worked there a few years ago, stayed in the Holiday inn at Star City.. went on my own for a curry one night and ended up getting locked in the restaurant for over an hour as a lad was wielding a zombie knife/machete around the foyer of the complex… that’s my memory of Birmingham 😂

[New POD]

1 minute ago, JJ0063 said:

I had 2 weeks at the Autoglass training centre in Aston when I worked there a few years ago, stayed in the Holiday inn at Star City.. went on my own for a curry one night and ended up getting locked in the restaurant for over an hour as a lad was wielding a zombie knife/machete around the foyer of the complex… that’s my memory of Birmingham 😂

I work not far from there on Aston Hall Road. Never been to Star City, (apart from Costco).  I've walked past it on the Canal at Lunch time. 

[AnnoyingPentium]

Reading this tonight. Bought of Amazon. Loving it so far.

[Erebus]

45 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

I had 2 weeks at the Autoglass training centre in Aston when I worked there a few years ago, stayed in the Holiday inn at Star City.. went on my own for a curry one night and ended up getting locked in the restaurant for over an hour as a lad was wielding a zombie knife/machete around the foyer of the complex… that’s my memory of Birmingham 😂

You won't be surprised to hear it's known locally as Stab City 

[JJ0063]

3 minutes ago, Erebus said:

You won't be surprised to hear it's known locally as Stab City 

I have to admit I was a bit worried walking to and from the hotel was opposite star city rather than on the actual complex but then again I live next to a field of cows. If it’s not a tractor or a farm animal it’ll shit me up.

 

[SiC]

20 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Reading this tonight. Bought of Amazon. Loving it so far.

I presume you know that is a book written by @motorpunk ?

[AnnoyingPentium]

9 hours ago, SiC said:

I presume you know that is a book written by @motorpunk ?

I do indeed.

[motorpunk]

10 hours ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Reading this tonight. Bought of Amazon. Loving it so far.

Thank you, that’s made my day!

[Split_Pin]

Where could I get a copy of this book?

[AnnoyingPentium]

1 minute ago, Split_Pin said:

Where could I get a copy of this book?

I got mine from Amazon but @motorpunk may recommend somewhere else.

[paulplom]

18 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Where could I get a copy of this book?

I've got both. Send me your address and I'll post you them.

[Split_Pin]

Cheers @paulplom I've sent you a PM. This book looks great!

[SiC]

3 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Cheers @paulplom I've sent you a PM. This book looks great!

I know sharing is caring and all that, but if you buy a new copy from Amazon then Motorpunk will get a royalty payment. 

[Split_Pin]

I didn't realise that. @motorpunk how much would this normally be? Happy to fire you that over to cover.

[JJ0063]

Bought these for £10 on the car boot on Sunday, stuck them on for £89.99, offer just came in of £80.. happy days

[vulgalour]

On 9/17/2022 at 7:14 PM, vulgalour said:

I've finally got all my ducks in a row and the Maestro is off for its MoT next Tuesday.  It's not that the car needed that much, self-ejecting rear arches aside, it's just that I've had An Lot going on lately.  I'm convinced the tester will find something I haven't, but then that's basically their job so if it fails, it fails.  Realistically, I think it stands a good chance of a pass since it was basically a clean sheet on the last test and I've done a fair bit of work to it and not many miles since.

FAIL

Rear marker light - blown bulb.  Typically this happened on the way to the MoT since I tested everything before setting off.

Insecure headlight - the two screws holding the bracket in had backed out a bit, they need a fraction of a turn.  Already fixed that one.

Rust to inner wing/hole in chassis - I should have spotted this, somehow I didn't.  It appears to just be the inner skin, the structure behind it seems okay.  I'll know better when I get the angry disc on it, but I can't see it being too nightmarish to resolve.

 

Rust to inner sill - an historic repair with a loose edge.  There doesn't look to be any rust, just an unfinished edge that needs securing.  Don't have a photo of this to show you at the moment, so you'll have to use your brain pictures.

