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[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

[320touring]

Good good, was always a fan of it!

[Split_Pin]

5 minutes ago, puddlethumper said:

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

It's gone to a good home

[puddlethumper]

1 minute ago, Split_Pin said:

It's gone to a good home

Yea, I'm very happy with who it's going to.

[HillmanImp]

[Datsuncog]

6 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Corolla MOT scheduled for this evening.

A feeling of doom has descended...

It's in the lap of the gods now...

Ungrateful bugger blew another sidelight bulb earlier, too. 

The one that requires removing the battery and the airbox intake to access, of course.

I can see it whenever the HGV roller goes up...

We'll know shortly whether the welding was worth it!

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Good luck @Datsuncog

Went cross-country for work this week and drove back from Devon to Canterbury today via the A30, A303, M3, etc.  On the A30 in the Blackdown Hills on the long downhill just after the abandoned (I think) pub I nearly had an off after some gentle braking.  Must have hit a patch as the ABS kicked straight in and I had a slide.  Steered slightly and planned to bin it into the verge but managed to get it back fairly quickly. 

However, the red van behind - which saw the whole thing - still continued to tailgate me for the next 10 fucking miles.  Twat.  I've done 720 miles since Monday afternoon and now I'm feeling somewhat unwell.  What joy.

[richardmorris]

This little flurry led to chaos on the a3 and schools closed in Camberley 

[Datsuncog]

6 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

It's in the lap of the gods now...

Well, knock me down with a feather.

Pass. No advisories either.

With any luck, this wee thing's dodged the recycler's gates for another year.

And to top it all, MrsDC's away out to meet up with a friend this evening - I feel like a celebratory McDonald's along with my Vanishing Point DVD could be the optimal way to spend a cold evening... simple pleasures for simple people.

[RetroShite]

1 hour ago, HillmanImp said:

Can't wait!

[brownnova]

Been keeping an eye on the Espero which was lurking on a driveway near Llandudno. I’d left a note, but nothing. Today I was passing for work and…. 

Gone…. I hope there were multiple notes from aspiring Daewoo owners and that they haven’t scrapped it. Broken glass on the floor isn’t the best sign 

Then a few minutes down the road I saw my first Ami in the flesh! 

What a funny little thing!  

[artdjones]

1 hour ago, Datsuncog said:

Well, knock me down with a feather.

Pass. No advisories either.

With any luck, this wee thing's dodged the recycler's gates for another year.

And MrsDC's away out to meet up with a friend this evening... I feel a celebratory McDonald's along with my Vanishing Point DVD could be the optimal way to spend a cold evening... simple pleasures for simple people.

 

Congratulations, but this was not a surprise. I worked in a sales garage that specialised in used Toyotas for eight years. These must be among the easiest cars to get through a test out there, with the ball joints and wishbones giving almost no trouble. The only recurring problem is the rubber bushings on the longitudinal arms that locate the rear suspension. Unfortunately noone used to do them separately from the arms, and Toyota charge €250 for the parts. So we used to use s/h ones. Even then, it was only a small proportion of cars that had the problem.

They also have very high quality catalytic converters. I took one for test once, on a day like today, snowing and about 1 degree temperature, and I couldn't get the car to warm up. It just stuck right down at the cold end of the scale, yet passed emissions perfectly. In fact, when a Corolla got scrapped garages would carefully save the cat to splice into the exhausts of other cars of different makes that had emissions trouble.

One more year? Pah, keep on top of structural condition and you could get a lot longer.