saucedoctor Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Wonderful news! Congratulations, old boy. Lord Sterling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf892 Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 coming back from a pub lunch yesterday saw a 5 series parked up with front fogs on........so obviously the driver is a cock. Then saw male driver and his bird........bird had camera and was saying 'c'mon hurry up' as she encouraged him to stand in the front of the road name sign. Road is Bell End Angrydicky, saucedoctor, The Moog and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat_the_cat Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Coming round a bend on a single-track lane yesterday to find an Audi driver hurtling towards me. I stopped, he (just) stopped and I reversed back to a passing place. What made me grin was the difference in the acknowledgements I got - the typical raise of a finger off the steering wheel from the driver, but an sheepish, apologetic wave from the lady in the passenger seat. You just *knew* from her expression that the driver had an earwigging coming on! DSdriver and saucedoctor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Turns out my new Avantime was at one point part of the worlds biggest Avantime fleet. They were purchased by a computer company called taylor made and all resprayed Monaco blue for some corporate reason. They all have the reg HK03... and I see on twitter R9UKE also bought one of these HK03 cars back in March. Rusty_Rocket, Junkman, TagoraSX and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Company cars seem to have been downgraded a bit since, I'd have quit if I worked there Junkman and cort16 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 After having a fleet of Avantimes conking out for three years they probably just decided to buy the most reliable cars on the market. I bet the words "never again" were spoken at that board meeting. michael1703, NorfolkNWeigh, HillmanImp and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Well, at least I now know who I would call to ask for hands on experience in case I wanted an Avantime. cort16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 You can just imagine the beads of sweat appearing on the fleet managers brow at the mention of the word Avantime. rml2345 and Banger Kenny 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 It's a Xantia on three spokes. Not the three spokes I'd use, but it makes me happy that it exists. DSdriver and cms206 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 stuck in holland over night this is the hotel they gave us another grin is the price that the rooms for two coachloads of us 160 euro for some and 175 for others o learys gonna love that de efteling - if you havent - go not a massive fairytale or coaster fan but apart from the one upside down coaster it was great - feckin feet are killing cos i had bike boots on for four days cos i couldnt bring shoes or trainers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sloth in a bowl Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 It's a Xantia on three spokes. Not the three spokes I'd use, but it makes me happy that it exists. Those wheels look very similar to the ones I had on my Mk1 Laguna. I really liked them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydicky Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Congratulations LS, fantastic news! Just need to get the D reg 820e back on the road now to use as your wedding car! Lord Sterling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 I half jokingly suggested a 231bhp 330Ci Coupe to my mum, because she wants something "comfy, a bit sporty looking and automatic for about 3 grand" to replace her mk3 golf 1.8 auto (for sale on here soon). Turns out she really likes them, so it looks as though I've got to go and look at one and probably drive it back tomorrow night. I am a little bit apprehensive about her driving such a fast car, but she managed an MX5 with Pirelli P6000s on for years so she's probably OK in anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 So,you think you got guitar skills? http://www.wimp.com/realnice/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkzxGr4Yx8U meggersdog, oman5, ed5000 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 ^ I wonder if Jimmy was driving the lorry?! Jim Bergerac 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 I half jokingly suggested a 231bhp 330Ci Coupe to my mum, because she wants something "comfy, a bit sporty looking and automatic for about 3 grand" to replace her mk3 golf 1.8 auto (for sale on here soon). Turns out she really likes them, so it looks as though I've got to go and look at one and probably drive it back tomorrow night. I am a little bit apprehensive about her driving such a fast car, but she managed an MX5 with Pirelli P6000s on for years so she's probably OK in anything. Watch out for rust around the wheel arch/liners and just below the rear boot lid.Its not a big deal if caught in time, they'll probably all do it. Rear boot floors can tear on thrashed cars, there's a £90 module in the hvac which can fail and cause all sorts of issues and there's a screen around the oil filler cap which can cause mayo in cold weather or on short journeys. Mine looks like HGF in the winter but it's fine.It will burn oil (more so if driven hard) and your mum needs to keep an eye on its consumption to avoid destroying the engine. Mine gets 27mpg owing to a shitty commute, it'll go up to 30ish on a run and I managed 38 once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 They leak oil from the oil filler housing and the rocker cover gaskets go brittle and leak oil down the back of the engine dripping on the exhaust manifold.Nice engine though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Thanks Tayne/Cort. I have to say I've been scuttling round the net to see the main faults, if those are the only major issues then I don't reckon it'll be too bad. There's a lad at work who's got a 330d and seems to have had to fix every one of those faults in the last couple of months. She can always donate it to me when she gets sick of it, shame it's an auto but I presume it's a much much better box than her mk3 golf (which is the only auto I've ever driven) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sloth in a bowl Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Congratulations LS, fantastic news! Just need to get the D reg 820e back on the road now to use as your wedding car! LS has enough Rover 800s for the whole wedding party (or at least the most important people), we just need to hit a few with the right tools and get some tow rope for the others. catsinthewelder, rml2345, Lord Sterling and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 I've been watching Polo in the works car park over the last few years now. The other side is just as bad! Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wackywacerwill Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Pleasingly shonky. They normally hold off the rot pretty well so I guess that one's had a life by the sea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 I always presume stuff must have had major paint when newish or something to look that bad, but if both sides are as shagged then maybe one of the metal protection stages didn't work properly in the factory. That said my golf is probably just as bad but you can't see it cos there's sill covers and arch trims over it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 You could be right, it's in Felixstowe so It's likely to have lived on the coast all it's life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 No, that's quite bad even for one of the later ones of this shape. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen one that bad before. I wonder if it's the colour and lumpiness of the finish that's making it look so bad or if it actually has all the structural integrity of All Bran. I bet there's just fresh air under the battery tray by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 It's been bubbling for a few years now, but it's getting worse, the interiors pretty tidy and it even looks quite original with the dealer plates and stickers, I bet it's low mileage too, I'll have to take a look tomorrow, I'll see if i can get some more photos of the nearside too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rml2345 Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 That's pretty spectacularly grotty. I bet if you gave it a bit of a tap the bottom third of that wing would just fall off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 I'm honestly not saying it because of my general anti-VAG-ness, but I've seen plenty of Polos of that sort of age as rotten as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wackywacerwill Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 I've owned one which was spotless but binned off when it went pop. I've had a hand in 'race prepping' four more, none of which were seriously grotty though all got a bit bent in the 'racing' process so went in the bin too. Despite my callous mistreatment of the breed I quite like them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CortinaDave Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Oddly enough my N-Power has gone from £82 to £154... I shall give them an buzz. N Power screwed up my bill as well. I make sure theyve got the right readings, but they didnt send me a bill for months so I chased it up and got a letter from them telling me that I was £320 in credit... and in the SAME LETTER - "we are putting your payments up from £58 to £80 per month as we think you're using more than you're paying". Eh? Five days later - another bill - this time my 320 credit has mysteriously vanished and this time I owe THEM £170 apparently. Long story short I decided best plan was just to switch supplier. gave them a closing reading and they told me I owed them £70 to finalise the account. Confused? So was I. Anyway I paid that to get rid of them and my balance was zero at switch. Two weeks later - another bill! Apparently I owe them a further £40. God only knows what the truth of it all is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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