meggersdog Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 For those thinking of buying from copart read on. Today I mot'd (well failed) a car bought from copart in Sandy. They obviously used the big forklift with the really long tines to load the car onto a trailer. The new owner repaired the rear quarter accident damage before bringing it in for mot. Up on the ramp and it's clear the car had slipped off the forklift. The nearside rear shock is completely off it's mounting and resting hard on the exhaust.The exhaust is flattened and the front anti-rollbar is pushed to the offside and hooked under the subframe. Must have been a pig to drive. It's been left here to be repaired.Copart just think "well it's damaged anyway" but if the other side had slipped the car like most these days has a plastic fuel tank. Jerzy Woking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardthestag Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 fucking brake chassis line has just blown on the daily. Got it back to my dads house without drama I can fix it but am busy on the project.Mrs thestag needs the money desperately! + the flexi's and rebuilt calipers are 185miles away. fuck it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Yes...I do in fact still hate bloody exhaust work precisely as much as I remembered that I did. Especially cheap rubbish that it takes three hours to beat into submission so it will actually fit. richardthestag, The Moog and strangeangel 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Scottish Wankers. M8 has a 40 zone... Which everyone ignored obviously. There was a highway maintenance van parked/maybe moving in the outer lane of the roadworks. Two glass back windows and a tiny half peeled off speed camera logo. I was possibly doing 53. Yes I'm a bastard etc. Doesn't explain why his beacons were on... Or if he was even a camera.... He was on the hard shoulder with two high vis guys nearby. Edit: tried watching on dashcam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 53 is 3 points but no chance of speed awareness course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Here's a ropey video, I can't upload properly until I'm home. There was a shagged half a speed camera logo in the top left of the van. But there's also two blokes milling about. https://streamable.com/lzaoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Someone I have an urgent desire to tell to FRO was in town before earlier and missed my chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 ... before earlier ... Fuck me, that's early! Cavcraft, mercedade, twosmoke300 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Phone call from GP this morning - can I come in and see emergency Gp as soon as? I have been having bowel issues that have gotten worse over time - I had provided blood and a stool sample some weeks ago. The stool sample was subjected to a FIT test - blood was present. I now need a colonoscopy. Knackers. taxi paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Fuck me, that's early!As late as now, in a minute? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Honda Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 53 is 3 points but no chance of speed awareness course. No chance of a speed awareness course anyway, because Scotland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobthebeard Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Not having much luck with the fleet of late. With recent HGF on the Chevrolet Tacuma, even more recent HGF on the MG ZT when pressed into service and now the battery has died on the Rover 75. Despite the battery being disconnected over the winter fully functional and charged every so often wont hold a charge at all. The battery on the ZT will fit, but is 150 miles away. The Honda Accord is in use by Mrs Beard with me driving the Prelude. The Prelude has developed a sticky rear brake caliper (hot, smelly) and terrible suspension clunks! The MX-5 is in storage in me mams garage with no MOT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 F in shops .. cant people cope , its not even the rush hour and its like zombie city ... but it ! F in roads ... cant people cope with a car , it has indicators , it has a go peddle , and a nut holding the steering wheel F in tills ... cant shops cope ..till 4 is opening , till 5 is open , till 5 is hutting , till 4 is shutting , till 4 is opening , till 5 is open ... get a grip ! F in people ... some of them , if they were a kid in the play ground , they would be pointed out .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobthebeard Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Bad day? Tamworthbay and MikeR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Blingo's gearbag may be on the way out. ARSEBISCUITS. Was the 8v 2.0HDi ever available with an autobox? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Bad day? Nah, sounds like he just drove to my local Lidl. Datsuncog and tinribs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Spanish subsidiary of DPD (SEUR) couldn't deliver my parcel as the driver couldn't be arsed to ring me, even though it was on instructions. Nor did he leave a card. I only knew an attempt had been made because of their email to me. So now I've have sent them SEVEN responses to their "resolve problem" link over the last two days, asking for the address I can collect from. No response, even to the ones I wrote in Spanish. Phone number given is that of EVERY SEUR depot in Spain. Ringing it just gets me through to an automated message (in Spanish) that I cannot understand, and no matter what numbers I press during the message, it continues. So it's not a interactive line then. Their website is hopeless, as gives me some details of 4 depots in this region, and my parcel could be at any of them. And of course they all have the same number. I can see them returning the parcel to the sender in Glasgow, when I need the item now. Fuckers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 I just put half of my sets of work uniform in the washing machine, made a coffee and walked away. 5 minutes later I go back to the kitchen and the machine is merrily dribbling water from under the door. Bollocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainrcz Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 Pulled a muscle in my back. Yay. Being asthmatic I can only take a few ibuprofen before I start being unable to breathe. Boo. Sent from my VFD 710 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 Heat pad and paracetamol? Domestic Management suffers similarly. GWS. myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 Pulled a muscle in my back. Yay. Being asthmatic I can only take a few ibuprofen before I start being unable to breathe. Boo. Sent from my VFD 710 using Tapatalk get your other half to apply a hot compress for 1 minute then swap for an ice pack for 2 minutes. Repeat 5-6 times, the relax from the heat and retract from the cold helps the muscle recover. Voltarol is also sehr gut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 Blingo's gearbag may be on the way out. ARSEBISCUITS. Was the 8v 2.0HDi ever available with an autobox?In the facelift Xsara. What makes you think the gearbox is on the way out? They're usually strong and long lasting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 Someone I have an urgent desire to tell to FRO was in town before earlier and missed my chance.Ages since I've seen Giles Brandreth. 95 quid Peugeot, myglaren and Jerzy Woking 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 Ages since I've seen Giles Brandreth.I was kind of hoping he done the decent thing and died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 In the facelift Xsara.What makes you think the gearbox is on the way out? They're usually strong and long lasting. True, and it'll probably go many more thousands of miles making this noise! Tame Mechanic thinks it's the final drive/diff thingy. Thanks for the heads-up on the Xsara. Lacquer Peel and Tamworthbay 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 Been fecking about doing real life shit all day. Finally get to go out and work on the car and it starts pissing down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinmasters Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 Just been to Halfords (as if that in itself isn't bad enough, but that's my own fault), and Haynes manuals no longer have hard covers. What is the world coming to? HillmanImp and richardmorris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaryoldcortina Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 I have a Haynes manual so old it isn't even called a Haynes manual (Austin Healey sprite and MG midget by JH Haynes) and that's soft covered. Tamworthbay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 Been fecking about doing real life shit all day. Finally get to go out and work on the car and it starts pissing down.It stopped raining so I went out again. Then it started raining again. I don't know why I'm surprised, it is April after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 Just been to Halfords (as if that in itself isn't bad enough, but that's my own fault), and Haynes manuals no longer have hard covers. What is the world coming to?My 944 Haynes manual that came with the car is a paperback. I did think that was odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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