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[Wibble]

I’m sure @sutty2006 will be along soon to confirm, if the gala pie hasn’t come back to haunt him!

[alcyonecorporation]

11 hours ago, sutty2006 said:

Gala pie round two 

 

yum yum 

 

mate this is the rarest release of Chase HQ: the Esprit on stage 1 gets taken down by a pork pie. Very rare ROM, limited English release, worth at £420,000, retire on proceeds, respect 

[Rust Collector]

I was closing the bedroom curtains and this enormous bastard came out from one of the folds (not a euphemism):

Mother in law is visiting and she was a bit confused after seeing me go into the bedroom with a measuring jug shortly before hearing me scream ‘AAARGH YOU CUNT!’.

I fucking hate spiders. I know they’re good, and they eat other unpleasant things, but still. They make my skin crawl.

[Pete-M]

Mini has left the fleet. 

Golf V6 exhumed from its five year slumber and about to be resurrected. 

I've kept the big stereo from the Mini, and I've been collecting bits for the Golf for the last few years, so now it's the time to bring it back to life. 

Much swearing about Haldex to follow..

[High Jetter]

4 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

Well not really, but I was still a little disappointed that all we got was one Prinz and 8 NSU bikes. There were three Velocettes, one Yamaha RD250, two MGAs, a VW 412 @Slowsilver Maxi and the star of the show for me was a 1949 21 seater Guy coach. Oh yes I took my Rolls Royce.

What a shite turnout, only one Prinz & RR. MGA & VW type 3(?) don't get a mention?

[wuvvum]

Didn't get much done on the fleet this weekend, partly because I bought a motorbike which took up most of Saturday

It's a cheap Chinese 125, appears to be a Honda CG125 copy engine in a marginally more modern looking frame.  Oddly the rear shocks have two concentric springs each.  My mate bought it off Gumtree not long ago, but he's now got another bike incoming so wanted rid, so he offered it to me at a price I couldn't refuse.  It needs some loving, mainly to the electrics - the clocks are missing (apparently when the chap my mate bought it from owned it it cut out in traffic once and he lost his temper with it and smashed the clocks), and most of the wiring seems to go through them.  He also yeeted the keys, but I found an old key in my extensive collection that would open the fuel tank with a bit of fiddling - I wasn't able to get it to work the ignition lock, but the ignition itself has been bypassed so the bike runs, it's just that none of the lights work.

I took it for a quick blezz round the block once I'd put it back together a bit so it looked a bit less like a field bike, and it actually rides OK.  Not quick and it vibrates a bit as they all do, but the engine sounds sweet and it's pretty light for a 125.  I've got to decide whether I like it enough to fork out 40 quid for a new ignition lock set, then see if I can find some second hand clocks from somewhere.

As the weather was nice on Saturday I also took the MG out for what will probably be its last top down drive, given that the MOT runs out on Friday and it's unlikely to pass another, in my ownership at least.

The beach was rammed, even at about 5pm - I dread to think what it would have been like earlier in the day.

Today I was hoping to have a look at the brakes on the R6 and the Visa, and have a go at making the Renault's cabin a bit more watertight.  The weather had other ideas though, although I did get the offside front wing off the Renault (to give me access to the hole in the scuttle panel behind the top edge of the wing), and I've chucked a cover over it so hopefully it'll eventually dry out in there even if it does keep raining.  One thing that continues to surprise me with this car is that I have yet to come across a seized bolt - which is pretty amazing on a rusty 51-year-old Renault.  

I do actually have a NOS scuttle panel for the car, but that needs welding in by someone who can make it line up properly, and who can also get the windscreen in and out without breaking it - which isn't going to be cheap.  So it'll have to make do with wob for now...

[High Jetter]

I hear thunder....

[beko1987]

These modern hyundai fake 4x4's seem quite strong, was walking the boy to school and a tesco van (23 plate reversed into one at speed in the school car park... 

Big crunch but no visible damage, the tesco bloke phoned it straight in but the receptionist came running out too. Of course the owner could fire it up and the dash be lit up like an Xmas tree

[egg]

10 hours ago, Rust Collector said:

enormous bastard

Damn I hate those bastard types too,  Mrs Egg seems to delight in my torment with that sort  😅

[junkyarddog]

Just did a basic service on a 2014 Micra.

Car should have 3.5 litres of oil in it.

