It was black and grey.
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Tue Aug 06, 2019 10:44 ] |
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Zardoz wrote: Mini A-Team sells van after coming up short on mercenary business. |
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| Author: | Findus Fop [ Tue Aug 06, 2019 10:53 ] |
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I love it when a pun comes together. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Tue Aug 06, 2019 12:08 ] |
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The A team van was brown, though. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Aug 06, 2019 12:11 ] |
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It was black and grey.
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| Author: | Bobbyaro [ Tue Aug 06, 2019 12:34 ] |
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Only in this timeline |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Aug 06, 2019 12:41 ] |
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True. The movie van had a darker grey and the stripe continued horizontally much further back. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Tue Aug 06, 2019 12:48 ] |
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Grim... wrote: It was black and grey. It was white and gold. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Tue Aug 06, 2019 12:50 ] |
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Garage called saying the fans weren't working (new fuse fixed them), they think the system was pushing out the coolant out of the valve cap on reservoir (explains the dried streaks on it). Told me to keep eye on it again for a couple of days and see how it goes. No charge. They also mentioned it might possibly be the head gasket if it wasn't the lack of fans causing extra heat and said hopefully it wasn't that, I said hopefully it wasn't that too. |
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| Author: | krazywookie [ Tue Aug 06, 2019 17:00 ] |
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Zardoz wrote: Garage called saying the fans weren't working (new fuse fixed them), they think the system was pushing out the coolant out of the valve cap on reservoir (explains the dried streaks on it). Told me to keep eye on it again for a couple of days and see how it goes. No charge. They also mentioned it might possibly be the head gasket if it wasn't the lack of fans causing extra heat and said hopefully it wasn't that, I said hopefully it wasn't that too. thats nice of them. I took the scimitar out for its first run up to a car show about 8 miles away. thought it'd be funny to turn up at a slightly stuffy jaguar/landrover/leyland type show with a vaguely mad maxed thing and see who got upset but they were very accepting and generally thought it was pretty interesting. however. a couple of minutes up the road and the temp shot up. stopped and steam was happening, looked like a hose connection round the back of the engine at the heater matrix had been damaged so I bypassed it, topped up the water and carried on. 1 mile later same problem. checked again and this time could see that steam and water are jetting out the back of the engine at the headgasket area. Damn! Took the radiator cap off and ran it till the water boiled up and fell out, stop and top up, repeat. fine. got there and back. but whats the problem? why did it blow in the first place, it was a new gasket. the system runs at 1.1 bar so thats pretty normal, the hoses weren't rock hard so I dont reckon it was blowing from the cylinders into the water jacket. It's got to be either a dodgy gasket, the cooling systems not beefy enough (radiators pretty wee), a crack in the block or head (Pleeease no no no) or the 11:1 compression's just too much for the gaskets I fitted which I think were not the cheapest but also not the ridiculous race ones. Next step is rip it apart, fit new cyl head gaskets, put it back together... and see if it kills it again. or I could throw a bigger rad at it just to be on the safe side I suppose. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Aug 06, 2019 17:08 ] |
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Just leave it sat on your drive for a few years. |
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| Author: | krazywookie [ Tue Aug 06, 2019 17:57 ] |
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Hit the nail on the head there chief. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Wed Aug 07, 2019 11:09 ] |
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I'll send you a magic fuse. |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Wed Aug 07, 2019 17:37 ] |
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Settlement figure came through, £2131. Considering I bought the car for £1825 from a dealer 2 months ago, I'll take that... |
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Wed Aug 07, 2019 17:43 ] |
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That is good.. |
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| Author: | myp [ Wed Aug 07, 2019 17:56 ] |
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Trooper wrote: Settlement figure came through, £2131. Considering I bought the car for £1825 from a dealer 2 months ago, I'll take that... I have a business proposition for you |
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| Author: | ApplePieOfDestiny [ Wed Aug 07, 2019 18:03 ] |
