ThePog

Bitches I have been thinking about organising an OS trackday, it may take a bit of frigging around to set dates and finalise costs etc, but I have been on a couple of these and they are truly awesome fun. Generally speaking you would need; 1. A car with reg and wof (or one with a motorsport logbook) 2. A legal helmet 3. Cotton overalls (at minimum) 4. A fire extinguisher attached to the chassis of the car. The cars need a short going over to check things like the battery fixing/bald tyres etc. I have been told that weekday track time is cheaper, but it the day and the cost ultimately depends on how many want to come along.... It has cost $80 - $100 for the day the previous times I have been. So who is keen?

So having nearly sorted the water issues with massive dehumidifier action it rained and I find a centimeter of water in the drivers footwell. Fuck you mercedes benz. Have traced this to one of the two drains for the windscreen in the center by the wiper mech. Will effect an awesome cure tomorrow with garden hose and silicone. I will post photos for judgements of my personal rangi grading.

18mpg if I drive like a dick. Mostly I drive like a dick. Actually I am generally a dick, not just driving. I own a company and have a fuel card though so sort of irrelevantish, probably wouldn't want to have to pay it personally though. One of the other owners has a newish Pajero that uses about the same amount of fuel so fuck it.

Have had the dehumidifier running in it every night, it has mostly stopped smelling like a P lab and is now a fairly pleasant place to be. Sweet jaycar speakers have both stopped working - I suspect wet from the valet. Probably just spend another $25 to fix that. Had to pull the drivers seat out and reweld the bit I had previously fixed, a daily dose of 115kg fat cunt will soon show up the weakness of any chair. Have discovered it puffs a wee bit of blue under heavy acceleration, has done 345000 kms so I can live with that. Dont actually want that to be the case but meh. Dude i bought it off has a spare engine if it gets out of hand. I know I am on to a winner here as the wife has suggested it could be her car and I can drive her Caldina. Right. Still don't really know if i am going to keep it, but what the fuck else is there that is; 1. Rear wheel drive 2. A wagon 3. Grunty 4. Cheap as fuck 5. If not actually stylish then at least not common/generic 6. Lux with a capital L Also when you drive it you feel vastly superior to everyone, even other merc drivers - you have what they have but they paid $150k, you paid $3k haha dipshits Fantasizing about lexus V8's, but I do that about most cars i have owned. Can't see it as there is a massive chunk of steering componentry in the way of the exhaust Going to sell the Hilux now, then sell this if it annoys me.

Got a full valet done, now smells like an industrial chemical factory, plus it has a bonus extra few litres of water in it. Has dried out a fair bit since I had it done, but still feels pretty wet under the carpets etc. Just borrowed a proper dehumidifier off horse25 and has already pulled a 1/4 liter out - thanks David.... Have sourced some genuine merc Hatch struts after some sifting around - first price $450, second price $320, third price $160. Should get those this week which I am looking forward too as that hatch weighs a frigging ton and my kids insist that they sit in the back 6/7 seats when we go out in it. Back is fucked enough as it is without that to contribute.

Anyone got a medium size dehumidifier that I can borrow for a week or two?

Dehumidifier works a treat, has pulled out a fair amount of moisture, doesn't fog up now. ****Ladaspeed top tip**** Dehumidifiers don't work at -2 degrees. Central locking stopped working after I unlocked using the passenger side, position switch obviously fucked. Unplugged it and all is well now although the passenger side is no longer a master. During the hunt for the fault I uncovered the vac pump for the central locking, and it was pretty obvious how all that shit worked, so $35 later and some dicking around it now has keyless entry....

Na you just end up looking at big negative balances and think 'Ah whatever' and go and buy a new toy anyway...

Its getting the wheel alignment sorted next week, my man is sending it somewhere to get sorted with industrial cleaning machines while it is in the shop. There is a stain in the middle of the back seat that indicates a small animal or pygmy with diarrhoea has not made it out in time - one of my children cried when I made her sit in that position.

