Wendy

Hi All, My VW Corrado is finally painted !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She is not on the road or anywhere near complete, I saw her yesterday, body painted before any of the finishing bodywork refit, touch ups etc etc - and she is looking really good. Orange peel seems about right although I have not been over her with a fine toothcombe - she was still in 'work in progress'. I am very pleased so far. In the right light the purply tinge comes through as it used to when I first got her - some 14 years ago, that brought a pretty good smile to my face. The colour is a Aqua Blue - easily mixed with Midnight Blue in the VW range. I am really looking forward to seeing the finished result and getting her back. Yes, I know - photo's - one day I will get round to photo's !! I have had loads taken by the bodyshop as I also will be going for agreed valuation. She's on 207k, I am aiming for 300k before she needs a replacement engine. I stand a fair chance too - I serioulsy look after her, including giving her a good drive !! :lol: . She has never used oil and still doesn't, I do and have for 14 years given her 6k oil changes and always ensure of 80degrees as a minimum oil temeperature before 'a drive'. Anyway - Number Plates. The Bodyshop are suggesting new number plates always add hugely to the overal appearance. I have a tendancy to agree - so wondered what the general view was on styling or not on number plates. I personally would just wander off and get some new new very ordinary plates and wonder if I could be missing an opportunity for something a bit different. Perhaps some photo's or links if you don't mind. (Sorry but I hate bling on my cars, - I do quite like some on others though , something quite stylish/different is more my thing !!) Oh and what about the Euro flag - yes/no/ is it an option even ? Thanks in advance.

Wow, Stunned. 23 years old. No no claims bonus and living in Essex - Think Brillomaster must be right after all !!!! :lol: Well done you !

His location is Essex - Quite bright me !!!! :lol:

£3,500

I was only discussing engineers at the weekend. There is a huge shortage of Engineers worldwide in a variety of fields, so I am led to believe. Accounting won't take you around the world - whereas Engineering certainly can. Nothing wrong with a back up plan - but thinks the earning potential hugely greater with engineering and way more interesting, challenging - IMO. !

That must have been scary, glad you are OK. I would ring re the roadworks sign, people manage to claim for pot holes so who knows you may get yours repair costs paid- fingers crossed.

So Dan - what happened ?? I see you do not have the title Moderator ?? !! Is it you are not sensible enough !!!! :lol:

Just interested -........... How many Mods are there on the Forum. ? Is there a Family Tree ? How are new ones selected and what do their roles involve ?

Oh Wow, Thanks Guys. I was really lucky, a girlfriend took me to York for a Spa Weekend - How nice and thoughtful was that ? Happy Days !

argh - that is so sad. I too remember my first boyfriend. Strangely thought of him yesterday. ! I too was rather expecting photo of a rusty old car too though!

Snow is not the only issue, frosts and ice are a key factor, water displacement is greatly improved too. I can easily get stuck in my village, so little option for me. Changed mine to Winters yesterday.

Hi all, Apologies for not updating sooner. The trip to Scotland next year is full. I will add names to the reserve list though Regarding members in Scotland, I will contact much nearer departure so hopefully they will meet up with us en route. Wendy

All good with me, see you all in the morning. Dave - sadly my car needs some serious attaention, else of course I would !!!! :lol:

Very envious as Japan is also on my wish list and getting near to the top now along with Chile. Have you tried many of their varying strange foods ? How are you finding the prices compared to the UK ?

Don't mean to be dim, but this is not obvious to me. Why ?

OK, makes sense. To confirm then M40, Junction 8a is Oxford Services for those that are not aware. Dave - just confirm this works ok for you.

Dave, I am happy to meet at 9am at Oxford Services as Ogman suggests. That is a far way for you though to get to for 9am. You sure that is OK ? I will bring Scottish trip details - well that I have done so far anyway. Ogam/Everyone else AmyZed has the event as starting at 11am - till 4pm, we will be there mega early ??? 10 - 4pm is a long time chatting and eating in the cafe !!! Do we really want to be this early ? Am I missing something ? If not..... thinks I will be bringing my car cleaning stuff and spending the time there to spuce up my car seldom having time otherwise.

Is a reason for not getting these struts from Nissan Main dealer and choosing SGS or ebay ? Expensive, I note people stating ? Am I gathering around the £30 ?

Cool, I have just clocked, my Google was allowing for traffic which is bad this morning. So its only an hour which sounds better. I still reckon 9.30 am good though. I note too - Nic has another thread for this, but taking the M1 which does not make sense for me being 10minutes off the M40.

I am at the Banbury Junction on the M40, so probably the most South for yourself and Nic anyway, so could meet at Franke And Benny's which is 2 minutes off the M40. I have not been to Ace cafe before. Google I suggesting it is 1hr 35m - obviously we will improve on this, so how about 9.30am with depart at 9.45 I we are to be at Ace Café for 11am

Hi all, Well, I am now the proud owner of 'Kimi', a 4 - 5 year old grey and white moggy (renamed from Bakora - as he did not answer to it.). Yes, the one I went to see 2 weeks ago. Fodder obvioulsy knows more about these things than me - he knew I was going to have him before I did !!! I would have uploaded some photo's - but it says my files are too big and I don't know how to change them to fit. They currently are about 7.22 MB. I would appreciate if someone can guide me please. So Day 1 he hid behind the sofa and I had to drag him out and show him around occasionaly. He would sit on the chair beneath the table and allow me to stroke him, obvioulsy this was me sitting beneath the dining table and getting a kink in my neck at the same time !!! Day 3 - he strolls around like he owns he place. He follows me everywhere, albeit he sits on the hallway carpet watchig me in the kitchen as I think the floor is too cold for his delicate paws !! Softy !! He has a strange habit of when walking always stretching out his paws to reveal his claws, but does not scratch anything that I can see - including the scratching post i bought him !!! He likes his ball toys and loves attention. I have had to remind myself several times - this is my house and my rules and this cat does not rule me !!! Already in 6 days his coat is healthier and today he visited the vets for his vacinations, a check up and nail clipping he did not seem to mind any of it - well apart from the journey - i think the K1 exhaust might be a bit loud for him !!! Hopefully I can upload some photo's soon.

Dave - liking your style with the spending, just has to be done sometimes. Looking forward to seeing the 370 photos and on the Scotland trip. Bronze or silver - umm - quite different colours

Most of my female friends fall in love with a car and are not accepting of pretty much any issues raised. Its pretty, the right colour, they can drive it, job done. Drives me nuts :lol: as I really can walk away and am not tempted when all the boxes are not ticked or at least close and understood or accounted for in the deal. But then they think I am odd for having such a passion with cars anyway.

OMG - that was horrific. Glad he seemed to be OK. I am presuming it was wet or at least damp the way he came off that grass. His bill from the ring will hurt, two friends of mine both have damaged the armco at huge cost to themselves. I know its hard to get, but fingers crossed he has some kind of insurance that will cover at least some of this for him.

There are charges relating to accepting both Debit and Credit Cards. They also have to pay a monthly rental on the Card Machine usually. If not the charges from the Card companies are often higher. The Debit card usually would cost less, but is all related to volume of business put through these cards. Many Companies do not think to call their Card Company and request reviewed rates, so often these stay as high as when they first took on the Card accepting PDQ machines and these can be high. However all day long it is cheaper to accept cards than bank cash. As long as you have a receipt for exactly what you paid, its up to the Trader concerned to look after his accounts books.