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[JJ0063]

Viewing the Citan at 2pm tomorrow. Bank holiday has fucked up savings being drawn down so current a grand short, so will have to leave a deposit and collect next weekend if we decide to buy. 

[JJ0063]

21 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

Viewing the Citan at 2pm tomorrow. Bank holiday has fucked up savings being drawn down so current a grand short, so will have to leave a deposit and collect next weekend if we decide to buy. 

Annnnnnd maybe not. 

Thought I’d run a Vcheck on it..

Fuck sake, buying a van is hard work.

 

 

Only been written off 3 times 

[beko1987]

2 hours ago, JJ0063 said:

I agree, it’s much better than a lot of single liner adverts I’ve seen!

Hes said he will send me a video of it starting now albeit a warm start as he’s moved it to clean it today, and also a video of the code scan. Will see what that says. 
 

I’m not scared of having to make a minor repair but these sorts of things niggle in my mind - if you’ve got a code for a glow plug, why not just change it yourself to save the hassle of selling it with an issue? 

My 1.5dci qashqai takes a good few turns of the starter the first start of the day... I changed the glow plugs and it hasn't helped, although fitting a new fresh battery stopped it dying as it tried to start.

Need to keep investigating it really but it starts reliably every time so I've just left it be now it's warmer and not as much of an issue. Fuel filter and primer bulb is my next thought

[artdjones]

1 hour ago, JJ0063 said:

Annnnnnd maybe not. 

Thought I’d run a Vcheck on it..

Fuck sake, buying a van is hard work.

 

 

Only been written off 3 times 

If the rear floor looks unmangled it wouldn't really bother me. There's very few company vans that haven't had damage done. 

[artdjones]

26 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

My 1.5dci qashqai takes a good few turns of the starter the first start of the day... I changed the glow plugs and it hasn't helped, although fitting a new fresh battery stopped it dying as it tried to start.

Need to keep investigating it really but it starts reliably every time so I've just left it be now it's warmer and not as much of an issue. Fuel filter and primer bulb is my next thought

My present Mégane was difficult in winter weather, changing the glow plugs made quite a difference, but it's still not quite as good as the old Megane I had.

[Zelandeth]

Check and see if the last change of keeper was indeed two years ago.  If so I'd be more interested in condition and if there's evidence of a botched repair.  It doesn't take much to write off a car these days.

If the last keeper change was in fact only a few months ago, run like hell as they're likely trying to offload a problem rather than trying to sell for a genuine reason like in the ad.

[JJ0063]

1 hour ago, artdjones said:

If the rear floor looks unmangled it wouldn't really bother me. There's very few company vans that haven't had damage done. 

If it was a single marker, I agree, but at resale time you’ve got to try and sell a three time written off van. Can’t be arsed.

[Cookiesouwest]

2 hours ago, JJ0063 said:

Annnnnnd maybe not. 

Thought I’d run a Vcheck on it..

Fuck sake, buying a van is hard work.

 

 

Only been written off 3 times 

I take back my comment re an honest advert

[JJ0063]

Third time lucky perhaps?

Back to within 15 mins of the Combo I viewed today, going to see this tomorrow afternoon. 
 

2013 Berlingo 1.6 HDI, Enterprise spec so parking sensors, air con, cruise etc. 145k, 13 service stamps, cambelt done, last owner 10 years. 

Only thing he said to mention is the clutch pedal is high but doesn’t slip. It’s £1750 which to be honest is cheap enough to have to throw a clutch at in 6 months if needs be.

…. and it’s HPI clear!

 

 

[Dyslexic Viking]

16 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

Berlingo 1.6 HDI

I recommended my mom to buy one like this new in 2011 and she still has it, it has been very reliable and problem free, good vans.

[Yoss]

9 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Love the weird rubber winged Minor too. Looking at the condition of today's RM vans, I'm surprised the idea never caught on 😅

 

Yes but they would have to make the whole van out of rubber! 

Routemaster buses had the bottom offside rear panel made of rubber, but painted red of course, as it was the corner most prone to damage, and after the 1990s refurbishments rubber roof domes. 

[captain_70s]

Away down to Englandshire for a long weekend in my only working car... 

[lesapandre]

1 minute ago, captain_70s said:

Away down to Englandshire for a long weekend in my only working car... 

Is that your suitcase? Very nicely retro.

[captain_70s]

1 hour ago, lesapandre said:

Is that your suitcase? Very nicely retro.

Yes, I've had it since I was 5 years old.

A little travel case, probably from the 1950s. It's the perfect size for an overhead compartment in a plane and ideal for trips only needing a couple of changes of clothes.

The latches are a bit tired and the "hinge", which is just a flexible strap of the weaved cardboard stuff the case is made of, is broken. Hence the belt.

