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[JJ0063]

I’ve been trying to make our driveway bigger and have had some success today. 
 

Years ago when I lived on this road, the gravel area was all garden, the only driveway was in front of the garage. 
 

Luckily the last owners gravelled this area which is ideal but it wasn’t quite big enough for 2 cars comfortably as there was a chain link fence and a horrible really sharp bush there too.

With the addition of the Volvo to the fleet it spurred me on to dig the posts out and get rid of the bush. 
 

Forgot to take any pics prior, but I’ve screenshotted the edge of an old photo I had from when we moved in. 
 

I still need to dig the root out but the drain is stupidly raised so I won’t gain much space by getting rid completely so I might just try and kill the root.

 

Anyway, space for activities! Much easier access now. 

[Popsicle]

22 hours ago, Ghosty said:

Four Goodyear EfficientGrips for the Lexus as the Autogreen it had on there were dangerous in the wet, setting the traction control light off and generally feeling like they had no grip at any speed. It actually spun at low speed in a (thankfully empty) Tesco car park, so I decided the buck stopped there. Was expecting a hefty bill for 16"s. Did some shopping around, and my local Protyre turned out the best value - a discount code got me the Goodyears for less than any other brand name tyre - £302 fitted same day. Even Costco was more expensive! 

I reckon for normal driving pound for pound the Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance 2's are about the best tyre available - they last so much longer than anything else and are safe and predictable in the wet or dry. The only down side for them is when pushing on as the sidewalls are soft, but this makes the car ride more smoothly, which is more preferable than sporty handling to me.

[Popsicle]

16 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

I’ve been trying to make our driveway bigger and have had some success today. 
 

Years ago when I lived on this road, the gravel area was all garden, the only driveway was in front of the garage. 
 

Luckily the last owners gravelled this area which is ideal but it wasn’t quite big enough for 2 car’s comfortably as there was a chain link fence and a horrible really sharp bush there too.

With the addition of the Volvo to the fleet it spurred me on to dig the posts out and get rid of the bush. 
 

Forgot to take any pics prior, but I’ve screenshotted the edge of an old photo I had from when we moved in. 
 

I still need to dig the root out but the drain is stupidly raised so I won’t gain much space by getting rid completely so I might just try and kill the root.

 

Anyway, space for activities! Much easier access now. 

That raised drain cover should be fairly straight forward to lower by removing a course of bricks for a man of your many talents.

[JJ0063]

The one behind the Volvo can stay like it as it’s too close to the house for me to park any closer to be honest, the one in front of the cars however may eventually have to have something done to it as when we first moved in I put the Transit straight through it, Anglian Water replaced it but all the cement around it has cracked within 6 months so I think it needs lowering as it sits just a bit too high. 
 

My talents* certainly don’t extend to that though!

[Merryck]

2 hours ago, JJ0063 said:

The one behind the Volvo can stay like it as it’s too close to the house for me to park any closer to be honest, the one in front of the cars however may eventually have to have something done to it as when we first moved in I put the Transit straight through it, Anglian Water replaced it but all the cement around it has cracked within 6 months so I think it needs lowering as it sits just a bit too high. 
 

My talents* certainly don’t extend to that though!

You’d be surprised how simple it is. I replaced two when I re-did the garden, was probably the easiest part!

[Ghosty]

Seller is fucking shit at replying and rejected my phone number in favour of the Gumtree messaging system, but I might be on a ULEZ rescue mission tomorrow.

[beko1987]

50 minutes ago, Ghosty said:

Seller is fucking shit at replying and rejected my phone number in favour of the Gumtree messaging system, but I might be on a ULEZ rescue mission tomorrow.

I'll be at home up the m40 if you need anything, chod speed 👍 (maybe) 

[richardmorris]

3 hours ago, Popsicle said:

I reckon for normal driving pound for pound the Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance 2's are about the best tyre available - they last so much longer than anything else and are safe and predictable in the wet or dry. The only down side for them is when pushing on as the sidewalls are soft, but this makes the car ride more smoothly, which is more preferable than sporty handling to me.

I’ve used the efficient grip performance for over 15 years from c5 to the w124. Excellent wear and handling. I like the softer sidewall= comfier.

[stuboy]

Up too sunny margate today do carry out a driving assessment.. spotted some great motors.. if ur bored give my spotting thread a look..

Tia

[RetroShite]

Truck got painted this week and I bought another shit vehicle, a genuine polo van.

[High Jetter]

Give us this day, our daily breadvan. 

[Ghosty]

3 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Give us this day, our daily breadvan. 

gonnna sue you m9

[New POD]

16 hours ago, egg said:

I came across this today online, it's a Allegro er, Beetle 🥴

https://www.instagram.com/b33jyy/

Why not a 911..allagro, or maybe a boxter 

[New POD]

16 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Indeed, the whole thing is baffling. A Colc-style shoehorning of a Golf front end into the engine bay would be less perplexing.

