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[vulgalour]

Since I was reminded of it today, I'm passing it on to all of you: Baby oil removes underseal from shoes, clothes, and skin.

I don't know why it works, it just does.

[richardmorris]

13 minutes ago, vulgalour said:

Since I was reminded of it today, I'm passing it on to all of you: Baby oil removes underseal from shoes, clothes, and skin.

I don't know why it works, it just does.

It’s also pretty good for polishing stainless steel.

[The Vicar]

23 hours ago, 4wheeledstool said:

After much welding, fettling, priming, rubbing and painting, the front end of this 15 is ready to go back to its owner.

looks a bit smarter than when it arrived.

Some of the car AIDS.

Everything had to come off.

Paper thin bits needed replacement steel.

Last pic refuses to lie the right way up.

Wow…and when I took the wing off this I thought to myself “jeez, that’s not too bad” ! 😭

[lesapandre]

As a regular traveller, but not there this weekend, traditional Bank Holiday mayhem at Dover Port. Not great in the temperatures atm. A lot of folk travel unprepared for a wait alas.

One to avoid if you can:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cvgz43lwvd9t

[Remspoor]

6 hours ago, lesapandre said:

As a regular traveller, but not there this weekend, traditional Bank Holiday mayhem at Dover Port. Not great in the temperatures atm. A lot of folk travel unprepared for a wait alas.

One to avoid if you can:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cvgz43lwvd9t

Shit is the same at a number of  airports too.

https://www.thespanisheye.com/2026/05/23/brits-warned-of-airport-delays-in-spain-this-weekend-after-reports-of-total-carnage-in-malaga-and-menorca-at-peak-times/

 

 

[chadders]

1 minute ago, Remspoor said:

Shit is the same at a number of  airports too.

https://www.thespanisheye.com/2026/05/23/brits-warned-of-airport-delays-in-spain-this-weekend-after-reports-of-total-carnage-in-malaga-and-menorca-at-peak-times/

 

 

We've got this to come on Wednesday in Ljubljana.

[RoverFolkUs]

The Xsara Picasso decided to FTP for the first time in the 4 years I've had it. The crankshaft position sensor seems to have taken exception to this hot weather. After cooling down a bit it did make it home, but it doesn't like restarting when hot. Only £26 for a new sensor, cheap enough for me to parts cannon. Not bad

[Yoss]

27 minutes ago, chadders said:

We've got this to come on Wednesday in Ljubljana.

I had to do all this when flying out of Prague last year and it all worked perfectly with no delays and took no longer than normal passport checks. I can see how it's causing chaos at Dover if you all have to get out of your cars and traipse over to some other place to do it but I don't see why an airport should be any worse than normal. 

Which doesn't mean it won't be but it shouldn't be. I'm sure those Slovenians are a sensible bunch of lads. 

[chadders]

The ones I know are.

[Dyslexic Viking]

Summer evenings with little traffic and nice weather are the perfect time to take a drive which I did today.

[Joey spud]

I purchased another display case for my old model car collection that has been packed away since a house move in 2002 for a modest £20 earlier.

I was 35 when I last had this motley collection on show.  Depressingly i'll be 60 next year...

[Joey spud]

The Singer Chamois bothering continues with new cylinders for the back brakes and a flush through the pipework with fresh fluid. With handbrake cable slackened right off and the shoes adjusted before resetting the cable again I have ended up with a decent pedal well until I disturb the front brakes anyway.

Both cylinders already on the car were semi seized and causing the brakes to drag.

The budget doesn't stretch to new shoes but to be fair when you only do a 1000 miles a year they're not going to wear out anytime soon.

My cheap vacuum bleeder made pulling fresh fluid through dead easy with no fear of flipping the seals in the master cylinder with constant pumping up and down.

A new vacuum advance unit has been fitted hopefully it will improve the cars modest performance.

The front is up in the air now as it's having new cylinders and a fluid flush/bleed/adjust along with new track rods,rack mounts and front shock absorbers. Actually there's some upgraded nylon lower arm bushes here too for it.

I have never paid these cars much attention before but to be fair when they came out they were really ahead of the game I reckon. 

