loserone Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Is the green strip legal on that? I'm guessing whoever made it, shouldn't have? (Before the gammons start complaining about me being "triggered" by a reg plate, I think it's funny. Maybe the people being triggered aren't the ones you think? 🤣) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted July 14, 2021 Author Share Posted July 14, 2021 16 minutes ago, loserone said: Is the green strip legal on that? I'm guessing whoever made it, shouldn't have? (Before the gammons start complaining about me being "triggered" by a reg plate, I think it's funny. Maybe the people being triggered aren't the ones you think? 🤣) Nope and nope. Shows the utter futility of the thing though. CGSB, loserone and Fumbler 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Kiltox said: Nope and nope. Shows the utter futility of the thing though. You should have gone the full Monty and ordered 4D raised letter plates before they get outlawed in October. I think they'd suit* the car perfectly. While I prefer old fonts for style and readabilty, those plates look new anyway so you're only replacing modern with modern, but funnier IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted July 14, 2021 Author Share Posted July 14, 2021 37 minutes ago, Fumbler said: You should have gone the full Monty and ordered 4D raised letter plates before they get outlawed in October. I think they'd suit* the car perfectly. While I prefer old fonts for style and readabilty, those plates look new anyway so you're only replacing modern with modern, but funnier IMO. The back one is original but it’s fucked. I’ll save it for the purists mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 1 minute ago, Kiltox said: The back one is original but it’s fucked. I’ll save it for the purists mind. Unfucked but not period correct is better than fucked and cannot be arsed. We've got a collection of original plates from when we've done replacements on our cars, even if they are utterly ruined. Kiltox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted July 14, 2021 Author Share Posted July 14, 2021 Agreed, I like fresh plates. Only putting the green ones on to clickbait the EV lot mind Rusty_Rocket 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 1 minute ago, Kiltox said: Agreed, I like fresh plates. Only putting the green ones on to clickbait the EV lot mind Heh I think that'll be a world of fun! I like fresh plates as well, especially if the front and rear aren't matching. I'll try and get period correct ones because, well, why not? I'm kind of looking forward to who'll explode in the comments section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Jesus wept, it's even got a towbar. What an utterly miserable piece of junk. Congratulations. yannbeam and Kiltox 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Also, unless I've missed it, nobody's said ALL VOXHALS R SHIT yet, so I'd better just make it absolutely crystal clear that they actually are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schaefft Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 On 7/10/2021 at 7:30 PM, egg said: We're K-reg blue interior twins... God bless the early 90's... We should start our own community. Not my photo but identical to my K-reg Celsior. I'm so glad blue interiors are making a comeback right now. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 4 minutes ago, Schaefft said: blue Oh yesh Isopon and Fumbler 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 7 minutes ago, loserone said: Oh yesh Nicesch Isopon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 On 7/14/2021 at 6:03 PM, Kiltox said: I’ll need to have a look through the paperwork to see if there’s any indication of it’s provenance. Not sure if I have a service book or not, the PDI stamp could be a useful clue. Can you not ask the DVLA for the onwers history any longer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave j Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 59 minutes ago, Remspoor said: Can you not ask the DVLA for the onwers history any longer? No, GDPR put a stop to that Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted July 15, 2021 Author Share Posted July 15, 2021 👀 The Moog, 320touring, Dan302 and 10 others 10 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 The door behind is struggling with the glare auntiemaryscanary, Kiltox and Dan_ZTT 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 It's almost saying Y-Tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 how can people drive into you in that ITS A FUCKING BT VAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sdkrc and Remspoor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted July 15, 2021 Author Share Posted July 15, 2021 1 minute ago, hairnet said: how can people drive into you in that ITS A FUCKING BT VAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Someone fucking cut me up in it earlier! 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 madness heroes vid with the top down asap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S2000 Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Much Much Want Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 'mellow yellow' it's not. Bilious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted July 16, 2021 Author Share Posted July 16, 2021 Took it out for a quick shakedown run last night, not too long but it really is pretty sorted mechanically - drives very well indeed! Exhaust is a bit lairy - do any of the previous owners know if it’s aftermarket or what? Few minor bits and pieces need sorting, nothing major though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 58 minutes ago, Kiltox said: Exhaust is a bit lairy - do any of the previous owners know if it’s aftermarket or what? In the folder you find I printed out some of @RichardK blogs so the answer should be in there I think Kiltox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 Just to say, if you ever want it (The astra) destroyed. I have history. Wrote off a K reg 1.4 LSi saloon in 2002. Wrote off an M reg 1.4 LSi Hatch in 2004 Wrote off an R reg 1.6 Arctic Hatch in 2010. The 1.4 8v mpi engine had 78 bhp IIRC And the 1.6 8v spi had 82 Bhp I think. Kiltox and Crackers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardK Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 23 hours ago, flat4alfa said: In the folder you find I printed out some of @RichardK blogs so the answer should be in there I think Exhaust is factory, but the cat isn't awesome and the bracket for it was hanging by a thread three years ago. It was solid, but rattled a lot - but as it kept working it was lower on the priorities than say, NOS front wings which had been my plan at the start of 2018 before I met The Worst Person Ever. Kiltox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted July 17, 2021 Author Share Posted July 17, 2021 Been wondering if it’s actually something rattling - that might explain it. Sometimes it sounds good, sometimes not so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardK Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 The cat has a bracket that bolts to the gearbox. I'm not saying that is the source of the occasional rattle, but it's the most obvious thing and if the exaust is just making a sometimes, harsh rattle and a squeakrattle over bumps, that'd be my first point of call still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted July 20, 2021 Author Share Posted July 20, 2021 Was put on house arrest yesterday, happy fucking freedom day indeed. Only for 3 days but it has stalled my plans for pissing about with cars. Astra smells of fuel when parked up. Seems a jubilee clip that holds a rubber hose that runs to the fuel tank from the filler neck has snapped. New one on order which will hopefully sort that out! SLK radio was inop - checked the fuse and it was fine. Whipped it out and unplugged it, plugged it back in and it burst into life. Result. It’s a really decent modern unit with DAB, Bluetooth etc. Covers up the awful exhaust note a bit. Sorted. Can’t go to my unit until I’m a free man again 😔. …. I couldn’t find black screw caps, will sort. Coprolalia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Jude Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Kiltox said: Was put on house arrest yesterday, happy fucking freedom day indeed. Only for 3 days but it has stalled my plans for pissing about with cars. Astra smells of fuel when parked up. Seems a jubilee clip that holds a rubber hose that runs to the fuel tank from the filler neck has snapped. New one on order which will hopefully sort that out! SLK radio was inop - checked the fuse and it was fine. Whipped it out and unplugged it, plugged it back in and it burst into life. Result. It’s a really decent modern unit with DAB, Bluetooth etc. Covers up the awful exhaust note a bit. Sorted. Can’t go to my unit until I’m a free man again 😔. …. I couldn’t find black screw caps, will sort. I didn't know Vauxhall made an Astra EV in the 90's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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