The new news 24 thread

[lesapandre]

On 14/12/2025 at 20:09, stuboy said:

The missus is considering a house swap and potential 3.. I said let's just go do a drive by ad hoc just to see the areas are like 50 mile drive round some tiny roads and ended up heading home past my favourite pub, no i didn't stop for a drink but spotted a real nice 90s classic and some alternate reality shite.. and a red VW..  thought I share ..and some crappy mondeo...lol

Those raised exhausts look very injudiciously located. Very easy burn someone on start-up.  

We are not so evolved from monkeys 😂

[Popsicle]

15 hours ago, comfortablynumb said:

Just a thought @Popsicle, obviously you're not using your brakes much, and I know you do mega runs with the caddy.

Do you think the fact that you're not constantly on the brakes like some drivers, or doing stop start runs, is contributing to the calipers seizing?

Not much you can do about it, even if it's true 😕

 

I dunno, it's one of lifes mysteries that I've not overly thought about. I am a fairly sedate driver 99% of the time, having a 104bhp van that corners like a blancmange kinda makes you that way. 

I tend to have a short blast of using the rev range/braking late once every week or two to keep things from seizing/clear the soot out.

[lesapandre]

Speed camera issues:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70rk80p9eqo

Buried in the article is something much more interesting -  6 million activations of speed cameras on motorways since 2021. 😳 

[wesacosa]

Rustival date announced and tickets on sale

 

[stuboy]

You think the pollen / cabin filter needed changing. . It was surprising weighty...

 

Dunno how old it was..

[junkyarddog]

This antiquated shitbox has been deemed roadworthy for the next two years.

Wasn't all plain sailing though.

Failed the first time on rear brake imbalance. 

New rear shoes fitted.

Old ones,clearly passed their best,had started  delaminating.

Next was the main suspect,Rear load sensing valve.

Ooh shiny....and expensive. 

Get in!!!

Whew.

First tester was quite complimentary about the old girl,especially the smoke test,said it runs really clean.

Happy with that.😁

 

[stuboy]

You all know me .. adding tacky and pointless tat.. hows about a stonechip thing for the bonnet.. cheap fixings ..crap brackets...  

[lesapandre]

ICE ban - BBC:

"EU waters down plans to end new petrol and diesel car sales by 2035"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crk78y7k8ezo

[richardmorris]

29 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

ICE ban - BBC:

"EU waters down plans to end new petrol and diesel car sales by 2035"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crk78y7k8ezo

I don’t think it matters, car manufacturers will already be geared up to ev. 

[Schaefft]

1 minute ago, richardmorris said:

I don’t think it matters, car manufacturers will already be geared up to ev. 

I think it very much will as the world isn't just Europe. It means ICE models produced for other markets, which will mostly be on the high end of the price spectrum, are still obtainable by people who want to afford them. It was always absolutely pointless to entirely ban ice vehicles full stop when manufacturers who built their image on their heritage, like Ferrari and Porsche, would be locked out of their own home market to a significant degree. Almost 7 out of 10 members of the public who were recently asked about their opinion on this in Germany agreed, which just once again proved how much out of touch politicians were a few years ago when this was decided, including the German government coalition between SPD, FDP and the green party. Guess who paid the price for that at the last elections.

Change is necessary but banning technology just for the sake of it isn't going down well with people.

[richardmorris]

But the high end Aston/ Ferrari and low volume morgan etc were just going to add the 25k tax per vehicle for not obeying on to their sales price.

[Schaefft]

54 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

But the high end Aston/ Ferrari and low volume morgan etc were just going to add the 25k tax per vehicle for not obeying on to their sales price.

I'm not aware of any loop holes that would have allowed any of them to sell anything non-electric before today's news.

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, Schaefft said:

I'm not aware of any loop holes that would have allowed any of them to sell anything non-electric before today's news.

I’m sure they could come up with something as their lawyers will be earning a lot more than their engineers.

[IronStar]

Oh Serbian DVLA equivalent, why is it so hard for you to make models make any sense in our official documents? 

Both cars are Alfa 155 1.8 Twin Sparks. 

What the fuck, and how did you manage to mess it up this badly? Sincerely, everyone.

 

[stuboy]

When too change headlight bulbs and looked and thought h7... easy i have some...

 

 

Nope there h1 ffs..

[stuboy]

Hot date booked for tomorrow.. gonna make sure i take a rubber...

Tried to carefully remove the spare wheel cover to find the zips are seized so with my mighty mouse strength I ripped the fabric off, to be greeted by a saggy flat tyre, was gonna get it repaired but after see 3 holes.. few slices... I thought best go get a new one.. which is booked for tomorrow...

 

More money and too think was gonna put my private plate on the hondurex

[Hawkeyethenoo]

Breaking News. Subaru Brataroo 9500 Turbo drives on water and at the Bathhurst, awesome! 

