before the forum ?

jeffreyt · Dec 22nd, 2012, 16:41

after my latest post on central locking problems the thought struck me 'what did I do before the forum' and I had to go back nearly 40 years to find the answer:my dad.
Back in the 60's and early 70's when I was young and poor and trying to keep various old cars going on a wing and a prayer it was my father who would wisely counsel 'do this,try that ,its probably the .......' and he was usually right.
His knowledge came from his own tinkering and then being a mechanic
in the REME during the spat with Mr Hitler.He used to say him and his REME pals could keep any vehicle going in any conditions provided they had spares or acces to shot up vehicles to cannibalise for spares.Judging from some of his wartime photos and the conditions they worked in I think they probably could.
For the next 30 years I was lucky enough to have that wonderful perk aka the company car so no real tinkering with cars for me .
Early retirement then beckoned and with it the awful shock of the price of a new/newish car when its actually coming out of your hard earned pension.
Couldn't get my head round that expense so its a 10 year old V40 and the forum to keep me out of the hands of the local Volvo dealer.
My thanks and a happy Christmas to all and Dad if you are reading this you would have loved the Volvo forum.

m1tch1987 · Dec 22nd, 2012, 21:15

Before this forum and indeed the advent of internet cars were easier to fix with either a hammer, spanner or both so we didn't need OBD interfaces or specific bulbs lol buts its nice to be part of an awesome forum like this

fat tony · Dec 23rd, 2012, 00:15

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Originally Posted by m1tch1987

Before this forum and indeed the advent of internet cars were easier to fix with either a hammer, spanner or both so we didn't need OBD interfaces or specific bulbs lol buts its nice to be part of an awesome forum like this

I agree with that, when i was in to 90's vauxhalls, you could strip one down to a bare shell with 10, 13, 17 and 19mm spanners, 2 screwdrivers and a hammer!!

I once swapped a clutch on a Mk2 Astra GTE in under half an hour!

But, with the OBDII interfaces, it takes a lot of the guess work out of it

m1tch1987 · Dec 23rd, 2012, 00:38

I've owned a fair few cars ranging from this Volvo, to RX7s and a 1982 Mini, I gradually saw that the newer the car is, the more plastic there is lol in the Mini it was just the air box and the dizzy cover, the RX7 had plastic on the fuse cover, air box, end caps of the radiator and emissions stuff, Volvo has a massive chunk of plastic over the whole engine lol

Dec 22nd, 2012, 16:41	#1
jeffreyt Member Last Online: Jan 7th, 2017 15:06 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Twyford	before the forum ? after my latest post on central locking problems the thought struck me 'what did I do before the forum' and I had to go back nearly 40 years to find the answer:my dad. Back in the 60's and early 70's when I was young and poor and trying to keep various old cars going on a wing and a prayer it was my father who would wisely counsel 'do this,try that ,its probably the .......' and he was usually right. His knowledge came from his own tinkering and then being a mechanic in the REME during the spat with Mr Hitler.He used to say him and his REME pals could keep any vehicle going in any conditions provided they had spares or acces to shot up vehicles to cannibalise for spares.Judging from some of his wartime photos and the conditions they worked in I think they probably could. For the next 30 years I was lucky enough to have that wonderful perk aka the company car so no real tinkering with cars for me . Early retirement then beckoned and with it the awful shock of the price of a new/newish car when its actually coming out of your hard earned pension. Couldn't get my head round that expense so its a 10 year old V40 and the forum to keep me out of the hands of the local Volvo dealer. My thanks and a happy Christmas to all and Dad if you are reading this you would have loved the Volvo forum.

Dec 22nd, 2012, 21:15	#2
m1tch1987 Premier Member Last Online: Dec 29th, 2013 12:08 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Berkhamsted	Before this forum and indeed the advent of internet cars were easier to fix with either a hammer, spanner or both so we didn't need OBD interfaces or specific bulbs lol buts its nice to be part of an awesome forum like this __________________ 2003 Volvo V40 1.9D Sport - MPG below

Dec 23rd, 2012, 00:38	#4
m1tch1987 Premier Member Last Online: Dec 29th, 2013 12:08 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Berkhamsted	I've owned a fair few cars ranging from this Volvo, to RX7s and a 1982 Mini, I gradually saw that the newer the car is, the more plastic there is lol in the Mini it was just the air box and the dizzy cover, the RX7 had plastic on the fuse cover, air box, end caps of the radiator and emissions stuff, Volvo has a massive chunk of plastic over the whole engine lol __________________ 2003 Volvo V40 1.9D Sport - MPG below

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