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[wuvvum]

There's a house just up the road from me which has an abandoned Audi R8 in the garden (or at least it hasn't moved in a good couple of years).  Not sure if it's broken in some expensive way or if they're just rich enough that they can dump a supercar in the corner of their garden and forget about it.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Ooofff, check out these beauties I've bought for my 250k Volvo S80. New full set of Uniroyals!!!! Probably the poshest tyres I've ever bought. They've even got little sharks moulded into the tread!!! If these get wrecked by pot holes I am gonna be inconsolable

 

[Lankytim]

46 minutes ago, Mr_Bo11ox said:

Ooofff, check out these beauties I've bought for my 250k Volvo S80. New full set of Uniroyals!!!! Probably the poshest tyres I've ever bought. They've even got little sharks moulded into the tread!!! If these get wrecked by pot holes I am gonna be inconsolable

 

Nice, are there any good deals on these out there? These used to be the “go to” premium brand for budget conscious shiters but prices seem to have gone up recently. 

[BorniteIdentity]

Went out SuperCubbin’ earlier and saw this. I suppose the “car communidy” dislike this sort of thing, but I thought it was brilliant. Absolutely would. 

[beko1987]

1 hour ago, Mr_Bo11ox said:

Ooofff, check out these beauties I've bought for my 250k Volvo S80. New full set of Uniroyals!!!! Probably the poshest tyres I've ever bought. They've even got little sharks moulded into the tread!!! If these get wrecked by pot holes I am gonna be inconsolable

 

Mind yourself in the wet with these (assuming you've not had them before?) 

Not because their shit, because their very good! I had a set on a zx and had to slow myself down in belting rain and flooding roads before because I couldn't feel or really notice it, but was going too fast for the conditions in reality... They leave a sharp jet of water out the back too, look behind you on the motorway in the pissing rain if you can 👌

Wore bloody quick though... But as soon as i fitted them it was the dryest summer we'd had for a while so... 

[stuboy]

A non productive day... thought I'd swap over the speedo  clocks on the mondeo.. bit of a faff but got them out in the end, put the other set in, all looks ok, but when ignition turned off the actual trip/total milage don't turn off... much googling and asking on fb mondeo pages don't get me anywhere, even tried a set of clocks from an st220 mondeo they do the same, I know the mileage is wrong but that's not the issue..  is it because from different age builds that clocks vary???

 

Oh and too top it off the rev counter needle is sticking...

 

And....the chemical I've used on something else hasn't gone hard...

 

And happy birthday too me 49 today spent alone in a too sunny car park.lol

[grogee]

36 minutes ago, stuboy said:

A non productive day... thought I'd swap over the speedo  clocks on the mondeo.. bit of a faff but got them out in the end, put the other set in, all looks ok, but when ignition turned off the actual trip/total milage don't turn off... much googling and asking on fb mondeo pages don't get me anywhere, even tried a set of clocks from an st220 mondeo they do the same, I know the mileage is wrong but that's not the issue..  is it because from different age builds that clocks vary???

 

Oh and too top it off the rev counter needle is sticking...

 

And....the chemical I've used on something else hasn't gone hard...

 

And happy birthday too me 49 today spent alone in a too sunny car park.lol

Alright Stu I'm not sure of the actual problem here but on my Puma the mileage 'lived' within the speedo clock module so if you changed it you got the mileage showing from the car that it came from if you get my drift.

I bet there are some 'mileage correction' facilities available if it needs changing, I was lucky and bought a set of clocks that were within 500 miles of the car's true mileage!

[richardmorris]

3 hours ago, wuvvum said:

There's a house just up the road from me which has an abandoned Audi R8 in the garden (or at least it hasn't moved in a good couple of years).  Not sure if it's broken in some expensive way or if they're just rich enough that they can dump a supercar in the corner of their garden and forget about it.

Away shooting tigers?

[Mr_Bo11ox]

1 hour ago, Lankytim said:

Nice, are there any good deals on these out there? These used to be the “go to” premium brand for budget conscious shiters but prices seem to have gone up recently. 

I got these off the Tyreleader website, was about £265 for all 4 delivered

[loserone]

How will you go about getting them fitted?

