The Doctor's travels through time. Fin.

[rob88h]

All this time and I'd never looked that up!

[rob88h]

53 minutes ago, DoctorRetro said:

This always reminded me of the petrol station scene in Zoolander. Luckily the guy I got this from didn't die in a "freak fuel fight accident".

 

[Cord Fourteener]

1 hour ago, DoctorRetro said:

New car delivered today, thanks to @rob88h

It's a bit cosmetically challenged in places, but that's nothing a bit of Graf City spray can't sort. 😁

 

Wow you've got the Balerno! Awesome! 

What can I say other than "Err..."?

[SmokinWaffle]

Imma vote yellow. For obvious reasons. S'all good man. 

[DoctorRetro]

Changed the weak battery today. It looked ancient!

Terminals on the wrong side,but not the end of the world.

In other news, took the grille off to repaint. Doesn't it look like an Almera ?

[bunglebus]

Someone been jumping on the bonnet?

 

[DoctorRetro]

15 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Someone been jumping on the bonnet?

 

No, apparently it had  bonnet to windscreen interaction in the hands of previous owner... I've managed to straighten it a bit so the edges line up.

 

Also sanded back and painted the grille as it was annoying.

 

[bunglebus]

And tinted the headlights on the Metro..?

[DoctorRetro]

1 minute ago, bunglebus said:

And tinted the headlights on the Metro..?

Yeah, but don't shout about it on this forum, they don't like chav mods round 'ere. 🤣

[puddlethumper]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

And tinted the headlights on the Metro..?

Nah, that's mascara, innit ?

[DoctorRetro]

[Sham]

This is looking better and better to my eyes.

 

Or, it's dazzled me. One or the other.

[dave j]

That looks great! Really shows off the dish on the wheels

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Sorry, I couldn't see your car on that last photo.  Any chance you could paint it a brighter colour?

[tooSavvy]

Would that Suzuki be sporting a sleek shade of TooRquaize.... Like mine?

[Rod/b]

Tell you what Doc if you could find one of those 1990’s Mountney coloured vinyl steering wheels in pink that would look awesome on the Metro. Really like what you’ve done with it. 
 

(edit- or this with a generic Metro 6x70mm boss kit

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/183358917166)

[Matty]

I like this (not that you're looking for permission 😀).  One of the young lads at work is modifying a k11 micra pretty heavily. I've recently modified a pair of Mr2 leather buckets to k11 seat rails for him. He has bought a gizfabs intake kit, front and rear strut braces, 12" minilight alikes,  coilovers and is saving for a gizfabs turbo conversion. It's not a valuable car and he is making it something personal to him. You've got to spend money somewhere so why not have the crack with it. Fuck the anti modifying brigade 😝

[privatewire]

5 hours ago, DoctorRetro said:

Those wheels look great, that’s one cool looking wee bus!

[Daviemck2006]

It's looking good. I'm going to do something along that lines with your old fenlander. Really bright colour, and the bits that were grey becoming black, and black wheels. That's when my son decides to give me it back. I've not seen it for a month, apart from a glimpse in the passing.

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[Noel Tidybeard]

silver rimz FTMFW! 👍

 

oh and the contrasting stripe? has you mate with the mazda got a bit of the turquoise left?

[Talbot]

18 hours ago, DoctorRetro said:

What did you say?  Eh?  Say that again... nope, sorry, I can't hear you properly, you need to TURN DOWN YOUR CAR!!

[Cord Fourteener]

19 hours ago, DoctorRetro said:

It's definitely the smartest and brightest Metro on the estate 😁

[junkyarddog]

Can't say I'm crazy about the colour,but all cars are so DULL nowadays, it's nice to see something that actually stands out quite dramatically. 

Those wheels with black centres and silver rim really work well,I like the slightly tinted lights too.

For a budget build done outside,I think it looks great.

Well done. 

 

[outlaw118]

That looks the nuts now, the silver rimz with the black innards look ACE

[DoctorRetro]

23 hours ago, tooSavvy said:

Would that Suzuki be sporting a sleek shade of TooRquaize.... Like mine?

No, mines all green.

[DoctorRetro]

Forgot to add this picture of my painting method..

Made a 'cap' out of card to jam in the ridge and put playing cards around the outside. Simple!

[HMC]

Looks like some sort of “street magic” thing / early David Blaine.

Great idea!

[Rod/b]

How the fuck did you know i’d picked 8 of diamonds? 

[DoctorRetro]

Well, the report on the Baleno is that I don't like it. Well, I do , but I don't....

List of issues:

The squeal/scream/grating sound from now both sides. I reckon new discs&pads might sort it.

Auxiliary belt squeals if anything electronic is used. I have a replacement but access is horrible!

When coming to a stop after driving the engine sounds very 'ticky' like a sticky tappet or something. Oil change might help.

Idle is really low, almost worryingly.

Oh, and the smell! It has obviously been owned by a smoker previously, and the many air fresheners are not disguising the smell enough for my oversensitive nose.

 

I know all these are minor, but all involve throwing money and time at something that is (in my opinion) unlikely to see another mot due to extreme crispiness underneath. 

I'm wondering whether to run it into the ground with no maintenance and to hell with the noises, sell it on to someone less bothered, or fix it knowing that money is never to be recovered.

 

 

[Cord Fourteener]

Run it into the ground then sell it to a shitter with a sparkly stick, possibly.