[OT] - It lives, by God!

decided I'd had enough reproachful looks from the sierra 4x4 every time I
come up the drive, so it's going to be sorted and back on the road. It's
not be started for well over a year.

In pursuit of which, bought it a battery this morning. This afternoon,
refitted the alternator (which had been borrowed to go on something else),
fitted new battery, put about 2l of oil into the engine (dunno who nicked
what was in there, pixies, perhaps), topped up the coolant.

Turned the key and it started. I have to admit, I was surprised. Nor were
the brakes seized on despite that it had been left with the handbrake on. 2
tyres were flat as pancakes but blew up, although I may replace all of ;em
before long as the look a bit old.

The only things not working so far are one rear leccy window, the blower
motor and the rear screenwash is leaking fluid into the car instead of
squirting the screen.

drove it round onto the yard and pressure washed it - it don't look too bad.
Not looked underneath yet, mind.

Next, try and find some classic insurance and the get it MOTed.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others"
George Orwell (1903 - 1950) Animal Farm

Austin Shackles <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz
funny about:

> drove it round onto the yard and pressure washed it - it don't look
> too bad. Not looked underneath yet, mind.
>
> Next, try and find some classic insurance and the get it MOTed.

Dunno how old yours is Austin, I bought a couple of abandonded Sierras from
the council a few years back at £23.50 each! (2 of about 5 vehicles I had at
the same price).

I found that both had rot in the chassis wround the front of the fuel tank
(both were estates) and also the rear arches seemed to get grotty. Also
recall plating one on the chassis where the foot well curves (I use the word
chassis in it's loosest sense!).

Hope yours is ok. It's always nice to get an old faithfull going again.

Sureterm do the job for me and are worth a call....
http://www.sureterm.co.uk/new.htm



Lee
--
www.lrproject.com

How long was it standing for Austin?
TonyB

"Austin > decided I'd had enough reproachful looks from the sierra 4x4 every
time I
> come up the drive, so it's going to be sorted and back on the road. It's
> not be started for well over a year.
>
>> Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
> "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others"
> George Orwell (1903 - 1950) Animal Farm

Cor that reminds me of when I was the holiday garage tow-ee (idiot at the
unpowered end of the rope) me and Dad went to pick up a Triumph Herald out
of a back garden. Took a while as we had to cut down a tree that had grown
through the partly open bonnet inside the inner wings. That took a little
coaxing with the fuel pump tickler ( remember those ) and a jump off the
Vauxhall's battery and she fired up nicely and after a couple of minutes the
smoke cleared and she ran a sweet as a nut
Derek
( trying not to buy a landy at the moment - curse you ebay)

On or around Sat, 11 Feb 2006 18:40:46 -0000, "Lee_D"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Austin Shackles <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz
>funny about:
>
>
>Hope yours is ok. It's always nice to get an old faithfull going again.

This one's quite sound. It may need the sill doing that wasn't done a
couple of years ago.
>
>Sureterm do the job for me and are worth a call....
>http://www.sureterm.co.uk/new.htm
>

Firebond came up trumps online, in this case. 3000 mile limited milage,
fully comp for a bit under 250 notes, with 2 named drivers.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"Something there is that doesn't love a wall."
Robert Frost (1874-1963)

On or around Sat, 11 Feb 2006 19:34:13 +0000 (UTC), "TonyB"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>How long was it standing for Austin?

definitely over a year.

and it's still the old petrol.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"Something there is that doesn't love a wall."
Robert Frost (1874-1963)

Austin Shackles wrote:
> On or around Sat, 11 Feb 2006 18:40:46 -0000, "Lee_D"
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>> Austin Shackles <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz
>> funny about:
>>
>>
>> Hope yours is ok. It's always nice to get an old faithfull going
>> again.
>
> This one's quite sound. It may need the sill doing that wasn't done a
> couple of years ago.
>>
>> Sureterm do the job for me and are worth a call....
>> http://www.sureterm.co.uk/new.htm
>>
>
> Firebond came up trumps online, in this case. 3000 mile limited
> milage, fully comp for a bit under 250 notes, with 2 named drivers.

Is it fully comp if it is limited to named drivers?

--
"He who says it cannot be done is advised not to interrupt her doing
it."

If at first you don't succeed,
maybe skydiving's not for you!

"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On or around Sat, 11 Feb 2006 19:34:13 +0000 (UTC), "TonyB"
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>How long was it standing for Austin?
>
> definitely over a year.
>
> and it's still the old petrol.

I've a '96 Rover 820 been standing for 2.5 years. Jumped for the first time
a month ago since I laid it up outside and it started first turn of the key.
TBH I was gobsmacked.

Just don't know what to do with it as it needs new pads/discs and tyres all
round which looking at autotrader is probably more than the car's worth.

