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[Jim Bell]

6 hours ago, cobblers said:

Just been to look at a van with my mate - he wants a camper and I can't let him buy owt without having a look over it first.

we went to look at a 145k mile, 2011 VW T5. 

Lotsamoney for an old van, but it looked OK in pictures.

In person it was the most filthy disgusting thing, it absolutely hummed of dogs, covered with dog hair. The bed in the back had dog grime ground into them, the bloke had a saucepan of soapy water and an old sock and was scrubbing the floor when we got there, but the van was parked on a slope and all the water was just running into the cupboards. WTF?

There were knobs missing, cupboard doors hanging off, all 4 wheels were kerbed to absolute fuck, there was rust all over it,  a scrape all down the passenger side and the roof canvas was mouldy and torn. 11 days MOT!

Filthy outside as well, moss all over the roof. just fucking minging. He'd got it parked on his drive which absolutely stank of dog piss as well.

TWENTY GRAND!!!! AND THERE WAS A HUMAN PUBE IN THE FUCKING FRIDGE

I'm no prude, but this thing was just fucking disgusting, genuinely seemed like he had been using it as a dog kennel. Surely for 20 grand you'd spend £45 and send it through the polish car wash first? We only drove an hour to see it, but it was an afternoon wasted.  I just can't fathom how anyone would think that was an acceptable way to market something like this.

I've told him to just buy a panel van and I'll help him convert it.

 

At least it was a HUMAN pube. 

[wuvvum]

3 hours ago, stuboy said:

I snapped off one off the missus mudflaps...

[richardmorris]

9 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Why locking? How did they do it at factory? If waterpump grips too thick, maybe angled pliers if a thin nose pair doesn't work?

Only locking as I only have one pair of hands, I presume the factory had a clamp, or just a burly Italian.

I have mole grips. Somewhere.

[horriblemercedes]

13 hours ago, cobblers said:

Honestly the bloke selling it seems to just doing things totally backwards, I don't get it.

He advertised it last week, then immediately went away for a week for easter. When we came to see it today and he said he was going to get the rust touched up and put an MOT on it this week "if it didn't need too much"

 

 

I guess taking the attitude that if it sells to someone who's happy to pay the money without him having to clean and fix it up, that's the best outcome.

 

Otherwise, he can fix it up and MOT it while the ad is up. But he has given it the chance to sell without going to that cost/effort

[richardmorris]

Cirencester for lunchtime. 

[AnnoyingPentium]

Trip to the scrappies yielded not too much unfortunately. Some old shite kicking about though.

^^ That purple car above the MG is a Hyundai Accent.

^ Hoped I could get the wings off this ST170. Instead it's just as rotten as my Ghia.

P12 Primera. Still a bit shocking to the eye, but hadn't seen one for some time now.

Both yards are pretty old school, no H&S beyond "dinnae be a fuckwit" and cheap spares.

[Lankytim]

I scored a set of tyres for the 140 and managed to fit a couple over the weekend. All done with soap, a hammer and tyre levers. 
 

The whole experience knackered me right out so the rear tyres will have to be fitted on another day. 

[rml2345]

58 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Trip to the scrappies yielded not too much unfortunately. Some old shite kicking about though.

^^ That purple car above the MG is a Hyundai Accent.

^ Hoped I could get the wings off this ST170. Instead it's just as rotten as my Ghia.

P12 Primera. Still a bit shocking to the eye, but hadn't seen one for some time now.

Both yards are pretty old school, no H&S beyond "dinnae be a fuckwit" and cheap spares.

Furryboots was the 940? I could do with a pair of front wings if they didn't look too mangled...

[richardmorris]

And home.

[AnnoyingPentium]

12 minutes ago, rml2345 said:

Furryboots was the 940? I could do with a pair of front wings if they didn't look too mangled...

Breakers opposite Ardagh Glass in Irvine.

[richardmorris]

Well that went slightly easier than expected 

[Volksy]

The C Class went in for a new OSF spring this morning. 11th hour - 14day retest was due tomorrow, as due to the easter break, my local garage couldn't fit it in before today. 

Needed a drop link too, as the fixings were seized solid.  Fair play to them, they said they could have battled with it, but the labour cost to do that outweighed the cost of the new part and 5 mins with an airsaw. 

Repairs, including parts, came in at just over £250.00

As Merc springs are the stuff of nightmares, I was happy to pass the job on to someone else. 

Tame MOT centre were not to busy, so hightailed it down for a retest. Apart from an advisory for a loose heatshield - we're clear for another year.

 

 

 

 

[wuvvum]

4 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Cirencester for lunchtime. 

Almost worthy of @tooSavvy.  Almost, but not quite.

[wuvvum]

3 hours ago, Lankytim said:

I scored a set of tyres for the 140 and managed to fit a couple over the weekend. All done with soap, a hammer and tyre levers. 
 

The whole experience knackered me right out so the rear tyres will have to be fitted on another day. 

