Lankytim Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Sold the Saab to a local guy via UK saabs yesterday, got a fair price for it too. YAY, The Xantia is now on the road, it drives bloody lovely. The interior was absolutely minging but scrubbed up a treat, best of all I found the service history with the handbook hiding in a little cubby hole under the dash. Cambelt was done fairly recently and its been serviced well. Result! The previous owner told me the service history and handbooks were missing, OBV he didnt check the little cubbyhole! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuke Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 ....in a little cubby hole under the dash. That'd be the fusebox, then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Recieved via Twitter, another user described my BX as a "lovely old relic". Summed it up perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 My wife is great, she's came home from work today bearing gifts for me. Apparently Modelzone in town has got a sale on and she got a bit carried away, I'm not complaining though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew e Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Accidental ratlook Fiesta: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuke Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Charity shop find of the week (possibly month): For those of you unlucky enough to have never owned a copy, it's basically a 'Shiter's textbook, both in content and presentation. There's an excellent canned-history section at the front, where all the prestige classic marques are depicted in small b&w photos, with the glossy colour double-spreads reserved for the MG Metro and cut-away Saab 9000 later on. There's a chapter devoted to American muscle, which is a whopping 4 pages long (out of 186). Honorary editorial mentions are given to the Nissan Liberta 1500 SSS and the Alfetta turbodiesel, among many others. There are 22 pages of spec data at the back, covering such popular UK favourites as the Isuzu Florian Aska 2000 Turbo, and the Tchaika Gaz-14. And the quotes, oh, the quotes..... I could fill an A4 page with frankly bizarre observations (apparently ABS is a "fashionable gimmick") and woefully optimistic predictions ("perhaps the dynamic guidance of Lee Iacocca will herald the rebirth of the great American roadsters"), and I'd love to know what the author had been drinking when he described the Bristol Beaufighter as "appealing". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Perhaps it was a typo and he meant 'appalling'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 We all wondered why there were filming something in our boardroom, this answers it! Apparently there's a thing on TV tonight about UKMail, which we have a small bit part in! Guess Nick cut his monthly golf holiday short... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Oh, and the finance director bought his Lightning in today as it's sunny, and parked it by the fag shed so we can look at it throughout the day. It is a stunning thing however! http://www.ronartdriversclub.org.uk/pag ... tning.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheggers Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Charity shop find of the week (possibly month): For those of you unlucky enough to have never owned a copy, it's basically a 'Shiter's textbook, both in content and presentation. There's an excellent canned-history section at the front, where all the prestige classic marques are depicted in small b&w photos, with the glossy colour double-spreads reserved for the MG Metro and cut-away Saab 9000 later on. There's a chapter devoted to American muscle, which is a whopping 4 pages long (out of 186). Honorary editorial mentions are given to the Nissan Liberta 1500 SSS and the Alfetta turbodiesel, among many others. There are 22 pages of spec data at the back, covering such popular UK favourites as the Isuzu Florian Aska 2000 Turbo, and the Tchaika Gaz-14. And the quotes, oh, the quotes..... I could fill an A4 page with frankly bizarre observations (apparently ABS is a "fashionable gimmick") and woefully optimistic predictions ("perhaps the dynamic guidance of Lee Iacocca will herald the rebirth of the great American roadsters"), and I'd love to know what the author had been drinking when he described the Bristol Beaufighter as "appealing". I've got that book...bought it new 20-odd years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrogeezer Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 I have that fab book as well....excellent purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rover414 Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Just bought a green Rover 414SLi from Copart. It'll provide many vital parts for my one and it's perfect as it's in the right colour. Stuffed up the rear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Actual sunshine. And the right car to exploit it of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luxobarges_Are_Us Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 The Daily Fail is grumpy even about the sunshine. Its first page today complains about the prospect of the "driest May since records began". That's a GOOD thing as far as I am concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 pic I have my doubts about that lintel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 I thought I'd better not park too close... