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35,923 · March 2

13 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Good luck on the Corolla.

I did remind of them your interest in having it back off them should they decide it's surplus to requirements one day.....

Obviously the twunt sold it to someone last night. Because that’s what the human race has become. Brilliant.

It’s a fucking sad state of affairs when the best car I own is a 42 year old sierra with half an exhaust and a door that doesn’t open.

Fairly close to giving it all up and becoming an alcoholic who travels by penny farthing

8,736 · March 2

Mmmmmm - crispy

20,626 · March 2

That's the MG gone off to its new home already

I wasn't really prepared for it to be sold and collected so quickly but the buyer has made a 12 hour round trip to get it and it's less than 24 hours since the advert went live!

No time wasting, no stupid questions, no bartering, he looked around the car and said it's as good as it looked and was just what he wanted.

Nice sensible chap who was very much an enthusiast about them and already has another near identical but slightly ropier example himself

Definitely a very refreshing car selling experience, couldn't have asked for any better

This does mean I've now taxed the Rover 600 and swapped the insurance over from the MG which is a nice logistical gain

15,896 · March 2

15 hours ago, PhilA said:

Bought this today.

Nice.

Didn’t you already have one, is this a bigger engined model?

2,912 · March 2

Cute spoiler for serious down force on a saxo earlier today in Bolsover.

32,443 · March 2

Had my first FTP in a while yesterday, as reported elsewhere. I went out to the shops with my wife and son and when I came back to the Saab, the battery was flat enough to provide insufficient cranking amps. I did wonder why the dashcam was going on and off (it makes a jingling sound) for a few minutes after starting for about the last week so it's likely been on its way out for a while.

My jumppack is now fucked off into some corner of the garage because it's DOA but I did have a pair of jumpleads. There was a WBAC hut nearby and I asked the guy if he could possibly help me out with some volts from one of the trade ins but he said no. Thankfully a passer by in a 208 was happy to help (thank you).

When I got home I nicked the battery off the E46 so we're good for now. I'll get a new one on payday.

Slightly concerning was the fact that when I got home, I could not turn off the headlights. After about 5 minutes of fucking about I got them to switch off. They are a bit flaky and flicker badly when being turned off or on so I think something up there. They turned off OK today but still a bit flickery when doing so. Might be the switch but needs Tech 2 to code in a new one.

75 goes for MOT attempt 2 on Tuesday.

4,459 · March 2

Further tinkering with the potentially new to me Pisshat, DRL bulb in the fog light cluster was a standard indicator type bulb, straight forward enough to do, side light bulb was a T10, again nice and easy to do.

So flushed with success at having got rid of all the warning lights on the dash I had a play with the pan roof, I'd noticed it a little hesitant yesterday, so wound it fully open, cleaned up the track and sprayed some lithium grease on everything, moved it back and forth a few times, it seemed to be moving much better now. Went to finish up and call it a day and the roof wouldn't close. It kept getting in to position to close, the deflector went down, the leading edge lined up, but the rear edge would not lower down. Moved it through the full cycle a few times and it kept getting stuck in the tilt position, oh bollocks. Checked it all over again and couldn't see anything obviously wrong, tried gentle persuasion, still no good, so did some googling and there is a manual overide in behind the roof lights, special tool should be inside the trim too, nice one. Well somebody must have had issues with the roof before, the tool was awol and it all looked a bit butchered inside - double oh bollocks and its getting dark now.

The manual bolt required an allen key at a slight angle to operate the roof, I managed to force one on the bolt at a funny angle, thankfully it worked and the pan roof is now closed.

First thought is to never use the roof again, but I have just watched a video on how to reset the system and make it relearn its sequence, I do think it stuttered earlier so it might have lost track as to where it is on the track, so I'll probably not learn from my mistakes today and have another go tomorrow when its not dark.

22,799 · March 2

5 hours ago, Tayne said:

Nice.

