What have you done to your car today?

CaptainRAVE · 9 Oct 2020 at 07:24

Acme said:
What veHICle were you in, and what were they in?

Just curious.

My SLK55. They were in some kind of family car Honda. What was even more comical was their crawling at 60mph on an empty dual carriageway in the outer lane, but then that is a common occurrence on my route too.

On the plus side, I've never known my commute to be so quiet - I drive straight through every day, even on a Friday. Usually I queue in multiple places.

Temujin · 9 Oct 2020 at 08:28

MOT t'other day, 03 mx5 with no advisories. Very surprising!

Dis86 · 9 Oct 2020 at 08:54

akaFonzie said:
MOT t'other day, 03 mx5 with no advisories. Very surprising!

So...How many virgins did you sacrifice this time?

vanpeebles · 9 Oct 2020 at 09:03

It's amazing how well an exhaust bandage of 20 pound notes works.

Temujin · 9 Oct 2020 at 09:51

Dis86 said:
So...How many virgins did you sacrifice this time?

We're up to a few hundred now, but I think it's worth it!

AWPC · 9 Oct 2020 at 13:37

Not sure it counts :rolleyes:

but got hit with a PCN for £65 if I pay straight away :mad:

for driving down a road which is now no longer allowable in a car

The signs to see that are virtually impossible to notice in a car :eek:

but so far they have given out over £500K worth of fines in a little over a month & no-one has yet managed to get it overturned either :confused:

The really sad thing

is I have driven down that road about 4 further times since the date of the 1st offence so can look forward to another 4 x £65 worth of PCN's :mad:

Gary* · 9 Oct 2020 at 14:05

AWPC said:
Not sure it counts but got hit with a PCN for £65 if I pay straight away for driving down a road which is now no longer allowable in a car The signs to see that are virtually impossible to notice in a car but so far they have given out over £500K worth of fines in a little over a month & no-one has yet managed to get it overturned either

The really sad thing is I have driven down that road about 4 further times since the date of the 1st offence so can look forward to another 4 x £65 worth of PCN's

Contest it? And jesus christ, reading your post felt like reading a MLM Instagram post by a single mother

mollymoo · 9 Oct 2020 at 18:44

Had mine serviced. I bought the oil, filter and spark plugs and my new mechanic did it all for £35, bargain

adam cool dude · 9 Oct 2020 at 20:03

Treated the Saab to a mid life suspension refresh (153k on what looks like original). New Aero Sachs dampers, poly rear trailing arms, new top mounts/bearings and polys for the front wishbones. Only managed to get the rear done today as I had to fight rusty nuts all the way. Just got back from a little b road blast the car is immeasurably more planted on the road now and that is just with the rears done! Hopefully get the front end done tomorrow. Front shocks will be easy but not looking forward to doing the front arms.

Roadrunner_668 · 9 Oct 2020 at 21:15

hello everyone !

susprised to see such a big car section on this forum i thought it was a tech forum for nerds like me ha ha

anyway today i put a pioneer appradio in my astra h and then pondered what car i might want to replace it soon

i might make a thread in here for recomendations

what a good forum !

Akagi · 9 Oct 2020 at 21:21

yeah the motors section is great, if a little bit.. Argumentative at times. I don't help much with that though...

I actually make 90% of my posts in the general section and the motors section these days. Visiting the tech areas is a rarity!

grudas · 9 Oct 2020 at 21:21

Roadrunner_668 said:
hello everyone !

susprised to see such a big car section on this forum i thought it was a tech forum for nerds like me ha ha

anyway today i put a pioneer appradio in my astra h and then pondered what car i might want to replace it soon

i might make a thread in here for recomendations

what a good forum !

No need.

As far as recommendations go at ocuk it's:

Low budget - focus/Mondeo
Midrange - 5 series
High end - 5 series with more toys.

Roadrunner_668 · 9 Oct 2020 at 21:27

ha ha like that is it

a 5 series might fit the bill to be honest but it would have to be a diesel maybe a 530d

i did about forty to fifty thousand miles a year for the past 5 years my astra has 350 thousand on the clock !

but doing more working from home now so might only need to go up to the office a couple of times a week

still lots of miles !

Akagi · 9 Oct 2020 at 21:29

grudas said:
No need.

As far as recommendations go at ocuk it's:

Low budget - focus/Mondeo
Midrange - 5 series
High end - 5 series with more toys.

You forgot err...

Nope you didn't forget anything.

Frozennova · 9 Oct 2020 at 21:31

Acme said:
You forgot err...

Nope you didn't forget anything.

Wrong.....2 seats? MX5

Akagi · 9 Oct 2020 at 21:35

Frozennova said:
Wrong.....2 seats? MX5

5 series with the back seats removed.

Roadrunner_668 · 9 Oct 2020 at 21:48

I dont think an mx5 would do what i need ha ha

but i could get a toy and a commuting car i suppose ! i do enjoy chucking my astra around some bends and it really isnt the best at is as you might imagine

[TW]Fox · 9 Oct 2020 at 21:48

Roadrunner_668 said:
but it would have to be a diesel maybe a 530d

Garbage cars.

Roadrunner_668 · 9 Oct 2020 at 21:50

what makes you say that ? do they have problems ? i did think about an a6 too but im not sure i like the styling of the bmw

i havent considered mercs either yet ! ha ha not sure they are for me though

Dis86 · 9 Oct 2020 at 21:50

[TW]Fox said:
Garbage cars.

Fox, remind us how many you've owned now?