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Diazepam. It's fucking ace. My brain is quiet for the first time in 17 years. I'm actually getting help with the mental health issues I've been moaning about incessantly and right now I'm all chilled and floaty, I can't remember ever feeling this... relaxed. Hopefully this is the first step to getting well again, even if it does mean I'm not currently allowed to use things like angry grinders and flappy wheels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philibusmo Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 My fleet is now thinned down to 4 as both the Orion and the Alfa Romeo are now sold and gone This has left the drive feeling surprisingly spacious, but it will be good to only have as many cars as I can keep going at one time and will give me more time to get cracking on the Lancia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Good on ya Vangyl - I know loads of people will tell you drugs aren't the way but I found they gave me breathing room in my head to sort everything out manually and deal with all the little things that I couldn't face without the pills. Steadily dropped the dosage and I'm as close to normal as anyone could bear to be. Good luck! My yay for the day is having my performance review at work, and not only did most of it get written for me ("I'll just put some fancy sounding stuff in this box here, yeah?") but it seems I exceeded expectations, scored the maximum practical mark (just sort of "Turns out he is actually Jesus and can do miracles") and have been given a fancy new project to tinker with, with prospect of something they call "advancement". On the basis of a half-arsed website I wrote years ago and left lying around they think I'm a coding genius. Not bad to say I was bricking it printing out review forms and other shit at 11pm last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Shiply is making be laugh. http://www.shiply.com/transport/BMW-320D-SE/1686277/ A bidding war betwwen two people desperate to deliver this BMW. Not a problem but both of them want to deliver the car on trade plates. Good luck driving that down the M6 lads. "Dear Customer Our bid is for the vehicle to be DRIVEN NOT transported We are a small family run business, but that does not mean we only take on small jobs. We are not a courier company We have a full traders insurance policy which allows us to drive any vehicle up to and including 7.5 ton to the value of 20K on a fully comprehensive basis. We have collected and delivered vehicles all over the Uk. We are committed to our customers each and every time we do a job. " Not committed enough to actually look at the pictures though.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skattrd Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 http://www.fuelly.com/driver/skattrd/beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben_L Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Got offered a job whilst mooching around scrappy on Saturday... 30-40 HPW @ 7.50 ph... Saved me from going to the Dole Office for a while... Anyone after work still, look at Corals, Jennings and William Hill... They're recruiting a lot apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philibusmo Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Quite a successful couple of days. Both the Mk1 Fiesta and the Demio now have fresh MOT certificates. The both requires very minor work, adjusted rear wheel bearings on the fiesta (tighten them slightly) and a new wiper blade on the Demio. I'd say that is pretty good going. Additionally I got a good few jobs done on the Fiesta today in preparation for taking it to Scotland at the weekend - a 1000 mile round trip. Got both the temperature gauge and the radiator fan fixed and the rear wash wipe is now re-instated and fully functioning after i took it out to clean the bracket 2 years ago. The only slight downer is that I am ill. Not badly but enough to make stuff take far more effort than usual and I know I could be more productive in this beautiful weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 I just found a picture of my dads old Talbot Horizon (with a Chrysler badge for the eagle eyes ones amongst you) whilst rooting around for some old insurance docs: The vehicle details for FRM 264V are:Date of Liability 01 03 1990Date of First Registration 01 01 1980Year of Manufacture 1980Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1294ccCO2 Emissions Not AvailableFuel Type PETROLExport Marker NVehicle Status UnlicensedVehicle Colour REDVehicle Type Approval Not Available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruJoe Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Hey Phil, I didn't know you had a Demio! Good man, they're ace! How's the papier-mache holding up on the 106? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wackywacerwill Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Pretty chuffed with how the Lambo listing is progressing, It should hopefully bring in some much needed funds to our workplace. Lamborghini Countach volkswagen Beetle Countess kit car T...384 Watchers29 Bids£2,550.00 ebay pounds could be ours if the sale actually goes through!3d 17h to gohttp://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251265674568?shitterforsale&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 http://www.mez.co.uk/lucas.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autofive Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 http://www.mez.co.uk/lucas.html while buying lunch yesterday scaryoldcortina and I were at the checkout in a supermarket, behind us a woman shouted at her toddler son "Lucas" who calls their kid Lucas? I suggested to scary that the kid will start smoking from an early age, not work past the age of fifteen years old and by twenty will become brittle and snap easily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 at the checkout in a supermarket, behind us a woman shouted at her toddler son "Lucas" y I bet they weren't buying veg oil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSparrow Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 I remember at an old job a middle class couple had called one of their out of control, spoilt, 'free spirit' children Ajax. Which is a scouring powder. Dicks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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