Didn’t you already have one, is this a bigger engined model?

Yeah, I've had a couple. Sold one on, the other got beat on by the last big hurricane.

This is the 6.4 which is adequate

38,606 · March 2

19 minutes ago, Popsicle said:

Further tinkering with the potentially new to me Pisshat, DRL bulb in the fog light cluster was a standard indicator type bulb, straight forward enough to do, side light bulb was a T10, again nice and easy to do.

So flushed with success at having got rid of all the warning lights on the dash I had a play with the pan roof, I'd noticed it a little hesitant yesterday, so wound it fully open, cleaned up the track and sprayed some lithium grease on everything, moved it back and forth a few times, it seemed to be moving much better now. Went to finish up and call it a day and the roof wouldn't close. It kept getting in to position to close, the deflector went down, the leading edge lined up, but the rear edge would not lower down. Moved it through the full cycle a few times and it kept getting stuck in the tilt position, oh bollocks. Checked it all over again and couldn't see anything obviously wrong, tried gentle persuasion, still no good, so did some googling and there is a manual overide in behind the roof lights, special tool should be inside the trim too, nice one. Well somebody must have had issues with the roof before, the tool was awol and it all looked a bit butchered inside - double oh bollocks and its getting dark now.

The manual bolt required an allen key at a slight angle to operate the roof, I managed to force one on the bolt at a funny angle, thankfully it worked and the pan roof is now closed.

First thought is to never use the roof again, but I have just watched a video on how to reset the system and make it relearn its sequence, I do think it stuttered earlier so it might have lost track as to where it is on the track, so I'll probably not learn from my mistakes today and have another go tomorrow when its not dark.

No idea on vag sunroofs but many of them can be forced closed by holding the close button for a like 5-10seconds.

4,459 · March 2

2 minutes ago, SiC said:

No idea on vag sunroofs but many of them can be forced closed by holding the close button for a like 5-10seconds.

Thanks for the info Si - I did read and try similar, but no joy. On the video I watched the guy removed the panroof fuse, popped it back in, then pulled the sunroof switch down, after about 20 seconds the roof went through the full range, tilting, opening, closing and seemed fixed - I'll have a go tomorrow.

2,007 · March 2

After being SORNED for two months and seeing hardly any use since October the Saxo had its first run out of the year today. 🙂

The lacquer peel on the bonnet continues to spread and I've noticed a couple of potential new areas.

61,380 · March 2

Well the front strut on the Eos continues to be a royal pain in the arse. I got the pinch bolt undone easily enough but I cannot get the bloody drop link off for love nor money. I bought a set of the 12-sided spline bits and hammered the relevant size of bit into the end of the ball joint stud, then stuck my breaker bar on it and wedged it against the bottom of the inner wing. Blasted the nut with the blowtorch for several minutes then got an 18mm spanner on it with a bit of scaffold pole over the end, heaved on it and the nut started to move. Working it back and forth with copious application of Plus Gas got it undone a couple of turns, slowly and creakily. Then the spline bit snapped off in the stud. :roll:

The bottom ball joint stud isn't going to come undone easily either - that's more awkward to get to as the stud points towards the centre of the car rather than forwards or backwards. I've taken the wheel arch liner out to improve access a bit and I reckon if the worst comes to the worst I can, if I'm careful, slice the thing off with a grinder without doing too much collateral damage. That's a job for next weekend though, when I have a replacement strut to go in (the faff with the drop link has made me decide in favour of getting a secondhand leg rather than buying a new spring and fitting it to the existing leg - the two options are pretty much the same price).

I've been having a play with the newly-acquired Mitsubishi i-Miev over the weekend.

I'm rather enjoying it so far, it's nippier than I was expecting and so far the range looks like it's going to be enough for the commute to the office and back. I stuck my single-din Android touchscreen radio in - it already had ISO connectors under the dash and the aerial plug was the correct type too so all I had to do was bodge in a GPS antenna for the sat nav (not that I'm likely to need nav in this car, but I don't like having features that don't work).

