Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

Yeah I hadn’t seen a racer in that colour before

Just looked it up. It’s been around for ages.

Good thing is that we are not going to be too far off the value of that in build costs. Not counting the duff car we started with.

I wish I had someone to share build costs with tbh, these things mount up.

The engine for my car is going to be spendy. In the Porsche sense of spendy.

just buy an up to date 'brover, 2 birds, one stone, wallop.

Don't be sad, if that's anything to go by, it's going to look epic

yeah, mine will look better than that - from the back, def. (that one has the later taillights/reverse lights, plus the shitty rear valence).

What engine?

Any idea what has fucked?

Would a swap be easy instead of a rebuild?

Does anybody else just want to fast-forward project Binky to the bit where they are doing lairy burnouts and hillclimbs?

#onlywatchedthefirstepisode

The engine for my car is going to be spendy. In the Porsche sense of spendy

No shit?

My update: Peugeot 3008 hybrid is tedious, yet does 45mpg no matter how I drive it.
Forester died, MOT fail on subframe #Nevaforget and was sold to an opportunistic tinker for a few quid
Thinking of buying a £400 Ford KA from a bloke in the pub tonight. Think we spat on palms and shook hands.
#burp
#putaforkinme

2.7 TDV6. To be honest I went for a rebuild recently already on the basis that it was going to be so much more reliable than an unknown swap...

Waiting to see what the bossman of engineers comes back to me with anyway...

KA can rust in quite a few places, get a street KA as they were fun....1.6 in a small light shell and more fun than a puma.

Can see where you are coming from and you are right that the rebuild should be more reliable.

Ive been having some bad luck with my ghibli. Just as my vacation is about to start the car fails the co values at the "inspection". Mech says needs new cam chains and cogs. They ofc are not made anymore. "we" founds some regardless. And i thought campy record chains were pricey.

Shop changed 3 belts and some other bits as well while it was in for the fix like a new water pump which also are not made anymore so they too fetch very nice prices..

Took about a month or so to get the car back, just in time for my vacation to end duh.. but it was running better than before, noticebly so. So that was nice to see.
Now on my first real drive (today) after getting it back from the shop the power steering belt broke and the the a/c stopped functioning, they are on the same belt im told.

Currently cant get a hold of mechanic but couple of questions since im new and lack knowledge of cars and parts / service there of..

• Could it be bad for the car to drive it with no power steering? Its very heavy to turn but it really does not feel like anything else than normal resistance (to me..)
  Perhaps this depends on the model car or era? Its a 93 if that helps anyone..

• If a shop does a substantial job on a car where they exchange at least 3 belts on their initiative and a 4th break on the first ride (at least 1 of the new exchanged is on the same axle) would they be somewhat responsible for this? Either by not making sure the tension was proper or realizing the 4th needed replacing as well? Its hard to believe this belt would have broken at this time if it had not been in for repairs just now.

Again im not really sure what flys in the auto world and i dont want to sound like a guy complaining about a rear puncture when i had the shop fix the front (bike analog), but im not am i? if i ask them to fix this as they are likely responsible?

My wash / drive ratio is getting ridiculous .)

Belts are consumable, and this one has been consumed. No damage done hopefully, and an easy fix. You can ask whether they inspected that belt and did it show any signs of wear and tear? Not much come back though.

It's a slightly odd decision to replace 3 out of 4 and not just do the whole lot, but I would assume there is a reason for that. Whether it's a good reason or not is of course open to debate.

I'd normally replace all the belts when I buy a car, just because - they're a lot cheaper than replacing all the valves for e.g.

I'd chalk this one up to experience, but I'd also use this as a nudge to go through the history file and check the age of the various belts, pumps, plugs, filters, oils and fluids.

For reference, if I strip out all the stuff I did because I wanted too (new suspension, paint etc) here's where I would stand with my car - note the declining service costs!

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And if you add the other stuff?

Much, much more

What did they do for £252.75?

Minor annual service- oil, mainly.

Thx for oppinions.
Yeah exp is good ;)
But yeah i agree, annoying that only 3 out of 4 were exchanged considering these were done on their assesment not me asking. Im still not 100% this broken was not one of the ones they exchanged.

Im still bit behind you in total tho ;)
This was however a 4k job which possibly left one belt left old on the same pulley n axle that they allrdy worked on. Just bit weird imo. Possibly dident have in stock or similar.

What engine is it?

Odd that one auxilliary belt wasn't changed while the rest were.

Did you get to keep the old chain? Some timing chains do look quite pretty IMO.

EDIT - Just seen your post, they had the car long enough to get a belt.

Ask them first to confirm which belts they’ve changed, that way you won’t give them an easy way out if you ask them “belt x broke, was that one of the three you changed, or the one you didn’t?”

If you add 5k suspension, 5k paint, 2k roof, 1k wheels, 2k steering wheel, 1k lights, £300 for a fucking key fob etc to my total I suspect your car starts to look like a massive bargain.

Well i have the old belts n chains in a box so should be able to confirm what belts went where when i get home. Yeah the chains were rather nice i agree. Part of the broken belt is still stuck in the car (not spinning and potentially damaging stuff)

Its the 2.8l version. These swedish sold versions were all bit tuned leaving the shop.

Ugh yeah for sure.
But im not bat crazy on the other hand so hardly a fair comparison ;)