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[dave21478]

Father in law has spotted a car he quite fancies.

 

It is on Ebay,but the seller has 0 feedback,has only been a Ebay member for 3 weeks.

 

It is a classified ad.He hasn't noticed the 0 feedback or a member for 3 weeks just I LIKE THAT CAR.. Now i know you have to start somewhere.

 

Is it somthing that should start the alarm bells?

 

The car,the ad.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hatchback-2010-Mercedes-Benz-B-Class-2-0-B180-CDI-/152539112593?hash=item23840a2491:g:YCMAAOSwcgNZDgfd

 

Literally nothing about the cars condition, not even MOT date.

Verdict - Bellend.

 

I wouldnt discount it though....some all most many people are just completely fucking clueless. No fucking way would I buy it blind though....would want a decent inspection first.

[rainagain]

some[/s] all most many people are just completely fucking clueless.

Yep, when I went to my 307 SW, not only had they advertised it as an estate and not the SW, they didn't mention things in the ad like it had a service history including a bill for a cambelt change.

 

As my OH said though these things are important to me and people like me but not to the majority of other people who don't know/care about cars.

 

Watch any current car ad and most of them mention nothing technical about the car and everything about how you can hook your iphone up to it, etc

[DeeJay]

MOT is tomorrow. I am going to do some very basic prep today (i.e. level checks), and also clean the windscreen wipers which I think just need a wipe down to stop them smearing.

 

However, I have two questions relating to something that I've seen on other cars but have not experience on a car I've owned before...

 

First of all, WHAT IS?

 

headlights - 1.jpg

headlights - 2.jpg

 

Secondly, HOW FIX?

 

I know that lights can fade or mist-up; this looks like them fading in parts. There are obviously some scratches which even I can identify.

 

I don't think that this affects the way they work (i.e. it doesn't stop the lights from, er, lighting the way), but I think they'd look better if I could get some kind of fix going. Is it an urban myth that toothpaste works well on bringing lights back to shine?

 

Many thanks,

 

 

An idiot.

 

 

 

 

Have a look on Youtube, loads of posts comparing products and "how too use best".

[sierraman]

MOT is tomorrow. I am going to do some very basic prep today (i.e. level checks), and also clean the windscreen wipers which I think just need a wipe down to stop them smearing.

 

However, I have two questions relating to something that I've seen on other cars but have not experience on a car I've owned before...

 

First of all, WHAT IS?

 

headlights - 1.jpg

headlights - 2.jpg

 

Secondly, HOW FIX?

 

I know that lights can fade or mist-up; this looks like them fading in parts. There are obviously some scratches which even I can identify.

 

I don't think that this affects the way they work (i.e. it doesn't stop the lights from, er, lighting the way), but I think they'd look better if I could get some kind of fix going. Is it an urban myth that toothpaste works well on bringing lights back to shine?

 

Many thanks,

 

 

An idiot.

You can sort this for £3.50. Buy a tube of Autosol, brings them up a treat, if they are really bad you might need some 1200 grade wet and dry. Don't waste £15 on these kits you get in Halfords etc.

[Stanky]

MOT is tomorrow. I am going to do some very basic prep today (i.e. level checks), and also clean the windscreen wipers which I think just need a wipe down to stop them smearing.

 

However, I have two questions relating to something that I've seen on other cars but have not experience on a car I've owned before...

 

First of all, WHAT IS?

 

headlights - 1.jpg

headlights - 2.jpg

 

Secondly, HOW FIX?

 

I know that lights can fade or mist-up; this looks like them fading in parts. There are obviously some scratches which even I can identify.

 

I don't think that this affects the way they work (i.e. it doesn't stop the lights from, er, lighting the way), but I think they'd look better if I could get some kind of fix going. Is it an urban myth that toothpaste works well on bringing lights back to shine?

 

Many thanks,

 

 

An idiot.

 

Shameless self promotion:

 

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£10 all in, turns out the polarity of my drill has reversed somehow so ignore the comment about needing to run it backwards.

