The Moog Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Can you guess the problem here? Now stuck with car on jacks and no way to get a new one before close of play. Arse biscuits HillmanImp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Shite Balance in action on the Xantia today. FIXED> got the gear linkage fitted> no water is getting into the cabin any more. BROKEN>a more different part of the gear linkage has parted company with itself>the bonnet stay clip has broken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rml2345 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 That's the Vauxhall Mockit away back to Enterprise. The Grangemouth branch is excellent to deal with and I'd recommend them. Not the company, just them.So what of the Vauxhall? It had its ups and downs.Positive;-High driving position.-The actual driving position itself is quite good and the seat has loads of adjustment.-Heated steering wheel (sounds daft but really works).-Interior feel and quality. Pervy, but it's a nice thing to touch.-GR11 heater.-The colour.-Manual selection mode came in handy after all.Negative:-Sounds like a van.-Seats are incredibly hard.-The ride quality is atrocious. I hit a pothole and the noise and jolt made me think I'd had a blowout or a bust wishbone or something.-Looks ridiculous inside and out.-Controls are ridiculously light.-It's too expensive.Overall, I thought it was pants and one to be avoided. Buy an Astra estate or a spacehopper or something instead. Shep Shepherd and Bucketeer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Turns out the gear linkage is at fault, the new one we just fitted, because it's bent and has a weak weld. Back to GSF with that then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordperv Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 replaced my heater radiator in my saph today as i suspected the old one top be leaking, i giggled at ecu village in the passenger footwell Shep Shepherd and Bren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Oh yay, the gear linkage disintegrated on removal. Nice to see parts from GSF haven't changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfour Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Spoke with the seller of the Plymouth this morning and he managed to charge up the battery and get the car to start. He said it's idling really well. So we're all set for collection tomorrow, I was going to hire a trailer but it turns out it's cheaper to call a tow truck as they only charge $45 for local towing. Mrs DF still not talking to me about this. M'coli, HMC, vulgalour and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukas Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 I know that feeling all too well, Lukas. Are you going to replace it with something, or pocket the money it makes for a rainy day? No, I would like to keep only 3 cars, not four. And as I am loving the Pajero L040 so much at the moment , I will be happy with my two Pajeros and the daily-driver. The Leone has become an albatross around my neck (english dictionary says that´s the equivalent for "Klotz am Bein"). Hard to say, but it seems true. My friend (subaru-mechanic + enthusiast) who restored it for me the last 3 years is quite upset now, but it´s just a car, he will have to live with that. Bucketeer, Wackeldackel, M'coli and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 My car trying to live up to Junkman's avatar; I grounded out a few times on a country lane the other day in the A6 when it was fully laden. Quick look in the mirror and what was the undertray is lying mangled in the road. Ive given up trying to straighten it out and re attach it. Will this cost me all of 0.1MPG at 75? Answers on a postcard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Ok so the undertray got knocked off. Says to me you need a sumpguard and some longer springs. CreepingJesus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bub2006 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Definitely something amiss if you can ground it out enough to keep reattaching undertray and ultimately losing it. Shagged shocks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Vag cars seem to always scrape on speed bumps etc dugong 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bub2006 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Thought that was just the pineapple brigade? barrett and HMC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Today I went back to Mahmoud's garage armed with the Merc wing and some money for brake pads change. My car only got seen to last minute as the garage was understaffed and overworked, and once car was seen to, the brake pads were wrong. Mine has sensors. So nothing was changed. Not a problem though, Mahmoud did acknowledge and apologise. I don't mind, at least I did some stuff around the garage, drove a few different cars like a very revvy 56-plate Corrola (where one rear "leather" seat had bits fallen off it) an SLK and a Renault 21 and generally felt a bit more useful. Better than sitting at home any day. Shep Shepherd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Garage came to pick up the BX today. Hopefully get it back in the new year with most of the major woes sorted and a full year's ticket. This leaves me with no fully functional /legal cars and totally broke. So obviously I'm making enquiries into some prime French chod that's a million miles from any ferry with an advert with virtually no details. Angrydicky, dollywobbler, HMC and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreepingJesus Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 That's a pity Lukas, that one was a long time coming. But it'll be better that it's sold, than sitting there feeling unloved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreepingJesus Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Turns out the gear linkage is at fault, the new one we just fitted, because it's bent and has a weak weld. Back to GSF with that then.Even by GSFs standards, that's bad. They usually get to the end of the street. No further, just the end of the street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 took my friends friends car for its mot, neither have a licence at present..unfortunatly failed on hole in back box, wheelbearing and bugger all brakes from n/s/r NorfolkNWeigh, DS20, HillmanImp and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DS20 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 I love Cavaliers - great cars, much nicer to drive than their successor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_Rocket Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 I see you use Oliver's too Stuboy.. best Mot garage EVER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlabamaShrimp Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 ^^^^love that garage above! Nice to see it still as a garage and have working petrol pumps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveb47 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Just done the 1000th Autoshite site backup since i took over running it. Hopefully never needed but there just in case. saucedoctor, Asimo, explosive-cabbage and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moog Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Track rod ends fitted now getting the tracking done. Kwikfit have a funky toy which shows what they are doing on the tracking machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssDeeWon Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Rover 75 Update* Owned this for two weeks now, and I love it. *former Wilko and PBK Rover 75 Connie V6 The first job was to get it cleaned up, then ditch the 17" Meteor alloys for the standard 15" Crown alloys, it rides much better on the 15's and looks better IMHO Sorry for the not great pics, but its a nightmare for photographing outside today given the strong low sunlight. Here is the 75 parked outside the local golf club Slightly better light The interior is more or less spotless Now vanity aside, another really important thing to check on these is the plenum drains, not much sign of debris but they did need some unblocking to be on the safe side using a pipe bending spring. The black box at the bottom of the picture is the ECU, so imagine what happens if the plenum drains get blocked and the plenum chamber starts filling up with rain water! Ouch. But this one was fine I am pleased to report All in all a lovely car. RobT, Shep Shepherd, Wackeldackel and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 ^Looks great! EssDeeWon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 You've left your foglights on. skattrd, Twiggy and richardmorris 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Currently sat at the side of probably the busiest roundabout in town in my Vectra, which has just 'done a Vectra' and stopped working. HillmanImp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Currently sat at the side of probably the busiest roundabout in town in my Vectra, which has just 'done a Vectra' and stopped working. And I think we all know why that is don't we children. Its because all Vauxhalls ï shit. myglaren, catsinthewelder, richardmorris and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssDeeWon Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Currently sat at the side of probably the busiest roundabout in town in my Vectra, which has just 'done a Vectra' and stopped working. Must be something in the air today.... I saw an 06 reg Zafira broken down on a roundabout earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigmund Fraud Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 DIY precision* machining imminent... dugong and M'coli 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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