AnnoyingPentium's 2006 Fabia 1.2 12v Ambiente-ish: I Honestly Think I've Lost the Plot...

[AnnoyingPentium]

As an update on the Fabia:

I'm keeping it, despite my latest purchase being picked up on Monday. The main motivator behind the newest purchase was that the Fabia was only getting worse being run daily without the time to repair the issues that have been mounting up.

 

So, it's going on a low mileage insurance policy, I'm going to begin a front suspension overhaul, and then going to use it for LEZ purposes, shows, and the occasional trailering as the new Vectra doesn't have a tow bar and I don't want to fit another.

[J.R.]

On 05/09/2023 at 21:33, skomaz said:

 

That's what your knees are for...   One each side of the wheel once you've lifted it onto the hub leaves two hands free for other stuff 😁

Shins to hold the wheel, knees and ankle joints to raise it.

[Breezy_Pete]

Sell it at a 'kind' price to a local friend Ryan, get them to put you on their policy as a named driver, then just borrow it whenever needed. That way they pay all the bills, you get to use it. 

[AnnoyingPentium]

40 minutes ago, Breezy_Pete said:

Sell it at a 'kind' price to a local friend Ryan, get them to put you on their policy as a named driver, then just borrow it whenever needed. That way they pay all the bills, you get to use it. 

 

That's what I'm doing with the Focus!

[AnnoyingPentium]

So, got the insurance sorted for the Fabia, so it's back on the road as of Tuesday.

 

In the meantime, it found itself a friend. Well chuffed with this Vectra, not sure if I'll make a project thread for it yet, as I don't plan on modifying it, just keeping it running and tidy.

 

 

So aye, I find myself with two lovely runners. The Vectra will be doing most of the summer mileage, and the Fabia will remain as the "everything else" car including LEZ, towing, etc.

[TMB]

Only 26,600 miles on the Vectra according to the MOT history, or has it been round the clock?

 

Also, like the way the last three letters of the registration are three letters in ANnoying PentiuM 😁

Edited 9 October, 2023 by TMB

[AnnoyingPentium]

5 hours ago, TMB said:

Only 26,600 miles on the Vectra according to the MOT history, or has it been round the clock?

 

Also, like the way the last three letters of the registration are three letters in ANnoying PentiuM 😁

 

Looks to be the first time around!

 

Aye, personalised plate and didn't even mean it! 😂

[AnnoyingPentium]

The Fabia is going for a track rod replacement tomorrow. Not nervous about that, but in case they find some more ****ed things due to my escapades with ditches and suchlike.

My aim for the coming (February) MOT, is to have it pass first time. Clutching at straws a bit, as I've never had a first time pass with this one!

[AnnoyingPentium]

Aaaaaaaand it's back. £131 later for a track rod and tracking. Now goes in a straight line, bonus.

 

Thank **** for that.

[AnnoyingPentium]

Did I last post here in October? Jesus Christ Almighty.

 

Anyhoo, just back in and defrosting from doing the rear wheel bearings. Driver's side one fell apart as we removed it, other side came out fine. One less thing to do regardless.

 

Got the towing eye out too, looks a lot better.

 

Photos to follow.

[AnnoyingPentium]

Photos as promised.

 

 

[@Lee]

Somewhere there's an axel stand just out of shot  

[AnnoyingPentium]

2 minutes ago, @Lee said:

Somewhere there's an axel stand just out of shot  

 

Load bearing alloy wheel!

[Paws4Thot]

2 hours ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

 

Load bearing alloy wheel!

Done that, and indeed the jack and axle stand as well!

[AnnoyingPentium]

MOT for this one tomorrow.

 

I know it's going to fail (handbrake, exhaust), but it's a matter of whatever else is found.

 

Follow this space, or something.

[AnnoyingPentium]

 

Technically didn't fail on the handbrake!

[Gaz]

9 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Technically didn't fail on the handbrake!

 

Technically the offside rear parking brake might be working excessively well, and providing a high level of support and encouragement to the aspirations of the OSR Service brake 👍

 

Did you explain to 'em that you'd had the hole at the rear of the exhaust moved up front?

 

G

[Breezy_Pete]

Fix it or move it on?

[AnnoyingPentium]

4 minutes ago, Breezy_Pete said:

Fix it or move it on?

 

Mechanic is confident he can have it sorted for not too much, so keep it until the test runs out again.

 

If it had been a bit more terminal I'd have went and bought myself another.

[AnnoyingPentium]

 

Yarrrr thar do be a pass, matey.

 

Handbrake was also knackered, so got new cables put on as they'd stretched something awful.

 

Not as expensive as last year but not cheap. Oh well. Next month I'm looking at getting these doors done so the rear electric windows are finished.

[AnnoyingPentium]

I appear to have forgotten to make a post, but this is still here. Lying about as the second car as the Vectra is picking up most of my mileage as the 'family' car.

 

 

Purchased 6th of March 2021. Which means I've had it three years now. 89k miles now, and plodding along slowly (very slowly) but surely.

[AnnoyingPentium]

New front tyres on this one today.

 

Falken Sincera or something. My usual tyre fitters are getting worse... don't think I'll be using them again unless I want argued with, belittled, or listening to my car being revved off its limiter.

[AnnoyingPentium]

Back to being my daily driver now, since the Vectra disgraced itself and left me stranded... yet again. Thin ice, it might see the summer out with me before it goes up for sale.

 

Fabia is on nearly 90,000 miles now, and lapping it up well. Took it (and the mrs) to Stirling last week as well. It's running really smoothly at the moment, not perfect, but it'll get there. I've got a proper THUMP coming from the front driver's side suspension, only if it takes a bump really hard or by surprise, it'll crash over it. No idea what yet, but suspect shock absorber.

 

 

I've got more I want to do with it, just waiting for better weather and all that.