New members, introduce yourself here.

[Cord Fourteener]

Just added your post to it, Tim. Welcome along.

Haha Thanks! I'm still learning my way round the forum!

[Toledo71]

Many thanks for adding me.  I found my way here kind of by accident after discovering Dollywobbler’s video oeuvre and reference somewhere in it to Autoshite.  A swift Google brought me here and to the most interesting car forum I’ve yet seen.  So I am chancing it as a member although I appreciate there is a risk of being unmasked and thrown out as an impostor who due to lack of time and space has only owned a handful of cars, some of which have not been too bad at least to start with.  There was a series of Saabs, still very much missed.  At present there is a Bavarian Granada Estate.

 

So maybe see you around the forum.  Or if I get thrown out maybe not.  Whatevs, as I understand the young people say.

 

Toledo71 is because that was my driving school car, back in the day.  It was terrible, but with a certain charm.  Partly like my driving.

[JoelIoM]

Hi, I've just joined.

 

I live in the Isle of man and have a clean and unbarried e36 323i convertible, a battered shogun pinin and a forgettable honda civic.

Got my eye on a w124 merc coupe which I may add to my fleet of shitters. My wife understandably loves my tendency to make our house look like a scrap yard.

 

I look forward to making your acquaintance.

[Cardinal Wolseley]

Ah just spotted this thread, HubNut is again responsible for my presence, I'm a bit of a fraud though as I drive a Honda Jazz and don't have any cars that don't go.

 

I love the idea of owning rusting metal but my total lack of skills is probably a good reason that I don't. Obviously I love old motors and as my name suggests my dream car would be a Wolseley 6/110, just waiting for the premium bond to come up.

 

I've previously owned all sorts of bog standard cars from Citroen, Rover, Peugeot, Fiat, Ford, VW and am on my second Jazz, so vehicles of the unexceptional have a place in my heart.

 

Oh I also have a thing for old vans Bedford CA, Austin J2/J4, Thames, Standard Atlas etc, never owned any though obviously.

 

Thanks for granting me admittance.

[Remspoor]

as my name suggests my dream car would be a Wolseley 6/110,

 

I have an Austin A110, A step near then you. Great car I just wish mine was on the road.

[LoftyvRS]

Afternoon!

 

Another new member here via the various on line mumblings of a certain HubNut/Dollywobbler?Capn.Seabrook.

 

Approaching the time of life where i should be driving a sensible mid sized Germanic Saloon, no doubt financed on some shady PCP but alas no, for my sins I elected to go for the car allowance instead of a company car and i'm still pushing the boundaries of what is acceptable in the company car park, so a modified 220bhp Diesel Skoda has seen some epic service and circa 40k miles per annum and nobody has raised an eyebrow yet.

 

I've always been in and around the motor trade so i've been brought up on obscure, unloved chod which has always appealed more than following the crowd.

 

Hopefully in the next 12 months i'll see another Mercedes W124 in the fold, specifically a 300d Auto Saloon with tidy body, 8 hole alloys and full leather. That would even look half decent in the car park and certainly a talking point with customers.

 

I'm enjoying the forum so far, really refreshing to see folks enjoying stuff that raises an automotive finger (albeit one covered in CV grease) to the establishment.

[Forty45]

Hello, I have lurked for several months so thought it about time I stepped forward.

First saw AS mentioned I think on LFGSS..I have a few pushbikes

 

Had much enjoyment from the collection threads and the roffles, even entering one (ooerr).

 

Haven't got anything really shite, modern stuff instead. We have a Meriva B, a 2003 Arouser and for the heatwave got a 2006 Ovlov C70, which we're lovin.

Also got a Sym 200 scooter.

 

This site is proving a great laugh and source of useful info. Keep it rolling!!

[Datsuncog]

Cor, another deluge of shite fans!

 

Welcome all. Look forward to seeing you around the boards - and I daresay habitual roffle participants will find themselves particularly welcome.

 

(Hey, these things won't win themselves)

[egg]

Currently knocking about in a 1996 Ford Mondeo 1.8 GLX with a fucked heater. I bought it in Downham Market in Norfolk 18 months or so ago for £800 and it's only had a burst fuel line (hastily repaired with an offcut of pipe dad had lying around the garage and a couple of jubilee clips) and failed to start once for reasons known only to itself.

 

TADTS re: the heater. How did I miss this! I'm very aroused interested in Mk1 Mondeos - so do post some pictures!

