reb Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 Don't want to run out of petrol AND electricity! Ghosty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercedade Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 23 hours ago, Ghosty said: Well the hubs are the same as CRV parts and aren't that expensive, so it'll be fine. Was this in SK8 by any chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted September 28, 2021 Author Share Posted September 28, 2021 50 minutes ago, mercedade said: Was this in SK8 by any chance? No, very central Manchester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercedade Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Ah, gotcha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted September 30, 2021 Author Share Posted September 30, 2021 The Prelude's plates are knackered - the front one has been giffered to death and will fail an MOT, and the rear is faded, and starting to show signs it might delaminate. Finally gives me an excuse to buy some plates from Retroplates - he was able to make up the proof within two hours, and I've OK'd them, so I'll hopefully get those next week. Cord Fourteener, Coprolalia, Dave_Q and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sporty-shite Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 On 9/19/2021 at 12:55 PM, Jim Bell said: Prelude to a fugue FATHA SPORTY has one of these Preludes. He bloody loves the thing. Lovely to drive, and does everything he wants it to. Also quite practical for long stuff with the rear seat dropped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share Posted October 9, 2021 Breakfast. LightBulbFun, DoctorRetro, privatewire and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share Posted October 9, 2021 Next.... Shite Ron, Minimad5, Six-cylinder and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share Posted October 9, 2021 Quiet for a bit now - three and a bit hours on this one. Six-cylinder, LightBulbFun, Andyrew and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Ghosty said: Breakfast. “Dry white toast ma’am” ”do you want anything with that?” ”no ma’am, just toast.” Ghosty, Six-cylinder and KitKat 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Oh is it that time of the week already? Chod speed! LightBulbFun and Ghosty 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 2 hours ago, sutty2006 said: “Dry white toast ma’am” ”do you want anything with that?” ”no ma’am, just toast.” 'toast done on one side' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share Posted October 9, 2021 Basingstoke achieved, third time I've bought a car here (?!). It's cold and misty. Six-cylinder and EightMegs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share Posted October 9, 2021 I last walked along this road in 2018, to collect an R8 I got from Bramz. I think he's moved since. A white AX pulled out of the Waitrose car park as I was walking and headed this way. I call that a good omen. LightBulbFun, Six-cylinder and loserone 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share Posted October 9, 2021 Google's walking directions don't care that there's no pavement and poor footing. The kerbside is a heavily worn desire path. Thanks, Maps. Thaps. Here we are, anyway. DoctorRetro, Coprolalia and Six-cylinder 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 nice focus m9 disapoint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share Posted October 9, 2021 This is my mum's new car- but I have full named driver priveliges 😄. Yes, this is really replacing her Bini. Six-cylinder, SRi05, privatewire and 14 others 16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Excellent. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRi05 Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 You sure know how to find a nice old Honda LightBulbFun and Ghosty 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 It can't be that good, it rarely does 20 miles a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 HONDA SNIFFA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share Posted October 9, 2021 It's home and I'm in the pub. Most eventful thing on the way home was managing to get the attention of a middle aged couple in a Kia Venga with a flat tyre on the elevated section of the M6, just before a junction. They got off the main motorway so I saved a fuckton of danger and pissing about for a lot of people there - fuck smart motorways. loserone, Six-cylinder, Spottedlaurel and 9 others 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 now't wrong with a civic, my first car was one of them, cracking little motor Ghosty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty998 Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 I had no doubt that you would get home in a Civic, well collected Sir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted October 10, 2021 Author Share Posted October 10, 2021 Writeup time. A while ago my mum's Bini had the timing chain replaced as it'd eaten the guides. It's not been used much over the pandemic, and starting it for the first time recently (it'd been blocked in until I got rid of the Ignis) revealed that it had a death rattle, meaning either the timing chain guides got into the sump, or it's piston slapping. (Or my dad buggered it up). We duly sent it to WBAC as their initial offer was £5300 which came down to 5k on inspection. 5k is what auto R56s seem to go for in used car dealers - and we got it for 6k almost five years ago, so I think we've done well there. Mum went off to look at a spaceship Civic, then on her way home told me to find her an older Civic instead. She wanted aircon ideally but that's hit and miss. Before she'd even got home I'd found this one on eBay and Gumtree, and we all just agreed - 'get it'. Rang up the dealer - curiously, an LHD specialist, and told them I was being sent down for it - they couldn't have been more helpful, they said they'd had a lot of emails about it, but 'if you're coming that far you must be serious' and agreed to hold it until the next day for us. Sure enough, I hopped on the train and got down there - the bloke working there was a lovely chap, into his Rovers - he showed me a 39k Rover 25 they had in inventory - he'd bought it to reshell his rally car not realising it had a sunroof. Lovely little thing, it was like new. Anyway I'm presented with a sun-bleached, dusty Civic - but inside is like new, and it drove like new too. After a test drive and a good chat about cars in general, set off home, and got back without a hitch. The roof is, well, sun-bleached: and the lacquer's bloomed on the bonnet, the rest of the paint is rather flat too. It's going to be sent off to be (partially?) resprayed - it's worth it as it's a one owner car that's completely rust free. There's a bit of a list of jobs forming: full service exhaust backbox, the hairy stuff is coming out tyres repaint wiper arms partial respray underseal You get the idea. It's an absolutely lovely car and another one that's going to be sticking with us for a long time. This is what I wanted that other silver Civic to be like. Gave it a clean today: and it's looking rather well. EightMegs, LightBulbFun, Vince70 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 You're not the first to be complimentary about the LHD place, though I hadn't heard anything of them for a while. Civic looks a good 'un, though there is a weird ghostly image on a window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted October 12, 2021 Author Share Posted October 12, 2021 Grey Civic has been booked in for paint. My red one's been booked in for welding and paint, to sort the rear arches out. I got some post: I've said it before and I'll say it again, Retroplates are fantastic. Angrydicky, LightBulbFun, MorrisItalSLX and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 good to see nothing pineappled to some nice hondas Ghosty and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 I like that Prelude a lot. oldcars, BorniteIdentity and Ted Eggs 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 28 minutes ago, Conrad D. Conelrad said: I like that Prelude a lot. Me too,that's a nice car. oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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