The new news 24 thread

[richardmorris]

6 minutes ago, Marshall2810 said:

Oh dear 

 

 

[wesacosa]

and the new logos

 

[hairnet]

so everyone in that advert wont be buying one for at least 30 years

when they start describing the reasons behind the logo - sweet suffering fuck ™️ @cms206

if i wasnt gonna buy one before i certainly wouldnt buy one now

see also kia

[BorniteIdentity]

19 hours ago, danthecapriman said:

Pissing with rain here. Again. As usual. #shitholecuntry!

Wait until you move to WelshWales 😉

[danthecapriman]

1 minute ago, BorniteIdentity said:

Wait until you move to WelshWales 😉

If it turns out to be shit I’m going to blame you regardless!😄

And it’s not Welsh and it’s not Wales so ner!

[lesapandre]

4 hours ago, wesacosa said:

and the new logos

 

The new font is alright but the JJ looks like it's off an 80's sci-fi and the cat looks malnourished and the decoration for a knock-off lighter. If they had not run the company into the ground in the first place they'd probably not need this.

All feels a bit April Fools.

[bunglebus]

It's days like today when you find out who your friends are. Despite the foul weather, and him not being quite as able as he once was, me old mate shot off and got two new wheels and tyres for his towing dolly, so we could haul my mum's ancient Astra to his and work in comfort.

He even stuck his rather lovely E30 cabrio outside in the cold to make room

One of the new Dolly wheels tried to part company on the way, a problem that happened with the old one on this side yesterday too, prompting getting new ones as they were past their best. Putting the old wheel nuts in back to front to lock the new ones on seemed to do the trick

We arrived at 14:45 and by 17:00 the head was off

And failure confirmed 

Looks like it'll clean up ok though, just waiting for parts. Only slight annoyance is splitting this breather hose that's probably unobtainium

[andy18s]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

 

 

Here you go @Lord Sterling,slap one of these on the back of your Jaaaaaaaag..

[Marshall2810]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

It's days like today when you find out who your friends are. Despite the foul weather, and him not being quite as able as he once was, me old mate shot off and got two new wheels and tyres for his towing dolly, so we could haul my mum's ancient Astra to his and work in comfort.

He even stuck his rather lovely E30 cabrio outside in the cold to make room

One of the new Dolly wheels tried to part company on the way, a problem that happened with the old one on this side yesterday too, prompting getting new ones as they were past their best. Putting the old wheel nuts in back to front to lock the new ones on seemed to do the trick

We arrived at 14:45 and by 17:00 the head was off

And failure confirmed 

Looks like it'll clean up ok though, just waiting for parts. Only slight annoyance is splitting this breather hose that's probably unobtainium

Love the astra 😍

[Lord Sterling]

3 hours ago, wesacosa said:

Jaguar brand relaunch video launch today 

FFS. Fucking weird man. What's the point? Who are they aiming for? Smiling young wealthy "influencer-fame" things? Probably. 

This is why I like my old Jag. It's a touch of the elegancy of the past with still a firm grip on grace, space and pace.

On the other hand, I suppose that's progress for you. As a business they need to survive and to do that, you need to understand your customer base. If they demand fully electric "green" vehicles that suit the glass-fronted café cities they are often found in, then that's where you need to go. However, the likes of BMW and Mercedes have hardly ever changed their logos/rebranded their image. 

[bunglebus]

43 minutes ago, Marshall2810 said:

Love the astra 😍

Thanks - funny enough it used to belong to my mate's wife, then my ex (who never drove it), then my mum. I also owned another 1.4 Astra, L510LTW, years ago which I was given when the head gasket failed! So this is all kinda familiar 

[Marshall2810]

14 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Thanks - funny enough it used to belong to my mate's wife, then my ex (who never drove it), then my mum. I also owned another 1.4 Astra, L510LTW, years ago which I was given when the head gasket failed! So this is all kinda familiar 

I've had a few mk3's in 1.4 flavour as well as a diesel saloon which was interesting. Most recent was this one which was a 1.4 a few years ago, low mileage and not a bad car and for me has to be pre facelift. It lived in London all it's life and was a little care worn. Pretty certain the family I bought it from had more money than God which was nice as they chose to keep this from new because they liked it and not got "what their neighbours expected them to get" as they put it..... anyway I digress. 

I did think they were pretty much bullet proof nails of an engine so this head gasket stuff is new to me.

Really hope you manage to sort this for your mum anyhow @bunglebus

[ruffgeezer]

Bought another french shitter, also agreed in principle to take in some proper certified AS gold (beige?), however I really do need to get this sodding garage up first.

[Lord Sterling]

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

...so we could haul my mum's ancient Astra to his and work in comfort.

56 minutes ago, Marshall2810 said:

I've had a few mk3's in 1.4 flavour as well as a diesel saloon which was interesting. Most recent was this one which was a 1.4 a few years ago, low mileage and not a bad car and for me has to be pre facelift. 

