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[Steve79]

MOT time for this one today 😬😬😬

Shameless plug for my mates MOT station

[EyesWeldedShut]

Thought I'd see what the ATF looked like as there's nothing mentioned in the FSH*
Spot the difference? Not* a lot in it really.
 

[SiC]

At least the one on the left is not silver! Still has some cherry hue to it too. 

[EyesWeldedShut]

1 hour ago, SiC said:

At least the one on the left is not silver! Still has some cherry hue to it too. 

The cherry hue is likely the first 2.5 litres of Dextron 2 that it drank as it's mixed in with the original fluid (doing it a bit at a time - it's had 5litres of the Vimto stuff now)

[calebaaront]

Here's what 99p worth of Trabant parts look like in the boot of a Mini. Now 200 miles back home

[stuboy]

Nothing exciting .... driving assessment on a return to work Aca in margate, retrieve my bases HDU vehicle, then after work go with FiL to collect his motorhome from repairers..

[SiC]

 Oil for a good price on offer that'll be good for a lot of modern cars. 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303081769191

Or slightly more for low SAPs and a DPF equipped diesel.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303155212612

 

[320touring]

Ats yer gowf managed a 31 mile round trip tonight, including driving in the dark. Not super impressive, but the longest trip it has done in about a year. Nae issues. Goes like a stabbed rat. Cannae get enough of 60mph in 2nd🤣

Got an exhaust heat shield rattle, brake pedal doesn't always return, bit of a stutter just off idle, and some wind noise from the hood.

Fucking brilliant fun😀🤩

Surprisingly comfortable motorway cruiser too.

[auntiemaryscanary]

16 minutes ago, SiC said:

 Oil for a good price on offer that'll be good for a lot of modern cars. 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303081769191

Or slightly more for low SAPs and a DPF equipped diesel.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303155212612

 

Ta for the heads up, I usually get mine from them but it's not been that cheap for a good while. Purchase made.

[hairnet]

22 hours ago, wuvvum said:

 

I had a bit more of a poke around the Renault 4 

 

 

 

want

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, 320touring said:

Cannae get enough of 60mph in 2nd🤣

Meh, my 1-litre shopping car will do 60 in 2nd. 😋

[artdjones]

I've just been bouncing around some hilltops in SW France, getting a tour of the various tiny vineyards the host of our gite owns, in her 4wd Fiat.

They would like to replace it, but you can only get them in Mexico now.

 

[juular]

205 did An Leak, just as I was about to head home from work.

Filled the expansion tank to the brim and it got me home. Lower rad hose has chafed away on the body.

Despite having 8 motors there's nothing left for me to take to work as everything is in some form of brokenness. 

So here's the Peugeot Replacement Service borrowed from Mrs.

[EyesWeldedShut]

25 minutes ago, artdjones said:

I've just been bouncing around some hilltops in SW France, getting a tour of the various tiny vineyards the host of our gite owns, in her 4wd Fiat.

They would like to replace it, but you can only get them in Mexico now.

 

Would that share the running gear with the Fiat Sedici (Suzuki SX4) ? I rather like the look of it.

[beko1987]

1 hour ago, artdjones said:

I've just been bouncing around some hilltops in SW France, getting a tour of the various tiny vineyards the host of our gite owns, in her 4wd Fiat.

They would like to replace it, but you can only get them in Mexico now.

 

That looks great tbh! Does it have 4 seats? Or even just 3... 😂

[horriblemercedes]

14 hours ago, SiC said:

 Oil for a good price on offer that'll be good for a lot of modern cars. 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303081769191

Or slightly more for low SAPs and a DPF equipped diesel.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303155212612

 

Thanks, I normally stock up when it's around that price but I've checked and I still have three of the four I bought last time! I've done well with that stuff over the years

[horriblemercedes]

1 hour ago, artdjones said:

I've just been bouncing around some hilltops in SW France, getting a tour of the various tiny vineyards the host of our gite owns, in her 4wd Fiat.

