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[stuboy]

Went to collect the dutton melos for the FiL, and his mate just done the brakes on the Trojan van, and bought himself a nice wolsey too...he has a nice rolls too, drive home in the melos was umm... fun raining, rubbish and noisey wipers and the exhaust is bloody loud...

[wuvvum]

Off on a collection mission.  Heading waaay north.  It's a boring* modern so might post the collection shot over t'other side.  It's also the most expensive car I've ever bought by a factor of more than two, so I'm slightly apprehensive...

[Rust Collector]

16 hours ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

C4 delivered to sprog in South Devon complete with another 'stamp in the book'
 

Please tell me that there's somewhere I can buy one of those stamps 😅

[grogee]

20 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

Mmm...chunky.

That's about a third of what I eventually scraped out of that casting before it was dumped in the ultrasonic cleaner to stew for half an hour.

Might explain why it was refusing to regulate fuel delivery properly...

I think this is partly E10's fault. See my thread for the big pile of Maestro tank crust that strangled the fuel supply. 

[EyesWeldedShut]

I used Vista Print to create the self-inking stamp based on the attached gif. I think it was about £15 which was a bit  high just for a bit of a laugh but t'missus said seeing as it was for the sprog's motor why not?
Other folks that make stamps up probably are cheaper but we was in a hurry

[EyesWeldedShut]

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

Off on a collection mission.  Heading waaay north.  It's a boring* modern so might post the collection shot over t'other side.  It's also the most expensive car I've ever bought by a factor of more than two, so I'm slightly apprehensive...

Two randoms please when you get bored with it  
Safe journey

[Joey spud]

I do like a Yaris so we have just purchased a very cheap T sport version that is surprisingly clean and tidy.

The down side is it needs a bit of welding on the o/s rear corner as the rear axles mounting point has broken off...

[MJK 24]

This fine, reliable machine is looking for a new home if anyone is interested?

It’s at Wilson’s auction, Dalry.

 

[richardmorris]

[wuvvum]

Last connection has been cancelled.  Fortunately only a 33 minute wait for the next one, but why does no long distance journey by public transport in this country ever go smoothly?  Also Azuma seats are f***ing horrible. 

[Zelandeth]

6 hours ago, grogee said:

I think this is partly E10's fault. See my thread for the big pile of Maestro tank crust that strangled the fuel supply. 

Not impossible, though any ethanol content can cause some of it simply by virtue of its ability to dissolve certain contaminants that neat petrol wouldn't touch.  Especially when dealing with a 60 year old fuel tank!

I've never by choice put the stuff in any of my cars, though it's increasingly being a case of taking what you can get it feels like.

[Weird Car]

Moving day today, made easier by @calebaaront and this mighty Hyundai Trajet

 

 

 

with a fascinating foot operated parking brake

 

quite a nice wagon as things go managed to fit almost the entire contents of my small flat in the back in 2 loads

not sure if Esther the Tortoise approved though 

 

[High Jetter]

56 minutes ago, Weird Car said:

not sure if Esther the Tortoise approved though 

She does look a bit washed up! Hope it all went OK and you and the Canbridge like your new home.

[High Jetter]

Opps, sorry about the typo, it's NOT for bridging!

[AnnoyingPentium]

4 hours ago, MJK 24 said:

This fine, reliable machine is looking for a new home if anyone is interested?

It’s at Wilson’s auction, Dalry.

 

I'm pretty sure this lay opposite a car dealers on James Little Street in Kilmarnock. The reg rings a bell.

[vulgalour]

The rear doors, they are painted.

 

Used a toffee wheel for the first time ever.  Takes a bit of getting the hang of and then makes seriously light work of the ancient vinyl graphics (that I'll be painting back on with satin black).  The repairs to the rear doors could have been done better if I had a proper space to do them in and whatnot instead of having to dodge bad weather. Rather than belittle my efforts, I look at how bad the front doors look to show me how much of an improvement I've made on the rears.

Aye.  That'll do won't it?

[grogee]

25 minutes ago, vulgalour said:

The rear doors, they are painted.

Used a toffee wheel for the first time ever.  Takes a bit of getting the hang of and then makes seriously light work of the ancient vinyl graphics (that I'll be painting back on with satin black).  The repairs to the rear doors could have been done better if I had a proper space to do them in and whatnot instead of having to dodge bad weather. Rather than belittle my efforts, I look at how bad the front doors look to show me how much of an improvement I've made on the rears.

Aye.  That'll do won't it?

What's a toffee wheel? 

Great work. Annoyingly I think the replacement NSR door I picked up for mine was that shade with that stripe - sorry, it's now White Diamond. 