Advisory - oil leak to front.  It's the rocker cover gasket, TADTS.  I've got a new one to go on, I'll do the tappets at the same time, probably shan't bother for the retest since it's not vital and the leak is just your usual nonsense.

 

The nice thing is all the work I've done on it, like the rear arches, has been considered perfectly fine.  It's only work others have done, or general entropy, that's been flagged.

[motorpunk]

9 hours ago, paulplom said:

I've got both. Send me your address and I'll post you them.

Didn’t I give you those? 

[motorpunk]

8 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

I didn't realise that. @motorpunk how much would this normally be? Happy to fire you that over to cover.

I only make a couple of quid royalty per copy, so don’t worry, thanks anyway. If you’d give the book a mention anywhere else you are online (pistonheads? Facebook?) that would be appreciated.

[paulplom]

Yes you did. Sorry man I didn't think you'd mind because of that.

Pm me your deets and I'll send you the money.

[motorpunk]

23 minutes ago, paulplom said:

Yes you did. Sorry man I didn't think you'd mind because of that.

Pm me your deets and I'll send you the money.

No worries, no need, and thanks for the WhatsApp, you’re a gent 👍

[Split_Pin]

36 minutes ago, motorpunk said:

I only make a couple of quid royalty per copy, so don’t worry, thanks anyway. If you’d give the book a mention anywhere else you are online (pistonheads? Facebook?) that would be appreciated.

I can see if some more interest in my YouTube channel can be garnered by doing a car -related book review, which I haven't done before.

[HillmanImp]

35 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

I can see if some more interest in my YouTube channel can be garnered by doing a car -related book review, which I haven't done before.

I suppose he'd best wait to see if you like it before he accepts that offer.

[PhilA]

I thought the point of auto parts stores selling oil and filters was for it to be cheaper for the home spanner wielding idiot to change their oil?

Oil for my car, $63 (fancy synthetic water thin stuff) plus a filter for $23.

Oil and filter plus a carwash at the dealership $53.

 

At least the Pontiac costs $14 a change 

[brownnova]

A very different kind of Nova at my local car night tonight! 

[Stanky]

11 minutes ago, brownnova said:

A very different kind of Nova at my local car night tonight! 

Has anyone here driven one of these ever? I'd like to confess that I really like the styling and would actually like to own one of these one day.

IIRC they are built on a beetle floorpan and have VW flat 4 air-cooled propulsion, so the speed and handling are a bit at odds with the looks, is that right? Is the lifting hardtop as leaky as I suspect it would be in anything other than Sahara like conditions?

[brownnova]

I was trying to angle a word with the owner to ask pretty much exactly that… but he was having a lengthy chat with another chap and i wasn’t patient enough to wait! 

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, PhilA said:

I thought the point of auto parts stores selling oil and filters was for it to be cheaper for the home spanner wielding idiot to change their oil?

Oil for my car, $63 (fancy synthetic water thin stuff) plus a filter for $23.

Oil and filter plus a carwash at the dealership $53.

 

At least the Pontiac costs $14 a change 

Why is it so cheap?  Is engine oil much cheaper in the US in the same way that petrol is, or is it just the economies of scale that come from the fact that Americans change their oil every 400 yards?

[wuvvum]

Maxus is in for its MOT tomorrow afternoon.  It's going to fail - the ABS light doesn't work and I've found a crack in the offside inner sill which either I missed before or it was on its way out and finally succumbed due to the heat from the outer sill being welded.  I'm hoping it doesn't need too much else though, I don't really want to start spending vast sums of money on it...

[Rust Collector]

3 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Maxus is in for its MOT tomorrow afternoon.  It's going to fail - the ABS light doesn't work and I've found a crack in the offside inner sill which either I missed before or it was on its way out and finally succumbed due to the heat from the outer sill being welded.  I'm hoping it doesn't need too much else though, I don't really want to start spending vast sums of money on it...

For the retest, assuming that the bulb has been pulled to hide the fact the light is on, definitely don’t* cut the feed to the ABS lamp and splice it into the feed for the check engine light to buy yourself some extra time to fix it whilst still obtaining a ticket.