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[Six-cylinder]

Good news - My garage have just called me to say they have managed to adjust the high biting clutch on our Citroen ZX TD without have to put in a new clutch.

[dollywobbler]

I've just used my trailer for the first time in well over a year. Collecting pallets from a friend. XM makes a good tow vehicle.

[vulgalour]

If you had to use a trailer that must be a lot of pallets, you can fit about a thousand pallets inside an XM since they are the size of most French provinces.

[dollywobbler]

I'll concede that I couldn't be arsed to fold the XM's back seat and the pallets had been sitting around outside. I also wanted to actually use the trailer! I last towed it with the Discovery, so it had been a while.

[ruffgeezer]

I am resigning myself to a year of no new shite. There is a CRV at work I'm tempted to buy just to flip but other than that, all bets are off.

[messerschmitt owner]

The new American Dodge Ram Van looks strangely familiar.

 

 

http://www.nydailynews.com/autos/latest-reviews/test-drive-2015-ram-promaster-city-article-1.2068675

I am sure I have seen the doblo of this van somewhere ...

[messerschmitt owner]

If you had to use a trailer that must be a lot of pallets, you can fit about a thousand pallets inside an XM since they are the size of most French provinces.

actually, only five full size pallets!

[HMC]

Replacement front plate arrived for the rover 220; old font, slightly deeper size and with the supplying dealer's logo, great!

 

[phil_lihp]

Nice, never been fussed about numberplates really as long as they're tidy and clear but it must be said ones of the right age do look better and that looks like a nice quality item.  I think that car must have had a little bash or two on the nose at some point in the past.

[hairnet]

I am resigning myself to a year of no new shite. There is a CRV at work I'm tempted to buy just to flip but other than that, all bets are off.

been 8 years

[HMC]

^^ Yeah tbh I wish I was more like that, I deffo have some kind of obsession with number plates!

[phil_lihp]

Between that one and the similar front one Gary had made up for the Escort I'm starting to see the light!  

[HMC]

Haha, I think Gary got the front one from DMB Graphics too.

 

That fail list as you say, didnt seem bad, When do you recon the it will be back on the road?

[saucedoctor]

Just got a phone call. The Merc CLS I've been wanting to buy is back up for sale. It's dirt fuckin cheap and soaking wet inside. (TADT,S). Game on! How bad can it be?

[RobT]

The 75 has been due a service so I took it to my local Rover specialists on Monday for the full treatment. When they pressure tested the system coolant started pissing out of a crack in the thermostat housing, so they replaced that plus associated pipework. They showed me the old one and the plastic had gone very brittle, so god knows when that was about to go pop. Total spend made me wince a bit, more than I paid for the car in fact, but it's a big Rover innit so things cost.

 

Next up is to tax and MoT the Metro in February and start using it again. Despite having the space I don't fancy buying any more shite at the moment (I must be ill or something) so I'm just going to use what I got.

[HMC]

Sounds like the 75 could be becoming a keeper Rob? At least that placca housing has been sorted rather than letting go probably at the worst possible time and possibly cooking it.

 

Which do you recon you'll take if you go to POL?

[320touring]

For future reference- clio 172 with uniroyal rainsports is OK in the sna.

 

Burd did an excellent job of climbing the big hill at the station. Standing start, right turn then feckorf hill.

 

Appears she can do traction control:)

[dollywobbler]

Despite having the space I don't fancy buying any more shite at the moment (I must be ill or something) so I'm just going to use what I got.

 

I'm also of this frame of mind. I have been having the odd glance at Ebay, but depression at the lack of win-mobiles tends to quickly set in. I have goals this year (Ami 6, re-shell 2CV) so spunking what little cash I have on unnecessary shite just isn't on. It's unlikely I'll be able to afford an Ami before the 2CV goes off the road in April though, so there is an opportunity for a shite little runaround. Depressingly, I might have to go to the 2CVGB National in the XM in May.

[DodgyBastard]

Seeing as everyone else is doing it, I thought I'd give it a go...

 

https://retroshite.wordpress.com/

 

You'll clearly see why magazines are lining up for my words and photos...

[saucedoctor]

Operation "Go and look at shagged CLS" has been postponed. I managed to momentarily get the Jaaaag stuck. Spinning all 4 wheels is fun, though.

[RobT]

Sounds like the 75 could be becoming a keeper Rob? At least that placca housing has been sorted rather than letting go probably at the worst possible time and possibly cooking it.

 

Which do you recon you'll take if you go to POL?

 

I think so, as it's a lovely thing to waft about in.  Money well spent!

 

Depends how lazy I'm feeling on the day, but I'll try and bring the Metro to PoL.  We can park up in Autoshite Corner rather than get siphoned off to model specific areas. 

[The Moog]

New pug has disgraced itself already.

 

Came out of work to properly dead battery. Couldn't work out why. Got missus moog out of bed to collect me which didn't go down well. Went back the next with spare battery and jump pack.

 

Jump pack didn't work, battery did t work and so did jumping it from civic. All done in pissing rain. Adjusted the terminals and sprung into life. Looks like the terminals are not making contact.

 

Swapping the battery over with the blue one, now need to fix overheating, investigate the wandering and find out if has an air leak.

[worldofceri]

Gave the Saab a quick splash with a soapy sponge the other day. Those stainless trimz look grand all clean.

 

Hoovered the inside too, and while I was rooting around in the glovebox decided to display the oldest tax disc I could find!

 

Dropped it off for an mot this morning; fingers crossed.

 

[derskine]

Seeing as everyone else is doing it, I thought I'd give it a go...

 

https://retroshite.wordpress.com/

 

You'll clearly see why magazines are lining up for my words and photos...

 

I like the bit about the R19 owner.

[Shep Shepherd]

Just returned from collecting The Saab. What a lovely car, and one which has the distinction of being the first car I have had since I bought my Rover in 2000 not to need work doing to it straight away, although I did put a new set of wipers on it, as I do with every new car pruchase.

 

No post-collection petrol station shot, as I the garage I used wasn't self-service (only the second time I've ever come across such a thing, the first being the Ford dealer in Sandwich), so here's a rubbish post-collection photo of it in Epping instead:

 

 

Write-up coming soon. Maybe.

[Slappy]

The new American Dodge Ram Van looks strangely familiar.

 

 

I am sure I have seen the doblo of this van somewhere ...

 

 

To see them all together would be quite the Combo..... oh dear...

[worldofceri]

...The Saab...

Looks cracking.  What engine is it?

[Shep Shepherd]

Looks cracking.  What engine is it?

 

2.3 LPT. Manual gearbox, too

[vulgalour]

Looked at an MG BGT with Mike today to assess it for a prospective customer.  The car itself is a really nice unmolested example, seems really original bar a possible 90s respray that's done just what the Princess paint has.  I knew MG Bs are easy to get panels for but what really amazed me was just how many of the awkward, fiddly, annoying parts can be got off the shelf for not hideous amounts of cash.  A few years ago it was easier to keep an MG B going that other classics, now parts supply is so good it's probably easier to keep an MG B in rude health than it is a brand new car!

[worldofceri]

Saab failed on one wheel bearing, so obviously I'm going to SCRAP IT.