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[EyesWeldedShut]

40 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

Thus peddling a press release from JLR

Makes a change from fleshing out a Tweet and polishing up the resulting turd as 'news'

Just call me a cynic.....

[SiC]

Went to Zante for a bit of a break this week. There was a heatwave and so some lovely weather at 32c+. A bit of a shock to come back to 20c less in the UK. Spent most of the time just chillin' as rarely do I actually get a chance to. 

On Wednesday we ventured into Zante town. A few shite car spots.

[worldofceri]

@SiC, I hope you made the owner of that Kadett an offer they couldn’t refuse, and drove home in it.

[worldofceri]

Wait… Does the badge on the back say 1.9? Is it diesel?!

[Split_Pin]

It will be a 1.3. GM diesels were, I think 1.6 until they developed the petrol 8v block into the woeful 1.7D (completely unrelated to the fine Isuzu 1.7TD)

[SiC]

10 minutes ago, worldofceri said:

Wait… Does the badge on the back say 1.9? Is it diesel?!

By the power of modern crazy high MP phones...

[worldofceri]

Curses. Made to look foolish by the low resolution of my pov spec iPhone SE.

[Cookiesouwest]

1 minute ago, worldofceri said:

Curses. Made to look foolish by the low resolution of my pov spec iPhone SE.

Don't feel bad.

My phone is so low spec, I couldn't tell it was a fecking Kadett !

[wuvvum]

During my lunch break I took the Innocenti's front wheel down to the local tyre place to have a new hoop fitted, and I stuck it back on the car this evening between showers.

The old tyre was pretty knackered even before it got a puncture - it had plenty of tread but it was quite perished and developing some impressive cracks.  The new tyre is very much a budget item but in a car that weighs 600kg and has 30bhp I don't suppose it matters too much.  The chap at the tyre shop did say "we don't get much call for 12 inch tyres these days"...

Then I decided to take the Z4 for a drive to put some charge in the battery - the car has been sat for a while as it's not really been convertible weather recently.  Pulling out of the car park, as soon as I got over walking pace the dashboard beeped at me and the ABS, ASC and tyre pressure lights came on - I also noticed that the speedo wasn't working.  When I got home I plugged in the laptop and it gave me a fault code for "left rear wheel speed sensor; accident recognition", which was a little odd.  Reading online though it does seem like the ABS sensors on these can be a little flaky, so it might need a new one - although I might try giving the battery a proper charge just to make sure it's not the BCM throwing a hissy fit again.  That car has generally been a royal pain in the arse, but for some reason I still like it - probably because when it's working properly and the sun is out it's absolutely fucking fantastic.

[SiC]

7 hours ago, wuvvum said:

That car has generally been a royal pain in the arse, but for some reason I still like it - probably because when it's working properly and the sun is out it's absolutely fucking fantastic

Welcome to end of life, BMW Life 😆

I still need to intake smoke mine and find out where a large amount of the horses have disappeared to. 

[New POD]

23 hours ago, lesapandre said:

Using some freakanomics - 

There are said to be some 415,000 Land Rover/Range Rovers in the UK.

Divide the Million by that number - and you get...£2.40 odd per vehicle. 

JLR INVESTS £2.40 PER VEHICLE TO HELP POLICE STOP CAR THEFTS 😂

(like the BBC use of the word 'invests' there - posh way to say spends in BBC speak.)

Anyway I'm off back to the kitchen to invest in another cup of tea.

They should have used the word compensate. 

[Split_Pin]

8 hours ago, wuvvum said:

royal pain in the arse

To be fair I think most end of life prestige* German cars seem to be like this.

My neighbour has a 64 plate 3 series which he said he is going to replace this year because of its age (he's had it since new). Normally that's no age for a car these days but he hasn't had to spend anything on it up until now so I think he's doing the right thing. 

They're great up to about 10-12 years old and then just no.

[grogee]

1 hour ago, SiC said:

Welcome to end of life, BMW Life 😆

I still need to inhale horse smoke and spend even more money on my BMW. 

FTFY

[Supernaut]

As a long-term owner of old BMWs I have no idea what you're talking about.

I certainly did not* spend my entire holiday nervously glancing at the temperature gauge.

The car also behaved itself perfectly* and did not* develop a rogue brake squeak that disappeared when I hit a bump.

 

Still. It was all worth it when I dropped it into second to overtake a dawdler doing 30mph through Glen Shee.

BWAAAAARP etc

[MJK 24]

Actual fire is a handy tool for removing old subframe bushes.

 

 

[SiC]

14 minutes ago, Supernaut said:

I certainly did not* spend my entire holiday nervously glancing at the temperature gauge.

