The Chat Thread - Ads are back ... - WC 04/11/24

NGL I'm as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs...got 2 MOTs due this week (the 911 and the Dodge Pickup). Not so nervous about the Porsche as it's dry stored - although they usually find something - but the truck was a curse word to get through last time AND I've got a buyer lined up for it if I can get it tested 😬

Could be an expensive month or a profitable one, we'll see...

Hoping to get the PT Cruiser road legal this week too and consoling myself with quick wins in the Grand Vitara which I'm really enjoying pootling about in

Now that's what you call lacquer peel

I washed the wifes car. Even cleaned the glass and applied RainX. 

It's a relatively fresh battery but the car isn't being used much. I suggested it seems more sensor or earth relat d but it's booked into to the garage so they can deal with it and I trust them. Just don't like the thought of my wife being stranded without me to assist 😔 Thankfullly it will only be local and we have family/friends who can assist.

In exciting "being more productive news" I think I've finally cracked an issue that has been really bugging me for ages. Which is when the ads refresh you lose focus on the editor box (both on desktop and mobile). This isn't an unusual issue apparently, but it is a pain in the backside. So I've been typing this through three ad refreshes and it has maintained the cursor in this box the whole time. Hurrah.

One step closer to the "June" update being ready before the end of November. Got to re-do some of the changes between screen sizes to account for some bits and pieces I've been doing. Hang tight.


Oh and Club RR people if you are reading this, I'm working on a new page so you can go in and make sure your forum name is correct, hoping it will be with you by the end of the week and we can really get this show on the road.

Finally discovered the mystery squeak on the Princess: CV boots are squeaking against themselves when cold. Only found it when I had both front wheels off the ground. There were quite a few classics on my way home today, which was a bit odd for a Wednesday afternoon even for Lincolnshire, including a rather lovely blue and white Ford Zephyr/Zodiac Mk2.

I am still waiting for my windscreen to arrive from Pilkingtons too. Ordered and paid for at the start of June this year, my last update was that it should be here by about now, but they were waiting for the glass to come from Finland. Not really sure why exactly it's taken this long to get a single windscreen, certainly no longer feels like value for money as I won't get this fitted until next year now.

I am feeling better than ever, which seems to be because about a month ago I stopped drinking energy drinks and now drink water as my main drink, with non energy pop as a treat I don't drink hot drinks anyway, but I've been caning energy pop for decades. I didn't really stop for a reason other than I couldn't be bothered to go to the cash & carry, but after 2 days of very bad withdrawal symptoms and another 5 days of been all over the place I felt better, and I've now got a ridiculous amount of energy and I'm making crazy progress on everything.

Spent most of the day working on this (which wasn't what I planned), had to reshape how the data is stored. It is almost ready to go though, so hopefully email out to everyone this weekend.

It is the starting point (very very early) of a management page for members info. Back to baby steps, but hopeful it will all come together nicely.

There has not been much car related stuff going on.

As a few may know, I've been trying to get rid of 3 of my parents cars, leaving whichever one is left to be kept. The cars include.

-'07 Saab 9-3 1.8t Linear
-'07 Audi C6 A6 2.0 PD TDI SE Avant
-'11 Ford Mondeo Mk4 2.0 TDCI Titanium X Powershift

Bar the Mondeo, the other two are cheap, albeit the Audi isn't being pushed as much, as my dad would rather keep that. The Mondeo as I expected was the first to sell. It almost marks over 20 years of us being Mondeo free in the family. From 1993, when my dad had an RS kitted State Blue 2.0 Si, before flirting with BMWs between 2000 and 2003, Mondeos have been in the family since then, from a Mk2 1.8 TD GLX which got clocked ALOT by the next owners. I still see my old Mk4 2.5T around, but only because I sold it to a friend.

Deciding where to advertise them was tricky, as I wanted to avoid FB Marketplace, especially with how the Passat sale went down ; basically, everyone told me it was worth £300, and were very keen to tell me so. Funny that I bought it off FB for more money, with far more wrong with it, with the lady getting 30 messages to see it that day. So eBay and autotrader were going to be where the above were listed.



I'd avoid MB for the reasons above, unless you have a very thick skin, and can sift through wannabe Mike Brewers. My friend sells via friends/word of mouth and Marketplace, and it gets him down, even with his cut of the jib. You'd have thought a C1 at £1k would fly out the door these days.

I think Autotrader are free below £1k, so I'd go down that route. It's how my Passat sold well TBH, as well as the Mondeo.



It's funny what a change in eating can do eh? Fair play to you!

For different reasons to you, I am enjoying feeling far more awake, but it has involved me going to the doctors for antibiotics and steroids. It's almost like a bad cold a month ago really knocked me about.