If they were in good shape before you started to mash them up, you weren't doing it with one of these
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Mangled before I got my mitts on them.Eddie Honda wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 4:44 pmIf they were in good shape before you started to mash them up, you weren't doing it with one of these
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Trying to find the source of water ingress on stepdaughter’s boyfriend’s 9-3 has been puzzling us. The boot interior is absolutely soaked, not helped by the recent shitty weather. Think it’s been the wettest winter since time immemorial.
The radio aerial was bust and not fully retracting. Yesterday he undone all the interior trim in the boot and the aerial was replaced. I did note that the nut holding the mounting block on the outside of the wing was quite loose so this may be a source of the water getting in. Putting a new aerial insert into the motor housing was fun* and still resulted in a lack of radio reception, so I can only conclude it’s disconnected at the head unit end. Radio reception in my area is generally poor on anything with better quality than medium wave.
After this was done, with all the seats folded flat he laid in the car while I squirted the hosepipe over the boot area, and no water ingress was found. I’m hoping it was just the loost aerial mount.
The radio aerial was bust and not fully retracting. Yesterday he undone all the interior trim in the boot and the aerial was replaced. I did note that the nut holding the mounting block on the outside of the wing was quite loose so this may be a source of the water getting in. Putting a new aerial insert into the motor housing was fun* and still resulted in a lack of radio reception, so I can only conclude it’s disconnected at the head unit end. Radio reception in my area is generally poor on anything with better quality than medium wave.
After this was done, with all the seats folded flat he laid in the car while I squirted the hosepipe over the boot area, and no water ingress was found. I’m hoping it was just the loost aerial mount.
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Those of you who read the beige will more than likely be aware I bought this last week.
It’s a 1360cc suitcase powered one, barrels along very nicely at motorway speeds and aside from a grumbly wheel bearing drives very well. It’s by no means mint but the miles are low (113k on purchase), has a reasonable amount of history and 11.5 months ticket. A few bits of trim need finding, a few little dings and scrapes need touching up and she’ll be reet. It’s a little project for me and stepdaughter to play with. She really enjoys driving it.
I’ve had to use it daily since purchase as the Saab decided to shat off its back box and the tail end of the middle section. I have a new system, but a low car on ramps and a fat turd trying to work underneath it don’t mix. It may have to go to a garage. The guy who runs my normal MoT station has turned into a complete and utter knob of late so I’m on the lookout for a new testing station.
It’s a 1360cc suitcase powered one, barrels along very nicely at motorway speeds and aside from a grumbly wheel bearing drives very well. It’s by no means mint but the miles are low (113k on purchase), has a reasonable amount of history and 11.5 months ticket. A few bits of trim need finding, a few little dings and scrapes need touching up and she’ll be reet. It’s a little project for me and stepdaughter to play with. She really enjoys driving it.
I’ve had to use it daily since purchase as the Saab decided to shat off its back box and the tail end of the middle section. I have a new system, but a low car on ramps and a fat turd trying to work underneath it don’t mix. It may have to go to a garage. The guy who runs my normal MoT station has turned into a complete and utter knob of late so I’m on the lookout for a new testing station.
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In other fleet news the Kia provides good daily transport for the stepdaughter, it’s looking a little tatty though and I am on the lookout for a new driver’s side front wing and a pair of rear doors in flat black.
The C2 has started to pick up a few electrical niggles, by saying a lamp has failed on the rear right hand side. Different bulb each time so I’m suspecting a bad connection or earth. It also needs a clutch and timing belt change, so that’s something for the near future.
The C2 has started to pick up a few electrical niggles, by saying a lamp has failed on the rear right hand side. Different bulb each time so I’m suspecting a bad connection or earth. It also needs a clutch and timing belt change, so that’s something for the near future.
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My missus had a 1989 GR as a company car and in a lot of ways it was better than my Mk2 Golf GTi.
She's not a car person but still says that she misses it at times. I've suggested buying one but she reckons that we have enough cars and is happy with her Citigo.
She's not a car person but still says that she misses it at times. I've suggested buying one but she reckons that we have enough cars and is happy with her Citigo.