The new news 24 thread

[Schaefft]

2 hours ago, calebaaront said:

I’ve had it just over a week but thought I’d do a post.

yes I have bought the Roller that was previously owned by @Weird Car and @HMC I’m over the moon with it. 

I’ve got many plans for this, brakes are first on list but runs and drives beautifully it’s defo a keeper 

Chodspeed and everything. Always great to see community cars improving as they move from shiter to shiter!

[Wibble]

Just watched High Peak Autos latest vid on how to get best price for your old car. He was using a colleagues surplus 2009 Jag XF, in good condition but CAT N. WBAC website said £900, on inspection offered £64! For a fully working XF in good condition!! I’ll beat that, robbing bastards.

[Snake Charmer]

Late night burn up in the chimenea. Is that Michael Jackson cuddling a Beagle puppy?

Could be a cat attacking a seal.....

[Popsicle]

1 hour ago, Snake Charmer said:

Late night burn up in the chimenea. Is that Michael Jackson cuddling a Beagle puppy?

Could be a cat attacking a seal.....

Looks like a Clanger being bummed by Maximilian to me!

[dozeydustman]

Busy last few weeks which included week just gone doing Driver CPC over zoom call. Thank you work.

I now have a long weekend and aside from a family bbq on Monday up in Kent, I’m hoping I can get the cam belt on the C2 done at the very least. Although at the moment it’s pissing it down.

[Coprolalia]

10 hours ago, SiC said:

This chime is deathly accurate and gives any modern BMW owner PTSD

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6HSgxXPH4t/?igsh=MXhuN2w0cmlmdHk3cA%3D%3D

 

*Shudders*

B(N)47 Sword of Damocles 

[grogee]

On 22/08/2024 at 13:11, EightMegs said:

Clutch has started slipping in my Carina, I'm trying to work out whether I want to go through the pain of doing it myself or if I should shell out and get someone to do it for me.

Do it yourself! It's summer so it's nice and dry... 

Oh. 

[Lord Sterling]

Fatha_Sterling's Passat has a few issues, firstly the air-con bearing are noisy, it works (thankfully) but is slightly noisy.

The rear stop-lamp has an issue where the bulb holder and wire connector has burnt slightly, I had this exact same issue, on the same side on my old Peugeot 407, I just purchased a new lamp unit complete with bulb holder off eBay for £cheaps which resolved the issue.

It's not so easy over here, seemingly Passats and VWs in general are VERY popular over here and those who have them seem to stockpile parts buying everything in their site, so when you have an issue and pop to a breakers, they have nothing. eBay Belgium are generally rubbish for anyone listing spare parts for sale unless they are some crappy Chinese shit or from breakers in Lithuania. 

So now we're about to pop to my uncle's house, he is pretty good at soldering pieces and generally resolving issues.

I've been here about a day and half and still haven't taken the 'Arthur Daley' out for a drive.

[andyberg]

Arrived home with this little beauty today. No collection thread because it’s a boring * car for old people. But many thanks to @Sigmund Fraud for a very pleasant and smooth transition. A pleasure to meet you again. It’s a cracking little thing and will save the SAFRANE from the perils of winter. 

[bangernomics]

On 20/08/2024 at 19:19, Ohdearme said:

And here comes the rain… tits.

 

 

Will chase up now, how awful of an offer would you like? If I BACS you it is done then!

 

Maybe PM.

 

Sorry about the hospice business it is truly horrible for everyone involved my thoughts are with your wife and family. 

[junkyarddog]

Nice(ish) day for it. 

[SiC]

Went to Wells today just for a gander and something to do. This in the car park and a for sale sign. Eight and a half grand. While rare, I find it hard to believe anyone would go "I really want one of these and spend £8.5k on one"

But then I guess it's because it doesn't float my boat. If it was a frogeye then maybe my view would be different. 

