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Re: What did you do today?
Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2021 5:09 pm
by mercrocker
It's fair to say that every complaint levelled at 1950s/60s Vauxhall/Ford build quality can be equally applied to the parent company's Detroit offerings (that is not to say that Rootesmobiles or BMC fodder was any better of course). Production methods and construction techniques were much the same.
Pillarless construction won't have helped that Galaxie any, either. Also, they're all 60 years old now FFS - that's like driving a Curved-Dash Oldsmobile down Carnaby Street for a Mary Quant opening!
Re: What did you do today?
Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2021 5:59 pm
by panhard65
My Buick has never been undersealed in its near 70 years so I am surprised it isn't more rotten than it is.
Re: What did you do today?
Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2021 6:29 pm
by mercrocker
Probably why it isn't.
Re: What did you do today?
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2021 8:47 am
by paulplom
This bastard audi did a vag yesterday and shit itself. I was on the piss in Jesmond when my partner rang to say it wouldn't start. I put my booster pack along with my inflator etc in the car yesterday morning in preparation for the trip down South today.
She rang me and told me it wouldn't start when she was shopping at the Silverlink. She flattened the booster and hafords didn't have a battery in stock so she got a taxi home.
I'll have to go with the van this morning and see what's what. It was the coldest day of the year yesterday and it's freezing this morning.
Fucking thing.
Re: What did you do today?
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2021 9:03 am
by Hooli
Four sprung Von shit tip
Re: What did you do today?
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2021 9:16 am
by LynehamHerc
Isn't it a bit optimistic planning on using the van?
Your lads moped might be a better bet.
Re: What did you do today?
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2021 9:42 am
by SiC
Does it have an auxiliary battery?
Re: What did you do today?
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2021 9:53 am
by Hooli
SiC wrote: ↑Sun Nov 28, 2021 9:42 am
Does it have an auxiliary battery?
The moped?
Re: What did you do today?
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2021 10:32 am
by paulplom
SiC wrote: ↑Sun Nov 28, 2021 9:42 am
Does it have an auxiliary battery?
I've no idea. I didn't know where the battery was. She had to google it.
I'm going to buy some jump leads. I have the battery from my saab diesel in the lock up. I'm going to pick that up. I fully charged it before I put it in there. Will is still be okay?
Re: What did you do today?
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2021 10:51 am
by LynehamHerc
How long ago was that?
Battery chemistry Rechargeable Typical self-discharge or shelf life
Lead–acid Yes 4–6% per month[3
Self-discharge is a phenomenon in batteries in which internal chemical reactions reduce the stored charge of the battery without any connection between the electrodes or any external circuit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-discharge