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Are you fitting a CarPlay head unit like I told you to do?

In my memory Dad didn't really have any bad cars. He was a sales rep and had company cars that were replaced every 3 years.

When I was born however he had a Marina which he said was terrible.

in my memory the list

Mk3 Escort 1.6L x3
Mk2 Cavalier (Brown)
Changed jobs to Avon Tyres
Austin Maestro ...

John wrote: Tue Mar 03, 2026 3:19 pm

speedingfine wrote: Tue Mar 03, 2026 1:49 pm Turned the launch video off despite the Caterham with the new engine being thrashed round a track

What a load of balls that was (I didn't finish it).

I also did this and thought that.

Tell them you are a naval aviator then break into a rendition of "You've lost that loving feeling".

Works every time 60% of the time.

You can't even read the article about it launching without being a subscriber :rofl: https://www.scribehound.com/drivetribe/tomorrows-world/s/tomorrows-world/were-launching-the-drive-tribe-collective-on-1st-march?ref=homepage - surely that should be the piece which encourages people to sign up ...

I fitted a spare wheel sub in the golf R. Removed the spare wheel. Shrugged. Nobody died. I was not left stranded.

Ive done a thing in Rally prep.

"Latest Alpine project. Alpine basically backed the wrong horse when they launched the A110 and went with a Bosch phone mirroring software called mySPIN. This was so crap that apple has delisted the app from their store. CarPlay can be retrofitted but it’s an ...

So I didn't mention that the exterior door handle on the drivers side failed whilst it was having the PPF done. It's been feeling pretty crunchy / inconsistent for some time, and I'd just ignored it.

Took the door card off, and the handle has "peeled apart" where the actuator rod goes into it ...

Sunday . Figured I should check the brakes on the Merc.

A bit crusty on the outside:


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Ive recently done braked on my FIL'S E Class coupe. Initially he just wanted pads done. However - they looked very much in that condition with wavey lines on the discs. Not as bad as those ...

Ive been putting off booking cos it's quite expensive to do it £2800. However with loosing dad a few weeks ago it sort of refocused what was important and I needed something to look forward to so fuck it.


Nice 8-) It's only money, YOLO and all that - kinda trips you'll always look back on ...

Ive done a thing.

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It’s pretty clean. We looked at a load before we bought this one. Many many shitters advertised as clean cars. Many many chancers that “forgot” to mention that they were cat d.

I’ve got it on gumtree and marketplace. Not sure if it’s worth sticking it on autotrader.

Want to relive your youth and pretend that you can't afford insurance...I have just the thing.

"Is this still available" You bet your ass it is...

90 horses of dubious fitness could be propelling you down the road at a rate of not many knots.

'Old out yer aaand and we can have a deal.

Brown ...

mik wrote: Fri Feb 06, 2026 1:09 pm Not used them, but @scotta 's brother is "in ze trade" and may have some insights.

He says nah. Hasn't dealt with them.

Our cleaner is only once a week, with a very malty Labrador, the robot picks up the slack when I'm away with work!

No prep needed though? Just leave all doors open downstairs, it does slowly sex the bar stool bases, but the little spinny brush cleans them all and it's not damaged them, so it ...

Mini - Due a service. Will need to get this done soon. Clutch is also slipping a bit but ive been putting that off until it gets worse. Its a bastard of a job and probably about £600 once you've done a few bushes.

Alpine update.

It's now back from the bodyshop and im happy with the results.

It went to Rentec yesterday for them to fit the new handle, Door loom and keyless entry button. In a bizarre set of events I dropped the car at Rentec. Then they fixed it...AAAND get this...Didnt break anything else ...

mik wrote: Wed Feb 04, 2026 10:20 pm Nice to see Tiff showing off his first race car (even if it clearly has a whiff of Trigger's Broom).

I'm still dumbfounded about how much they are to buy new.

16vCento wrote: Thu Feb 05, 2026 10:35 am Yeah I think mine is the same vacuum, it's a great bit of kit, hugely improved now I've changed its voice to Australian

LOL - Ive done EXACTLY the same last week

Our rear lawn is only about 12m x 4m so one of the little robots should easily sort this I'd imagine?

It will be able to get round the side of the house to a dock or whatever it will use so it's out of the way when it's not in use.

I bought a robot vacuum that also mops and has an emptying ...