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[Tommyboy12]

On 22/10/2025 at 08:27, comfortablynumb said:

@Tommyboy12 and @sharley17194 to the beige phone!

Next adventure? 😁

Not sure @sharley17194 could forgive me if I suggest another 3 wheel adventure!

Were currently in the process of acquiring pre-war for a euro road trip next year....

[beko1987]

This woke me up this morning 😂 Someone's Nan had a meltdown on the handy cross roundabout

I let her turn round into the right direction a few seconds after this still from my dashcam. 

3 minutes earlier the lights would have been on a different phase and I'd be bombing round that bit to catch those lights on amber 😬

[hairnet]

hope you reported that

[reb]

This morning while waiting for the bus I saw a white 206 with unpainted bumpers, it was on a T reg which is the earliest one I've seen. It looked well looked after, in a better state than a lot of the 10 year old stuff around here.

[beko1987]

25 minutes ago, hairnet said:

hope you reported that

Nah, nothing bad happened...

If it was 3 minutes earlier with the lights on a different setting which gives the m40 priority if have been bombing round there and probably punched her car back onto the m40... Then I'd have reported it 🤷 (and the dashcam footage would be handy then)

[andy18s]

Oof..

[Split_Pin]

Well the 75 has been rather ungrateful...

It's making a horrendous noise over 30mph, I really hope its not 4th gear or something. The spare thats on it is from 2010 and rolling the wrong way so I'll get the good tyre swapped onto this rim tomorrow. Hoping its just that but the noise does stop as soon as my speed drops below 30, which is right when the box changes between 3rd and 4th.....

Also a drain hole in the chassis rail now identifies as a (slightly larger) rust hole 😂 looked OK until I poked at it. At least its on a flat area so I can make a patch. Hit it with some schootz just now until I can be arsed.

Does look really nice after a wash now though!

[Lord Sterling]

The (orl) Vauxhall(s r shite) is back with new rear discs and a handbrake that actually holds the car properly. Steering wheel is slightly on the piss but that can be sorted with some tracking.

Jag XJ needs an MoT and the S-Type just needs petrol. Both of which will have to wait as my bank account has been absolutely pulverised this last month.

[Split_Pin]

Swapped the tyres over on the 75 so now has a good tyre (back to a matching set of 4) and good rim on the NSF (£15, very reasonable IMO) but the vibration persists, its really bad, even the door pins rattle above 40mph. It almost certainly feels like a tyre but I'm unclear which one. I do know that the tyre Ive put back on went flat for a bit, possibly a flat spot that will iron out with use? They are all less than a year old so Id have thought they be malleable.

Good news is the flapping noise has gone. There was a small triangular section of undertray at the OS corner which was loose but flapping up the way at 30mph. 2 cable ties and no more of that noise and I also don't need to worry about the gearbox!

Ive put it away for now as the battery is very weak and needs replaced and I think its going to need tyres too. Perhaps a set of reasonably priced Starspokes will come up nearby.

[wesacosa]

Now in Zagreb, no communism museum but a very random 80s retro musem with yet another Zastava and Tomos moped 

as per the Dubrovnik one the rest of the museum was in the style of an 80s Yugoslavian home with period tat scattered around 

This one also had the rather unusual addition of laminated cards and magazines with full on hard core pornography dotted around . It also has a rather strange website where the first into paragraph has a link to some spyware to track your Mrs if you think she's having it away with some Slavic hunk 

delightfully bonkers 

https://www.zagreb80.com/

 

[SRi05]

MOT pass for this little beastie today, couple of advisories for tyres but was planning on replacing them anyway before the proper winter. 

Been a good buy this, but I'm tempted to replace it with something with a bigger engine and two pedals having sold the CRV last week. Despite the R DESIGN frock it's wearing it's a bit gutless being the 1.6. We shall see 

[Hawkeyethenoo]

[Datsuncog]

On 21/10/2025 at 23:28, RoverFolkUs said:

surely holey sills aren't going to "adversely affect braking or steering" 

Depends just how holey, I guess...

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, Datsuncog said:

Depends just how holey, I guess...

XJ6Crumbly?

[Fumbler]

"Changing axle shaft bearings and seals" quickly turns into "changing axle shafts, bearings, seals and rear brakes"...

I hate drum brakes.

[richardmorris]

Come down to Blackbushe this morning...

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[Royale80]

On 24/10/2025 at 12:11, Split_Pin said:

Swapped the tyres over on the 75 so now has a good tyre (back to a matching set of 4) and good rim on the NSF (£15, very reasonable IMO) but the vibration persists, its really bad, even the door pins rattle above 40mph. It almost certainly feels like a tyre but I'm unclear which one. I do know that the tyre Ive put back on went flat for a bit, possibly a flat spot that will iron out with use? They are all less than a year old so Id have thought they be malleable.

Good news is the flapping noise has gone. There was a small triangular section of undertray at the OS corner which was loose but flapping up the way at 30mph. 2 cable ties and no more of that noise and I also don't need to worry about the gearbox!

Ive put it away for now as the battery is very weak and needs replaced and I think its going to need tyres too. Perhaps a set of reasonably priced Starspokes will come up nearby.

Not an engine mounting is it? Theres a hydraulic (hydramount?) that fails.

[stuboy]

Missus was looking for another bike for the noy and friend of her dads said he's got a bike for free... turns out its from defunct system from london