The new news 24 thread

[Lankytim]

12 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

I don't think it ever was, actually, but maybe in the dim and distant. The marked price is an 'invitation to offer', and the shop does not have to honour it though a lot will, especially on lower value items, to generate goodwill. I doubt it would work on that though, unless the till has the same price against the barcode.

A while back I was in a Nike outlet shop and found a nice pair of trainers in my size, half price   When I got to the till they tried to charge full price. I explained what the advertised price was and they agreed that if it did indeed say half price they’d honour it. Of course a shop assistant ran on ahead and swapped the labels around before we got back there. “Oh, you must’ve misread it”. The raised voices attracted the attention of other shoppers, one of which was Nick Hancock who was having a right nose at what was going on. 

[Yoss]

39 minutes ago, Metal Guru said:

The welder is £99.99. Zoom in you can see it’s all on one label. £14.99 is for a spirit level .

You're right, well spotted, thanks. I couldn't even see that and I was there staring at it for about a minute. Very poorly laid out though when the price of one item is right next to the description of another. Still should have worked it out though.

[GingerNuttz]

Rover sprayed.

This has been the hardest colour I've ever had to source.

4 paint shops couldn't mix it as one of the tints is EOL and every time the machine took a sample it spat out diff colours 🤣

Never charged me for them 2 right enough but I think they need to sort the spectrophotometer out.

[Bren]

Had the SD1 moving under its own power for first time in yonks. Fitting new callipers now means it stops - I cam move it to the front of the garage to work on the handbrake - utter PITA.

[Sunny Jim]

Woke the BX from its slumbers and took it out on the road for the first time in yonks. 70 mile round trip to go and see @mat_the_catto get a new front strut fitted and it performed ok. Before I set off I checked lights, indicators and wipers which were all working although the tell-tale for the indicators and the wash wipe weren't however by the time I got to Mat's they were - self-healing Citroen!

The overly fast idle hasn't fixed itself unfortunately, looks as if the wax stat on the automatic* choke is preventing the throttle returning to the stop. Annoyed about this as I shelled out for a NOS carb a couple of years ago in attempt to fix this - hopefully it's just a question of cleaning and lubricating something to get it sorted.

Stopped off at Black Rock Sands on the way home to give the dog a run. They wanted £8 to park on the beach so I found a spot up the lane. The lights also stopped working on the way home so that's (at least) two fixes to attempt before setting off to FoTU on Friday. Any suggestions on where to start trouble-shooting the headlights gratefully received - the relay for them isn't with the others in the main fuse box - I'm hoping it's just a loose connection as they were working and then stopped.

[mat_the_cat]

Further to my other comment, there isn't actually a relay for the headlights as standard. I don't know for sure but am pretty certain there's not one shared fuse, so that seems less likely also. Does the lights on sounder work?

[Sunny Jim]

Don't think mine has a lights on sounder - if it does it hasn't worked in the whole time I've had the car! I guess I'll start by checking for voltage at the stalk switch and go from there.

Edit - just seen your comment on FB @mat_the_cat - cross-platform cross-posting confusion!

 

[hairnet]

be reet - just dont go home in the dark

 

[MJK 24]

I’m moving some cars from Exeter to Peterborough today.

Just north of Taunton on the M5, in the distance I see an older BMW X3 or X5 pull onto the hard shoulder.

Driver immediately jumps out and uses both hands to give the door a proper good slam.  He then proceeded to boot the drivers door in before walking a few paces along the hard shoulder away from the car.

As I pass, I see in my mirror he has walked back and starts to kick seven kinds of shite out of the front bumper, John Cleese style.

I was laughing my head off at the time but now feel a bit bad in case the car is a heap of shite and it’s giving him endless grief when he might be struggling with his bills or whatever.

 

 

[Lankytim]

The 145 has been missing it’s battery tray ever since I got it. I was hoping to obtain one but they’re pretty hard to come by so battery has been sitting precariously on the inner wing for the last few years. Today I tried to knock something up to fix the situation.

The in-laws dropped off a scrap garden burner thing for me to get shot of, the type you get from B&M and only seem to last 6 months before they rust away.  This provided some bits on angle iron which were chopped up and crudely bolted to the battery tray mounts and a Mk1 Corsa battery tray I had kicking about. The end result doesn’t look too bad and does a good job of keeping the battery secure! I might replace it all with the correct battery tray should I happen to spot one for sale, then again I might just leave it. The battery covers everything up anyway. 

