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formula400 wrote: Thu Jan 14, 2021 5:36 pm
Yorick wrote: Thu Jan 14, 2021 5:35 pm Did 5 hours enduro :)

After last week's mudfest I insisted on no mud.
Ok, they found some bloody hard rocky routes :(

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sounds fun though
It took the others an hour and half! :lol:
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irie wrote: Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:33 pm Collected Mrs irie from the garage after she took her A3 in for a service. On the 7 minute journey back home the L200 engine just stopped so I immediately put it into neutral and coasted onto the verge.

Couldn't restart the engine so got a recovery early afternoon. Got a call later on today to say that all the coolant was gone and the engine had seized and it's a write off. Had if for 10 years from new and 128,000 miles. Regularly serviced. Shit.

Gotta buy some new wheels tomorrow. Bummer.
That's unusual?? It should have lit the dash up like a Xmas tree to stop it cooking solid?
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irie wrote: Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:33 pm Collected Mrs irie from the garage after she took her A3 in for a service. On the 7 minute journey back home the L200 engine just stopped so I immediately put it into neutral and coasted onto the verge.

Couldn't restart the engine so got a recovery early afternoon. Got a call later on today to say that all the coolant was gone and the engine had seized and it's a write off. Had if for 10 years from new and 128,000 miles. Regularly serviced. Shit.

Gotta buy some new wheels tomorrow. Bummer.
There's this thing called maintenance......
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Taipan wrote: Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:45 pm
formula400 wrote: Thu Jan 14, 2021 5:36 pm
Yorick wrote: Thu Jan 14, 2021 5:35 pm Did 5 hours enduro :)

After last week's mudfest I insisted on no mud.
Ok, they found some bloody hard rocky routes :(

:mrgreen:
sounds fun though
It took the others an hour and half! :lol:
I only toppled over once today. Hit big rock, stopped, feet flailing. Down.
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David wrote: Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:50 pm
irie wrote: Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:33 pm Collected Mrs irie from the garage after she took her A3 in for a service. On the 7 minute journey back home the L200 engine just stopped so I immediately put it into neutral and coasted onto the verge.

Couldn't restart the engine so got a recovery early afternoon. Got a call later on today to say that all the coolant was gone and the engine had seized and it's a write off. Had if for 10 years from new and 128,000 miles. Regularly serviced. Shit.

Gotta buy some new wheels tomorrow. Bummer.
There's this thing called maintenance......
Or even a temperature gauge...
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slowsider wrote: Thu Jan 14, 2021 7:38 pm Or even a temperature gauge...
I can't find one anywhere in my car, I've had it three years and still get irritated by the lack of.
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Taipan wrote: Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:47 pm
irie wrote: Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:33 pm Collected Mrs irie from the garage after she took her A3 in for a service. On the 7 minute journey back home the L200 engine just stopped so I immediately put it into neutral and coasted onto the verge.

Couldn't restart the engine so got a recovery early afternoon. Got a call later on today to say that all the coolant was gone and the engine had seized and it's a write off. Had if for 10 years from new and 128,000 miles. Regularly serviced. Shit.

Gotta buy some new wheels tomorrow. Bummer.
That's unusual?? It should have lit the dash up like a Xmas tree to stop it cooking solid?
I would have thought so but hey, what do I know? Oil level was spot on btw.
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David wrote: Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:50 pm
irie wrote: Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:33 pm Collected Mrs irie from the garage after she took her A3 in for a service. On the 7 minute journey back home the L200 engine just stopped so I immediately put it into neutral and coasted onto the verge.

Couldn't restart the engine so got a recovery early afternoon. Got a call later on today to say that all the coolant was gone and the engine had seized and it's a write off. Had if for 10 years from new and 128,000 miles. Regularly serviced. Shit.

Gotta buy some new wheels tomorrow. Bummer.
There's this thing called maintenance......
I suspect the coolant exited "fairly quickly".
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KungFooBob wrote: Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:37 pm
irie wrote: Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:33 pm Collected Mrs irie from the garage after she took her A3 in for a service. On the 5 minute journey back home the L200 engine just stopped so I immediately put it into neutral and coasted onto the verge.

Couldn't restart the engine so got a recovery early afternoon. Got a call later on today to say that all the coolant was gone and the engine had seized and it's a write off. 10 years old and 128,000 miles. Shit.

Gotta buy some new wheels tomorrow. Bummer.
Could have been worse, could have been a D22 Nissan. That might have managed 3 years and 10k.

What you gonna buy?
Probably a 2-3 year old Ford Kuga that will:

1. Get serviced within walking distance.

2. Carry my kitesurfing gear.

3. Carry my mtb.

4. Carry garden waste.

5. Pull a caravan.

and other equally mundane things.
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I've just been looking at cheap(ish and 2nd hand) 4X4's including the Kuga, but I think I prefer the Rav4.
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irie wrote: Thu Jan 14, 2021 8:52 pm
KungFooBob wrote: Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:37 pm
irie wrote: Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:33 pm Collected Mrs irie from the garage after she took her A3 in for a service. On the 5 minute journey back home the L200 engine just stopped so I immediately put it into neutral and coasted onto the verge.

Couldn't restart the engine so got a recovery early afternoon. Got a call later on today to say that all the coolant was gone and the engine had seized and it's a write off. 10 years old and 128,000 miles. Shit.

Gotta buy some new wheels tomorrow. Bummer.
Could have been worse, could have been a D22 Nissan. That might have managed 3 years and 10k.

What you gonna buy?
Probably a 2-3 year old Ford Kuga that will:

1. Get serviced within walking distance.

2. Carry my kitesurfing gear.

3. Carry my mtb.

4. Carry garden waste.

5. Pull a caravan.

and other equally mundane things.
Drive one first. I had one a few years ago and the turbo diesels suffer from a really bad dead throttle. E/G? Waiting at a roundabout, see a gap, floor it and nothing happens! :shock: Maybe they've cured it on later models but my Sons 2016 Transit Connect still does it.
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Moved house and gained some garage space
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Nidge wrote: Sat Jan 16, 2021 7:11 am Moved house and gained some garage space
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:o Wow, nice gaff! Congratulations and happy new home day! :thumbup:
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Nidge wrote: Sat Jan 16, 2021 7:11 am Moved house and gained some garage space
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I have garage envy!!! (My apartment would fit in there with room to spare!! LOL)

Nice house too :D
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Nidge wrote: Sat Jan 16, 2021 7:11 am Moved house and gained some garage space
Very swish. Your good health to enjoy Nidge. :thumbup:
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Plenty space for machine tools. Wanna buy a pillar drill guv?
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Been continuing on the 'sorting of stuff'!! Damn I've kept a lot of random things. Trouble is that, if (when?) I manage to get a bigger place, then a lot of it will be useful (photos, pictures, nicnacks). So I don't want to get rid!

I have found a massive folder of recipe cuttings - from before we all used google!! :lol: So I've been through and thrown loads away, filed some in clear wallets to go in a recipe file. Also sorted some cook books to get rid of ( rarely do that, but these I won't ever use!)

That made me feel good


The bit that didn't make me feel good was realising that a box of photos and books were stored somewhere damp at some point :( Cue a lots of wallets of photos that are now a block of photos and a couple of very old books that aren't in a block, but the pages aren't all loose :( :( :(
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Bought my first angle grinder, not going out robbing though.
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Just eaten a big ol’ curry. :banana-dance: