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[High Jetter]

5 minutes ago, stuboy said:

passed this leaving work as looks like it was on test run back to dealer... guess beauty in the eye of the holder..

https://simonfurlonger.co.uk/cars/show.php?id=1382&p=50&page=1&srt=price DESC

I have a horrible feeling I knew him yonks ago

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, grogee said:

That's a caliper? It looks like a stapler

More like a wax seal stamp for a letter

[chodweaver]

On 10/2/2023 at 1:14 PM, Lankytim said:

Clearing out under the stairs and found this old Dell laptop, I vaguely remember using it for diagnostic software ages ago. Booted up and went online but turned itself off after 5 mins and now won’t do anything. Might just sling it out. 

Mind if i take a shufty at it before it gets broken for parts? I had exactly the same behaviour from an HP recently, but it turned out to be an easy fix...

[Bear]

You know when you totally forgot for ages - in some places decades - who you were?

cPTSD etc. stinks.

But the past couple of weeks I have decided to Build my Dreams.

This week: return of baking stuff I haven't baked since the 1990s

It's not perfect but I rather like this electric newcomer.

And I've almost remembered the recipe for my cakebiscuitwtfthings.

[Yoss]

Annoyingly somebody did this to green Favorit on Monday.

Not too noticeable from distance but noticeable enough.

Managed to cut it back and remove most of it.

Still a small dent but fortunately* it didn't affect the front facing part around the headlight. It really is a lot less noticeable now, though of course I know it's there. It'll do though, I'm not going to try repairing that. I assume the bumper will eventually fade back to the same colour as the rest of it. I could try some bumper black to bring the rest of the bumper up to this colour but none of them ever seem to last long. We'll see.

[SiC]

28 minutes ago, Yoss said:

Still a small dent but fortunately* it didn't affect the front facing part around the headlight.

While incredibly annoying, at least the bumper did its job and saved doing more damage. I presume you didn't catch who hit it?

[New POD]

Blow torch on grey bumpers usually works well. 

[Metal Guru]

14 minutes ago, New POD said:

Blow torch on grey bumpers usually works well. 

To start a whole car fire?

[Yoss]

41 minutes ago, SiC said:

While incredibly annoying, at least the bumper did its job and saved doing more damage. I presume you didn't catch who hit it?

The car is parked in a residential road while I am at work. I assume it happened there though I didn't notice it then as I approach it from behind, get in and drive off. Mrs Yoss noticed it when coming back from a dog walk. I would certainly have noticed if I had been in the car at the time.

But yeah, as you say it could have been a lot worse. And Favorit bumpers are remarkably good, helped by not being painted of course. I have reversed mine into each other quite vigorously more than once (the drive is a bit tight for two cars) with no damage.

[Yoss]

20 minutes ago, New POD said:

Blow torch on grey bumpers usually works well. 

I have heard this before. Presumably carefully. There might be a fine line between nice black and slightly melty.

5 minutes ago, Metal Guru said:

To start a whole car fire?

Or worse.

[New POD]

Blow torch on grey bumpers usually works well. 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

6 minutes ago, New POD said:

Blow torch on grey bumpers usually works well. 

Doesn't do them any good long-term. It brings the oils to the surface for a quick fix and makes the plastic more brittle, ultimately. 

Yoss - use a bumper treatment or boiled linseed oil for now - it'll look tidier in the meantime. As for the dent, a proficient dent removal fella will sort that pretty effectively. 

[New POD]

1 hour ago, Metal Guru said:

To start a whole car fire?

Did it on a mk2 cavalier. Came up a treat. Get them to the point where you could just leave finger prints. 

No idea about long term effects.  Bumpers are quite thick, so are you affecting the structure ? 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Fine for a one-off treatment if you don't melt everything. For a long-term keeper, brittle plastics aren't ideal if you keep repeating the hot air gun 'hack'. Yoss seems to be the type to keep hold of motors long-term and to keep them tip-top. 

[Yoss]

1 hour ago, Dick Longbridge said:

Doesn't do them any good long-term. It brings the oils to the surface for a quick fix and makes the plastic more brittle, ultimately. 

Yoss - use a bumper treatment or boiled linseed oil for now - it'll look tidier in the meantime. As for the dent, a proficient dent removal fella will sort that pretty effectively. 

Cheers. I've used many different ones, there's an awful lot of black plastic between two Favorits, and found the Auto Glym stuff works the best but it still doesn't last that long. But you're right, I really should do it more often.

[Yoss]

9 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said:

Fine for a one-off treatment if you don't melt everything. For a long-term keeper, brittle plastics aren't ideal if you keep repeating the hot air gun 'hack'. Yoss seems to be the type to keep hold of motors long-term and to keep them tip-top. 

Especially when you keep driving them in to each other like I do.

[SiC]

2 hours ago, Yoss said:

have heard this before. Presumably carefully. There might be a fine line between nice black and slightly melty.

Didn't work on my TT. The front grille has a small melty mark on it now rather than darkened up 🫠

[egg]

2 hours ago, Yoss said:

Cheers. I've used many different ones, there's an awful lot of black plastic between two Favorits, and found the Auto Glym stuff works the best but it still doesn't last that long. But you're right, I really should do it more often.

Polytrol or Autosmart Finish are other options mebbee.

[Yoss]

It's no good, I bowed to peer pressure and had to go and do it. So from

To

And halfway in between

 

Also whilst I was out there I thought I'd do the other one too.

Used the Auto Glym bumper and trim gel. I only did the bumpers and the panel around the number plate but that took long enough and I need more gel now.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Huge improvement! 😎

[dave j]

Looks ace on Ronal Turbos! 

[egg]

We must be down to double digits of working Favorits now?

[Yoss]

20 minutes ago, dave j said:

Looks ace on Ronal Turbos! 

Cheers, that one has to have bigger wheels as it has bigger brakes behind them but they do suit it too. 

[beko1987]

Looks very smart! Just keep it fed with trim restorer (not back to black, it just sits on the surface). Problem is all the trim products I've ever tried just run after 3 rain storms and need doing 2 months later...

Paint them with plastic paint? 

[Yoss]

5 minutes ago, egg said:

We must be down to double digits of working Favorits now?

They're not all mine! 

3 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

Looks very smart! Just keep it fed with trim restorer (not back to black, it just sits on the surface). Problem is all the trim products I've ever tried just run after 3 rain storms and need doing 2 months later...

Paint them with plastic paint? 

I'm not sure about plastic paint. Be fine if it worked but if it started peeling would look shit. I think I just have to keep topping them up. 

[stuboy]

EvRi hadn't lost my parcel..  replacement caliper... fitted before got changed from work..

[dozeydustman]

On 10/4/2023 at 10:13 AM, egg said:

what a spot from this lad!  Taxed and insured...

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cx59jDmoGZS/

Holy moly! Phase 1 305s were rare in France last time I went there, I thought they'd all died and gone to heaven over here.

[artdjones]

11 minutes ago, dozeydustman said:

Holy moly! Phase 1 305s were rare in France last time I went there, I thought they'd all died and gone to heaven over here.

Wonder if there are any 1.5 diesels left?

[EyesWeldedShut]

1 minute ago, artdjones said:

Wonder if there are any 1.5 diesels left?

1 or 2 or 10  (depends what the actual model was - I've no idea other than a 'D' in the name?) Not bad for a car that my Dad lusted after but ended up with a Talbot Horizon.
https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/?q=305+peugeot

[dozeydustman]

Once I know when stepdaughter's boyfriend is available for the journey, I'll be taking him on a collection caper for a car on here he like. He passed his test in June and insurance looks favourable.