Floatylight Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 This picasso is too reliable, it's a bit boring i need something badly made, quirky, unreliable but loveable and i feel a laguna will do thatHaving a C4GP and having previously had an early Laguna 2 I can say that the Laguna was probably a nice car but way more flimsy regularly had bits of trim fall off and various things go wrong or break, C4GP almost faultless by comparison!Sent from my SM-A505FN using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted June 27, 2020 Author Share Posted June 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, Floatylight said: Having a C4GP and having previously had an early Laguna 2 I can say that the Laguna was probably a nice car but way more flimsy regularly had bits of trim fall off and various things go wrong or break, C4GP almost faultless by comparison! Sent from my SM-A505FN using Tapatalk my dad had a c4 picasso of that generation and it was horrific, but they're a really good looking and driving car however no temp guage.....i don't know if i could live with that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 Picasso got a bit of love today, outsourced it to my usual guy simply because i don't have the proper tools.........well i did but i lost them and i don't want to take chances with brakes but look how shiny my discs are! doesn't half stop well now, of course still bedding them in so nothing drastic and sorted out a binding caliper, the corrosion was insane.......i dread to think how old the discs were, of course i got almost no service history with it so i have no clue also got another oil change, super nice to see the oil is still almost spotlessly clean after 30 miles of driving which shows the love is paying off I will likely be spending around £1,000 on the car later in the year, i want every single little thing to be sorted as well as the bodywork tidied up in places LightBulbFun, rainagain, Jim Bell and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted July 3, 2020 Author Share Posted July 3, 2020 just for some fun, here's my total expenses in repairs and servicing over the past year.......... clutch £250 tyres £290 sills, 2 brake lines and ball joint £160 2 front springs (inc recovery) £200 4 oil changes £160 2 air filters £15 2 pollen filters £15 pair of front shocks £150 discs and pads £100 interior trim pieces (everything needed) £320 waxoyl underseal £7 speakers £55 undertray £30 engine cover mounts £15 drivers window switch £10 replacement HVAC vents £25 bottle of aircon gas £30 passenger side ball joint £40 egr cleaner (actually works now!) £10 2 sets of wiper blades £25 rear wiper arm £10 2 wheel trims £35 2 replacement chrome bumper trim pieces £40! 2 door straps £15 total cost since may 2019: £2,007 is the car worth it? absolutely not, but good ones are rare.......and they're dying out massively now oh and that doesn't include some upgrades i've done, the real cost is more like £2,700 spend a few hundred more on it in september to get it completely sorted it was in a real bad way when i picked it up paulplom, LightBulbFun, Landy Mann and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulplom Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Mostly maintenance stuff. You'd have spent that with any car. You need to keep on top of it to keep it decent. Matty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 When are you swapping it for something even move unloved and less working? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted July 4, 2020 Author Share Posted July 4, 2020 5 hours ago, paulplom said: Mostly maintenance stuff. You'd have spent that with any car. You need to keep on top of it to keep it decent. many many years worth of maintenance stuff all at once, as it never had maintenance before me the way it drives shows me it's worth it 1 hour ago, loserone said: When are you swapping it for something even move unloved and less working? maybe in a year or two, very interested in the cheapest laguna 2 i can find paulplom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted July 4, 2020 Author Share Posted July 4, 2020 did a small amount of preservation today gave all the more concerning rust spots and places likely to suffer corrosion another good coating of hammerite waxoyl stuff then spent about an hour cleaning the exterior as well as blasting out the sills with a jetwash (completely packed with crap) probably the best job i've done of cleaning it in a really long time, this colour really does come out well once polished up i can count on one hand the number of picassos i've seen in this colour once i get the rest of the brake lines done i'm coating the entire underside in waxoyl just to try and preserve it as much as possible paulplom, 500tops, Jim Bell and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 I dread ever really totting up the figures. I think I did a while ago but tgat was just car purchases since 1981 when I passed my test. Put it this way I could have bought a very, very nice house in the UK with a drive and garage. Over 400k. Yep. 400k. It hurts if I say it slowly or quickly. Well done on the work. FFS just buy SICs Laguna and be done with it. maxxo and Jim Bell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted July 4, 2020 Author Share Posted July 4, 2020 13 minutes ago, purplebargeken said: I dread ever really totting up the figures. I think I did a while ago but tgat was just car purchases since 1981 when I passed my test. Put it this way I could have bought a very, very nice house in the UK with a drive and garage. Over 400k. Yep. 400k. It hurts if I say it slowly or quickly. Well done on the work. FFS just buy SICs Laguna and be done with it. i can see myself doing that tbh, honestly once i hit 4k with this car i'll probably move it along laguna wise an ideal one would be a loaded auto or a diesel i need complexity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookiesouwest Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 honestly once i hit 4k with this car i'll probably move it along !!!!!!!! If you are planning on moving it on, why spend so much on it? Yes you are making it better but most buyers wont appreciate or pay for that. I fully understand the spend if you were keeping it. maxxo and Wingz123 