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| Author: | Trooper [ Thu May 17, 2018 10:32 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
When it grinds to a halt, i'm assuming you have checked and there is fluid in the slave cylinder? If not, it is 100% a cylinder leak, either master or slave. Although, why your garage wouldn't know that would be a mystery, so it can't be that simple. |
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| Author: | myp [ Thu May 17, 2018 11:30 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
Trooper wrote: When it grinds to a halt, i'm assuming you have checked and there is fluid in the slave cylinder? If not, it is 100% a cylinder leak, either master or slave. Although, why your garage wouldn't know that would be a mystery, so it can't be that simple. Aye, there is. So they don't know for sure where the problem lies. Hence it could become very labour-intensive, especially as the slave cylinder is on the gearbox. In better news, my dad has offered to lend me the money to get something else, as long as it's from a garage and comes with a 3mo warranty and 12mo MOT. I've found a 120k 52 plate Octavia TDI six miles away so I'm going to risk the Bora up there shortly. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Thu May 17, 2018 11:40 ] |
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Good luck mate. |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Thu May 17, 2018 12:06 ] |
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Lonewolves wrote: Trooper wrote: When it grinds to a halt, i'm assuming you have checked and there is fluid in the slave cylinder? If not, it is 100% a cylinder leak, either master or slave. Although, why your garage wouldn't know that would be a mystery, so it can't be that simple. Aye, there is. So they don't know for sure where the problem lies. Hence it could become very labour-intensive, especially as the slave cylinder is on the gearbox. In better news, my dad has offered to lend me the money to get something else, as long as it's from a garage and comes with a 3mo warranty and 12mo MOT. I've found a 120k 52 plate Octavia TDI six miles away so I'm going to risk the Bora up there shortly. Clutch release bearing I would expect in that case, if there is still fluid in the cylinder. Which means opening up the gearbox to diagnose/fix, which I agree just isn't worth it. Good luck on the drive! Rather than scrapping it, I would recommend putting it on ebay for no reserve and explain the symptoms of the problem. Someone will buy it and you may get more than you expect, plus they will come and take it away for you. I once got £300 for an old E28 5 series with a blown engine that way, I only paid £300 for it in the first place when it was working! |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Thu May 17, 2018 12:12 ] |
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Wow. Shenzhen already has about 17,000 electric buaes: (100% of the fleet): https://cleantechnica.com/2018/01/01/sh ... axis-next/ At Google I/O I saw a Jaguar iPace (the all-electric SUV). It looked really nice. For the size of the car, the cabin space was enormous, as electric drive trains are so compact compared to IC ones. (This one was also a concept Waymo self-driving one. Jaguar is delivering tens of thousands of those starting in 2020, apparently.) |
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| Author: | Cras [ Thu May 17, 2018 12:15 ] |
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I don't think there's a problem to solve on building nice electric cars. Fast charging and charger availability are the things to fix. |
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| Author: | myp [ Thu May 17, 2018 12:25 ] |
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Made it! Octavia is in decent nick for its age, but they've only just brought it in so needs a few things doing first (rear driver side window needs replacing, central locking issue). It's only 103k miles for a car that's older than this Bora that's done 196k. It's only 110bhp, but I'll pull through somehow. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Thu May 17, 2018 12:33 ] |
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Mines a 110 TDi (ASV), they're a good engine and there's plenty of stuff that can be done to them. Very economical and cheap tax too. |
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| Author: | myp [ Thu May 17, 2018 13:27 ] |
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£200 deposit put down! Thanks Dad. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Thu May 17, 2018 13:28 ] |
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Are they taking the Bora off you? |
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| Author: | myp [ Thu May 17, 2018 13:33 ] |
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Zardoz wrote: Are they taking the Bora off you? Yeah, they're giving me £100. So I'm £700 down on the deal. Obviously with hindsight I wish I'd done this in the first place, but I didn't have £1,300 for a car. Now it's ended up costing close to £2k so I could've got the Merc fixed. Hopefully this car will last me a few years and I can soon forget about this desperately sad period of car ownership. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Thu May 17, 2018 14:34 ] |
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Life is a roller coaster, you've just got to ride it. |
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| Author: | myp [ Thu May 17, 2018 15:38 ] |
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Is five cars in two years worse than Hearthly now? Sold my Clio in 2016 after four years as I wanted something bigger. After a year decided I was too old for the Civic Type R and the looks I was getting because it was so loud. Merc was great and suited me to a tee until I started delivering parcels in it and getting 25mpg at best. Then failed its MOT. The Bora wins for shortest ownership period of any car I've had by a huge margin. Now the Octavia. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Thu May 17, 2018 15:43 ] |
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But you changed cars for reasons. |
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Thu May 17, 2018 15:50 ] |
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So did Hearthly. Bored now. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Thu May 17, 2018 15:54 ] |
