Buying a car

LordOxygen

TTony said:

LordOxygen said:

The planet isnt really being harmed by Diesel soot. Its people in the street breathing the shit in that are. 

I was going for comic effect rather than green credentials

I know, i was being borring.

TimmyO

Wait, Emp has a boat but (had) no car? Or am I missing some in joke? 

wibble

TTony said:

Emp_Fab said:

Whoaaa....  I don't have a DPF??!!

You - YOU - are killing the planet.

Every mile you  drive, you're poisoning the air that those cute little kittens breathe.    And those  Pugsly mutts too.

See that wilting flower on the roadside?  YOUR fault that it's dying prematurely.

Leaves fall off trees as you drive by.

Shameful.

Emp is rolling coal...

https://media.giphy.com/media/12v8mQNJ5R346A/giphy.gif

HerrMetal

Only moved that far because the clutch packed in.

Nitefly

TimmyO said:

Wait, Emp has a boat but (had) no car? Or am I missing some in joke? 

It may have been back in the Musicradar days, @TimmyO , but he had a plan to rescue an abandoned boat which was half-submerged in the mud in the estuary...

Procrastination won the day. 

Emp_Fab

Aah yes....  every day I walk past that and wonder if there is an outboard motor on the back of it under the mud.  It’s sunk a couple of inches further into the mud since then.  Either that or the mud has risen.

Emp_Fab

The plastic undershield has dropped on the car and got mangled on several speed bumps.  I have to find a way to lift it up before tomorrow.  I’ve also ordered oil & a filter, a fuel filter and brake fluid to replace what’s in the clutch system.  Weather permitting, my first wielding of sockets will be on Sunday.

PC_Dave

Emp_Fab said:

The plastic undershield has dropped on the car and got mangled on several speed bumps.  I have to find a way to lift it up before tomorrow.  I’ve also ordered oil & a filter, a fuel filter and brake fluid to replace what’s in the clutch system.  Weather permitting, my first wielding of sockets will be on Sunday.

Why are you putting brake fluid in the clutch system? 

TTony

Emp_Fab said:

The plastic undershield has dropped on the car 

Shit, no!!!!

Octafish

PC_Dave said:

Emp_Fab said:

The plastic undershield has dropped on the car and got mangled on several speed bumps.  I have to find a way to lift it up before tomorrow.  I’ve also ordered oil & a filter, a fuel filter and brake fluid to replace what’s in the clutch system.  Weather permitting, my first wielding of sockets will be on Sunday.

Why are you putting brake fluid in the clutch system? 

Because the brake and clutch hydraulics are integrated and share/use the same fluid.

PC_Dave

Octafish said:

PC_Dave said:

Emp_Fab said:

The plastic undershield has dropped on the car and got mangled on several speed bumps.  I have to find a way to lift it up before tomorrow.  I’ve also ordered oil & a filter, a fuel filter and brake fluid to replace what’s in the clutch system.  Weather permitting, my first wielding of sockets will be on Sunday.

Why are you putting brake fluid in the clutch system? 

Because the brake and clutch hydraulics are integrated and share/use the same fluid.

Bloody Nora - didn’t know that 

Kittyfrisk

Emp_Fab said:

The plastic undershield has dropped on the car and got mangled on several speed bumps.  I have to find a way to lift it up before tomorrow.  I’ve also ordered oil & a filter, a fuel filter and brake fluid to replace what’s in the clutch system.  Weather permitting, my first wielding of sockets will be on Sunday.

Try just tying the undertray to the chassis/ any available secure point with plastic self locking zip ties. 
Did this years ago with a Peugeot 406 when the tray came loose at the front & then randomly touched down.
Noisy & scary 

Simon_M

Kittyfrisk said:

Emp_Fab said:

The plastic undershield has dropped on the car and got mangled on several speed bumps.  I have to find a way to lift it up before tomorrow.  I’ve also ordered oil & a filter, a fuel filter and brake fluid to replace what’s in the clutch system.  Weather permitting, my first wielding of sockets will be on Sunday.

Try just tying the undertray to the chassis/ any available secure point with plastic self locking zip ties. 
Did this years ago with a Peugeot 406 when the tray came loose at the front & then randomly touched down.
Noisy & scary 

This is the right answer. Just cable tie it back on. Standard repair method.

BigMonka

@Emp_Fab are we ever going to get photographic proof that you’ve actually bought this car?

Kittyfrisk

Simon_M said:

Kittyfrisk said:

Emp_Fab said:

The plastic undershield has dropped on the car and got mangled on several speed bumps.  I have to find a way to lift it up before tomorrow.  I’ve also ordered oil & a filter, a fuel filter and brake fluid to replace what’s in the clutch system.  Weather permitting, my first wielding of sockets will be on Sunday.

Try just tying the undertray to the chassis/ any available secure point with plastic self locking zip ties. 
Did this years ago with a Peugeot 406 when the tray came loose at the front & then randomly touched down.
Noisy & scary 

This is the right answer. Just cable tie it back on. Standard repair method.

Bloody hell! Something I randomly got right through desperation    Have a wiz  

TTony

BigMonka said:

@Emp_Fab are we ever going to get photographic proof that you’ve actually bought this car?

C'mon - if I'd said I'd finally got my Ferrari, then you could justifiably ask for pics to prove it.

(Actually, I'm not that much into Ferraris, I'll have an F-Type TYVM).

But we're talking about a prehistoric diesel Civic here - do we really need pics to prove it??


[edit]
Sorry, forgot, this is Emprevarication's thread.

We need pics !!!

thumpingrug

Wow, I hadn't realised cable ties come in so many different types.  We could be here a while...............

octatonic

TTony said:

BigMonka said:

@Emp_Fab are we ever going to get photographic proof that you’ve actually bought this car?

C'mon - if I'd said I'd finally got my Ferrari, then you could justifiably ask for pics to prove it.

(Actually, I'm not that much into Ferraris, I'll have an F-Type TYVM).

But we're talking about a prehistoric diesel Civic here - do we really need pics to prove it??


[edit]
Sorry, forgot, this is Emprevarication's thread.

We need pics !!!

I’m half convinced a Emp is a comic creation like Karl Pilkington.

DiscoStu

thumpingrug said:

Wow, I hadn't realised cable ties come in so many different types.  We could be here a while...............

Do they come in any other colours? Asking for a friend...

TTony

octatonic said:

TTony said:

BigMonka said:

@Emp_Fab are we ever going to get photographic proof that you’ve actually bought this car?

C'mon - if I'd said I'd finally got my Ferrari, then you could justifiably ask for pics to prove it.

(Actually, I'm not that much into Ferraris, I'll have an F-Type TYVM).

But we're talking about a prehistoric diesel Civic here - do we really need pics to prove it??


[edit]
Sorry, forgot, this is Emprevarication's thread.

We need pics !!!

I’m half convinced a Emp is a comic creation like Karl Pilkington.

Half?

What more evidence could you possibly need?