[stuboy]

Starting to moped back together , painted up some ugly bits with some matt black, got too slotting mudguard and side panels on and lost a bloody clip, can I find it, did I spent ages going through dirt and crap with a magnet and found zero..

 

So ebay it is...10 for £6.99... 

[stuboy]

On 7/21/2023 at 1:17 PM, stuboy said:

I may of found out why there banging in the rear of the mondeo.. watch the droplink and subframe... has my shock gone..and closing the gap..

https://youtu.be/Y4Nd4A_PcBo

 

[loserone]

1 hour ago, Lankytim said:

The 145 

Every time without fail I think "ooh an Alfa" followed by disappointment "oh no a Volvo" and then guilt and interest "I bet that's quite nice actually" 😂

[RoverFolkUs]

1 hour ago, stuboy said:

 

Is the anti roll bar sitting centrally? 

(Looks to me like the subframe is fouling the anti roll bar, correct?)

Is it lowered? 

[GrumpiusMaximus]

10 hours ago, loserone said:

Every time without fail I think "ooh an Alfa" followed by disappointment "oh no a Volvo" and then guilt and interest "I bet that's quite nice actually" 😂

This but completely the other way around.

[TheOtherStu]

24 MR2s turned up for us yesterday at Beaulieu.
Lovely day out as always. Next big one is Carfest next month (I still can't believe anyone invited us to this)

[loserone]

What a load of shite 

[Lankytim]

Eldest daughter complained of a sloshing noise emanating from the OSR door of the Laguna. The rubber bung on the bottom was removed and approx 10 litres of water poured out onto the road. The NSR door did the same a few months ago! It was quite amusing to watch. 

[Stanky]

5 hours ago, Lankytim said:

Eldest daughter complained of a sloshing noise emanating from the OSR door of the Laguna. The rubber bung on the bottom was removed and approx 10 litres of water poured out onto the road. The NSR door did the same a few months ago! It was quite amusing to watch. 

Muvva_Stanky had a Skoda Rapid (new one, booo) that did that. Was grumbling about a sloshing noise and was adamant it was the fuel tank (a la early Fronterrors) but a bit of poking of the door bungs released a biblical torrent from one of the front doors. It needed draining every so often after that, but never got as bad as the first time - which was presumably 3 years of accumulated rain.

[stuboy]

9 hours ago, Lankytim said:

Eldest daughter complained of a sloshing noise emanating from the OSR door of the Laguna. The rubber bung on the bottom was removed and approx 10 litres of water poured out onto the road. The NSR door did the same a few months ago! It was quite amusing to watch. 

left the bung out ?

[stuboy]

21 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Is the anti roll bar sitting centrally? 

(Looks to me like the subframe is fouling the anti roll bar, correct?)

Is it lowered? 

yes.. 40mm and if the shocks fubared then its banging.......... i hopes

[richardmorris]

6 hours ago, Stanky said:

Muvva_Stanky had a Skoda Rapid (new one, booo) that did that. Was grumbling about a sloshing noise and was adamant it was the fuel tank (a la early Fronterrors) but a bit of poking of the door bungs released a biblical torrent from one of the front doors. It needed draining every so often after that, but never got as bad as the first time - which was presumably 3 years of accumulated rain.

My gran complained about a knock from the car on acceleration and braking (a Morris 1100 in a sort of tangerine orange). She worked at the garage, and so the mechanics had a look. Turned out to be a torch under the drivers seat.

[Bear]

I spotted a thing

 

[richardmorris]

13 minutes ago, RichardK said:

I spotted a thing

 

They’re obviously impossible to park. Bologna plate?

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

They’re obviously impossible to park. Bologna plate?

I’m guessing they weren’t staying at Travelodge.

[Six-cylinder]

9 hours ago, RichardK said:

I spotted a thing

 

That is quite some spot, the new revuelto plug-in hybrid, I didn't realise there were even any in the UK yet. Not quite as good looking as the outgoing Aventador but it looks alright. I was thinking one would be a good replacement for my Citroen LNA!

[Bear]

10 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

I’m guessing they weren’t staying at Travelodge.

Pulled in to look at some data on a laptop, it's a prototype - probably been at Millbrook or MIRA but the car has been revealed a while back so it's not super-exciting car spotting...

[andyberg]

Shit. The 75 has let itself down 

[andyberg]

56 minutes ago, andyberg said:

Shit. The 75 has let itself down 

Just spoke with the garage, cost will be £850. I'm not sending her to the bridge. I love driving her and right now where I am in life she fits perfectly. I have left her at the garage to be fixed.

[andy18s]

To do everything? Or just the failures?