The Doctor's travels through time. Fin.

[bunglebus]

2 minutes ago, vaughant said:

have you got the bag the glass from the sunroof goes in?

There you go M9

[sierraman]

8 minutes ago, vaughant said:

Oh god the old originality "experts". 

I was one selling a 924 for a grand with 10 months mot. Overall it wasn't a bad car, certainly scrubbed up well for a car that was probably 24 years old then. 

Had a few timewasters/chancers (this was back in the free ad days) but one guy phoned up and seemed really interested, well spoken, claimed to be a porsche mechanic and so on. 

After an hours worth of grilling over the phone, he asked me what sunroof it had. It looked like a britax conversion thing to me but it didn't leak and worked fine.... He starts to wobble a bit......,shit I'm losing the catch here. I play my trump card quick "listen mate you sound like an enthusiast and I would love to see it go to a good home. I'd let you have it as is for £850 cash, near enough half the price for any other one in the free ads for sale,what do you say?". 

 

He replies " OK, have you got the bag the glass from the sunroof goes in? "

" I don't mate sorry, but I reckon I've got every receipt for any work it's had done over 24 years!!!". 

" hmm  I think I'll pass it you haven't got that cover, cheers ". 

 

FFS. 

Just to wind him up I’d tell him some young blokes are coming to look at it for banger racing. That’ll ruin his day

[Cord Fourteener]

38 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Just to wind him up I’d tell him some young blokes are coming to look at it for banger racing. That’ll ruin his day

Some guy called Gerald Clarkson wants it and is going to blow it up on TV.

[tooSavvy]

...... aye, you could auction the piano afterwards

[vaughant]

2 hours ago, sierraman said:

Just to wind him up I’d tell him some young blokes are coming to look at it for banger racing. That’ll ruin his day

Brilliant!!! 

I wish I had banger done that, it was a hateful thing as well but at least I had the porsche experience*. 

The turbo would have been a hoot though, oversteer on every bend. 

[DoctorRetro]

Well, the Polo is going tonight, and I'm rationalising that I can probably keep the other two. 

I was probably being a bit dramatic - after all, the court costs are £215, I could cut out takeaways and shop at Lidl for a bit and cope with that to be fair.

But I needed to thin down anyway, 3 cars, 2 of which had the old higher tax rate, while great, was always going to be impractical. 

If the Carina hadn't popped up, things would have been very different.

[DoctorRetro]

And that's the Polo gone this evening.

Not sure what the next chapter of things holds, but hopefully I come out of the other end unscathed.

Carina has a small flat spot that irritates me, not sure if fuel or ignition related...

Metro is a bit rattly/creaky at the rear, possibly bushing related.

So I have things to keep me busy.

[DoctorRetro]

Motherfuckers at First Central insurance want to charge quite a lot to cancel the policy.  Probably due to the amount of changes I've made.

Going to have to do some maths and see if it's worth covering a shitter for the remainder of the policy just to avoid the fees. Because sods law says I'll need a fresh policy for something else in a few months...

 

[Cord Fourteener]

I had the pleasure of meeting your ex polo somewhere in the Midlands 

[DoctorRetro]

8 minutes ago, Cord Forteener aka Tim_E said:

I had the pleasure of meeting your ex polo somewhere in the Midlands 

It's not bad, is it? I would have kept it were it not for the Toyota popping up and confusing things!

[Cord Fourteener]

1 hour ago, DoctorRetro said:

It's not bad, is it? I would have kept it were it not for the Toyota popping up and confusing things!

Yes I had a sit in, it's a lovely and tastefully* 90s compact estate. The new owner was surprised at its performance on the motorway too. 

And it's simple, no turbo and hot side actuators to get treacled.

[tooSavvy]

@DoctorRetro.... Oi! You sorted for 'larding up' the Toyyo underside?

YKIMS

 

[DoctorRetro]

In other non car related news, I've dragged myself out of football retirement...

[DoctorRetro]

4 hours ago, tooSavvy said:

@DoctorRetro.... Oi! You sorted for 'larding up' the Toyyo underside?

YKIMS

 

Not yet, tbh, wouldn't know where to begin

[bunglebus]

You've got competition! Not far from you either.

I papped it in 2019 but saw it again yesterday

 

[Zelandeth]

20 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

You've got competition! Not far from you either.

I papped it in 2019 but saw it again yesterday

 

I'd drive that...those wheel trims need binning though!

[Cord Fourteener]

11 hours ago, bunglebus said:

You've got competition! Not far from you either.

I papped it in 2019 but saw it again yesterday

 

Desert pink. 

 

[DoctorRetro]

Finally got the correct ignition leads...

Old ones were a bit ropey.

 

[DoctorRetro]

Did a little bit of t cut, polishing etc today. Also took the badges off to refurb them, the black background has badly faded.

[Spurious]

Shines up well.

Most of those back in the day in Ireland were various shades of pink

[DoctorRetro]

Had a go at refreshing one of the badges.

Masked up and painted with satin black. It's hard to show in the pics, but looks loads better.

 

[dozeydustman]

I honestly thought you’d painted the badges in radioactive snot colour! The I saw the final result.

They look crackin’!

[sutty2006]

20 minutes ago, dozeydustman said:

I honestly thought you’d painted the badges in radioactive snot colour! The I saw the final result.

They look crackin’!

I too thought he’d gone for the “Christmas” theme. 
 

looking good there. Are you able to keep it now? 

[DoctorRetro]

7 minutes ago, sutty2006 said:

I too thought he’d gone for the “Christmas” theme. 
 

looking good there. Are you able to keep it now? 

Yeah, I've got enough in reserve to cover any upcoming costs (MIAM, court etc), and enough disposable to cover any unexpected expenses, so it makes sense to keep the reliable Japanese car.

Not that the Metro isn't reliable, but I sense there may be a few jobs coming up soon...

[DoctorRetro]

[Fabergé Greggs]

Bloody hell thats looking clean. Any super shiny/lush velour interior pics? 

[DoctorRetro]

16 minutes ago, Fabergé Greggs said:

Bloody hell thats looking clean. Any super shiny/lush velour interior pics? 

It's not that perfect - selective photography 🤣

Some of the less great bits...

 

[DoctorRetro]

18 minutes ago, Fabergé Greggs said:

Bloody hell thats looking clean. Any super shiny/lush velour interior pics? 

Interior isn't that exciting.

 

It is rare to find under the seats so clean mind..

[DoctorRetro]

It's shadows, not dirt on the seats by the way...

[loserone]

Needs rubber mats!