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[tooSavvy]

Splashed half of my Xmas Amazon GiftCard on a 'speed sensor', for the JB1 Gbox in MrSavvy.

 

 

£9.99 delivered and not coming direct from China.

 

My speedometer has been going 'awol' for some months.... it makes the engine extremely 'jittery/juddery', on low throttle, when it drops to 0....

 

after 2 mins it just shoots back up and normal services resume 

 

 

We will see......

 

TS

 

* spent some more on this (for 'wont shift' jobs)... @£7

 

[Fat_Pirate]

Trigger, your enthusiastic Merc admirer sounds well dodgy. I suspect he'll turn out to be 'too busy' to visit, so will want to pay with Paypal and get his 'courier' to collect...

[bub2006]

I think he will be buying it as a surprise gift for his father but he is on a oil rig or in a submarine

[dollywobbler]

Sorry, I know you've been waiting all day to catch sight of my magnificent new 'driving' gloves. Here we go!

 

Cheaper than fitting a new, thicker steering wheel in a bid to stop 2CV driving from making my fingers hurt.

[bub2006]

I have some driving gloves. Beige/cream string mesh on back, brown leather on the palms.brilliant for driving to work which is 3 mile away at 7am when it's minus 4 outside and heaters don't kick in! God knows how old they are but they where my mum's and she passed away when I was 8 and that's nigh on 20 years back. Will get a pic to compare.

[R9UKE]

I bought a french registered 306 at auction on Tuesday for £150. Wtf am I guna do with it?

 

 

 

[hairnet]

omg luke is alive

 

how knackered is it are ya able to mot it?

 

what flavour is it

[R9UKE]

Apologies, having my first full time job and a very full time woman to please takes up a lot of time these days :/

 

It's a 1.4 XN that boasts special features like a clock and intermittent wipers. 250k kilometres on the clock. But it drives very sweet with no typical peugeot creaks or knocks. I know that because the tight french fucks kept the radio so there's F.A else to listen to.

[steve_earwig]

How long do you reckon you could drive it about on French plates for before anyone checked?

 

I know, I know, but I've been seeing the same UK-plated orange smiley Transit floating about here for 10 years+. And it's LHD.

[dugong]

Balls. I'm gonna put the Charade on RR over the weekend.

[R9UKE]

Well I've had the Safrane on ROI plates since October 13....

[spike60]

. I know that because the tight french fucks kept the radio so there's F.A else to listen to.

Could be worse, could have left a radio in that only played French stations.

[AnthonyG]

What a turkey. Who is gonna spend £800 on a pair of Allegro wings? The best-restored allegro in the entire world is probably only worth about £4000.

Funnily enough that's right on the money: http://classiccars.brightwells.com/viewdetails.php?id=4906

 

Hammer price for a 1980 Aggro Equipe, recently subject to a £10k restoration: £3,600. With 10% buyer premium and VAT on that you're looking at a smidgen over £4k.

 

Oh, and £20 for the catalogue to get you into the room where you can actually try and buy the thing.

[andy18s]

Balls. I'm gonna put the Charade on RR over the weekend.

really?

you willing to inflict it to a life of being made to drag its ass on the floor,with wicked stretch tyres ftw nailed to it and half the bonnet being rustikified ?

you car,your choice ect lol

[Anglevan]

Looks like Allegros are clearly more desirable than Marinas as I've just picked up a pair of new wings for my Marina £140 the pair. Paid £200 for the car, doubt it will add a nought to the purchase price by fitting em !

[skattrd]

Not really big news, but it's news for me ... for the first time ever there is a car in the garage I had built next to my house 7 years ago.

I cannot get to anything else in the garage, and I had to climb out of the passenger seat, but there is a car in the garage.

[dollywobbler]

Also tiny news. While my 2CV may be hopelessly rotten, the lack of a working boot lock was annoying me. A few minutes work achieved this.

 

There really is a joy to working on simple cars. As you may spot, the 'key' piece has snapped. Raided my parts stash, dismantled another lock, dry-lubed everything and reassembled. Sorted. 

[cms206]

Yaaaaay!

 

 

ARSES

 

[320touring]

This is how we roll!

 

SCHUTTT IT YOU SCHLAAAAAAG!

[r.welfare]

Now it makes sense. Is it one for each of you or is one a spares/donor for the other?

[dugong]

really?

you willing to inflict it to a life of being made to drag its ass on the floor,with wicked stretch tyres ftw nailed to it and half the bonnet being rustikified ?

you car,your choice ect lol

Do you see any buyers round here?

 

All well and good-but elevated sensibilities ain't paying my bills. 

[MrDuke]

I'LL PAY YOU £11500 TO SEND IT ROUND THE OVAL RATHER THAN LETTING THOSE RR ****S GET THEIR JDM SCENE HANDS ON IT!!!111!!!1!

 

glwts though, srsly.

[dugong]

I'LL PAY YOU £11500 TO SEND IT ROUND THE OVAL RATHER THAN LETTING THOSE RR ****S GET THEIR JDM SCENE HANDS ON IT!!!111!!!1!

 

glwts though, srsly.

 

Wish that were the case. 

 

Buying the car gives folk the right to have a say in its future. 

 

If you can't buy it, don't complain. Sorry, Autoshite. 

[320touring]

Now it makes sense. Is it one for each of you or is one a spares/donor for the other?

One is da brudders-his is the daimler!mine is the jaaaaaag

[Pillock]

Wish that were the case.

 

Buying the car gives folk the right to have a say in its future.

 

If you can't buy it, don't complain. Sorry, Autoshite.

Absolutely right, you tried here but no takers so what can you do?

 

There's a Volvo 240 round the corner from me with a RR sticker in. It looks lovely, polished and with some nice touches like an RAC grille badge. Not a scratch or dent. Not all blueists are car killers.

[trigger]

Not all RR members are useless, I've had a lad on there today come all the way down from North Yorkshire by train to buy my 190E, No nitpicking, no moaning, just a nice honest cash price deal at the price that i wanted, Happy days!.

 

Before all that though i drove up to Beccles this morning to collect the new Starlet for Mrs Trig, I was a little disappointed that the car hadn't even been washed or cleaned inside but it it's better than i hoped, I've already got it in the workshop and given it a service, I'm now back off into the garage to start polishing it.

 

I'll start a quick thread if there's enough interest later on, I've already pressure washed it which has made a massive difference to it, here's a quick photo from when i got home before cleaning it.

 

 

[Pillock]

Of course there's interest! Get tippytapping on your keyboard man.

[dugong]

I don't think you can automatically expect a seller to wash and clean a car. 

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I've sold loads of stuff through R-R, its as good as anywhere, plus it costs £000000 so its impossible to complain about really

[trigger]

I don't think you can automatically expect a seller to wash and clean a car.

Very true but personally I couldn't sell a car that looked like it had been dragged though a hedge backwards and was full of Sheep dog hair.