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[GMcD]

3 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Where is BIG atm? Guessing no shows in this weather?

You've lost me man?

I'm not sure what you mean. 

[Jammo]

6 hours ago, GMcD said:

You've lost me man?

I'm not sure what you mean. 

He is referring to puddlethumpers thread 'i did a Big and joined the circus'

Excellent thread by the way!

[High Jetter]

Indeed. Your post wasn't there when I started typing, @GMcD. Sorry for any confusion.

[GMcD]

2 hours ago, Jammo said:

He is referring to puddlethumpers thread 'i did a Big and joined the circus'

Excellent thread by the way!

57 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Indeed. Your post wasn't there when I started typing, @GMcD. Sorry for any confusion.

Cheers. I'm a numpty!

[Metal Guru]

20 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

Ridiculous modern car tyre sizes.

They have virtually no sidewall!

Madness,especially on ill maintained country roads.

 

Had an Impreza on 40 or 45 profile tyres for 18 years with no problem on mainly country roads.

[Cord Fourteener]

They are ok, can't say they are over noisy or wear too quickly. I'm sure they proper ratings!

They aren't the very best for fuel consumption but I can't complain about that, can't either myself. 

They have decent grip and handling all year so I like them. And considering the next better brands are 10 or £20 more each then I'm sold thanks very much!

[hairnet]

12 hours ago, HillmanImp said:

My memory is so confused these days I was just sat here watching the Never Mind the Buzzcocks Christmas special and suddenly started wondering if it was actually Christmas or whether I was watching a repeat, despite this being my view. 

This is actually probably something for the 'Should drugs be legalised' thread TBH. 

sat on santas face???

[HMC]

The dash at twilight by the union @grogee

[Zelandeth]

6 minutes ago, HMC said:

The dash at twilight by the union @grogee

I recognise that variable speed intermittent wipe stalk from our C plate Nissan Cherry.  First car I ever came across that feature in.

[grogee]

8 minutes ago, HMC said:

The dash at twilight by the union @grogee

Near my first girlfriend's house. Ah, Kate...

Aaaaaanyway, that is a safe and sensible dashboard. Almost like they'd been benchmarking Volvos.

[Popsicle]

Couriering van passed its test this morning.

Felt a bit guilty about the state it was presented in.

I did wipe the crud off the number plate first! It was spotless on Monday..........

No photos as I'd left my phone in the van but there was a K reg 1971/72 Mk3 Cortina having its first MOT since 1996 according to the owner, looked lovely in dark green. The 1.3 engine had been swapped for a 1.6 transit lump apparently. 

[richardmorris]

On 12/15/2022 at 10:21 AM, Austat said:

This 504 is dangerously close to me and is a good price. I'm having a hard time convincing my Dad as it's an automatic (anything manual is sought after and overpriced here) but I plan on treating myself to something special this Christmas and the funds for it will come out of my pocket. There's a dent and a little bit of surface rust in three spots to fix, but for around £1420 it's a steal.

 

Would anyone recommend them? Any technical gremlins to look out for?

Should I or shouldn't I?

 

[RoverFolkUs]

On 12/16/2022 at 1:34 PM, Braddon81 said:

New clutch kit finally fitted to my roffle winning  406 Coupe - it's thrust bearing finally gave out the ghost a few months back. Had dagger eyes from my usually chirpy spannerman - it turned out to be a pig of a job.

Am I remembering rightly its engine out to do a clutch on those if its got the V6?

[Asimo]

On 15/12/2022 at 10:21, Austat said:

This 504 is dangerously close to me and is a good price. I'm having a hard time convincing my Dad as it's an automatic (anything manual is sought after and overpriced here) but I plan on treating myself to something special this Christmas and the funds for it will come out of my pocket. There's a dent and a little bit of surface rust in three spots to fix, but for around £1420 it's a steal.

 

Would anyone recommend them? Any technical gremlins to look out for?

Should I or shouldn't I?

Have you bought this yet?

There was a 504 for sale at the local classic car auction recently. It had been driven here from Australia. 