[Mally]

33 minutes ago, loserone said:

How will you go about getting them fitted?

Couple of spoons should do it.

[Jenson Velcro]

58 minutes ago, loserone said:

How will you go about getting them fitted?

@Mr_Bo11ox has good form in this department, changing tyres in a field with tyre levers and a foot pump, so this should be a walk in the park.

[Snake Charmer]

2 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Away shooting tigers?

There's a bounty you know.

 

1 hour ago, loserone said:

How will you go about getting them fitted?

@Mr_Bo11ox will fit those with ease using a pair of silver spoons and a worn out bicycle pump. 

I had a pair on the front  our Vauxhall Rectum 1.9 CTDi for a very short while before we scrapped it, really liked them as they seemed to grip but with a soft compliant comfortable ride. I had them taken off to sell, the sidewalls felt very thin, soft and compliant. @Talbot had them off me for his Mercedes S210.

[stuboy]

3 hours ago, grogee said:

Alright Stu I'm not sure of the actual problem here but on my Puma the mileage 'lived' within the speedo clock module so if you changed it you got the mileage showing from the car that it came from if you get my drift.

I bet there are some 'mileage correction' facilities available if it needs changing, I was lucky and bought a set of clocks that were within 500 miles of the car's true mileage!

the problem i have is the mileage display inst turning off with the ignition

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I'm not fitting these with me spoons and footpump, I'll just take them to my local garage and ask them to sort it out

[Snake Charmer]

9 minutes ago, stuboy said:

the problem i have is the mileage display inst turning off with the ignition

Might not be relevant to your plight, from researching a fault on my Mercedes, the car saves mileage in several modules. The dash mileage also stays displaying ------ if you do not exit diagnosis correctly, particularly when disabling the SBC unit.

I wonder if clearing all codes, restarting the car then locking and letting all the systems go to sleep overnight with a good battery might act like an Alka Seltzer for the ECU and dash.

[JJ0063]

Just been offered this for £600, has an electric remote control winch etc 

 

16ft by 5ft 8, is that big enough for the average car? I can’t tow anything massive because of the weight limit on my car anyway. 

[Rust Collector]

5 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

Just been offered this for £600, has an electric remote control winch etc 

 

16ft by 5ft 8, is that big enough for the average car? I can’t tow anything massive because of the weight limit on my car anyway. 

16ft is long enough for most cars and 4x4’s, 5ft 8 is possibly a bit narrow for some cars though.

My first thought is if that is built on a caravan chassis. If it is, I would personally avoid it as they’re not built to stand up to cars being loaded on and off of them - I’ve seen a few with cracked chassis rails from the flexing that results from loading and unloading. The axles and hitch may not be rated for a suitable weight either. The way the bed is built looks properly heavy too - might be a consideration if the tow car doesn’t have a huge towing capacity.

Caravan chassis would look similar to this (sorry if you’ve seen one before and I’m teaching you to suck eggs), and you can see why they’re not ideal for the way weight is transferred as a car is loaded on.

[richardmorris]

[artdjones]

On 18/06/2024 at 11:02, richardmorris said:

This is magnificent 

 

1933 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental Tourer in the style of Carlton | Cliveden House | RM Sotheby's (rmsothebys.com)

 

Like most much later rebodies it looks like the kind of car a Euro millions lottery winner would have bought if that had been a thing in 1932.  Very Pebble Beachy, at least it's not plastered in chrome items.

That's the body it would have had originally, which fits much better with that high bonnet. It looks like they've shortened the chassis for the tourer, and messed up the visual proportions.

[Lankytim]

Went to the local scrappies today to scavenge parts to attempt a rebuild on the rear bench seat of the 2CV. A load of seats were cut open to remove springs and an Astra and Focus donated their spring frame things. I’m not sure if this will work but the rubber springs that usually live inside 2cv seats are all perished on mine  and cost a fortune to replace so I’m exploring all options. 
 

This yard is full of 90s crap but the owner is starting to make room so many of the cars have been flattened after a decade or so of sitting intact, maybe an end of an era? The yard isn’t closing anyway but everything old and interesting appears to be getting bean tinned.