[MondeoBlues]

TADTS re: the heater. How did I miss this! I'm very aroused interested in Mk1 Mondeos - so do post some pictures!

 

Incoming Mondeo porn. First time uploading images so I don't know how well they're going to turn out. Includes bonus Mk4 Golf and a revealing picture of some of the electrical tape holding part of the rear bumper together after my then girlfriend's mum having a temporary* lapse of spacial awareness in her Renault Kangoo 4x4. Naturally the Kangoo was fine. 

[chadders]

A bit late but I missed this thread.

 

In terms of old shite, which I prefer to call classic, I've a 1968 VW camper and a 1974 MGB, which should be back on the road this year after been 'briefly' taken off it in 2006 when the road tax was £170 and the camper expenditure went ballistic. It should have been back on it a few years ago but a broken wrist and then robins nesting next to it delayed it somewhat. The missus thinks I'm mad putting the MG back on the road but I've had it 42 years now and I'm going through a late-life crisis, I think.

 

Newer stuff is a dissolving Citroen C15 van, which seems to monopolise my summers treating the bodywork, and the recent addition of a Skoda Roomster to replace a 36,000 mile Galaxy which decided to have a roof leak, even though there was no sunroof, and needed at least £6,000 worth of repairs to the damage caused to the electrics by the rear passenger swimming pools.

[GeordieInExile]

If ever there was a forum to which I needed to belong...!

My roll of dishonour to date:-

 

- Ford Puma 1.7, bought from a farm for £300 - it died on a roundabout

- Rover 75 auto - destroyed its rear suspension one day while I was pottering to the shops

- Pug 306 GTi - Moon miles, bought unseen for £700 from 500 miles away, and it was a great car, until it failed its MOT in spectacular fashion (I shouldn't have ignored the bright red STOP sign illuminating the dashboard!), so it had to go

- Ford SportKa - a total rotbox bought in desperation which destroyed its clutch then blew its head gasket within weeks

- Renault Twingo GT - a nice little car which I wrote off in Glasgow, a minute from the hotel I was staying at - I hit the barrier so hard the car spun around 180 degrees and I made the local news: https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/car-facing-wrong-way-m8-12521256

- Mini R50 Cooper - Moon miles and had persistent cooling problems so it was always back at the garage being fixed, until one day I got sick of it and swapped it for...

- Saab 9-3 saloon - Quite a nice, comfy place to sit, but then its aircon broke and I got too hot, so rather than fix it like an adult I swapped it for...

- Ford Puma 1.7 - great fun, but I got bored and decided I fancied a change, so I sold it to a couple of lads who took it to the Nurburgring, then bought...

- Saab 9-5 Aero estate - current steed, and it's a magnificent thing, but definitely at the shite end of Aero ownership, with the alternator borked when I bought it, a few dings and scrapes, and appalling condition wheels

 

That's a lot of money wasted on shite - and you know what? I'll keep on doing it, because buying cars is fun.

[Guest Hooli]

Good effort making the papers there.

[egg]

Incoming Mondeo porn. First time uploading images so I don't know how well they're going to turn out. Includes bonus Mk4 Golf and a revealing picture of some of the electrical tape holding part of the rear bumper together after my then girlfriend's mum having a temporary* lapse of spacial awareness in her Renault Kangoo 4x4. Naturally the Kangoo was fine. 

 

Non-yellow headlights, that's a good start . Thanks for the pics. Front fogs as well....

[Amishtat]

Ah just spotted this thread, HubNut is again responsible for my presence, I'm a bit of a fraud though as I drive a Honda Jazz and don't have any cars that don't go.

 

I love the idea of owning rusting metal but my total lack of skills is probably a good reason that I don't. Obviously I love old motors and as my name suggests my dream car would be a Wolseley 6/110, just waiting for the premium bond to come up.

 

I've previously owned all sorts of bog standard cars from Citroen, Rover, Peugeot, Fiat, Ford, VW and am on my second Jazz, so vehicles of the unexceptional have a place in my heart.

 

Oh I also have a thing for old vans Bedford CA, Austin J2/J4, Thames, Standard Atlas etc, never owned any though obviously.

 

Thanks for granting me admittance.