On or around Mon, 13 Feb 2006 20:51:30 GMT, "GbH"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Austin Shackles wrote:
>> On or around Sat, 11 Feb 2006 18:40:46 -0000, "Lee_D"
>> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>>
>>> Austin Shackles <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz
>>> funny about:
>>>
>>>
>>> Hope yours is ok. It's always nice to get an old faithfull going
>>> again.
>>
>> This one's quite sound. It may need the sill doing that wasn't done a
>> couple of years ago.
>>>
>>> Sureterm do the job for me and are worth a call....
>>> http://www.sureterm.co.uk/new.htm
>>>
>>
>> Firebond came up trumps online, in this case. 3000 mile limited
>> milage, fully comp for a bit under 250 notes, with 2 named drivers.
>
>Is it fully comp if it is limited to named drivers?

comprehensive cover isn't related to drivers, though. These days, unless
you can prove it's 100% not your fault, it's the only insurance that makes
much sense, TBH. Otherwise you end up paying to fix it every time something
happens to it.

Last one I had on TPFT cost me a bit over a grand for my "50% share" of the
collision which was probably no more than 25% my fault, but no witnesses.
Obviously, the main point of the insurance is about third parties trying to
claim half a million, but it's bloody annoying if you keep having to pay to
fix the thing when some twonk runs into you and causes 500 quid-worth of
damage and then says it was your fault.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then
something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination -
we learned to talk." Pink Floyd (1994)

On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 21:24:47 +0000, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Last one I had on TPFT cost me a bit over a grand for my "50% share" of the
>collision which was probably no more than 25% my fault, but no witnesses.
>Obviously, the main point of the insurance is about third parties trying to
>claim half a million, but it's bloody annoying if you keep having to pay to
>fix the thing when some twonk runs into you and causes 500 quid-worth of
>damage and then says it was your fault.

An old mate of mine is currently living and working in India building
call centre structures. Been there two years and has a nice house,
good skool fer kidz and a 'kin good pension plan.

His collection, including a very serious 90 (toy), Disco II for daily
driver and a Merc (dunno what type) fer missus, cost him less than 300
quid a year to insure fully comp - for the lot. Anyone who has driven
in India knows what to expect...

.... he has had three claims, all paid full, for damage to his Disco
and the Merc, with no penalty or loss of his NCD which, for 17 quid,
was also protected.

Insurance here, by nature of it being 'insurance here', is not
reflective of the exposure insurers face, more a reflection of what
they think they can make out of us.

Oh, and the sickening part... 25 quid XS...


--
"We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one
of distributed ignorance. And we know and understand less while being
increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs
In memory of Brian {Hamilton Kelly} who logged off 15th September 2005

Austin Shackles wrote:
> On or around Mon, 13 Feb 2006 20:51:30 GMT, "GbH"
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>> Austin Shackles wrote:
>>> On or around Sat, 11 Feb 2006 18:40:46 -0000, "Lee_D"
>>> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>>>
>>>> Austin Shackles <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz
>>>> funny about:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hope yours is ok. It's always nice to get an old faithfull going
>>>> again.
>>>
>>> This one's quite sound. It may need the sill doing that wasn't
>>> done a couple of years ago.
>>>>
>>>> Sureterm do the job for me and are worth a call....
>>>> http://www.sureterm.co.uk/new.htm
>>>>
>>>
>>> Firebond came up trumps online, in this case. 3000 mile limited
>>> milage, fully comp for a bit under 250 notes, with 2 named drivers.
>>
>> Is it fully comp if it is limited to named drivers?
>
> comprehensive cover isn't related to drivers, though. These days,
> unless you can prove it's 100% not your fault, it's the only
> insurance that makes much sense, TBH. Otherwise you end up paying to
> fix it every time something happens to it.
>
> Last one I had on TPFT cost me a bit over a grand for my "50% share"
> of the collision which was probably no more than 25% my fault, but no
> witnesses. Obviously, the main point of the insurance is about third
> parties trying to claim half a million, but it's bloody annoying if
> you keep having to pay to fix the thing when some twonk runs into you
> and causes 500 quid-worth of damage and then says it was your fault.

I just thought fully comp was all swinginging all dancing everything in, eg
any driver, but comp was any damage on top of TP. Hence my query.

--
If Your specification is vague or imprecise, you'll likely get what you
asked for not what you wanted!

He who says it cannot be done would be wise not to interrupt her doing
it.

On or around Tue, 14 Feb 2006 23:30:59 GMT, "GbH"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>
>I just thought fully comp was all swinginging all dancing everything in, eg
>any driver, but comp was any damage on top of TP. Hence my query.


well, in my understanding of it, the type of cover is a separate issue to
the drivers. It's getting more difficult and more expensive to get "any
driver", too, thanks to people using it as a way of getting cover for people
who would otherwise be uninsurable.
--
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"There is plenty of time to win this game, and to thrash the Spaniards
too" Sir Francis Drake (1540? - 1596) Attr. saying when the Armarda was
sighted, 20th July 1588

On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 09:49:24 +0000, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On or around Tue, 14 Feb 2006 23:30:59 GMT, "GbH"
><[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>
>>I just thought fully comp was all swinginging all dancing everything in, eg
>>any driver, but comp was any damage on top of TP. Hence my query.
>
>
>well, in my understanding of it, the type of cover is a separate issue to
>the drivers. It's getting more difficult and more expensive to get "any
>driver", too, thanks to people using it as a way of getting cover for people
>who would otherwise be uninsurable.

