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[Six-cylinder]

500 miles, 12 hours of driving, but I now haz Visa. It's great!

 

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Oh yes, I was surprised at how well my twin Pot drove round the M25!

 

What part of the country do you live?

[Lacquer Peel]

Jesus, early Visas are UGGERS. Is it a 4-pot one? Nice work Barrett.

[Jazoli]

Been visiting the Mother in Spain this week, have been bombing around in this again, a 2.0 16v Sport with added hailstone damage

I forgot how well these cars went, it's much much faster than my 115bhp focus, I managed 220kmh on a deserted motorway with plenty in reserve

I also forgot how expensive cars are over here, it's worth €3k, trying to find a newer bigger car for her and the prices are eye watering

[vulgalour]

I am called Dave and I have a 54 plate Corsa worth just over £4,500 according to the text and e-mail I got earlier today from two different companies.  Bit of an odd one that, because I'm not called Dave, I don't have a 54 plate Corsa and I've never used webuyanycar.  I should probably panic about someone else having hold of my phone number and e-mail address, I'm not going to, they're very easy to get hold of.  Could it be a spam/phishing attempt perhaps?

[Clanger]

Stop fucking around Dave and sell us yer 54 plate Corsa...

[DeeJay]

I am called Dave and I have a 54 plate Corsa worth just over £4,500 according to the text and e-mail I got earlier today from two different companies.  Bit of an odd one that, because I'm not called Dave, I don't have a 54 plate Corsa and I've never used webuyanycar.  I should probably panic about someone else having hold of my phone number and e-mail address, I'm not going to, they're very easy to get hold of.  Could it be a spam/phishing attempt perhaps?

17 and 27 please

[JohnK]

Was offered a cheap Transit yesterday from a guy I know.

'It's got a bit of MOT on it' - £300

 

Visible signs of welding on the sills.

 

Before I even popped the bonnet or looked underneath it I did the Vehicle Enquiry Service check - MOT expired 20/12/15

 

Check MOT site next - erm makes interesting reading...

 

FOUR failed MOT's since January for excessive rot, the later ones basically stating the repairs were inadequate.

 

If you fancy a laugh it's well worth a read...

 

NV53 YUX - Ford Transit.

 

Looking at it, suggests to me the guy has been taking it round different MOT stations until somebody passes it - different advisories etc...

[spike60]

When a tester puts the details into the computer doesn't it show him the previous test details? If another tester has failed it it'd be a bold statement passing the same work.

[Tayne]

I am called Dave and I have a 54 plate Corsa worth just over £4,500 according to the text and e-mail I got earlier today from two different companies. Bit of an odd one that, because I'm not called Dave, I don't have a 54 plate Corsa and I've never used webuyanycar. I should probably panic about someone else having hold of my phone number and e-mail address, I'm not going to, they're very easy to get hold of. Could it be a spam/phishing attempt perhaps?

 

You're my wife now, Dave.

 

[JohnK]

When a tester puts the details into the computer doesn't it show him the previous test details? If another tester has failed it it'd be a bold statement passing the same work.

Not sure, i did find it amusing however that on the last MOT on 4/2/16 the actual areas of rot were written in CAPITALS to narrow the area down for the would be welder lol.

[richardmorris]

Not sure, i did find it amusing however that on the last MOT on 4/2/16 the actual areas of rot were written in CAPITALS to narrow the area down for the would be welder lol.

I think by the last mot fail sheet that the tester had had enough. He may as well write "stop taking the piss" as an advisory.

[barrett]

Jesus, early Visas are UGGERS. Is it a 4-pot one? Nice work Barrett.

Yeah its properly uggers innit. It's a twin for maximum points. Drives really well, much more civilised than any A series car, although I doubt it's much faster than an Ami in real terms. Acceleration is actually quite good though and despite conventional springs it's really comfortable.

We only got it because these early ones are known as the 'Groin' model in France, and that was too funny to pass up

[Skizzer]

Skizzer fleet news:

 

The Dedra has now passed on to a better place.

 

Don't fret, it's not dead - I swapped it for a cheese and ham toastie, and it's now residing with a fellow shiter and serial Lancia saver who is planning to fix its apparent HGF and recommission it back into regular use - which I'm very, very happy about. I am badgering him to put up a thread about it, but he doesn't post very much. We even took a Woolarding shot and everything.