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He didn't get the Mustang though as the Seat coddles him so. |
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| Author: | Findus Fop [ Thu May 17, 2018 16:28 ] |
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MaliA wrote: He didn't get the Mustang though as the Seat coddles him so. But that's what you get when you remove the Heart from Hearthly. Hly. |
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| Author: | myp [ Thu May 17, 2018 18:03 ] |
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Dr Zoidberg wrote: So did Hearthly. Bored now. Play a board game or read a book. |
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| Author: | flis [ Mon May 21, 2018 11:23 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
Got the kids a car last week so they can all learn to drive. It's pretty much a necessity I think, being able to get yourself around. It's a 1.2 16v Fiesta Zetec so it's an absolute flying machine obviously, and has all the mod-cons. Rear spoiler, cassette player, manual windows, metallic paint, AC. Only 34,000 miles but it's 19 years old. No cup holders though. Well, it has little recesses in the glove box but that doesn't count. My car is a 2017 Golf GTD so... the Fiesta was.... Interesting. Got it up to 90 though! After accelerating down hill for half a mile. It felt solid, it slowed down fine and was smooth through the gears. Be alright for them I think. I forgot it didn't have parking sensors or a camera so almost reversed into a wall. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Mon May 21, 2018 11:31 ] |
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Perfect first car! |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Mon May 21, 2018 11:32 ] |
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You can totally replace that radio. In fact I insist you do. With a massive gaudy Halfords model. Double DIN all the way! |
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| Author: | flis [ Mon May 21, 2018 11:38 ] |
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DavPaz wrote: You can totally replace that radio. In fact I insist you do. With a massive gaudy Halfords model. Double DIN all the way! It's needs an ill-fitting Blaupunkt with a subwoofer in an mdf box in the boot, really. I ordered them a tape to aux adapter, and an aux to lightning cable adapter because of course they all have iPhones. Tinted window film and some No Fear stickers are next on the list. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Mon May 21, 2018 11:41 ] |
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flis wrote: DavPaz wrote: You can totally replace that radio. In fact I insist you do. With a massive gaudy Halfords model. Double DIN all the way! It's needs an ill-fitting Blaupunkt with a subwoofer in an mdf box in the boot, really. I ordered them a tape to aux adapter, and an aux to lightning cable adapter because of course they all have iPhones. Tinted window film and some No Fear stickers are next on the list. Giphy "perfection": https://media0.giphy.com/media/1hOaq14OYWzGo/giphy-loop.mp4 |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Mon May 21, 2018 11:44 ] |
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34,000k! Tidy. You can get tape adapters to plug into your phone etc for about £3 on eBay. The main thing is it has alloys. |
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| Author: | flis [ Mon May 21, 2018 11:51 ] |
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Zardoz wrote: 34,000k! Tidy. You can get tape adapters to plug into your phone etc for about £3 on eBay. The main thing is it has alloys. Yeah, the old lady that had it last owned it for 15 years and has just gone into a home at age 86. It's absolutely immaculate inside too. Got the tape adaptor on the way mate - I know what I'm doing B) |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Mon May 21, 2018 12:45 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
flis wrote: I ordered them a tape to aux adapter I've never come across one of them that isn't dire. |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Mon May 21, 2018 12:47 ] |
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Grim... wrote: flis wrote: I ordered them a tape to aux adapter I've never come across one of them that isn't dire. Having a penchant for original condition 90s performance cars, i've been through a lot of these. There is a Panasonic one that is actually ok. Doubt they make them anymore though. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Mon May 21, 2018 12:49 ] |
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Grim... wrote: flis wrote: I ordered them a tape to aux adapter I've never come across one of them that isn't dire. Doesn't really matter with that thump thump thump dross they listen to. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Mon May 21, 2018 12:51 ] |
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Grim... wrote: flis wrote: I ordered them a tape to aux adapter I've never come across one of them that isn't dire. See also aux-FM radio |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Mon May 21, 2018 12:51 ] |
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Grim... wrote: flis wrote: I ordered them a tape to aux adapter I've never come across one of them that isn't dire. I found the ones I've had* to be great, there have been a couple that had a better 'side' though. So if it's shite put the 'tape' in the other way up. *needed more than one due to the wire to the headphone jack breaking. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Mon May 21, 2018 12:52 ] |
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Cras wrote: Grim... wrote: flis wrote: I ordered them a tape to aux adapter I've never come across one of them that isn't dire. See also aux-FM radio They are shite. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Mon May 21, 2018 13:21 ] |
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Zardoz wrote: Cras wrote: Grim... wrote: flis wrote: I ordered them a tape to aux adapter I've never come across one of them that isn't dire. See also aux-FM radio They are shite.  I had someone try to convince me once that there's wasn't shite. I lasted about 3 seconds actually listening to it.
