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vulgalour Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

vulgalour

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Neighbour:  My car is making a really weird noise when I rev it.  There must be something wrong with it.

Dad:  That's your rev limiter.  Stop trying to blow it up.

 

 

Poor old Volvo.  We suspect the neighbour is trying to kill it through neglect and abuse.  I should report him to someone.

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Watching Sweeney 2 and clocked a Renault 6 in the title sequence

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Neighbour:  My car is making a really weird noise when I rev it.  There must be something wrong with it.

Dad:  That's your rev limiter.  Stop trying to blow it up.

 

 

Poor old Volvo.  We suspect the neighbour is trying to kill it through neglect and abuse.  I should report him to someone.

 

Volvo Owners Club?  That'd learn him.

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Jim Bergerac Rank: Renault 16

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Maybe Esther Rantzen should set up VolvoLine?

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NorfolkNWeigh Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

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After leaving it for 2 days my wonderful,nearly 4 year old diesel didn't want to start. I used wife's car ,then set too making it go- jump leads and a can of Easy Start were found, pipe removed from air filter, the words 'Right you little bastard, you will start' were uttered. I switched the key( it' keeps turning over till it goes ) ran round to the front to administer the derv crack and before I could spray,it started!

It seems I'd scared it into starting, I'm thinking of patenting this repair method.

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beko1987 Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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Does Joff Turbo Nova frequent that forum, beko?

Nothing on the members list, no

Cavcraft Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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Maybe Esther Rantzen should show us her vulva?

 

 

I'll give that a miss, cheers.

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warren t claim Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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Having a Google Street View holiday in Croatia.

 

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Ghosty Rank: Talbot Tagora

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Went out to Boots for some camera film. 'I know, I'll go in Poundland' I thought.

 

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At last! Last one in the shop, too.

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eddyramrod Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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Went out to Boots for some camera film. 'I know, I'll go in Poundland' I thought.

 

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At last! Last one in the shop, too.

Barrow, predictably, has loads every time I look.....

 

Meanwhile, making me grin tonight: the two AS-centric car chases in the Bourne Supremacy tonight.  Only one car out of place really, that being the bad guy's hijacked Merc G (being shit rather than shite).  Yes I've seen it before, many times now, but it still raises a smile.  Especially (as it did in our house anyway) following straight on from the proper Italian Job. :-D

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Barrow, predictably, has loads every time I look.....

 

Meanwhile, making me grin tonight: the two AS-centric car chases in the Bourne Supremacy tonight.  Only one car out of place really, that being the bad guy's hijacked Merc G (being shit rather than shite).  Yes I've seen it before, many times now, but it still raises a smile.  Especially (as it did in our house anyway) following straight on from the proper Italian Job. :-D

MY POUNDLAND NEVER HAS THE CACK SOVIET CARS!! (sulks).

 

Also, that GAZ Volga taxi is the hardest car ever. The Bourne Supremacy's camera work REALLY infuriates me, but I made it to the end this time (after walking out of the cinema on its release because it gave me a headache).

vulgalour Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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I was genuinely pleasantly surprised to see an early Mk3 Cavalier when out and about yesterday.  It was gold, with the original grey grille still there, not having been replaced with a body coloured one as was pretty common when the facelift came out.  I would have taken a picture, but I was driving, so here's a blue version of the same model.

 

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Cavcraft Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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Our dog has just 'done a Fenton' on me. Let him off the lead, he gave me a backwards glance then pegged it big time. The two families out walking seemed to find some fat middle aged bloke wheezing away in full pursuit quite amusing. I caught the little blighter after a couple of hundred yards as he'd stopped to smell something.

cort16 Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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I spotted these on the bygone galashiels facebook page.

 

I vagually remember this car. What a winna!

 

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Wowsers. What the hells is this it looks like a bedford badge on the front?

 

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Station Rank: Isuzu Florian

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I got my Saab turbo engined Astra mk3 started after 5 months of trying to get it started today! What a nightmare but good end to a truly poo year.

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SIK YO! A Mk1 Rover 800!  :mrgreen: Its 'F870 WAB' which comes back to a Mk1 Rover 820e auto. First registered in early 1989 and last taxed in early 2001.

 

The Red Maestro, an LX spec lasted as long as the Rover 820e. First registered in 1990 and last taxed in 2002.

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cobblers Rank: Isuzu Florian

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I got my Saab turbo engined Astra mk3 started after 5 months of trying to get it started today! What a nightmare but good end to a truly poo year.

 

What was the problem in the end?

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I got my Saab turbo engined Astra mk3 started after 5 months of trying to get it started today! What a nightmare but good end to a truly poo year.

Is there a thread for this I've missing? If not MOAR details needed :D

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What was the problem in the end?

 

Wiring! Nipped everything back to the ECU and started again.

 

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Took 4 1/2 hours - it started as soon as I touched the key. Got a load of Astra connectors to replace the temp wiring I've done to make it look all nice and 'standard'. I can't say how relieved I am. Not bad considering the ECU has 60 pins, the main connector has 33 and no wiring information on the internet anywhere.

 

Original thread:

http://autoshite.com/topic/14359-from-disastra-to-disability/

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Lord Sterling Rank: Isuzu Florian

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Good to see it back in action. Did you eventually sell the other Astra? I seem to remember it something like a V6 engine in it or something?

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