 

[andy18s]

6 hours ago, IronStar said:

Oh Serbian DVLA equivalent, why is it so hard for you to make models make any sense in our official documents? 

Both cars are Alfa 155 1.8 Twin Sparks. 

What the fuck, and how did you manage to mess it up this badly? Sincerely, everyone.

 

Bulgaria are now considering doing away with having to spend a few uncomfortable hours sitting in a Notary office whenever a vehicle is bought or sold.  

[IronStar]

14 minutes ago, andy18s said:

Bulgaria are now considering doing away with having to spend a few uncomfortable hours sitting in a Notary office whenever a vehicle is bought or sold.  

So judging by how far behind we are, I expect we do away with it by 2060 at the soonest. 
At least it’s fairly fast, in and out job here. 

Do you also pay sales tax every time a car changes hands? 

[andy18s]

Yes,and the Notary fees are currently worked out as percentage of the value ...which they set themselves 😁 

Tbh now the Bg government have twigged just how much of a cash cow the car driver is,a lot more separate departments are being absorbed into 1 big mashup 

[Brigsy]

I needed a custom turbo oil feed making up for my new turbo setup, so popped down Global Hydraulics today (formerly northern hose and hydraulics).

Excellent service as usual, £35 made in ten mins whilst waiting. Recommended if needing custom hoses in Teesside area. 

-4an one end (7/16jic??) with bsp to metric adaptor at the other end. The oem had a metric banjo made of unobtanium so this should be the solution.

[comfortablynumb]

10 hours ago, Brigsy said:

I needed a custom turbo oil feed making up for my new turbo setup, so popped down Global Hydraulics today (formerly northern hose and hydraulics).

Excellent service as usual, £35 made in ten mins whilst waiting. Recommended if needing custom hoses in Teesside area. 

-4an one end (7/16jic??) with bsp to metric adaptor at the other end. The oem had a metric banjo made of unobtanium so this should be the solution.

Like that, sort of thing I need for my VNT installation for my 200tdi.

Shame I'm in Norfolk 😕

[cort1977]

1 hour ago, comfortablynumb said:

Like that, sort of thing I need for my VNT installation for my 200tdi.

Shame I'm in Norfolk 😕

Years ago when clutch hoses for Mk 2 Cortinas were unobtainable (or i couldn't find them) I got a similar hose made up at a hydraulics place. There's a fair few companies that can make them, they're just not in the automotive market so you have to track them down a bit. Pirtek were the lot I used.

[richardmorris]

On 16/12/2025 at 22:46, Schaefft said:

I'm not aware of any loop holes that would have allowed any of them to sell anything non-electric before today's news.

Not a loophole really, just a fine for each car sold. 

[andy18s]

3 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Not a loophole really, just a fine for each car sold. 

Iirc companies could buy unused Carbon Credits from others,and use them to cover the lack of ev's offered by themselves.

I know Tesla made a good few billion selling off unused credits.

[Mat.T]

We have a Carmargue in at work, the marmite of Rolls-Royce's!

[EyesWeldedShut]

6 minutes ago, Mat.T said:

Carmargue

Rocking horse poo too?
I remember them being lauded and bitched about when they first got launched - I've never, ever see one in the flesh (and if you did, then you'd remember) - are the twin (Lucas?) underslung rear foglights factory fitted for the UK market ? Proper quality like....

 

[stuboy]

On 17/12/2025 at 15:03, stuboy said:

Hot date booked for tomorrow.. gonna make sure i take a rubber...

Tried to carefully remove the spare wheel cover to find the zips are seized so with my mighty mouse strength I ripped the fabric off, to be greeted by a saggy flat tyre, was gonna get it repaired but after see 3 holes.. few slices... I thought best go get a new one.. which is booked for tomorrow...

 

More money and too think was gonna put my private plate on the hondurex

£110 later...

[Schaefft]

6 hours ago, andy18s said:

Iirc companies could buy unused Carbon Credits from others,and use them to cover the lack of ev's offered by themselves.

I know Tesla made a good few billion selling off unused credits.

 

10 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Not a loophole really, just a fine for each car sold. 

That's the situation now where manufacturers need to meet fleet CO2 standards or risk heavy fines. EV-only manufacturers can sell credits to other manufacturers to balance out their numbers. However as far as I understand the ban in 2035 was a ban, not a reduction of emissions to 100% (which indeed wouldn't mean that they have to stop selling ICE cars).

[Mat.T]

21 minutes ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

Rocking horse poo too?
I remember them being lauded and bitched about when they first got launched - I've never, ever see one in the flesh (and if you did, then you'd remember) - are the twin (Lucas?) underslung rear foglights factory fitted for the UK market ? Proper quality like....

 

Definitely Rocking horse poo, about 530 made most are left hand drive. I've been fixing RR's for 15 years and only worked on 2.

I think the rear fogs are Bosch (Lucas on the front!) standard fit.