Poop! First breakdown in a decade

[RollingThunder]

Just gone to the car to go home and it won't start.

Turns over fine but no ignition as far as I can tell. Tacho is dead so I'm guessing crankshaft position sensor? Got a big yellow bus on the way now anyway - I doubt they'll be able to read the fault codes so it'll be a tow home job ☹️ Saves a gallon of petrol I guess 😆

Just as well it's happened now and not on Thursday - going to a funeral then! Good thing the 850R is still drivable (it's got a radiator leak, albeit a small one)

[Moomoo]

A good thrashing would be too harsh, with that record!😁

[SalvadorP]

Originally Posted by RollingThunder

Just gone to the car to go home and it won't start.

Turns over fine but no ignition as far as I can tell. Tacho is dead so I'm guessing crankshaft position sensor? Got a big yellow bus on the way now anyway - I doubt they'll be able to read the fault codes so it'll be a tow home job ☹️ Saves a gallon of petrol I guess 😆

Just as well it's happened now and not on Thursday - going to a funeral then! Good thing the 850R is still drivable (it's got a radiator leak, albeit a small one)

Was it the crankshaft sensor?

Originally Posted by Moomoo

A good thrashing would be too harsh, with that record!😁

Cmon... Why would you even say that!?

[Laird Scooby]

Have you been recovered yet?

[SalvadorP]

Originally Posted by Laird Scooby

Have you been recovered yet?

Dave, I just noticed your signature. Did you sold your volvo?

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by SalvadorP

Dave, I just noticed your signature. Did you sold your volvo?

Sadly, yes. Been looking for a possible replacement for quite a while, took a long time to narrow it down to one possible vehicle (CR-V) that was big enough to carry what i need to carry but most of all, easier to get in and out of with a low enough load deck at the back and a high enough seat.
I got spoiled by the Jag where the seat automatically moves backwards to let me out and then forwards once i'm in.

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by Moomoo

A good thrashing would be too harsh, with that record!😁

Originally Posted by SalvadorP

Cmon... Why would you even say that!?

Don't know if you've ever seen it (or know of) but there's a fairly famous clip of John Cleese (comedian) getting upset with his car when it breaks down. Here it is :

https://youtu.be/_n77eoOfRPE

I'm guessing that's what Andrew was referring to.

[SalvadorP]

Originally Posted by Laird Scooby

Sadly, yes. Been looking for a possible replacement for quite a while, took a long time to narrow it down to one possible vehicle (CR-V) that was big enough to carry what i need to carry but most of all, easier to get in and out of with a low enough load deck at the back and a high enough seat.
I got spoiled by the Jag where the seat automatically moves backwards to let me out and then forwards once i'm in.

I had noticed you were a bit less active on the forum and I was wondering if everything was alright healthwise and all that. Didn't know you had deVolvoed. You could have lifted the car!
I think the CR-V is an excelent option. Even today I was mentioning to the misses that I would like to have either a CR-V, an HR-V or a Rav-4. I really like the HR-V the best. It's a cheap car, not too off-roady. But all 3 are great.

Originally Posted by Laird Scooby

Don't know if you've ever seen it (or know of) but there's a fairly famous clip of John Cleese (comedian) getting upset with his car when it breaks down. Here it is :

https://youtu.be/_n77eoOfRPE

I'm guessing that's what Andrew was referring to.

That reference went completely over my head! I LOVE john cleese and monthy python but I had never seen that. Omg it's so funny. thanks for sharing, i had a blast

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by SalvadorP

I had noticed you were a bit less active on the forum and I was wondering if everything was alright healthwise and all that. Didn't know you had deVolvoed. You could have lifted the car!
I think the CR-V is an excelent option. Even today I was mentioning to the misses that I would like to have either a CR-V, an HR-V or a Rav-4. I really like the HR-V the best. It's a cheap car, not too off-roady. But all 3 are great.



That reference went completely over my head! I LOVE john cleese and monthy python but I had never seen that. Omg it's so funny. thanks for sharing, i had a blast

Round my neck of the woods, a lifted Volvo would probably go un-noticed as there are many lifted Jeeps and similar. I looked at the HR-V but a bit too small, RAV-4 didn't do it for me and had a higher load deck.

Glad you enjoyed the John Cleese clip, he did a similar sketch in the film Clockwise, again using an ADO16 as the victim but it was a saloon.

[SalvadorP]

Originally Posted by Laird Scooby

Round my neck of the woods, a lifted Volvo would probably go un-noticed as there are many lifted Jeeps and similar. I looked at the HR-V but a bit too small, RAV-4 didn't do it for me and had a higher load deck.

Glad you enjoyed the John Cleese clip, he did a similar sketch in the film Clockwise, again using an ADO16 as the victim but it was a saloon.

I know what you're saying. I think I prefer the HRV precisely because it is smaller.

Btw, lifted wagons can, very surprisingly, be done with great taste. I don't know why someone would do it, but hey! I've seen a build on turbobricks of someone who made a pickup out of a 740, Chevvy El Camiño style.