[lesapandre]

Funny how a few things linger - I too have a suitcase I had as a child (very battered now needing repairs) - which was my grandmother's before me - and was hers  before she married my grandfather in 1921, with her initials on it altered to mine - so well over 100 years old now. 

[EspenO]

14 hours ago, SiC said:

I always do like a green tin building 

 

Wasn’t that used as a location in an episode of «Taskmaster»?

It was full of pairs of shoes, and the contestants had to find a particular pair by eliminating all the others and throwing them out the window on the right…? 🤔

[LightBulbFun]

On 17/04/2025 at 20:27, brownnova said:

Don’t think I’d ever seen the famed early GPO Morris Minor vans with rubber wings before, but a trip to Avoncroft Buildings museum in Bromsgrove yielded this treat! 

As well as some excellent buildings, fabulous phone boxes and in one of the most random shite moments I can ever recall a chance meeting with @SiC with both of us far from home! 

thats very cool! I had read about those but never actually even seen one pictured, I always wondered exactly how they worked, since rubber is not a very rigid material,  for some reason tho I kind of assumed that the wings where still Morris Minor shaped but made out of rubber and so the headlights would of just wobbled around I guess? so its very weird to see they are separate units, but it makes sense! I wonder if its also a bit of a hold over from the Morris Minor low light? (but I dont know when these rubber winged GPO moggies where first introduced...)

[lesapandre]

7 hours ago, EspenO said:

Wasn’t that used as a location in an episode of «Taskmaster»?

It was full of pairs of shoes, and the contestants had to find a particular pair by eliminating all the others and throwing them out the window on the right…? 🤔

The 'tin tabernacle' churches were available as kits from a number of manufacturers (along with a whole range of other buildings) like Bolton & Paul and Humphreys'. 

Quite a few survive in-situ and some have Listed status. Houses could be purchased the same way too.

[SiC]

I'm quite tempted to buy some corrugated metal sheets and some 2x4 to make a shed like that, rather buying a generic wood shed.

[EyesWeldedShut]

1 hour ago, SiC said:

I'm quite tempted to buy some corrugated metal sheets and some 2x4 to make a shed like that, rather buying a generic wood shed.

Think bigger - build a house? Got one nearby that's been listed
https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300084257-hafod-y-coed-pontarfynach

[Stinkwheel]

 

2 hours ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

Think bigger - build a house? Got one nearby that's been listed
https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300084257-hafod-y-coed-pontarfynach

Just drove past that one, quite a few wriggly tin buildings left around here as well

[richardmorris]

[richardmorris]

[Stinkwheel]

15 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Had forgotten it was the 2CVGB National this weekend. Not hard with it being at totally the wrong time of year this time around. 

[barefoot]

My kid brother is there in a green/white dolly with a boot extension and shoes.

[chaseracer]

On 18/04/2025 at 11:01, SiC said:

There was also a small RAF museum on site that was pretty interesting. It was the site where they developed radar systems during the war.

Though based at RSRE in Malvern, the Owd Giffer did a lot of his radar work out of Defford.

 

[richardmorris]

[SiC]

Weston Super Mare pageant of transport is on today and tomorrow. 

I went down earlier but the weather was shite. So not a huge amount there. Loads of moderns including a nearly new Tiguan that someone was buffing to a shiny polish. Fair enough but I couldn't see why someone would go to that much effort for a bland brand new VW. 

Anyway here are the photos. Mostly of stuff that interested me more than anything else.

Suzuki Ignis Sport. I remember when these were new. I went into Suzuki Newbury to take a look at one and the sales guy didn't ever stop pestering me try me to buy it. Presumably because hardly anyone bought one.

Big snailed Civic 

 

Mrs SiC did question why I was taking a picture of a bland modern Audi. Had to point out it had a V10 also used in a Lamborghini and the fact it's bland looking made it cool...

I think these are ace. Used to see one around Newbury area when I was younger. I think it was owned by the local Alfa specialist - Black and Whites.

Had a few giffer scrapes over it.

Scruffy Moggie was right up my street.

 

About it really. Others were mostly Tesco car park moderns. Maybe more tomorrow if the weather is nicer but I won't get a chance to go down. 

[eddyramrod]

I've "Liked" that post because on average, the pics deserve it, but I'm absolutely with Mrs C on the Audi, regardless of engine spec.

[SiC]

22 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

I've "Liked" that post because on average, the pics deserve it, but I'm absolutely with Mrs C on the Audi, regardless of engine spec.

I know you don't like German cars especially post-2000 but I'm sure you must appreciate that during VAG mental period, someone thought it was a good idea/absurdity of putting a Lamborghini 450bhp V10 naturally aspirated engine into a saloon. Just because they can, not that they should. Wish it happened more nowadays rather than every car has a boring 4 pot turbo lump in various states of tune.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamborghini_V10