One car which might be of interest to the Laguna lickers was this Mk2 with a lovely cream leather interior, surely worth saving if someone wants an upgrade. 

[wesacosa]

another go at bleeding the Favorit today. Started bubbling and level rose when stat opened but with this funnel I was less worried about it spitting out on passes by so ran with it and after about 30 seconds it stopped and the level dropped again. Left it running up to temperature and there were a few more bubbles and some stream out the opening and eventually the level started to rise again but didn't boil over.  Only slightly concern is that the heater doesn't seem that hot, however rad is hot as are all the hoses and non feel pressurised.  Might move the car somewhere with less chance of passers by and get the front up on the jack and try one more go at bleeding before giving it a run around the block 

[24vdiamond]

21 minutes ago, Lankytim said:

Went to the local scrappies today to scavenge parts to attempt a rebuild on the rear bench seat of the 2CV. A load of seats were cut open to remove springs and an Astra and Focus donated their spring frame things. I’m not sure if this will work but the rubber springs that usually live inside 2cv seats are all perished on mine  and cost a fortune to replace so I’m exploring all options. 
 

This yard is full of 90s crap but the owner is starting to make room so many of the cars have been flattened after a decade or so of sitting intact, maybe an end of an era? The yard isn’t closing anyway but everything old and interesting appears to be getting bean tinned.

One car which might be of interest to the Laguna lickers was this Mk2 with a lovely cream leather interior, surely worth saving if someone wants an upgrade. 

A lot of those look less rusty than my daily drivers ! 🙄

[Spottedlaurel]

44 minutes ago, Lankytim said:

Went to the local scrappies today.........

Carina E! Looks like it would be tricky to rescue one of the small interior parts I need (the little fitting that goes on top of the rear seatback tilt release) but if you happen to go back and see that the short length of black trim at the back of the driver's door is still present I'd be super-grateful.

Thanks!

[richardmorris]

More strife with the 2cv. Rick picked up the head from the engineers who had extracted the stud, but wick had also stripped the thread. Rick went to his helicoil kit, but didn’t have one left in the right size. So he’s ordered one for Tuesday. In the meantime he needed his car back as he’s mechanicing at the  2cv race at Lyddon hill this weekend.  So he has brought me another customer’s car to use until Monday. All Vauxhall’s are…..and this is after I washed it and attacked the wheels with dragon breath bilberystuff.

[wuvvum]

For the first time in a very long time,  I'm on a collection mission. 

[The Vicar]

The difference a bucket of soapy water can make!

[stuboy]

On 20/06/2024 at 16:02, stuboy said:

A non productive day... thought I'd swap over the speedo  clocks on the mondeo.. bit of a faff but got them out in the end, put the other set in, all looks ok, but when ignition turned off the actual trip/total milage don't turn off... much googling and asking on fb mondeo pages don't get me anywhere, even tried a set of clocks from an st220 mondeo they do the same, I know the mileage is wrong but that's not the issue..  is it because from different age builds that clocks vary???

 

Oh and too top it off the rev counter needle is sticking...

 

And....the chemical I've used on something else hasn't gone hard...

 

And happy birthday too me 49 today spent alone in a too sunny car park.lol

gave up for now and reassembled back to standard...

[worldofceri]

9 hours ago, JJ0063 said:

Just been offered this for £600

Having owned a purpose-built modern car trailer from new, that had issues with the chassis cracking, I’ll +1 on everything @Rust Collector has said!

Also, it doesn’t seem to have decent lashing points, and at least one of those it does have looks to have sheared off (offside rear-most).  For that reason alone, it would be a ‘no’ from me. In terms of size, 16’ is a decent length; 5’8” is quite narrow, but anything too wide for it is likely to be way too heavy for it anyway. I’d check the chassis plate; it needs to be plated at at least 2500kg to be much use for moving cars.

Finally, do the brakes work? I’ll bet £5 they don’t. Could need £200 and a weekend of aggro to sort them out. Don’t think ‘fuck it’, I’ll just take it steady; Trying to stop your 4 ton shonky shite-shifting outfit quickly on a wet road will result in a big brown-trouser moment (or worse). Don’t ask me how I know! 😂

[wuvvum]

Collectioned.