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[hairnet]

fek john

 

i always hope if that ever happens its on the back

[dollywobbler]

 

This was interesting at 70mph in the outside lane.

 

The one downside of having a few cars as well is tool sharing. I have a jack, but no wheel brace in the boot. Fortunately a friend is coming to the rescue !

 

Scary indeed. That's a proper blowout.

 

Let's have some cosy Nippa news to calm down. Managed to drag myself away from Ebay long enough to replace the temperature sender on the Nippa, as well as give it new air and oil filters and fresh oily oil.

 

Manky old sensor.

 

Result! Temp gauge has been barely moving of late.

 

I got the engine warm before I started the job, to give me half a chance of getting the sender out. Of course, it got quite exciting when it did come out, and I was glad I was wearing two pairs of gloves... idiot.

 

That at least allowed me to bung the new sensor in and restart the warm engine. Idle speed noticeably dropped. I think that confirms that the ECU also takes a read from this sensor. It was pushing the limits of richness on the MOT and had been idling a bit higher than it should have been for a while.

 

So, that's sorted for another year then, though I would like to give the braking system a going over this year. Perhaps new fluid would be a good idea, and I need to check the calipers/pads/shoes.

[Honey Badger]

New 12 month ticket on the Accord today, 3 years in a row without a single advisory.

 

She's looking pretty tidy as well for a 17 year old.

 

[JohnK]

Do we think it's fucked ?

 

I do think I need to check rest of tyres and their date code. Tread is great on them all but I'm wondering if they're old tyres now ...

 

[chodweaver]

Holiday at the end of the month will mean driving about 1000 miles in a week - thinking about bottling out of taking the Scenic and renting a car instead

Talk me out of it, Autoshite!

I suggest you swiftly procure something even shitter on minimal cost to do the week in, and if it manages it, you've bought a winner. If it bites the dust, there's rental cars and/or the magnificent men in their yellow machines and you still have the Scenic to come home to

 

*Other ways to jeopardize your domestic arrangements are available.

 

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[Ghosty]

A8s are bloody cheap, get one of those and do it in style

[dollywobbler]

New 12 month ticket on the Accord today, 3 years in a row without a single advisory.

 

She's looking pretty tidy as well for a 17 year old.

 

 

Ok, ok. I think I'm getting the hint. Once my towing needs are dealt with, I think I may have to give one of these a go. I do like the styling. 

[cobblers]

A few weeks ago I looked on my CCTV camera while I was at work and it showed my car was still parked outside the house. I was well confused but I thought that the image had frozen or something, it's done it before.

It seemed to sort itself out soon after.

It's happened a few times. Last time I actually saw the postman walk past, so the only explanation was that the video was somehow time delayed by like 19 hours or something. I even wiped the OS off the CCTV computer thing and it still did the same. Then I noticed you could even see the car in the other camera. I was proper pulling my hair out TBH.

 

Anyway I've just looked on it again:

 

Turns out a mate of a neighbour has the same car and I was just being naive in not realising someone else was parking an identical abarth 500 outside my house while I'm at work.

[SiC]

Went out in the ever reliable Civic, as I hadn't driven it in a few weeks. Car coming the other way, so pulled in to wait and stopped. As I came to a stop, it juddered and stalled!

 

 

Turns out that I forgotten how to clutch...

[Honey Badger]

Ok, ok. I think I'm getting the hint. Once my towing needs are dealt with, I think I may have to give one of these a go. I do like the styling. 

 

Your welcome to try mine if you're ever in my neck of the woods on your travels, I'm in Wellingborough, Northants.

 

To be honest mine isn't the best example, it gets shocking MPG due to a shagged torque convertor, some V6s get close to 30 allegedly.

[Honey Badger]

Went out in the ever reliable Civic, as I hadn't driven it in a few weeks. Car coming the other way, so pulled in to wait and stopped. As I came to a stop, it juddered and stalled!

 

 

Turns out that I forgotten how to clutch...

 

Did that in the works Focus on Friday, then managed to almost launch myself through the window of the automatic accord later the same day by stamping on the brake pedal like it was a clutch. I'm easily confused these days.

[anonymous user]

Turns out a mate of a neighbour has the same car and I was just being naive in not realising someone else was parking an identical abarth 500 outside my house while I'm at work.

Either that or your doppleganger is in your house while you are out

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Strange_Case_of_Mr_Pelham (made into a film where Roger Moore acted for once)

[dollywobbler]

Did that in the works Focus on Friday, then managed to almost launch myself through the window of the automatic accord later the same day by stamping on the brake pedal like it was a clutch. I'm easily confused these days.

