Farewell Dolly

Post by **Relfy** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 5:33 pm

Keep going
sb

Thanks sb.

Took her back today.

Keith bought her back for £50 less than I paid. What a crook.
His reasons? "Cos now I've got all this work to do on her"
Ha! What?!

Well, I guess thats a lesson well learned on my part.

Thanks everyone, so much, for helping me sort this out and get clued-up!
I really am so grateful.

Cheers

Post by **Chris Morley** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 6:47 pm

On balance I'm glad that he did take Dolly back and at a cost of £50 you could look at it as a cheap escape (compared to the £100s it would have cost to do all the welding). I have a feeling that Koo's moggie can be brought up to scratch for less money than you paid for Dolly. Any comments Ray?

As for Dolly? I guess 'Keith' will have to do a bit of work on her before he tries to flog the car (with a new dodgy MOT?) to someone else

. Let's hope the next prospective buyer can spot all the problem areas....

Post by **Pyoor_Kate** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 8:43 am

Ah well, as Chris said, 50 quid loss is better than being stuck with Dolly (though I'm sure she was very nice in some respects...). And now you've got all that lovely cash to spend on that nice maroon minor of yours....

Post by **Kevin** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 10:15 am

Yes EL not too bad a result considering what some people in the motor trade are like.

Post by **Relfy** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 2:43 pm

Yes. Sorry, I sounded miffed in that earlier post didn't I? I'm not, I'm very lucky and happy!

Onto the next project........... ;-)

Post by **rayofleamington** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 2:57 pm

now that reminds me of a song...

I should be so lucky,
luuuucky
lucky
luucky...

You are indeed very lucky! I wish I had only lost £50 on each bad car I bought

I have a feeling that Koo's moggie can be brought up to scratch for less money than you paid for Dolly. Any comments Ray?

Sorry for the delay - I'm not stalling - honest. Got back with the car late on Sunday, Germany Monday + Tuesday and worked late last night...
I do promise to give it a good looking at ASAP. ;-)
People have already asked me if I have another car - then I have to explain that none of the cars on the drive belong to me (yes the dreaded XJ40 is still there waiting for the e-bay timewaster to turn up)

Sidney is a bit down on his/her luck with rusted wings, rotted at the bottom of the quarter panel, dented on the boot, but s/he really has a certain charm and a lovely colour (I'm not convinced Sid is a boy). I'll have to have a look underneath to make sure.

If everything looks fixable, it will be a good job I'm honest as I'm sorely tempted to keep her.

Post by **Relfy** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 3:07 pm

Hey! You can't insult me with Kylie Minogue songs and then pinch my car!

Post by **Relfy** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 3:08 pm

....you can do any mending you happen to feel like doing though.... ;-)

Post by **rayofleamington** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 3:24 pm

...you can do any mending you happen to feel like doing though....

Post by **Cam** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 3:26 pm

Dont' mither Ray, El!

YOU are going to do the welding!! And from what I have seen/heard, I think Sid is pretty OK mechanically except for the state of charge of the battery, and running on 3 cylinders (probably due to the damp though).

Post by **Relfy** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 3:31 pm

Dont' mither Ray, El! YOU are going to do the welding!!

ok i wont - and ok I will!

(....but what does 'mither' mean?

)

Post by **Cam** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 3:32 pm

You don't know what mither means??? are you from Mars???

Sorry......... it means to hassle.

Post by **Relfy** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 3:33 pm

You don't know what mither means??? are you from Mars???

close - cornwall! ;-)

Post by **rayofleamington** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 4:04 pm

Well the battery has been on charge for 4 days so that may well be sorted for now. The running on 3 cylinders may just be stale petrol (Dotty did the same and I wasted ages 'fixing it' a few months later she wouldn't fire at all and that helped me find the problem.)
As for being mechanically ok - those brakes are VERY stuck

and the door hinges were in need of some TLC, but that's all I got to check in the 10 metre test-drive (off the trailer an onto the driveway).
The real decider is going to be the underneath, but i'm staying optimistic until I've seen it.

Post by **Relfy** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 4:11 pm

You're a star Ray.

Post by **Relfy** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 4:12 pm

....hmm..... or maybe a sun-ray

Post by **rayofleamington** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 4:14 pm

more like a ray of light

Post by **Relfy** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 4:16 pm

cathode-ray?

;-)

Post by **rayofleamington** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 4:17 pm

no - it's a maddona reference - Is that better or worse than Kylie?

Post by **Cam** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 4:20 pm

'bout the same I think..........

And I would not call Ray a cathode-ray....... he's far too positive for that!......... oooooh bad joke.......