High Jetter Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 2 hours ago, wuvvum said: what flavour ducks these are? Orange or plum sauce? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Hmm. I thought their necks were too short for them to be geese (and they were generally too smol). Shows how much I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Guru Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 17 hours ago, Split_Pin said: They would have been metal though surely? They were definitely plastic much like any in use today. I think they were quite new then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan29 Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 43 minutes ago, wuvvum said: Hmm. I thought their necks were too short for them to be geese (and they were generally too smol). Shows how much I know. Yep, the ones here at the moment are so smol that I got them mixed up with the ducks the other day. The ones from a couple of years ago, in the pic I posted above, were fecking massive and very hungry. They used to beat up the swans on a regular basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenson Velcro Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 14 hours ago, wesacosa said: As per my post in @spartacus's Panda thread I took it to our work's annual vehicle enthusiasts day. some other pictures from the day, and yes those RS500s are the genuine period group A Touring cars Not much AS worthy metal, so the Panda got a fair bit of attention as one of the "haven't seen one of those for ages/ Mum used to have one" cars Wow, that’s some selection of cars. Where on earth do you work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesacosa Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Jenson Velcro said: Wow, that’s some selection of cars. Where on earth do you work? Yeah to be fair its a decent turn out. Its at the Ford UK HQ in Dunton, although none of the cars on display belong to Ford, but I assume they use their pull to get the BTCC cars and the RS500s in There was some involvement from the Sierra owners club this year too as it was the 40th anniversary of the launch Jenson Velcro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 In work, trying to set up the AV system for a big presentation this afternoon by the highers-up. Not to flex, but we're running some pretty high end stuff these days. A laptop - with a DVD player? PINCH ME IM DREAMING TOUCHSCREEN INTERFACE YO Not one, but two VHS players, y'all. Mercury - the future of telecommunications. I jest. None of this stuff works anymore. Two broken flip charts and a miniature whiteboard it is, then. (I bought the whiteboard markers with my own money.) wuvvum, HarmonicCheeseburger, Rust Collector and 27 others 2 27 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 You've got to be kidding 🤣 Also, I was just talking about Mercury the other day! lesapandre and Datsuncog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Have you been abducted by 1996? Timewaster, chadders, Ted Eggs and 4 others 1 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floatylight Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 3 hours ago, Datsuncog said: In work, trying to set up the AV system for a big presentation this afternoon by the highers-up. Not to flex, but we're running some pretty high end stuff these days. A laptop - with a DVD player? PINCH ME IM DREAMING TOUCHSCREEN INTERFACE YO Not one, but two VHS players, y'all. Mercury - the future of telecommunications. I jest. None of this stuff works anymore. Two broken flip charts and a miniature whiteboard it is, then. (I bought the whiteboard markers with my own money.) That Crestron stuff would of cost thousands in its day! (+ More thousands for a Crestron specialist engineer to configure it!) lesapandre, Datsuncog and chaseracer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 2 hours ago, Split_Pin said: You've got to be kidding 🤣 Also, I was just talking about Mercury the other day! Sadly not. The best bit is, the Big Meeting was on how to save energy. Going by the green labels, some of that equipment was last PAT tested in 1998. There are batteries in the remote controls that expired in February 1999. And it's all plugged in and on standby. I can only presume it's all been drawing power night and day for the past 24 years+... 1 hour ago, anonymous user said: Have you been abducted by 1996? We've still got DDS/DAT cassettes in the store, so yeah... something like that! SiC, brownnova, richardmorris and 4 others 2 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 I'm not a french car fan. I was about to say I've never owned one, but there was a bright yellow 306 Cab for a short while - now with @AlsoMike. However, check this. Papped and posted on Facebook. I'd be happy to drive about in that until the very second before it shat itself and presented a huge bill to me. Glorious. beko1987, wesacosa, HarmonicCheeseburger and 12 others 14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 On 10/9/2022 at 1:16 PM, andy18s said: I'm pretty sure Ford would have a certain trim level for hire/rental cars. Almost certainly in Murica - I guess the numbers of rental cars across the nation make this a no brainer to keep the operators happy on price and continue to make a decent profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 6 hours ago, Datsuncog said: In work, trying to set up the AV system for a big presentation this afternoon by the highers-up. Not to flex, but we're running some pretty high end stuff these days. A laptop - with a DVD player? PINCH ME IM DREAMING TOUCHSCREEN INTERFACE YO Not one, but two VHS players, y'all. Mercury - the future of telecommunications. I jest. None of this stuff works anymore. Two broken flip charts and a miniature whiteboard it is, then. (I bought the whiteboard markers with my own money.) You may jest, I'm fairly certain we still use some of that stuff at work- We have a few of those GPT phones hanging around still working. Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 1 hour ago, BorniteIdentity said: I'm not a french car fan. I was about to say I've never owned one... Surely for a few short moments you were custodian of arguably the finest French car ever made... SiC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 5 minutes ago, barefoot said: Surely for a few short moments you were custodian of arguably the finest French car ever made... How* could I forget** ? 