The new news 24 thread

[comfortablynumb]

24 minutes ago, MJK 24 said:

No obvious issues here, officer….

 

 

I guess that's a structural sandwich bag keeping the osf wheel up? 😱

[goosey]

follow on from my previous post last weekend 

passenger side sill finished and primed 

Driversides needs boxing in at the end and a repair on the Dogleg so just primed what I could, going back later this month for that to be finished and both rear quarter panels to be repaired 

[stuboy]

Needed a new head unit, bought this fango dango one for 70 quid

[Lord Sterling]

7 minutes ago, stuboy said:

Needed a new head unit, bought this fango dango one for 70 quid

Nice. Is that a Zafira it's attached to?

[beko1987]

6 minutes ago, Lord Sterling said:

Nice. Is that a Zafira it's attached to?

Looks like a zaf B dashboard. 

Did you run the switched live from the fag lighter ring light or elsewhere? 

Edit now I've read the op properly... That's stuboy... Have I missed something as thats not a ford 😂

[Bren]

This got a wash shammy and new rear wiper blade. For a 12 year old car it still looks superb.

[grogee]

4 hours ago, stuboy said:

Needed a new head unit, bought this fango dango one for 70 quid

Seventy quid? How come so cheap? 

[brownnova]

12 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Although a 3-litre petrol S Type is a fantastic machine.

Now… that’s something I would really like to try!

I was taken to the 1998 Motorshow for my birthday by my Uncle… it was a very formative trip for me. A 75 and an S-Type have been on the want list ever since and still are… or at least… were until Tuesday!

Part of me is wondering if I would grow to like a 75 if I owned one for a bit… rather than just trying one. The green one has sold, but I totally forgot I had first refusal on one from a friend of a friend who I met at a car show in the summer. And he messaged about 10 mins ago… might be worth a look… 

[stuboy]

4 minutes ago, grogee said:

Seventy quid? How come so cheap? 

2nd hand off marketplace

[grogee]

Just now, stuboy said:

2nd hand off marketplace

Ah right. I've got a similar (2nd hand) Sony with Android and I really like it. 

[4wheeledstool]

Took a bit of time out from scraping polyurethane sealant and crap of the underside of this.

And went for a decent ride out in this.

Only managed 320 miles in it between MOTs this last year. ☹️

[tooSavvy]

If I get no joy, with my FM music widget, I'm going to be in the market for a head unit.... Just to take my Thumbstick 👍

..... So much choice $hite out there 🤐

🚙💨

[High Jetter]

3 minutes ago, 4wheeledstool said:

Took a bit of time out from scraping polyurethane sealant and crap of the underside of this.

And went for a decent ride out in this.

Only managed 320 miles in it between MOTs this last year. ☹️

Scooterboy?

[RobT]

8 hours ago, Joey spud said:

 

It drives far better than it looks and is surprisingly nippy around the houses.

Makes me want one again, or a ULEZ friendly Seicento.

Useless information alert, but Streeters is still a car dealership, albeit Ancaster Hyundai and formerly Nissan.  I went there in the late 90s when my mate bought his first car from them, a yellow Cinquecento Sporting.  In contrast I was running a knackered 1973 Mini on a shoestring!

 

[hairnet]

3 hours ago, Bren said:

This got a wash shammy and new rear wiper blade. For a 12 year old car it still looks superb.

thats just weird

 

[Keymaster]

Today I visited a man who does magic with Saabs. I don't own a car anymore, it's now a galaxy class spaceship.

[chodweaver]

Um. There's a wire with an eyelet on the end. And it's not connected to anything

[Keymaster]

Um. There's a wire with an eyelet on the end. And it's not connected to anything

Fret not Jules the photo was taken mid process and the earths are bolted down now..I hope

[wesacosa]

On 01/10/2024 at 20:13, brownnova said:

So I thought today was going to be a collection thread day… 

I’d bided my time following selling the Saab ‘vert wanted to try and find the right car. When a really good example of a car that I’d always promised myself I would own one day came up, 4 miles from home, and for a very reasonable price. I was excited to go and view after work. 

 

Impressions were good, it was in very good condition bar one or two disclosed faults.  

Such as that exhaust!

But… I drove it and have to say I felt entirely underwhelmed. It drove very nicely, but I just didn’t particularly like it to drive. I then remembered a previous one I drove a couple of years back, and recall feeling the same about that one, but concluded about that one that it was a bit tired.  But this one was less than 60k and well cared for. So I can only conclude that despite wanting to love the 75 that maybe they’re not for me! I’m quite disappointed about this… 

wonder if the MG version would be more enjoyable?

[barefoot]

I think I agree with brownnova, my 75 drives very similar to a mk2 Cavalier. It followed a Vel Satis and an XJ8, but it doesn't feel as good as either of them. It's not even as nice to drive as the P5 and the P6 I'd been hoping it might.

[Mally]

3 hours ago, wesacosa said:

wonder if the MG version would be more enjoyable?

The obvious answer is you are not old enough to qualify, and its not yet run in.

[Split_Pin]

4 hours ago, chodweaver said:

Um. There's a wire with an eyelet on the end. And it's not connected to anything

That's an ECU spacer plate, meant to stop it getting too hot from the inlet manifold. The ECU is not fitted there, I'm guessing Karl is working his magic on it.

[4wheeledstool]

On 03/10/2024 at 22:37, High Jetter said:

Scooterboy?

Sort of, not done any scooter runs for fifteen years though.🤔

[junkyarddog]

Did some shite welding on an old Sunny recently for a mate.

Jacking point was rotten too.

Going well,then ran out of wire.

Outer skin welded on.

Finish off welding the inside.

Time for a scrape of filler.

Squirt of primer. 

Mask up and blast on some stone chip.

 

Squirt of aerosol in vaguely the right colour..

Done.

 

Well not really,had to do both sides.

Passed the test though 😎

 

[richardmorris]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgxj1jy71zo

traffic wardens in Chester ticketing 80s cars on Daniel day lewis film shoot.

[High Jetter]

Critics? 😀

[Asimo]

Iveco driver takes advice from @Cavcraft.

[somewhatfoolish]

You sure the iveco hasn't just decided to end it all? Not just burdened with being terminally shit it was ordered by some sociopath who wanted green paint.

[Angrydicky]

4 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said:

You sure the iveco hasn't just decided to end it all? Not just burdened with being terminally shit it was ordered by some sociopath who wanted green paint.

Probably ex-ASDA, seen loads of them converted to recovery trucks. They’ll have a chocolate auto box and be generally fucked from a life of getting ragged around town and bounced off kerbs.

[Royale80]

Gave Sierra a polish , put Range Rover on ramps to remove exhaust and start to de-rust the rear underneath.