Phoaaaar! Nice Astras lads.

I vaguely remember when these were brand new. Fatha_Sterling has driven these extensively and drove a brand-new one for a bit, but he never owned one.

When we went to Syria on a couple of occasions in the early 00s, he rented one from a friend of the family who owned a car renting business but these were CDX flavour saloons.

I've kind of always had a bit of a hankering after these Astras. However, I'm well happy with my mid-level 90s manager Vectra V6 estate.

[Marshall2810]

23 minutes ago, Lord Sterling said:

Phoaaaar! Nice Astras lads.

I vaguely remember when these were brand new. Fatha_Sterling has driven these extensively and drove a brand-new one for a bit, but he never owned one.

When we went to Syria on a couple of occasions in the early 00s, he rented one from a friend of the family who owned a car renting business but these were CDX flavour saloons.

I've kind of always had a bit of a hankering after these Astras. However, I'm well happy with my mid-level 90s manager Vectra V6 estate.

Phoaaar back at you sir with your Vectra estate! On a collection adventure to the Northwest recently, when arrived I spent 90% of the time cooing over @PicantoJon's Vectra Estate I believe also in V6 flavour.  These were everywhere when we were growing up. It was just so nice to see one again being loved. Alas I ended up leaving with a Picanto instead of the sexual veccy.

[chodweaver]

Phoaaaar! Nice Astras lads.
I vaguely remember when these were brand new. Fatha_Sterling has driven these extensively and drove a brand-new one for a bit, but he never owned one.
When we went to Syria on a couple of occasions in the early 00s, he rented one from a friend of the family who owned a car renting business but these were CDX flavour saloons.
I've kind of always had a bit of a hankering after these Astras. However, I'm well happy with my mid-level 90s manager Vectra V6 estate.

I quite clearly remember when these were brand new and proper company car fleet fodder. Because of the absolute rock solid service a povvo spec 1.7TD (INTERCOOLER!) estate provided me, i lusted after an upspec one (the '1.8i 16v baby buggy' for those that remember the billboard ad) when they moved into shite territory. But i wanted the diesel* again. Alas i never pulled the trigger and they seemed to disappear altogether very quickly.

*It punched WAAAAY above its weight, that. I never tired of the way it boosted. And yet still did 600+ to a tank. Well laden. Happy days.

[danthecapriman]

1 hour ago, Marshall2810 said:

I've had a few mk3's in 1.4 flavour as well as a diesel saloon which was interesting. Most recent was this one which was a 1.4 a few years ago, low mileage and not a bad car and for me has to be pre facelift. It lived in London all it's life and was a little care worn. Pretty certain the family I bought it from had more money than God which was nice as they chose to keep this from new because they liked it and not got "what their neighbours expected them to get" as they put it..... anyway I digress. 

I did think they were pretty much bullet proof nails of an engine so this head gasket stuff is new to me.

Really hope you manage to sort this for your mum anyhow @bunglebus

My sister had a 1.6 Arctic on a P reg in that pale gold colour. Lovely car, but that one suffered head gasket fail. It did it so bad it actually hydro locked the engine one morning! Luckily it didn’t damage it. I took the plugs out and span it over on the starter which blew all the coolant out! 
Did the head gasket and cam belt, thermostat etc etc at home on the drive and it was spot on. 
Not long after she sold it to a friend of mine who continued to use it for a couple of years until the head gasket went again. He replaced it again and ran the car for another year or so until someone ploughed into the back of it in a Range Rover writing the poor thing off.

Since I did the head gasket the first time and the car dying it went from around 70k miles to around 170k miles though so it had a very good run. It was in brilliant condition even right up to the point it got written off so I reckon it’d still be going now if that didn’t happen. 

[Wibble]

I hired one around 1993 I think, for a weekend away with the now Mrs W. Remember saying, this is all the car you’d ever need. Really liked it. The Mk4 that followed was, I think, a good car but then it became AVAS unfortunately.

[Marshall2810]

6 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

My sister had a 1.6 Arctic on a P reg in that pale gold colour. Lovely car, but that one suffered head gasket fail. It did it so bad it actually hydro locked the engine one morning! Luckily it didn’t damage it. I took the plugs out and span it over on the starter which blew all the coolant out! 
Did the head gasket and cam belt, thermostat etc etc at home on the drive and it was spot on. 
Not long after she sold it to a friend of mine who continued to use it for a couple of years until the head gasket went again. He replaced it again and ran the car for another year or so until someone ploughed into the back of it in a Range Rover writing the poor thing off.

Since I did the head gasket the first time and the car dying it went from around 70k miles to around 170k miles though so it had a very good run. It was in brilliant condition even right up to the point it got written off so I reckon it’d still be going now if that didn’t happen. 

