AnnoyingPentium

This was registered 16 years ago today. Now over 71,000 miles and soldiering on nicely. Hopefully I'll see more out of it yet.

They're good, them. My Granda has a 0.9 turbo model. Goes quite nicely. Well bought.

So what's taking over then?

I don't want to be too sarcastic, but how long is a bit of string? There's no given life on these really. It's done well this far. I say just keep looking after it and save up for when it does go bang. Reckon you could see another 50k miles out of it, but don't hold me to that.

Aye, what @TMB said. My Granda had this with a Punto that the head hadn't been skimmed on post-OMGHGF.

Nice little pair going on there! Top choice of air freshener in the Justy too, I've got a forest of them hanging in the back of the Skoda.

Canny do that with EAC... well I've not tried, but the guy at the tip doesn't like me already. Aye that'll do nicely. The stuff I'm after is mainly late 90s/turn of the millennium. Which is old by modern standards, and hard to believe, personally.

Mainly old stuff I'm after. Depending on what you define as old, that is.

If you've got anything else kicking about, let me know. I'm always after spares.

It might be grippy, but wheeeeeeeee...

Just after the item number... so 'itm/[number]?' - as in, you can trim the eBay link down till that point. E.g., the example below... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255870411831?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D777008%26algo%3DPERSONAL.TOPIC%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20220705100511%26meid%3Dec32f861a00040898e20e8a0b50cfcb2%26pid%3D101524%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26itm%3D255870411831%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057%26algv%3DRecentlyViewedItemsV2&_trksid=p2380057.c101524.m146925&_trkparms=pageci%3Ae2a6f21a-7bfc-11ed-b24f-d6cdab2bcbb4|parentrq%3A12b56e111850a77d93a6ec30fff893a8|iid%3A1 Or https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255870411831 - that's all you'd need.

Any progress with this one? I imagine it'll be tucked away given the road salt would eat the poor wee thing alive.

I'm usually one for 'find the solution using the items you want to fit', but I do fail to see the point of LED indicator bulbs. Good quality replacement halogen bulbs are rather good, and bright too. Fuss free, you just fit them and off they go. There may be a solution that will allow you to use the LED bulbs, but until then, it's worthwhile just not creating a mountain oot of a molehill and using standard bulbs. Just my two cents and that.

If it's a Mk1 it'll be manual climate control. @fvincent974 - try turning it on to the setting marked '4' to see if it works, it may be the resistor pack. Otherwise, the fan in the HVAC system will be kaput, I reckon.

Ahhh man, I'm sorry to hear that. Without regurgitating what I said before, you'll get to where you want to be. Your 'head doctor' as you put it, will be one of the best folk to see you through it as well. You'll always have us here backing you up too, of course. Good luck in your upcoming session, I'm sure it'll be onwards and upwards from here, or something like that. 🤞

Nothing new to report really, just been plodding along. Now not far from 71,000 miles, which seems scary to me considering it was on 52,000 when I brought it home. Here it is, after a little fun in the snow, since I haven't really been out with it recently, mainly just staying in the village. For summer tyres, these aren't too bad, as long as you take it easy. As I said in the 'weather' thread, it's like a little mountain goat, as I drove it across this field which isn't smooth in the slightest... I'm just glad it isn't lowered. Got some plans for this, going forward. It's a perfect car for the winter since it's light and grippy. As such, plan is to put winter tyres (or all-seasons) on it, set of halogen spotlights down beside the foglights but wired into the main beams, and treat any rust then cover it in underseal of some sort. I've got a stupid thing incoming, eventually, more on that in potentially a separate thread. I think that's everything for now, though.

Taa daa here I am. I bought a PCT fixed flange towbar from Towsure. I was going to go for a Swan-neck one but I always think they stick out a bit too much. Yes yes I know, a 1.2 12v with a towbar is a bit optimistic etc etc A small cut was made in the very bottom of the bumper but you can't see that unless you're under the car. Fitting was easy enough as well. You'll need to take the rear wheels and arch tub plastic liners out to properly mount it as well. I have a sheet of paper somewhere that'll tell you which wires you need connect to the electrics plugs. I'll have a rummage about the paperwork stack tonight. Here's some photos that I took. And more recently when I've been out with the trailer... For the likes of taking it to the tip with garden waste, it's ideal, and keeps the inside of my car quite a bit cleaner. That last photo was from my last trip with the trailer, lugging steel wheels down to Kirkcudbright.

They're good cars for surprise MOT fails and knowing when you've just been paid. Don't ask me how I know. I'm ****ting bricks in anticipation for the next MOT. Good thing I know is that it won't be a structural rust issue, otherwise, your guess is as good as mine.

Good work. Been meaning to fit soundproofing to my Fabia.

Cheers, Lee. Same here actually, mine had been scooting about the village, and a trip to the other village to get to the post office, so maybe about 15-20 miles all this week. Took a bit to get it going, so done about 30 miles in it today when I went shopping. It's not getting used the way it was since I'm off university until just after the New Year.

Honestly this seems to have done better in the crap weather than most 4x4s I've seen. Still soldiering on nicely.

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I may as well show off the Compaq that caused this thread to exist. It's a 2003 Compaq Evo N610c, I've topped the RAM out at 1GB and its running with a 30GB hard disk for now. This is my legacy software machine mostly, and a practical workspace that feels a lot nicer to use for word processing and web development. Plus, it has VCDS-Lite on it, but I've yet to use it with the car.

This sounds absolutely awesome.