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bub2006 Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

bub2006

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My technical wizard friend just rang. He has some sort of dyno equipment and wants to test my van. This could be interesting

DodgeRover Rank: Talbot Tagora

DodgeRover

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My technical wizard friend just rang. He has some sort of dyno equipment and wants to test my van. This could be interesting

As in the - it peaked at 68bhp before rattle knock stop sort of interesting???

holbeck Rank: Renault 16

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My technical wizard friend just rang. He has some sort of dyno equipment and wants to test my van. This could be interesting

 

Just don't let him kill it revving the nuts off it on the rollers.

bub2006 Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

bub2006

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Oh he won't kill it. No rollers but something to do with the obd port, weight and tyre size and it pulls info from ecu. I never heard anything like it if I'm honest

scaryoldcortina Rank: Lancia Gamma

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OBD dongle and android app by the sound of it, you give the app the data about weight and it extrapolates power from acceleration, it's more of a toy than a tool because there are so many other factors involved - try finding a totally flat road for starters!

 

Depending on the year of your C15 it might not work at all because they aren't all OBD compliant despite having the plug.

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bub2006 Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

bub2006

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It's a laptop app he has found and licensed called Palmers. Van won't read anything so we given up!

Cavcraft Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Cavcraft

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I honestly thought I'd seen it all. Do I want what as swap for my chain saw engined Raleigh RSW?

 

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Yep, just your every day six foot fibre glass giraffe. Made my day that.

Lord Sterling Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

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I was in the slow lane of the M3 this morning, minding my own business, until I was overtaken by a white, Project Drive spec, Rover 75 TAXI !

 

I don't know who the owner is, but he definitely belongs on here !

I actually caught a Rover 75 taxi in Birmingham a few years ago, I felt quite happy to be wafted home in such a nice car. There is still a couple of Rover 75 taxi in Brum, I think there is even still a Rover 600 and a Toyota Carina E still plodding the streets of Brum.

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I honestly thought I'd seen it all. Do I want what as swap for my chain saw engined Raleigh RSW?

 

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Yep, just your every day six foot fibre glass giraffe. Made my day that.

 

I take it you said yes?

richardmorris Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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I actually caught a Rover 75 taxi in Birmingham a few years ago, I felt quite happy to be wafted home in such a nice car. There is still a couple of Rover 75 taxi in Brum, I think there is even still a Rover 600 and a Toyota Carina E still plodding the streets of Brum.

 

When my late uncle was taxiing in wrexham there was an age limit on the cabs.

fordperv Rank: Lancia Gamma

fordperv

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I honestly thought I'd seen it all. Do I want what as swap for my chain saw engined Raleigh RSW?

 

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Yep, just your every day six foot fibre glass giraffe. Made my day that.

There needs to be a most absurd gumtree swap offered thread

anonymous user Rank: Isuzu Florian

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I honestly thought I'd seen it all. Do I want what as swap for my chain saw engined Raleigh RSW?

 

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Yep, just your every day six foot fibre glass giraffe. Made my day that.

If you do get it, make sure you dress it up in a suit and some masonic regalia you would have a nice sculpture for the living room in the manner of Karl Hubenthal

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(I have the print in my kitchen)

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alcyonecorporation Rank: Renault 16

alcyonecorporation

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Minor victory in muntjac bumper land.

 

Seller of the creatively described bumper I bought was being vague about whether or not I could return it.

Bodyshop agreed with me that the top lug was smashed, he'd ripped the bottom lip to shreds getting the bottom grille out and there was a massive crack in the O/S corner that wasn't mentioned in the listing.

 

Instead of waiting for eBay to fart round, I took it back to him in person. In the 305. Two hours down the road. I parked the car directly in front of his loading area, opened the tailgate and fired up my laptop.

 

He seemed surprised to see me.

 

"Oh, you want a refund? I've sold hundreds of bumpers and no-one's brought one back before."

 

"Oh yeah, I'll give you a refund, just later on tonight."

 

'I've got my laptop on and it's tethered to my phone.'

 

"The refund will come later on tonight. Can you move your car?"

 

'The car moves when you refund my money. The bumper's back on your pile; untick the save options on the laptop and option a refund'.

 

"I've got a van coming with more bumpers in ten minutes."

 

'Laptop's on the paypal page, it won't even take you two minutes.'

 

"Your car's in the way."

 

'Five minutes to go, mate.'

 

TL:DR: He refunded the money.

FakeConcern Rank: Lancia Gamma

FakeConcern

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^^^ I had that Scalextric car - Vanwall IIRC?

Looks like a Cooper to me.

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MrDuke Rank: Renault 16

MrDuke

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I know I keep farting on about Mrs_D's Civic, but it really is an absolute joy. I'd actually forgotten how nice it feels to be able to straighten my legs out while driving, and to not have a centre console permanently wedged against my left shin. Not to mention seats that have proper padding in them, and a nice torquey engine that doesn't need to be balanced within a tiny margin of revs to make decent progress. I'm wondering how much I can do to it without SWMBO noticing - I reckon I'd get away with alloys and noisy induction; might have trouble getting a new grille and 'smoked' lights past her though.

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DodgeRover Rank: Talbot Tagora

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Lost track of exactly where I was driving to a job this morning, thought I had gone too far and realised I don't really care as the seaside is at the end of the road and walking on the beach clears my mind.

Unfortunately I came to a roundabout I remembered and had to go to work :(

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trigger Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

trigger

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I was watching a episode of Shed and buried this afternoon where they were in Cornwall, this proper rotten Tata was in the back ground, it's only a 2006 car, lasted until it's first mot where it got an advisory at 32000 miles and then never saw the road again! Thats pretty epic levels of rust for a 10 year old car.

 

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Arrrrgh Henry Cole, one of the few men who can make brilliant motorcycle trips sound as exciting as shopping in asda

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Cheggers Rank: Lancia Gamma

Cheggers

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I honestly thought I'd seen it all. Do I want what as swap for my chain saw engined Raleigh RSW?

 

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Yep, just your every day six foot fibre glass giraffe. Made my day that.

I'm having evil thoughts about a six foot fibreglass giraffe, a Chinese moped and a weekend's* work in the garage

 

 

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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doobietoo Rank: Renault 16

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Like this?

 

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Oh someone photoshop the giraffe onto a club 90 or something...

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andy18s Rank: Lancia Gamma

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Arrrrgh Henry Cole, one of the few men who can make brilliant motorcycle trips sound as exciting as shopping in asda

Not to be seen on Sky anymore..........

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