The heating is adequate but does eat into the range - the heated seat is pretty good though so I've just been giving it a quick blast of heat to defrost the windscreen when required then relying on the seat heater to keep the chill off the rest of the time - although I will need gloves if it gets very cold. It seems comfy enough for such a tiny car, although the ride is a bit bouncy over bumps, and the turning circle is fantastic.

As it was such a lovely day there were quite a few classics out and about - in the drive to Wroxham and back to pick up a few bits for the Rover's upcoming MOT I passed an MG Y-Type, a Bond Bug and a 2CV. I did take the Volvo for a quick spin round the block in the afternoon, but couldn't go far as I didn't have a lot of time and it was low on petrol. It started up fine though - the ancient battery which I thought was knackered seems to have been properly brought back to life by my cheapo eBay pulse charger, it can now sit for a month or more and still crank the car over with no problem.

12,776 · March 3

Some new stuff bought today.

Under bonnet tool kit for the Jag. These are usually quite expensive at £100+ a pop and usually get taken out of a car and sold seperately (like floor mats in other cars). But I got this for less than half that.

Back where it belongs:

Vectra has a plain steelie as a spare, so I thought it needed a spare alloy instead. Now just to get a new tyre on it:

15,305 · March 3

10 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Well the front strut on the Eos continues to be a royal pain in the arse. I got the pinch bolt undone easily enough but I cannot get the bloody drop link off for love nor money. I bought a set of the 12-sided spline bits and hammered the relevant size of bit into the end of the ball joint stud, then stuck my breaker bar on it and wedged it against the bottom of the inner wing. Blasted the nut with the blowtorch for several minutes then got an 18mm spanner on it with a bit of scaffold pole over the end, heaved on it and the nut started to move. Working it back and forth with copious application of Plus Gas got it undone a couple of turns, slowly and creakily. Then the spline bit snapped off in the stud.

The bottom ball joint stud isn't going to come undone easily either - that's more awkward to get to as the stud points towards the centre of the car rather than forwards or backwards. I've taken the wheel arch liner out to improve access a bit and I reckon if the worst comes to the worst I can, if I'm careful, slice the thing off with a grinder without doing too much collateral damage. That's a job for next weekend though, when I have a replacement strut to go in (the faff with the drop link has made me decide in favour of getting a secondhand leg rather than buying a new spring and fitting it to the existing leg - the two options are pretty much the same price).

I've been having a play with the newly-acquired Mitsubishi i-Miev over the weekend.

I'm rather enjoying it so far, it's nippier than I was expecting and so far the range looks like it's going to be enough for the commute to the office and back. I stuck my single-din Android touchscreen radio in - it already had ISO connectors under the dash and the aerial plug was the correct type too so all I had to do was bodge in a GPS antenna for the sat nav (not that I'm likely to need nav in this car, but I don't like having features that don't work).

The heating is adequate but does eat into the range - the heated seat is pretty good though so I've just been giving it a quick blast of heat to defrost the windscreen when required then relying on the seat heater to keep the chill off the rest of the time - although I will need gloves if it gets very cold. It seems comfy enough for such a tiny car, although the ride is a bit bouncy over bumps, and the turning circle is fantastic.

As it was such a lovely day there were quite a few classics out and about - in the drive to Wroxham and back to pick up a few bits for the Rover's upcoming MOT I passed an MG Y-Type, a Bond Bug and a 2CV. I did take the Volvo for a quick spin round the block in the afternoon, but couldn't go far as I didn't have a lot of time and it was low on petrol. It started up fine though - the ancient battery which I thought was knackered seems to have been properly brought back to life by my cheapo eBay pulse charger, it can now sit for a month or more and still crank the car over with no problem.

What’s the range like on the Mitsubishi with the heater on? That looks like quite a cool little commuter.