[meshking]

I’ve got previous, and i wouldn’t spend 8.5k on that - even though it’s about as close to the ak400 that my dad had when I was growing up (twin large window is fairly rare).

[Ghosty]

On 23/08/2024 at 20:53, calebaaront said:

 

*BU is an Oldham (north Manchester) reg - there's an air of Bernard Manning about this!
 

[captain_cal]

New toy! 6 months MOT! Comedy paint! Obligatory Paul Walker sticker! Fully functional roof! Oil pressure light on hot idle!

£600!

Some might remember I bought a red one of these many years ago and then immediately sold it to buy a Range Rover. This is referred to as "unfinished business".

[MrGTI6]

8 hours ago, andyberg said:

Arrived home with this little beauty today. No collection thread because it’s a boring * car for old people. But many thanks to @Sigmund Fraud for a very pleasant and smooth transition. A pleasure to meet you again. It’s a cracking little thing and will save the SAFRANE from the perils of winter. 

A great winter hack, well bought!

There's an old lady down the road who has a blue one. Not a straight panel on the thing. 

The owner might be 120 years old, but she's very good at multi-tasking. Every Sunday morning she bounces up and down in the seat shuffling frantically at the steering wheel whilst simultaneously burning out the clutch. 

Despite her best efforts, it will probably outlive her. 

[Ohdearme]

9 hours ago, bangernomics said:

Will chase up now, how awful of an offer would you like? If I BACS you it is done then!

 

Maybe PM.

 

Sorry about the hospice business it is truly horrible for everyone involved my thoughts are with your wife and family. 

I’ve actually started to take the cover off, (ok I leant under and undid one screw by hand…)

So there’s a decent and increasing chance I fix it myself…it’s a non-cancery-death related activity I keep sneaking back to so there’s no rush, I’m likely to fix it now tbh.

Wife has also been given a lecture by her brother in law (garage full of half fixed scooters) that I clearly need this as a hobby so it may have had a reprieve.

 

[richardmorris]

7am and cold.

[richardmorris]

10.30am 205 miles later.

[goosey]

helped my lad fit new springs and shocks on his 110 the other day he’s gone +2 inch medium duty. The old front shocks and one rear had siezed up solid so it rides beautiful with the new parts 

[stuboy]

Yesterday nipped up the pub for a pint of cherry Pepsi max and some cars too...

 

 

[wuvvum]

Big boy pants donned. 

It's taken me an embarrassingly long time to get to this point, mainly because I had to figure a lot of it out myself - nobody seems to have done a guide to doing the belt on a W203 C320 CDI, all the belt replacement videos for OM642 engines are on E-classes or MLs where you don't have to remove half the front end of the car to be able to actually see the belt.

[brownnova]

One of my favourite shows of the year is Prestatyn Classic car show. Always attracts a really good selection of cars. This time made all the better by 7 A-series Citroens

 Best of the rest: 

But my spot of the day wasn’t even in the show, but parked in a residential street in Prestatyn. 

[HMC]

Citroen GS has arrived and is very orange

[comfortablynumb]

Ally dash because racecar? 😁

[High Jetter]

It's red. And Glorious.

[Soundwave]

Went to a local show today... was NOT expecting this to be there! 

£lots just casually sitting in a field next to the everyday classics... not very AS at all, but too good not to share! 

Belongs to a lady with an insane car collection, was on Johnny Smith's YouTube channel a while back. 

[wuvvum]

It's an old Toyota, what could be more shite than that?

[crad]

replaced heater controls on the corolla today. took me and a mate 6 hours- we had it in twice but had to take it out twice- third time was the charm. AC works too though, as we found out, which is a nice bonus!

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, Soundwave said:

Went to a local show today... was NOT expecting this to be there! 

£lots just casually sitting in a field next to the everyday classics... not very AS at all, but too good not to share! 

Belongs to a lady with an insane car collection, was on Johnny Smith's YouTube channel a while back. 

Oof! Not any old Toyota, that is spesshial!