my dads peugeot 205 van has finally died (after 21 years and 721,000 miles), he was a bit upset, so been a good son i treated him to another 205 diesel, he likes the economy and has all the tools, books and working knowledge, so its sensible to stick to the same!
this one was local, same colour, but a car (which is what he wanted). it was just out of mot, but came with the fail sheet - it was cheap enough and didnt need a lot - it was going well until sunday when a) my expensive welder popped arrggg!, and b) i wire brushed the sills and discovered that they both need work - arrrggggg!.
so, thats pending - should be mot'd next week
six weeks ago i did the clutch in my dads discovery (15 years and 180,000 miles, third time we have had the box out), this morning, going to work it broke the mainshaft in the gear box - arrrgggggg!!!!! thats the box out again, only trouble is thats its 400 miles away.
my dad is currently running my mothers rover, my mother is running my volvo, im slumming it in the mini sprint (which, touch wood, is going like a trooper at the moment).
if the rover pops, the only other car my dad can use is his 1930's rolls royce!
oh, and the bus has spunked all its pas fluid all over the floor, so thats got issues
im thinking of following football or something else.......
W123 Resto job / Mini is SORN and suspected diff failure / W124 has no MOT (& needs quite a bit done)... 
- but hats of to the engineers - the cornering speed is astonishing for car like that!
