Shiteing with Covid-19

[Kiltox]

9 hours ago, UltraWomble said:

Bollocks to that.

Wont stop me. Unless Megabus stop running. Then Im fucked.

Megabus sounds like a fantastic way to catch it tbh 

[brownnova]

There might Be some bargains out there over the next few weeks... if you’re brave enough to travel. As I still travel into work every day with 1500 snotty disease ridden kids who wouldn’t know what hand washing was if bit them on the arse I don’t think a car collection is going to put me at too much risk!

Probably should order more parts before they shut the post down so I have plenty to be getting on with... anyone selling any Yugo brakes callipers? 

[UltraWomble]

45 minutes ago, Kiltox said:

Megabus sounds like a fantastic way to catch it tbh 

Meh - if Im going to get it a Megabus is the least of my worries

[Cookiesouwest]

I agree priced are going to take a battering. Purchasing will not be top of peoples list (toilet rolls and pasta will be, but not a car). Luckily I'm a buyer. Local dealer has a 170k mk8 Corolla, with dents, short ticket and no history. Pre CocaColaCorona he put it up for 375. I'm just waiting till weekend and if he is still open and zombies have not taken over the world, will be walking in with 160 quid and making a cheeky offer.

[busmansholiday]

It'll not just going to be chod that's cheap soon. There's going to be plenty of people who have to make the stark choice between buying more bog roll / pasta / paying the rent/mortgage or paying the PCP on the shiny heap in the drive.

[HMC]

Plus the plummeting price of crude is gradually having a Knock on at the pumps.

Keep yer turbo diesel with dmf knock, how about some sort of cheap luxobarge ?

[Cookiesouwest]

6 minutes ago, HMC said:

Plus the plummeting price of crude is gradually having a Knock on at the pumps.

Keep yer turbo diesel with dmf knock, how about some sort of cheap luxobarge ?

V8 me up landlord

 

[Wack]

I sold a car sunday and am replacing it today , i'll be getting on a train this afternoon, i'll be picking the emptiest carriage , I'm not going to take undue risks , won't be going to any pubs cinemas or gigs etc

[cort1977]

One good (or possibly bad) thing about isolation is that it does give you more time to fettle things.  Can't get dragged out shopping or to the inlaws or some other shit that you don't want to do but the cars are right there in isolation with you.

[LeahStornes]

3 hours ago, UltraWomble said:

Meh - if Im going to get it a Megabus is the least of my worries

Meh - if I'm going to get a Megabus, Covid-19 is the least of my worries ?

[RobT]

3 hours ago, brownnova said:

Probably should order more parts before they shut the post down so I have plenty to be getting on with... anyone selling any Yugo brakes callipers? 

I panic bought some rust converter last night....de crudding the underside of the Renault and 406 should keep me busy for a while.

[egg]

1 hour ago, RobT said:

I panic bought some rust converter last night....de crudding the underside of the Renault and 406 should keep me busy for a while.

I may have left some Vactan Rob with you when we were working on the Senny?

[dozeydustman]

If I'm laid up at home for more than just this week and the wife's work shuts down then I will probably do some car stuff. Suzuki needs rear shoes, Toyota needs front pads (I think) and both need a service. Amazon prime will be my friend for those parts - the couriers normally leave them down the side of the house as most weekdays nobody is in.

Not being paid until Friday is the only thing preventing me from getting on with the jobs now.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Very last minute dot com, but I’ll be taking an empty trailer from Milton Keynes to Plymouth, this afternoon. I’m picking up FathaN in his poorly Series 1 Land Rover off the last Roscoff to Plymouth sailing as he escapes France ( No, I don’t know why either) . Not keen on diverting too far off route, mostly because I’ll be in a 90 and I don’t really fit in it, so least time behind the wheel the better, but can drop anything off on the way.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

16 hours ago, egg said:

I guess the new way to buy a car is 

- bank transfer

- online V5 transfer/tax

- Current owner to leave the key behind the nearside rear wheel

- Collect under cover of darkness

- Get stopped by police for having no valid insurance

- Get car seized by police 

[Kiltox]

2 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

- Get stopped by police for having no valid insurance

- Get car seized by police 

?! 

