iantt Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 Also went to Aston Martin factory around the same time, they were building the lagonda back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenFord Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 3 minutes ago, iantt said: Also went to Aston Martin factory around the same time, they were building the lagonda back then. mmm... now you're just showing off 🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantt Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 25 minutes ago, StephenFord said: mmm... now you're just showing off 🤣 Yeah but a was driving around looking at this dash at the time or similar, actually only had the centre dial. No temp or oil pressure guage. And only had 2 seats ( van) to put the heat on you turned a tap on top of head . So either hot or cold was options really. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantt Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 And when you had a crash you knew about it. Well I did plus 5 others in the van did when I hit 2 lorries at the same time. Those were the days of no seat belts! They were good times of my youth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turvey Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 41 minutes ago, iantt said: I only live a short drive away from where they make them . I remember having a tour of the factory while they worked . But back then the engines they fitted were fiat twin cam and rover V8 3.5 carburettor. Malvern? My dad and stepmum used to own a small post office in Cowleigh? Road. Nice part of the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantt Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Turvey said: Malvern? My dad and stepmum used to own a small post office in Cowleigh? Road. Nice part of the country. Yeah, I temporary worked at a vauxhall garage just down the road from cowliegh road for a few months in the early 1980's. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigLen Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 The Hyundai ix20 doesn't have Convex mirrors as standard; none of the iX20 models do; not even the 2020. However; I found a seller on eBay selling heated Convex mirror lenses for the iX20 38 GBP for the pair, I also bought some frosted glass style decals to add a bit more class to the mirrors. below is the difference; one on the right is standard, Here's the drivers side fitted; straight swap clip off, clip on I then fitted a Hyundai logo frosted glass decal to the original mirror to hopefully ad some appeal to sell it. Now; 😠 i dont like the previous owner whom stuck the passenger side mirror on to the ***** motor using a load of Teh7 resulting in me breaking the motor when trying to remove the original lens, now costing me 105 euro for a replacement passenger side wing mirror in blue as its the cheapest one available in order to salvage a replacement motor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigLen Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 bought five pack of "Micro Mini" piggyback fuse adaptor on amazon.de last Thursday, Delivery arrived today; received "Mini" not "Micro Mini" 🤮 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tdci-Peter Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 On 10/25/2021 at 7:33 PM, iantt said: a was driving around looking at this dash at the time or similar I bet you wish you had kept it in good condition. The Mini Cooper in your photo is on sale for a mere £60,000 now! Probably about 100 times what it cost new in 1965. https://www.carbarn.co.uk/cars-for-sale/austin-mini/cooper/car1569 What I did not like much yesterday, was being outsmarted & out-maneuvered by a mouse The day before I had heard rustling noises in my office / workshop, and thought I might have caught a glimpse of something small & dark, moving fast. I found a cake wrapper, with a hole that looked suspiciously like it had been nibbled. I put the wrapper, and another one I found, in a small cardboard box. The next evening I heard more rustling, then it came out into the open. A little, dark mouse. I kept stock still. It skirted around the box a couple of times. It could obviously sense something interesting in it. It tried climbing up it several times, but could not get a grip. It stood back a bit, as if it was planning, then went behind the box, climbed up another, lower box, jumped across and was in! Very slowly and quietly I stood, and moved towards the box. My plan was to quickly push down the flaps on the top, and evict the beast into the cold outside. A fraction of a second before I could do this, there was a thump & bump from inside the box, and something small & dark shot vertically out, hit the ground running, and was safely under the sideboard before I had even moved! I stood there looking slow and stupid. It lurked under the sideboard,🐁, probably grinning. When I came back next day, both wrappers had gone entirely, so it got a free meal to boot. I have ordered a couple of traps from eBay, the sort that captures it, not squashes it. So round 2 may commence shortly. As I write this, I just heard some more rustling. I will probably find it can jam the trap open and take all the food in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unofix Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 8 minutes ago, Tdci-Peter said: I will probably find it can jam the trap open and take all the food in it. Did you order a titanium trap so the mouse has keyless exit 🤣 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tizer Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 10 hours ago, Tdci-Peter said: I have ordered a couple of traps from Ebay, the sort that captures it, not squashes it. Seriously though, speaking from experience when you do free it then don't release it locally. I once caught mice daily for about 8 days before I realised that it was the same one because I saw were it was getting in and it never came back after releasing it further away. Also don't set the trap on a Friday night and leave it till Monday because the mouse is unlikely to survive. If you can poke a ballpoint pen through a hole then a mouse can get in 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turvey Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Tizer said: If you can poke a ballpoint pen through a hole then a mouse can get in I thought you were going to say 'if you can poke a ballpoint pen through the trap and mark the mouse so you can see if you're catching the same one'! 