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[Sealtainn]

I was looking at the police confiscated auctions site yesterday, a few tools and mainly bikes for sale

http://www.bumblebeeauctions.co.uk/XcAuctionPro.asp

[skattrd]

Car data checks - I'm picking up a motor tomorrow and it costs enough that I am slightly concerned about it's history.

What's a good (cheap) data check to do?

I just want to find out if it's been written off, stolen or has outstanding finance on it. Would one of the £3 phone text checks do that?

 

I was looking at: https://www.mycarcheck.com/

[320touring]

yup they work well for written off tye hinks

[Slappy]

I was looking at the police confiscated auctions site yesterday, a few tools and mainly bikes for sale

http://www.bumblebeeauctions.co.uk/XcAuctionPro.asp

 

Yeah, I was looking at that last night. The website looked a bit 2002 though, so I wasn't sure how legit it was.

 

Hampshire uses an Auctioneers in Chichester, and their next one is this coming Wednesday, so I was thinking of popping along and hopefully nabbing a bargain.

[skattrd]

I'm hoping to pick up a bicycle at the Scottish auction meet a week on Saturday.

[FakeConcern]

I;m going to try and get the saab aircon working.

 

I've had a look for a can of air con recharge jollop (preferably with a leak dye in it) on ecp and gsf and neither list it as far as I can see.

 

Have I made it up - I thought you could get aerosol cans of the gas to lob in and diy at home. But maybe not.

 

Don't really want to go to a quick fit type place as I suspect they'll bang it in, it'll work (for a bit), I'll pay and then all the gas will fall out and i'll be no better off.

 

At least if I charge it at home I can have a good long crawl round inspecting the pipes to see if I can see where it is leaking from.

I got some of this stuff from Halfrauds a couple of years ago. It worked well until the condenser was broken by road debris.

[Urko]

Last I looked in Halfrauds getting the can plus the adapter thingy to get the contents out and into the system was nearly as much as getting it done at a "proper" place.  So I did neither. 

[Pillock]

The Halfords system only starts to save you money once you have used two or more canisters, like you say with one canister and the kit you're at the same price (or more) than a garage refill, but when you reuse the kit and buy another can you're better off.

[andrew e]

On my daily, if you hold on the foot brake in 'D' the stop-start system switches the engine off, yet if you put in 'P' it switches the engine back on! So I'd say the engineers in Stuttgart say leave it in drive.

 

However I hate the brake lights thing for following drivers, so I put it Park.

[robinmasters]

Insurance question.

For those with fleets of motors, what do you do about insurance? Multicar policy? Drive about on the 3rd party bit of their main policy?

Don't do that. The 'driving other cars' bit normally only applies to cars you don't own. If you're unlucky enough to mow down a gang of stockbrokers, the insurance company may well take your house.

[Eddie Honda]

Not if you don't have one.

[Station]

Trade Insurance -- I'm paying just over 900 a year.

[steve_earwig]

On my daily, if you hold on the foot brake in 'D' the stop-start system switches the engine off, yet if you put in 'P' it switches the engine back on! So I'd say the engineers in Stuttgart say leave it in drive.

 

However I hate the brake lights thing for following drivers, so I put it Park.

What does it do if you put the handbrake on?

 

Hold on

 

Stuttgart

Remove brake light bulbs, sorted.

[andrew e]

I never use a handbrake and feet off in park.

[62 Austin]

Anyone marking the occasion of 2015 being the 110th year since car production started at Longbridge?

[andrew e]

Pride of Longbridge?

[steve_earwig]

I never use a handbrake and feet off in park.

You should try it just to see.

[Skizzer]

If I'm stopping for more than a couple of seconds I usually put it in N. Am I weird? The Renault squeals a bit if you hold it in D.

 

I don't like holding a car on the brakes if I can avoid it, especially if they're hot. Inboard Jag brakes, anyone?

[andy18s]

I'll roll up to a junction or back of a queue and pop it into N if it looks like I'll be waiting,with a touch of handbrake if needed. Same as the the D3 but that requires a foot on brake to put it back into gear

 

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[andrew e]

You should try it just to see.

