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cms206 Rank: Lancia Gamma

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Just found this in the coach I'm piloting today, wasn't aware big stuff was Kettle powered too.

 

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Bren Rank: Talbot Tagora

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One more shift then I am down to Devon for two weeks. I cannot wait to see Teignmouth. Especially now it has a weatherspoons.

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DSdriver Rank: Lancia Gamma

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/\ They were filming there for a new film about Donald Crowhurst, may be gone by now. Have a good hols.

DSdriver Rank: Lancia Gamma

DSdriver

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I've just checked my Dartford crossing account and it seems I have come back one more time than I have gone north! Bonus  :-D

andy18s Rank: Lancia Gamma

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Just caught sight of this

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Been told its a "1960-1961 Ferrari 250 GT berlinetta SWB....1 of 176 made.. Worth between £5-7 million"

The driver hopped out and nipped into the local Co-Op for some milk...

dollywobbler Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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Aye. Full kudos for going shopping in that. I don't get very giddy about Ferraris, but these and 288GTOs make me go all wibbly.

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DSdriver Rank: Lancia Gamma

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Just caught sight of this

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Been told its a "1960-1961 Ferrari 250 GT berlinetta SWB....1 of 176 made.. Worth between £5-7 million"

The driver hopped out and nipped into the local Co-Op for some milk...

Probably one of my old bosses - I used to say "Would you use a Ferrari to shop at Sainsbury?" when they asked me to do something that they were paying me five times too much for.

twosmoke300 Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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Out regular Tps vw parts driver has changed jobs and has been replaced with a woman with the biggest knockers I have ever seen ! I didn't used to be a boob man but these were fantastic . She seems clued up and friendly too .

scaryoldcortina Rank: Lancia Gamma

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The MoT computer I built hasn't broken yet. I know it's only been 3 days so far, but I'm hopeful. Because of the "spend no money" policy it's a 9 year old acer laptop running debian instead of XP.

 

AE has mostly got the hang of the web interface, I showed him how to use training mode so he isn't playing with it during an actual test. He did ask me how to turn it on and off though. Thankfully I had anticipated that, so all you do is press the power button and wait. If it's on it will do a safe shutdown and if it's off it boots, logs in, loads a browser and opens the MoT login page.

 

Fingers crossed, this might not be as bad as I thought. I even have a spare laptop ready with the same system to swap over if the Acer has a smoke escape moment.

 

I also showed him the vehicle enquiry page at gov.uk and let him check MoT status on a few random cars. He now thinks I'm some sort of wizard... :D

skattrd Rank: Lancia Gamma

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The mystery of the fuel* on the driveway has hopefully been solved.

 

A few days ago, a puddle of oil was seen underneath the back of the bora, this is post turbo swap and other fettling. A quick check, hmmm veg, I wonder where that came from. I then cover the puddle with absorbent dust.

The next day I get the bora on the ramp in the garage, no leak can be seen and the underneath is dry - odd.

After leaving the Merc at the garage a puddle of oil is seen under the fuel tank of the Merc at the garage .. arses think I, that'll be a fuel tank needed for the Merc.

Today the Merc was put on the ramp and oil is seen underneath but not leaking from the fuel tank, it's coming from a drain in the spare wheel well. Some Muppet (me) must have had a leaking veg container in the back of the Merc ... Yay, I'm an idiot and nowt is broken.

michael1703 Rank: Renault 16

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Just caught sight of this ef233e44ddfab8908a4112bc184c1c4f.jpg

Been told its a "1960-1961 Ferrari 250 GT berlinetta SWB....1 of 176 made.. Worth between £5-7 million"

The driver hopped out and nipped into the local Co-Op for some milk...

Would you trust a transit handbrake or a mong reversing in to it though?

scaryoldcortina Rank: Lancia Gamma

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Are you 100% sure it isn't a datsun 240z?

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AlabamaShrimp Rank: Lancia Gamma

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Out regular Tps vw parts driver has changed jobs and has been replaced with a woman with the biggest knockers I have ever seen ! I didn't used to be a boob man but these were fantastic . She seems clued up and friendly too .

Think we're going to need a picture :-) (well that doesn't sound stalkery in any way)

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Mr Lobster Rank: Lancia Gamma

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Last weekend Mrs Lobster and I drove the R4 on a 1400 mile round trip to a car show. As you do.

 

But it was 4L International and it was an absolutely superb weekend so well worth it.

