The new news 24 thread

[Ohdearme]

3 hours ago, Bren said:

The mondeo got a wash and clay. We had only ever chucked a bucket of soapy water over it so it was time for some tlc. Might polish it tomorrow.

fine looking cars in estate form

[High Jetter]

The AS search facility has failed to find the B&C thread, as I am viewing their 100th episode!

[Ohdearme]

7 hours ago, andy18s said:

I wonder if the owner breeds rabbits..

A rabbit opened a breakfast cafe near us.

I went a few times but every time I ordered hot food, he got the order wrong, it happened to other people too and eventually it closed down.

Sad to think his business was finished off by mixing my toasties.

[High Jetter]

^^^ Paw

[andy18s]

9 hours ago, Ohdearme said:

A rabbit opened a breakfast cafe near us.

I went a few times but every time I ordered hot food, he got the order wrong, it happened to other people too and eventually it closed down.

Sad to think his business was finished off by mixing my toasties.

Ouch....

[Ghosty]

Lost my job after a month, and only 2 days in the field, as I'm 'not a good fit'. I know there's more to it, I've done fuck all wrong and just been shit on so they could give an excuse to fire me.

Better get the Civic running, then.

[Ohdearme]

4 hours ago, andy18s said:

Ouch....

Yeah - had to dust my old 1001 jokes for kids off to rehash that...

always thought it was odd to be in a kids book as quite how many 6 year olds knew about myxomatosis in the 80's I don't know.

[Stinkwheel]

On 11/04/2024 at 18:07, wesacosa said:

Some dreadful news from the classic Citroen community 

Paul was a nice bloke, generous with his time, knowledge and spare parts and a big reason a huge amount of XMs and Xantias are still on the road 

RIP

Oh thats crap, I knew Paul a bit but im well out of Citroen Circles really nowadays

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, Ohdearme said:

lways thought it was odd to be in a kids book as quite how many 6 year olds knew about myxomatosis in the 80's I don't know.

It was rife in the 50s, apparently. I heard / learnt about it at school in the 60s/70s so it would have been current in the joke* writer's mind.

[richardmorris]

11 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

It was rife in the 50s, apparently. I heard / learnt about it at school in the 60s/70s so it would have been current in the joke* writer's mind.

Watership down ( the bunny snuff movie) was out in 1978.

[eddyramrod]

On 14/04/2024 at 11:46, Datsuncog said:

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT 

If anyone's looking for @eddyramrod, it seems his laptop's gone on the blink and he's unable to access his AS account temporarily - so if you're needing to get hold of him, drop me a PM and I'll relay it via other channels!

Thanks all.

For anyone following this farce: my laptop went down (in a meeting) in Friday afternoon.  Saturday I was able to get it into my local repairer.  In the afternoon I got a phone call, come and get it... when I got there, I found they'd called the wrong customer.  Oh great.  So we went away as planned on Monday, having a couple of nights in Manchester for my birthday.  This morning I had an experience day booked, with a flight simulator.  But ten days ago I got an email: gone into liquidation, all bookings cancelled.

And now we're home, and I've picked up my messages etc.

[lesapandre]

16 hours ago, Ohdearme said:

A rabbit opened a breakfast cafe near us.

I went a few times but every time I ordered hot food, he got the order wrong, it happened to other people too and eventually it closed down.

Sad to think his business was finished off by mixing my toasties.

Business Peter'd out?

[Bren]

Polished before it rains.

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, eddyramrod said:

So we went away as planned on Monday, having a couple of nights in Manchester for my birthday. 

Sorry things went awry, hope you still enjoyed your birthday trip. Oh, and welcome back.

[eddyramrod]

We replaced the simulator with a visit to the Imperial War Museum which is near Old Trafford.  That was really interesting, and free except for the parking.

Also, later met up with a handful of current and ex Shiters, including @Ghosty and @Junkman so a rather jolly evening ensued.

[SiC]

Brake caliper and airbag module for the Z4 only arrived today despite supposed to being here yesterday. Today is a gym day so I haven't had much spare time to do much on it. However I stuffed the left airbag module into the car to see if the car could talk to it. 

Yes is the answer. This is good as it means the wiring is good. There are a whole lot of errors in it as not paired to the car and it thinks it's a E65 (6 series convertible). I need to sort an old laptop out and install some BMW specific software to properly code it in.