Wolseley 6/110s are wonderful things and a car I lusted after for years. After sampling the delights of a manual overdrive example without power steering let me say that you definitely want a power - steered automatic

[Remspoor]

Power steering is an option that was not often requested when new. I have heard that repairs are hard to undertake due to the lack of spares. Just like MK1 front disc pads NOA. Maybe I should start a thread about my car. But at the moment I have very little time to work on it.

[Bwrlwm]

Just found this thread, I am hoping to keep 1999 Daihatsu Cuore for a few more years so I hope this forum will help me to a achieve this,looking for a good Perodua kelisa at the moment, as a replacement for a broken one.

Hope to meet a few members at the Cholmondeley this weekend,

cars in household at the moment

Daihatsu Cuore- work car

Citroen C2 -hand me down from daughter.

Renault scenic 2012 -tthird scenic in succesion, l am slow learner!.

[shedinagarden]

Hello All!

 

I'm new in these darkened parts of the interweb, and I'm not sure this inaugural post shall shed any light, but let's give it a try all the same!

 

I'm Craig and I'm a bus driver in Falmouth, People's Democratic Republic of Cornwall.

 

My car history, until now, has been 100% Mercedes. Starting with a W201 and working my way through various W124s, a W203, a W202, another W201, W210 and I'm now on my second W220 (for me) and W211 (for the missus).

 

Meanwhile, the W220 has finally wound me up sufficiently to be parked in disgrace until funds allow a full and proper repair of the airmatic suspension. So, I've done whatever any reasonable human being would do and bought a 2002 Daewoo Leganza to potter about in for the time being.

 

 

Also, to add some flavour, I've bought it blind on FleaBay and I've got to drag it (kicking and screaming) from Kings Lynn to Cornwall on this coming Sunday.

 

My good friend Scott (83C on here) tells me my recent purchase should qualify me for entrance to this enviably exclusive club - so hello all and may the Chodlife commence!

[Simonsays]

Ah just spotted this thread, HubNut is again responsible for my presence, I'm a bit of a fraud though as I drive a Honda Jazz and don't have any cars that don't go.

 

I love the idea of owning rusting metal but my total lack of skills is probably a good reason that I don't. Obviously I love old motors and as my name suggests my dream car would be a Wolseley 6/110, just waiting for the premium bond to come up.

 

I've previously owned all sorts of bog standard cars from Citroen, Rover, Peugeot, Fiat, Ford, VW and am on my second Jazz, so vehicles of the unexceptional have a place in my heart.

 

Oh I also have a thing for old vans Bedford CA, Austin J2/J4, Thames, Standard Atlas etc, never owned any though obviously.

 

Thanks for granting me admittance.

Don't let a total lack of skills put you off....

 

I started off that way two years ago and have learnt as I went along. If you're working on a second 'spare' car that isn't your main means of transport then a lot of the pressure is taken off you. Even if it's in bits on your driveway at 8pm on a Sunday evening you can still get to work come Monday morning.

 

I started off with nothing more than a Halfords 'your toddlers first toolkit' and a sense of wild optimism. YouTube and this forum have helped me tackle increasingly complex jobs. No nuns or kittens have died yet and I've yet to break my vehicle. Most of the tools that I've bought along the way have been bootfair finds.

 

As a bonus I'm now servicing and repairing my main daily driver and my lads car so I'm quids in.

 

Honestly, just get something cheap with some MOT to start with and get stuck in

[shedinagarden]

Welcome aboard fella, when are you off collecting your fine* slice of Korean majesty? I’m working Sunday so might see you....

I thank you squire!

 

It is indeed and appropriately the holy day I have chosen to collect the flagship-in-waiting. Heading up on GWR 0850 TRU-PAD, then a short hop on those odd sub-surface sardine cans before some other thing on rails to Kings Lynn.

 

All on a mere 5 hours sleep after tonight's late shift, which I had failed to account for in my eagerness to meet chod almighty. What could possibly go wrong?

[Norwegian chrome]

Hello,

 

New member here.. I guess an introduction is in order. Also found this excellent forum through HubNuts lubetube clips and felt at home right away!

 

I live in Norway since 2007, but am a Swede by heart and soul. Hence my choice of nickname. Norwegian chrome is what Swedes call rust... aaah.. the joy of throwing shite in the faces of your closest neighbours!

 

Anyways.. I own a couple of projects and I'm pretty sure at least some of them qualifies as shite. Among others I could mention :

 

Two Kewet Buddys(Norwegian electric cars that began as an German/Danish adventure into industrial design.), one of them depicted in my avatar. Aestetics from hell, and a technical design that is a homage to simplicity. I might tell you more about them later on if interests arise.

