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[Alan_Green]

Have the option of this through work,

 

....pas is a little on the heavy side............

 

Are you sure it has PAS?  My 1.4 didn't. Lots of them didn't. It really needed PAS too. Wasn't too slow though.  Probably only worth £395 with a year's ticket. Pity it's not a better colour.

[dollywobbler]

I can't see it having PAS. Friend has a 1.6 with keep fit steering. It survived cambelt tensioner seizure. Had a very shiny belt! That's the most interesting thing about it.

[Craig the Princess]

What would it be worth with a full ticket?

Around £300 I would think. Then £15 tin of nitromors, £10 worth of stickers, £20 roof rack and 69p tin of pinstripe chunks = £ thousands

 

(I would actually be tempted by a non-pineappled one of these)

[r.welfare]

My wife's L reg 1.4 CL definitely had PAS and was a 5 speed. Not a bad old thing and wasn't too slow, got up to 155k before we sold it.

 

£300 with a full ticket feels about right.

[skattrd]

£300 with a full ticket feels about right.

 

So by the time he's bought it, welded it, replaced the knackered parts dealt with the ebay/gumtree mongs is it worth the hassle?

[r.welfare]

Probably not, unless he enjoys putting in the labour.

[spike60]

In case you missed it, Spyker went tits up yesterday in Holland.

I'm not surprised. As couple of years ago at the Le Mans 24 I wandered into the Spyker shop where they had a case with car valeting stuff inside on sale. Reduced to clear from 999 Euros to a bargain 699 Euros. For car polish?

[The Moog]

May be tempted by CRV if you do decide to do it and then flog it.

[Asimo]

Just taxed the MR2 in response to a final reminder from DVLA. Nice of the system to remind me rather than wait and fine me / squash my car.*

Thing is, I'd have sworn I had taxed it immediately on getting the renewal notice. I would never have forgotten with the old disc on the car to remind me!

 

* Do they really crush untaxed cars? If so, why? Surely more revenue would be had by seizing them and auctioning them off into the trade than just weighing them in to be shredded?

[daveb47]

I have banned and deleted getting on for 200 spammers in past few days,mostly russians.

[richardmorris]

sounds like you pulled

 

Ha! She was a fair few years older than me, but not unattractive.

[tooSavvy]

1st of the Xmas jollities..

 

Raging harpie [i 10] giving an appreciation of guy [soft gm900] who had just 'stolen' her parking space.

 

Wish she had got out..... phone at the ready

 

Silverlink car park.... a 'tinderbox' this time of year!

 

 

TS

[dollywobbler]

OMG PANIC SATURDAY!

 

Took the 2CV to Abersywyth to brave the hoardes. Was really nice though. An excellent farmers market, folk we know wandering about and no horrendous queues. Oh, and we get to park with views like that. Nice. 

[HillmanImp]

Whats with the food trough on the front of it?

[dollywobbler]

Eh?

[HillmanImp]

The thing on the front? What's it for?

[skattrd]

The thing on the front? What's it for?

 

To stop too much cold air getting in to the engine in winter, so the engine can get up to temp properly.

BIL has similar (piece of carboard) on his land rover grill/rad in winter.

[dollywobbler]

What thing? The bumper?

[skattrd]

What thing? The bumper?

 

I thought he meant the cover over the grill.

[dave21478]

1st of the Xmas jollities..

 

Raging harpie [i 10] giving an appreciation of guy [soft gm900] who had just 'stolen' her parking space.

 

Wish she had got out..... phone at the ready

 

Silverlink car park.... a 'tinderbox' this time of year!

 

 

TS

 

'tis the season and all that.

I was in the queue at Mcdonalds drive through when a girl came stomping out of the interior, screaming on her phone to someone. She was too far away for me to pick up the gist of the conversation, but she certainly wasnt happy about something and ended the call by slamming her phone into the ground where it burst into bits which all ricocheted across the carpark and stomping off crying.

....peace and goodwill to all etc etc....

[HillmanImp]

What thing? The bumper?

 

The thing thats not normally there, as correctly assumed by Skattrd.

 

To stop too much cold air getting in to the engine in winter, so the engine can get up to temp properly.

