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But it's not the fan belt for my dear old banger, I'm afraid! New brake pads, steering alignment (which I always request after the East Africa Rally style roads round here), but a big problem with water leakage and the CAM belt (which has made no noise at all). The MOT, service and repairs will cost £600 - about thrice the value of the darn car! But I do love her (or him, depending on the drive we've had). I hate to get rid of cars I enjoy driving and which don't do me wrong. This is only the fourth car I've owned since 1979, so much do I hate changing them. So (gulp!), another big wedge flies out of the bank a/c. If only a few big ones would fly in - I'll have to beg another hot shot off Tout Seul to pay for this lot!

<blockquote data-quote="krizon" data-source="post: 2090657" data-attributes="member: 64950"><p><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :("&nbsp; data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :("&nbsp; data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />&nbsp;&nbsp; But it&#039;s not the fan belt for my dear old banger, I&#039;m afraid!&nbsp; New brake pads, steering alignment (which I always request after the East Africa Rally style roads round here), but a big problem with water leakage and the CAM belt (which has made no noise at all).&nbsp; The MOT, service and repairs will cost £600 - about thrice the value of the darn car!&nbsp; But I do love her (or him, depending on the drive we&#039;ve had).&nbsp; I hate to get rid of cars I enjoy driving and which don&#039;t do me wrong.&nbsp; This is only the fourth car I&#039;ve owned since 1979, so much do I hate changing them.&nbsp; So (gulp!), another big wedge flies out of the bank a/c.&nbsp; If only a few big ones would fly in - I&#039;ll have to beg another hot shot off Tout Seul to pay for this lot!</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="krizon, post: 2090657, member: 64950"] :( :( But it's not the fan belt for my dear old banger, I'm afraid! New brake pads, steering alignment (which I always request after the East Africa Rally style roads round here), but a big problem with water leakage and the CAM belt (which has made no noise at all). The MOT, service and repairs will cost £600 - about thrice the value of the darn car! But I do love her (or him, depending on the drive we've had). I hate to get rid of cars I enjoy driving and which don't do me wrong. This is only the fourth car I've owned since 1979, so much do I hate changing them. So (gulp!), another big wedge flies out of the bank a/c. If only a few big ones would fly in - I'll have to beg another hot shot off Tout Seul to pay for this lot! [/QUOTE]

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