grogee Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 12 hours ago, stuboy said: any ideas on how to improve dab reception in my car, it has an kenwood aftermarket, ive added 12v booster.. External (roof mount) antenna. You can get magnet mount ones for hatchbacks and route the wire in above the headlining and down behind the A-pillar trim. Internal windscreen mount ones are ok but struggle in poor signal areas. Also if you're using a dashcam and 12v -> 5v USB supply, this plays havoc with DAB reception. beko1987 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogee Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 We're moving into our temp accommodation today, a holiday cottage in a nearby village. Pretty, but pretty cold. Sadly no log fire to warm it up. Anyway Mrs Grogee has borrowed a Luton from her work (Transit flavour) with a tail lift. The fun* part will be seeing if it fits over the narrow (and vertiginous) humpback bridge over the canal near our cottage. It's one of those bridges where you can't see anything except sky when you drive over it; I can't imagine how many accidents there have been. Hopefully we won't add to the tally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeEP Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 19 minutes ago, grogee said: We're moving into our temp accommodation today, a holiday cottage in a nearby village. Pretty, but pretty cold. Sadly no log fire to warm it up. Anyway Mrs Grogee has borrowed a Luton from her work (Transit flavour) with a tail lift. The fun* part will be seeing if it fits over the narrow (and vertiginous) humpback bridge over the canal near our cottage. It's one of those bridges where you can't see anything except sky when you drive over it; I can't imagine how many accidents there have been. Hopefully we won't add to the tally. The way to avoid adding to the accident tally is surely to approach said bridge at full whack. If there is anything coming up the other side you will sail gracefully over the top of them and land behind. louiepj, grogee, stendec and 4 others 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 3 hours ago, grogee said: I do like a period stereo. I've got the original Philips in my Maestro but I'll be using a 90s Panasonic tape player for extra oomph (and decent speakers hidden away). Me too, I have the Civic's original Philips radio, but it's dead sadly. I upgraded the speakers to Alpine ones, but I need to find something decent and period to drive them. The other fourth gen Civic has a surprisingly good Aiwa cassette player in it! Speaking of, I'm getting that off my mum, as a second chance offer on eBay has made her very happy. There's going to be a collection on Monday, bit of a dull one as it just involves driving the 300E down the A1. grogee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogee Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 57 minutes ago, BeEP said: The way to avoid adding to the accident tally is surely to approach said bridge at full whack. If there is anything coming up the other side you will sail gracefully over the top of them and land behind. That will land us in the pub lounge bar, so double win. I reckon 60mph ought to be about right in this fine steed BeEP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 Just passed the house where I bought the 107... Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 1 hour ago, BeEP said: The way to avoid adding to the accident tally is surely to approach said bridge at full whack. If there is anything coming up the other side you will sail gracefully over the top of them and land behind. That's if the bottom of the tailgate legs don't dig into the road surface, don't ask how I know 😣 , luckily it was a rental van and it happened within 30 minutes of picking it up so it must of been broken before.... Even got a free upgrade to a 7.5 tonner 😇 BeEP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 Don't operate the tail lift without the engine running or you'll flatten the battery in no time, or so I was told when I last had need to hire one Ghosty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finchy90 Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 @Stanky you can normally get away with doing it 2-3 times, but most should have a battery guard to stop you from killing the battery. Stanky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGTI6 Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 17 minutes ago, Stanky said: Don't operate the tail lift without the engine running or you'll flatten the battery in no time, or so I was told when I last had need to hire one I can't imagine anyone being so stupid... 🤐 Stanky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wuvvum Posted November 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2022 Collectioned. RayMK, Austat, andyberg and 49 others 49 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 18degrees in Surrey, so topless weather. MrGTI6, stendec, MiniMinorMk3 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 Put petrol in it today as well. 18litres, 180miles. Did the fiat yesterday too at 38litres for 385 miles. X1/9 had its mot this week on the same fuel as last year. Ive just calculated that this year’s running costs for the x1/9 are £7 a mile! Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 54 minutes ago, wuvvum said: Collectioned. Fuck yeah! looking forward to seeing more on this in time juular 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 18 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said: Fuck yeah! looking forward to seeing more on this in time If only more people were as enthusiastic about beige visas! LightBulbFun, Austat and Six-cylinder 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 1983 I think, drome valley in a visa II club. BeEP, LightBulbFun, Dyslexic Viking and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 Good friend has bought this.. diesel.. automatic and never towed... I kinda like it... he says no obvious faults. Stevebrookman and Six-cylinder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 8 hours ago, Stanky said: Don't operate the tail lift without the engine running or you'll flatten the battery in no time, or so I was told when I last had need to hire one We had a transit luton at work recently to move several cages worth of PCs and laptops, I'll back this up. Stanky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 7 hours ago, wuvvum said: Collectioned. CUL8R V1SA Six-cylinder, wuvvum, Mrs6C and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OM646 Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 On 11/11/2022 at 9:14 AM, Saabnut said: Common fault with these. I think Bill Jones ar Saabits still does re-silvered ones. I browsed Saabits and while i didn't find re-silvering, i found new reflectors for the headlamps apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Arrived home after an eventful drive, only* 17 hours after I left. Visa has taken up temporary residence in the scruffy '80s hatchbacks section of the car park. Back_For_More, Jenson Velcro, AnnoyingPentium and 18 others 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17-Coffees Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Usining my 2015 Abarth 140, Coming home from work the other week, gear stick feeling shit all week...shat itself on the drive home...limiting myself to 3rd-4th gear...thankfully as I approached home and guessed what'd happened. Got use of my mum's car (22 year old old, Mk4 Golf 1.6 , base spec) for past week till I approved problems with mine.... As expected, the 'ballpoint' had given up the ghost. So carried the 'official' repair (slip a latex glove over it) as many a Arnold Clark Crnold Alark dealers has done, I'm going to get a local, trusted garage to do. *photo shown is my post-approved repair method.... I should add, I thought the gearshift felt a tad shit....but I spent the past two weeks prior with a Kia Sedona minivan as a rental, so my mind was marshmallow! 😅 AnnoyingPentium and Saabnut 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Right, I failed at adulting. I've still not got all my energy back from covid, kids are harvesting bugs of all sorts. I'm working part time on average but it feels like 80 hrs a week. I left the kids to entertain themselves yesterday while I had to sleep which started a chain of events leading to leaving the ignition on in the V70, now the French is jump starting the V70. A month or two ago I broke my phone rather spectacularly and I was unable remember my password to AS or which email I used to sign in so I had to message the beacon of functionality that is @brownnova in the end to get back in! Thanks to @ruffgeezerfor reminding me that I'm missing 😁 I'm not moaning by this post, it's more of an excuse. Over-worked, looking after kids while Wifey settles into new job and works far too many hours etc etc So, after waking up first thing in the morning (youngest likes to climb in our bed at random-o'clock in the morning and cough at us and wrestle us) I realised that during my parenting fail yesterday I had left a thing on charge in the v70 with the ignition on... Oops. Anyway the photos of jump starting the V70 at stupid o'clock on a Sunday morning before a crazy full day of work (yes i'm working basically all day on remembrance Sunday) are very AS I think so I've finally managed to get back in to post the picture of my adulting fail! Yippee. loserone, dave j, mercedade and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 15 minutes ago, Cord Fourteener said: beacon of functionality that is @brownnova Now there’s a hilarious sentence if ever I saw one 😂😂 Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 It was Master SL's 17th birthday on Friday, he'd arranged for a lesson with the instructor straight after school that day and then booked his theory test yesterday AM, which he passed. The 54-reg Yaris which Miss SL used as her first car has now been handed down to him. Had my first drive with him today, he's got some things to think about but he did well and we successfully made it back. The Yaris is older than him, and he was well under a year old when I joined AS. My, how time flies..... Meanwhile, Miss SL and her BF have taken a trip out the Peak District in his MR2, last decent drive before horrible weather sets in. We got sent a photo, not of nice scenery but of her looking happy standing next to a Mk1 RAV4. She is after one to replace the Yaris, I assume it was a chance sighting and not a purchase. The other day she sent a link to an ad for a RAV4 with a Camry V6 conversion! wuvvum, BorniteIdentity, Rust Collector and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 On 8/4/2022 at 9:01 PM, 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. I've noticed that rainbow tint thing too... looks shit. Stanky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 2 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said: She is after one to replace the Yaris, [b]I assume it was a chance sighting and not a purchase.[/b] The other day she sent a link to an ad for a RAV4 with a Camry V6 conversion! you think?? ps get them on here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 12 hours ago, Cord Fourteener said: i thought it was a crash Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 23 hours ago, stuboy said: and never towed... or been towed? Shite Ron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 41 minutes ago, hairnet said: or been towed? oh yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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