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by Matty
Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:48 am
Forum: General
Topic: Jerry can recommendations
Replies: 20
Views: 211

Re: Jerry can recommendations

If anyone can...
Jerry can
by Matty
Fri Mar 22, 2024 2:39 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Cayman/Boxter RIP.
Replies: 39
Views: 698

Re: Cayman/Boxter RIP.

Those sales figures are genuinely surprising re 911 to Boxster/Cayman ratio. I'd love to be a fly on the wall at these car companies who over the last 5-10 years or so are having to do so much more in the way of software development, UI design and all the security considerations that come with it. ...
by Matty
Thu Mar 21, 2024 10:44 pm
Forum: Moaning
Topic: Selling Cars Privately
Replies: 68
Views: 1985

Re: Selling Cars Privately

I've lowballed people - but I usually do it early doors so not to waste their time, and also with reason; like giving comparitive dealer prices, what it's worth p/x and how I've settled on it where I am. I've had it work in the past, and in fact, very recently (although I still rejected the car!) Bu...
by Matty
Thu Mar 21, 2024 10:22 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Cayman/Boxter RIP.
Replies: 39
Views: 698

Re: Cayman/Boxter RIP.

Some of the requirements that the EU are imposing sound absolutely insane to me for this UNECE WP.29. From https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/motoring-issues/cybersecurity/ "Of course, most cars have multiple users over the course of their life and WP.29 seeks to ensure that there is no pos...
by Matty
Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:02 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 20050
Views: 2287407

Re: Your fleet running reports

You all running a tyre shop? How often are you pumping up tyres that necessitates expensive battery ones?

Double-barrelled £15 pump I've had for the last 8 years for the odd times every 6-8 weeks I need to put 2 psi in the near-side rear.
by Matty
Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:48 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: First Cars - Insurance
Replies: 51
Views: 2293

Re: First Cars - Insurance

I spoke to a mate who was complaining how expensive the car insurance was for one of his kids. £1700! He said. Black box? No Told him that was incredibly cheap. Then it clicked. Apparently fronting is on the rise again, with, I assume, Tiktok bell ends calling it an "Insurance hack". But w...
by Matty
Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:31 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Full Fibre
Replies: 57
Views: 1030

Re: Full Fibre

We've got a private company called "Voneus" installing their own FTTP in our village as Openreach don't have any plans until 2026. I've signed up....but who knows how long it'll take - they've been working in the nearby streets for a few months now. Only on 18/2, so moving upto 500/500 wil...
by Matty
Sun Mar 17, 2024 5:14 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 20050
Views: 2287407

Re: Your fleet running reports

Oh yeah and the rear wash doesn't work on the 135i, and apparently checking the motors is a wheel off, inner arch out, entire wing off job. Think I'll live with a mucky rear screen for now :lol: I'd be going back to the previous owner and asking for some contriubutions toward the repair if I were y...
by Matty
Sun Mar 17, 2024 5:08 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Today’s want
Replies: 2395
Views: 306097

Re: Today’s want

by Matty
Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:36 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Today’s want
Replies: 2395
Views: 306097

Re: Today’s want

You can get the XKR for similar money - they've aged well, looks wise, and it's a cheap (at least, initial cost) into a supercharged 5.0 V8 as well.
by Matty
Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:27 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Randomness
Replies: 7993
Views: 960890

Re: Randomness

"But SAR CAS TI CALLY"

by Matty
Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:56 pm
Forum: Moaning
Topic: I used to be with "it"
Replies: 24
Views: 526

Re: I used to be with "it"

Rich B wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:36 pm Yes, you're old - deal with it, it's always been this way.
:(
by Matty
Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:03 pm
Forum: Moaning
Topic: I used to be with "it"
Replies: 24
Views: 526

I used to be with "it"

But apparently they've changed what "it" is. Reading social media these days and it's just gibberish half the time. "Based" - Based on what? "Unalived" - don't get it, longer and more difficult to say than "dead" "Sent me" - where? "Rest in Powe...
by Matty
Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:50 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 20050
Views: 2287407

Re: Your fleet running reports

Mito Man wrote: Thu Mar 14, 2024 10:57 pm Got about 12 lead acid batteries just lying in a corner of the garden and don't know what to do with them :lol:
Theory test asks the same
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by Matty
Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:19 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 20050
Views: 2287407

Re: Your fleet running reports

duncs500 wrote: Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:14 pm 8-) Early contender for purchase of the year.
FELPOTY?
by Matty
Thu Mar 14, 2024 11:30 am
Forum: General
Topic: Lads
Replies: 16
Views: 427

Re: Lads

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by Matty
Wed Mar 13, 2024 11:09 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Marcello Gandini
Replies: 20
Views: 376

Re: Marcello Gandini

Stick some neon lights on this and you could drop it straight into Cyberpunk 8-)

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by Matty
Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:39 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Confessions of a younger driver.....
Replies: 18
Views: 442

Re: Confessions of a younger driver.....

Mik, the story did not deliver on the title :cry:
by Matty
Tue Mar 12, 2024 7:00 pm
Forum: Moaning
Topic: FPN advice
Replies: 67
Views: 1815

Re: FPN advice

I think the take away from all of this is just to avoid London altogether.

You don't get these issues in a small village in the north of Scotland.
by Matty
Mon Mar 11, 2024 5:03 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 20050
Views: 2287407

Re: Your fleet running reports

You know they do proper Smart cabriolets, right? No need to smash the roof to make one ;)

But yeah, seems to be a known but rare problem. Same thing happens with the big glass boot on the VW up - randomly likes to go pop. Pressure and temperature variations, I think?