Saw an astra mk1 GTE, shoehorned over a calibra turbo 4x4 floorpan. That made sense to me. 

[somewhatfoolish]

I can imagine a parallel universe in which the competition dept at Vauxhall might have cooked up a 4x4 Astra. I can't do that for an Allegro shell on a Beetle floorpan.

[Tubbo]

Bought this from a charity shop, the Autoshite mantra!

 

[catsinthewelder]

That reminded me to listen to the Smith and Sniff podcast 🙃

[Split_Pin]

Oil change for the Cav. Its only done a few hundred miles since the last one but its due on time.

..and done, very easy on this car.

I've been enjoying using it for a bit since I came back from holiday.

The Saab will be for sale once I find a suitable replacement. 

[Jazoli]

Had the aircon fixed on the RCZ last week, the pipe had rubbed through on the alternator pulley as some muppet had unclipped it (not me)

The blower was still a bit weak and after inspecting the cabin filter its no surprise 

it is now working much betterer.

[Ghosty]

ULEZ rescue mission is go. 

 

I'll save you all wasting effort on a guessing game, it's a Civic 🤣

[vulgalour]

Anyone fancy a free taxi? https://birdbutt.com/@[email protected]/110677429254738827

I'm on Mastodon these days since Space Karen has done their level best to ruin Twitter and fill it with Nazis and so far it's been a really nice place to be.

 

[brownnova]

2 hours ago, Ghosty said:

I'll save you all wasting effort on a guessing game, it's a Civic 🤣

We would all have guessed that anyway 😂

[LightBulbFun]

2 hours ago, vulgalour said:

Anyone fancy a free taxi? https://birdbutt.com/@[email protected]/110677429254738827

I'm on Mastodon these days since Space Karen has done their level best to ruin Twitter and fill it with Nazis and so far it's been a really nice place to be.

 

do I? Hell yeah, do I know where to even start with something like this? sadly not

 

@warren t claim you is taxi expert, just for giggles, whats your thoughts on it?  

[Sunny Jim]

On 07/07/2023 at 14:20, 83C said:

Llyn Dulyn I think, on the north eastern slopes of Carnedd Llywelyn.

@eggas 83C said, it's Llyn Dulyn, one of the reservoirs that serves Dolgarrog.

(Dinorwig is a pumped storage scheme that pumps water from Llyn Peris to Marchlyn Mawr whereas  Dolgarrog is a more traditional hydroelectric station).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinorwig_Power_Station

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolgarrog_power_station

[egg]

10 minutes ago, Sunny Jim said:

(Dinorwig is a pumped storage scheme that pumps water from Llyn Peris to Marchlyn Mawr whereas  Dolgarrog is a more traditional hydroelectric station).

Thanks, I visited Dinorwig nigh on 30 years ago on a geography trip, and very impressive it was.

[SRi05]

5 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Oil change for the Cav. Its only done a few hundred miles since the last one but its due on time.

..and done, very easy on this car.

I've been enjoying using it for a bit since I came back from holiday.

The Saab will be for sale once I find a suitable replacement. 

PM me babez at the correct time x

[Ghosty]

I accidentally posted in the tat thread 🥴 

I didn't buy the Civic. Positive - clean interior and a few bits I could have nicked for mine. 

First red flag - the owner wasn't using the choke properly at all. 

The sill ends had been badly plated and the drivers sill had been pushed upwards, and had a crease that'd broken the paint. 

The trailing ends of the rear arches had gone and had moss growing in them. 

Tyres were mixed, fucked budgets. 

Wheeltrims all kerbed and broken. 

Exhaust had huge amounts of carbon buildup in it. She admitted the last long journey the car made was when it was delivered to her.

There was a blister on the rear quarter the size of my hand - after the accident that bent the sill she reckoned she'd 'cleaned it with something caustic'. 

Engine bay was horrifically dirty and it needed a full service. Staggeringly it had had a cambelt last year - seller proceeded to tell me that the car had survived a snapped cambelt. 

 

Twice. 

 

I ran it with the bonnet up to listen for the valve clearances, which were bad, and I thought to myself 'this doesn't sound right' - at this point I noticed an HT lead bouncing up and down. The plug was barely screwed in.

Fuck 

That 

Shit. 

 

It had 20 days MOT. I didn't trust it to get me home. 

[stuboy]

Anyone got any experience with these..

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/394282883239?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=ymkoiwldqum&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=OBg5xkCOSsy&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[sdkrc]

26 minutes ago, stuboy said:

Anyone got any experience with these..

 

Excellent projectfarm video on these. They look good 

[Rust Collector]

All washed and ready for re-homing tomorrow:

I’m definitely going to miss it.