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[anonymous user]

Yesterday I built* a car.

 

 

 

*Loosely arranged some bits of metal and wood around an engine on the floor.

I really, really, hope that this is the beginnings of a little cycle-car, preferably with a wickerwork body and brass headlights

[DeeJay]

Yesterday I built* a car.

 

 

 

*Loosely arranged some bits of metal and wood around an engine on the floor.

17 and 35 please.

[fordperv]

Yes,it's a genuine RS Turbo,still mot'd and with a lowish mileage........not my pic btw. ..

 

I have a tear in my eye for the escort, by any chance do you know where it is? Might be a good source of parts if it isn't already cubed

[dollywobbler]

Yesterday I built* a car.

 

 

 

*Loosely arranged some bits of metal and wood around an engine on the floor.

 

Careful. Barrett has bought worse.

[For Fiats Sake]

Last night I decided to get the white clx taxed so I could get it washed and take some photos and get it up for sale.  Could I find the V5? Could I bollocks.  Turned all the usual places (kitchen pile of papers, office, coffee table stack of paper) over and no luck.  I go to the car itself to find the V5 and the MOT in the door pocket.

Trying the gov website it wouldn't have the V5 - it's only the original from the last keeper.  Bollocks.

So I decide to file all the paper work hoping the current V5 will turn up on my day off tomorrow.  I need some suspension files, went out to move the modern, something looks odd about the front wheel I can't see.

Bollocks, bollocks, bollocks, bollocks, bollocks, bollocks,

 

 

Fucking Cunting BOLLOCKS.

 

I've been fastidious about making sure the sorned cars are MOT and Taxed and never parked off my property.

 

Now the modern I bought last year and understood it to be £0 tax.  I never really paid any mind as it was "taxed" by the garage when I picked it up.  I took it to be serviced at a year old.  I've never had a £0 tax car before and only once wondered about renewing it, as it doesn't need an MOT I presumed it must be an automatic thing, or at least DVLA would write to me if it wasn't.

 

I didn't get a renewal notice, just a fucking clamp 2 months later.

 

Before I could do anything about it I had to pay £260 to the clampers £100 fee and £160 surety.  Then I had to go on gov.com to find out I had a £20 per year taxable car. I paid the tax, rang the clampers, the £160 will be refunded 7-14 days.  

They came within the hour to release the clamp.  Now the lad who came was nice enough and was interested in my little fleet, not his fault, he's just doing his job.

 

Yes, I should have paid more attention to the tax, I don't know why I didn't, what really upset me how I'm made to feel like a low life law breaker just for missing 2 months of VED.

 

I remember getting at least 2 reminders for taxing a vehicle from the DVLA, but not to get one is perplexing, or did these go the way of the physical disc too?

 

I've felt shocked and upset, for a moment I considered doing nothing, but as it was the modern and was blocking the drive completely I was stuffed, it would have been lifted to a compound and charges multiplied.

 

The leaflet taped to the vehicle said I could still be liable for £1000 fine and back tax.

 

Has anyone on here had any luck challenging the DVLA clampers?

 

Surprisingly the releasing guy said they weren't given the address of any vehicles out of tax?  How do they find them then?

I was clamped outside my house.

 

Not going to dwell on this as I'm getting wound up again and it's not worth it.

 

 

 

[SiC]

Last night I decided to get the white clx taxed so I could get it washed and take some photos and get it up for sale.  Could I find the V5? Could I bollocks.  Turned all the usual places (kitchen pile of papers, office, coffee table stack of paper) over and no luck.  I go to the car itself to find the V5 and the MOT in the door pocket.

Trying the gov website it wouldn't have the V5 - it's only the original from the last keeper.  Bollocks.

So I decide to file all the paper work hoping the current V5 will turn up on my day off tomorrow.  I need some suspension files, went out to move the modern, something looks odd about the front wheel I can't see.

Bollocks, bollocks, bollocks, bollocks, bollocks, bollocks,

 

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Fucking Cunting BOLLOCKS.

 

I've been fastidious about making sure the sorned cars are MOT and Taxed and never parked off my property.

 

Now the modern I bought last year and understood it to be £0 tax.  I never really paid any mind as it was "taxed" by the garage when I picked it up.  I took it to be serviced at a year old.  I've never had a £0 tax car before and only once wondered about renewing it, as it doesn't need an MOT I presumed it must be an automatic thing, or at least DVLA would write to me if it wasn't.

 

I didn't get a renewal notice, just a fucking clamp 2 months later.

 

Before I could do anything about it I had to pay £260 to the clampers £100 fee and £160 surety.  Then I had to go on gov.com to find out I had a £20 per year taxable car. I paid the tax, rang the clampers, the £160 will be refunded 7-14 days.  

They came within the hour to release the clamp.  Now the lad who came was nice enough and was interested in my little fleet, not his fault, he's just doing his job.

