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[Cavcraft]

Look at the fucking state of my mate's car. This was done by a national chain of garages...

 

 

[bobdisk]

1 hour ago, Cavcraft said:

Look at the fucking state of my mate's car. This was done by a national chain of garages...

 

 

What part of the car is it? Cant make any sense of it.

[Bren]

Were they fitting a rocker gasket?

[Bren]

Prior to getting the insignia I got other half to message a seller getting rid of an e61 - I made them an offer. There was no reply.

Same car now on ebay for what I offered.

You can't help people.

 

[Cavcraft]

1 hour ago, bobdisk said:

What part of the car is it? Cant make any sense of it.

Rocker cover bolt.

[lesapandre]

Storm Ciarán - Keep safe folks...this appears mostly in the South.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-67271027

Amber warning of wind issued for South West England 03:00 GMT to 11:00 Thursday, and East of England and South East 06:00 to 17:00 Thursday as the storm moves East. 

English Channel going to be especially bad. I've put off a trip I was making tomorrow cus when the ferries which aren't cancelled can't get into port - a few hours riding the storm will be very unpleasant.

[Dyslexic Viking]

1 hour ago, lesapandre said:

Storm Ciarán - Keep safe folks...this appears mostly in the South.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-67271027

Amber warning of wind issued for South West England 03:00 GMT to 11:00 Thursday, and East of England and South East 06:00 to 17:00 Thursday as the storm moves East. 

English Channel going to be especially bad. I've put off a trip I was making tomorrow cus when the ferries which aren't cancelled can't get into port - a few hours riding the storm will be very unpleasant.

It's complete wheater chaos here. We have had about 30 cm of snow so far this week and maybe another 20 cm tomorrow and then it will probably change to heavy rain, but it can also come as snow. If the precipitation that is reported as rain comes as snow, I will get a meter of snow in the next few days, but if it comes as rain, it won't be good either.

The weather is crazy these days, before it used to be stably cold here, but now it can suddenly change to plus degrees and rain and then it freezes again.

The traffic has also been bad this week as people are getting worse and worse at driving and that alot are still driving on summer tyres. There have been many accidents and the police have confiscated many driving licenses because of summer tyres. So one should not drive in such conditions. I miss summer already.

[Cookiesouwest]

1 hour ago, lesapandre said:

Storm Ciarán - Keep safe folks...this appears mostly in the South.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-67271027

Amber warning of wind issued for South West England 03:00 GMT to 11:00 Thursday, and East of England and South East 06:00 to 17:00 Thursday as the storm moves East. 

English Channel going to be especially bad. I've put off a trip I was making tomorrow cus when the ferries which aren't cancelled can't get into port - a few hours riding the storm will be very unpleasant.

Well aren't I glad that I'm driving from Somerset to Northumberland tomorrow morning

 

 

[richardmorris]

Delivery today, anyone guess what it is?

[Dyslexic Viking]

5 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Delivery today, anyone guess what it is?

Cover for Parcel shelf? if this is the correct name for the shelf by the rear window in the car?

[richardmorris]

9 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

Cover for Parcel shelf? if this is the correct name for the shelf by the rear window in the car?

Got it in one. Or in the case of the 2cv, it IS the parcel shelf.

replacing my 1990s home made plywood shelf with blaupunkt speakers as I have moved to a sound bar after the radio died.

if anyone with a 2cv ( @brownnova) wants a plywood shelf with speakers and potentially all the wiring ( depending on how Saturday goes) do let me know.

[lesapandre]

28 minutes ago, Cookiesouwest said:

Well aren't I glad that I'm driving from Somerset to Northumberland tomorrow morning

 

 

You may just miss the worst of it...but still plenty of following wind I expect. All the best.

[MJK 24]

On 30/10/2023 at 18:52, Popsicle said:

I papped this a couple of years ago on the M90 with a truckman top on it, looked sweet.

I saw that one in Edinburgh a few months ago!

[High Jetter]

9 hours ago, vulgalour said:

Handy of them to install a wine rack right behind the driver's door there.

I bet there's one for the passenger too!