BMW fixed that problem in the E90 (and E60 iirc).

Fully electric water pump with a much more complex coolant circuit than yours. Yet they decided a temperature gauge is surplus on a dashboard. Not even a light to say the engine is currently stone cold or boiling hot.

 

[stuboy]

Just been out and purchased a new tyre £97, so hopefully the mondeo will be back on all 4 wheels soon...

[wuvvum]

We heard you the first time ffs.

[egg]

Love this ad.

[dozeydustman]

Crap weather this morning has put paid to anything being done on cars today. It rained so hard water has got into the garage. Hoping it drains out so I get an hour or so in the morning, even if it’s just oil and filters on the pug.

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, egg said:

Love this ad.

"Tough body shell double-sealed against corrosion" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[The Vicar]

I think this is what they would call a jenuine bran find, with authentic barn dust and all..

Do I need another car? No

Do I want another car? Yes 😁

[stuboy]

3 hours ago, wuvvum said:

We heard you the first time ffs.

Sorry keep getting this on my phone...

[IronStar]

1 hour ago, The Vicar said:

I think this is what they would call a jenuine bran find, with authentic barn dust and all..

Do I need another car? No

Do I want another car? Yes 😁

At this point I’m not sure anyone on here needs another car, but if there’s a space on the drive/garage/shed/garden/else, we’re sure as hell going to try to fit a car in that space 😆

Could be much worse than that though, so winnar!

[High Jetter]

7 hours ago, stuboy said:

soon...

Isn't the arrow pointing in the wrong direction, even when seen in a mirror?

[richardmorris]

Just turned over 53,000miles. For some reason the battery was dead ( despite being on a conditioner) so had to get a replacement from Halfords.

[Pat Earrings]

Long day sorting out the Clio estate bought from @Kiltox today as it needed a full service. Rain kept stopping play multiple times.

finally sorted the rear exhaust mount as unluckily on the same day acquiring it it just failed. The replacement is a Febi part and somehow the old one was missing the actual second metal bracket, as the rubber had just broken off making me think that the exhaust fitter bodged it into the hole rather than use the correct mount! You can see in the pictures old v new.

the timing belt and water pump was done by a mechanic last week, so the service was my turn. Spark plugs easy as, and the oil and filter too along with the air filter. The pollen filter wasn’t that old but fitted upside down! In went a carbon Febi one.  
 

also managed to fit a new temic module to the front drivers door, as it has failed. Quite an easy job once I figured out the tiny screw on the top was keeping it on. Now fully functioning. It’s a great little car this. I was then moving onto doing the discs as the pads were new but discs old, however I suffered a broken wheel bolt sheared in the hub. Tried everything and wasted so much time,and gave up so she will be taking it to the mechanics near her to sort, absolutely gutted at that. 

the qashqai also got another service as it was done almost 5 months ago. Oil/filter and air pollen and spark plugs. That’ll do for another 5 months or so 👍

[Kiltox]

Ha - my bad on the exhaust mount, that’s the second one it’s been through in the past few weeks! The one I replaced had been put on in exactly the same way, so I guess the exhaust fitter did it wrong and then I copied them 😂 

[Pat Earrings]

12 hours ago, Kiltox said:

Ha - my bad on the exhaust mount, that’s the second one it’s been through in the past few weeks! The one I replaced had been put on in exactly the same way, so I guess the exhaust fitter did it wrong and then I copied them 😂 

Actually laughed out loud at this 😂😂

[wesacosa]

I had another go at bleeding the cooling on the Favorit after the coolant loss/possible overheat and the erupting coolant when trying to bleed. This time I didn't rev the engine I just let it idle. I also left the coolant level on minimum to so there was room in the header tank to minimise risk of spillage 

last week I put the pressure tester on and it seemed to hold pressure for the four hours I left it connected so hopefully no leaks 

After about 5-7 minutes of idling the coolant suddenly rises from minimum to maximum on the tank and starts bubbling so I shut the engine off where it immediately goes down.  So I am assuming its at the point the stat starts to open 

it seems to be rising from hose 14 rather than spilling in from the small return hose. So I am guessing maybe air from the engine cooling circuit is getting into hose 3 as the stat opens and forcing coolant back up hose 14 

Now of course it still could be pressurised coolant from a HG but given there is nothing coming through the return hose before the stat opens I am hoping it might just be a big slug of air somewhere.  Trouble is where it's parked now the header tank is next to the pavement so I don't want to leave it running and spitting out coolant on passeres by.  I might have a go at extending the header with a coke bottle and some gaffer tape to try and contain the liquid, or failing that I might have to drain the coolant and vacuum fill