Ebaylish spoken here

Derek · 2006-04-03T20:44:06+00:00

In my quest for an inexpensive Disco I realise that some terms used in auctions do not translate directly into english "as she has spoken" so I offer a few and invite you to add some pithy descriptions you may have found.slight rust on inner wheel arches- passed MOT last year with rotted out inners will fail this year when they fall on the examiner as he checks the play in the wheel bearings.Boot floor needs attention TLC etc-MOT examiner is doomed if the front arches miss him the boot floor falling out is a certain fail/concussion/compensation claim/fatalityUsual bubbles on wheel arches- shit load of corrosion hidden by hasty blow over with a can of duplicolourNot got time to MOT car should pass easily- should pass water , should pass 10mph, should pass MOT? not unless the examiner is concussed it won't (see above) serious less than obvious problem e.g. outer sills rotten under trim passenger footwell held in place by the adhesive on the carpets base of pillars rotted. An MOT only takes an hour drop the car off and you get a motor worth a whole lot more simple economics no reason to not test but do you feel lucky punk? or are you hiding something you are ashamed of?Owned by enthusiast- the expression getting rid quickly while he can springs to mind or maybe he's just a watersports enthusiast extracting the pee?Slight leak in sunroof- do you keep fish in this car they come free along with floating carpets, sunroof safari roof, door seals leak its a landrover for goodness sake but he hasn't the wit to get them sorted and the floor is about to fall out so that should sort the problemSlight Chassis damage requires welding- slight is interesting to me it says scraped on a HUGE rock needs paint maybe or maybe a new outrigger- no way Jose slight means either it has bounced off the Mendips/ Pennines/Black hills several times or a lesser car has been reduced to the size of a Smart 2 seater and landed across an armco barrier or has been used to test the security of 3...

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Mother 20 years ago

I'll need to find a multi IO serial adapter then. The EPROM / ECU has a standard serial interface on the board I'm knocking up and "I know a person" who has the various pinouts for the existing ECU - so I reckon that's fairly eay (real time remapping of the engine geometry). What I'm struggling with (still, after all these years) is how to get the various temp sensors sorted - so yes, let me know which way you're going on this.

Oh yeah, forgot to mention - I'm learning how to use Windows. Hope you were sat down when you read that, Tim :-)

(Still hate it, mind)

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Richard Brookman 20 years ago

...and Mother"

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Alex 20 years ago

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Ian Rawlings 20 years ago

No, and I'd given up figuring out what it was until I started this followup, then I realised whut ee wazzon abaart.

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Richard Brookman 20 years ago

...and Ian Rawlings spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...

Aye, these Shevvild folk, daft as Dick's hatband.

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EMB 20 years ago

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Alex 20 years ago

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Tim Hobbs 20 years ago

BTW - I'm making a handheld terminal and a telemetry black box, running, erm, Linux... Funny how the world turns.

(Still hate it, mind)

:)

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Karen Gallagher 20 years ago

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EMB 20 years ago

You can run but you can't hide. ;-)

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Richard Brookman 20 years ago

This EMB anon leet fle a fart, As greet as it had been a thonder-dent, That with the strook he was almoost yblent. and said....

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Mother 20 years ago

Warren still has the EFI that came off it - it's going back on it. Therefore a few other bits from a scrappy sgould see most - if not all of the original control elements ready in place.

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Mother 20 years ago

I've just built a complete linux web, ftp, mail and news server all onto one of these diddy little USB memory sticks measuring less than an inch long. Any PC that can boot from USB can now become an 'Instant ISP" :-)

What I really still don't like about Doze is the bloody interface :-(

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Mother 20 years ago

I'm warning you... I still have those barbed-wire nipple-clamps an arn't afraid to use them.

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Alex 20 years ago

Oooh, kinky!

Alex

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Austin Shackles 20 years ago

On or around Fri, 07 Apr 2006 14:39:47 +0100, Mother enlightened us thusly:

so shall I bring mine or not?

Mind, I note that the MOT on Edward is out on the 10th, so that may put the kibosh on things - I might have to come to the unofficial in something else

- I have, however, got the fast Ford back on the road. By 'eck, that car's fun. I've missed it.

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Austin Shackles 20 years ago

On or around Fri, 07 Apr 2006 15:52:10 +0100, Mother enlightened us thusly:

"There's also a reversing camera which automatically switches on when reverse is selected on the autobox - this then 'flips' the display to give a mirror image."

now that's just showing off.

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Austin Shackles 20 years ago

On or around Fri, 7 Apr 2006 17:19:39 +0100, "Richard Brookman" enlightened us thusly:

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Ian Rawlings 20 years ago

Please, I'd just managed to scrub from my mind (with a wire brush) the image of Martyn with the aforementioned garments, please don't turn the thumbscrews any more!

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Mother 20 years ago

If you have room, yes. It'd be nice to have a few on the go at the same time, then we can tell those coming that they needn't worry about setting their own up - just bring some food. Simon also has a monster

- helf beer-keg - impressive.

Mine's now finished, pic here:

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Now I just need to figure how to get it out of the spare office... Hmm...

I'll also grab half a dozen sacks of those briquette jobbies - last longer than the other stuff. I've also ordered a couple of large bags of belly-pork...

Graham, can you make of list of stuph that peeps should bring? I'll bung the video projector in, just in case it's s**te weather. Does the barn have leccie? Can suggest a few good family friendly films (although if anyone hasn't seen "The Gods Must Be Crazy", I can highly commend that - Charlotte may go to bed early though, as I've been showing it around shows for a couple of years!).

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