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markeh Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Panda went back this morning. Not really enough room for my right leg in an LHD model which would make longer drives painful. Imagine an RHD one would be better, an RHD auto even better than that. Hybrid system didn't seem to make that much difference to the economy although the regen braking probably helped give me oomph on the more uphill sections. Quite chuckable in the twisties too. Surprised to see it had a 6 speed box. Weirdly this one had the radio set to not come on or off with the ignition, and Bluetooth pairing is handled through the steering wheel controls not the head unit itself. Led to some confusion. Mine didn't have the optional phone mount which made finding somewhere to balance my (admittedly large) phone problematic. However props to Fiat for an easily cleanable door card, which made life a little easier when my cousin got blackout drunk in a San Antonio nightclub, and proceeded to throw up out of the window (and miss) on the way back to the hotel. Was that easy to clean up from the interior I didn't even get charged a cleaning fee despite telling them what had happened! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 3 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said: I'm not a french car fan. I was about to say I've never owned one, but there was a bright yellow 306 Cab for a short while - now with @AlsoMike. However, check this. Papped and posted on Facebook. I'd be happy to drive about in that until the very second before it shat itself and presented a huge bill to me. Glorious. Not a standard xm estate and where is the reg from? It’s all numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goosey Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Ordered all the parts to change the dreaded Merc OM642 oil cooler seals in the wife’s car today, will probably de-swirl flap it at the same time. once that’s done I have to drop the transfer case out to change the input shaft seal then the front bumper will come off to fit my transmission cooler and replace a faulty parking sensor Dyslexic Viking and Popsicle 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 1 hour ago, richardmorris said: Not a standard xm estate and where is the reg from? It’s all numbers. I thought France... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 I discovered a great Instagram account the other day that I knew a lot of people on here would enjoy. It's essentially 1990's Scottish chod-spots, from the account @automotive90s . Enjoy. More shite: Spoiler https://www.instagram.com/automotive90s/ coachie, neil1971, sdkrc and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Fantastic! I'm from Scotland and was a teenager in the 1990s so this is going to be great. Austat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OM646 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Austat said: I discovered a great Instagram account the other day that I knew a lot of people on here would enjoy. It's essentially 1990's Scottish chod-spots, from the account @automotive90s . Enjoy. More shite: Reveal hidden contents https://www.instagram.com/automotive90s/ ǝlɐpsuo˥ ɐ pǝʇʇods ʎllɐnʇɔɐ ǝuoǝɯos ʇᴉɥs ʎloH loserone, Split_Pin and Austat 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rust Collector Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Today is a day of reckoning: The new BX is seeing the man from the ministry at lunchtime. It wasn’t the usual manager at the garage, I hope this isn’t an omen… Split_Pin, wesacosa, Dyslexic Viking and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rust Collector Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Uh-oh Best slope round to the garage later with my tail between my legs and ask what's going on with the rear suspension. I will hasten to add that I've not laid hands on this car in anger yet, all the repairs are courtesy of the previous owner. dome, wuvvum, Sunny Jim and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rust Collector Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 I gave the garage a call to ask about the fail, the chap on the desk tells me ‘The tester says he knows you, and that it’ll be better for him to have a chat with you when you pick it up at this evening’. Ominous. Ive just got home from collecting the car. From having a chat with the tester (who is a really nice chap and the reason I use this garage now) he tells me that the previous welded repair to the sill from the last owner is only tacked in place, so I need to run a continuous bead around it and that’s sorted. The other side just needs a patch apparently so no drama there. The windscreen wiper is a fail as when the screen dries out then it doesn’t run through its full travel. Further investigation required on my part there. The rear suspension ‘modifications’ are slits in the rubber boots on each hydraulic cylinder. This is the cause of the leak also. Replace the boots and he’s happy to pass the suspension. The chevronics prices make me want to cry so I’ll be looking at my other two cars for a loan of suspension units I think, kick the problem down the line… So not really as tragic as it could be on an ancient, high mileage hydraulic Citroen. Best get busy working on it before my retest window disappears! Dyslexic Viking, Coprolalia, BeEP and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Bit of a frustrating day today said I could paint dad's van's winter wheels and didn't expect this to be a big job. But it was, it's only 4 years old but I don't think the previous owner ever washed the wheels after winter, so the salt has been on them all the time as they are very rusty. If I had known they were that bad, I would have sandblasted them before he put on new tyres, but this is too late for now. So it took several hours of sanding and scraping and only got the front of the wheels done, the back side is really bad and will have to do that later when I have more time if the weather permits. The breathing mask also broke so I'm curious how much trouble that causes and some of the paint on the last 2 rims wouldn't dry don't know why. Before and after. Popsicle, Yoss and Rust Collector 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 23 hours ago, barefoot said: Surely for a few short moments you were custodian of arguably the finest French car ever made... That was one that got away from me. Never won any of the many roffles it had. But tbh given the fact the electronic handbrake unit went thermonuclear in the end of it, its probably not a bad thing! barefoot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 1 hour ago, SiC said: That was one that got away from me. Never won any of the many roffles it had. But tbh given the fact the electronic handbrake unit went thermonuclear in the end of it, its probably not a bad thing! I’ve heard many tales of this but never saw the post when it went kaboom. Anyone got a link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 5 minutes ago, BorniteIdentity said: I’ve heard many tales of this but never saw the post when it went kaboom. Anyone got a link? BorniteIdentity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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