I'm glad I left the fitting of the 164 tyres to the local pros - for the sake of 20 quid it didn't seem worth the hassle of attempting it myself.

What size are those?  They look narrower than the ones on the 164.

[richardmorris]

2 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Almost worthy of @tooSavvy.  Almost, but not quite.

This was the other camera angle

[artdjones]

6 hours ago, horriblemercedes said:

I guess taking the attitude that if it sells to someone who's happy to pay the money without him having to clean and fix it up, that's the best outcome.

 

Otherwise, he can fix it up and MOT it while the ad is up. But he has given it the chance to sell without going to that cost/effort

I wouldn't sell something filthy with a short test, but if I had to the price would be getting a downward adjustment. Otherwise it's expecting the buyer to pay you for the privilege of getting the vehicle straight. Plus, that kind of idiot is probably selling the van with dangerous faults, which is why they "don't have time" ,i e., an hour, to take it for a new test. 

 

 

[Lankytim]

38 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

I'm glad I left the fitting of the 164 tyres to the local pros - for the sake of 20 quid it didn't seem worth the hassle of attempting it myself.

What size are those?  They look narrower than the ones on the 164.

165/80/15. 

[Zelandeth]

1 hour ago, artdjones said:

I wouldn't sell something filthy with a short test, but if I had to the price would be getting a downward adjustment. Otherwise it's expecting the buyer to pay you for the privilege of getting the vehicle straight. Plus, that kind of idiot is probably selling the van with dangerous faults, which is why they "don't have time" ,i e., an hour, to take it for a new test. 

 

 

Curiousity got the better of me and I thought I'd check the MOT history...apparently the reg number in the photo doesn't exist...

[Popsicle]

Daughter number 2's Swift passed its test today.

Advisories for a chip in the windscreen that has been there for years and needs a front wishbone doing, happy with that, I'll do the wishbone at the weekend weather permitting.

[The Vicar]

Early morning pass for the Camry this morning, it’s first on Irish soil. No need to worry about it again for another 2 years  

not entirely surprising considering it passed an MOT three months and 200 miles ago, but still, happy nonetheless 

[omegod]

My old fiesta refused to start outside work last night, just a click ,so guessed starter was goosed, autoaid arrived within 40 minutes and no amount of whacking would revive it so I had my first ever push start in 30 yrs of driving ! 

Ordered a new starter from "carparts4less" at 8 pm last night and it was delivered to work at 10:00 am this morning !  Just got to find a spare hour to fit it so will be a bus wanker until then 

[Schaefft]

The builders are here today to replace two fences. It only took two hours before doom struck and the main power line to the building was destroyed. Good thing I can do most of my job from a phone.

[D.E]

Old age & health problems forced the owner of over 230 cars to sell off his entire collection to well-known trader Gallery Aaldering . All cars will soon be auctioned: https://www.classiccar-auctions.com/palmen

[Volksy]

Heh, 

Those photos will be on every clikbait advert.....

This guy paid £1 for this old warehouse, and look what he found when they opened the doors....... 

[wuvvum]

Wow, that's a few quid's worth there...

[High Jetter]

Van failed MOT last week on welding, rear silencer and one brake light. I knew about the exhaust blow and the bulb, but couldn't get the tailgate lock to release to open it, so couldn't remove the rear lamp. Finally managed to kick it open from the inside at the weekend, whilst holding down the rod that operated the lock (though not fully). Spare lock and new bulb fitted, I took the van in yesterday along with a new rear box (from Regis Exhausts on ebay, came very well packaged, made by GT exhausts). Got it back today and they'd also sorted the n/s screen washer jet which had ejected it's nozzle ball, decent of them.

[Rust Collector]

It’s MOT time here too. I’ve taken BX number 4 for a quick shake down run this evening, and chucked a couple of gallons of super unleaded in it:

Tomorrow morning we will find out if she’s going back on the road again after her 3 year slumber.

[Bear]

I bought a Mercedes ML55 because I didn't want to spend £3500 on a Cayenne that needed fixes.

Said Cayenne has been offered to me again for considerably less. Like, ML and Cayenne for less than the next-cheapest Cayenne on my list.

If I evicted a pile of rust and optimism from the garage, I could almost justify fixing a Cayenne that wasn't needed in a rush 😕

[richardmorris]

40 minutes ago, Rust Collector said:

It’s MOT time here too. I’ve taken BX number 4 for a quick shake down run this evening, and chucked a couple of gallons of super unleaded in it:

Tomorrow morning we will find out if she’s going back on the road again after her 3 year slumber.

The leader of the pack.

[High Jetter]

42 minutes ago, Rust Collector said:

It’s MOT time here too. I’ve taken BX number 4 for a quick shake down run this evening, and chucked a couple of gallons of super unleaded in it:

Tomorrow morning we will find out if she’s going back on the road again after her 3 year slumber.

Lewes reg? Do you know who the original dealer was? Suttons, maybe?