Shitting in the shallow end. *Shart Car*

[skattrd]

Bugger … I don't suppose you got a return ticket for the train did you?

[tooSavvy]

1 minute ago, Jim Bell said:

Everyone is going to be dead disappointed. 

Owner has just been on the phone. 

'just tu let you knuuuuur. T't clutch sometimes goes to the floor and gets stuck. It's probly a release bearing'

I bet it fucking isn't. 

*Dual Push clutch fitted...

*if your with a m8

[Ohdearme]

3 minutes ago, Jim Bell said:

Everyone is going to be dead disappointed. 

Owner has just been on the phone. 

'just tu let you knuuuuur. T't clutch sometimes goes to the floor and gets stuck. It's probly a release bearing'

I bet it fucking isn't. 

Ignore the clutch because race car  - rev matching or something.

[Jim Bell]

1 minute ago, skattrd said:

Bugger … I don't suppose you got a return ticket for the train did you?

Nope. See how we go. I've got AA anyway. 

[mrbenn]

Slave cylinder?

[skattrd]

8 minutes ago, Jim Bell said:

Nope. See how we go. I've got AA anyway. 

Yes, but maybe be prepared to walk away if it's fucked mate

[Jim Bell]

6 minutes ago, mrbenn said:

Slave cylinder?

Mebees. Said they changed a gasket for MOT the other week but not sure which one. 

Hopefully the one that stops the clutch fluid falling out. 

[Jim Bell]

1 minute ago, skattrd said:

Yes, but maybe be prepared to walk away if it's fucked mate

Oh yeah. Everyone get looking for back up insured sub £500 cars for sale near Huddersfield rail station!

Just in case. 

[Tamworthbay]

2 minutes ago, Jim Bell said:

Oh yeah. Everyone get looking for back up insured sub £500 cars for sale near Huddersfield rail station!

Just in case. 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2002-Vauxhall-Astra-Convertible/163928701463?hash=item262ae97a17:g:fVEAAOSwC3ZdvsL1

 

You might have to fight Billy for it

[Jim Bell]

Yeah that's not near Huddersfield train station really though. 

[Fabergé Greggs]

Back in a Bini?

[Tamworthbay]

2 minutes ago, Jim Bell said:

Yeah that's not near Huddersfield train station really though. 

Depends on your idea of near......... it’s bound to be close to some train station or other

 

and its near me and I know the way to Huddersfield

[Isaac Hunt]

12 minutes ago, Jim Bell said:

Mebees. Said they changed a gasket for MOT the other week but not sure which one. 

Hopefully the one that stops the clutch fluid falling out. 

Aske em "wooore it t'flange gasket on t'  watchymicallet" if it was, guaranteed fix on the clutch is that, reet good job.

Fester ST150 ?  Concentric Slave, getting the gearbox out is quite a mission.  Also boxes 'grenade' if you give them full beans, snap the main shaft, don't ask how we knows.  Seller may have sought professional advice "drop it on eBay and let some other fekker have the grief" but it adds to the fun ennit.

[Tamworthbay]

Ah shit, hope it’s not that. Some people are just dicks.

[bezzabsa]

Honda type R ???

[Tamworthbay]

After  not realising  (and missing the post) how this could go tits up, I now feel bad about posting the gold delight so far from Huddersfield. Had a proper look and this looks ok:

 

https://www.gumtree.com/p/renault/2004-renault-clio-dynamique-1.5td-5sp/1357156252

 

yes it’s a renner, but looks clean enough and less than £500

[barmatt]

20 minutes ago, bezzabsa said:

Honda type R ???

That was my thought.... nearly

Clues thus far....

1. In Yorkshire

2. Stripped of back seats and door cards

3. forced induction

4. Borked clutch

 

These things scream Honda, either Civic or Accord  2.2cdti sport that's been ragged around Hudds tow centre every Sat night for the last ten years.

[richbraith]

Is it an Autobianchi Laughing Cow?  

[loserone]

La vache qui ri?

[richbraith]

I'm going to make a sensible suggestion for the first time ever.  Toyota Starlet.

[dome]

36 minutes ago, richbraith said:

I'm going to make a sensible suggestion for the first time ever.  Toyota Starlet.

Was thinking Starlet turbo but they ain't cheap these days

[tooSavvy]

16 minutes ago, dome said:

Was thinking Starlet turbo but they ain't cheap these days

Most girls like a 'full on' glans.....

*oops, spelling

[robthedonkey]

Gone awfully quiet....

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[Tamworthbay]

9 minutes ago, robthedonkey said:

Gone awfully quiet....

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Just what I was thinking, hope it’s working out ok.

[robthedonkey]

He's just text.... He's nearly home

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[Tamworthbay]

3 minutes ago, robthedonkey said:

He's just text.... He's nearly home

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So it was ok in the end?

[Jim Bell]

Evening gents. 

Just back home safe. 

What an odd car buying experience. The seller was very nice but didn't really seem to know the craic with the the car despite "doing most of the work himself", which quickly changed to "the last owner actually done the work, and there's no reciepts".

Fair enough, the listing never said there was so I looked at it with my eyes, drove it at length, then made a decision on buying it. 

The crack with the clutch was that "ages ago after a 200 mile drive the clutch went to the floor twice but it's never done it again since. And the garage said they'd fixed it."

So literally, fuck knows. Good on him for mentioning it at all. Clutch seems to work fine, we took it out for an hour and he said "don't pay for eeet til yer happy wee eet"

So I punted it round rural Yorkshire and it seemed right enough. 

Chipped him down a bit on a few things and ended up with enough off that it made sense (to me) to just roll the dice and steal the rice. 

[Jim Bell]

So what is it?

 

It's a time hole, etc.........

[Tamworthbay]

So where are the pics?

[xtriple]

Do we know what this 'race car' is yet? I have read the thread but my attetion span is....