They would like to replace it, but you can only get them in Mexico now.

 

Damn, I really want one of those now

[artdjones]

1 hour ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

Would that share the running gear with the Fiat Sedici (Suzuki SX4) ? I rather like the look of it.

Having looked at the relevant wiki page, I'm not sure if it is 4x4. The engine is a 1.3 Multijet.

39 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

That looks great tbh! Does it have 4 seats? Or even just 3... 😂

4seats.

[Steve79]

On 5/16/2023 at 9:24 AM, Steve79 said:

MOT time for this one today 😬😬😬

Shameless plug for my mates MOT station

Pleased to announce success for another years legal motoring 

[calebaaront]

Amongst the haul of parts I got yesterday I discovered this. An original East German wiper blade rubber replacement. Very cool to see the original packaging has survived 

[SiC]

The ol' banger is back. Just slightly less banging.

It still has the initial blow in the flexi exhaust that sounds a bit like a top end tap, but far quieter than it was before the speed bump incident. Panhard65 did see about replacing that downpipe with the flexi on but I said not to bother as you can't really hear it with the windows up and I've spent far too much this month! It's also had enough spent on it recently and if I had it done, it'll only go shit its clutch, turbo or something like that next month knowing my luck. Got to pick and choose your battles with these old German cars. 

Tbh I'm most excited about having the air conditioning regassed! 460grams out and 750grams back in, so needed a fair bit. It's really quite chilly now. Also means even less reason to have the windows open and hear any exhaust noise. 

Edit: Just realised it's been 6 months yesterday since I've bought it. Done about 2.8k miles in it which isn't too bad for a runaround with me. 

[SiC]

FFS. Bunch of arseholes!
(The front scratch, the rear was already there)


Why did the builders put a stupid pillar in the most awkward place on our driveway? It was an inevitable eventuality I was going to hit it.

I'm annoyed but out of all the cars, at least I did it to the TT. It's already marked & dented from the train station and will get more.

[wuvvum]

Treated myself to a new angle grinder.  One of these:

It's better than my old grinder in two main ways - it has a trigger like a drill rather than an on/off switch on the top, and it has variable speed rather than always running at 50 million rpm.  Also the handle is a bit different on the one I've bought, it has storage in it for the spanner thingy, which is useful as I'm always losing those bastard things.

Bloke on eBay was knocking them out for £17.99 delivered, which I thought was a bit of a bargain - others obviously thought so too as he sold out within hours!  Looking forward to attacking the Renault 6 with it at the weekend.

[wheel nut]

Trying to sell my Triumph 1500TC again this Summer. Had previously pushed it to the back of the garage which meant the space in front inevitably started to fill up with crap. 

Got a flat tyre blown up, cleared a path to the door and pushed to a more accessable position.

[GingerNuttz]

[EyesWeldedShut]

23 hours ago, artdjones said:

Having looked at the relevant wiki page, I'm not sure if it is 4x4. The engine is a 1.3 Multijet.

4seats.

Had a Google - there's a fair old pile of similar mini-pickups available Mexico and southwards - kind of like the one Skoda did here (Californian??) and some with little suicide doors like the 4 crew cab Isuzus - I guess UK/EU market has low demand or are we so rich that we just want to have the BIG ones?
 
 

[richardmorris]

 Having lunch outside for my birthday.  This looks interesting. 

[McRusty]

35 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

 Having lunch outside for my birthday.  This looks interesting. 

Harvard T6. Gary Numan used to have one dressed up as a Japanese Zero.

[Snake Charmer]

42 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

 Having lunch outside for my birthday.  This looks interesting. 

Goodwood?

https://www.t6harvard.com/uk-harvards/1295-2/

[AnnoyingPentium]

1 hour ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

kind of like the one Skoda did here (Californian??)

Skoda Felicia Fun.