maxxo Posted May 7, 2020 Author Share Posted May 7, 2020 Well is that shiny new parts i see? i think it is! oh and a new fuel filter too! running and driving superb! seriously feels like a new car, i can barely hear bumps and can't really feel them the old shock fell to bits when he removed it, can't say i'm surprised i knew it was bad paulplom, Dan302 and theshadow 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 was rather cheeky and did a 60 mile round trip to go shopping today.....testing the car officer (what police haha) it starts and runs far better than ever, incredibly smooth and no more stuttering or hesitation so a big win! but the even bigger win is the fact i can drive between 59 and 65 in total smoothness, the handling is far better and it actually feels tight! oh i'm so happy with this car now, i dare say this is the best i can ever remember it being stonedagain, purplebargeken, paulplom and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 But the biggest advantage of being friends with your mechanic and being a good customer is he gives you stuff yes he gave me a lowering kit, looking at it i don't think it will be too horrifically low either and might help the handling never ever thought i'd say this but later in the year (round september ish time) i'm going to actually get my car lowered purplebargeken and paulplom 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1duck Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 They do a lowering kit for a picasso? Live and learn. purplebargeken and maxxo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 47 minutes ago, 1duck said: They do a lowering kit for a picasso? Live and learn. they do indeed apparently! i'm more curious than anything with them, which is why i'm gonna fit them Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share Posted May 9, 2020 Nice mostly simple job completed today, fitting a brand new undertray with much shine!!! of course i used cable ties instead of the supplied clips as they were shit and didn't hold it on at all going to secure it some more with a few more ties tomorrow but so far during an essential journey* of 20 miles worth of dual carriageways it didn't fall off so all is good! * essential as in i wanted to make sure it wasn't going to fall off! paulplom, stonedagain, The Moog and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted May 12, 2020 Author Share Posted May 12, 2020 Well, feels weird actually saying this but everything works.....it drives as it should and probably the best the car has ever been! must say i'm quite happy had fun of sorting out insurance again, got it £400 cheaper with windscreen cover!! and i don't have to pay extra like i did last year to be able to drive other vehicles so i'm rather happy Jim Bell, purplebargeken, Cookiesouwest and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 Well over a week into the fully repaired front suspension and i must say it's remarkable how much difference it can make! Did a 250 mile round trip today and it was flawless, I see my bumper has signs of summer and freedom in the way of dead bugs! need to clean the car too but enjoying it far too much paulplom, theshadow and Cookiesouwest 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted May 21, 2020 Author Share Posted May 21, 2020 A rather ridiculous road trip today to collect something special....... oh yes! those are the posh sun visors!! maybe not worth a 160 mile round trip but who cars they're lovely best get round to fitting them! Ah yes looks simple just a single screw and a clip which is easy to remove with a flathead screwdriver First stage, with a terribly out of focus picture for maximum excitement! thread the cable from the posh visors though the hole in the roof next thread the cable across the top of the headliner into the whole where the interior light is, which is also simple to pop down simply just plug it in to one of the connectors, next to the main light connector.....quite handy and too easy tbh, also note how the cover over the light instantly fell off the moment i touched it in a typical french way Simply plug in the visor from the drivers side, of which fitting is exactly the same as the passenger and doesn't it actually look alright! again nothing broke Ah yes, doesn't it look very very posh, almost like an exclusive! they only work with the ignition on which is fine and preferrable because french and i don't want a flat battery a nice easy job, as i say it seemed to be too easy but i'm not complaining mercedade, jumpingjehovahs, LightBulbFun and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted May 21, 2020 Author Share Posted May 21, 2020 In other news i'm very close to hitting the big number! which i promised the car i would get it too if i wouldn't have taken the picasso when i did, well it would have been scrapped by now or in a really bad way......i know it was about to be scrapped before i stepped in, it's too good to scrap, performed flawlessly on all the trips i've done over the past week jumpingjehovahs, purplebargeken, loserone and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Huge like for the love the Picasso gets. mercedade and maxxo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted May 21, 2020 Author Share Posted May 21, 2020 10 minutes ago, purplebargeken said: Huge like for the love the Picasso gets. one of the few loved picassos out there.....and very well deserved as i always say, give it 2-3 years and they will be pretty rare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted May 22, 2020 Author Share Posted May 22, 2020 Had a super exciting day! finally reached the big 100k! a proper car now! for maximum immaturity i did it at 69mph! had to take a celebratory pic, with fog light wanker vibes and park anywhere lights activated paulplom, LightBulbFun, loserone and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulplom Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 High miler now. You need to scrap it and finance a panda.Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk maxxo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted May 22, 2020 Author Share Posted May 22, 2020 3 minutes ago, paulplom said: High miler now. You need to scrap it and finance a panda. Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk  I wouldn't say no to a panda diesel, not a new one with a complicated radio like all cars seem to have i have quite a thing for high milers, especially diesel swedish ones from the late 90s/early 2000s paulplom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted May 22, 2020 Author Share Posted May 22, 2020 I've also realised i've owned "pablo" for a year today, time has absolutely flown bit was such a sad looking motor vehicle when i picked it up, bald tyres for added quality** also the dissapointing fact it had retrofitted aero blades, big no no! So i didn't start driving it until the 24th may, due to it being a biohazard with mould and old food, spent 2 days giving it the deepest clean i could then it wouldn't start...because of course it wouldn't but now it's one happy looking vehicle! i've spent about £3,500 on everything, including repairs and upgrades which is a lot of money no one else was going to save it and i was told if i didn't take the picasso it would be scrapped a day or two later originally i was only going to use it as a cheap "banger" and do bangernomics, of course i couldn't so had to change all the fluids, then fix everything i could find that was broken then i decided to make it as close to an exclusive as possible and now it's a really nice example, and i dare say i trust it to take me anywhere in europe going to need a new starter at some point this year as well as a battery theshadow, ProgRocker, paulplom and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted May 29, 2020 Author Share Posted May 29, 2020 well since the replacement shocks, it's completely behaved i can't get over just how nice the car drives, been doing a fair amount of hooning recently and the handling is superb which leads me to say, are new cars more efficient? i'm aware the new diesels can apparently get 70+mpg yet they have adblue and dpf's to worry about, this 15 year old picasso apparently averages 52 mpg and unlike a lot of people now.....i actually own it! anyway enough about that, my plans for the coming months. eventually get round to installing the parking sensors, almost certainly going to do an interior swap for the velour seats which i feel will be rather posh and i quite like the idea of electric folding mirrors all being well this car will be owned by me for approx 3 more years, then sold to a fellow shiter due to not wanting to deal with facebook (will be very cheap) suppose i'd quite like to just make it an ideal spec, which i feel the interior swap will help with. anyway here's some pictures from the beach yesterday featuring a very clean picasso i dare say one of the few good examples of one out there, and i'm glad to have made it that LightBulbFun, rainagain, Belfast Gipsy and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belfast Gipsy Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 It's great to see this getting a few bob spent on it just because you love it maxxo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popsicle Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 35 minutes ago, Belfast Gipsy said: It's great to see this getting a few bob spent on it just because you love it Fully agree, love seeing the care and dedication you're putting in to this. Think I might price up doing the suspension on my Zafira as its seen better days...... maxxo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted May 30, 2020 Author Share Posted May 30, 2020 as i say the reason behind all of this is because they're already starting to become uncommon on the roads they're in the "cheap banger" stage, and i doubt they have more than 2 or so years until they start getting really uncommon, especially the diesels as they won't put up with zero maintenance next job is to tint the rear windows, mainly to keep it cooler (which is why i'm doing a light tint) and i don't want it to look "pimped" out Popsicle and paulplom 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted June 2, 2020 Author Share Posted June 2, 2020 Oh this is going to be absolutely awful! I can't wait to see just how bad of a job i can do of this stripped fred 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted June 2, 2020 Author Share Posted June 2, 2020 and i've just realised those are for the front windows, i'm a proper fool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulplom Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 3 hours ago, maxxo said: and i've just realised those are for the front windows, i'm a proper fool I thought that was odd. It's usually the back windows that get done. Fuck it, cut them up and do the backs anyway. I reckon there'll be enough tint to do it. maxxo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted June 2, 2020 Author Share Posted June 2, 2020 3 minutes ago, paulplom said: I thought that was odd. It's usually the back windows that get done. Fuck it, cut them up and do the backs anyway. I reckon there'll be enough tint to do it. i reckon i can hack them up a bit so they at least mostly fit anyway this seems proper autoshite tinting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulplom Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 And if it doesn't work, so what. At least you'll have experience to fit them properly when you order the right ones ? maxxo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted June 2, 2020 Author Share Posted June 2, 2020 oh exactly! and they should be easy enough to pull off anyway paulplom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted June 4, 2020 Author Share Posted June 4, 2020 So yesterday me and pablo did probably the most ridiculous road trip of my life and yes, if you know that rover that is london Did incredibly well completed the journey without a single issue! the collection caper is on the lightbulbfun thread, it was very ridiculous but very enjoyable fuel economy was absolutely ruined by london traffic (it's god awful!!) but 514 miles in about 10 hours or so worth of driving, i was quite tired but very comfortable however did get some slight lower back ache towards the end suppose i need to treat that car, it's getting a super good wash tomorrow probably pads and discs will be the next job LightBulbFun, paulplom and loserone 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted June 6, 2020 Author Share Posted June 6, 2020 Been spending a bit of money treating the picasso to more exciting things! finally sorting out the rusted plate screws which look awful! of course theres nothing left of the screws so removing them will be very exciting also got mass smearing on the front screen and a split rear blade.....therefore no hot wiper action, more like disapointing wiper action at the moment so that will be resolved very soon! feel somewhat disapointed the current blades aren't even a year old and are wrecked already, but they were an emergency purchase as the car had retrofit aero blades when i got it and that massively upset me will be interesting to see how these bosch blades compare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookiesouwest Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 I put Bosch blades on the Disastra. I think they are pretty good. Mind you wiper blades are much of a muchness tbh. maxxo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted June 6, 2020 Author Share Posted June 6, 2020 i reckon they should be alright, if i can get more than a year out of them i'll be happy need to do the rear though as it's split and i don't want it to scratch the glass, it was quite useless on my london trip at clearing the water and just made it all worse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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