 

Yes, I should have paid more attention to the tax, I don't know why I didn't, what really upset me how I'm made to feel like a low life law breaker just for missing 2 months of VED.

 

I remember getting at least 2 reminders for taxing a vehicle from the DVLA, but not to get one is perplexing, or did these go the way of the physical disc too?

 

I've felt shocked and upset, for a moment I considered doing nothing, but as it was the modern and was blocking the drive completely I was stuffed, it would have been lifted to a compound and charges multiplied.

 

The leaflet taped to the vehicle said I could still be liable for £1000 fine and back tax.

 

Has anyone on here had any luck challenging the DVLA clampers?

 

Surprisingly the releasing guy said they weren't given the address of any vehicles out of tax?  How do they find them then?

I was clamped outside my house.

 

Not going to dwell on this as I'm getting wound up again and it's not worth it.

They drive around with vans with cameras on every corner. If it sees a vehicle without tax and on the road, it pings it and they come to then clamp it.

 

They look like this...

 

Also I believe it pings up on police cars and they also have road side cameras on tripods as you drive around.

 

Or if someone finds an untaxed vehicle on the road, you can report it on a web-form online.

 

 

 

 

...I love the colour btw.

[For Fiats Sake]

I really want to find out why the DVLA didn't send reminders though, more than that why the fuck didn't my brain think to check things out properly?

 

I feel unclean, branded a tax dodger!

 

They also clamped the rover 45 on the main road which is used as a shed as far as I can see.

 

Anyway, car is being traded in on Friday.  I will tell the neighbours it was crushed.....

[Lord Sterling]

GOT CLAMPED...

 

Fucking Cunting BOLLOCKS.

 

Yes, I should have paid more attention to the tax, I don't know why I didn't, what really upset me how I'm made to feel like a low life law breaker just for missing 2 mknths of VED.

 

I was clamped outside my house.

Time to own up. This happened to me a couple of weeks ago and the BMW got towed away. Had evil thoughts about removing the clamp but throught that would land me in even more shite. I did get it back but had to pay £242, I'd already paid the tax the day before, even so, it still got clamped and towed. A huge amount of money when you've got a loved one abroad to look after + other stuff to pay.

 

As far as I'm concerned, the DVLA are a shower of money grabbing shits.

 

You can't really own anything these days.

[SiC]

To be honest £100 ain't that bad as a fine imo.

 

You can easily pay that as a parking fine in a private car park for going over by a couple of minutes over the max time and the ANPR at exit registering it.

 

Shit happens, we all make mistakes. At least no points on licence, criminal record, etc, etc.

[stuboy]

Took a few more photos of the Transit - here it is in all its minging glory.DSC_0589.JPG

 

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Flashing beacon works, which is nice.

 

 

This arch had to be gaffer taped up for the MOT cos sharp edges - tape has since gone.

 

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Anyone know what this is for?

 

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Engine.  All nice and shiny, but looks "different" somehow.  I'm no expert on these, but this isn't how I remember Transit engines looking.  It's definitely a DI though - nothing else makes that sound - and it pulls the van along quite happily so I don't suppose it really matters.

 

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Look underneath sliding rear door for copper tank

[stuboy]

Friend and excollegue saw me and followed me too say hi..

[wuvvum]

This happened to me a couple of weeks ago and the BMW got towed away. Had evil thoughts about removing the clamp but throught that would land me in even more shite. I did get it back but had to pay £242, I'd already paid the tax the day before, even so, it still got clamped and towed.

Surely you can challenge it then?  If the DVLA clamp and tow a taxed car, it's their fuckup, and there's no reason why you should be out of pocket for it.  It's not your fault the DVLA computers take fucking ages to update.

[Kiltox]

Even a £0 tax car needs to be "taxed" yearly I think!

[trigger]

Now that's a smart looking Mk5!

[MarvinsMom]

Friend and excollegue saw me and followed me too say hi..

 

that philip glenister is taller in real life than what he looks like on the telly.....

 

maybe the Quatro was been serviced?

[danthecapriman]

That Cortina is nice, looks really tidy.

[seth]

I really, really, hope that this is the beginnings of a little cycle-car, preferably with a wickerwork body and brass headlights

 

Well, probably. But I've not really considered having any bodywork so I'll leave that for when/if it becomes mobile and it certainly wouldn't warrant more than a single headlight.

[wuvvum]

I took both Transit vans to my favourite stretch of bypass this evening for some "performance testing".  Interestingly, although the newer van feels subjectively quite a bit quicker to drive, against the clock it's only a second and a half quicker to 60 (23.5 seconds against 25 for the DI).  The DI is lower geared, which I suppose helps its case.  The difference is more noticeable when overtaking though - I suppose that's where the turbo diesel's superior torque comes into play. 