So dropped some sweet Jaycar 4" woofers/tweeter split combos into the dash to replace the ones in there that had self destructed upon the first test of the benzers in the back, $24 well spent - the explosive demise of the original speakers led to carcinogenic dust blowing through the speaker grilles and liberally coating my lungs and face... Sprayed some shit inside to try to remove the dogshit smell - net result is a car that smells like dogshit from a dog that lived in a hair salon and will now give me cancer. Also bought a portable dehumidifier which may allow me to see out the back window at some point in the future. Wishing I had bought a MKII wagon.

Like rolling massive sounds; Go the Benzer 6x9/AIWA tape deck combo - nothing but win right there.

Bit too bling for my styleys. Although I can't help but notice that there are a serious number of massive merc rims on tm at any given time. Would spend more on rimz than I spent on the car if I bought anything bigger than 17's.... But na, more pressing calls on my money right now.

Fuck hope it's not that bad - it's probably my daily now. I still have the Hilux in case it all turns poo. This is a UK car originally, wouldn't touch a singapore car having driven a Vulvo 940 from there the interior was disintegrating before my eyes. Also 4 cylinders is frankly 2 cylinders too few in my current estimation. Certainly does, I imagine it will stop working at some point and cost shitloads to fix. I truly look forward to that.

For a 3 litre it is seriously huge, but the dizzy sits out the front of the cam and has a cover so makes it all look much longer than it actually is. Everything on it is overbuilt 2x for extra thirst. It feels pretty stylish to drive, I have a tweed flat cap to enhance the impression of fat snobby arsehole for lols - seems to work well for me. I have a trip to Hokitika lined up in a couple of weeks, see how we get on then...

Took it in for a service today, needed 2 litres of tranny juice Also went in for a wheel alignment but apparently the camber bolts on one side are fucked. Have sourced some hopefully. Also tried to regas the hatch struts = fail. Brand newies are 160 each, so will probly just bite the pillow on this one. In other news either the car is smelling less smelly or my nasal sensory equipment has shut down in frank disbelief of the conditions it is being forced to endure. My wife will no longer ride in it and tells me I am fucked in the head, either way it is a win IMO. At ease soldier.

Those are mad headers....

Yea I watched that shit a few weeks ago when i started looking hard, that was a sound endorsement IMO.

I was actually looking for a Vulva 740/760/940/960, but one of the boys at work convinced me that something like this would be a better bet all round as he has had a fair amount of experience with them. The internet says that they are very very good/reliable and the internet is never wrong. Was cheap as chips too... In theory if it works out ok, this will be my daily.

Just come into possession up this massive chunk of germany; 1989 200k miles, runs like clockwork. It has a 3 litre straight 6 with 180 turbine like horses and all the torque in the world. It take a bit to get it going but then it just surges on and on - lush. It is a 7 seater too... It has been sitting for a couple of years with one of the windows slightly down and prior to that was used by a horse chick as a chaff, dog and poo transporter by the looks. As a result it smells.....fruity. Mildew with just a hint of shit. it needs some work as a result; - oil and filter - the drivers seat wouldn't move so i pulled it out today and greased the runners/welded up a broken bit, all sweet now including height adjust - Regassing the rear hatch struts (have already taken these out, wasn't too much of a mish, just had to dismantle the entire fucking interior) - a couple of door indent thingies are fucked - better stereo and speakers - find/install rear window switch - got a man with this sort of stuff in one of his 40 odd mercs - find the trim for the rear hatch that has the handle moulded in, or go to bunnings and buy a drawer handle and screw the bitch on. - Maybe re hook up the heater aux pump, this has been bypassed for some reason - a full interior groom and deodorise. - find a towbar. - find some front seatbelt sockets - they are so full up with chaff and crap that they are difficult to engage. - many more irritating little things. Fuck it is lush.

Be interested in what sort of $ - went to elite wheels her, but even bog standard ones were hefty coin.

Euroblast +1

I have seen that grey volvo a few time when out that way, I lust after it.

Not sure that golf is either. Would be interested in rocking along if by some incredibly remote chance it was not completely pissing with rain...

Choice no roof chop please, proportions are sweet as is assuming bottom of the cab is level.

gutted I couldn't make it, took my car to work and everything... but other shit got in the way.