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[vulgalour]

I GOT STUCK I'M SORRY

[Honey Badger]

Could it have picked up a load of crap from the bottom of the tank?

 

I'm just back from collecting a set of nearly new winter tyres for the Polo.

 

 

 

They went to £87 thanks to the snow yesterday, still cheaper than buying a set of random part worns and getting them fitted. I wish they weren't Hankook but they have to be a lot better than the ditchfinders it's wearing just now.

 

Thanks to Lacquer Peel for flagging up the listing.

I've always rated Hankooks quite highly and have been thinking about getting a spare set of Hankook winter tyres for the other halfs Lexus, are there winters tyres shite?

[stripped fred]

Decided last minute to put the Astra in my council garage for the winter. It was quite dirty though so took it through the car wash at tescos at about 8 o'clock just round the corner. Halfway through it ripped the drivers door mirror off and it was hanging by it's cable. Also had the dog with me who decided to go nuts. Anyway, away safe and sound now. Then thought whether it was a good idea to store a car away soaking wet? I am imagining seized on brakes!

[Richard]

I've always rated Hankooks quite highly and have been thinking about getting a spare set of Hankook winter tyres for the other halfs Lexus, are there winters tyres shite?

 

I had a bad experience with their van tyres on my last Transit, and it does seem that their commercial tyres had an issue with sidewall strength for a while. I think their car tyres should be fine though.

[mrbenn]

Decided last minute to put the Astra in my council garage for the winter. It was quite dirty though so took it through the car wash at tescos at about 8 o'clock just round the corner. Halfway through it ripped the drivers door mirror off and it was hanging by it's cable. Also had the dog with me who decided to go nuts. Anyway, away safe and sound now. Then thought whether it was a good idea to store a car away soaking wet? I am imagining seized on brakes!

 

Get it out again: quick run up a fast road to dry it off, store in gear with handbrake off

[Christine]

Finished the T4 's rear brakes. Even  more shagged out than i thought  ,only looked through the holes in the wheels .. Amazingly the handbrake was still as good as the day it was made in 2000 . These have done 145k .  Brake pedal is a bit higher too with the  new discs .

 

 

 

[Asimo]

Today I have been on a small island with no cars at all.

 

Not one single sodding motor. Except a few mini diggers. Cars are over rated. Bring on 200 years ago.

[MarvinsMom]

sark?

[Lacquer Peel]

Finished the T4 's rear brakes. Even  more shagged out than i thought  ,only looked through the holes in the wheels .. Amazingly the handbrake was still as good as the day it was made in 2000 . These have done 145k .  Brake pedal is a bit higher too with the  new discs .

 

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Change the decade old oil while you're at it!

[Christine]

Nope !  Mot on thursday, its not a fail

[derskine]

Could it have picked up a load of crap from the bottom of the tank?

 

I'm just back from collecting a set of nearly new winter tyres for the Polo.

 

 

 

 

 

They went to £87 thanks to the snow yesterday, still cheaper than buying a set of random part worns and getting them fitted. I wish they weren't Hankook but they have to be a lot better than the ditchfinders it's wearing just now.

 

Thanks to Lacquer Peel for flagging up the listing.

 

I have a pair of 14" toyo snowprox's I would sell cheap, they are perhaps a bit big though at 195/65.

[tooSavvy]

E.D.L. themed Xmas promotion, currently @ 99P Shop

 

 

 

TS

[Tickman]

What would be a 'sensible' and not too expensive cheap way to get an MOT failure car from Manchester to Dundee?

 

Seen what I could pass off as a 'parts car', and obviously never intent to use as a parts car, and have started wondering what if.......

 

Failed on needing welding in various places! Failed in June and parked up since.

[fordperv]

Is it safe to drive??? Pre booked m.o.t???

[xtriple]

It would appear, that apart from the new 'spare' key taking a bewildering amount of time to come from Bentley, my car is FINISHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Seat ecu has turned up and been re-fitted (all working), waxoyled, everything.

 

I may have to go and collect it very soon.....

[Lacquer Peel]

When you think about the depreciation on a new luxury car, what you've spent on the Bentley pales in comparison. Enjoy it!

[cort16]

Exactly. The list price of my Puke is £19,000. I valued it the other day and if I traded it in (it's 1 year old) I'd get £11,500. VALUE!

[anonymous user]

It would appear, that apart from the new 'spare' key taking a bewildering amount of time to come from Bentley, my car is FINISHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

You do of course realise that Bentley do not do anything pleb like, such as cut a new key from a random blank on a machine. They have a chap in a brown overall to go back to the stores for the original batch of steel laid down when they built your car. Then a small piece is cut off and taken to the spotless room where an elderly, time-served, chap sits in front of a large magnifying glass with the original blueprint of your key, and with a small hand file and micrometer lovingly recreates an exact replica.

 

Work like this takes time, you can't rush these things.

[richardmorris]

 

I may have to go and collect it very soon.....

Don't you mean "send your man round to collect it"!?

[tooSavvy]

Don't you mean "send your man round to collect it"!?

... No, send your WALLET round and, after unseemly 'rape & pillage' of aforesaid, motor will be left running with drivers door ajar....

 

TS

[Tickman]

Is it safe to drive??? Pre booked m.o.t???

Just asking relevant questions.

[fordperv]

Well if it is safe to drive why not insure it and book an m.o.t and drive said vehicle to the "pre booked m.o.t" but stop at your house, it's got to be the cheapest way

[vulgalour]

Is there a roofrack to fit the Rover R8?  I realised today that it might be the first car I've owned I can't put a roofrack on.

[Bear]

Today I R mostly driving a Citroën C6.

 

Funny how the little details throw you (early multiplex = manual wheel adjustment, relay for indicators rather than electronic with 3-flash mode). Funny how yes, the predictions of bagginess suspected at 22K are definitely there at 122K. Funny how very little of that matters when you remember how incredibly well it deals with crammed dual carriageways.

 

Really wish mine had been black with sunroof rather than grey without. On a car where it's all about the looks, that shit is important.

[Eddie Honda]

Is there a roofrack to fit the Rover R8?  I realised today that it might be the first car I've owned I can't put a roofrack on.

 

Of course there is. It's just they are of an age where they aren't catalogue application friendly.

[Bren]

Took some pepto bismol for my digestive issues.

 

A warning on the bottle states your stools may be somewhat darker.

 

They weren't kidding.....

[Christine]

Too many Oreo biscuits have the same result

[Eddie Honda]

Standard issue Guinness logs.

[Inspector Morose]

Today I R mostly driving a Citroën C6.

 

Funny how the little details throw you (early multiplex = manual wheel adjustment, relay for indicators rather than electronic with 3-flash mode). Funny how yes, the predictions of bagginess suspected at 22K are definitely there at 122K. Funny how very little of that matters when you remember how incredibly well it deals with crammed dual carriageways.

 

Really wish mine had been black with sunroof rather than grey without. On a car where it's all about the looks, that shit is important.

Wanna CX to play with?

[phil_lihp]

The Prelude is in need of a front wheel speed sensor to make the ABS happy.  New part only available from Honda, £230 and a 2 week lead time!

 

Secondhand one off a breaker on eBay, £32 with p&p.  Better.