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Mr Chonks wrote: Trooper wrote: Settlement figure came through, £2131. Considering I bought the car for £1825 from a dealer 2 months ago, I'll take that... I have a business proposition for you He’s bowling with my cousin nico right now. Come back later. |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Wed Aug 07, 2019 18:15 ] |
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Mr Chonks wrote: Trooper wrote: Settlement figure came through, £2131. Considering I bought the car for £1825 from a dealer 2 months ago, I'll take that... I have a business proposition for you Does it involve Hearthly? |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Thu Aug 08, 2019 12:22 ] |
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Grade 1 whiplash, lower back soft tissue damage, 6 weeks of physio needed, 2 times a week.... So... yeah. |
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Thu Aug 08, 2019 12:40 ] |
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Trooper wrote: Grade 1 whiplash, lower back soft tissue damage, 6 weeks of physio needed, 2 times a week.... So... yeah. At least you are alive. It could have been worse |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Thu Aug 08, 2019 13:28 ] |
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KovacsC wrote: Trooper wrote: Grade 1 whiplash, lower back soft tissue damage, 6 weeks of physio needed, 2 times a week.... So... yeah. At least you are alive. That's a pretty low bar to cross though. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Fri Aug 09, 2019 9:08 ] |
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Coolant light came on again on the way home from work (so it took longer to drop than previously). I've ordered a new coolant reservoir (£12) just to rule that out. |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Fri Aug 09, 2019 21:44 ] |
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Insurance has gone up by roughly £200, because everyone who works in the insurance industry is a dick. |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Sat Aug 10, 2019 9:26 ] |
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Trooper wrote: Insurance has gone up by roughly £200, because everyone who works in the insurance industry is a dick. Because someone crashed into you and you had an accident that 100% wasn't your fault? |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Sat Aug 10, 2019 10:20 ] |
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Hearthly wrote: Trooper wrote: Insurance has gone up by roughly £200, because everyone who works in the insurance industry is a dick. Because someone crashed into you and you had an accident that 100% wasn't your fault? Yep. Unfortunately, the key rating factor for if you are likely to cost money to the insurer, is "have you been in an accident before". Regardless of who's fault it was. People who have an accident on record are more likely to be involved in another accident. |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Sat Aug 10, 2019 10:23 ] |
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The new mini barge 2004 325Ci SE Auto in "Mystic Blue", 125k on the clock, 10 months MOT, little bit tatty in places but all easily fixable (the wheels need restoring, and the leather interior just needs a damn good clean) Drives really nice and solid. It was a 30 minute walk from my house, and cost £800. That'll do for now. Attachment: IMG_20190810_092626.jpg Attachment: IMG_20190810_092612.jpg
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sat Aug 10, 2019 12:50 ] |
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I like it! |
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| Author: | myp [ Sat Aug 10, 2019 12:56 ] |
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You’re becoming the new me, the luck you’re having with cars. As opposed to Hearthly who buys brand new £30k cars every four weeks |
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Sat Aug 10, 2019 13:23 ] |
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Went a dealer. After saying quite a few times my max is £11000 Got a call, as they had the car for me. For £12000 Grrr. Was a nice drive. Skoda Octavia 2l |
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| Author: | krazywookie [ Sat Aug 10, 2019 14:21 ] |
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You didn't tell them your real max did you? Standard practice to go a bit over max budget. |
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Sat Aug 10, 2019 15:55 ] |
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Yes. I did. I am a car buying rookie |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Sat Aug 10, 2019 16:13 ] |
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KovacsC wrote: Yes. I did. I am a car buying rookie No, you're replying to wookie, you're kov |
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| Author: | krazywookie [ Sat Aug 10, 2019 18:24 ] |
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MaliA wrote: KovacsC wrote: Yes. I did. I am a car buying rookie No, you're replying to wookie, you're kov No, your relying on nookie, you're Mali. |
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Sat Aug 10, 2019 18:27 ] |
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https://www.lymedalemotors.co.uk/search ... =0&price=0 what do you think on about the red and blue ones? in my price range and have all the toys |
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| Author: | Goddess Jasmine [ Sat Aug 10, 2019 18:39 ] |
