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[stuboy]

went for ultrasound on my hands at dover hospital, and decided to almost rip my front bumper off on a high kerb,  guess ill crack out the cable ties tomorrow. 

 

[Popsicle]

Picked up a Lidl oil transfer pump the other week, its called Ultimate Speed and was around £10.

Wasn't expecting much for the money but its a nice little bit of kit. Comes with decent length hoses, jubilee clips to secure them and crocodile clips for the battery. Put it to use for the first time today pumping the old power steering fluid out of the Caddy.

It was like gnats piss, all lubricity had deffo gone from it, Mannol's finest green coloured jizz went back in.

The steering had been getting a bit heavier at slow turning speeds, so flushed a few lots of this through till it was coming out green and it seems to have sorted out the slow speed stiffness - result. Pretty impressed with the oil pump too, might dangle it down the dipstick tube next time I service something to see how it does.

I also went all posh wiper wanker and fitted some hybrid Michelin Stealth wiper blades, think they where about £7 each in Costco. I've been using the Bosch Aero's for a few years, they always start off well for the first few weeks then slowly deteriorate and start smearing and juddering, so thought I'd give something else a whirl.

I know I do more miles than most but the Bosch's are shot after a month or two (15-20k), so see how these hold up.

[wuvvum]

I dug this old crate out of hibernation today, ready for Drive It Day tomorrow, and took it for a quick spin.

It had a flat tyre on the front and I'd wedged it in so well that I had to reverse it out of the garage on the starter motor as I couldn't get to the engine bay, but it fired up straight away with a jump from the 75, and as always it drove like it hadn't just been sat for 7 months - slightly bindy brake on the offside front but I was expecting that.  Drive It Day looks like it might be a bit of a washout, but after all the time I spent last year getting the wipers to work properly, rain holds no fear for me...

Irritatingly I seem to have managed to lose the Spacy key at some point during the afternoon, although I've found another key in my stash that works in the ignition lock so not the end of the world, but still annoying given how long I've had the bike.

[High Jetter]

5 hours ago, Vince70 said:

I took my lovely £250 Cabriolet Golf for its MOT today and it passed with flying colours.

The MOT tester even called me over  to have a look  under the motor  as it’s literally like brand new underneath and he couldn’t believe the condition.

Even the bottoms of the wings are rot free and it drives so nice and runs like a Swiss Watch.

Shes most definitely a keeper, as I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea but I like the old 8v GTi 2 litre .

I’m just amazed that such a beautiful car which has got another 24 years use in it with general servicing was going to be scrapped, as we really live in a disposable society.

 

Autoshite, defined. Well played.

[brownnova]

5 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

I had a visit today from @Prince_of_darkness91with his new daily! I have now had a run up the road and I think his has landed a great car.

 

I’m fairly sure that’s the one I saw on the Saab owners club Facebook… of so, not only is he landed a great car, he’s done so for a bargain price!!!

Very very very well bought @Prince_of_darkness91

[MrGTI6]

This morning, I've been looking into getting hold of a certificate of conformity to try and make my 306 ULEZ-compliant.

Not sure if it will work, and some of the websites seem dodgy, but I've heard others have had success doing this with late-'90s petrol cars. 

I'm very nervous about clicking on this green button though... 

[richardmorris]

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, MrGTI6 said:

This morning, I've been looking into getting hold of a certificate of conformity to try and make my 306 ULEZ-compliant.

Not sure if it will work, and some of the websites seem dodgy, but I've heard others have had success doing this with late-'90s petrol cars. 

I'm very nervous about clicking on this green button though... 

If you get stopped, do the police tell you to get your COC out?

[richardmorris]

[RoverFolkUs]

16 hours ago, Rust Collector said:

It’s 1994 at my house today:

Shame about the neighbour’s modern spoiling the aesthetic… live and let live I guess 🤣

It's got an age appropriate plate though for your scene! Call it a wolf in sheep's clothing if you would

[Fumbler]

3 hours ago, MrGTI6 said:

This morning, I've been looking into getting hold of a certificate of conformity to try and make my 306 ULEZ-compliant.

Not sure if it will work, and some of the websites seem dodgy, but I've heard others have had success doing this with late-'90s petrol cars. 

I'm very nervous about clicking on this green button though... 

Nothing wrong with a bit of coc😁

[GingerNuttz]

Done.

Couple more to do them I'm packing it in.

[Asimo]

No government panic alarm received. Phone is on and working. Anyone had the bleep of doom?

[RoverFolkUs]

4 minutes ago, Asimo said:

No government panic alarm received. Phone is on and working. Anyone had the bleep of doom?

I did, a minute early. 

Nobody else in my household did though. And the Gumtree "burner" remained silent too. 

Wasn't disabled on any of them. 

[High Jetter]

Yep, but didn't have wifi or data turned on and it still came through.

[SiC]

Just a beeping alarm noise and then my phone read out the message. Not very exciting as you might expect.

 

[catsinthewelder]

Daughters made the noise, mine didn't as all that shite is disabled.  Girlfriend was annoyed hers didn't then it went off 4 minutes late.

[Stanky]

I took the Daihatsu out for a run this afternoon since it was drive-it day. Didn't go too far as I had micro_Stanky on board but we were out for an hour and covered about 40 miles round the south downs. The rain had blown through by this point and it was a mix of sun and cloud. I was suprised the turnout wasn't that good this year - I saw a TR4, a couple of MGBs, an E-type 2+2 and a Citroen Xantia (which might just have been the old boy's daily driver?)

Previous years have had loads of classic traffic on the roads, this year not so much...

[JJ0063]

2 hours ago, Asimo said:

No government panic alarm received. Phone is on and working. Anyone had the bleep of doom?

Yeah mine came through fine

[stuboy]

In-between the showers I managed too cable tie/bodge the bumper

[richardmorris]

160 miles in the x1/9 today.  Collected @Six-cylinder en route to the Bicester scramble where I had a display pass and free tickets ( although no one asked for tickets). A collaboration between Adam gompertz of REVS and the Piston Broke Social club brought “the wedge” - a collection of sharply designed cars with a ruler.

[richardmorris]

[richardmorris]

[Six-cylinder]

16 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

160 miles in the x1/9 today.  Collected @Six-cylinder en route to the Bicester scramble where I had a display pass and free tickets ( although no one asked for tickets). A collaboration between Adam gompertz of REVS and the Piston Broke Social club brought “the wedge” - a collection of sharply designed cars with a ruler.

Thank you @richardmorris

[sdkrc]

I've done a paint. Same colour as the Galaxie. At least 1 more coat and we're good.

[dozeydustman]

Spent a weekend in Dover. Seeing old Uni mates. 50mpg in the Saab and the EML came on again.

And then a headlamp blew when we arrived there, put a spare in but managed to wedge in the holder upside down and couldn’t get it back out, so that’s tomorrow sorted for me

[Rust Collector]

36 minutes ago, dozeydustman said:

Spent a weekend in Dover

My condolences.

[stuboy]

1 hour ago, dozeydustman said:

Spent a weekend in Dover.

i was at buckland hospital,how i dont miss going to dover, 

[artdjones]

3 hours ago, richardmorris said:

. A collaboration between Adam gompertz of REVS and the Piston Broke Social club brought “the wedge” - a collection of sharply designed cars with a ruler

I don't see any Leyland  Princesses or Citroen BXs.

[4wheeledstool]

Finished taking off the rubbery sealant now. Many repairs required. 🙄