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[dozeydustman]

On 14/05/2025 at 21:08, wuvvum said:

I like those.  They feel more modern than they are to me.  Has it got the built-in Tom Tom?

Indeed it has. It’s a top-spec 1.6dCi (chain engine). No knocks, no rattles, some history, just a grumbly wheel bearing. £1,350, plenty on local forecourts nearly £3k for same or similar spec.

[dozeydustman]

This means at the weekend I will clean up the Rio and bung it for sale on here. Could be a cheap sub £7 roffle. It’s not pretty but it runs really well it’ll do someone a couple of years before it really does need binning! Plus new radiator.

[WillCarter]

This turned up yesterday, something that would appeal here? Haven't had a chance to look around it yet but it has a load of MOT and a tank of fuel, so what more could you want? Both front and rear arches on the drivers side are bubbling up and it's got a multitude of parking dings, but doesn't look too bad all things considered. 

I'm away on holiday next week but it'll get a proper valet and a better look around it once I'm back, but if anyone is interested, let me know and we'll chat when I return. It'll be cheap.

[reb]

9 minutes ago, WillCarter said:

This turned up yesterday, something that would appeal here? Haven't had a chance to look around it yet but it has a load of MOT and a tank of fuel, so what more could you want? Both front and rear arches on the drivers side are bubbling up and it's got a multitude of parking dings, but doesn't look too bad all things considered. 

I'm away on holiday next week but it'll get a proper valet and a better look around it once I'm back, but if anyone is interested, let me know and we'll chat when I return. It'll be cheap.

If you ignore the face and squint a bit it looks like a squashed V70

[Momentary Lapse Of Reason]

4 hours ago, reb said:

If you ignore take powerful hallucinogenics and squint a bit it looks like a squashed V70

FTFY

[stuboy]

So still in Greece... sent me this adult images....lol

[barefoot]

Amazon couldn't publish my review - 5 simple stars - for a bag of MSG because;

"We could not post your review because it does not meet our guidelines for one or more of these reasons:

    Profanity
    Harassment
    Hate speech
    Sexual content
    Illegal activity
    Private information

Please edit and resubmit your review. Before you do, make sure it meets all of our community guidelines".

[richardmorris]

Bicester on fire..

 

[Split_Pin]

Flat battery on the 75 tonight.  It started fine last week after sitting in the garage for a few weeks and I've been using it all this week with no issues.

I was parked up while my son was at basketball and I fell asleep for a bit. The ignition was on but nothing was running, ventilation nor radio. The battery was almost completely flat after an hour!

I had jump leads and as I wasn't far from home, Mrs_Pin came out so I could jump start it.

The battery is only a couple of years old and a decent Yuasa one - can't understand it!

[Popsicle]

1 hour ago, Split_Pin said:

Flat battery on the 75 tonight.  It started fine last week after sitting in the garage for a few weeks and I've been using it all this week with no issues.

I was parked up while my son was at basketball and I fell asleep for a bit. The ignition was on but nothing was running, ventilation nor radio. The battery was almost completely flat after an hour!

I had jump leads and as I wasn't far from home, Mrs_Pin came out so I could jump start it.

The battery is only a couple of years old and a decent Yuasa one - can't understand it!

Hopefully the battery is still under warranty for you?

[Split_Pin]

4 hours ago, Popsicle said:

Hopefully the battery is still under warranty for you?

I'll need to check that, I'll still have the receipt!

[New POD]

On 13/05/2025 at 14:47, captain_70s said:

A luxury item on a premium car is never going to be cheap...

Yeah, but what about on a Jag? 

[lesapandre]

10 hours ago, barefoot said:

Amazon couldn't publish my review - 5 simple stars - for a bag of MSG because;

"We could not post your review because it does not meet our guidelines for one or more of these reasons:

    Profanity
    Harassment
    Hate speech
    Sexual content
    Illegal activity
    Private information

Please edit and resubmit your review. Before you do, make sure it meets all of our community guidelines".

