I really thought I’d watch Discovery before I got it but have found it’s almost universally cack. 30 min documentary programmes with ads and repeated bits and so vacuous there’s barely 2mins of actual programme worth watching.

Only thing I have ever watched on any Discovery channel is Wheeler Dealers really.

Makes you appreciate the BBC so much more though!!

It is a truly wonderful car and a crying shame Audis and BM’s have become so popular when the French do such amazing big exec cars

They only sold 800 in the U.K. I think so you might struggle to find one for sale anyway. Most are probably well looked after though due to being a bit niche.

Interesting fact – I have 4 Citroen c6 steel spare wheels on my 20yo Volvo 940. 😀

Not easy to find when they made so many of the cars and there’s only 1 spare on each car!!!

This might sound really obvious, but why don’t you ask the seller?

I got the Hive system as I got some free Hive bulbs and sockets when I signed up with British Gas with our new house. To be honest I don’t know much about the camera side of things but Hive works with the Amazon Dot thingy too.
Pretty chuffed with my Hive to be honest.

I can’t help thinking the photos look cool but don’t really show much. I’d like more detail!

Apple seem to be quite happy if you go straight to them rather than back to the place you bought it from. I did that with my iPhone once (bought from CW) and they just gave me a new one there and then.
One of the reasons I’ll still buy their stuff!

When I was a manager in retail and I witnessed any of my staff speaking to a customer like that they would have been been suspended immediately and possibly sacked for gross misconduct. No excuse for it. Doesn’t matter how much someone winds you up it’s very easy to stay calm and just deal with it.

The Campy Record OR is so valuable now because it sold so badly, it looks gorgeous though. It sold badly because it was crap, the bullet shifters were beyond hopeless.

That frame made me drool quite a bit. Gorgeous.

Build a fence along the bit he removed.

Thanks all, up for sale now. I didn’t want this to be a stealth ad but I couldn’t think of any other way of doing it!! (soz mods!!)

Those are coil u-turn 115mm-160mm, standard Mission Control (not the late model Mission Control DH, which is much the same deal but doesn’t have the lockout). From 2007-2010 I think, pretty sure 2011 got the update maxle.

Bloody brilliant fork btw!

Thanks, I’m selling them so want to make sure I’m not misrepresenting them.

What happened to old robdob?

I asked to be removed form the site and came back some months later but my old account wouldn’t work, hence new login supplied by STW.

At least it’s given us all a new person not to buy from in the future….

The protons are beyond dull but some have lasted forever. Older ones are kinda cool now in a boxy 80’s retroness sort of way.

I recently bought one of the new lower wattages Henry machines. I feared it would be hopeless compared to the one I’ve used in a friends house but it’s just as good and quieter too.

id say with the money spent on it now its gone from bangernomics back into loved classic territory.

To be honest it was this good when I got it but I just tidied it up a bit and sorted a few niggles and services it.

Don’t ask the mpg. 😯

Giant defy is a proper road bike though, not really suitable.

My 94 Kilauea temporarily converted for touring. Only real changes were a rear rack, guards, short high rise stem and bar ends/slicks. Rode beautifully and my current Genesis TDF isn’t miles better than it, I would have been happy touring for many years on this.

I’m pretty shocked that you can’t walk into a cycle surgery and ask them

I’m sure you can but I’m trying to help him consider the options he has and the pros and cons of anything available before he goes in to the shop.

I think he said the 62cm Canyon he has is too small.

Might go 2nd hand via a different funding route if needed!

“That Volvo is lovely. I’d like a 245 GLT one day….”

A friend of mine has a highly tuned 245GLT which has the same engine that’s in my car fitted to it, 300bhp ish. It hunts out Audis in W Yorks to embarrass so look out peeps….

people are throwing it around because it seems more hip than estate car – but its still an estate car….

Most estates nowadays are shooting brakes, as they aren’t proper estates. My modern Focus estate I think I could park inside my Volvo….

Hello in a Terry Thomas style.

Glad to hear that still works… 😉

Do you need the matching moustache??

Pics of the interior for the fans….

Past MOT certificates is a must to see what the advisory’s have been is also very helpful

All online now at gov.uk which is a massive help……

As far as I’ve experienced they can be used legally to get loads of services in one place but I’ve heard they are buggy and a bit crap so people only persevere to get the illegal stuff…

That Volvo^^^ Swoon!

I would love that

Sorry not selling. 😉

I’ve put a lot of money into it now, it’s got a 2″ suspension drop with Bilstein sport dampers, I’ve customised the interior with Alcantara type stuff, the interior is MINT now. It has 17″ Citroen steel wheels on it (standard alloys are 15″).

Will be running about 210bhp very soon for the grand cost of £20…..