😀 Apparently peanut butter makes good bait 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erictcleric Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 I'm sure there's an increase in the mouse population this year. Spotted one around the house a few weeks ago; the cat wasn't much help so I had to catch it myself. Managed to do it by hand, too, so next stop for me is professional bear wrestling. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenFord Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 25 minutes ago, erictcleric said: I'm sure there's an increase in the mouse population this year. Spotted one around the house a few weeks ago; the cat wasn't much help so I had to catch it myself. Managed to do it by hand, too, so next stop for me is professional bear wrestling. You need to upgrade your cat LOL Mine is a fantastic hunter - she even bought me home a hare recently! (Photo may upset those of a delicate disposition!) 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantt Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 got rats in our garden. was eating the bird seed , so removed that. then last night when i got home i saw it up against the bars of rabbit cage trying to queeze i . and to my suprise it did. having a feast on rabbit food while the the rabbit watched on!! i scared it off but no doubt it returned later 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tizer Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 3 hours ago, Turvey said: I thought you were going to say 'if you can poke a ballpoint pen through the trap and mark the mouse so you can see if you're catching the same one'! 😀 I didn't need to do that, all the ones I caught said their name was Mickey😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomsFocus Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 7 minutes ago, Tizer said: I didn't need to do that, all the ones I caught said there name was Mickey😀 All of them!? Sounds like a Spartacus situation! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wino Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 20 minutes ago, Tizer said: I didn't need to do that, all the ones I caught said their name was Mickey😀 Surely there was a Mini ( Minnie ) amongst them ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tizer Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 1 minute ago, Wino said: Surely there was a Mini ( Minnie ) amongst them ? I'm convinced It was the same mouse, I made the mistake of letting it free too near the house. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tdci-Peter Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 9 hours ago, erictcleric said: the cat wasn't much help so I had to catch it myself. Managed to do it by hand, too Either you are a lot faster than me (which is quite likely!), or my mouse is a lot faster than yours was. When it moves I can hardy see it, Its just a blur, let alone catch it. 8 hours ago, StephenFord said: You need to upgrade your cat LOL I was out for dinner at a friend's place this evening (2nd evening out since Covid started!), and I did ask if I could borrow their rather nice looking white cat . It looked a bit tame & dozy, but I was told it was a good mouser. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantt Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 diesel now £1.50 a litre in town!!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevesixty7 Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 Where I am it's 1.39 and 1.42 respectively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevesixty7 Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 I don't like the fact that I can't mess with my car anymore. I've had a 68 Escort, a 76 Escort, and you could fix them yourself to a certain extent. I was 17 and taking my carb apart to remove dirt from the float. I'm not a mechanic, but certain stuff was easy back in the day. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wino Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 9 hours ago, iantt said: diesel now £1.50 a litre in town!!! £1.44 at our local Mongos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexp999 Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 8 hours ago, Stevesixty7 said: I don't like the fact that I can't mess with my car anymore. I've had a 68 Escort, a 76 Escort, and you could fix them yourself to a certain extent. I was 17 and taking my carb apart to remove dirt from the float. I'm not a mechanic, but certain stuff was easy back in the day. My car has just been in for a service, the brake fluid has to be done while it's plugged in to a laptop. It still decided to throw a complete wobbly and had to have some purge and reset procedure done by the master tech. No chance of doing that sort of thing on your drive way, I think even an independent could struggle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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