Weird Car’s weird cars! “MY FIRST BIMMER”

[Weird Car]

Collection successful! Car gotted 

 

thank you @HMC always a pleasure 😊

[HMC]

Was lovely to meet you again. I like the moody car park pic; looks like a “business” meeting of 2 underworld characters in Riga.

[hairnet]

11 minutes ago, HMC said:

 

st pauls in bristol and theyre upset the maccies was shut

[calebaaront]

I’m starting to think this is @HMC’s 2nd account and he’s just selling cars to himself. @Weird Car you need to change your name to HMC2

[Weird Car]

Just got home, and I must say WHAT A CAR!!! it’s like driving around in one of those ‘silent rooms’ honestly it’s so quiet at around 30mph that i could actually hear my blood pumping, I had to turn the radio on so I wouldn’t go insane, and at 70 you can hear the absolute faintest of road noise, averaged 35 to the gallon and used roughly a quarter of a tank coming home, comfort wise it’s not as plush as the Rolls but it’s honestly not far off at all, I’m really happy with it! 

[Weird Car]

New car incoming today to replace the Hearse, something I’ve had my eye on for a little while, it’s going to be a very interesting and slow drive home, stay tuned 

[Mally]

Slower than a Hearse?

[Weird Car]

11 minutes ago, Mally said:

Slower than a Hearse?

Reportedly good for 100mph in its day but that day was an awfully long time ago 

[S2000]

Hope the ‘conquest’  of the roads goes well today !

[mintwth]

Vauxhall 30-98?

[Billy - Medhurst]

2 hours ago, Weird Car said:

Reportedly good for 100mph in its day but that day was an awfully long time ago 

2 Door 1100cc MK1 Ford escort in a 1983 council estate?

[eddyramrod]

16 minutes ago, Billy - Medhurst said:

2 Door 1100cc MK1 Ford escort in a 1983 council estate?

Don't be daft, nobody on here can afford a mk1 Escort!

[calebaaront]

2 hours ago, S2000 said:

Hope the ‘conquest’  of the roads goes well today !

I heard the weather wherever she’s going is ‘majestic’ 

[Mally]

Ah!

[Weird Car]

So just stopped at a random services in Devon for fuel and look what I’ve seen, I don’t know if this has cursed the collection caper but OMG what are the odds? 

[mintwth]

Devon knows how they make it so crusty

[junkyarddog]

2 hours ago, Weird Car said:

look what I’ve seen

It lives to fight another day!

Kinda warms the cockles a little bit that someone  patched it up again!

[Homersimpson]

3 hours ago, mintwth said:

Devon knows how they make it so crusty

As its showing as taxed I assume its being used, I wonder if they have repaired it or are just using its MOT exemption to tax it.

[calebaaront]

All of us right now 

[Weird Car]

9 minutes ago, calebaaront said:

All of us right now 

Recovery on the way  either over heated or fuelling issue, we’ll get her home and going again though, I really like it 

[comfortablynumb]

Bloody German cars, they're always breaking down!

Oh hang on...

Hope you get sorted rapidly @Weird Car🙏

 

 

[Weird Car]

5 hours ago, Weird Car said:

So just stopped at a random services in Devon for fuel and look what I’ve seen, I don’t know if this has cursed the collection caper but OMG what are the odds? 

Turns out it did indeed curse the collection, oh well, homeward bound via low loader 

[Mally]

I'd love to own that, even broken down.

[Marshall2810]

Hope you get it back and sorted 

[Weird Car]

And home! 
It’s a really lovely car to drive when it worked, hopefully I’ll have it back up and running soon

[lesapandre]

Less William more Harold at the moment... but I'm sure your William-ness will prevail to achieve a winning Conquest. 

[Schaefft]

18 hours ago, Weird Car said:

Recovery on the way  either over heated or fuelling issue, we’ll get her home and going again though, I really like it 

What exactly are the symptoms? Both should be fairly obvious.

[Weird Car]

1 minute ago, Schaefft said:

What exactly are the symptoms? Both should be fairly obvious.

It was running fine until I had to put fuel in it, they only had e10 at the pumps and the fuel gauge doesn’t work so I thought I’d risk it, when paying for the fuel I noticed it dripping from the radiator so topped it up and it was fine for an hour or so, as I’m joining a slip road it was down in power, coughing and spluttering, then died and wouldn’t re start 

[barefoot]

Sounds like an E10 problem to me. My t2 hated the stuff. I carry a bottle of snake oil that I pour in first on the rare occasions that I'm forced to use it.

[lesapandre]

I'm hazarding blocked fuel filter and rusted tank. I'm not sure where the filter is on these - it may be in-tank gauze. Run along the fuel lines. 

Could also be water contaminated.

Run along the lines and clean everything filtering the fuel. 

May also be blocked carb jets - but before you dismantle run a line off a can and see if 'Norman' runs OK.

Then you will know it's the pipes/tank.

If you have it  - blow some compressed air down the fuel lines if the tank end will detach without all the fuel running out.

Possibly fuel pump - perishable diaphragm or if electric - points.

The other thing may be duff points - lot of aftermarket rubbish about. Get some proper ones.

Then try coil/condenser.

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