[High Jetter]

4 hours ago, lesapandre said:

Storm Ciarán - Keep safe folks...this appears mostly in the South.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-67271027

Amber warning of wind issued for South West England 03:00 GMT to 11:00 Thursday, and East of England and South East 06:00 to 17:00 Thursday as the storm moves East. 

English Channel going to be especially bad. I've put off a trip I was making tomorrow cus when the ferries which aren't cancelled can't get into port - a few hours riding the storm will be very unpleasant.

Yup, getting windy here already, hatches are battened down.

[lesapandre]

Must be bad out there as they rarely close the port completely.

Live updates:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-67285052

[puddlethumper]

The circus season has ended. Well for me it has. I'm not doing the 4 weeks in Holland in December or the 2 weeks in Glasgow in February. Too effin cold for my poor old bones. The ferry trip back from Hoek yesterday afternoon /evening was a bit up and down and driving from Harwich to Sittingbourne, where I am now, was mostly at 45mph because of the wind. Nearly blew my rig onto the verge on more than one occasion and the  Dartford bridge was interesting*. 

[Snake Charmer]

18 hours ago, Cavcraft said:

Look at the fucking state of my mate's car. This was done by a national chain of garages...

 

 

Broken tap?

[richardmorris]

 

1931 Bentley 8-Litre 'Silent Bloc' Saloon by Vanden Plas | London 2023 | RM Sotheby's (rmsothebys.com)

 

[richardmorris]

On 31/10/2023 at 16:27, wuvvum said:

Ooh, EB110.  Don't think I've ever seen one of those in the metal.

1996 Bugatti EB110 Super Sport | Las Vegas | RM Sotheby's (rmsothebys.com)

 

Your's for $2.5-$3.5 million

[beko1987]

36 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

 

1931 Bentley 8-Litre 'Silent Bloc' Saloon by Vanden Plas | London 2023 | RM Sotheby's (rmsothebys.com)

 

I thought that was @Six-cylinders at a glance 😂

[richardmorris]

On 27/10/2023 at 14:47, Six-cylinder said:

Mercedes CLK GTR, in case you wondered!

2002 Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Roadster | Las Vegas | RM Sotheby's (rmsothebys.com)

 

€10.5 - €13 million if you fancy a bid.

[Wilko220]

This is a new one on me. Think I'll probably manage without tbh.

https://www.national.co.uk/windscreen-treatment

[richardmorris]

30 minutes ago, Wilko220 said:

This is a new one on me. Think I'll probably manage without tbh.

https://www.national.co.uk/windscreen-treatment

I've used something similar on a few cars   - ombrello.

2 x OMBRELLO GLASS TREATMENT RAIN REPELLANT W/SCREEN AQUAPEL | eBay

 

On the CX with the slightly curved screen you could drive on the motorway in pouring rain and not need to use the wiper.

[horriblemercedes]

Finally got a washing machine. No more launderette for me. Tipped the delivery guys with a bacon sandwich each and an American Psycho DVD (not each)

[reb]

7 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

I've used something similar on a few cars   - ombrello.

2 x OMBRELLO GLASS TREATMENT RAIN REPELLANT W/SCREEN AQUAPEL | eBay

 

On the CX with the slightly curved screen you could drive on the motorway in pouring rain and not need to use the wiper.

I've used rainX on quite a few of my cars, it has the interesting effect that the faster you drive the better you can see. Watching rain flow steadily and quickly upward on the screen is also somewhat hypnotic.

[richardmorris]

Fiat Slough just called. New headlamp now in, but can't do it before 27th!

[Tickman]

Good job it isn't winter and dark then!

[4wheeledstool]

They're multiplying. 

Anyone would think I like the things. 😀

[Split_Pin]

So it turns out that it was the flexi hoses that were leaking on the TT, both sides. As it's at the back and the flexi is at the lower arm pivot with a further very short section of solid line to the caliper, the whole section, including a longer section of solid line going to somewhere around the back of the rear floor needs to be bought. That explains why I was confused when I read online that you couldn't just make a section out of copper .

Apparently a very hard part to get hold of but the garage managed it so its all done now and back home. Unfortunately not the short section of copper repair I was hoping for but at least its safe again. Whatever next!