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[dollywobbler]

Well, on the plus side - better for it to be broken by enthusiasts who will use the bits than just the whole lot being baled. Or the engine being pinched for a Mini...

[Angrydicky]

Very nice S3 Craig, thanks

 

I think my ideal Allegro spec would be a 2 door Applejack S3 with the cream cloth interior and a 998cc engine with autobox.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Good news on the MOT. That turquoise Allegro looks great - never seen one that colour before, on the net or in real life.

 

It does suit it. It looks a bit like Polynesian Turquoise.

[SambaS]

Good news on the MOT. That turquoise Allegro looks great - never seen one that colour before, on the net or in real life.

 

It does suit it. It looks a bit like Polynesian Turquoise.

 

Polonezian Turquoise???

 

[cms206]

Shame it needs KruJoe amounts of hero welding repairs.

 

I think this is now my new favourite term for a large amount of welding...

[dollywobbler]

Shame it needs KruJoe amounts of hero welding repairs.

 

I think this is now my new favourite term for a large amount of welding...

 

Aye - though I suspect the two Mazzer restos might eclipse it eventually! KruJoe has been pretty darned herioc though. Great stuff.

[Cavcraft]

Had a deal lined up last night which involved exchanging the Merc for something else (modern Ford) and all was going well until potential Merc owner took the oil filler cap off my cap and found a K-sealies embarrassing amount of mayonnaise in there. I'd not looked in ages because the car ran fine. Some rather underpants staining panicking occurred until I got home, did an Internet search and found it's a common condensation problem. So whilst it's a pain in the arse at least it's not an expensive pain in the arse. Could have done without it but there you go!

[cort16]

When I gave my Audi back to the lease company they presented me with a bill for 1230 quids for rectification work. £1230 quid! Okay there was a few teeny scratches here and there and a couple of chips out the alloys but nothing you'd not expect from a car that'd done 40k in two years. I couldn't take that (I like to think I take decent care of my cars) so I sent off a moany faced letter to the finance company. Fair play to them they sent the RAC out to do an independant inspection on it and the report says "The Rac does not agree with the original assessment on all of the points". Bill now reduced to £470 quid. I think that's a result.

[Vin]

Just downloaded this very blurry picture from my phone that I took at the end of last month.

 

Unfortunately I missed the actual 250,000 mile moment, but never the less the Brava has made it

 

[sporty-shite]

I now have a fully functioning info centre! It was just one previous wiring repair behind the clocks that I had to redo.

 

Also due to the fact I have had no fuel guage for the last three months, I have been putting 5 gallons in every 150 miles. Now the gauge is working, I find I have half a tank I didn't know about, too.

 

DOUBLE RESULT!

[Volksy]

SHOCK HORROR!!!!!11!!

 

***Something has gone wrong with the entirly adequate Corolla***

 

After 6 months and about 7000 miles, Horror of Horrors - a dash bulb has gone meaning that only half the rev counter is lit!!!

 

Oh, thumping the dash made it work again. As you were.

[Lankytim]

When I gave my Audi back to the lease company they presented me with a bill for 1230 quids for rectification work. £1230 quid! Okay there was a few teeny scratches here and there and a couple of chips out the alloys but nothing you'd not expect from a car that'd done 40k in two years. I couldn't take that (I like to think I take decent care of my cars) so I sent off a moany faced letter to the finance company. Fair play to them they sent the RAC out to do an independant inspection on it and the report says "The Rac does not agree with the original assessment on all of the points". Bill now reduced to £470 quid. I think that's a result.

 

 

Did a company called JET collect it? I used to do some work for them- they are total bona-fide W A N K E R S .

[dollywobbler]

The BX 'Safari' is on its way! Bit alarmed that the friend who dealt with the collection (not the friend who had the car) has warned me not to cut myself on the 'bodge near the alternator.' Now rather worried that the inner wing may have been cut to allow access to the alternator. Wouldn't surprise me though - it's a pig of a job to change one as I discovered the other day.

 

Speaking of which, the BX Mk1 has its alternator fitted, but no belt. I got sent the wrong one (it's the pump belt - handy to have as a spare) so it's still out of action. Need to investigate some front end clonks as well...

[cort16]

When I gave my Audi back to the lease company they presented me with a bill for 1230 quids for rectification work. £1230 quid! Okay there was a few teeny scratches here and there and a couple of chips out the alloys but nothing you'd not expect from a car that'd done 40k in two years. I couldn't take that (I like to think I take decent care of my cars) so I sent off a moany faced letter to the finance company. Fair play to them they sent the RAC out to do an independant inspection on it and the report says "The Rac does not agree with the original assessment on all of the points". Bill now reduced to £470 quid. I think that's a result.

