So what have you done to your car today?

[TheBoy]

Sounds like you're preparing yourself for life as an ev driver 

//TB checks if he still has a hole in his backside....

Yup, so clearly not ready for an EV yet...

[Doctor Gollum]

Gave it a blast home from th'airport just to get the cobwebs out ready for its MoT this morning.

Failed on handbrake efficiency. 11% difference side to side... Nice easy job for this afternoon.

Rear brake rebuild is on the list for the summer, so just needs a tweak for now to get it done...

[TheBoy]

Laughed at the stupidity of egayers and sellers.

2nd hand speakers from the UK seemed to be around £190 each on there.  Or around £140 from your local useless friendly dealer....

[Terbs]

Finally got round to refitting the inner front wing. Was a bit out of shape, but heat gun sorted that. 

[Doctor Gollum]

Finally got round to refitting the inner front wing. Was a bit out of shape, but heat gun sorted that. 

I hope you mean wheel arch liner...

The inner wing is welded in 

[Doctor Gollum]

Gave it a blast home from th'airport just to get the cobwebs out ready for its MoT this morning.

Failed on handbrake efficiency. 11% difference side to side... Nice easy job for this afternoon.

Rear brake rebuild is on the list for the summer, so just needs a tweak for now to get it done...

Adjusted just before drizzle arrived from Madeira. Booked in for it's partial retest tomorrow.

[Terbs]

Finally got round to refitting the inner front wing. Was a bit out of shape, but heat gun sorted that. 

I hope you mean wheel arch liner...

The inner wing is welded in 

Yeah...that and all

[YZ250]

Laughed at the stupidity of egayers and sellers.

2nd hand speakers from the UK seemed to be around £190 each on there.  Or around £140 from your local useless friendly dealer....

Apart from some sellers inflating prices higher than retail, the logic behind some Ebay buyers has always confused me.    A few years back I was after an Alko hitch lock for the caravan. You could walk into any caravan shop and buy one for around £90, but I thought I'd have a look on Ebay for the same brand new locks out of curiosity. People had latched on to one particular seller and were bidding them up to beyond the shop price, whereas I found another seller who I'd purchased caravan locks from before and hit the buy it now for £72.
It's a strange world we live in. 

[Doctor Gollum]

It's.the same with Mercedes parts... Cheaper to buy a new clock spring from the dealer than to buy a used one off eBay. Likewise pattern service parts for as much, if not more than genuine

[TheBoy]

Laughed at the stupidity of egayers and sellers.

2nd hand speakers from the UK seemed to be around £190 each on there.  Or around £140 from your local useless friendly dealer....

Apart from some sellers inflating prices higher than retail, the logic behind some Ebay buyers has always confused me.    A few years back I was after an Alko hitch lock for the caravan. You could walk into any caravan shop and buy one for around £90, but I thought I'd have a look on Ebay for the same brand new locks out of curiosity. People had latched on to one particular seller and were bidding them up to beyond the shop price, whereas I found another seller who I'd purchased caravan locks from before and hit the buy it now for £72.
It's a strange world we live in. 

Despite their historic attempts to prevent it, shill bidding is very much still a thing.  Not only does it increase price, but also impacts positively on the search order displayed, plus puts that scare into buyers mind that they must bid now.

I've won a surprising number of my own auctions in the past  - this isn't necessarily a bad thing (for the seller), as it generates a higher base price for subsequent auctions.


As a buyer, there are bargains to be had, but so many simply believe Ebay must be the cheapest, and only bother to look there out of laziness.  Usually, like Amazon, its not the cheapest, but offers convenience* for busy people who CBA to shop around.


*Not withstanding your average small scale Ebay seller always ends up in hospital, or has an emergency, or the dog ate their homework, or any other excuse not to get off their fat arses to post the item.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Fresh MOT on the Jag, need to get some new tyres for it 

[Jimbob]

Fresh MOT on the Jag, need to get some new tyres for it 

Borrow one from work and swap 

[Marks DTM Calib]

It is a thought that had not escaped me 

[TheBoy]

Whilst you're there, borrow me a windscreen misting sensor and a 2l diesel Ingenium MAP

[Andy B]

Whilst you're there, borrow me a windscreen misting sensor and a 2l diesel Ingenium MAP

lend ....