Hmmm,that's doesn't look like a lot!

Turns out it had 500ml,or half a fucking litre of oil in it.🙄🙄

I also had to investigate a noise it made while driving,seems to be gone now with the required amount of oil in the engine,funny that.

People are fucking morons.

 

 

[Dyslexic Viking]

Is an article here in Norway that is circulating now. This summer someone got there their 2016 Outlander damaged, see photo. The car was completely drivable afterwards and no airbags went off etc. So it is only the bodywork damage that you se in the picture.

The insurance company has assessed it as uneconomical to repair and condemned it. And the owner was paid over 13,000 pounds for the car.

If this had been my car, I would have bought it back from the insurance company if this is still possible and easily fixed it myself in a weekend cheaply with used parts.

But if it is not possible to buy back cars in cases like this, it scares me because what will happen to for example my 60 year old Mercedes in such a case? 

The world really is going crazy.

Adding 

I had a quick search on a Norwegian site and I could buy both doors, front wing and bumper for just over 1400 pounds for this Otlander. Some of the parts were even the same color so not need to paint.

Edited September 18, 2023 by Dyslexic Viking

[timolloyd]

Apparently the increased cost of hire/loan cars is a crippling factor in repairing vehicles.

[EyesWeldedShut]

1 minute ago, timolloyd said:

Apparently the increased cost of hire/loan cars is a crippling factor in repairing vehicles.

I may have bored y'all last week in an insurance thread on this: renewal on our Bini was coming in at £££ more than last year via goCompare but then I found that the 'courtesy car' option was actually optional on Confused.com. Unticked it and the new quote is £6 less than last year's premium.
(1) we don't need a courtesy car as we are in the position of having more than one vehicle (so not so good for some)

(2) when did it automatically become a 'thing'? I think, back in the day, that you could only claim back the cost of the hire car if the claim was upheld so the other party paid - now both parties get a hire car and we all share the extra cost through our premiums?

[cort1977]

23 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

Is an article here in Norway that is circulating now. This summer someone got there their 2016 Outlander damaged, see photo. The car was completely drivable afterwards and no airbags went off etc. So it is only the bodywork damage that you se in the picture.

The insurance company has assessed it as uneconomical to repair and condemned it. And the owner was paid over 13,000 pounds for the car.

 

If this had been my car, I would have bought it back from the insurance company if this is still possible and easily fixed it myself in a weekend cheaply with used parts.

But if it is not possible to buy back cars in cases like this, it scares me because what will happen to for example my 60 year old Mercedes in such a case? 

The world really is going crazy.

Don't know about Norge but here it's possible to keep the car and accept a settlement, in fact it's good advice to get a classic taken home rather than letting the insurance get hold of it.  

[danthecapriman]

41 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

Is an article here in Norway that is circulating now. This summer someone got there their 2016 Outlander damaged, see photo. The car was completely drivable afterwards and no airbags went off etc. So it is only the bodywork damage that you se in the picture.

The insurance company has assessed it as uneconomical to repair and condemned it. And the owner was paid over 13,000 pounds for the car.

If this had been my car, I would have bought it back from the insurance company if this is still possible and easily fixed it myself in a weekend cheaply with used parts.

But if it is not possible to buy back cars in cases like this, it scares me because what will happen to for example my 60 year old Mercedes in such a case? 

The world really is going crazy.

Adding 

I had a quick search on a Norwegian site and I could buy both doors, front wing and bumper for just over 1400 pounds for this Otlander. Some of the parts were even the same color so not need to paint.

It’s our backwards wasteful throwaway society unfortunately.

Driving an old car into the capital city is a big no no because the nasty gas it farts out!

Yet, people are only too happy to create mountains of waste by destroying things (not just cars!) that could be repaired instead. Then create a load of nasty greenhouse gas manufacturing a new replacement car or whatever and shipping it halfway around the world to its new owner.

Crazy! 

[N19]

1 hour ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

I may have bored y'all last week in an insurance thread on this: renewal on our Bini was coming in at £££ more than last year via goCompare but then I found that the 'courtesy car' option was actually optional on Confused.com. Unticked it and the new quote is £6 less than last year's premium.
(1) we don't need a courtesy car as we are in the position of having more than one vehicle (so not so good for some)

(2) when did it automatically become a 'thing'? I think, back in the day, that you could only claim back the cost of the hire car if the claim was upheld so the other party paid - now both parties get a hire car and we all share the extra cost through our premiums?

