Here lay my chariots of Fire (haha get it F.I.R.E LMAO!)



but hooray enzo looks all clean from the outside he was all ready for gaydon when the engine failed (nice way of me sayin it blew up)
even the wheels had been rescued from the demon black brake dust shame the stuff i used made the wheel bolts go rusty



Inside tho its an absolute picture.... No its not fake snow sprayed on the steering wheel to try and bring about a bit of a festive feeling within the car.... its actually deadly mould :yum:

ok maybe not deadly but ew
as u can see its basically eaten the gear knob...and its everywhere... sills, carpets and rear arm place bits



It all started when car was on jacks at front and the water came in via the back light area because the foam didn't seal the gap properly
what at first was just this...

condensed and then became this


I know i have to sort this out... not sure where to start tho
i'm not proudd of it but you have to see the funny side! mouldy cinq lol!
best bit is it must have only sprung up this month coz it wasn't there the last time i put summit in the car! weird
but the mascot monkey is ok

i rescued him from the disease which is currently enzo .... why didn't you tell me Monkey!! whyyyyyyyyy :bang: :rant:
ah well there tis

i think you should fit a nice sei interior

car doesn't have an interior tis buckets and dash basically

forgot to mention the UNO
it died due to headgasket failure... now fixed but conked out again possibly due to relay or fuse failure

I think you should pile both of them into that trailor thats sitting there and take them to the dump, or a deep lake, or a really deep cave, just somewhere where thay can inflict no more pain on people

Thanks for the suggestion Aaron... i live next door to an area of natural beauty owned by the National Trust call 'The Devils Punchbowl' its essentially a big big hole in the ground may look into that

Alex22 said:

Thanks for the suggestion Aaron... i live next door to an area of natural beauty owned by the National Trust call 'The Devils Punchbowl' its essentially a big big hole in the ground may look into that

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Oh i don't know, if the devil lives down there, you may just give him the tools to rise to the earths face and rule us all in fear and in darkness for the next millennium, then again on second thoughts they would probably break down just past the mantle so we are all safe

J333EVO said:

they would probably break down just past the mantle so we are all safe

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PMSL!
Its funny atm coz neither of em work... expect some abuse if u say things like that when they are :devil:

Alex22 said:

PMSL!
Its funny atm coz neither of em work... expect some abuse if u say things like that when they are :devil:

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well if i have a hand in it hopefully the red 'un will run alot better next time and not throw a wobbler, we must do all we can to repel the :devil: s army getting to the surface!

I'm sure the :devil: has more glam transport than a mouldy cinq and a scabby broken down rusty uno start with kfc, burger king and sainsburys sandwich packaging on the dash...

Sad pictures.

You need to get rid of all the mouldy parts, IME it never cleans and is actually quite hazardous to health.

I'd get the car somewhere dry since it'll be the sudden cold snap that has caused the mould then get the boot area stripped and resealed.

Liam

Ewwww that look's very tasty, Liam's right, get rid of them parts, and get them incinerated. You don't seem to be having much luck car wise at the moment, I recommend a plastic childs car, less to go wrong

bit of warm soapy water will get rid of most of that mold.

That is minging, the car must smell like a badgers arse. You might have to strip out most of the car, and use something like detol if you ever want it to be nice again.

You can wash it out, its not much of a biggy really just time consuming, classic beetle does that every year over the winter months sat in the garage at home but it washes out. It does mess your leather bit up good and proper though, i now need a new sterring wheel for my bug but i didn't like the one it had anyway, bringing back an original if i can find a good one for cheap.

edit: As your car is stripped why not go the whole hog and remove all the carpets, thats the hard bit anyway. I think i'll pull them all out my beetle next time its cleaned and keep them in the house.

thepottleflump said:

That is minging, the car must smell like a badgers arse.

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PMSL! i'm not familiar with that scent maself hahaha

cinqs get mould pretty good!!!!

the shear amount of mould I've seen in scrapped cinqs is a joke.

And no it doesn't ever really wash out, hence why it keeps coming back. it will always smell and feel weird.

and on the mottled plastics its a joke!!! tis worst than fine dust.

bleach the lot (bleach bomb in car, shut door, run, problem solved!)!)

My cinq a gonna then absolutly f***ing PERFECT

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the shear amount of mould I've seen in scrapped cinqs is a joke.

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me too!! mould seems to like eating the leather on sporting steering wheels and gearknobs.

getting rid of the spores will be virtually impossible. if you keep it dry it wont mould, but the spores will always be there waiting for damp conditions.

well i have brand new steering wheel and gear lever so thats ok... i'll take the seats out and maybe try and dry clean them,
and then just have to dry out interior and spray anti fungi stuff in the car

its that or re-shell... which would be a mission

The thing is with Cinqs dampness goes for the leather steering wheel and gearknob and degrades it so with this mould eugh, think if you washed it then drove and wiped your mouyh with your mouldy hand god knows what could happen!

Liam