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KovacsC wrote: https://www.lymedalemotors.co.uk/search_page.php?location_id=&vehicle_type=car&location_name=&make=71&model=600&trim_id=0&body=&doors=0&body_colour=&gearbox=&fuel_type=&seats=-1&price_from=0&price=0 what do you think on about the red and blue ones? in my price range and have all the toys I like the blue one. |
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| Author: | myp [ Sat Aug 10, 2019 18:45 ] |
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The blue one is the better spec and a nicer colour, I think. |
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Sat Aug 10, 2019 20:17 ] |
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Yep. What he said. |
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| Author: | GazChap [ Sat Aug 10, 2019 20:42 ] |
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Nice looking car, that. Could be tempted myself, to be honest! (not that one specifically I mean, just an Octavia Estate in general!) Also, top bangernomics Trooper. £800 is a steal! |
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Sat Aug 10, 2019 20:49 ] |
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GazChap wrote: Nice looking car, that. Could be tempted myself, to be honest! (not that one specifically I mean, just an Octavia Estate in general!) Also, top bangernomics Trooper. £800 is a steal! I am trying to be sensible. I can’t justify the extra for a golf |
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| Author: | myp [ Sat Aug 10, 2019 21:22 ] |
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Golfs are overrated. Very boring to look at imo. The last decent-looking one was the Mk5 GTI. |
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Mon Aug 12, 2019 8:55 ] |
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Yes the Octavia SE L has the same spec as my Golf GT. Just a lot cheaper. The Blue one has gone already |
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Mon Aug 12, 2019 9:06 ] |
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https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified ... obcid=soc3 VRS for £13k |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Mon Aug 12, 2019 11:23 ] |
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Trooper wrote: Hearthly wrote: Trooper wrote: Insurance has gone up by roughly £200, because everyone who works in the insurance industry is a dick. Because someone crashed into you and you had an accident that 100% wasn't your fault? Yep. Unfortunately, the key rating factor for if you are likely to cost money to the insurer, is "have you been in an accident before". Regardless of who's fault it was. People who have an accident on record are more likely to be involved in another accident. Scratch that, just had to shell out another £280, as until it is settled it goes down as a fault claim... Joy. I'll get most of that back as a refund once it is settled, but fucking insurers. |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Mon Aug 12, 2019 15:02 ] |
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I wanted hands free phone in the car, so obviously things got totally out of hand... https://xtrons.co.uk/ice-hu-pa7846bip With extension cable (as it needs power from the changer unit in the boot), dash cam, reversing cam and OBD reader. £295 all in with a discount code. Apparently it's not awful to fit everything... Just need to work out how to run the cables from the boot without seeing them. |
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Mon Aug 12, 2019 15:12 ] |
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looks great.. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Mon Aug 12, 2019 15:48 ] |
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Trooper wrote: Just need to work out how to run the cables from the boot without seeing them. Simply drill a hole in the boot floor, run the cable underneath and drill back into the cabin. |
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| Author: | GazChap [ Mon Aug 12, 2019 21:32 ] |
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Trooper wrote: I wanted hands free phone in the car, so obviously things got totally out of hand... https://xtrons.co.uk/ice-hu-pa7846bip With extension cable (as it needs power from the changer unit in the boot), dash cam, reversing cam and OBD reader. £295 all in with a discount code. Apparently it's not awful to fit everything... Just need to work out how to run the cables from the boot without seeing them. Hot damn, the UI on that thing doesn't look completely awful like pretty much every other Android-based aftermarket head unit I've seen for these cars. (or indeed, every other modern infotainment system, TBH) |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Mon Aug 12, 2019 22:11 ] |
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Yeah, I went for the least "flashy" one they did! |
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| Author: | myp [ Mon Aug 12, 2019 22:23 ] |
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I got this. Supports Apple CarPlay and Droid Drive or whatever it’s called. https://www.caraudiocentre.co.uk/produc ... -40124.htm Quite pleased with it. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Tue Aug 13, 2019 9:22 ] |
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3rd commute to work without the coolant alarm sounding. Please stay strong my ancient beauty. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Wed Aug 14, 2019 11:51 ] |
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Sixty years ago today, the Austin and Morris mini were unveiled by the British Motor Corporation |
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