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

Spent some time on the car today, fitted USB power sockets to the cubby behind the handbrake and ran an aux cable from the head unit there as well.

My plan was to put a small bluetooth receiver in there, enabling me to stream Spotify from my phone to the car stereo.

Unfortunately, whilst this worked the sound quality and the volume were both sadly lacking.

I really want to preserve the (now rather old) head unit as it matches the car very well, but it'd be nice to have a few modern conveniences - has anyone tackled this successfully?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pure-Highway-Radio-Adapter-Music/dp/B077ZYXVWW/ref=asc_df_B077ZYXVWW/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=310809309344&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10056813581631757&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046933&hvtargid=pla-438746067800&psc=1

The parcel shelf pivot pin in my glorious panda snapped. I was just about to grab another shelf off eBay (the pins don't seem to exist separately, although there are plan to 3d print them on the thingaverse), but thought I'd give bodging a go. Drill, counterbore, screw and epoxy.

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^Unlike your work, mine a) didn't really work and b) caused a lot more stress (going on levels of ruin evident in photographs.

All this:

To do this:

So the noise in my car...

• The sound is coming form the rear driver's side (if you drive over the passenger side there's no noise).
  
• The sound is like the noise made when you drive over a manhole cover - sort of heavy metallic du-dum.
  
• the sound is made when going over bumps.
  
  

The garage had a good look at the car - taking the underside protective covers off and giving the wheels a good shake. They couldn't spot anything visibly. My OH said that they gave it a pretty thorough looking over.

We took everything out of the boot (except the spare tyre). I had a good look at the spare and found some loose bolts that I bagged up.

If anyone has any ideas I'd appreciate it.

Why not just plastic weld/bond it with something like MEK?

Because a) I didn't have that and b) reinforcing with a screw means it is now stronger than stock.

Why not just ask "why didn't you high pressure injection mould a new part" if you know what the answer was going to be? You understand what the word "bodge" means, yes? Or do you get some kind of tingle in your no no area by being an insufferable troll?

Also, why no love for my magnetically attached vice soft jaws?

Mate, that's a bit of an OTT response.

You posted photos taken in what looks like a workshop with a vice and a press drill. Suggesing fancy glue honestly isn't an unreasonable or dick comment.

Photos are in a shed with a hand drill, cable ties and the only glue I had to hand. He wasn't suggesting anything. By saying "why didn't you do the thing I would have done?" is the dick move here.

Calling someone out for being a passive aggressive, judgemental prick is not OTT. If you don't agree with what I've done, fine, but there are less cunty ways to say it.

Touchy!

I'll touch you if you're not careful

And not with my soft jaws

Calling someone out for being a passive aggressive, judgemental prick is not OTT. If you don't agree with what I've done, fine, but there are less cunty ways to say it.

You new here?

6 months longer than you, squire. Probably explains the expired bullshit filter.

Why not just plastic weld/bond it with something like MEK?

See?

Don’t MEK me come over there

You'll need to put your car back together first

Might I suggest some epoxy and a few screws?

Car wouldnt start today after a big drive Friday. OK after jump start but wouldn't start 45 mins later.

How long/far/fast to get some juice back into the battery?

Why would my battery suddenly underperform?

Astra vxr if that helps.

Luckily there is a battery/tyre place 2 mins away so will see what they think.

Alternator?

How many miles on the car?

Is it the original battery?

Just replaced mine which is now at 50k.

All good questions. I don't really know any of the answers. Certainly not a new battery. Probably 100k + miles at a guess.