[HMC]

4 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

We replaced the simulator with a visit to the Imperial War Museum which is near Old Trafford.  That was really interesting, and free except for the parking.

Also, later met up with a handful of current and ex Shiters, including @Ghosty and @Junkman so a rather jolly evening ensued.

bring back @Junkman

[stuboy]

spent the day, spraying weedkiller, hedgecutting, and bining stuff from the shed

[BorniteIdentity]

On 14/04/2024 at 12:59, vulgalour said:

 being in my early forties,

This was exactly WHY I made a change (just a few weeks ago).  

It is a million times easier to A) Get hired now and 2) Adapt yourself.  I wouldn't want to be 'starting again' at 50, of that I'm sure.

Good luck.  Sometimes you have to say YES to things you'd previously have said NO to - but that's life.  Always focus on the positives, and I don't think you'll go far wrong.  Good luck!

[HillmanImp]

Just been taken out for a spin in this. 

Fucking gorgeous interior. 

Mate has paid £2.5k for it which seems fair.

The electrics survived the drive to the pub. 

[High Jetter]

No. Must resist...

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[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, BorniteIdentity said:

This was exactly WHY I made a change (just a few weeks ago).  

It is a million times easier to A) Get hired now and 2) Adapt yourself.  I wouldn't want to be 'starting again' at 50, of that I'm sure.

Good luck.  Sometimes you have to say YES to things you'd previously have said NO to - but that's life.  Always focus on the positives, and I don't think you'll go far wrong.  Good luck!

Identity change?

[andy18s]

We had a visit from the Saharan Dust Monster last night,who promptly shit over everything....

[cobblers]

9 hours ago, HillmanImp said:

Just been taken out for a spin in this. 

Fucking gorgeous interior. 

Mate has paid £2.5k for it which seems fair.

The electrics survived the drive to the pub. 

Those seats are magnificent. I think a v6 one of these might be something I need to get across in the near future.

[Dan29]

3 hours ago, cobblers said:

Those seats are magnificent. I think a v6 one of these might be something I need to get across in the near future.

I had one exactly like this in 2001 - possibly my favourite car ever and I wish I'd never sold it. The engine sounds (and looks) amazing.

[Dan29]

14 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said:

This was exactly WHY I made a change (just a few weeks ago).  

It is a million times easier to A) Get hired now and 2) Adapt yourself.  I wouldn't want to be 'starting again' at 50, of that I'm sure.

Good luck.  Sometimes you have to say YES to things you'd previously have said NO to - but that's life.  Always focus on the positives, and I don't think you'll go far wrong.  Good luck!

Totally agree with this - 49 year old here who spent 30 years working in radio and tv. No idea what to do next, and no idea who'd have me..! 

[Ghosty]

 

Yaris.

 

MR2 wheels fitted have finalised the look for now, staggered 6/6.5j with 195/50/15 Rainsports all round. I might space out the rear 10mm when I'm not broke.

It still needs a passenger driveshaft, but it's now had:

rear beam polybushes (before I got it)
rear ARB
front strut brace
new dampers/Eibach lowering springs
all brakes replaced
MR2 wheels and tyres
stainless exhaust
K&N washable panel filter
a fancy delrin gearknob
OEM under seat subwoofer.

At some point, the only thing left to really do is add upgraded front wishbones, and maybe 10mm spacers on the rear wheels, but otherwise it's ready to just drive and drive. I want to see it to 200k - I started at 106420 in December and I'm up to 113k.
 

 

[dozeydustman]

I’m having a lovely long weekend away.

I’m in Mittenwald, Bavaria, almost on the border with Austria.

Colin is also here making his usual demands.

„Gib mir Vögel und Kastanien, Frau.“

 

[Yoss]

4 hours ago, dozeydustman said:

I’m having a lovely long weekend away.

I’m in Mittenwald, Bavaria, almost on the border with Austria.

Colin is also here making his usual demands.

„Gib mir Vögel und Kastanien, Frau.“

 

Mittenwald is lovely. I only did it on a day trip from Munich but it looked like somewhere you could happily spend a lot of time doing nothing. It's a very pleasant train ride from Munich down to Mittenwald too. 

[EyesWeldedShut]

Denso got less dense today (maybe)