Haven't they just defined the internet? It consists entirely of:

     Profanity
    Harassment
    Hate speech
    Sexual content
    Illegal activity
    Private information

😂

[cort1977]

After nearly two months of unemployment I have finally found another job.

Relieved about that as there have been more job losses in Aberdeen recently so it was only going to get harder.

[sdkrc]

Congrats @cort1977, awesome news. 

[adw1977]

12 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Bicester on fire..

 

Two firefighters and a member of the public have died in this fire.

[vulgalour]

I am settled in the new place.  Surprise twist; Pat and I got back together and we're giving things another go.  The year apart helped us fix a load of stuff, not least me getting the ME diagnosis so we understand wtf was wrong with me (this was one of the bigger issues that led to the break up, ignorance isn't always bliss) and now we're just restarting from a much healthier place.  I'm still wobbly, I want to do more than I can.  Pat is helping a lot which is sparing me the energy to do things like organise my studio space at a pace I can manage so I'm not having to rest totally and can keep my brain occupied.

Lots of challenges ahead and I do have to be careful for the next few weeks, probably won't be shoving the Lanchester about on my own or anything like that.  In spite of everything, I'm opting to be a stubborn little weed pushing through the concrete of life because I'm not dead yet no matter how many times I've been trodden on.

[Tickman]

That's is great to hear @vulgalour really hope everything settles into something you both want.

[Fumbler]

Yesterday my area experienced the worst hail storm in about 2 decades. Seeing icy golf balls fall from the sky is quite something!

I stashed a few in the freezer. This is what they do to vehicles:

The Ranger's slightly dented up now, as is husband's RAV4. The interior stayed bone dry however, so that's a win I guess. We were lucky. The poor girl who owns the Accord was between insurance policies, hopefully she can still make a claim. I helped clean the glass out but I think the car's destined for the crusher. 

[lesapandre]

46 minutes ago, Fumbler said:

Yesterday my area experienced the worst hail storm in about 2 decades. Seeing icy golf balls fall from the sky is quite something!

I stashed a few in the freezer. This is what they do to vehicles:

The Ranger's slightly dented up now, as is husband's RAV4. The interior stayed bone dry however, so that's a win I guess. We were lucky. The poor girl who owns the Accord was between insurance policies, hopefully she can still make a claim. I helped clean the glass out but I think the car's destined for the crusher. 

You might just - depending on the curvature be able to cut a flexible perspex sheet to make up a convincing medium-term rear light. Once you have a decent fit - if that is possible - two pack adhesive it to the existing window opening in preference to using tape which looks a mess and fails. Should stay in - in the medium term and save $$. 

[Fumbler]

1 hour ago, lesapandre said:

You might just - depending on the curvature be able to cut a flexible perspex sheet to make up a convincing medium-term rear light. Once you have a decent fit - if that is possible - two pack adhesive it to the existing window opening in preference to using tape which looks a mess and fails. Should stay in - in the medium term and save $$. 

She's going to contact her insurer and see what comes of it. Fortunately her room-mate also has a vehicle so she isn't completely immobile. I've told her I'm more than willing to help further clean the car out/bodge a new rear window in. Realistically speaking a perspex window wouldn't be too bad- 3M Windoweld urethane isn't too expensive, neither are large perspex sheets. We'll just see. The underside is pretty rotten.

[lesapandre]

My Landcruiser has a perspex rear light - I made although it is just flat. Good luck with it. Worth a go to get back on the road. 👍🇺🇲

 

[Jazoli]

10 hours ago, Fumbler said:

Yesterday my area experienced the worst hail storm in about 2 decades. Seeing icy golf balls fall from the sky is quite something!

I stashed a few in the freezer. This is what they do to vehicles:

The Ranger's slightly dented up now, as is husband's RAV4. The interior stayed bone dry however, so that's a win I guess. We were lucky. The poor girl who owns the Accord was between insurance policies, hopefully she can still make a claim. I helped clean the glass out but I think the car's destined for the crusher. 

It’s unreal isn’t it, we had it at my mothers house in Spain 11 years ago

destroyed every piece of plastic garden furniture, 200 roof tiles, wrote their Mondeo estate off and loads of other damage, several people working in the fields were badly injured too as they couldn’t find any cover.