It cost about a grand (with 2 years no claims) for any driver over 25
on the company Passat 1.9 TDi. It was the only pption, as the broker
couldn't provide a policy with more than 4 named drivers.

As I'm paying £600 with 50% no claims for me and Mandy alone on my
Volvo (which is personally owned and therefore more carefully driven
in theory) I was pleasantly surprised.
--
Tim Hobbs

On 2006-02-15, Tim Hobbs <[email protected]> wrote:

> As I'm paying £600 with 50% no claims for me and Mandy alone on my
> Volvo (which is personally owned and therefore more carefully driven
> in theory) I was pleasantly surprised.

Blimey, I'm paying less than that to insure both my 1997 Audi A4 and
the Landy, fully comp with NFU. Mind you that's just me, not sure if
adding someone would rival your quote or not.

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On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 17:22:24 +0000, Ian Rawlings
<[email protected]> scribbled the following nonsense:

>On 2006-02-15, Tim Hobbs <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> As I'm paying £600 with 50% no claims for me and Mandy alone on my
>> Volvo (which is personally owned and therefore more carefully driven
>> in theory) I was pleasantly surprised.
>
>Blimey, I'm paying less than that to insure both my 1997 Audi A4 and
>the Landy, fully comp with NFU. Mind you that's just me, not sure if
>adding someone would rival your quote or not.
hmmm....

2 disco's, a 101 and a citroen zx with Flux, still far cheaper than
that, and all fully comp, and only 1 disco and 101 on limited
mileage....
--

Simon Isaacs

Peterborough 4x4 Club Newsletter Editor and Webmaster
Green Lane Association (GLASS) Financial Director
101 Ambi, undergoing camper conversion www.simoni.co.uk
1976 S3 LWT, Fully restored, ready for sale! Make me an offer!
Suzuki SJ410 (Wife's) 3" lift kit fitted, body shell now restored and mounted on chassis, waiting on a windscreen and MOT
Series 3 88" Rolling chassis...what to do next
1993 200 TDi Discovery
1994 200 TDi Discovery body sheel, being bobbed and modded.....

On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 20:11:38 +0000 (UTC), Simon Isaacs
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 17:22:24 +0000, Ian Rawlings
><[email protected]> scribbled the following nonsense:
>
>>On 2006-02-15, Tim Hobbs <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> As I'm paying £600 with 50% no claims for me and Mandy alone on my
>>> Volvo (which is personally owned and therefore more carefully driven
>>> in theory) I was pleasantly surprised.
>>
>>Blimey, I'm paying less than that to insure both my 1997 Audi A4 and
>>the Landy, fully comp with NFU. Mind you that's just me, not sure if
>>adding someone would rival your quote or not.
> hmmm....
>
>2 disco's, a 101 and a citroen zx with Flux, still far cheaper than
>that, and all fully comp, and only 1 disco and 101 on limited
>mileage....

Ring your insurer and tell them you are a company director and do
40,000 miles a year. It buggers things up somewhat!

Oh, and that your wife crashed the damn thing last year - hence only
50% no claims.
--
Tim Hobbs

On 2006-02-17, Tim Hobbs <[email protected]> wrote:

> Ring your insurer and tell them you are a company director and do
> 40,000 miles a year. It buggers things up somewhat!

Hmm, I'm a company director recently, hope it won't screw things up
too badly! Don't do much mileage if I can help it though, used to do
about 40K per year but don't commute any more and most of my work is
home-based over t' newfangled internet.

> Oh, and that your wife crashed the damn thing last year - hence only
> 50% no claims.

Thankfully I don't have your wife on my policy ;-)

--
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On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 00:05:11 +0000, Ian Rawlings
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On 2006-02-17, Tim Hobbs <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Ring your insurer and tell them you are a company director and do
>> 40,000 miles a year. It buggers things up somewhat!
>
>Hmm, I'm a company director recently, hope it won't screw things up
>too badly! Don't do much mileage if I can help it though, used to do
>about 40K per year but don't commute any more and most of my work is
>home-based over t' newfangled internet.
>
>> Oh, and that your wife crashed the damn thing last year - hence only
>> 50% no claims.
>
>Thankfully I don't have your wife on my policy ;-)

They'll want to know what kind of company you are a director of. Don't
say "football club" or "computer company"....

--
Tim Hobbs

On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 09:23:50 +0000, Tim Hobbs wrote:

> They'll want to know what kind of company you are a director of. Don't
> say "football club" or "computer company"....

Or any way involved with the "media".

--
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Dave. pam is missing e-mail

On 2006-02-18, Tim Hobbs <[email protected]> wrote:

> They'll want to know what kind of company you are a director
> of. Don't say "football club"

Nope..

> or "computer company"....

Feck!

How about "Security firm"..... Visions of peaked-cap-wearing
layabouts rather than computer spods, although I suspect that might be
worse.

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