[Spottedlaurel]

15 hours ago, HMC said:

The dash at twilight by the union @grogee

That shot brings back happy memories of my old ones, things like the cliff-face styling and the feel of the HVAC controls with their air/vacuum assistance (still a better system than push buttons). I removed a couple of those stereos and replaced them with a JVC and remote 6-disc CD changer set-up.

[cort1977]

2 hours ago, Asimo said:

Have you bought this yet?

@Austat this. You know it makes sense.

[Bren]

After 10 days with the lurgy I have given in and gone to the walk in centre for antibiotics.

Paracetamol, honey and ginger have done fuck all.

Sadly it's like a disaster centre in here.....

[lesapandre]

Halfords this morning....ah London...

[lesapandre]

Then spotted. The driver was smoking a fag for full on 80's effect too.

[richardmorris]

Italian job on c5 now for that Christmas spirit. Just starting the mini chase .

[richardmorris]

Oh and swapped the cars round earlier now that the -8overnight temps are over and daily can live outdoors again. Flattened the the 2cv battery so pushed it. I knew it was low as it hasn’t gone anywhere  since the mot last month, can’t be bothered to do anything in the cold and wet so will wait until daylight in Saturday to put it on charge.

[cobblers]

I fucking hate ramps.

But this one was all me. Putting my 3250KG van on some stands marked as "for up to 2500kg GVW". What an idiot.

[Carlo_Raffo_TDS]

On 12/16/2022 at 9:38 PM, GMcD said:

Been using the Cav most days.

If you listen carefully I'm sure you can hear it fizzing, but fuck it, I'm enjoying the experience of just using it as intended. 

 I'll try and jet wash underneath whenever I can. 

 

What wheels are those? Standard steel wheels painted?

[Mally]

1 hour ago, cobblers said:

I fucking hate ramps.

But this one was all me. Putting my 3250KG van on some stands marked as "for up to 2500kg GVW". What an idiot.

Aren't this sort of thing supposed to be tested well over GVW?  Something like plus 50% of marking.

You should have been well* in.

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, lesapandre said:

Halfords this morning....ah London...

That's rubbish.

[lesapandre]

3 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Oh and swapped the cars round earlier now that the -8overnight temps are over and daily can live outdoors again. Flattened the the 2cv battery so pushed it. I knew it was low as it hasn’t gone anywhere  since the mot last month, can’t be bothered to do anything in the cold and wet so will wait until daylight in Saturday to put it on charge.

I've spent the past couple of days outdoors coaxing various cars into life (hence the trip to Halfords for a new battery) - I had my doubts about the wisdom of being outside so long - but actually well wrapped up it's been quite enjoyable and I feel better for it - so do the cars. Cold and crisp weather I can handle - London had a wet/cold rain this afternoon but hey.

[barefoot]

A tale of xmas grump.

As seems to becoming the norm, our local garage had no E5 so I bobbed up to EMA to brim the tank. Whilst I was stood at the pump another car pulled up, a twenty something lad got out & clattered something against the side of the Scirocco. It's a bit scruffy as you know, so I wasn't really bothered but then he, his partner & a child were all unloaded onto the forecourt by an older bloke ready to walk the couple of hundred yards over to the terminal. If lad hadn't clattered my car, there is a very good chance that I would have shouted, and told him to get back in because they'd soon be facing a hefty fine for alighting there.

But I never... I just wished him 'a good holiday'. 

Twat.

[cort1977]

Agree he was a twat but how will they get fined?  Is it not allowed to walk to the terminal?  As someone who would rather die* than pay an airport drop off fee I'm interested.

[barefoot]

It's been in all the local papers. Cctv at the garage and vicious parking enforcement at ema. People are fined for momentary pauses on double red lines.

If you ever fly from here, park in a local village and catch the bus which runs every 15 or 20 minutes.

[Rust Collector]

30 minutes ago, cort1977 said:

Agree he was a twat but how will they get fined?  Is it not allowed to walk to the terminal?  As someone who would rather die* than pay an airport drop off fee I'm interested.

Most services around airports have those parking eye style things to catch people using the forecourt for waiting/drop off/pick up rather than the designated areas or short stay car park, at least the ones at Gatwick do. To be fair though, if they didn't then I imagine you wouldn't be able to get to the pumps for the amount of cars stopped there to dodge the fiver charge for pickup/drop off.