The Chat Thread - Ads are back ... - WC 04/11/24

[HoTWire]

Hey Folks!

Another week, another weekly chat, your place for stuff that may not warrant a full thread or stuff that is just going on right now that you want to share.

If you have slowness you need to head here: forum.retro-rides.org/thread/227925/important-ads-coming-back

Well the ads have returned. I did a bit of number juggling over the weekend and I think they are here for a while, so lets make the best of them. I'm back working on the theme update so the site should improve a bit and then I want to be on a series of continuous improvements. There is a follow up thread to the sausage factory one to be done, I'm still drawing pictures and getting my thoughts straight on that though.


Other than that, I'm currently missing being at SEMA, I was super chill and very happy not to be there, until I saw photos yesterday. So giving proper consideration to going to Essen Motorshow, which seems to be Europe's closest equivalent.


What is happening in your world car wise?


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[Paul]

NGL I'm as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs...got 2 MOTs due this week (the 911 and the Dodge Pickup). Not so nervous about the Porsche as it's dry stored - although they usually find something - but the truck was a curse word to get through last time AND I've got a buyer lined up for it if I can get it tested 😬

Could be an expensive month or a profitable one, we'll see...

Hoping to get the PT Cruiser road legal this week too and consoling myself with quick wins in the Grand Vitara which I'm really enjoying pootling about in

[johnthesparky]

Had the excitement of new car day yesterday

But it’s got the original cassette player, so new is maybe misleading

It’s just another Lupo for me to use as a runaround, was really cheap because of vw lacquer peel…



Most of the lacquer is now gone from any horizontal panels

[jimi]

Now that's what you call lacquer peel

[skinnylew]

Wife's car had a hissy fit on the way home fro, seeing me last night, all the dash warning lights flashed on but the car ran fine. Sod's law diagnostics showing nothing so it's booked into the garage to investigate further. Brothers car developed an issue over the weekend too, all things I'd normally look into and resolve or advise but feel so helpless being stuck in hospital still.

Hopefully nothing to major for either.....

[The Cat Herder]

I washed the wifes car. Even cleaned the glass and applied RainX. 

[misteralz]

skinnylew that sounds like a low battery or bad earth somewhere. The past couple of days (here at least) have been freshly cold battery killers.

[skinnylew]

Nov 5, 2024 6:24:52 GMT misteralz said:

skinnylew that sounds like a low battery or bad earth somewhere. The past couple of days (here at least) have been freshly cold battery killers.

It's a relatively fresh battery but the car isn't being used much. I suggested it seems more sensor or earth relat d but it's booked into to the garage so they can deal with it and I trust them. Just don't like the thought of my wife being stranded without me to assist 😔 Thankfullly it will only be local and we have family/friends who can assist.

[adam73bgt]

Not had much interest in the Almera yet, I'd been hoping to avoid fb marketplace but I think I may have to go there..

Drove the 166 down to London to see family on Sunday, stopped off at Cambridge services on the way back, parked up next to a chap in a Toyota Carina II estate who was very complimentary of the Alfa, but I thought the Carina looked good also, seemed to be lowered on Mk1 MR2 wheels, sadly at night so no pics

Have started to take bits of the Alfa's interior apart though as the lack of functional central locking and the sticky dash plastics are very annoying!