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[worldofceri]

Well, this happened this morning on the way to work:

 

FUUCK!

[purplebargeken]

The Toledo rear light issues will likely be down to the following:

 

i. Dirty connections

 

ii. Poor earth

 

iii. Loose connections

 

iv. Knackered bulbs.

 

Triumph electrics are usually one or two of the above.

[Noel Tidybeard]

The Toledo rear light issues will likely be down to the following:

 

i. Lucas connections

 

ii. Lucas earth

 

iii. Lucas connections

 

iv. Lucas bulbs.

 

Triumph electrics are usually one or two of the above.

FIFY

[vulgalour]

Clutch kit in my watch list available.  Money in the bank.  New clutch coming for the Princess, something it's wanted for THREE YEARS.

[purplebargeken]

I apologise for being less than technically accurate lol ^^

[richardmorris]

Just back from a long weekend in France in the x1/9. 835 miles in four days with no problems apart from a tremendous thunderstorm making the car dirty and parking under an incontinent albatross at the hotel. Oh and I picked up a chip in the windscreen on the way back courtesy of some plank in an audi who cut straight in front of me on the autoroute. Main bugbear was it also being Le Mans weekend so lots of flash harrys in their be-stickered bmws and porsches driving like lunatics.

 

Oh and plus luggage, the little fiat also managed three dozen bottles of wine and a bargain 40 bottle case of kanterbrau!

 

Hotel had a buick park avenue and c6 (plus C5 ) in the carpark the first night!

 

Only other car photos are the fiat surveying Omaha beach and a bright mehari.

[Asimo]

Tesla! Here in the Shire! I had no idea that they made saloons or sold outside of California.

Couldn't resist posing the Honda with it.

 

 

 

It has been there for a few months now* and I had ignored it because I thought it was one of those new-generation Maseratis or Jaguars.  No sign of a charging point so I wonder where it fills up. 

 

edit - *and I have seen it moving!

[anonymous user]

It has been there for a few months now and I had ignored it because I thought it was one of those new-generation Maseratis or Jaguars.  No sign of a charging point so I wonder where it fills up. 

I think you have answered your question before you asked it

[Coprolalia]

Tesla! Here in the Shire! I had no idea that they made saloons or sold outside of California.

Couldn't resist posing the Honda with it.

 

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It has been there for a few months now and I had ignored it because I thought it was one of those new-generation Maseratis or Jaguars.  No sign of a charging point so I wonder where it fills up. 

 

 

 

 

Oooh a Model S. A mate who works in the city is on the waiting list for one.

Some of them don't have charging points, they do some sort of wireless charging by parking over a charging mat you put on the ground of your garage. Others have them hidden behind the passenger side lights like this...

 

 

They've got a mass market one called the Model 3 coming out soon. Looks like this:

May be the only car I'd consider buying new. £25,000 with a range of 200 miles, lifetime warranty on the battery so if it ever fails it gets replaced no quibbles. They've also got some supercharger thing which means you can top up the battery in 20 minutes if it runs dry.

[Coprolalia]

I think the Model S was the safest car NCAP ever tested too. It's an absolute tank with a titanium under tray.

 

Tesla vs concrete block

[flat4alfa]

Bags first dibs on the blue Toledo

[dollywobbler]

I like the Model S. Just don't get one with the stupid 21" wheels or sports suspension/seats. 

 

In other news, my review of an unnecessarily powerful BMW 335i E30 Touring. 

http://wp.me/p1jtbd-z5

[wuvvum]

I pass a metallic grey Tesla quite regularly on the way to / from work.  Took me a little while to work out what it was - looks a bit like an XF from the back.

 

Two MOT passes today.  The Spacy went straight through; the Magentis failed its first retest as the tester didn't like the way I'd routed the replacement brake pipe (which was a bit all over the place to be fair as I'd lashed it on at the weekend in the drizzle).  So I've spent a happy three hours this afternoon crawling round under the car removing the old brake pipe section by section, completely removing the new pipe and then refitting it using the clips and clamps which held the old one (and which needless to say were rusty / seized etc).  Got there in the end, but it's reminded me how much I dislike working under cars - it took me ages to wash the brake fluid out of my hair.

 

Anyway, the Magentis will be up for sale soon - I need to send off for a V5 first.  Not sure what to do with the Spacy at the moment - I'm rather fond of it for some reason but I'm not sure it'll be up to the daily commute.