 

I did that once in a Saab 9-5 after a very long day (drive from Peterborough to Goodwood Revival, then driving to the hotel). Bet it shat up the car behind too! I certainly tested the seatbelts...

[JohnK]

Checked the rest of the tyres on the 530i today and we have a date range between 2003-2007.

 

The worrying thing is when I opened the boot to check the dead tyre, that was a 2009 date!

 

4 new tyres to be bought today and fitted ASAP - I'm just glad the kids weren't in the car.

 

Check your tyres guys... The tread on these was ace and (out of ignorance really) I hadn't checked the dates. I will from now on!

[beko1987]

I did that once in a Saab 9-5 after a very long day (drive from Peterborough to Goodwood Revival, then driving to the hotel). Bet it shat up the car behind too! I certainly tested the seatbelts...

The first day I drove the ZX to work rather than the XM I nearly stalled doing just that. Caught it at 20mph in 5th, with the car shaking so much I thought the windscreen was going to fall out...

[320touring]

these greeted me when I stopped at the supermarket this morning..

 

just superb!

[SiC]

Checked the rest of the tyres on the 530i today and we have a date range between 2003-2007.

 

The worrying thing is when I opened the boot to check the dead tyre, that was a 2009 date!

 

4 new tyres to be bought today and fitted ASAP - I'm just glad the kids weren't in the car.

 

Check your tyres guys... The tread on these was ace and (out of ignorance really) I hadn't checked the dates. I will from now on!

That Paul Walker guy accident was reckoned to be contributed to by the 9 year old tyres on the Porsche Carrera GT.

[nacho man]

I have been on a nice little trip in my old mans T4.

 

 

Last week this happened.

 

 

So for our honeymoon we set off from Derby to explore Pembrokeshire as I never been there.

 

First of was a stopover in the Brecons. The old bus drives real nice actually, it's the 2.5 tdi, but the non inter cooled version so only has 88bhp or something. But it's been done out lovely in the back and is well insulated so is mega quiet. Bombs along nicely at 75mph at 2700rpm.

 

Has been lowered and on silly low pro tyres and can be a touch crashy on rough roads, but handles well.

 

 

Headed to Tenby and was greeted with lovely sunshine.

 

 

What a lovely place. We took no cooking stuff at all and just ate out the whole time, the place is full of half decent places to eat and drink.

 

 

Found this ace sight looking out over the harbour.

 

 

So didn't really do much exploring, the weather was ace so mainly soaked it all up. Ate loads and drank loads. Netflix and chilled the rest.

 

Then today I am back at work.

 

And greated with this old Volvo pump engine, it needed a service as stood for ages, dropped the filters to find this mess.

 

 

GR8

[Jon]

Found out today that the NZ equivalent of road tax is due to drop in price again from 1st July, as they did last year. So, a year's rego on the Commodore, Visa, 205, Clio and Mondeo will go down from the equivalent of £528, to £350!

 

With WOF (MOT) costs and insurance on them all included, the whole tally is just shy of £1100, or £3 a day. The 2006 Mondeo is an interloper to the fleet admittedly, though it's insurance is £10/month TPFT, it's post 2000 so only needs a yearly £20 WOF (pre-2000 is every 6 months) and its rego will now be £40 annually, so I can live with an extra car when it costs the equivalent of a Mars Bar a day to keep.

 

Petrol is currently available from 80p/litre and diesel is less than 50p. And people ask me if I like living in NZ?!

[Guest Hooli]

New 12 month ticket on the Accord today, 3 years in a row without a single advisory.

 

She's looking pretty tidy as well for a 17 year old.

 

 

That does not look that old!

[Jazoli]

Found out today that the NZ equivalent of road tax is due to drop in price again from 1st July, as they did last year. So, a year's rego on the Commodore, Visa, 205, Clio and Mondeo will go down from the equivalent of £528, to £350!

 

With WOF (MOT) costs and insurance on them all included, the whole tally is just shy of £1100, or £3 a day. The 2006 Mondeo is an interloper to the fleet admittedly, though it's insurance is £10/month TPFT, it's post 2000 so only needs a yearly £20 WOF (pre-2000 is every 6 months) and its rego will now be £40 annually, so I can live with an extra car when it costs the equivalent of a Mars Bar a day to keep.

 

Petrol is currently available from 80p/litre and diesel is less than 50p. And people ask me if I like living in NZ?!

 

Don't they have ridiculously low speed limits in NZ with humorless coppers that'll do you for being 2kph over the limit?

[Cavcraft]

Thursday is Corsa day. Won't start a new thread about this, obvs, but for £72 with a metric shit load of MOT it hasn't broken the bank. 1.0 3 pot with a broken camshaft the owner said.