 

I also hadn't noticed until I had them side by side how much bigger the Mk6 is in the back.  The vans are quite similar in size, but the DI's floor is a lot higher (because RWD) so the load volume is quite a lot smaller.

 

I still can't decide which to keep.

[chodweaver]

I thought, having bought some new plugs and an air filter, plus some 'crud-be-gone' fuel additive for the catalyser, it was time to figure out the enormity of the task of getting the Presidential Renner's emissions back in line with current regs and a new MOT being likely
 
And they are so far out, I hadn't realised that the target figures were already on the emissions test results sheet.
 
So here, for your amusement, are the results:

 

 

*Identity of my tame MOT tester has been redacted to protect the innocent

 

Yes, the CO is 33 times greater than the limit at fast idle, while the HC is 12.5% over.

 

Oh dear. How is this engine even running? Will one bottle of crud-be-gone be enough? Or is this total cat failure? Only time will tell...

[twosmoke300]

That emissions read out is a car running crazy rich - no treatment will help that . 

Id put money on a coolant temp sensor or maf ( if it has one ) fault or maybe a misfire.

 

Its not a cat failure at the mo but it may have poisoned it if its been running like that for ages

Typical cat failure is a "just fail " of about 0.5% CO

[dave21478]

I thought my Pandas emissions were bad.....Im surprised it didnt set fire to the guys exhaust probe.

[Guest Hooli]

I took both Transit vans to my favourite stretch of bypass this evening for some "performance testing".  Interestingly, although the newer van feels subjectively quite a bit quicker to drive, against the clock it's only a second and a half quicker to 60 (23.5 seconds against 25 for the DI).  The DI is lower geared, which I suppose helps its case.  The difference is more noticeable when overtaking though - I suppose that's where the turbo diesel's superior torque comes into play. 

 

I also hadn't noticed until I had them side by side how much bigger the Mk6 is in the back.  The vans are quite similar in size, but the DI's floor is a lot higher (because RWD) so the load volume is quite a lot smaller.

 

I still can't decide which to keep.

Keep the RWD one, you'll thank me with the huge grin when it snows/rains/gets slightly damp etc.

[HillmanImp]

it'll be dealt with in a nice reasonable way

I used to work as a tax officer about 15yrs ago for a couple of years and used to apply the rule that if someone rang up and was reasonable I would sort them out, even bending the rules as much as I could to assist them as if they were nice to me I would be nice to them.

 

On the other hand, if they rang up giving me shit I used to go out of my way to totally bum them for every penny I could and make the process as painfull as possible for them. If they were total arseholes I would even refer them up to the inspectors for an audit investigation to really wind them up.

 

Sadly when I have problems, either I never get someone with the same outlook as me or I must come across as a right cock on the phone when I don't mean to be, as I seem to get absolutely dicked by everyone at every organisation I deal with.

[chodweaver]

That emissions read out is a car running crazy rich - no treatment will help that . 

Id put money on a coolant temp sensor or maf ( if it has one ) fault or maybe a misfire.

 

Its not a cat failure at the mo but it may have poisoned it if its been running like that for ages

Typical cat failure is a "just fail " of about 0.5% CO

 

Would a lot of oil getting into the combustion chamber give the same values?

 

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[Barry Cade]

Hydrocarbons aren't too bad so I'd rule out a missfire,or oil burning. Something is causing it to go rich, coolant temp sensor as mentioned, or I've seen Lambda sensors doing this on Renners. Can you get a diagnostic machine on it, even a cheap hand held one can tell you if the Lambda is switching properly. Inlet air leaks also can give a crazy reading like this as the lambda sensor tries to compensate for the really lean mixture.

[Supernaut]

Hello from Wengen. Not spotted any chod yet, but check out the view from the balcony!

 

[MarvinsMom]

Hydrocarbons aren't too bad so I'd rule out a missfire,or oil burning. Something is causing it to go rich, coolant temp sensor as mentioned, or I've seen Lambda sensors doing this on Renners. Can you get a diagnostic machine on it, even a cheap hand held one can tell you if the Lambda is switching properly. Inlet air leaks also can give a crazy reading like this as the lambda sensor tries to compensate for the really lean mixture.

when the jaguar had a cracked exhaust manifold, that too caused the lambda thing to get all squiffy and have the car over fuel itself, and run really rich.

[dugong]

Went on a training course with a colleague; discovered afterwards said facility had a large, empty gravel car park. 

 

 

It was a rubbish training course and we hope we're not asked back.

[320touring]

good effort!

 

sometimes the simplest things in life are the best. RWD plus gravel =joy!

[dugong]

good effort!

 

sometimes the simplest things in life are the best. RWD plus gravel =joy!

It needs about a quarter throttle to do that. Live axle + 170lb/ft = DIRFT.