Negative Creep Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Is anyone else's Quote button missing? I thought it was something to do with the upgrades but seems fine for everyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willswitchengage Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Mine has been for months. As is the edit button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negative Creep Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Oh yeah, just noticed I have no edit either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Double check your board language (user control panel > board preferences > my language). If it's set to British English, you don't get quote and edit buttons. If you change it to English (United States), you get the buttons back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willswitchengage Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Double check your board language (user control panel > board preferences > my language). If it's set to British English, you don't get quote and edit buttons. If you change it to English (United States), you get the buttons back. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willswitchengage Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Why are all car engines on "that" side except on older Japanese stuff? I assume it's because they're the only captive market to have RHD cars, but what's the science behind it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Less to foul the steering column? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyland Lawrence Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Why is a Chevette almost a fraction of the price of the equivalent Escort today? Both were 'everymans' cars and driven by a similar customer? About the same price at the time? Or was the cavalier the Escort rival? Wouldn't the cavalier be more matched to the Cortina? in any event the equivalent cav seems less pricey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SambaS Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 FIAT STILO ESTATE 2002 Horrendous knocking noise coming from front suspension, when going over bump, sounds very much like the bottom arms. It's my mates Mum's car is it sounds feking dangerous! I jacked the front up and checked for anything obvious, wheel nuts tight, couldn't see obvious fault with drop links, bottom arm bushes, struts, springs or anything. Any ideas? It is going in to a garage asap but does anyone know common faults with these. I am quite sure they are full of problems these Fiats. My Monza didn't even sound this bad when the anti roll bar had snapped off the chassis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negative Creep Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Double check your board language (user control panel > board preferences > my language). If it's set to British English, you don't get quote and edit buttons. If you change it to English (United States), you get the buttons back. Thank you! Ta very much. Presumably us Brits are supposed to be too polite to quote or correct our mistakes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko220 Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Why is a Chevette almost a fraction of the price of the equivalent Escort today? Both were 'everymans' cars and driven by a similar customer? About the same price at the time? Or was the cavalier the Escort rival? Wouldn't the cavalier be more matched to the Cortina? in any event the equivalent cav seems less pricey? You might ask the same about Avengers or Marinas. Nothing can rival the Blue Oval Tax for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SambaS Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Also where is best to find a new rear exhaust section for a MINI Cooper S 2002, has 2 backboxes into a twin center exhaust, one side is blowing, the other side has an outer metal casing that has rotted off and makes an otherwise mint car look a bit rough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Why is a Chevette almost a fraction of the price of the equivalent Escort today? Both were 'everymans' cars and driven by a similar customer? About the same price at the time? Or was the cavalier the Escort rival? Wouldn't the cavalier be more matched to the Cortina? in any event the equivalent cav seems less pricey? You might ask the same about Avengers or Marinas. Nothing can rival the Blue Oval Tax for some reason. Perceived rally pedigree................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skattrd Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Why is a Chevette almost a fraction of the price of the equivalent Escort today? Both were 'everymans' cars and driven by a similar customer? About the same price at the time? Or was the cavalier the Escort rival? Wouldn't the cavalier be more matched to the Cortina? in any event the equivalent cav seems less pricey? You might ask the same about Avengers or Marinas. Nothing can rival the Blue Oval Tax for some reason. Perceived rally pedigree................ Yes, but then you can get Lancia's cheaper than a lot of osf. It doesn't make sense to me either, my current HPE VX cost under £2k, which wouldn't get anything reasonable with a blue oval. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 It's OMG etc MKII Escort mass hysteria. Obviously the people who have more money than braincells are either too young, or too old to remember what dismal pieces of shit they really are. I decided to abandon faith in humankind ages ago and a fuggin MKII Escort being bid into the same monetary territory as a contemporary Aston Martin Lagonda in reasonable nick on one and the same auction site only confirms I made the right decision back then.Staying within the Blue Oval, evidently today's market values of 70s-80s Ford chod are inverse proportional to the originalpurchase price. Today you can buy a 2.8i Ghia X Granada for less than a 1.6 GL Cortina, that you can buy for less than a 1.1 L Escort. Madness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 If you're buying a car to sell on can you fill in the trader part on the V5 or do you still have to fill in the new owner part if your aren't in the trade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 There's plenty of ebay sellers fill them out as traders when they're not actual traders.It just takes it off the hands of the previous owner without generating a new V5. I'd say go for it, but you do leave yourself open to comeback on a sale that goes wrong... "No warranty on private sales" is hard to stand by when you've filled out the trader bit. I think it's also hard to tax the car unless you have trade insurance. If the tax hasn't expired, that's not a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rover414 Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Does anyone have any experience of painting plastic trim? I have some spares from the Rover so was looking at a little project and wondered if there was anything particular needed (I gather plastic primer being one) or if there are any particular techniques? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shedvan Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Does anyone have any experience of removing matt paint from a car? I'm looking at a Renault 5 that has been given the once over with matt NATO green and I have some idea that it could be polished off with some turps or something. Is that actually total bullshit or would it work? I don't have any desire to buff myself into a white-spirit induced coma and if it won't shift I'm thinking of a plan B that might involve some sort of razzle dazzle WW1 paint job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Cheers Chris, the car has tax and mot but I don't really want any comebacks so I might just register it in my name for a few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko220 Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Does anyone have any experience of removing matt paint from a car? I think 'theorganist' is your man - did he not rescue a matt black Maxi from matt blackness? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shedvan Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Oh yeah I think you're right, nice one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairymel Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Does anyone have any experience of removing matt paint from a car? if the old paint wasn't rubbed down first try steam cleaning it then i guess celly thinners for the leftover bits. not done it myself but think the interweb sez it iz ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Yeah, jet wash the absolute balls off it and you'll remove a lot of it. Try some 2k standard thinners (celly stuff is a bit fierce and might bugger up the OG paint). It'll deffo shift anything that comes out of an aerosol but if it's nato green they might have used proper paint. It'll need a good buff afterwords and there's bound to be all sorts of bits left over in crevices that'll take you years to remove totally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negative Creep Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 What threads were these originally posted in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Courtesy of Google reverse image search- http://www.autoshite.co.uk/phpbb3/viewt ... =1&t=10524 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldofceri Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Does anyone have any experience of painting plastic trim?I painted the guttering on my house - a mixture of new plastic, old plastic and previously painted bits - with ordinary gloss paint, ignoring all the instructions to rub down, prime etc, and it still looks GR9 years later. I once painted some wing mirrors with an ordinary rattlecan on the same basis and it began flaking off almost as soon as it was dry. Another example of why cars are ANNOYING. The only conclusion I can draw from my exploits is that you should fashion bumpers for your car from household guttering and paint them with Dulux Weathershield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Anyone recommend a decent method for getting fuel from a 20l tub into a vehicle as a one man operation?I've tried a few funnels and they all piss down the side of the car/are too wobbly and fall off/leak from the screw fitting between the funnel and nozzle bit. I had a lift pump out of a mk2 golf that was dead good at pumping pez in and out of various things, but I could have talked veg oil down the pipe faster than it pumped it. I'd rather something I can just drop in the tub and let it pump away than having to manhandle big wobbly cardboard covered tubs of KTC, it's like trying to pour gravy out of a carrier bag. Best I've got is a plaggy petrol can with the back end cut off hung off some bungee straps, but the nozzle leaks like they all do and I end up with loads of oil all over the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Why are all car engines on "that" side except on older Japanese stuff? I assume it's because they're the only captive market to have RHD cars, but what's the science behind it? Weight distribution, space above transmission in front of driver for direct acting servo/master cylinder et al/ Clutch cables that are 18" long and don't go through 79 grommets to get to lever etc etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Anyone recommend a decent method for getting fuel from a 20l tub into a vehicle as a one man operation?I've tried a few funnels and they all piss down the side of the car/are too wobbly and fall off/leak from the screw fitting between the funnel and nozzle bit. I had a lift pump out of a mk2 golf that was dead good at pumping pez in and out of various things, but I could have talked veg oil down the pipe faster than it pumped it. I'd rather something I can just drop in the tub and let it pump away than having to manhandle big wobbly cardboard covered tubs of KTC, it's like trying to pour gravy out of a carrier bag. Best I've got is a plaggy petrol can with the back end cut off hung off some bungee straps, but the nozzle leaks like they all do and I end up with loads of oil all over the place. I have a funnel that consists of the actual funnel, 200mm of flex-pipe and slightly narrowed end piece. Its a proper petrol funnel.Can't remember where I got it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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