That's interesting and, yes, it's irrelevant to many of us! Unfortunately I've just done my renewal. 

I suppose it also links to using their "approved repair shop" who, rather like many other "approved" "framework" "preferred" arrangements... will mean £££

[RetroShite]

We took the Crown Vic out for a spin.

 

 

[SiC]

2 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

But if it is not possible to buy back cars in cases like this, it scares me because what will happen to for example my 60 year old Mercedes in such a case? 

As said, it's possible to buy back a car here in the UK. 

That car is worth a fair bit in parts. That'll likely be factored into insurance write off estimates. Cost to repair Vs value that it can be resold on. 

Certainly here that wouldn't be off to the crusher. In fact it'll be going around co-part and sell for a ridiculous figure where someone then repairs/fills it with filler to sell on. 

[Rust Collector]

2 hours ago, cort1977 said:

in fact it's good advice to get a classic taken home rather than letting the insurance get hold of it.

Hear! Hear!

Don’t let the insurers get their mits on your crashed car. I went straight and trailered mine home, fuck letting it go to a salvage yard whilst they work out* my options.

Didn’t someone on here have their car taken as salvage without their permission, whilst it was meant to be safe in a storage compound?

[stuboy]

Took the galaxy too work... and everyone says oh is the mondeo broken then...

NO FOR GODs SAKE !!

[cort1977]

13 hours ago, Rust Collector said:

Hear! Hear!

Don’t let the insurers get their mits on your crashed car. I went straight and trailered mine home, fuck letting it go to a salvage yard whilst they work out* my options.

Exactly, it's your car.  If they get their paws on it then they may try to charge you for storage and on it goes. 

For most of my heaps that are only worth a few hundred I doubt I would even bother with a claim against my own policy.  On a £1000 Saab it hardly seems worth the hassle to argue with them for months on end to receive a paltry cheque for £233.47.

[aldo135]

About to start a driver awareness course online to save me getting three points. Not looking forward to it! Can’t they just send someone round to wrap me on the knuckles then I can have the rest of the day to myself 😂

[Split_Pin]

2 hours ago, aldo135 said:

About to start a driver awareness course online to save me getting three points. Not looking forward to it! Can’t they just send someone round to wrap me on the knuckles then I can have the rest of the day to myself 😂

I attended one in Carlisle when I got caught on the A66 in 2018. I found it very interesting.

[aldo135]

16 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

I attended one in Carlisle when I got caught on the A66 in 2018. I found it very interesting.

Just came off it. Fair play you are right, it was interesting. I’ve had very little training in the 26ish years I’ve been driving so was probably overdue! I had it in my head it would be patronising and kind of like “getting a row” but it was informative and useful. Definitely better than 3 points too 😂

[Barry Cade]

A good mate just bought a Wolseley 15/50, turns out it's a manumatic... I've been doing a lot of reading and learning,  but looks like the engine and box have to come out..😕 I've told him just to make it a normal manual, but am intrigued.  I need to stop volunteering for shit..

[Hawkeyethenoo]

Yon 2010 Audi Allroad passed it's 10th MOT test today with flying colours and no advisories, first in my ownership and now officially run-in at 136k. Great service from Farmer Autocare in Fife where the test costs just £35. I love driving that motor, even though it's a diesel, being a V6 it sounds great on boost and is yet is whisper quiet otherwise, comfy, really well equipped and with excellent secure handling in any weather, thanks to Quattro AWD.

[stuboy]

Some moped work today... 

 

Just fed up its still in bits,  it's not 100% still but I felt positive

[somewhatfoolish]

4 hours ago, Barry Cade said:

A good mate just bought a Wolseley 15/50, turns out it's a manumatic... I've been doing a lot of reading and learning,  but looks like the engine and box have to come out..😕 I've told him just to make it a normal manual, but am intrigued.  I need to stop volunteering for shit..

The Manumatic Clutch. Sounds mildly terrifying but if it can be preserved it probably should be.

[Noel Tidybeard]

11 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said:

The Manumatic Clutch. Sounds mildly terrifying but if it can be preserved it probably should be.

sounds like C-Matic as found on green blooded things

[Pete-M]

On 9/18/2023 at 12:06 AM, High Jetter said:

I hear thunder....

Probably the moment my new pressure washer was delivered...

#RainGod