******* Motors Chat Thread *******

That looks like it came off my yoke.

I just got it back from being welded together.

Sure, they're all dead anyway thanks to neonictinoids and environmental collapse. There's far less splatter on the windows these days than there were even ten years ago.

No more wiper-smeared midge. No more splatter of the moth's guts. No more rock-like crack of the cockchafer.

Oh well

Reactive Welding, in Bluebell Business Park. I've had some light work done there before about 3 years ago, and the result was tidy and clean.

That's both side sills, parts of the rear wheel arches, and part of the front wheel arch and floor, and some internal structure.

The rot was strong into this one.

I vaguely remember there was a how to import from Japan thread but I can't seem to find it.

Any recommendations for an agent? Thinking on a 2020ish Toyota Crown RS, either the 2.5 hybrid or 3.5 depending on insurance quotes.

Cheers!

A Garage as had my car 3 weeks now trying to sort my emission fail.

It takes weeks to get anything done these days.

My car failed on headlight alignment in March. Failed again in May on Rust and I'm only after getting it fixed for that last week.

It did 200km between the first and second tests, and 2000km up to the third.

I'm expecting it'll still fail because it's a bloody racket at this point and they hate my car.

Many garages have 2-3 week waiting list, some 6 weeks.

What is hard on fuel anymore? Modern cars run on the vapours of Guinness farts.

The Corolla Hybrid is a nice drive and very reliable.

You could expect up to 50mpg in normal driving.

Not so good on motorway at 120 kph.

You should get a nice 2020 in budget.

I drove for years with an exhaust hanger completely missing. They'll probably only fail it if it can come off. The exhaust heat shield on my yoke is pretty fucked but a hole in a heat shield never killed anyone.

Then again, they can be very fickle.

Somehow my yoke passed today. Even with tape covering the speed holes (Since the drain bungs are missing)

It doesn't get much driving since I got a work van but every two weeks of commuting was normal. Or ever 4-500km of motorway at speed.

I've seen 180 on a trip to the park.

I don't drive it enough for it to be a problem anymore.

And I don't drive it enough that it's worth replacing. Spending 3-400 a month to finance a car to make one long journey a month just seemed like a worse idea than spending a couple of grand on good metalwork repairs on what I had.

I remember posting here when I bought it a decade ago. I bought it off a PM on boards, from a user here.

Any views on a 2016 era Tuscon? 2L diesel auto variant? Good/bad/things to look out for?

Friend is looking at a change (from a manual Juke) and likes the look of these, so thought I'd ask the pros. 🙂