 

One Kia Soul EV that actually is a fairly decent car, also electric and used as the daily runner/work horse.

 

One Chevy Tahoe that I'm not sure what to do with, all I know is that it loves petrol and LPG..

 

One Suzuki SJ413 that I've forgotten where I put atm.. This one is definitely a long running project..

 

One Scania S82 old camper bus. Love this one and it's a classic too, so it does not cost me much to own.

 

One Volvo FL611 flatbed tower. Acting as a autolift for my brothers piece of shite Volvo 850 atm and as a shelf for my other brothers pottery plants and other veggies....

 

One Scania 4-series lorry. This is one of my favorites, but I'm not sure what to do with it. People tell me to sell it because it's not normal for a person to own so many heavy vehicles, but what the hell do they know? The collect plants and veggies.. They usually receive a rant right back so they learn to shut the hell up for a while.. most of the time.

 

A couple of boats, a Ford Transit van, and so on.. Need to cut down on projects, but I have no ambition of downscaling any time soon..

 

39 yrs old, big as a house, and lives with a dog and a gf a short distance from Oslo in Norway. As I said; I'm always accused of having to much junk at one give time, so I'm pretty sure I'm gonna feel at home here.

 

 

 

Cheers from Norway!

 

 

[mitsisigma01]

Welcome , what we need is pictures of your shite collection , not to worried about the Suzuki SJ as I expect it has dissolved overnight into a pile of nothingness,

Skål

[New POD]

New guy here, my current wheels don't qualify as shite though, a series 2 Kia Rio.

And 5 years later it does. Strange how time makes a shitter.

[keef]

1976 Austin Maxi 1750, off the road for the best part of two decades.

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Any progress with this one?

[Datsuncog]

I live in Norway since 2007, but am a Swede by heart and soul. Hence my choice of nickname. Norwegian chrome is what Swedes call rust... aaah.. the joy of throwing shite in the faces of your closest neighbours!

 

Hey, welcome!

 

That's a fantastic username, I must try use that term in conversation...

 

"Ooh, bit of rust round that wheelarch there."

 

"Rust? Why, that's finest Norwegian chrome."

 

Sounds like you have a superb collection going - I can assure you that pics would be very welcome...

 

Look forward to hearing more!

[Fumbler]

How did I miss this.

Yet another product of watching HubNut videos. I'm sure Dollywobbler will be pleased!

I own junk.

Er...... I'll get back with more things to say.

[Guest jordan_rkid]

Hello, I thought I might introduce myself to the forum. 

 

I currently drive a bog standard 2006 Toyota Aygo, which I'd definitely label "Autoshite".

 

I also own a Monogram MG ZR which is in storage awaiting a respray once I have funds (probably never), not bog standard but I'm sure it still comes under "Shite" as it was made in Longbridge.

 

I was brought here by binge watching HubNut videos over the past few months, hi Ian! 

[Norwegian chrome]

Welcome , what we need is pictures of your shite collection , not to worried about the Suzuki SJ as I expect it has dissolved overnight into a pile of nothingness,

Skål

Hey, welcome!

 

That's a fantastic username, I must try use that term in conversation...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Ooh, bit of rust round that wheelarch there."

"Rust? Why, that's finest Norwegian chrome."

Sounds like you have a superb collection going - I can assure you that pics would be very welcome...

 

Look forward to hearing more!

Thanks!I'll see what I can manage. I like to keep a fairly high level of difficulty and therefore my shait is smeared all over the lovely country of Sweden. But I'll see what I can cook up from some of the pictures in my phone. Some of this stuff are old crimes, others are in full development. I'll try to write a little about each and every one of them, but some of them really deserves a separate post. Alright.. here we go.. Enjoy..

 

Shait #1 - Volvo Fl611 approx. 1995ish - tried to get this one through Norways equallent to Mot, but alas it stumbled on the finishing line due to lack of visible VIN-number on the frame. Got major diesel leakage, so it's a bitch to get to start when it's been left alone for to long. It's a nice autolift though. On the bed: my brothers good ol' Volvo 850GLT from 1992 getting some new crossmember fitted and suspension parts. My brother refuses to let this car die..

 

Shait #2 - Chevy Tahoe 2002 - Bought this last year mostly because its ability to run on LPG. Got it through the MOT about a month ago after some serious struggling with the handbrake. When it runs on petrol it is by far the most expensive car to keep on the road that I own, including the heavier stuff.. But.. Nice American handling, it runs from ditch to ditch if left unattended for more than 5 milliseconds. Runs on beefy 285/65-18 tyres which I hate. Rolling project that eventually will become a pure expedition wagon, I only need to start my own oil company first.

 

Shait #3 - Good ol' trusty Bumblebee - She's a Scania S82 born in 1984. Started her life as a rolling library for one of the municipality in the southern parts of Sweden. Used to have a loaded weight of 17,5 tonnes, but it got reduced to just under 12t for tax reasons when she was transformed into a camper bus. Tired as hell, but the comfort is hard to beat. Take a look at the license plate and tell me I'm not one of the luckiest guys in the known universe!

 

Shait #4 and 5 - Kewet Buddy electric - Take a look at the pictures and get blown a away by true Norwegian craftsmanship. Everything is fastened by rivets or self taping screws. It borrows most of its drive train from a golf cart, except suspension, steering and brakes which it without hasitation ripped from a Citroën of some kind. Got 2 of them, one green and one blue. These cars deserves a separate thread.

 

Shait #6 - Jeep Wrangler YJ ca 1988 - this one is history now, sold it two months ago. Bought it with the goal of getting it on the road again, but only got depressed every time I looked at it. It was literally more Norwegian chrome than steel on this one. That's it for now.. More will come when I get some pictures of the whole lot.

 

[Cavcraft]

Thanks!I'll see what I can manage. I like to keep a fairly high level of difficulty and therefore my shait is smeared all over the lovely country of Sweden. But I'll see what I can cook up from some of the pictures in my phone. Some of this stuff are old crimes, others are in full development. I'll try to write a little about each and every one of them, but some of them really deserves a separate post. Alright.. here we go.. Enjoy..

 

Shait #1 - Volvo Fl611 approx. 1995ish - tried to get this one through Norways equallent to Mot, but alas it stumbled on the finishing line due to lack of visible VIN-number on the frame. Got major diesel leakage, so it's a bitch to get to start when it's been left alone for to long. It's a nice autolift though. On the bed: my brothers good ol' Volvo 850GLT from 1992 getting some new crossmember fitted and suspension parts. My brother refuses to let this car die..

 

Shait #2 - Chevy Tahoe 2002 - Bought this last year mostly because its ability to run on LPG. Got it through the MOT about a month ago after some serious struggling with the handbrake. When it runs on petrol it is by far the most expensive car to keep on the road that I own, including the heavier stuff.. But.. Nice American handling, it runs from ditch to ditch if left unattended for more than 5 milliseconds. Runs on beefy 285/65-18 tyres which I hate. Rolling project that eventually will become a pure expedition wagon, I only need to start my own oil company first.

 

Shait #3 - Good ol' trusty Bumblebee - She's a Scania S82 born in 1984. Started her life as a rolling library for one of the municipality in the southern parts of Sweden. Used to have a loaded weight of 17,5 tonnes, but it got reduced to just under 12t for tax reasons when she was transformed into a camper bus. Tired as hell, but the comfort is hard to beat. Take a look at the license plate and tell me I'm not one of the luckiest guys in the known universe!

 

Shait #4 and 5 - Kewet Buddy electric - Take a look at the pictures and get blown a away by true Norwegian craftsmanship. Everything is fastened by rivets or self taping screws. It borrows most of its drive train from a golf cart, except suspension, steering and brakes which it without hasitation ripped from a Citroën of some kind. Got 2 of them, one green and one blue. These cars deserves a separate thread.

 

Shait #6 - Jeep Wrangler YJ ca 1988 - this one is history now, sold it two months ago. Bought it with the goal of getting it on the road again, but only got depressed every time I looked at it. It was literally more Norwegian chrome than steel on this one. That's it for now.. More will come when I get some pictures of the whole lot.

 

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Fantastic stuff, welcome along.

[Norwegian chrome]

Fantastic stuff, welcome along.

Thank you sire!

 

I work during the night as a TMA-lorry driver atm. So from time to time I got plenty of time, hence the lengthy replies, but it won't become a habit I asure you.

 

Anyways.. Just trying to get past those five posts so the restriction hopefully gets lifted. Nice policy though. Keeps a lot of the unpleasant posts away.

 

Have a nice evening Cavcraft.