[richardmorris]

Station motors Mold, 1976.

[Spottedlaurel]

Went to Arminghall show/autojumble this morning in the LS400 - good turnout and bought a decent amount of useless stuff. Would have been good to take the Laurel, but although the recored radiator has been fitted they're still awaiting suitable heater hoses.

Anyway, I saw this Accord Aerodeck for sale which is giving me impure thoughts......

Always rather liked this model, and it's a 2-litre manual which is nice and straightforward but still has a decent toy count.

Only way I could make it work is if I sell the Carina E, which I hadn't planned on doing as it's just so darn useful and does its job incredibly well:

As here with a 2.2m worktop inside. But then the Aerodeck would do that too. Hmmm........

[Wibble]

15 minutes ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Went to Arminghall show/autojumble this morning in the LS400 - good turnout and bought a decent amount of useless stuff. Would have been good to take the Laurel, but although the recored radiator has been fitted they're still awaiting suitable heater hoses.

Anyway, I saw this Accord Aerodeck for sale which is giving me impure thoughts......

Always rather liked this model, and it's a 2-litre manual which is nice and straightforward but still has a decent toy count.

Only way I could make it work is if I sell the Carina E, which I hadn't planned on doing as it's just so darn useful and does its job incredibly well:

As here with a 2.2m worktop inside. But then the Aerodeck would do that too. Hmmm........

That Aerodeck is lovely!

[Dayno]

18 minutes ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Went to Arminghall show/autojumble this morning in the LS400 - good turnout and bought a decent amount of useless stuff. Would have been good to take the Laurel, but although the recored radiator has been fitted they're still awaiting suitable heater hoses.

Anyway, I saw this Accord Aerodeck for sale which is giving me impure thoughts......

Always rather liked this model, and it's a 2-litre manual which is nice and straightforward but still has a decent toy count.

Only way I could make it work is if I sell the Carina E, which I hadn't planned on doing as it's just so darn useful and does its job incredibly well:

As here with a 2.2m worktop inside. But then the Aerodeck would do that too. Hmmm........

I was quite tempted by that as well, but definitely too many cars atm! 😅

[Lord Sterling]

So the Vectra appears to be lightly fighting me at the moment. Yesterday, I found that the spoiler was starting to come off:

However, some of you may remember that I bought a correctly-coloured tailgate complete with spoiler and tinted glass for £next-to-nowt. It's currently in my lock-up and I'll need to bring fitting it on forward:

I can tiger-seal the spoiler, but it has some bad rust under it so ideally it needs to be replaced so I can fully remove the spoiler and at least work on the tailgate to get it in better condition and act as a spare. 

A few days ago, I decided to tighten the bolt on the check-strap that are located on the inside of the recess of the door, the check strap would 'click' everytime the door was opened. So tightening it made it quieter, however, the noise started to come back a tad. So I tried to tighten it up again and ended shearing the bolt:

Not a biggie (hopefully) its just a case of finding the correct bolt size and nut and getting them back in and tightening up.

In regards to the coolant leak, I have booked it in, as well as investigating the oil leak to determine exactly where it's coming from.

[lesapandre]

5 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Station motors Mold, 1976.

You  an almost feel the desperation.

[Schaefft]

2 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Went to Arminghall show/autojumble this morning in the LS400 - good turnout and bought a decent amount of useless stuff. Would have been good to take the Laurel, but although the recored radiator has been fitted they're still awaiting suitable heater hoses.

Anyway, I saw this Accord Aerodeck for sale which is giving me impure thoughts......

Always rather liked this model, and it's a 2-litre manual which is nice and straightforward but still has a decent toy count.

Only way I could make it work is if I sell the Carina E, which I hadn't planned on doing as it's just so darn useful and does its job incredibly well:

As here with a 2.2m worktop inside. But then the Aerodeck would do that too. Hmmm........

That Accord Estate looks great indeed, just one of those "only car you'd ever need" if you can keep the rust at bay. How much were they asking? I can't remember seeing another one of this generation coming up for sale, only sedans.