These were everywhere on a P/R reg and always looked nice to me in gold with these wheels

[danthecapriman]

4 minutes ago, Marshall2810 said:

These were everywhere on a P/R reg and always looked nice to me in gold with these wheels

That’s the spitting image of my sisters old one! It’s a lovely colour and the wheels really suited it. Would I be right in saying it had velour seats? I’m sure it did.

That era of Vauxhall were absolutely superb cars. Funnily enough I just can’t imagine an equivalent aged Escort doing that mileage anywhere near as easily and trouble free as that Astra did it.

[Lord Sterling]

32 minutes ago, Marshall2810 said:

Phoaaar back at you sir with your Vectra estate! On a collection adventure to the Northwest recently, when arrived I spent 90% of the time cooing over @PicantoJon's Vectra Estate I believe also in V6 flavour.  These were everywhere when we were growing up. It was just so nice to see one again being loved. Alas I ended up leaving with a Picanto instead of the sexual veccy.

Cheers. @PicantoJon's is a 2.2 I4. Same spec as mine, estate and SRi but different engines.

Mine and the Jag:

Mine is a 2.6 V6, the 2.6 engine was apparently a development engine for the later 3.2 V6 that appeared in the Omega B (?) so they have more electrical and sensors than the old 2.5 V6. Hence why you see most old Vectras as 2.5s and some as a 2.6. 

You should honestly hear the noise from this car. The centre resonator was removed giving it a very throaty V6 burble but without being obnoxious. 

[Marshall2810]

1 hour ago, Lord Sterling said:

Cheers. @PicantoJon's is a 2.2 I4. Same spec as mine, estate and SRi but different engines.

Mine and the Jag:

Mine is a 2.6 V6, the 2.6 engine was apparently a development engine for the later 3.2 V6 that appeared in the Omega B (?) so they have more electrical and sensors than the old 2.5 V6. Hence why you see most old Vectras as 2.5s and some as a 2.6. 

You should honestly hear the noise from this car. The centre resonator was removed giving it a very throaty V6 burble but without being obnoxious. 

I can imagine. Used to hand around the local car auction as a yoof in early 00's and they had regular police only sales. Loads of properly phat ex marked vectra Bs and omega's plus crash damaged ones so would assume they had the 3.2's in and went for a fraction of new price even back then. Same wheels as yours which i like a lot and sounded lovely 

[Metal Guru]

15 hours ago, beko1987 said:

Ironically I'm not in the office today despite it being a Tuesday as we're in a project crunch. So I get to avoid the roads today 👌

I think we've peaked here now, stopped snowing

OMG! I hope you have supplies, you’re going to be snowed in until Xmas. Almost a cm deep! Good luck.

[Metal Guru]

6 hours ago, wesacosa said:

and the new logos

 

Both look like someone’s first attempt with a 3D printer.

[HMC]

Jag rebrand- by 2060 things will have got so muddled in meetings about “brand values” that the new jag will be called “DALEY” and will be available with a glovebox trilby and a novelty “cigar” lighter that nobody will know  is the point of anymore.

[artdjones]

20 minutes ago, HMC said:

a novelty “cigar” lighter that nobody will know  is the point of anymore

They'll just use them to light their spliffs. The powers that be are cracking down on tobacco, but seem to be champing at the bit to legalise cannabis.

[artdjones]

13 hours ago, bunglebus said:

It's days like today when you find out who your friends are. Despite the foul weather, and him not being quite as able as he once was, me old mate shot off and got two new wheels and tyres for his towing dolly, so we could haul my mum's ancient Astra to his and work in comfort.

He even stuck his rather lovely E30 cabrio outside in the cold to make room

One of the new Dolly wheels tried to part company on the way, a problem that happened with the old one on this side yesterday too, prompting getting new ones as they were past their best. Putting the old wheel nuts in back to front to lock the new ones on seemed to do the trick

We arrived at 14:45 and by 17:00 the head was off

And failure confirmed 

Looks like it'll clean up ok though, just waiting for parts. Only slight annoyance is splitting this breather hose that's probably unobtainium

The breather hose is available in many makes on Autodoc, so you shouldn't have any trouble getting one on eBay if you type that number in.

[beko1987]

8 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

OMG! I hope you have supplies, you’re going to be snowed in until Xmas. Almost a cm deep! Good luck.

I had higher expectations of it carrying on snowing tbh, and doing more than it did 😂

And agreed on all the mk4 astra chat, I always liked them, and the styling! 

[Christine]

Brochure !  

 

[bunglebus]

Just to add to the story of Mother Bungle's Astra, she had this one first, a '91 1.4 GLS manual

My mate bought the green one off a little old lady (who lives near my mum) for his wife, as she was having physical problems and needed an auto. My ex bought it for when her mum was visiting the UK, but it just sat on the drive for a year. My mum then decided she would be better off with an automatic, and doesn't do well learning how to use new things, so as the green one is exactly the same spec, just a different colour, it was the ideal choice

I don't have any pics of L510LTW, but it was a 3 door 1.4 L with no PAS