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[Markeh]

1 hour ago, grogee said:

That is such a wonderful feature, I agree. I've had several Fords with it and it works so quickly. 

Is it available more widely these days on Modernz? 

My last two Qashqais have had it.

[artdjones]

1 hour ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

FTFY ... ten minutes later and you're sorted/fed

Ten minutes later your car is gone, and when you try to claim on your insurance they refuse to pay out.

[barefoot]

2 hours ago, grogee said:

If you're a girl you insist on spraying gallons of de-icer onto your car. If you're a man you just scrape it properly while the engine is running with heated rear window and demist setting on. 

I am MGBGTRV8+ and do the start and demist thing, before lifting the wipers and chucking a pop bottle full of water from the cold tap onto the screen. 

[Skizzer]

14 hours ago, 320touring said:

In an excellent end to the day, I managed to catch up with an elite core of shiters for dinner and a small libation.

L to R

@RobT @Skizzer @meshking @Kiltox and moi.

 

Grand evening, and the Kings Arms on Roupell St is a great wee boozer.

My biggest surprise of yesterday was happening upon TWO unrelated Citroen SMs in the wild - the Roupell Street one in @320touring's photo and another on the hard shoulder of the M4 near Bridgend, earlier in the day.  I hope it was ok - there weren't any flames or anything, so that's a start.

I can't remember the last time I saw an SM outside of a show.

Oh yeah, it was good to see the gang pictured above too, obvs.

[barefoot]

2 hours ago, grogee said:

If you're a girl you insist on spraying gallons of de-icer onto your car. If you're a man you just scrape it properly while the engine is running with heated rear window and demist setting on. 

I am MGBGTRV8+ and do the start and demist thing, before lifting the wipers and chucking a pop bottle full of water from the cold tap onto the screen. 

[Pete-M]

2 hours ago, grogee said:

That is such a wonderful feature, I agree. I've had several Fords with it and it works so quickly. 

Is it available more widely these days on Modernz? 

I like the way you can program modern* Ford stuff to automagically fire up the heated screens, mirrors, washers etc when the temperature is below 4°c.

*modern in this case being 2006.

Heated front screen has been available on lots on stuff for a long time now. VW Trainspotter can be had with a heated front screen, for example. IIRC Caterham were the first non-Ford / Ford owned vehicles to get it. Land Rover have had them as options for a long time, I had a 91 Range Rover Classic with one. I think BMW got to use them through the engine deal for the diesel P38a.

[MJK 24]

More from the Algarve.

Cyclops Renault 4

Not even a blister on a 16 year old Jumbo Transit 

Japanese tin completely untroubled by rust 

I could show forty or fifty photos a week of Mercedes 190 with a good handful of W124, too.  I’ve never to the best of my knowledge seen a petrol.  They’re either badged ‘D’ or unbadged.  Lacquer peel everywhere.  Mileages typically from 300-450k kms.  Rarely automatic, unlike the UK.  They don’t smoke when they’re driving around so mechanically still decent I would say.

I’d like to bring mine down next year.

[MJK 24]

Extracting full value from a tyre 

[Jazoli]

2 hours ago, artdjones said:

Ten minutes later your car is gone, and when you try to claim on your insurance they refuse to pay out.

Why is that then? lots of cars have preconditioning where it remains locked whilst warming up/demisting.

[comfortablynumb]

2 hours ago, MJK 24 said:

Extracting full value from a tyre 

Stopped at services on the A17 last year, and the minibus that pulled up next to me was running a tyre like that.

Bonus - it was a taxi 😱

[Barry Cade]

Just cooking tea and had a bit of a rant at the sausages.  Who decided sausages should be round and are annoying to get nicely browned all over .. then remembered the Scots answered that question years ago. 

 

[EyesWeldedShut]

3 hours ago, artdjones said:

Ten minutes later your car is gone, and when you try to claim on your insurance they refuse to pay out.

Anyone daft enough to want one of our cars would need to get past the farm gate, two mad dogs and my wife. 🙂

[reb]

15 minutes ago, Barry Cade said:

Just cooking tea and had a bit of a rant at the sausages.  Who decided sausages should be round and are annoying to get nicely browned all over .. then remembered the Scots answered that question years ago. 

 

Air Fryer is great for sausages. Evenly browned all over and cooked to perfection.

[Barry Cade]

2 minutes ago, reb said:

Air Fryer is great for sausages. Evenly browned all over and cooked to perfection.

I hate air fryers! I'm old school and just see them as a fad. Ours is right beside the hob, I just ignore the evil thing. The microwave's an arsehole too.  I can just about tolerate the kettle.

P.S - the sausages were excellent, some peas and chips too. Clean plates all round.Normal food after all the Christmas bollocks.