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| Author: | myp [ Mon May 21, 2018 13:29 ] |
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Zardoz wrote: 34,000k! Tidy. You can get tape adapters to plug into your phone etc for about £3 on eBay. The main thing is it has alloys. 34,000k would be way too many miles. Unless you mean 34,000 kilometres… Those tape adapters sound terrible. |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Mon May 21, 2018 13:34 ] |
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Grim... wrote: flis wrote: I ordered them a tape to aux adapter I've never come across one of them that isn't dire. A colleague has just gone through this for the 1992 Corvette C4 he recently imported. He reports they’ve actually gotten worse, somehow, because they’re so niche now the better ones are no longer being made so you’ve only got the bottom-of-the-barrel ones left. |
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| Author: | Mr Dave [ Mon May 21, 2018 13:48 ] |
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TheVision wrote: Zardoz wrote: Cras wrote: Grim... wrote: flis wrote: I ordered them a tape to aux adapter I've never come across one of them that isn't dire. See also aux-FM radio They are shite. I had someone try to convince me once that there's wasn't shite. I lasted about 3 seconds actually listening to it.It's about as good as your grammar then. There's... |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Mon May 21, 2018 14:03 ] |
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Lonewolves wrote: 34,000k would be way too many miles. Unless you mean 34,000 kilometres… It would. Please accept my humble apologies. Lonewolves wrote: Those tape adapters sound terrible. You had it upside down. |
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| Author: | flis [ Mon May 21, 2018 14:08 ] |
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I have absolutely no doubt you're all right but consider the following: 1. When I'm in the car with them, the radio will be on rather than the shite they listen to. 2. Tape thing plus iPhone adaptor + postage cost less than £10 so I ain't expecting incredible sound quality or longevity. 3. It's not my car so I don't care what the stereo is like. 4. If they want Bluetooth capabilities, they can buy their own cars. 5. I have Queen: It's a Kinda Magic on cassette. 6. 13 Reasons Why has made cassettes popular and trendy. 7. It's retro. Its uncoolness makes it extremely cool. Fin. |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Mon May 21, 2018 14:12 ] |
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flis wrote: 7. It's retro. Its uncoolness makes it extremely cool. https://media0.giphy.com/media/l2Je31mk ... /giphy.gif |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Mon May 21, 2018 14:12 ] |
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Even your lists are retro, get with the times grandma! No clickbait title, no autoplaying video, how am I supposed to know when one bullet point is finished and the next one has started if I haven't clicked next and loaded a new page? |
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| Author: | flis [ Mon May 21, 2018 14:23 ] |
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote: flis wrote: 7. It's retro. Its uncoolness makes it extremely cool. https://media0.giphy.com/media/l2Je31mk ... /giphy.gif If the 16 and 19yo assholes I call children, who could probably kill you with the looks of disdain they give, think it's cool then it's cool. I am not arguing with them, what do you think I am, insane!? |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Mon May 21, 2018 14:38 ] |
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Glue the tape into the cassette player and glue it to on. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Mon May 21, 2018 15:18 ] |
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flis wrote: 5. I have Queen: It's a Kinda Magic on cassette. Sold. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Mon May 21, 2018 15:19 ] |
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(A Kind of Magic) |
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| Author: | flis [ Mon May 21, 2018 15:24 ] |
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Cras wrote: (A Kind of Magic) Yeah I was definitely singing it in my head when I wrote it so... |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Mon May 21, 2018 15:56 ] |
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Zardoz wrote: Lonewolves wrote: 34,000k would be way too many miles. Unless you mean 34,000 kilometres… It would. Please accept my humble apologies. I thought you were giving the distance in actual metres. 34,000k metres. |
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| Author: | myp [ Mon May 21, 2018 17:01 ] |
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I have Weezer's Buddy Holly and Coolio's Gangsta's Paradise* on cassette. * feat LV |
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| Author: | Kern [ Mon May 21, 2018 17:23 ] |
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It is a curious natural phenomenon that any cassette tape left in a car for an extended period of time will become Queen's first Greatest Hits album. |
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| Author: | myp [ Wed May 23, 2018 9:14 ] |
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Rang up about my car today as they said last week it'd be ready "early next week". Turns out the owner of the garage died so they're a couple of days behind. I had a nice chat with him as he was getting his BMW 330ci ready for the 'Ring last week. I don't think it was related. 
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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed May 23, 2018 9:34 ] |
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Is the BM for sale? |
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| Author: | myp [ Wed May 23, 2018 9:42 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Is the BM for sale? It might be now. He also had a Saxo stripped out with roll cage for UK track days and a Polo GTI with stage 3 remap and turbo. |
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