 

[lesapandre]

Unfair VAT on EV charging. Seems a bit crazy if the switch from ICE is to be encouraged:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/24/treasury-block-vat-cut-public-ev-charging-department-transport-dft

[lesapandre]

10 hours ago, Joey spud said:

The Singer Chamois bothering continues with new cylinders for the back brakes and a flush through the pipework with fresh fluid. With handbrake cable slackened right off and the shoes adjusted before resetting the cable again I have ended up with a decent pedal well until I disturb the front brakes anyway.

Both cylinders already on the car were semi seized and causing the brakes to drag.

The budget doesn't stretch to new shoes but to be fair when you only do a 1000 miles a year they're not going to wear out anytime soon.

My cheap vacuum bleeder made pulling fresh fluid through dead easy with no fear of flipping the seals in the master cylinder with constant pumping up and down.

A new vacuum advance unit has been fitted hopefully it will improve the cars modest performance.

The front is up in the air now as it's having new cylinders and a fluid flush/bleed/adjust along with new track rods,rack mounts and front shock absorbers. Actually there's some upgraded nylon lower arm bushes here too for it.

I have never paid these cars much attention before but to be fair when they came out they were really ahead of the game I reckon. 

 

They were great cars the Imp - cruelly starved of  development in the Rootes/Chrysler mash-up. Had so much more potential.

Here's one currently for sale in Sunbeam Stiletto flavour:

https://ebay.us/m/D0scaB

And Singer Chamois Coupe flavour:

https://ebay.us/m/dex4Sq

[paulplom]

On 22/05/2026 at 15:48, Popsicle said:

D minus 3k and counting.....

It also got rather warm on the M42.

Allowing for a minimum of 5% speedometer over reading I reckon you've got another 28k to do before reaching a genuine 500k.

[richardmorris]

Spotted near my sister’s home in Appleton yesterday. Early Renault 4 and a lancia fulvia parked on the road outside a house. There used to be a Volvo Amazon nearby too.

[dozeydustman]

Scénic is booked for air con regas tomorrow. It was weak last summer and non-existent now.

[Joey spud]

I had plans to go to the local 'cos they have a covers band on this afternoon but instead I pulled some more bits off the shammy.

It was all going well until one of the bottom arm to body bolts decided to be seized in its mounting bush meaning the rack had to come out so I could access a couple of hidden bolts and drop the mounting bracket as well 

But on the bench some heat was applied and everything was good again.

Coil overs are going back on along with Fiesta based track rods.

Although the weather app says it's going to be 33c tomorrow.

[stuboy]

On 22/05/2026 at 16:04, Lord Sterling said:

I'd like my fucking key to work. It can't be that hard/expensive  surely. 

i found a spare remote with the service paperwork, and thought yaay finally i can be posh... new battery.. much excitment,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, and much like my carnal actions.................. nothing................ bugger

[stuboy]

On 22/05/2026 at 17:44, Asimo said:

They have to pay all of those showroom bimbos and hipsters

and all the warranty claims of much brokendowness

[davehedgehog31]

Good day for a convertible!

[Popsicle]

So much for a nice relaxing bank holiday weekend, D minus 2k and counting.....

[High Jetter]

Time for a countdown?

[Popsicle]

10 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Time for a countdown?

I've been counting down since 490k and feeling like I'm spamming the news thread!

[High Jetter]

Just now, Popsicle said:

I've been counting down since 490k and feeling like I'm spamming the news thread!

I'd say you can spamalot, with Europe as your background!

[Popsicle]

9 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

I'd say you can spamalot, with Europe as your background!

Other than a job delivering a mattress to Gareth Bales gaff near Madrid a few years ago, I tend to politely decline foreign jobs these days, the British Isles are enough for me to cope with.

[auntiemaryscanary]

6 hours ago, Popsicle said:

I've been counting down since 490k and feeling like I'm spamming the news thread!

Nah, don't worry about it. Can @Popsicle and the Caddy clock up 2k in 6 calendar days?? Stay tuned for further updates...

[richardmorris]

Just got the x19 out. But there's evidence of a fair sized puddle on the garage floor. and wet rust at the end of this pipe. X experts please. What's the pipe? 

[andy18s]

9 hours ago, Popsicle said:

Other than a job delivering a mattress to Gareth Bales gaff near Madrid a few years ago, I tend to politely decline foreign jobs these days, the British Isles are enough for me to cope with.

Do you get asked often? 

[richardmorris]

Think it’s this.