 

The XJ-S is up and about and running well apart from a bit of exhaust blowing (one of the hangers is knacked) and I think the back brakes (handbrake?) are still binding a bit, so it's on short journeys only until I get that sorted.

 

The VX2300 is in fine fettle; Mrs S is back from holiday now and likes it very much. I'm getting the hang of cold starts, but they don't seem to be its strong point - maybe idling a bit low?

 

The Discovery battery doesn't seem to be holding a charge very well, so needed jumping off a spare battery again this weekend. It runs out of MOT this week too, which is annoying as I'm away working all week at the moment so it's a pain to get it done. Working does help with paying for stuff, though.

 

Apparently one of the wipers on the Audi 80 has eaten its brother. It's on loan to someone else at the moment, so I'm going to go over this afternoon to see if it just needs re-aligning or if the mechanism is fubarred. Anybody know if this is one of those cars where they start with a wiper motor and then build the car around it?

 

No other news. But thank fook it's stopped raining for a bit.

[Six-cylinder]

Yeah its properly uggers innit. It's a twin for maximum points. Drives really well, much more civilised than any A series car, although I doubt it's much faster than an Ami in real terms. Acceleration is actually quite good though and despite conventional springs it's really comfortable.

We only got it because these early ones are known as the 'Groin' model in France, and that was too funny to pass up

In fact so ugly when I wanted a Twin Pot I looked for a MK2 updated front but I couldn't do without the satellite dash and yours even has a clock!

[scaryoldcortina]

I think by the last mot fail sheet that the tester had had enough. He may as well write "stop taking the piss" as an advisory.

 

I had a transit in for test that someone had "restored". Fail looked a lot like that one.

 

The MoT computer doesn't give the tester any clues about previous tests unless it's a retest. It's easy enough now to just open another tab and run the MoT history checker though.

[skattrd]

Skizzer fleet news:

 

The Dedra has now passed on to a better place.

 

Don't fret, it's not dead - I swapped it for a cheese and ham toastie, and it's now residing with a fellow shiter and serial Lancia saver who is planning to fix its apparent HGF and recommission it back into regular use - which I'm very, very happy about. I am badgering him to put up a thread about it, but he doesn't post very much. We even took a Woolarding shot and everything.

 

 

This wouldn't be betaboy (inaugural shitefest host) would it?

[panhard65]

Looks like I have just bought a very tatty MX5. Very cheap mind considering it comes with a hard top.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mazda-MX5-1-6-mk2-with-hard-top-running-spares-or-repair-/272133889590?

Anyone want to buy a hard top

 

[Supernaut]

We put Apex -40mm lowering springs on our A4, works out as a ~20mm drop from standard at about £60 a corner/£240 a set. When we bought the car it had hot rod stance because some silly person put standard height springs on the back.

That would be nice, were it not for the fact that the springs on it seem to be an arsehole to do (well, the rears are actually fairly easy) but the fronts... I took one look at them and threw it at a garage when one of them needed done.

 

Then there are the other problems with it, especially the mystery noise from the front left. I feel like I spend so much time just fixing this car as opposed to doing fun things to it. I used to love working on my previous cars because most of the work was by choice, 'improving' the cars to my taste. I hate working on this because it's simply fixing it over and over again.

Basically, I've lost the love for this car, big time. I'm already getting tempted by cheap barges on autotrader down near RantingYoof's neck of the woods. Saw a minty Pug 406 Coupe V6 manual with low miles and a low price too. Very tempting.

[Skizzer]

This wouldn't be betaboy (inaugural shitefest host) would it?

Good guess, but no, it was Dermist (who people might remember as the owner of the gorgeous R-reg red-brown Beta saloon at Shitefest 2014). It's no big secret, just that it's his story really rather then mine: I'm sure he'll post something when he gets around to it.

[tooSavvy]

I had a Scenic Day today, ARSEBISCUITS.....

 

Leaving Keighley, to come home, Blubberhouse STILL closed...

 

Via:-

 

Silsden

Addingham

Bolton Br Roundabout [road closed board]

 

so then:-

up New Road, Howgill

Pately Bridge, for Hggt.

