puntofan01 said:

Yeah, that's them, lol!

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You like them 7's then. How did you manage that!

The Panda Nut said:

You like them 7's then. How did you manage that!

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I think you tagged the wrong person there, lol!

Daffo passed his MOT, no advisories, largely due to my identifying badly adjusted back brakes and Desira picking up my bad fitting on the back box that caused the emissions to fail. Both jobs straightened out at half sensible cost and the car returned on time.

Another brownie point added to their tally which is good as my 90HP Panda is actually an 85!!!

We will see how difficult that is to resolve. If you have a 62kw Waze I am afraid it seems you will have been stitched up if you thought you bought a 90Hp model. We will see how this pans out. OK I know its 90PS. Its now pretty clear why Fiat are finding it so difficult to give me an answer to my query. Hopefully they will make me smile tomorrow by starting to straighten out the mess in a sensible manner. I have hope......

Nah just testing to see if you were awake!

Sorry

StevenRB45 said:

Not quite the highest mileage car I've run...my 1st punto got to 82k..but certainly the oldest car I've run where everything still works like factory.

Touch wood...obviously.

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How on earth did you get all those 7's up together!

The Panda Nut said:

How on earth did you get all those 7's up together!

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Erm nothing fancy...it's done 77777 miles and like most modernish cars it has a trip A and trip B. I actually use trip A to monitor fuel mileage but I zero'd trip B at exactly 50k miles. Ever since then it's just counted from 0 to 999.9 repeatedly...so its showing 777 miles and 7/10ths

I resisted revving it to 7 grand...given I plan to see 88888 and probably 99999 before we're done with it..

Credit to Desira HQ for a very speedy and reassuring response to my complaint. Half an hour to get a response when the person I was writing to was on holiday is better than good. Decent service is something to make one smile!

Its clear they believe I have a 90PS engine too. Lets hope they can get the log book changed to reflect this and that Fiat are incorrect about the motor type!

OK, I consider myself a cynical old git these days, but I still have retained a sense of humor, so, without bursting any bubbles I'm a bit sceptic on a thread quite recently. So many questions shall we say, nothing nasty, infact quite amusing, just doesn't ring true for me. I could be wrong but no big deal, just me & my thoughts.......

jimboy said:

OK, I consider myself a cynical old git these days, but I still have retained a sense of humor, so, without bursting any bubbles I'm a bit sceptic on a thread quite recently. So many questions shall we say, nothing nasty, infact quite amusing, just doesn't ring true for me. I could be wrong but no big deal, just me & my thoughts.......

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Hmm. Your post intrigues me Jim. Wondering to what you are referring? Anything I posted? Feel like sharing?

Wee while ago I was finding it harder to get air into my tyres manually, still like to get "some" exercise Using my 12v pump is obviously the way to go, but door open & ignition on is a fanny about, so I added a 12v socket under the bonnet with switch, piggy back fuse all enclosed in an old plastic box that housed headlight bulbs. Saved a small fortune by using eBay. Can't do pictures, but an easy usable solution.

As I say, all down to the feel good factor.....

Today I managed to coax my wife to help me assemble those metal shelving that are easy to slip into the leg sections, I purchased from Aldi some time back, that have been lying in my garage for a couple of years or so.

DID I SAY EASY:bang: What a fanny about, you get one shelf side in & the other side pops out, four legs standing & you've the bottom shelf in place try another & it collapses.. We finally managed two sets of three shelves, not perfect, but the sides that are not in right I will pop rivet later.

Needless to say, the wife is not all that impressed with me, we did exchange comments that we rarely use to one another.. It's tasks like this that turn into pure frustration, oh how we laughed together on our way home from my garage....:shakehead:

jimboy said:

DID I SAY EASY:bang: What a fanny about, you get one shelf side in & the other side pops out, four legs standing & you've the bottom shelf in place try another & it collapses..

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We've got a cheap gazebo which is like this - 28 slot together tubes of not all the same diameter with no positive locking mechanism to keep them "plugged in" to each other. I've only once managed to put it up on my own and that was on a sunny day in a dead calm - slightest whiff of air movement and it takes two at a minimum. Funny thing is that once it's up, with the fabric properly tensioned, it happily withstands even quite strong wind.

The Aldi/Lidl garage shelves I have went together easily, but I can see a rivets or bolts where the legs join would be handy. I never bothered because they are screwed to the wall for safety.

The ones I bought on eBay have much thinner legs which are really floppy until connected. They are OK once up BUT anyone looking for a "fun time in the garage" can have all they could ever want with these things. :yuck:

The cheap gazebo (expanding frame type) got used twice before numerous criss-cross frames snapped at the middle pivots. I might as well have sent £100 straight to the council tip.

DaveMcT said:

The cheap gazebo (expanding frame type) got used twice before numerous criss-cross frames snapped at the middle pivots. I might as well have sent £100 straight to the council tip.

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Ah! glad you posted this Dave. I've been lusting after an expanding frame type (by which I guess you are talking about the type the rally boys use which don't have to be assembled? You just pull it into shape?) I hadn't given a moment's thought to something like that happening but I can easily visualize how the holes for the pivots, in thin tubing, could "fatally" weaken it. Probably can't justify an expensive one though so I'll just stick with my old one which, with any luck, has a few years in it yet.

The aluminium frame expandable gazebos with thick legs work fine but the cheap thin steel expandable jobbies are rubbish.

This is cheap and simple so is prabably repairable when the plakky corners fall apart.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=272827881036&_sacat=0

The dome shape Coleman Events Shelter is the best bet and fairly wind tolerant. Normally £150+ for one of these but the sales are on.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Coleman-Dome-Event-Sun-Rain-Shelter-Gazebo-Party-Tent-UV-Protection-Medium/202286846647?hash=item2f193c52b7:m:mFwW3I7mALCI1EvKGc0K_wg

Side panels extra.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Coleman-Event-Shelter-Pro-Silver-Sunwall-Sports-and-Events-Shelter-RP-35/273738324739?hash=item3fbc135b03:g:Lh0AAOSwpOVceTbC

Bigger is better but they can need a lot of space.
https://www.coleman.eu/uk/c-658-event-shelter.aspx

The Panda House has another window in spite of getting soaked its more or less installed completely. This should improve light for working on the cars when needed. Its just a shame I ordered the wrong sized window for my daughters house in the first place......

Finally, I got my mobile barbecue pit. I've been wanting to own one for so long.

Picked up a Tomtom Blue and me sat nav for £45 locally when they are selling for over £100

cyanguy said:

Finally, I got my mobile barbecue pit. I've been wanting to own one for so long.

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4days later..I still cannot picture this..

A concrete tub..?

Maybe a cement mixer..

Collecting my wheels( non fiat sorry) from what I can only describe as the Magic shop, these will make me smile for years.