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted July 4, 2020 Author Share Posted July 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Cookiesouwest said: honestly once i hit 4k with this car i'll probably move it along !!!!!!!! If you are planning on moving it on, why spend so much on it? Yes you are making it better but most buyers wont appreciate or pay for that. I fully understand the spend if you were keeping it. because i want to make it a good car for someone i'll only be selling it on here and as i say i'll want £250 due to a dent in the door all that matters to me is to make sure i've experienced a picasso being as good as they can Cookiesouwest and purplebargeken 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted July 5, 2020 Author Share Posted July 5, 2020 of course, boredom struck again ever since changing the pedal rubbers the state of the pedal arms has annoyed me, especially the clutch as you can see, they are pretty manky and completely full of dog hairs somehow... so after quickly cleaning them up as much as i can, it was paint time found this in the shed, looked quality......probably a million reasons why i shouldn't use this paint but it seemed suitable and doesn't it look a million times better! very happy with the way it has come out of course while i was there i had to clean the pedals, just a quick wipe over got them looking decent again another job ticked off the list, next job is to touch up all the seatbelt scratches in the door shuts due to careless people with seatbelts slamming them in the doors paulplom, rainagain, Jim Bell and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Touches like this show we care. It also shows how nuts we are. I'm okay with this. maxxo, paulplom, Matty and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted July 5, 2020 Author Share Posted July 5, 2020 everything has to be sorted in a car for me, i like to spend some time sorting out all the little niggles i can find as it's incredibly satisfying i also have no issues spending far more than the cars retail value making it a good one, i will never scrap a car i find it incredibly upsetting and wasteful purplebargeken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 This needs doing on the Espace actually. Hmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted July 5, 2020 Author Share Posted July 5, 2020 it's a weird item that you don't seem to notice it until you do then of course me being me it annoys me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted July 6, 2020 Author Share Posted July 6, 2020 ah yes the quality vehicle vibes were strong today somehow both arm rests fell off overnight, and continued to constantly fall off for most of the day yet they seem fine now, which is weird but i'm assuming it's being french again got to glue some of the interior back on tomorrow anyway so i'll sort them out then purplebargeken and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted July 13, 2020 Author Share Posted July 13, 2020 as the headlights have started to fade and go a bit yellow i thought it would be a great idea to "restore them" what did i use you ask, well.....brasso, and yes it has cleaned them up a bit but not a vast improvement they weren't awful but did have a fair bit of pitting on the plastics and as i say they are discolouring little test area to begin with, was a nice easy job and easy enough to buff off now you may have to look closely but they are a million times cleaner, and clearer! going to buy a restoration kit at some point and do it properly paulplom, Jim Bell and LightBulbFun 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Restoration kits are interesting. I have one that I keep meaning to try out. maxxo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted July 13, 2020 Author Share Posted July 13, 2020 yes i have been interested in them for a while now, just not got round to buying one i assume it will be a relatively easy kit to use especially due to the amount they seem to sell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Yep, most just require mounting to a regular drill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 You can also go wet and dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted July 13, 2020 Author Share Posted July 13, 2020 i don't think they've gone bad enough yet to use wet and dry i'll likely give them another coat of brasso and then buy a kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 When done, give them a coat of something that will ward of the UV shite as this is mostly the cause for discolouration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted July 13, 2020 Author Share Posted July 13, 2020 i will do! suppose i need to buy a kit due to the rear lights having soot and other shite all over them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted July 13, 2020 Author Share Posted July 13, 2020 ohhhh......wonder what this could be, is it a present for myself? why yes, yes it is can ya spot what it is yet? yes indeed, it's walnut trim!!! i have been waiting months for this moment everyone told me not to do it, they said it would look tacky well duhhh that's why i bought it absolutely love the way it looks, it's brilliant and exactly what i wanted, need to do a little tweaking tomorrow with the hairdryer but i love it oh yes comes with a piece for the digital dash too!!!! i'm aware it may not be to everyones taste and that's fine, but it's exactly what i wanted and i adore it Jenson Velcro, Dabooka, paulplom and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 You mad fool. It looks totally woeful. Fabulous!! maxxo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Putting the Nut into "secondhand walNut trim pieces". I think they looks nice. It's always a shame when fake trees have to die in order to make our motor vehicles more executiver, but by god's beard it's worth it on this occasion. maxxo, purplebargeken, mercedade and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted July 13, 2020 Author Share Posted July 13, 2020 it's almost beyond tacky!! it's the single best thing i've done to the car tbh sure i paid far too much for it but i don't care it's as terrible as i expected Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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