[Matt]

How does longer stints of driving effect you lot? Doing over 100 miles in a day is very atypical for me but I've done 13 hours over 600 miles this weekend and I feel pretty unaffected by it so far this evening. Saturday was a bit hellish with pouring rain all day and heavy traffic* but today was about as good as you could hope for. Maybe 600 miles over two days is small fries compared to some of you, but I'm curious.

 

*I was going south so it was people rubber necking at the scene of the poor biker that got run over by a truck on the M6 North.

[Bianconeri]

Literally nothing about the cars condition, not even MOT date.

Verdict - Bellend.

 

I wouldnt discount it though....some all most many people are just completely fucking clueless. No fucking way would I buy it blind though....would want a decent inspection first.

It is far more important to many people to have loads of driver-distracting electric gadgets than have a car in good condition isn't it?

 

The dealer for my modern still can't understand why I asked for the bluetooth phone system to be disabled. Its use may be legal but it ain't ethical.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Unless I'm missing something obvious here, it appears that your property ends at the face of the wall her fence is screwed to. It also appears her grass encroaches half a brick onto your property as the kerbstone is at halfway point in the width of your garage wall.

Ergo, 4" of that grass is on your property and that's more than enough to get a 3" post and boards in for a small fence without narrowing your drive!

Yup. The garage wall on the right is slap bang on the boundary of my property, and, as you say, the driveway doesn't quite reach the parallel edge. However, the whole lot was built like this in the early 70's (and hasn't been altered since), so I kind of assumed that the concrete edging on my driveway tarmac is my driveway boundary as such?

[cort16]

I take it you can't LPG direct injection cars as the injectors aren't in the inlet manifold? I googled it and it said if they used the petrol injectors they'd overheat without petrol to cool them so you'd need to inject lpg and petrol at the same time but the mapping would be difficult.

The article looked quite old so I wondered if they'd figured it out?

[rantingYoof]

Thanks for your responses. I'm gonna chuck it in with headlights as are but will polish them up before I sell it.

 

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[JayW]

Yup. The garage wall on the right is slap bang on the boundary of my property, and, as you say, the driveway doesn't quite reach the parallel edge. However, the whole lot was built like this in the early 70's (and hasn't been altered since), so I kind of assumed that the concrete edging on my driveway tarmac is my driveway boundary as such?

I'd say through experience your property ends with the extremity of the wall. The kerbstone is set to your side to denote you own it and it is your responsibility (in the same way fence posts denote it's owner).

 

You still own 4" of that grass.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

I'd say through experience your property ends with the extremity of the wall. The kerbstone is set to your side to denote you own it and it is your responsibility (in the same way fence posts denote it's owner).

You still own 4" of that grass.

Interesting reading. Why wouldn't the builders have taken the kerbstone right up to the boundary though?

[Noel Tidybeard]

Thanks for your responses. I'm gonna chuck it in with headlights as are but will polish them up before I sell it.

 

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try a kiwi fruit first- i kid you not look on yootooobe

[Guest Hooli]

I'd say through experience your property ends with the extremity of the wall. The kerbstone is set to your side to denote you own it and it is your responsibility (in the same way fence posts denote it's owner).

 

You still own 4" of that grass.

 

Check your land registry plans, you'll have got them when you bought the place & you can find them online.

No kink in the boundary in front of the garage proves the 4" of grass is yours.

[Hendry]

I'll look for that kit hendry, my wife's vectra c and my c2 are a bit shite. The vectra is terrible if I'm honest. Have you a full name if what to get?

 

Just called Autoglym Headlight Restoration Kit, £19.99 from Halfords, it gives you a pad you screw into your drill like you would a drill bit, and some different grades of sand paper with velcro backing you stick onto the pad and work through the various grades as per the instructions, then you finally get a buff pad, put some of the supplied polish on it, smear it over the headlight and buff it off, my passenger headlight was awful and all cloudy, its now as clear as glass, and looks good as new. Wasnt expecting it to work tbh, but its worked much better than I couldve hoped for!

