Of course but being one of those millennial types mine does and have have all sorts of random photos that otherwise would take disassembly.
Inside the sill of Mazda behind the side skirt is a particular scenic favourite.
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Of course but being one of those millennial types mine does and have have all sorts of random photos that otherwise would take disassembly.
Inside the sill of Mazda behind the side skirt is a particular scenic favourite.
My 500X started OK and took us for our 1st Jab!
Yes it was a Smile and not a Wince - could barely feel it
Only down side was waiting the 10 to 15 minutes in the car after the jab before being able to drive off and enjoy my 500X and long wanted and waited for drive.
Yes it was a Smile and not a Wince - could barely feel it
Only down side was waiting the 10 to 15 minutes in the car after the jab before being able to drive off and enjoy my 500X and long wanted and waited for drive.
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I replaced the wiper blades on my Grande the other week: I'd put Bosch blades on there previously, and they'd only lasted 5 years...
Today I set about dissembling my pressure washer that I bought for all of £25 about 5 years ago, and replaced all the O-rings which where badly perished.
Honestly there where so many leaks when you turned it on it looked like an over sized sprinkler.
Quite an enjoyable time and peaceful too, pressure washer now works perfectly and the garden got a post winter wash down to celebrate
Honestly there where so many leaks when you turned it on it looked like an over sized sprinkler.
Quite an enjoyable time and peaceful too, pressure washer now works perfectly and the garden got a post winter wash down to celebrate
Shamima Begum won't be coming back. Good.
My faith in our country grows slowly, but surely.
My faith in our country grows slowly, but surely.
Both Valeo and Bosch are very good, but a little more expensive than some others. This can bring a problem. The rubber ages, whether on the car or in the box. Old stock Valeo or Bosch will disappoint as they will have hardened, and the higher price means stock moves more slowly. Best to buy them from somewhere with a high turnover.
I'd favour Valeo over Bosch, but only a little.
I get mine from one of these two:
https://www.wiperblades.co.uk
https://www.windscreenwipers.co.uk/
Need to check postage as well as price.
Panda MOT today.
Pass.
15 years old now, but only 79,300 miles.
Sadly, the sun's UV is not kind to the orange paint.
Pass.
15 years old now, but only 79,300 miles.
Sadly, the sun's UV is not kind to the orange paint.
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Wouldn't auto glym or T-cut work on it?
Autoglym is a brand that sells many products, t-cut is useless for most things more suited to “it’ll buff out” jokes than any real work.
In any case modern cars have a layer of clear coat over the colour making cutting compounds completely useless.
Pointless Job for the day completed...
Pretty much survived winter damage free..one stone chip.
Pretty much survived winter damage free..one stone chip.
The car had a repaint a few years ago, using a single coat, no laquer. Sadly, this seems to have faded faster than the original. It may well respond to a colour restorer, probably needs a professional power mop job. My 'expertise' with T-cut or similar will almost certainly make it worse. There's a professional guy about 7 miles away, will see what he says as we come out of lockdown. Might need him to give it a professional polish twice a year afterwards. Never could polish a car properly, I'll stick to the mechanicals.
Not 100% useless, you can usually buff marks out of the clear with it. If you have light crazing etc it can improve the look of it.
Other thing it's good for is taking other people's paint off your clear coat without using a proper abrasive that risks going through.
But mainly useless definitely.
Maybe 98% useless then?
There are a million other polishing compounds that are better.
Also using t-cut by hand can result in more scratches in the paint. As PB said far better to get someone with the right kit to do it
Definitely...but it's cheap.
Depends if you're aiming for perfection..or that'll do.
Having attempted to bring back pink punto with it years ago...in terms of colour restoration absolute waste of time.
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Pointless Job for the day completed...
Pretty much survived winter damage free..one stone chip.
Oh I like the colour
Oh I like the colour
Thanks
Like all good colours...discontinued for a variation on grey.
Thanks
Like all good colours...discontinued for a variation on grey.
All too typical these days it seems
All too typical these days it seems
What is quite funny though is that Citroën used to make money out of boring colour choices. So this green..is a bit challenging to most people so obviously it was the free colour. White on the other hand..200 quid. Red or blue solid 350, gunmetal or silver 600. So everytime you see a boring coloured C3 they paid more for that.
Same with the Aircross, the free colour is or was Orange...which I totally would have had but how many orange Aircross or green C3s do you see?