8,129 · March 3

Safe to say I was feather footed in the 207 this weekend, this was probably only about 60% motorway too, it sips the juice.

19,364 · March 3

On 02/03/2025 at 00:56, PhilA said:

Bought this today.

interesting color

that splitter

has the boss beasted it on i10 yet

32,443 · March 3

75 is about as ready as it'll ever be for another MOT tomorrow.

Hopefully the airbag light will stay put!

Going to have a go at replacing a section of wheelarch over the summer although it needs work on a sill end as well, and probably the inner arch too!

Battery is weak as well.

Ho-hum!

53,254 · March 3

Brimmed the fuel tank on the Renault yesterday and did think I'd overfilled it just a bit. The filler neck seems to be a bit of a funny shape, it took a few attempts before I got the nozzle angled just right so it didn't keep cutting off every time I got £1 fed into it. Today I came out to the van doing the same trick as the Princess when it is brimmed. The drive here slopes to one side and the van was parked with the filler neck side on the lower edge of the slope, fuel was leaking from somewhere between the filler cap and the top of the fuel tank, not a lot, about the same as the Princess does and in pretty much exactly the same conditions.

Once the van was on level ground the leak stopped. I'm not sure there's much in the way of baffles in the fuel tank, the fuel gauge wanders all over the place when you go around corners and when you get to about half a tank of fuel you can go around a corner and put the low fuel light on. You can also watch the needle go up and down in relation to the camber and bumps on a road.

Note to self: don't brim the tank on either car unless it's immediately before a very long drive when you're going to use up a good amount of fuel.

30,476 · March 3

The express throws diesel over the road around left hand bends above half a tank.

13,377 · March 3

The Boxster has just weed on my foot.

Clearly it was jealous of the RX7 cooling system getting attention and has decided it's time I learned about THREE RADIATORS OF DOOM.

9,689 · March 3

Remember that wanted thread I had a few months ago?

Yeah, I'm collecting one Thursday. With 2 days of MOT.

But it is sub 50k. And the absolutely perfect colour. Collections make me a bit nervous these days but I have breakdown and recovery to fall back on.

53,254 · March 3

2 hours ago, loserone said:

The express throws diesel over the road around left hand bends above half a tank.

We're a hazard!

March 3

3 minutes ago, vulgalour said:

We're a hazard!

As someone who has fallen off a motorbike after skidding on a diesel spill I would probably describe you as something much worse.

30,476 · March 3

I have taken steps to try to address this having discovered it!

15,305 · March 3

Anyone else ever take a step back and wonder what the fuck they’re doing with their life?

No, me neither.

2,906 · March 3

20 minutes ago, Rust Collector said:

Anyone else ever take a step back and wonder what the fuck they’re doing with their life?

No, me neither.

Veneer?

5,877 · March 3

2 minutes ago, Snake Charmer said:

Veneer?

Headlining, shirley ?

13,434 · March 3

Popped to the monthly car meet.. sorry the pics are mixed of everything.. see i u can spot the ropey silver mondeo..

thanks for letting me bore u.

15,305 · March 3

1 minute ago, Snake Charmer said:

Veneer?

In a sort of abstract sense - it’s the headliner for my Proton MPi, which happens to made of cardboard. Water ingress caused it to completely delaminate, and so I’ve spent an enjoyable* evening painting each layer in PVA glue and then sandwiching it all back together with a combination of the contents of our bookshelf and about 50 million pegs.

20,226 · March 3

3 minutes ago, Rust Collector said:

In a sort of abstract sense - it’s the headliner for my Proton MPi, which happens to made of cardboard. Water ingress caused it to completely delaminate, and so I’ve spent an enjoyable* evening painting each layer in PVA glue and then sandwiching it all back together with a combination of the contents of our bookshelf and about 50 million pegs.

Did you buy the pegs specially? That looks like far more pegs than any one household would need for normal pegging duties.

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