[bub2006]

Cheers, I'll look for that next time I'm there.

[Hendry]

Cheers, I'll look for that next time I'm there.

 

No probs, one kit would probably do at last 3/4 sets of headlights depending how bad they are so its well worth it!

[bub2006]

Can really do with a reg plate being hpi checked. Can someone check it for me please? My friend Is trying to sell a bike he has owned for about 3 years but something is flagging up on Gumtree stopping him, apparently it has an issue regards insurance or stolen. Thanks.

[3VOM]

Yup. The garage wall on the right is slap bang on the boundary of my property, and, as you say, the driveway doesn't quite reach the parallel edge. However, the whole lot was built like this in the early 70's (and hasn't been altered since), so I kind of assumed that the concrete edging on my driveway tarmac is my driveway boundary as such?

My place is like this and also 70s. I must own several inches width of "next door's" lawn with the pattern repeating down the street.

[scdan4]

happily* I have to drive from swindon to devon, and back on (bank holiday) friday afternoon. 

 

How big a packed lunch should I pack?

[DodgeRover]

I take it you can't LPG direct injection cars as the injectors aren't in the inlet manifold? I googled it and it said if they used the petrol injectors they'd overheat without petrol to cool them so you'd need to inject lpg and petrol at the same time but the mapping would be difficult.

The article looked quite old so I wondered if they'd figured it out?

Ask on the LPGdiscussionforum new ideas come on the market all the time.

[Slappy]

Hmmm. I've got something that sounds like it's rattling away under the bonnet, particularly at low speed/uneven surfaces. This right at the back of the engine bay this doesn't look healthy. Any Fiesta mk6 botherers able to help out with what it is?

 

Thanks!

[Guest Hooli]

Exhaust, so probably the heat shield for the cat rattling.

 

At least I think so, been a few years so I had the misfortune to fix OMGHGF & dropped valves in a festering.

[Jazoli]

Can really do with a reg plate being hpi checked. Can someone check it for me please? My friend Is trying to sell a bike he has owned for about 3 years but something is flagging up on Gumtree stopping him, apparently it has an issue regards insurance or stolen. Thanks.

 

Just go onto autotrader and begin to post an ad, when you put the reg in it will fill in the car details and tell you if it is a cat c/d or something else, you don't get the full story though, a HPI check is £3 for a basic one, and £13 for a full one, its not exactly expensive

[Stanky]

Hmmm. I've got something that sounds like it's rattling away under the bonnet, particularly at low speed/uneven surfaces. This right at the back of the engine bay this doesn't look healthy. Any Fiesta mk6 botherers able to help out with what it is?

 

Thanks!

 

 

+1 for the cat heat shield. I've had several cars where the clips rust away and it rattles, usually at low speed in a high gear and occasionally over the velvety* smooth* roads of Hampshire too. Do you have ramps you could drive it up onto and wiggle the heat shield about a bit? One of mine got welded up and one I ripped right off because it was irritating me. not a lot else you can do due to how hot the cat gets in normal operation.

[Slappy]

Exhaust, so probably the heat shield for the cat rattling.

 

At least I think so, been a few years so I had the misfortune to fix OMGHGF & dropped valves in a festering.

 

Doesn't sound like the exhaust has gone, nor am i getting gassed (I hope!), but it tapping the heat shield is a distinct possibility. Beng daft here, but is that what looks like has sheared?

[Guest Hooli]

Doesn't sound like the exhaust has gone, nor am i getting gassed (I hope!), but it tapping the heat shield is a distinct possibility. Beng daft here, but is that what looks like has sheared?

 

Now you're dregging my memory!

 

I think that is a gap in the heat shield where the lamba goes in.

[Slappy]

My friend* works for Hants now in a similarly named department. The roads will be getting better shortly

[Slappy]

Haha no worries Hooli.

[Stanky]

When it has cooled down, if there is enough room try reaching in and seeing if there is any play in it by hand. If you are really lucky you might be able to bend it in such a way that when it rattles it doesn't touch the downpipe and the noise will stop.