Hang a Left >> to Ripon & A1(M)

 

2 1/2 hrs..... No Caravans thank god. But there's a stone arch at the start so probs never do?

 

 

TS

[Asimo]

I don't get this "early Visas are ugly" sentiment as I have always much preferred them pre-facelift.

The big outside difference is that later ones have black paint below all the windows, to make the glass area seem larger. Bumper grille too, think the later ones are just less interesting.

 

And inside, doing away with the satellite pod thingy was nuts, it just works so well!

[Six-cylinder]

I don't get this "early Visas are ugly" sentiment as I have always much preferred them pre-facelift.

The big outside difference is that later ones have black paint below all the windows, to make the glass area seem larger. Bumper grille too, think the later ones are just less interesting.

 

And inside, doing away with the satellite pod thingy was nuts, it just works so well!

My New nose 652cc Special (poverty model) dose not have black under the windows, is it model dependent?

[richardmorris]

Pretty sure my parent's visa II club (652cc of throbbing horses) has black window surrounds, so probably is trim dependent not engine.

 

Back to the subject of the transit of doom:how much has it cost the seller in mot test fees in the last few weeks if he's not submitting for a retest. The mot checker shows mot number, but not testing station number as far as I can see, so as scaryoldcortina says he's probably chucking it in at every place he can find.

[Skizzer]

My New nose 652cc Special (poverty model) dose not have black under the windows, is it model dependent?

Only the GT and GTI got black trim under the side windows. All facelift cars had black B-pillars. Facelift Super E and up also had a bit of plastic on the C-pillar that followed the kinked window line, and a bit of black on the scuttle that made the windscreen look deeper. [/nerd]

 

I think the facelift Visas are prettier but the early ones are a lot more striking (in a good way). That integrated plastic bumper / nose / grille was radical when they were new, and very cool.

[wuvvum]

I had another OMGDRIFT moment in the Kenari this evening - again, whilst going round a wet roundabout.  Really not sure why it's doing it - I checked the tyre pressures yesterday, and all the tyres have plenty of tread.  Maybe the nearside rear is just particularly shit - although it's a Federal which I thought were OK-ish.  It might just have gone hard through age.  Would explain why that wheel locked up when I had to brake hard the other day too.

[hairnet]

Looks like I have just bought a very tatty MX5. Very cheap mind considering it comes with a hard top.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mazda-MX5-1-6-mk2-with-hard-top-running-spares-or-repair-/272133889590?

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Anyone want to buy a hard top

how much

 friend was looking.....

[Lacquer Peel]

I had another OMGDRIFT moment in the Kenari this evening - again, whilst going round a wet roundabout.  Really not sure why it's doing it - I checked the tyre pressures yesterday, and all the tyres have plenty of tread.  Maybe the nearside rear is just particularly shit - although it's a Federal which I thought were OK-ish.  It might just have gone hard through age.  Would explain why that wheel locked up when I had to brake hard the other day too.

 

http://paultan.org/2006/01/11/top-gear-tests-cornering-ability/1 minute in, looks like the drift boys are missing a trick, they should be buying Kenaris.

[hairnet]

Yeah its properly uggers innit. It's a twin for maximum points. Drives really well, much more civilised than any A series car, although I doubt it's much faster than an Ami in real terms. Acceleration is actually quite good though and despite conventional springs it's really comfortable.

We only got it because these early ones are known as the 'Groin' model in France, and that was too funny to pass up

 

 

In fact so ugly when I wanted a Twin Pot I looked for a MK2 updated front but I couldn't do without the satellite dash and yours even has a clock!

 

racist feckers

[barrett]

I don't get this "early Visas are ugly" sentiment as I have always much preferred them pre-facelift.

Don't get me wrong, I much prefer the early ones. I wouldn't have got a later one as I don't think they are particularly interesting. A twin pot with the Groin nose is the only Visa I can get excited about. I don't ever remember seeing one on the road before - tbh I wasn't aware they'd even sold them over here. They are bloody ugly though, but in a loveable way. Like a scruffy dog.

[Ghosty]

mystery noise from the front left. 

 

What does it sound like? Our A4 made a fair few noises at the front when we first got it, one was a creaking noise from worn suspension arm bushes, another was the ABS throwing a hissy fit and making a honking noise because of old discs, one was the clutch release bearing...