Its the top of the range model with cruise/climate control/full leather/electric memory seats/sunroof etc etc………

It handles a lot better now, when you floor it it embarrases a lot of modern cars even at standard power. However it is RWD and reasonably heavy and was meant as an executive car in the 1990’s so it is like piloting a rocket propelled narrow boat in its handling…..

I would say an essential bangernomics key point is fixing stuff yourself. If you take a car to the garage to fit a water pump or brakes or ignition stuff its pointless. As is buying brand new parts to fit (unless its economic to do so) – buying used parts is a key.

I would say another key is buying a car based solely on condition. Obviously dont buy an MX5 if you need to carry people and bikes around, but otherwise consider anything. Look out for cars which people don’t want anymore. All cars have seats for people and a boot so buying an uncool car reaps dividends.

My Volvo 940 cost £400. Yes really! It had £10k spent on it in the previous 5 years before I bought it. It’s flippin massive (I’m not kidding, I got a 3 seater sofa INSIDE it one day), has a reputation for comfort and reliability and its easy to work on and parts are cheap. Fully galvanised and no rust. I’ve spent some cash on it as its a car I’ve always wanted (lowered suspension, bigger wheels etc) but in relaity I spent only about £100 getting it through its MOT once I’d had it for 8 months so its good for another year. It had a full stainless exhaust on it before I bought it and 4 Michelin Cross Climate tyres too (which cost £400 on their own!)

It’s also now quite fast. 😉 And RWD. 😆

It was cheap because its stuck between the classic Volvo models and the new ones so prices are rock bottom (but climbing).

A “Homebuyer’s Report” isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on, throw it in the bin. It’s just speculation by a lazy surveyor (who probably isn’t even a proper surveyor) based upon what might happen, not any actual problems.

When we got our survey done via HSBC they told us who would be assessing the different levels of survey. Basically the valuation report (cheapest) and homebuyers survey (mid level) were not done by a proper surveyor, just a valuation person. Only the full structural survey was done by a surveyor, so thats what I went for.

I would get price reduced and get it done myself (hire a pro myself). If the fuse board is old then a re-test will mean a new fuse board as a minmum which is gonna cost the vendor. Better to get the money back so you can spec what you want and make any changes as necessary which suit you.

I bought a 100 year old house recently where the wiring was 10 years old. I needed some more sockets fitted and a cooker connections/more sockets in kitchen and an outside socket and workshop sockets. My electrician said the work on the extra ring main for the kitchen would mean he’d have to re-test it fully and the board was out of current regs standards so it’d have to be changed. It’d be a bit annoying if you wanted extra stuff doing when you moved in and found you’d have to lay out loads of money on a new board as the new one the previous owner had fitted to get the sale wasn’t up to what you needed.

Can you do it on an iPhone?

I need some repair work, also in Huddersfield. If there is anyone else I can get to quote I’d also be interested.

People still roller on paintjobs and it can look good but a recent trend is to use graffiti paint cans. It’s actually a really good idea because graffiti paint sticks to anything, is really high quality paint which covers spectacularly well and the cans and nozzles are designed to spray evenly and consistently – you can get different nozzles for detail work or covering large areas

It’s also cheap, you can respray a whole car for around £50 or less. Just scothcbrite the whole car, mask it off and go for it. I’ve used graffiti spray cans and they are a joy to use.

Only downside is that the paint will probably be a matt finish but I reckon that looks really good.

I don’t have any kids and it upsets me. This is a wonderful world we live in but there are some very dark corners people end up in through no fault of their own.

🙁

Why didn’t he just spit in the bin?

That’s taking into general costs, nursery, schooling (private), CSA etc and getting the 3 of them thru to driving (and 1st year insurance), living accommodation when they first left home plus assorted costs of their 1st houses.

A lot of that you don’t have to spend (everything except general costs/nursery really!) so go ahead and get your Bentley. 😉

Dude, you need to let it go. It doesn’t really matter in the long run, you need to look after your mum. She probably had her reasons for saying what she did in the past and right or wrong reasons it doesn’t matter any more.

Much much better to forgive AND forget. Unforgiveness eats you up from inside and infects your whole family, it get passed on from generation to generation if you let it.

People taking the mick out of that yet Bromptons are ok? It’s a weird world.

I’ve got some for my Volvo 940 which is an auto RWD beast. I went out when there was slush in the road and intentionally tried to wheelspin and found it quite hard!

If I was buying my own tyres I wouldn’t have anything else. I had to go out and buy some summer tyres just so I could drift the car!!

Oddly enough my brand new Focus did exactly the same thing in its first few weeks, coolant level dropped below the minimum mark. I topped it up and it’s never done it again. No idea why.

My 20 year old Volvo doesn’t use a drop either. Although it did once split a heater hose so I had clouds of steam coming out of the back of the car which was quite worrying until I found the problem!