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Both of the things you have pictured are standard 1/4” drive ?

We'll never know.

Oh no. What a shame.

Incidentally, on the way there, at one of the big roundabouts near here there were some crusty protesters with "less solar more real farms" placards. I didn't realise anti-solar was a subset of environmental issues ? Anyway, I considered shouting "GET A FCUKING HAIRCUT, HIPPY" bu...

Drinks less than the 120d and 320d courtesy cars he’s had despite its size. They were broken or he was ragging them senseless. The 120d especially should do 60+mpg without breaking a sweat. Even my old E46 320td would do 60mpg and that was without any modern tech. And it had over 200k miles on it.

Bentley provisionally sold, to be collected some time next week. Fcuking cars. I fcuking hate cars sometimes. I knew I shouldn't have posted anything until it had actually gone ! I'd agreed a sale on the Bentley but needed to replace the front air springs as one had started leaking - bloody typical...

Beany is correct.

Jobbo wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2024 1:26 pm That looks pretty decent and Facom are a good brand, aren’t they?

I think so. Rightly or wrongly I think of them as semi-professional, a step up from DIY grade. @V8Granite is my tool guru, I'd appreciate his opinion on this

This is my front runner atm:

https://www.primetools.co.uk/product/fa ... lley-jack/

Never tried one, but the 150mm low-height would put me off (and the 400mm fully-raised height isn’t that impressive either). I meant in addition to a regular jack, not instead of. Times where you need to jack something in the middle of the car and don't have room to crank a normal jack handle up &a...

How's everybody's jacks doing ? My Costco/Arcan one has finally pissed me off enough that I want to replace it. The main cylinder leaks and the small one keeps sticking so I have to prise it back out with a screwdriver almost every time. Because all my cars are shit and broken all the time I seem to...

Ta !

I'm already getting some scope creep, there was a worthwhile upgrade to the nav/infotainment in 2016, and a 2016 model is not happening for £15k...

If you're still looking at the end of the year let's stay in touch as mine may be heading for pastures new. It's a lovely spec (SDV8, Vogue SE, opening pan roof, deployable tow bar), serviced by JLR and under warranty. Probably worth high 30s currently but I'd rather sell it to you than a randomer....

Simon wrote: ↑Fri May 10, 2024 10:56 pm …T+A studies over the years…

Wow. Anywhere I’ve worked, studying T+A at work would have got you in front of HR pretty sharpish !

This weather needs a cold drink, red is more of a winter thing for me.

Got your eyes set on anything in particular, or are you waiting for the gods of eBay and Half Decent Wine to get together and make you regret your life choices? This is also quite possible 😂 A newer Cayenne or a Merc GL are on the reserve list. There’s a box of Co-op Pinot Grigio in the fridge. Che...

Indeed. Currently obsessing with specs of L405 Range Rovers. In theory one of those would cover the roles of both Cayenne & Bentley.

Bentley provisionally sold, to be collected some time next week.

The Cayenne needs a scrub up & a new MOT, then that can go up for sale too.

I'm behaving myself at the moment and waiting until both are gone before I buy anything new.

...why did we all decide that we wanted to go back to it? I don't think we did. I certainly didn't :lol: In our group we try to all go into the office on Thursdays. We don't have allocated desks so we all sit in a conference room for the day. It's useful to be able to go through stuff face to face,...

Interesting. Diplomatic sale makes total sense on that kind of car.

A LWB Range Rover from our favourite Reading bargain-basement outlet. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/838590548091747/?ref=marketplace_profile&referral_code=undefined VERY strangely if you look up the MOT history, DVLA have it registered as a "LANDROTER RANGEROVER". Exactly t...

Not eBay but online - does anyone here have kindle unlimited ? I’m hugely intrigued about the contents of this book: https://amzn.eu/d/5dE8JP1 These are the stories that I probably shouldn’t share… Arresting a bride at her wedding An Aztec-style sacrifice Subversion in the ranks A naked dog thief An...