 

I'm not going to bang loads of photos here but if you need a Renault fix then they are on my flickr - https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_lobster/

 

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cms206 Rank: Lancia Gamma

cms206

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Through in Edinboghorror for a mate's wedding. Swanky £180 a night place with folded bogroll and all sorts. SWMBO and I have taken the chance to make a weekend of it so packed up and came through tonight.

 

Hotel car park has been improved immeasurably...

 

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xtriple Rank: Renault 16

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Had a conversation with the boss of the storage firm where all my stuff is. The lock, which was both new and EXPENSIVE 18 months ago is soooooo seized no amount of peeing around with it is going to get me in there...

 

Without asking, he (the boss of said firm) has contacted the lock maker and they have told him to cut it off and give me a new lock free of charge. This, I did not expect! So tomorrow I will brave my fears and venture into the inside of the unit where I have never been before and see just what my wife allowed me to have from the house.

 

I shall find my Autoglym kit and car polish and wax and stuff and spend an hour or six cleaning the dolllop  as I have never polished it in a year... unheard of!

vulgalour Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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Chompy has been improving the Xantia.  First, he adjusted the handbrake properly so one front brake isn't stuck half on all the time and now the rear calipers aren't overcompensating and dragging too, that helped performance noticably and bad on me for not sorting this out myself.  Then, he twiddled with two little things related to the turbo.  He resisted twiddling them all the way, he's only twiddled them a tiny little bit.  Now I've gone from being able to keep up with him with consummate ease in the Rover to being left in a cloud of metaphorical dust even when I'm trying to keep up.  I did not know you could tune a 1.9td Xantia estate and to be honest I was never interested in that side of things but now I've seen it done I don't know why more people don't do it!

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vulgalour Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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.... and then today when he was driving all sensible the auxilliary belt decided to disintegrate.  GYPSY CURSE!

beko1987 Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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When my ZX is a bit better and at a good state of fettle I'm gonna ask the SVM which bits to twiddle. Just a little bit, enough to have some fun on me commute but still keep the fuel bills reasonable

Station Rank: Isuzu Florian

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People (usually young blokes) who carry crates of lager: they always seem like the most happiest anyone could ever be and carry their prized possessions like a newborn baby or a bag stuffed with pure gold.

Always carried on the shoulder like a bricky who has lost his hod.

Station Rank: Isuzu Florian

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Last year i didn't drive a SORNed car from Co. Kerry to London for a pre-booked MOT. In fairness I booked an MOT in Pembroke by the ferry but got delayed so the place was shut and I certainly didn't carry on to London.

 

Verdict - 3 hour drive is nothing, he'll be fine. a big deal - don't do it.

I did three journeys to Coventry for a pre booked mot on the m6, nearly 1000 miles.

Ghosty Rank: Talbot Tagora

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I think wifey's in on it, look more closely at the first photo...

Mr_Bo11ox Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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I've cycled to work 3 times this week, 36 mile round trip, means I can eat a whole 200g bar of Dairy Milk without worrying about it.

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catsinthewelder Rank: Lancia Gamma

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I've cycled to work 3 times this week, 36 mile round trip, means I can eat a whole 200g bar of Dairy Milk without worrying about it.

 

 

I've cycled a mile and a half to work twice this week and both the bikes are still there at the bottom of the hill.

FakeConcern Rank: Lancia Gamma

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I've cycled to work 3 times this week, 36 mile round trip, means I can eat a whole 200g bar of Dairy Milk without worrying about it.

I really miss cycling to work. Unfortunately my commute is 40 miles each way & I'm not up for that!

Noel Tidybeard Rank: Lancia Gamma

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Chompy has been improving the Xantia.  First, he adjusted the handbrake properly so one front brake isn't stuck half on all the time and now the rear calipers aren't overcompensating and dragging too, that helped performance noticably and bad on me for not sorting this out myself.  Then, he twiddled with two little things related to the turbo.  He resisted twiddling them all the way, he's only twiddled them a tiny little bit.  Now I've gone from being able to keep up with him with consummate ease in the Rover to being left in a cloud of metaphorical dust even when I'm trying to keep up.  I did not know you could tune a 1.9td Xantia estate and to be honest I was never interested in that side of things but now I've seen it done I don't know why more people don't do it!

just waiting for angyl to post up he has done buyage of a rover 418 sld so he can have a twiddle too

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