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[dollywobbler]

It is apparently real. I think most people assumed it was a joke.

 

Anyway, I've finally ordered some spheres for the XM. Just the rear three for now. I've bought a sphere removal tool too. Will be interesting to see if the sodding things actually want to come undone. 

[danthecapriman]

Just had the second bill through for work to the Mercury.

Looks like most of the odd, side type jobs I got them to do have been done.

And the engine is now out and being stripped! They said they were concerned at first when they found bits of bearing in the bottom of the bell housing until they realised it was from the old starter motor that spectacularly blew itself to bits on the way home after I imported it! At least them saying they found these does confirm they have done what they said, not that this was a concern but nice to know!

The engine rebuild parts are being sourced now and all the bits that came off are being inspected and cleaned for reuse.

Costs are beginning to mount up already, but I really can't wait to get it back again! The driveway looks so empty without it! Though it did leave it's filthy mark behind, a nasty oil stain of ATF which has dissolved the Tarmac driveway. It won't wash away either!

[J-Rod]

That's just GROVEL backwards.  That's a STUPID name for a car.

What is it? Part of their new S+M range? Black leather as standard? Gimp in the boot? Sat Nav that tells you you're 'pathetic' when you take a wrong turning? 

[andy18s]

WJ Furber's clearance auction is tomorrow,starting at 9am

 

http://www.malcolmharrison.co.uk/

Includes stuff like

 

 

 

 

Most of it does look like crap tho,none of the cars I pictured a few weeks ago are being sold

 

Oh,and if you want to bid then you need a £1k cash or card deposit to register !!!!!!!

[Ghosty]

Is it just the novelty or is this not a really stupid name for a car?

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It's a thing.

 

It's neither an Impreza nor a Legacy, somewhere inbetween.

[Craig the Princess]

Rover 220 coupé has a fresh MOT. It did need a cat in the end, the garage said the entire innards of the cat had gone.

Still all sorted for £273 for another years motoring (tyre £55, exhaust fitted £190 and MOT).

 

The two chaps at the garage said while they still think it is a heap of old junk it drives really well.

[Lacquer Peel]

It's a thing.

 

It's neither an Impreza nor a Legacy, somewhere inbetween.

 

Subaru has really lost the plot in the last 10 years, they don't know what they want to be.

[Craig the Princess]

Beige1100's Rover Metro seems to be Nordic blue. The list of jobs is growing. The fuel filler neck is leaking and the carb may need adjustment to cure a strange temporary loss of power.

 

But it is MoTed until June 2016.

[twosmoke300]

Just bought an s reg Audi a3 with a stoved in drivers door and sodden carpets ! All for 94 quid

[Craig the Princess]

 

The two current Rovers

[Lord Sterling]

Re: Former employment saga, they actually paid today. Sadly, the money is already reserved for other stuff, 1) getting Lady_Sterling out of Syria and 2) Ongoing Insurance saga. So that's something.

[r.welfare]

Just bought an s reg Audi a3 with a stoved in drivers door and sodden carpets ! All for 94 quid

Pictures, so we can all see what a sub-ton premium hatchback looks like

[RayMK]

The local tyre and exhaust place did a good job finding and installing a new exhaust on my Stellar.  I think they had to get the three sections from two different suppliers and as a result had to modify bits to make it fit.  The end result is very secure, much more stable than the very wobbly old exhaust.  A couple (or three!) of gratuitous photos taken yesterday.  Never mind the exhaust, just look at the beigeness.

[wuvvum]

Been using the Mondeo for commuting duties recently - it's been doing bloody well on fuel.  In fact I reckon it's probably better than the Rover of Doom - although that may be partly because it doesn't have quite the same ability to blat past slower traffic.

 

[hairnet]

driving miss davsey

[fred]

It is apparently real. I think most people assumed it was a joke.

 

Anyway, I've finally ordered some spheres for the XM. Just the rear three for now. I've bought a sphere removal tool too. Will be interesting to see if the sodding things actually want to come undone. 

Always used a oil filter strap for those, fronts are piss easy to remove, rears are a bit of a pig sometimes as the salt and shite corrodes them but they will go given enough wd40 and swearing

[Noel Tidybeard]

I reckon the straight-six, leaf-sprung BX would have been better.

andré would be turing in his grave at the thought of leaf springs

[Tetleysmooth]

Didn't know whether to put this post here or in the grump thread.