 

 

Did a company called JET collect it? I used to do some work for them- they are total bona-fide W A N K E R S .

 

Na it was another three lettered auction company.

[cort16]

I was thinking I've not seen luxobarges r us on here for a while. I'm sure I read on here that he was going to stand as a Greek MP or something but that seems so far fetched I'm tending to think I dreamt it.

LUXO WHERE R U?

[cort16]

Hey this this iphone app looks great. You buy a dongle for $40, which you plug into your cars diagnostic socket (i'm guessing obdII) then it bluetooths to your iphone where you can scan for codes, reset lights and stuff via an app.

I was just thinking the other day that if I had a million quid I’d develop this exact thing as with all the MOT malarky going in folk want a nice simple code reader that can self update for new codes and diagnostics via the internet.

 

I think I'm going to buy one to see if it's any good. My 7 series will have plenty of juicy codes for it to get it's teeth into.

 

http://www.lemurmonitors.com/BlueDriver.html

 

[John F]

I was thinking I've not seen luxobarges r us on here for a while. I'm sure I read on here that he was going to stand as a Greek MP or something but that seems so far fetched I'm tending to think I dreamt it.

LUXO WHERE R U?

Nope, he did say he was going to stand as a Greek MP.

[cort16]

Christ have they not got enough problems. Only joking luxo get it up them..

[ashmicro]

Beware! iPhones are VERY prissy about what they will Bluetooth pair with, sometimes they won't even pair with another iPhone!

 

For example, I can't send the photo I took of Helen with my BlackBerry to her iPhone 4S. just not happening. It doesn't like the built-in Bluetooth in her Ka, either.

[cort16]

I've bought one so we'll see what happens. Given their entire device setup is engineered around the iphone specifically you have to presume they've at least tried it*.

[ashmicro]

Hope it works for you. Being the total geek that I am, I'd leave it plugged in permanently, and have live data streaming to the iPhone in a cradle on the dash.

[John F]

Christ have they not got enough problems. Only joking luxo get it up them..

 

I think he plans to hammer a slightly smaller economy over their larger fucked one.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Post scan report to facebook ffs

 

Jim Smith: P0108 Manifold Absolute Pressure/Barometric Pressure Circuit High Input lol

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[Pete-M]

 

Saw this the other day. Made me chuckle. It's nearly news.

[Wilko220]

I've bought one so we'll see what happens. Given their entire device setup is engineered around the iphone specifically you have to presume they've at least tried it*.

 

Do report back - sounds like a great little tool, if it's not total balls...

[Ian Nexus]

 

Saw this the other day. Made me chuckle. It's nearly news.

 

Made me think of my old Favorit Blackline.....

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Post scan report to facebook ffs

 

Jim Smith: P0108 Manifold Absolute Pressure/Barometric Pressure Circuit High Input lol

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good idea!!!! You can be like these clowns who fill up facebook with automatically-uploaded details of where theyve just been for a run, how long it took and what their average speed was. AHEM! LADS - NO-ONE GIVES A SHIT.

[Cavcraft]

Lobbed the new brake cylinder 'thing' onto the Corsa ( today, only minor swearing/fiddling about and it was jobbed. Brakes bled, test drive taken (with Mozart usurping Neil Diamond in the cassette stakes) and all seems well. 'New' wheeltrims fitted, interior hoovered out and a quick wash has it looking pretty good. Have a boot full of dodgy cassettes to listen to/throw out of the window tomorrow on way/back from Cholmondeley, and like a right sad bastard I'm going to polish the door shuts again. Oh, 'Autoshite' dealer stick in back window too.

 

Half hearted look taken at replacement Corsa © exhaust which arrived yesterday, old one decided to play silly f*ckers and will want taking to the garage to remove so we sacked that off.

[skattrd]

Went down to Essex with a mate to pick up a van for his new business venture, so I got to drive his Merc back, 1996 pov spec c180. I was pleasantly surprised how nicely it drove, I may think about a diesel one for daily use.

 

Took the Alfa to the garage this afternoon to give it once over before tomorrow, oil was a tad low, so I topped up. On the run home oil pressure still seemed to be a bit low, I'm not feeling too confident about the run over tomorrow

[The Moog]

Found some time to do a few jobs on T25. Finally fitted the reversing sensors. Work really nicely and help with parking the old bus. Fitted the new bumper cap to the rear to make it look nice. Painted the grease caps on the rear wheels. Once dried will bung them back on.

 

Going to try an MOT tomorrow morning to see if it needs anything.

 

Jobs left are;

clean inside

get rid of mildew on canvas top

Finish mopping drivers sides

then do pics and get it up for sale.

 

On other hand I have been offered a free Multiplier although it failed MOT on PAS. Will have to have a look to see what goes wrong with them to see if it is worth fixing.