[Jazoli]

3 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

- Get stopped by police for having no valid insurance

- Get car seized by police 

What are you on about?

[egg]

I was assuming a seasoned shiter would have a multiple car trade policy in place already ?

[Austin-Rover]

19 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Huddersfield to Kent for a bumper.... Kin ell, you're keen, does no one transport them nowadays or people can't be arsed to package them correctly?

Is Shitely Express not running at the moment? 

Keen? Mad? It's an early 'slimline' Rover 800 front bumper and they are next to impossible to find. Not one to entrust to Shiply or others. Hopefully there will be a few other goodies to bring back with it.

[PiperCub]

14 hours ago, brownnova said:

Probably should order more parts before they shut the post down so I have plenty to be getting on with... anyone selling any Yugo brakes callipers? 

Already done that, ordered the parts and oil etc from Amazon, GSF, MX5 parts etc. Amazingly all turned up (Or I collected locally) today. I R impressed! Expected delays, no, good effort everyone. 

If I get confined (unlikely TBH) then I'll be happy at home servicing the 205, MX5 & the Bros. Plus doing some welding & fab practice too. The only issue I forsee for me is getting the first two MoT'd as they are both due early May. Guess I need to try to book early (though that may not help).

Not planning on buying or selling anything for now anyway - depends on if the Alfa behaves itself.

[chompy_snake]

While we all go about our normal business of life. The whole population (other than the sensible folk) are doing the following!

Usually this behaviour starts at around 6am when stores open ?

[mitsisigma01]

1 hour ago, Austin-Rover said:

Keen? Mad? It's an early 'slimline' Rover 800 front bumper and they are next to impossible to find. Not one to entrust to Shiply or others. Hopefully there will be a few other goodies to bring back with it.

Cider, Whitstable oysters and more cider 

[motorpunk]

On 3/16/2020 at 9:04 PM, HMC said:

megabus

If you’ve previously travelled in Megabus then you’ll have picked up so many germs already that you’ll be totally resistant to Coronavirus, SARS, the plague and cat aids.

[Datsuncog]

1 hour ago, chompy_snake said:

Usually this behaviour starts at around 6am when stores open ?

Apparently so... I overheard a harassed-looking Spar employee this morning explaining for what was probably the umpteenth time that no, there was no toilet roll on the shelves - and there would certainly be more tomorrow, except the past few days indicated that the shelves might be full at 6am yet stripped bare by 7.20 - even with a strict 'one pack per customer' policy in place.

You heard it here first, Andrex is basically the new Bitcoin.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, Datsuncog said:

.... Andrex is basically the new Bitcoin.

Buttcoin, surely?

[Ghosty]

I'm just gonna be driving the Jag about like I'm in Shaun of the Dead. Bollocks to it all. 

[Austat]

Shame I don't have anything to work on when Australia inevitably goes into lockdown mode, so I'll be bored out of my mind for many days.

[Cord Fourteener]

4 hours ago, Austat said:

Shame I don't have anything to work on when Australia inevitably goes into lockdown mode, so I'll be bored out of my mind for many days.

I think you need to panic but some choddy old motor cars right now!

[NorfolkNWeigh]

As mentioned earlier I went to Plymouth to collect FathaN in his sickly S1 - that has no lights !!

Let,e tell you Covid19 will be a doddle compared doing a nonstop 530 miles in a fucking Defender- this one has extended seat runners and only half a bulkhead , otherwise I couldn’t even have got in it. FathaN seems happy with it, although he hasn’t driven it yet. Got home around 3, saw a few coppers, but nobody was interested in potentially dodgy Land Rover moving in the night.

Home, could there be a more British scene, (postbox is hidden behind S1)  Considering how much he raves about his place in France , it’s funny how important it was to be home when the merde is approaching the fan...

Never driven a Puma enginedLand Rover before, it goes well , lots of torque and the 6 speed box means 70 is about 2250 revs, and only had to change down twice for steep hills.

[Andyrew]

Today has gone mental in the Motor factors, our trade counter guys (who are good at what they do are so busy and struggling to keep up with constant phones ringing and tons of orders. The shop side of things however is very quiet.

People have officially gone mental, 

Co op next door is pretty empty, but had milk for coffee so all is well.