 

D'you know, you just get settled with a car, and then something comes along and you think 'I want that mofo'.

 

Damn his eyes for advertising this:

 

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/181394/volvo-c70-coupe-auto-leicester

 

Get thee behind me Satan.

[purplebargeken]

^^ Don't do it!

 

Actually, bollocks to that, get it done.

[beko1987]

Always used a oil filter strap for those, fronts are piss easy to remove, rears are a bit of a pig sometimes as the salt and shite corrodes them but they will go given enough wd40 and swearing

CitroJim showed me how to do it, they do need some firm but not excessive lump hammering. If you do the front, mind the windscreen, seemed to be one of those jobs that *could* go horribly wrong! There was also 3cm of movement to get the middle one out of mine, it sits inside some subframe.

 

Satisfying once done though! Jim pressure tested mine and they were ok, although we ran out of time to do the one at the very front.

[J-Rod]

The local tyre and exhaust place did a good job finding and installing a new exhaust on my Stellar.  I think they had to get the three sections from two different suppliers and as a result had to modify bits to make it fit.  The end result is very secure, much more stable than the very wobbly old exhaust.  A couple (or three!) of gratuitous photos taken yesterday.  Never mind the exhaust, just look at the beigeness.

Mmmm... Beige... Like a Sam Smith album...

[dollywobbler]

Always used a oil filter strap for those, fronts are piss easy to remove, rears are a bit of a pig sometimes as the salt and shite corrodes them but they will go given enough wd40 and swearing

 

Last time I did a set, I broke two oil filter straps. Thought a tool with a bit more leverage and heft about it might help. Given I'll need to do the four at the front at some point, seems a sensible investment and cheaper than having to drive to someone who DOES have the correct tool.

[Tetleysmooth]

^^ Don't do it!

 

Actually, bollocks to that, get it done.

 

Great help that Ken.

Really like my V70, but a T5 coupe auto.......

[Tetleysmooth]

Going to this tomorrow:

 

http://www.militaryandflyingmachines.org.uk/

 

Should take my mind off of Volvo T5 coupe autos for a while.

[RayMK]

Mmmm... Beige... Like a Sam Smith album...

Never heard of him. Listened to two tracks on you tube.  I have not missed much.  My taste in music is varied but not beige  .  The Stellar's usual cassettes include Queen, Fergal Sharkey and The Travelling Wilburys, with an occasional airing of The Anti NoWhere League, while the 205 has a CD by Metric.  I have not found a stereo powerful enough to overcome the engine noise in my 1961 Reliant.

[J-Rod]

Never heard of him. Listened to two tracks on you tube.  I have not missed much.  My taste in music is varied but not beige  .  The Stellar's usual cassettes include Queen, Fergal Sharkey and The Travelling Wilburys, with an occasional airing of The Anti NoWhere League, while the 205 has a CD by Metric.  I have not found a stereo powerful enough to overcome the engine noise in my 1961 Reliant.

I think 'so what?' by The AntiNowhere League can sum up Mr Smith quite nicely...

 

Got any Sham69?

[HMC]

Vanfest at tescos.......

Off duty Ambulance tended To by tyre van, and another ambulance parked up by a certain ropey old transit.

[Cavcraft]

...and back home now. 665 miles in one of Vauxhall's finest hours, with just one 'minor' failure to proceed, which righted itself after about 15-20 minutes anyway. 6 speed box/cruise control=good MPG and a nice enough drive.  

[RayMK]

I think 'so what?' by The AntiNowhere League can sum up Mr Smith quite nicely...

 

Got any Sham69?

Agreed.  No Sham69, but Chron-Gen, Adverts and Maniacs, yes.  Rod Latter, the drummer in the Maniacs and Adverts was a friend at school.  Today's news: Drove down the road in the 205 with roof open and windows down and had a pleasant coffee and bacon roll in Brackley, sitting outside.  After 45 minutes of chasing wasps away from the HP sauce, cruised home via single track lanes.  Yesterday at the same coffee venue it was f***ing flying ants bashing in to everyone and everything.  They need flying lessons.  

[dollywobbler]

Today, I have mostly been stealing wheels from an old friend.

 

And getting caught out by contrast. Either that or I polished the XM too much.