I Love My Car!

[stephec]

I've just sold my 1.6 Laser, first registered in Feb 87. The bloke came to take it away on Sunday afternoon.

Luckily the money has already gone towards a carbon frame so it's not all bad news.

 

[spandex]

Well thats a good step

 

[Van Nick]

I hate my car, I discovered this morning that I'd left the effing lights on two days ago. So. Went to the shops in the pissing rain to buy a charger, ran an extension cable from inside the house and attached charger to it in the street in the pissing rain. Covered the plugs in plastic bags. Tara! Expensive charger has Start Up feature! But no. It just sits there, randomly flashing it's indicators occasionally for no good reason. Turn the key. Nada. Zilch. Stupid car. How difficult would it be to have the ignition turn everything off, one of our vans at work does it.

Looks like it's new battery time.

I blame Tara.

 

[hubgearfreak]

charger, ran an extension cable from inside the house and attached charger to it in the street in the pissing rain. Covered the plugs in plastic bags. Tara! Expensive charger has Start Up feature!

i may be wrong, but i've been told never to charge the battery whilst it's attached to the car. the reason i was given is that the alternator doesn't like it. you may get some success with charging the battery up for 24 hrs (in a ventilated space) and trying again

 

[Aint Skeered]

It staggers me how few cars of that era you see on the roads today.
I was overtaken, yes overtaken, by an Allegro on the A24 yesterday, she was smoking like a good un.

 

[Maz]

i may be wrong, but i've been told never to charge the battery whilst it's attached to the car. the reason i was given is that the alternator doesn't like it. you may get some success with charging the battery up for 24 hrs (in a ventilated space) and trying again

Yeh, I always remove the battery to charge it as well.

 

[Dayvo]

I hate my car, I discovered this morning that I'd left the effing lights on two days ago. So. Went to the shops in the pissing rain to buy a charger, ran an extension cable from inside the house and attached charger to it in the street in the pissing rain. Covered the plugs in plastic bags. Tara! Expensive charger has Start Up feature! But no. It just sits there, randomly flashing it's indicators occasionally for no good reason. Turn the key. Nada. Zilch. Stupid car. How difficult would it be to have the ignition turn everything off, one of our vans at work does it.

Looks like it's new battery time.

Erm, I think it might need petrol!

 

[mickle]

I'm a bloody bike mechanic, how was I supposed to know?

Don't say 'read the instructions', I read them already and ignored them, I am a bloke after all.

 

[spandex]

 

[Maz]

Looks like it's new battery time.

Make sure you don't end up buying just an empty box...read the smallprint on it cos some of them say "battery's not included".

 

[mickle]

Wish I had a Capri. *sighs wistfully*

 

[Night Train]

My Dad used to have a Capri, 1970 3 litre. He traded a Renault 5 GT Turbo for it. He was a bit of a speed freak and old enough to afford the insurance for them.

 

[mickle]

We (my step father) had a Cortina GXL with Webers. I still go weak at the knees at the thought of it. Wicked motor.

 

[mickle]

Got the bugger running tonight thank F. Shall discover soon enough if the battery is F'd or not.

 

[Over The Hill]

I think design wise the MkI was the best - classic style that was messed up on the facelift (Was that the MkII?)
I had the later hatchback one with big square lights. Think it was 2 Litre. Electric Blue with a black vynil roof and a speedo!

I loved that car! Problably today best to go for the very late ones, with the 4 round lights.

I sold it and got a Granada - the one before they went boxy with a black panel on the back. Well actually it was the cheapo version of the same car that they called a Consul but I sprayed it up and re badged it as a Granada. It was good at the time.