[HMC]

Had a brief chat with my transport guy Sergio today; Moby the granada mkII will soon be beached on his trailer and should be with me by the end of the week.

 

Why " moby"? It's big, white, and slow, and in poverty "L" form an endangered species of sorts.

[Six-cylinder]

Mrs Cyl is braver than me and has taken our GS out tonight for a 60 mile round trip including returning in the dark! I will keep you informed.

 

[vulgalour]

CALENDAR SHOT

[Ghosty]

Nobody mention Chris Evans. Please.

[cort16]

If I was rich I'd have a tesla model s. They're flippin huge though.

[richardmorris]

Just picked up the 2cv with fresh mot. No advisories (well, what we don't show the mot tester can't hurt him) again, and the full service and mot was exactly the same £162 as last year. Traffic in west London today though was appalling. I'd have got out and walked if I hadn't needed to get the car to where I was heading!

 

Courtesy car was a very impressive y reg skoda Octavian estate that my mechanic friend has just bought with proceeds from selling his bx txd. Petrol, blue with 156000 miles. Perfect inside and out, air-con and electric windows. £500 apparently, and it had a major service cam belt and water pump last year and 8000 miles ago. I liked it a lot, but the seats were very hard and the ride not as soft as my Mercedes.

[Six-cylinder]

Mrs Cyl is braver than me and has taken our GS out tonight for a 60 mile round trip including returning in the dark! I will keep you informed.

 

 

 

Mrs Cyl is home and all is well.

[Asimo]

 

"To release the nearside-front lower ball joint simply unscrew and remove the 3 pointed star from the bonnet"

[STUNO]

 

I apologise for being less than technically accurate lol ^^

No need to apologise Ken, we are used to it 

[anonymous user]

Basil Fawlty said

Nobody mention Chris Evans. Please.

You did once, but I think you got away with it

[Ghosty]

Did someone say Fight Club?

[vulgalour]

Idly checking out tax and such online and remembered to check the Renault.  First registered on the 7th of April 1975.  Tax exemption for historic vehicles is for those built before the 1st of January 1975.

 

I can either wait until next year when it automatically becomes tax exempt or I can do that thing where you find the build date of your car to see if it's already tax exempt.  How do I do that?  Do I just write to Renault or something?

[mercedade]

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"To release the nearside-front lower ball joint simply unscrew and remove the 3 pointed star from the bonnet"

 

(not my pics, courtesty of Tim on the 800 forum)

 

 

 

 

As LS will know, the 800 also has a well-deserved reputation for ball-joint destruction - maybe it's something Mo secretly is drawn to; the danger of collapsing front wheels. Glad you had a relatively lucky escape fella.

[stillOrange]

A tyre on wife's car went 'POP'.

No spare tyre to be seen. Stupid.

[Mr Lobster]

Idly checking out tax and such online and remembered to check the Renault.  First registered on the 7th of April 1975.  Tax exemption for historic vehicles is for those built before the 1st of January 1975.

 

I can either wait until next year when it automatically becomes tax exempt or I can do that thing where you find the build date of your car to see if it's already tax exempt.  How do I do that?  Do I just write to Renault or something?

 

Fairly sure Renault won't tell you.

 

From memory you need to join the Renault Owners Club as they have a chap who does all that stuff. I think they can get the build dates from Renault in France and give you something official to confirm it.

[Coprolalia]

MsJ was busy discussing the new Octavia with one her work colleagues.

Turns out said work colleagues lives 3 doors up from the Octavia's one previous owner.

 

She has confirmed he's a doddery old fella who kept it garaged and clean all it's life, drove on the clutch and generally giffered it good and proper.

 

[cms206]

Was on a work mission today...

... to the local bus breakers. Can't find the bus shite thread on tapatalk and there was a couple of cars too.

 

('scuse the thumb )

 

West Midlands Fleetline

 

Seatless ex-MOD Leyland Tiger a long way from home

 

More victims - spot the Tipo tail lights

 

Volvo FL12 - meaty

 

Resale corner - despite appearances this is actually spot on mechanically and drove down from Dundee only within the last few weeks. It's the former Yorkshire Traction 611 (SHE 611Y). Offers around £2-2.5k would secure.