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[EyesWeldedShut]

11 minutes ago, barefoot said:

Lilith?

 

[The Vicar]

Disaster last week with my Seicento:

Back home in time for dinner:

Damned clutch cable. Not ideal when you have fat hands:

Motoring again:

my stand in was this, loved it:

[wuvvum]

The Rover 75 has just passed its MOT.  Total bill came to £201.68, including the test fee, fitting the new front spring and two part worn tyres.  I can live with that for another year's wafting.

Technically it only needed one tyre but they didn't have any in the right size, so it was a case of either fitting a pair of the next size down or ordering a tyre online and taking the car back at a later date to have it fitted.  Given that the other front tyre wasn't in the first flush of youth anyway I told them to go ahead and replace both.

Now I need to book it in for a T4 session to get the windows working again, and have another crack at replacing the A/C compressor belt...

[Ghosty]

Dead Civic is finally being collected tomorrow.

[Split_Pin]

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

The Rover 75 has just passed its MOT.  Total bill came to £201.68, including the test fee, fitting the new front spring and two part worn tyres.  I can live with that for another year's wafting.

Technically it only needed one tyre but they didn't have any in the right size, so it was a case of either fitting a pair of the next size down or ordering a tyre online and taking the car back at a later date to have it fitted.  Given that the other front tyre wasn't in the first flush of youth anyway I told them to go ahead and replace both.

Now I need to book it in for a T4 session to get the windows working again, and have another crack at replacing the A/C compressor belt...

That's good going for a 75 MOT, can't be a bad one!

[bunglebus]

Moon looks cool tonight 

[wuvvum]

11 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

That's good going for a 75 MOT, can't be a bad one!

The tester did comment that it's remarkably good underneath for a 20-year-old 75 with nearly 200K on the clock.

[Split_Pin]

Apart from the sills they do last well.

[AnthonyG]

On 3/5/2023 at 4:27 PM, junkyarddog said:

Just visiting my uncle in rural Co Tipperary,and took a wander around his field,found this located in the hedge,any guessing as to what it was?

I know because I remember my uncle driving it.

 

 

From the door handles, Renault 16. 

[junkyarddog]

Just now, AnthonyG said:

From the door handles, Renault 16. 

Oooooh,close.

[EyesWeldedShut]

16 + 4 ?

[junkyarddog]

4 minutes ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

16 + 4 ?

No,going the wrong way....

[Dyslexic Viking]

1 minute ago, junkyarddog said:

No,going the wrong way....

Renault 12?

[richardmorris]

On 3/6/2023 at 8:14 PM, RoverFolkUs said:

You know it's bad when the stones stuck to it are the only source of traction 🤣

I’m amazed people manage to do this. The only time I’ve ever had nails or screws in the tyres is when the tread is getting low. Makes you look anyway.

[junkyarddog]

6 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

Renault 12?

Nope,but getting near....

[Dyslexic Viking]

5 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

Nope,but getting near....

Is difficult with so little, but after studying pictures Renault 8 or 10?

[Mr Pastry]

 

15 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

Nope,but getting near....

Renault 6, offside rear door.

[junkyarddog]

16 minutes ago, Mr Pastry said:

 

Renault 6, offside rear door.

We have a winner!!!

Yep was a Renault 6

[High Jetter]

I was going for 14, same handles?

[wuvvum]

44 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

was a Renault 6

 

On 3/5/2023 at 4:27 PM, junkyarddog said:

I know because I remember my uncle driving it.

Judging by the condition, I'm going to hazard a guess that that was a week, maybe 10 days ago?  Any longer than that and the glass would have rusted away too.

[Split_Pin]

54 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

We have a winner!!!

Yep was a Renault 6

AH BOLLOX!!🤣

I studied that for ages and kept thinking Renault 6 rear passenger door but the small triangle at the left hand side looked different and it threw me. 

[Rustybullethole]

SNA

Plan was to take the bike today. Place you bets on how many holes the brand new handlebar muffs have in them by the end of the day.

[EyesWeldedShut]

10 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

We have a winner!!!

Yep was a Renault 6

Classy - if it was shite green colour I could pin it on on eof my Uncles who ran one

[SiC]

Lots of snow. Rare to get it here, usually passed by then dumps on Bristol and Gloucestershire.

[w00dy]

Sadly it's rather slushy, but I do love snow.

[Datsuncog]

Corolla MOT scheduled for this evening.

A feeling of doom has descended...

[puddlethumper]

My van and I are getting a divorce. We haven't been getting on since the transition to a BMW. (I did say that it might have been an idea to go Volvo, which was in the running along with Mercedes). I suppose it was inevitable although there was no early, or late, indication. Which I've heard is common in these cases. It's the old story of being lured away by a man with a welder. So it will be goodbye to Pug and hello to Mazza. The guys are sorting anything that needs doing along with a service and 4 new tyres, Toyo's I believe, and then off for the Mot early ish next week. Top blokes. This is only the second Japanese motor I've had, the other was a Toyota Hiace so not really comparable. Can you believe it that this is the first vehicle I've owned with lecky windows? I prefer armstrong ones as they very rarely stop working but hey that's 'progress' for you. I'm bound to get in the wrong side for a while as I haven't owned a Rhd for 25/30 years. So that will be me jumping straight from the late 80's into the early 90's. A big step I think you will agree.

[HMC]

School run transport for Wednesday.

 I made the mistake of shouting

“ keep you hands where I can see them”  and one of the passengers (age 6) then began pointing a water pistol as passers by and repeating it. 

 

[320touring]

30 minutes ago, puddlethumper said:

My van and I are getting a divorce. We haven't been getting on since the transition to a BMW. (I did say that it might have been an idea to go Volvo, which was in the running along with Mercedes). I suppose it was inevitable although there was no early, or late, indication. Which I've heard is common in these cases. It's the old story of being lured away by a man with a welder. So it will be goodbye to Pug and hello to Mazza. The guys are sorting anything that needs doing along with a service and 4 new tyres, Toyo's I believe, and then off for the Mot early ish next week. Top blokes. This is only the second Japanese motor I've had, the other was a Toyota Hiace so not really comparable. Can you believe it that this is the first vehicle I've owned with lecky windows? I prefer armstrong ones as they very rarely stop working but hey that's 'progress' for you. I'm bound to get in the wrong side for a while as I haven't owned a Rhd for 25/30 years. So that will be me jumping straight from the late 80's into the early 90's. A big step I think you will agree.

Hope you enjoy the new motor!

 

What's happening to the van?

[puddlethumper]

20 minutes ago, 320touring said:

Hope you enjoy the new motor!

 

What's happening to the van?

The van is going to a shiter. That's all I can say at the moment