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I did have a fancy for a 4x4, probably should've gone with that fancy! Word from the garage is that it's bent at least two conrods, with four being bent a slim possibility.

She will be rebuilt!

Hmm, not so sure the suggestion of a Citroen is a good idea! Should've kept my old Renault, that old tank took lot of crap with ease!

Yup. Locked the engine solid. I'm hopeful the garage can get it going again, as was going very slow when it happened.

I love doing this, cracks me up what some people produce and how much they want!

Yep,JeffP has is right! Claim sent in error, Ageas confirmed that it's all wrong and has been removed from my record. What a pain!

Cheers! They seem a solid engine. The car needs a little TLC but nothing major. Good thing is it was 1 owner from new which turned out to be a lady who was in her mid-80's when she traded it in! Be surprised if it's been thrashed much!

Thought about a V8 diesel but have plumped for a 5.7 Hemi. Will be the first petrol I've owned, must remember to use the right fuel pump!

Currently drive a Chrysler 300C V6 CRD, which isn't bad on fuel but would be happy with something a bit less economical! Got a van provided by work so not as if it's going to be adaily driver! I'd love another 300C with a 6.1 Hemi but need an estate for practicality and they're uncommon and a bit more than I could afford. Fancy an SUV too! A Volvo XC90 or Jeep Grand Cherokee fit the bill but a Mercedes ML420 CDI (or ML63!) is also on the list! If money was...

I prefer Dominick the Donkey...

It was legitamate business, I had a job do it as well!

No, I'm giving it a watch. Missed the first two, so thought I'd watch tonights and see if the others are worth a watch. I don't think they will be.

Well, the deskptop was upgraded from 7 when 10 became available. I used it as a Guinea Pig, as my main machine is a laptop. The deskptop has run fine, bar the odd freeze up of Firefox, and for the last month has been running brilliantly. But since getting an update on Sunday (which took nearly 5 hours to do!), the whole thing is totally unstable and takes several minutes to do anything simple. The laptop is still running 7, I've had no updates come through as yet to go to 10.

Now that'd be nice! Think I need to break out the Windows 7 recovery discs before the desktop sails out the window to an unforgiving pavement.

Nah, keep it Blue and put a Transrail sticker on it! Hope 37057 doesn't go the same way, looks superb in Green!

Aye, that's the plan. Was surprised how brittle the plastic was, took no effort to break. I'll have another crack today, there's a bit of play on the injectors so hopefully they'll budge with patience or ignorance!

W-reg A170 diesel. I'm hoping the what I can source what I need.

I think you'll be waiting a while! Not done any converting before so it's going to be a challenge!

That's very true!

I'd love something like that but don't think it'd do for the 110mile round trip to work!

That's gonna a pricey one sub39h! Had my gearbox & diff oil and coolant done last year. That's one expense not needed for a few more years!

Metr0Land, I have no idea who gostude is, so no not related!

Tyres are 225/60 all round on 18" alloys. I've had budgets before but after spinning a car in the wet due to it having no grip, I don't go for them now. Good set of brakes is a hundred quid for the front discs alone. Hey ho, joys of car ownership!

Reliant Robin doesn't turn enough heads!

Big tyres and brakes, that's how!

Mine came in at double that, and that was for the bottom end of mid-range! Still, I do love driving it so it's worth it to me.