BIL has similar (piece of carboard) on his land rover grill/rad in winter.

 

Never seen owt like that before. 

[dollywobbler]

Ah, I got confused as I've never seen a food trough like that...

 

It is the correct muff for a 1960s 2CV (to match the retro-fitted grille) but 2CVs had plastic muffs right up until the end of production in 1990. They are essential to keep the engine warm during winter, which has obvious heater benefits as well as engine health. I took it off for the uphill thrash back home.

[Lankytim]

Sump guard?

[wuvvum]

I went into Norwich this afternoon to pick up a couple of bits.  Wasn't really that much busier than a normal Saturday afternoon to be honest - although the car park at work was rammed (the office is right in the city centre, and we open the car park up to Christmas shoppers on December weekends - all day parking for a £3 donation to the local neo-natal ward, bargain).  I think online shopping is starting to have an effect - I'm sure there were far more crowds out and about in previous years.

[dollywobbler]

Not really, just looks a bit like one. It's an aftermarket bumper by Louis Barbour, who builds 4x4 2CVs. It only protects the front crossmember of the chassis - not far back enough to protect the sump.

 

Forgot to mention that Mrs DW took the 2CV over 199,000 miles last night. I'd better make sure I'm behind the wheel for the BIG one.

[nacho man]

My old man decided to sort of semi retire a few years ago, so bought a canal boat to live on, it didn't really need much work or anything but because the living costs can be a lot cheaper and the purchase price lower, selling his house has meant he only needs to really work part time if he wants to.

 

Anyhow where the boat is moored is a shiters paradise, the place is full of odd bods, characters and sea gypsie type people, so my old man fits in like a dream.

 

This means there is a interesting selection of motors. Take one times hand painted Lorenzo tribute bus.

 

 

This actually belongs to a pretty young new age female and driving this little shoddy mg makes her a at least a 8.5/10

 

 

There are a awful lot of campers as obvs these lot like there homes/boats to be mobile.

 

 

 

This is a cracker shame my phone ballsed it up but you don't see too many berlingo type Romahome jobbies.

 

 

The bloke who owns this has three campers all of a varying degree of roadworthyness.

 

 

 

One for the cars you don't see anymore thread a vento.

 

 

My old man loves living on the boat and has done for a few years it means he can spend his money on motors instead of mortgage payments.

 

 

Not my old mans boat by the way. Vulgalour did him a portrait of it for xmas so I will let him post it if he wants, but I will say it is bleeding amazing. A++ painter wood use again.

 

 

The c43 came back from having its rusty bits sorted, luckily it was solid underneath, four new bridgestones and the tracking sorted means it drives ace now.

[fordperv]

I have banned and deleted getting on for 200 spammers in past few days,mostly russians.

Now Spam them, asking them to send every available rusky shite to us.

[Lord Sterling]

Finally got the Merc back to the garage after the last aborted attempt, job was to have new brake pads fitted and wing fitted on. Brake pads were fitted but the rear ones were not changed as current ones are Ok so I was advised not to have them changed.

 

I ended up changing the wing myself as one of the mechanics left early and another was on holiday. Lots of swearing ensued as the hinges at the bottom of the drivers door had to be undone to get access to the last bolt, I stupidly undid the check strap and had a real war trying to get the bolts for it back in.

 

Omce wing was off, it looked pretty good underneath which is more than can be said for the wing itself, the corrosion on the was worse than could be seen.

 

Had a bit of trouble getting the indicator light back in and then the lense decided to fall off, just like a Rover. In fact apart from the bolts behind the door, the wing set up is very similar to the 800 as are the rust problems.

 

It looks better and the line-up isn't bad for a first timer although it's not too flush with the bonnet topside. Will have to sort this out at some point.

[vulgalour]

Panel fitting is a hateful job on your own.  Sometimes it's not much better with assistance.  Good to read the Merc is getting some love.

 

Xantia booked in for MoT on Monday as it's the earliest we could find anywhere to take it (understandably).  Nobody fix their PSA cars, I'm hoping for a pass.

[The Moog]

It will pass. My central locking has stopped working and the drivers door lock wont even lock with the key so the world is in balance