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[davehedgehog31]

Yesterday BIG BLUE recovery services  were called to my mates Corsa van which seemed to have lunched it's gearbag about a mile from my door.

Tow rope on and dragged it to my lockup where it was swapped with the Kangoo to let him get to his work today. 

The Rexton genuinely offers exactly the same sparkling* levels of performance regardless of whether it has another vehicle hanging off the rear of it or not. 

[andy18s]

Legacy went in for its Pregled today.

That's been a quick year since we bought it..

[Ghosty]

I'm on a train. 

 

[reb]

2 minutes ago, Ghosty said:

I'm on a train. 

 

Can you complain?

[HMC]

22 minutes ago, Ghosty said:

I'm on a train. 

 

Is there a horse approaching?

[grogee]

33 minutes ago, Ghosty said:

I'm on a train. 

 

Is it a love train? 

[Ghosty]

Nah, but I saw something on Marketplace this morning, and I thought 'Thats a perfect daily' so I'm on a train to somewhere I promised myself I'd never go again, fucking Wolvo. It's worth it though, good price and ticketed over winter - driving a modern car is actually depressing me (?!) so I'm getting a fun* interesting* daily. I love driving so I don't see the point in driving a boring car, especially one that's actively causing me stress thanks to warranty claims. 

It's not Japanese in fact it's something I've not had before. I've got strong memories of them though... I've been meaning to buy one for a while and it's not the first I've tried to buy. 

[Lankytim]

I’ve added a nice silicone 45 degree elbow to the Laguna to replace the last section of factory pipe, looks pretty nice and I’m sure it’ll provide another 000.2BHP and torques. 

[Split_Pin]

MOT pass for the TT today but when I picked the car up it had developed a significant coolant leak on the offside behind the inner wheelarch. 

I got the car home and took off the charge pipe and found this pipe from the header tank to the front coolant rail to be badly perished.

Quite a few pipes are in fact.

A plea on the FB groups with a picture saying "that one" seems easier than sifting through ten million part numbers for now.

An ungrateful bastard TBH as its getting to stay on fleet while another perfectly functioning car has been sold!

[SiC]

1 minute ago, Split_Pin said:

An ungrateful bastard TBH as its getting to stay on fleet while another perfectly functioning car has been sold!

#TTLife

Mine has a constant traction control light on now (brake pressure sensor). The exhaust blow isn't getting any better either (flexi). 

I've ignored both but I think it'll need another trip up to Panhard65 workshop soon. Ideally rather wait till the Boxster is sold and at least I can use a bit of cash from that sale to pay for yet another car bill!

[stuboy]

The mighty mondeo passed its mot with some bits to attend too...

 

Very happy as last night started looking at automatic jaguars..

[Split_Pin]

4 minutes ago, SiC said:

#TTLife

Mine has a constant traction control light on now (brake pressure sensor). The exhaust blow isn't getting any better either (flexi). 

I've ignored both but I think it'll need another trip up to Panhard65 workshop soon. Ideally rather wait till the Boxster is sold and at least I can use a bit of cash from that sale to pay for yet another car bill!

It's been very reliable in all the time my wife has been driving it but now that its passed to me the car has changed its tune!

[somewhatfoolish]

2 hours ago, Ghosty said:

I'm on a train. 

 

 

1 hour ago, grogee said:

Is it a love train? 

🤔

[grogee]

3 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said:

 

🤔

 

[stuboy]

2 hours ago, grogee said:

Is it a love train? 

 

[Cavcraft]

Anyone who puts a Passat in the sea is ok with me

 

How two men crossed the Atlantic in floating CARS: Italian adventurers spent more than 100 days traversing 3,000 miles of ocean between Canary Islands and Caribbean… as man making trip in giant hamster wheel is arrested (msn.com)

[somewhatfoolish]

49 minutes ago, grogee said:

 

This is AS, so the APT has FTPed and the rail replacement bus is...

[Bren]

Heading back along the A562 home to Warrington when I spied a beautiful fox bodied mustang heading opposite way towards Widnes. Dark metallic green with grey wheels.

 

Much want.

[HillmanImp]

I'm just sat here in the garden having a beer and was suddenly overcome with sadness that I'll never own an Aston Martin Lagonda. 

No idea where that came from, I reckon I just came out of the other side of the midlife crisis where reality hits me smack in the face?

[wuvvum]

On 9/5/2023 at 9:39 PM, wuvvum said:

I normally take my phone with me on my evening bike rides, in case I spot anything interesting.  This evening forgot to pick it up, and typically I had probably my most random spot ever: two emus sitting in a field.  I went home to grab the phone but by the time I got back they had buggered off, presumably gone to roost of whatever emus do at night. 

Went back up there on the bike this evening after work but no sign of the rheas / emus / whatever they were.  They've either moved somewhere else or they've become burgers.

My old m9 the llama was still there though.

[High Jetter]

5 hours ago, Ghosty said:

I'm on a train. 

 

Has it left the station yet? 🤣

[alcyonecorporation]

minidiscs in svx was a good idea 


 

[barefoot]

10 hours ago, HillmanImp said:

I'm just sat here in the garden having a beer...

I think that's what people call gardening.

[stuboy]

Anyone got any experience of these split cv gaiter boot kits?

 

[Bren]

41 minutes ago, stuboy said:

Anyone got any experience of these split cv gaiter boot kits?

 

Never heard of anybody having any success with them.

[GMcD]

On 9/4/2023 at 10:19 PM, GMcD said:

The one that I "should never have sold" has popped up in my ebay listing, 10 years since I sold it, by the guy I sold it too.

I can't get it out my head. I was out with friends earlier and I was like a zombie for most of it as I couldn't think of anything else.

 I want it back very badly but its probably going to cost many times what I bought it for as I got it when nobody wanted them. (500 quid...probably add another zero to it).

Am I mental that I'm considering it?  I've contacted him and I'm awaiting a reply. Let's see. 

Well I won't tempt fate but it looks like this is going to happen. Price agreed, deposit paid. Hopefully a collection next week! 

[wesacosa]

Loft search turned up some interesting Friday night viewing

EDIT: my writing was bad but the photo compression makes it look worse!

 

 

[mercedade]

5 hours ago, Bren said:

Never heard of anybody having any success with them.

@wuvvum is the only man on earth, I'm sure

[RoverOver]

5 hours ago, stuboy said:

Anyone got any experience of these split cv gaiter boot kits?

 

They work long enough to pass an MOT - Assuming you manage to get them on without the slightest hint of grease getting on the glueable bits.

Horrible things, but they do a job. Briefly.

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, mercedade said:

@wuvvum is the only man on earth, I'm sure

Yeah, I've used loads of them.  The one I fitted to the Rover of Doom for the MOT one year was still in place and holding together when I scrapped the car several years later.  As others have said though, you do have to make sure that you keep the contact surfaces surgically clean - the slightest bit of grease on the join and you're buggered.