Hall of shame

rex-x

And that is why, despite all its flaws I'm glad we have the nct I had a car in for a service today and noticed the brake fluid was bright red so I called the owner and they said the brakes were squeaky so they put in some power steering fluid to quieten them down

fancy pigeon

Ah, so there are more ear cleaning, dog hair infested and goodness knows what other bodily fluid ingrained cars out there.

What a filthy, unsatisfied bastard. I dread to think of the smell

CianRyan

You know the worst part?
J&J switched to making their cotton buds with paper stalks well over a year ago... Yikes!

I once cane across a crash and gave some of the passengers a lift home, no **** had about 20 banana peels on the dashboard at the time. Rough week, sure they thought I was mental. :rolleyes:

Slideways

Jesus Christ. That is vile

Makes me laugh when people say the NCT is scam, yet cars are presented for a test like that. The brake pad one is particularly scary

alta stare

Did it pass the test?

That is disgusting alright, i would not of got in that car. The pads looked new enough i wonder did they get Stevie Wonder to change them.

Frankie Lee

alta stare wrote: »

Did it pass the test?

That is disgusting alright, i would not of got in that car. The pads looked new enough i wonder did they get Stevie Wonder to change them.

I presume it is a Mitsubishi by the shape of it, the clip that holds the pad to the caliper broke at some stage. Looks a budget make which mightn't have helped.

mickdw

Frankie Lee wrote: »

I presume it is a Mitsubishi by the shape of it, the clip that holds the pad to the caliper broke at some stage. Looks a budget make which mightn't have helped.

I was looking at thay pad. I thought it was the completely wrong pad for the car as it doesnt seem to have anything to attach it.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Did that car pass? Can an NCT tester refuse to rest a car if it’s so horribly filthy inside that they’d be afraid of catching something?

Toyotafanboi

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

Did that car pass? Can an NCT tester refuse to rest a car if it’s so horribly filthy inside that they’d be afraid of catching something?

They can and do, rightly so. To be fair, its on the preparation letter asking that the car is reasonably clean.

Atlantic Dawn

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

They can and do, rightly so. To be fair, its on the preparation letter asking that the car is reasonably clean.

I remember a while back someone rang Liveline to complain they wouldn't test their car because it was full of dog hair and another callers car wasn't tested because it smelled of fish (he was a fish seller). Fair enough as I wouldn't like my car tested next if the tester was covered in dog hair and smelled of fish.

joujoujou

Yeah, test results could be a bit fishy.

fancy pigeon

When you get to someone elses handiwork and have to undo it all...

CianRyan

Oh we've been there before.

Hal1

Just spotted this over on the reddits...Just speechless. I taught it was a joke, they almost look like keys from a keyboard. The guy got fired for this. Story

Warning to 56k users : https://i.redd.it/iaj4i7t5zfk01.png

spiggotpaddy

Think I can hear squeaking from the front.

CJhaughey

spiggotpaddy wrote: »

Think I can hear squeaking from the front.

They got their moneys worth out of that disc anyway.
Any biker letting their disc get to that state won't last long imho.

Esel

CJhaughey wrote: »

They got their moneys worth out of that disc anyway.
Any biker letting their disc get to that state won't last long imho.

An American saying: Most motorcycles last a lifetime.

ba_barabus

Spotted this online and thought it was worth a share

https://www.facebook.com/groups/242195622606861/permalink/938966829596400/

Nekarsulm

ba_barabus wrote: »

Spotted this online and thought it was worth a share

https://www.facebook.com/groups/242195622606861/permalink/938966829596400/

Coming up as "page unavailable."

vincenzolorenzo

https://www.facebook.com/pitstopnelson/videos/587868554906772/?hc_ref=ARSxyrpY9YfxseGR4-3LQPKfSyPRio2hTsM6u9iu07hGVUBbZzSQ-5uR8KmpYuRlSsg

Nekarsulm

vincenzolorenzo wrote: »

https://www.facebook.com/pitstopnelson/videos/587868554906772/?hc_ref=ARSxyrpY9YfxseGR4-3LQPKfSyPRio2hTsM6u9iu07hGVUBbZzSQ-5uR8KmpYuRlSsg

Holy fuçk ....

punisher5112

How did it manage to stay straight????