[reb]

3 minutes ago, Barry Cade said:

I hate air fryers! I'm old school and just see them as a fad. Ours is right beside the hob, I just ignore the evil thing. The microwave's an arsehole too.  I can just about tolerate the kettle.

P.S - the sausages were excellent, some peas and chips too. Clean plates all round.Normal food after all the Christmas bollocks.

Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.

Anything that’s invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.

Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against the natural order of things.

[artdjones]

22 minutes ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

Anyone daft enough to want one of our cars would need to get past the farm gate, two mad dogs and my wife. 🙂

I haven't got those deterrents, but living 4km from the nearest village has advantages. I wouldn't do it in a town.

[Barry Cade]

1 minute ago, reb said:

Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.

Anything that’s invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.

Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against the natural order of things.

You know something, you may be on to something here. That's why I hate cars so much now. At one time they were my life. 

Skills remain though. I can still set a carb with my nose, and points with my eyes. For all the good that is nowadays.

Some skills, like cooking banging bangers, I hang on to with every fibre, and will continue!

[reb]

Just now, Barry Cade said:

You know something, you may be on to something here. That's why I hate cars so much now. At one time they were my life. 

Skills remain though. I can still set a carb with my nose, and points with my eyes. For all the good that is nowadays.

Some skills, like cooking banging bangers, I hang on to with every fibre, and will continue!

Wish I could take credit for it, it's a good old Douglas Adams quote!

There's plenty of things I *can* do the old fashioned way, like cooking sausages, but the air fryer does them just as well with less effort and less mess. Just had some pork chops done in it and they were the best I've had. Couldn't have done them on the grill even if I wanted to because it trips the breaker if you switch it on.

[Popsicle]

On 19/12/2024 at 18:10, Popsicle said:

Now I've had a proper chance to look at this leak, it is deffo gearbox oil, slight weep from the passenger side driveshaft seal. Glad that its been picked up by the MOT, I'll get it done over Christmas/New year.

Got the couriering caddy back from the menders today, left it with them over the new year and told em no rush. Got a call Friday to let me know the driveshaft seal had been damaged as the securing ring behind it had broken up, wouldn't be able to get a replacement till Saturday. Phone call this morning to say its done, new seal, ring and gearbox oil, for the bargain price of £120.

Very pleased at that price, I feared it could be much more.

[danthecapriman]

OMGSNOWCHAOS!😄

Heres a shit photo from my shit iPad camera of the current situation in Coleford!

Im actually shocked it’s not raining instead to be honest. 
This, incredibly, is what an amber weather warning for snow and ice looks like FFS! It’s a light dusting!

[Wibble]

Yep, forecast heavy snow hear from 7pm, just light rain so far🤞

[SiC]

7 hours ago, grogee said:

That is such a wonderful feature, I agree. I've had several Fords with it and it works so quickly. 

Is it available more widely these days on Modernz? 

 

7 hours ago, richardmorris said:

I think Ford still have the patent and won’t share.

My 2005 Laguna II v6 had a heated windscreen.

[Wibble]

42 minutes ago, Wibble said:

Yep, forecast heavy snow hear from 7pm, just light rain so far🤞

Spoke too bloody soon. Snowing hard now and settling😡

[richardmorris]

21 minutes ago, SiC said:

 

My 2005 Laguna II v6 had a heated windscreen.

My info is obviously out of date.

[richardmorris]

18 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

My info is obviously out of date.

https://www.hagerty.co.uk/technology/brief-history-heated-windscreen/

[bramz7]

19 minutes ago, Wibble said:

Spoke too bloody soon. Snowing hard now and settling😡

Not fancying my luck driving back home later this evening, although I've still got to drive a train to Exeter and back first.....

[Wibble]

7 minutes ago, bramz7 said:

Not fancying my luck driving back home later this evening, although I've still got to drive a train to Exeter and back first.....

Oh shit, hopefully it will stop soon. Not too bad so far:

but still snowing at the moment, good luck!

[richardmorris]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn4x5q383exo
 

@Six-cylinder posed in her lagonda last year.

 

[Six-cylinder]

5 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn4x5q383exo
 

@Six-cylinder posed in her lagonda last year.

 

Should be @Mrs6C as she is the one with the Mk10!

[320touring]

A bit more spottage on a traipse round that there Lunnon..

Just down from the hotel was someone with a weakness for old Merc coupes..

The R107 was badged as a 560SL

 

The burd was particularly taken with this early 500, with a modern 5000 behind it🤣

 

Saw this abomination, and laughed at the fact the Berlingo behind has a better plate...

 

Lastly, some proper "fuck the aesthetic" planning decision - I reckon even @rantingYoof would struggle to justify this block of flats was in keeping with the area🤣