Ask a Shiter

[sierraman]

Might be Laguna negativity! I thought good luck to him, buying a Laguna is proper madman stuff.

[twosmoke300]

Buying one at the right price is ok - spending on it thinking it will be reliable if I look after it is madness

[SiC]

I was nothing for praise! Shame to loose a fellow Laguna owner sufferer.

[taxi paul]

I have been looking at small cars. Cheap tax etc. What are saxo's like. Seen a couple of nice ones but I am not sure. Are they better than an old shape micra has there are a few of them local has well. Or are toyota and daihatsu 1.0 ltr better bets.

[Kiltox]

Saxos are good IMO - getting a little rusty now but so are Micras.

[sierraman]

I'd spend the extra £50 a year and get something Astra sized. The Micra engine goes on forever but like everything at this size they rot like fuck and aren't actually that economical in the grand scheme of things

[taxi paul]

Thanks chaps. Seen a couple of old shape corolla ' s in a 1.3. Variety. Might look into them a bit more.

[The Moog]

Thanks chaps. Seen a couple of old shape corolla ' s in a 1.3. Variety. Might look into them a bit more.

Highly recommend the starlets if you are looking in that range. Like a less rusty Micra (he says just before the MOT)

[taxi paul]

Yes the starlets look great. The one on here the other week got me thinking. Just something small and Asian will do. Like a Thai bride. But without the sick cow back home that they need money for. Lad I know lost everything to one of them. Sorry I am waffling.

[320touring]

I have a theory that after the nuclear Armageddon,6ft cockroaches will drive to work in k11 Micra's shod with Pirelli p6000 tyres.

When those Micra's need repaired or servicing, the courtesy car will be a mk 1 Avensis.

 

I'm essence what I'm saying is get a mk1 Avensis. They're unkillable and do 40mpg on a run (2.0 auto!).

 

Ideal for the post apocalypse blattodian commute to work.

[Stanky]

Brake discs.

 

If someone (not me) has fitted a disc to a hub 90 degrees out so the holes for the retaining screw don't line up with the threaded hole in the hub, meaning the disc is only clamped in place by the wheelnuts being done up tight on the studs (studs are part of the hub) will everyone die?

 

I noticed that the above scenario is the case on the new car, it seems to stop fine, the 4 studs mean the disc could move slightly, but only slightly, and assuming the nuts are done up tight it is basically clamped in place. Does the tiny retaining screw do anything other than provide a slight bit more clamping force before the wheel nuts are done up?

 

I'd prefer not to take it all apart, rotate the disc 90 degrees and then reassemble but if it going to cause imminent death then I probably ought to do something about it.

[320touring]

The disc retaining screw is really only there to hold the disc in place til you fit the wheel..

 

Iirc mk6 escorts don't even have the retaining screw

[Dave_Q]

WHS, those piddly screws are doing zero in terms of resisting the force of braking.

 

The discs won't move even though the holes are slightly larger than the studs because they are clamped by the wheel face and the power of friction - exactly the same as what keeps your wheels on.

[Stanky]

Thanks chaps! thats the answer I was hoping for.

[sierraman]

Thanks chaps. Seen a couple of old shape corolla ' s in a 1.3. Variety. Might look into them a bit more.

They did a six speed 1.3. Could be a good buy if giffer owned.

[Richard]

Buying one at the right price is ok - spending on it thinking it will be reliable if I look after it is madness

See also modern Fords.

[sierraman]

I hope not!!!

 

I've a bit more faith in it than I would have an equivalent Laguna. After all there's loads about with 250k on the clock - I've yet to witness a Laguna that's gone the distance.

 

I think what the Ford and the Laguna have in common is that once something big goes it's time to wave goodbye. Something like a DMF or a turbo going and that's that. But like anything if you've not paid much for it you stand to lose less.

 

If a £6-700 car lasts you a few years you've done well. As you say though getting in the mindset of trying to preserve it forever by throwing money at it is silly. Treat em mean keep em keen.

[sierraman]

Quick question. A colleague has decided to have their DPF removed from their Focus. I told them it would fail the MOT as the tester would see it had been chopped out. As I correct on this issue?

[Eddie Honda]

It'll more likely be gutted, so it passes the visual check of its presence.

[scaryoldcortina]

Yup, if it's removed entirely it should* fail a MoT but if there is something there the size and shape of a DPF then that's the only check it gets.

 

*should but not always - if there is no way of telling that the car left the factory with a DPF then it passes.

[sierraman]

What's the highest number of previous owners anyone's seen a car have?

[Kiltox]

19 on a Cat C mk3 Golf

[scaryoldcortina]

Not a car, but I bought a Honda CG125 once that had 24 previous keepers.

[sierraman]

What's it usually mean when a cars had say a dozen owners in 10-15 years. Has it pissed every single one of them off? The Sierra I had had 13 owners. Had it fucked them all over with a big bill or did it just pass through a lot of hands through chance? Who knows?

 

On the other hand I've known people who've kept cars years and never laid a finger on them. Still cause it's 1 owner it must be good?

[Lacquer Peel]

My 1985 Audi coupe had 17 previous keepers in 2009, it was a good car and had clearly been looked after - lots of enthusiast owners who wanted to try an Audi coupe I guess.

[saucedoctor]

My second 924 had 9 owners, but was in brilliant nick. ISTR that 3 of the owners knew each other.

[Richard]

American cars and Jaguars used to go through dozens of owners in the 70s because they were temptingly cheap to buy but ruinous to own.

[DodgeRover]

125 bikes used to change hands so many times as people would buy them, do training, take their test and them sell them on again. Not unknown for them to have had 4 owners in a year!

[Honey Badger]

Evening all,

 

Does anyone have any experience in owning/using the Ryobi 18v one+ range, my 13 year old set of Makitas has finally seen the batteries off and with Xmas coming soon I might get the wife and parents to club in together for a set of drills and impact drivers.

 

Diy use in general, i do need a decent Impact driver as I'm landscaping the back garden with sleepers in the new year.

[sierraman]

If you can manage corded the Clarke Impact gun from machine mart is immensely powerful.