Rusty Red Roffle win Fester I gave my sister-in-law - goodbye

[dozeydustman]

 

Posh duck egg breakfast eaten. Coffee about to be drunk.

Wife faff count = 1

 

 

[dozeydustman]

Smol Suzuki of much joy is going to get a rude awakening!

 

2mins in and pitstop for drinks and comestibles.

[hairnet]

@STUNO will be round to steal bits off the suzuki :P

[rusty998]

See you soon safe journey 

[dozeydustman]

Journey

hardly any traffic

destination achieved

Wife’s driving it back.....

[dozeydustman]

DUBBLE PEZ SHOT

[hairnet]

so there was mask wearing but you had to sniff fart on the way home....... :D

 

[SRi05]

12 minutes ago, dozeydustman said:

DUBBLE PEZ SHOT

 

[danthecapriman]

Good little cars those Fiestas, if you can stop the rot! My sisters had two, which I drove occasionally, an R reg 1.4 Zetec Ghia which was a lovely car and it absolutely flew too! And a W reg 1.3 base model, not as quick or smooth but still a fun little thing to drive. Both died of rust.

Shes got a 54 reg 1.25 now of the newer shape Fiesta which I don’t like as much. Feels like a bit of a backwards step compared to these older ones.

[Pieman]

Very nice indeed!

[greengartside]

I think that could have been a driving school Fiesta when it was new. I seem to remember a lot of POG and FOG-plated examples being used by the AA. May be worth looking up under the passenger footwell for signs of double pedals?

[dozeydustman]

35 minutes ago, greengartside said:

I think that could have been a driving school Fiesta when it was new. I seem to remember a lot of POG and FOG-plated examples being used by the AA. May be worth looking up under the passenger footwell for signs of double pedals?

Possibly. I’ve not had a look inside as I’m too big lol.

Just stopped at home for refreshments then taking li’l fez to new home.

Here it is with the Toyota of pleasure

[dozeydustman]

Even with seat at lowest setting I’m too tall

and legs too long!

[dozeydustman]

Destination achieved.

Sis in law and other half very pleased with little fester, been round the block in it etc.

Sis in law has medical issues and has been reliant on borrowing cars from friends and family to get to her hospital and GP appointments, so we’ve left them sorting out the necessary to make it legal in their name etc.

I did go for a little ride in it as a passenger and feels pretty solid, especially compared to earlier model fiestas which always felt flimsy.

@rusty998 many thanks sir, a pleasure to do roffling with!

[dozeydustman]

This is Mrs dustman, it was a super car to drive home and I fell in love with it a little bit, if Mr Dustman had fitted in it we might have been keeping it and my sister would have had the smol soozooki of much joy. 

[dozeydustman]

Mr dustman back again. Can someone translate from hairnet to English please?  

[rusty998]

Good to see it going to someone who needed it,  

To all who entered into the Roffle thank you for making this sale happen,  

Also a big fanks to @TheDoctor for carrying out the organisation and money's 

The Wife's happy so everything is okay now at Rusty towers lol

[Joey spud]

A Chippy on a petrol stn forecourt !!

That's me blown away...

[EssDeeWon]

I like that shape Fiesta in posh Ghia form.  

[skoda_fan]

Well done. Top shiting, sir. I love that era of Fezza. Like a little go kart!

[Parky]

I loved my one, quicker than it had any right to be and great fun.  

[STUNO]

11 hours ago, hairnet said:

@STUNO will be round to steal bits off the suzuki

All parts being supplied by Suzuki to the repair shop and paid for by insurance so not our worry

[M'coli]

5 hours ago, EssDeeWon said:

I like that shape Fiesta in posh Ghia form.  

Absolutely. They're really easy to look at. I remember when they started appearing in the work's car park and thought, "Aye, it's about time they looked that fine".

[dozeydustman]

Popped round to see sister in law today to give her a birthday present. Her other half bought some missing parts for it and has added them all save the front fog lamp. He’s spent weeks wondering how to put it in, air con pipes meant from behind wasn’t a goer unless front bumper off.

5 mins of jiggling I got it in for him. Now just trying to find an appropriately sized screw to secure it.

I will be ordering a full cam belt kit, coolant, filters etc for them in the near future. I have the timing tool, so stay tuned. Sis in law and partner love it.

 

[dozeydustman]

The Boris approved long MoT on this expired on 12th October and it didn’t pass. Mainly corrosion. Old Ford TADTS. They had had no welding done prior to this test.

 

sister in law’s neighbour welded it up. Failed retest on welding not being up to standard AND four of the advisories with only 19 miles from test centre to repair place and back. Windscreen not changed but apparently not a minor defect this time.

The car is now with another workshop who are going to do the jobs and retest the car. It will live.

I did offer my sis in law and her other half a pre-MoT once over, could have saved them a fair bit on repair bills, done the brakes, suspension bushes and got them a good deal on tyres. I can’t weld so I’d not have been able to do that but I would have saved them a few quid in labour costs.

[dozeydustman]

Sis in law phoned the wife yesterday to tell me the Fiesta has finally gained its MoT. I'm going to price up the parts they have advisories on for them, as these haven't changed since the previous fail (though they have noted this time there is underseal on the car as an advisory - weird). I'll also check the integrity of the metal brake pipes, if needed splice a new section in.

I can't remember what size tyres this is fitted with, they'll probably take budgets which are around £45 a corner (for a few quid extra I'd have gone for mid range) plus around £100 for a full service inc cam belt kit.

At easy my sister in law and her other half are mobile again.

[dozeydustman]

A little update. Sis in law has been offered a higher level of PIP and now qualifies for motability. I was hoping to roffle this on for her when she said  she’d qualified for a free* car but as she’s been offered £500 in px for the Fiesta against the £750 deposit on a high spec Skoda Karoq, I’m not going to be in this position sadly.

To be fair they’ve been playing cam belt roulette, it needs a good thorough service and new tyres. And nee brake lines. And yet more welding as another rust hole has appeared. Can’t save them all and I doubt a roffle would have reached the heady heights of half a bag!