 

[anonymous user]

Thursday is Corsa day. Won't start a new thread about this, obvs, but for £72 with a metric shit load of MOT it hasn't broken the bank. 1.0 3 pot with a broken camshaft the owner said.

 

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Now that's more like the Cavcraft we know and love

[doobietoo]

Popped over to Bournmouth last Friday to pick up yet another lens for MrsDs camera and stopped off at Upton park near pool for a cuppa and a slice of cake as us oldies do, on the way home. After watching the world go by for an hour or so we wandered back to the car park. Pressed the blipper to unlock the car and...... nothing ......bugger has the Yaris finally gone wrong? It was only as I was unsuccessfully trying to open the car dfoor with the key that MrsD pointed out it was not our car..... I hastely moved onto our car and pressed the blipper again .......nothing ....... bugger, it must have been a premonition.... so over to the car door again and again the key didn't fit...... annoyingly MrsD once again pointed out it wasn't our car......

What are the chances

 

 

I spent the journey home asking why she bought such a "common" car, to hide my embarrassment...

[billyboy406v6]

I have been on a nice little trip in my old mans T4.

 

 

Last week this happened.

 

 

So for our honeymoon we set off from Derby to explore Pembrokeshire as I never been there.

 

First of was a stopover in the Brecons. The old bus drives real nice actually, it's the 2.5 tdi, but the non inter cooled version so only has 88bhp or something. But it's been done out lovely in the back and is well insulated so is mega quiet. Bombs along nicely at 75mph at 2700rpm.

 

Has been lowered and on silly low pro tyres and can be a touch crashy on rough roads, but handles well.

 

 

Headed to Tenby and was greeted with lovely sunshine.

 

 

What a lovely place. We took no cooking stuff at all and just ate out the whole time, the place is full of half decent places to eat and drink.

 

 

Found this ace sight looking out over the harbour.

 

 

So didn't really do much exploring, the weather was ace so mainly soaked it all up. Ate loads and drank loads. Netflix and chilled the rest.

 

Then today I am back at work.

 

And greated with this old Volvo pump engine, it needed a service as stood for ages, dropped the filters to find this mess.

 

 

GR8

Spooky ! Lived in Derby for 30 years and moved to Pembrokeshire and live a few miles from Tenby, excellent choice to honeymoon !!

[Sealtainn]

Talking of tyres, the Granada will need a new set before she sets foot on the mainland for her drive-a-thon. The fronts have a couple of small splits in and a rear was an advisory on the MoT, annoying they all have loads of tread left.

Does anyone have any recommendations on tyres? Was looking at Toyo Proxys but never had anything like that before, have no idea what they are like

[Cheggers]

I've spent most of the day driving a 15 plate Renault Trafic and was really impressed. For a (supposedly) 1.6 diesel it went like stink, was quiet, comfy and really economical.

[Alexg]

Somehow, unexpectedly, I ended the day owning a Rover 45 Diesel. Some lovely old giffer waddled into work and asked if we buy cars. Strange really as the majority of the forecourt is 18 month old BMW 3 and 5 Series models and he's trying to flog us a 15 year old L Series chugger. He obviously spotted my V6 CLASS among the efficient dynamics and realised I knew the score. It booked at sod all, but he was determined to be rid of it, so rather than let him sell it for peanuts to some 2nd gen pikey trader I thought I'd buy it for a fair price and run it for a bit. Turns out though that what I'll have to pay in insurance monthly is about the same I pay in company car tax on a 2015 Ford Focus so WHATS THE POINT!?

 

So before I punt this sucker on eBay I'll offer it on here for a sensible shitter price. I'll type out an ad tomorrow, but if anyone wants a 93k 2001 Expression S Saloon with heated cow, big alloys and sensible MOT - brace yourself.

[Alexg]

Derek from Renospeed has messaged to let me know the R5 has it's new engine running and a fresh MOT. It's good to go! It needs running in so will have it transported home rather than ringing it's neck on the M20 and undoing the hard work. It'll be my commuting car for the next few weeks.

[dave21478]

Talking of tyres, the Granada will need a new set before she sets foot on the mainland for her drive-a-thon. The fronts have a couple of small splits in and a rear was an advisory on the MoT, annoying they all have loads of tread left.

Does anyone have any recommendations on tyres? Was looking at Toyo Proxys but never had anything like that before, have no idea what they are like

 

Falken Zeix.

 

Good grip wet or dry, last a decent length, not too noisy....I havent found any dowsides to them and am slowly converting the fleet to them as tyres are needed.

 

 

EDIT - there are various tyres in the Zeix range. I have the 914s on the Escort and have had fancier ones on higher power stuff.