B-D-P--

Them cable ties are way too loose and clean to be real.
And if you manage to change a cv, you should be able to tighten a few bolts.
I think its a fake video to get the page views.

tossy

Cable ties wouldn't last more than a short drive,i'd agree with the above.

OldMrBrennan83

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emeldc

B-D-P-- wrote: »

Them cable ties are way too loose and clean to be real.
And if you manage to change a cv, you should be able to tighten a few bolts.
I think its a fake video to get the page views.

Yea BS. Top and bottom ball joints have been loosened off. Those cable ties would snap the minute you drop the car on to the ground again. And the disks look new!

fancy pigeon

I recently acquired a car that had a suspect failed starter. My suspicions heightened when I couldn't bump it into life...

So I dropped the sump




Suspicions confirmed. I had a droopy conrod :P




Plugs had also seen better days too, as did the aux belt



Oh dear oh deary me! I'm aiming to revive this thing, with a replacement engine naturally. Car is straight otherwise

CJhaughey

4ZZ engine or 3ZZ?

fancy pigeon

CJhaughey wrote: »

4ZZ engine or 3ZZ?

Sharp :cool:

Thinking the sump would give it away! 4ZZ

CJhaughey

fancy pigeon wrote: »

Sharp :cool:

Thinking the sump would give it away! 4ZZ

I recognised the plug code!
Those oil pickups aren't a good design, they need to be cut away to allow oil to flow across and flush the debris away.
At least the aux belt is an easy change.

dieselbug

fancy pigeon wrote: »

I recently acquired a car that had a suspect failed starter. My suspicions heightened when I couldn't bump it into life...

Could have been advertised as "needs a battery"

TeaBagMania

a lot of cars are three cylinders now a days, just pull the injector and rake in the $$$ with all the money you'll save on petrol

fancy pigeon

dieselbug wrote: »

fancy pigeon wrote: »

I recently acquired a car that had a suspect failed starter. My suspicions heightened when I couldn't bump it into life...

Could have been advertised as "needs a battery"

It did, fella took the battery out of it, I had to fit my own! :P

TeaBagMania wrote: »

a lot of cars are three cylinders now a days, just pull the injector and rake in the $$$ with all the money you'll save on petrol

2 rods fired out, I'll make it into a modern day Trabant

joujoujou

Mine's up for sale if you're interested.

Nekarsulm

Mmmmnnn, down to 2 cylinder.
That just leaves the Subaru Mini Jumbo from the early 1980's.
700cc of raw power ...... ��

fancy pigeon

joujoujou wrote: »

Mine's up for sale if you're interested.

I couldn't do that to yours! But I have a solution thought out, I'll just mull it over for a bit more if it's feasible :cool:

joujoujou

Ahh, c'mon... Knowing meself it'd end up in a breaker's yard anyway.

It still has 3 weeks of test left, but it won't pass due to underbody rust, and not really worth repairing, unless it'd go to someone enthusiastic like you.

I don't even bother donedeal it, don't want a hassle with tons of tyre kickers and hundreds of phone calls offering swap for half eaten snickers bar and almost new condom ("used only once!").

tcawley29

joujoujou wrote: »

Ahh, c'mon... Knowing meself it'd end up in a breaker's yard anyway.

It still has 3 weeks of test left, but it won't pass due to underbody rust, and not really worth repairing, unless it'd go to someone enthusiastic like you.

I don't even bother donedeal it, don't want a hassle with tons of tyre kickers and hundreds of phone calls offering swap for half eaten snickers bar and almost new condom ("used only once!").

Please tell me you're not on about your blue corolla. That looked great

joujoujou

No, the older, red one. Blue one is still fine.