Park? I'm a berk. I meant in drive, and held on the handbrake only.

[FakeConcern]

When did Marathon change to Snickers?

[cort16]

We've sold the Audi and just moved the insurance over to the Daihatsu. When we got tax it the dvla website says

 

 

 

Successful application already completed

This vehicle has been taxed or notified as off the road within the last 5 days.

If you have recently purchased the vehicle this could have been done by the previous keeper. You still need to tax. Use the new keeper supplement V5C/2 to apply again online.

If you have a V5C registration certificate (log book) that's in your name you can check the  vehicle status online. Please note the online checking service does not update immediately, continue to check this service over the next 5 days.

If you have notified the vehicle as off the road in error and need to drive it immediately read the following link for more information on how to tax after SORN

 

I did sorn it earlier in the week but I'm guessing/hoping this is a holding message until the details hit mid? We could really do to get this thing on the road as Mrs C now has no car. Anyone been here before?

[HH-R]

When did Marathon change to Snickers?

 

Mid/late 80s?

[Tayne]

When did Marathon change to Snickers?

 

 

1990

 

twenty six years ago, just to make you all feel old.

[Luckythirteen]

It's always been Snickers as far as I'm concerned. What bugs me is the actual neologism. What the actual fuck is it?

Sniggers?

Sneakers?

Knickers?

None of which have much to do with chocolate or peanuts. Gah!

[Jimmycrackcorn]

When I did mine I didn't use a manual as it is fairly straight forward. The most awkward bit is getting the selector forks out and pulling it all apart in the correct order. You take the end casing and 5th gear off first. If you bought the kit it comes with all the seals and I just used a good silicon sealer sparingly on the joints. To change the bearings is a press job and you have to remove each gear from the mainshaft to do it. I had this done by the place that does the bearings as the blokes do them all the time and have the drifts and old sockets to hand. They also only charged me a drink for doing it. The bearings into the casings are an easy push fit but onto the shafts needs a press. Getting it back together can be very frustrating the worst bit is getting the selectors in right, they take some jiggling but it's worth it in the end. Good luck although you don't need the freezer room temp is fine.

Finally had the chance to get mine apart and it looks like it's been chewing a brick, a Meth addict would have more teeth.

It's a 1.4 2005 C4, the gearbox code is 20CQ15 dies anyone know any alternatives as all I can find are £200+ and I need something around the £1-150 mark.

[Stanky]

How much noise should a torque converter make? I have become more aware of the droning of what I think to be the torque converter in the Saab, the note changes with engine revs and its not 'noisy' but it is audible up to about 40mph. It makes no noise at idle.

 

Is this normal for a modern auto box which has done about 110k, or should I be worried? a triple flush with fresh ATF is about £120 at my local Saab indie and as I have no record of it having been done I was planning to get this done at some point before the summer anyway, but might this be indicative of more serious problems?

 

This is only my second auto, the first being a 206 1.4 and the gearbox made similar noises on that, but it WAS borked so I don't have anything much to compare it to. My Father in Law reckoned his auto focus didn't make any torque converter noise but I've not actually been in it so can't tell.

 

Opinions?

[dave21478]

re Snickers....

When I were a lad our school used to occasionally go and play sports against the kids on the US air force base at Edzell. One of the highlights of the trips was all the American candy on sale in their wee tuck shop.

 

Hmm, Snickers...I wonder what that is like? I was very disappointed to find I had bought a re-badged Marathon. I dont like Marathons.

[steve_earwig]

Finally had the chance to get mine apart and it looks like it's been chewing a brick, a Meth addict would have more teeth.

It's a 1.4 2005 C4, the gearbox code is 20CQ15 dies anyone know any alternatives as all I can find are £200+ and I need something around the £1-150 mark.

Edit: Just comparing part numbers from Citroen to Pug, it's coming up 206 and 307 1.4s (TU & ET)

[Louise2cv]

Later than 1990 surely? It's just I'm sure I can remember the name change and if it was 1990 I was 6 and that has just become my earliest memory. How sad/worrying is that?!