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[EssDeeWon]

Autoshite swappage deal pending.

 

When:  Sunday morning

Where:  Somewhere in the Essex countryside

Involves:  A British V6 and a German coupe

[320touring]

Autoshite doggage deal pending.

 

When: Sunday morning

Where: The Essex countryside

Involves: A British V6 and a German coupe

EFA

[EssDeeWon]

^^I just knew someone would do that!

[purplebargeken]

Soooooooo predictable.

[vulgalour]

I think we found a cure to insomnia in three words:

 

Silver Diesel Yaris

[320touring]

I'd hate to dissapoint

[Bren]

Autoshite swappage deal pending.

 

When:  Sunday morning

Where:  The Essex countryside

Involves:  A British V6 and a German coupe

I saw "essex" "V6" and "coupe" and assumed you were getting a granada.

 

Apologies.

[Bren]

Going into the garage to try and bodge/ improvise the battery leads on the SD1.

 

I have a battery from my vectra, and one from the fiesta.

 

Either way one of them will be used, even it involves a heath - robinson repair to the wiring the likes of which has not been seen since the towering inferno.

[AlabamaShrimp]

Picked up the suzuki today (no collection thread I forget to take pics and it wasn't far away) it drives amazing!

 

Everything and I mean everything is worn out or broken. The exhaust sounds like a tank (a lot louder than I thought yesterday) it has no breaks or back suspension.

Clutch, although low, is far too light and feels wrong and it's steering makes it very skittish.

 

For a 1000 engine it's goes like a bastard (much faster than the fiesta) and has really nice seats.

 

All in all its very Japanese, smells bad and needs loads of work. If I didn't already have too many fiestas I'd keep it

[dollywobbler]

Somehow, yesterday's quick tinkering session on the XM turned into an 11-hour epic. No big jobs, just an awful lot of small welding repairs. I'm exhausted. Full details later.

[vulgalour]

DW+Citroen=welding

 

FAKT

[dollywobbler]

Too true. It was certainly Black Friday for me and Pete by the time we were finished. Covered in crap from the underside of the XM and underseal. Lovely.

[Lacquer Peel]

They did a diesel Yaris? You live and learn.

 

The same engine was fitted to early BINI diesels. Are Toyota any good at diesels? The ones I've tried have been a bit shit.

[Luckythirteen]

The current Aygo diesel, sounds and feels like a cement mixer, I can tell you. Goes like one too.

 

There's still plenty of unbreakable old Hiluxes going about, I doubt the new ones will last as long.

[Richard]

There's an Aygo diesel? Is it a 3 pot?

 

One of my colleagues made the news last night, as the driver of the white Transit van and, I think, the man who was taken to hospital. http://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/news/local/man-in-hospital-after-four-vehicle-crash-on-a90-1.709136He ran into the back of a queue at what must have been quite a speed as he took out another three cars. I've always wondered how the bulkheads on these vans would cope with half a tonne's worth of 20kg weights wanting to come through- adequately it seems.

[dollywobbler]

Thought the Aygo diesel was PSA-based. Certainly with the first generation, Toyota did the petrol, PSA the diesel.

[RobT]

I gave the Corsa a thorough clean today as it was manky, did the door shuts and interior glass but it could also do with a hoover session. I'll chuck it on bumtree once the V5 arrives, hopefully later this week, and try for £295. However, in the unlikely event an autoshiter wants one of these cross my palm with £180 (the price I paid) and save me from the mouth breathers!

 

The Poundland trims ruin it a bit but are in keeping with the general mingebaggeryness of the thing.

 

[skattrd]

I wouldn't be surprised if that C*rsa ended up in Chester.

[mat_the_cat]

Washed the BX today to clean off all the salt and grime, as it'll be off the road until next year now Looks quite smart when it's still wet!

 

[fordperv]

I am currently waiting for a shiter to come and pick me up as I'm assisting in a Sunday morning collection

[theorganist]

I own two old cars and I always intend having both running so I have a 50% chance of having a working vehicle! As the Princess's electrics keep doing Lucasy things and breaking down (I currently have no brake lights, reversing lights or wipers and washers) and the headlights work when they feel like it,  I am going to press ahead and get the Horizon mot'd this week as well as trying to get the Princess electrics fixed!

[EssDeeWon]

Been to collect the 75 from PBK (aka Ken) this morning, here is a pez station shot, I am sure the first of many pit stops.

 

The 17" Meteor alloys will be coming off asap and replaced with 15" crown alloys.

 

I wanted one of these when they first came out so this is a long overdue itch.

 

 

Was a pleasure meeting PBK, a gent to do business with.

[Daniel R25]

Hi,
instead of taking old shite to the bridge I buy new stuff:

A dead Renault 25 V6 turbo:




That leaves me with an accident damaged Laguna, my everyday Laguna, a very good R25 V6T and a Renault 30 td. I have to get a life.

Daniel

 

[burraston2006]

Hi,

instead of taking old shite to the bridge I buy new stuff:

 

A dead Renault 25 V6 turbo:

 

 

That leaves me with an accident damaged Laguna, my everyday Laguna, a very good R25 V6T and a Renault 30 td. I have to get a life.

 

Daniel

 

 

Why?! I see no problem with the life you've got!

[Sigmund Fraud]

That leaves me with an accident damaged Laguna, my everyday Laguna, a very good R25 V6T and a Renault 30 td. I have to get more old Renaults.

 

EFA

[skattrd]

....

That leaves me with an accident damaged Laguna, my everyday Laguna, a very good R25 V6T and a Renault 30 td. I have to get a life.

 

You sir are a winner.

[Daniel R25]

Maybe I should have taken over my uncle's Renault dealership that he closed down this year....

daniel

[Noel Tidybeard]

Been to collect the 75 from PBK (aka Ken) this morning, here is a pez station shot, I am sure the first of many pit stops.

 

The 17" Meteor alloys will be coming off asap and replaced with 15" crown alloys.

 

I wanted one of these when they first came out so this is a long overdue itch.

 

 

Was a pleasure meeting PBK, a gent to do business with.

those meteor wheels haz much niceness

[phil_lihp]

THE 940 LIVES.

 

£16 for a new fuel pump relay from GSF and all is now well again.  Volvo dealer wanted £41!

[Sigmund Fraud]

Volvo 700/900 owners must carry a spare fuel pump relay with them AT ALL TIMES. It's pretty much the only thing which can make a boxy Volvo fail to proceed.