Did you say you were changing your dash? I noticed yet another heater control layout on a Ledbury car recently, with three rotary controls in the centre of the dash. Like a 'normal' car. That makes (I think) three heating and ventilation systems developed for the Maestro, the first being vacuum operated. Clowns. 

[grogee]

5 hours ago, wuvvum said:

why does no long distance journey by public transport in this country ever go smoothly?

 

[Ghosty]

Dad got the locking wheel nut off the Lexus so it's now rolling. 

Check the for sale section for the full story - £21 roffle for a winter beater anyone? 

[vulgalour]

6 minutes ago, grogee said:

What's a toffee wheel? 

Great work. Annoyingly I think the replacement NSR door I picked up for mine was that shade with that stripe - sorry, it's now White Diamond. 

Did you say you were changing your dash? I noticed yet another heater control layout on a Ledbury car recently, with three rotary controls in the centre of the dash. Like a 'normal' car. That makes (I think) three heating and ventilation systems developed for the Maestro, the first being vacuum operated. Clowns. 

I do have the spare rear doors up for grabs for free over in the for sale section if you know anyone in need of some.  I am replacing the dash soon, it's sat in the loft waiting to be fitted, I think I'm going to do the front doors first so all the really messy jobs are out the way so I don't run the risk of damaging my nice dashboard.  The dashboard in the car is knackered and the main shell will be heading binwards once I've salvaged all the good bits off it, just in case anyone needs them.  The amount of dash revisions on the Maestro was a bit silly, I've got the one where you can't see the heater or fan controls and they're difficult to find by feel.  Useless, tbqh.

[stuboy]

11 minutes ago, grogee said:

What's a toffee wheel? 

i got one never used it

[vulgalour]

I answered that question in my head and forgot to type it so thanks @stuboy

[wuvvum]

This is what I've bought, if anyone's interested. 

Probably of more interest from an AS perspective is this Dutch-registered beauty I passed on the A1 

[brownnova]

Oooh an Ampera! Remember talking about these at Shitefest. Well bought, and I’ll watch with interest! 

[Popsicle]

4 hours ago, stuboy said:

i got one never used it

I've never heard of these either. The hours I could have saved over the years removing sign writing from vans, its a really boring task.

[New POD]

9 hours ago, grogee said:

 

Privatisation of British Rail, by them, in the 90s.  Failure to bring Britsh Rail back into public control by labour when they got into power and failure by the conservatives to come up with a vision that didn't involve billions of investment and overspend  and decades of waiting for it to happen. 

Actually. No political parties in this country have the ability or vision to build a public transport system suitable for a world *leading economy, in the 21st century. 

Other countries must piss themselves at our shitness. 

[Volksy]

2 hours ago, New POD said:

Other countries must piss themselves at our shitness. 

Am I correct in thinking that the majority of our public transport is owned by companies in other countries. 

Arriva - Deutsche Bahn for example. 

 

[New POD]

2 hours ago, Volksy said:

Am I correct in thinking that the majority of our public transport is owned by companies in other countries. 

Arriva - Deutsche Bahn for example. 

 

In which case can we learn from them ? 

[SiC]

1 hour ago, New POD said:

In which case can we learn from them ? 

Going by what my German colleagues say, the German rail system is not very efficient or on time either. Another myth that we import. 

 

A quick Google bring up a whole host of problems:

Nearly one-quarter of high-speed trains did not reach their destination on time in 2021. Long delays and canceled trains have become routine across Germany.5 Jan 2022

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.dw.com/en/germany-rail-operator-deutsche-bahn-admits-major-drop-in-punctuality/a-60338352

 

This sounds familiar?

Deutsch Bahn - Strike by the EVG trade union from 14 May 2023

DB long-distance services will be suspended from 14.05.2023 10 p.m. to 16.05.2023 midnight due to a strike by the EVG trade union. 

Local transport will be massively affected nationwide.

https://help.raileurope.co.uk/article/41251-germany-delays-disruptions

 

 

Not even a new problem as this article in 2018 suggests

‘We are becoming a joke’: Germans turn on Deutsche Bahn

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/20/trains-on-time-germans-deutsche-bahn-railway

 

A relatively recent article here. 

https://archive.li/T79ef

 

Anecdotally from my own experience commuting by train in the UK, they're on the whole pretty reliable. Most of the issues stem from idiots (kids) mucking around on the train line. Or the new Hitachi trains having issues that Hitachi refuse to fix and then they are stuck running slow or short of carriages. 

[stuboy]

All the parts have been delivered for the galaxy back box... sadly the weather said not today.  So I stuffed them on back seat for another day..