What did you do today?

[PhilA]

I'd love an American car but it wouldn't fit in my garage. I think I'm past doing work on the drive unless completely necessary too!

How many feet is your garage from front to back?

[mercrocker]

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[SiC]

I'd love an American car but it wouldn't fit in my garage. I think I'm past doing work on the drive unless completely necessary too!

How many feet is your garage from front to back?

Just measured. From back wall to (new) door is 5.28m.

I lost a bit with the door as it had to be mounted in the inside rather than in the gap. It could have been mounted in the gap but I'd have lost the height of the roller box.

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Might fit bumperless!

[SiC]

According to wikipedia, a Silver Shadow would just fit though.
I'd have to go through the car if I wanted to get to the otherside with the garage door shut though.

[PhilA]

According to wikipedia, a Silver Shadow would just fit though.
I'd have to go through the car if I wanted to get to the otherside with the garage door shut though.

What you need is a large, gothic style fireplace on the wall opposite the garage door.

It would be a wonderful feature, which would be in keeping with the decor perfectly.

It would also extend the room outwards a few of your strange commie measurement units.

[panhard65]

Gave my new welder a bit of work the last 2 days and finally got around to fixing the truck.

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The small piece is the original and replaced with the bigger one. Plasma cutter yo chop the end off then welded on to the new one.

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All that effort and you can't even see it. The paintwork will get a tidy up next then try to find out why it runs rouh and needs a sniff of easy start every now and again

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Today I painted the workshop floor - an annual bore best done on a warm day when there is fuck all else to do. I changed the fuel filter on my 318Ti whilst underneath it doing pre MOT checking and discovered a 1999 date stamp on the old one.

[SiC]

What was the state of it like inside? Many cars nowadays don't seem to have a replaceable fuel filter and just rely on the screen inside the tank.

Saying that, not sure if still the case with direct injection stuff and their really high pressures.

[angrydicky]

Shortly after buying the Hampshire (untaxed since 1988) and registering it in my name, I started getting increasingly threatening letters from the DVLA due to the car being untaxed and not SORN. Even though I couldn’t SORN it due to their own rules as it predated SORN. I phoned them up and had a moan, and the letters stopped.
Now, a few months ago I changed the taxation class from PLG to Historic. It was straightforward enough but I had to wait a month for the DVLA to send the new V5 across. When they did, I checked online and noticed they’d taxed it, showing as taxed until 2023. Ok, whatever.
This morning I received a threatening letter from ASKmid, threatening a fine if I don’t insure my taxed vehicle immediately.
What the fuck. You couldn’t make this shit up.
I didn’t tax it. The car is years away from being roadworthy, it has no brakes and not much metal left. It’s virtually worthless. It would be a waste of money insuring it.
I guess I’ll have to SORN it but I can’t remember where the paperwork is. I last saw it at my parents but I’m not going there for another week.
I hope I don’t get a fucking fine.

[fried onions]

Today I painted the workshop floor - an annual bore best done on a warm day when there is fuck all else to do. I changed the fuel filter on my 318Ti whilst underneath it doing pre MOT checking and discovered a 1999 date stamp on the old one.

That's nothing, my oil filters are from the 1960's.