Project Take Five: sounding better

[Ghosty]

Wheeee!

[Ghosty]

Wheeee!

[Junkman]

Do not cycle underneath lorry.

[Ghosty]

Do not cycle underneath lorry.

It's fine, I've survived. The traffic is worse in Manchester, as the streets there are paved with buses instead of a more typical tar-based surface.

I've just left the absolutely bloody massive Waterloo station for Basingstoke:

[Ghosty]

Oh look, a bit of Brooklands.

[loserone]

Hey toastie, do you fancy a framing my 518 back behind you?

[Guest Hooli]

Are we there yet?

[Ghosty]

I just used a train bathroom. It was impeccably clean.

 

That's one for the patented Double Wilson Collection Defecation Incrementation.

[Ghosty]

Basingstoke achieved. Now to find Bramz.

[Ghosty]

I am in a 3 series now.

[Ghosty]

Volvo get. It's in amazing shape. Needs a radio though, the volume pot has gone on it and taken half the speakers too. No problem - if anyone has a Premium Sound System in black please let me know.

[bramz7]

 

Well he drove off somewhere...?

 

I think he likes it, all fingers pointing at me if not.

[Broadsword]

Mega!

[320touring]

Good effort young man!

 

+12ty chodpointz

[danthecapriman]

By the time he gets back oop north he’ll have lost his license I reckon!

 

Lovely looking car though Ghosty!

[Datsuncog]

By the time he gets back oop north he’ll have lost his license I reckon!

 

T5 WARP SPEED

 

[RichL]

Tidy. Not many face-lift models on an L reg

[Guest Hooli]

Whooooooosh scrabble scrabble whooosh scrabble

gear change & repeat till giggling

[w00dy]

Looks great. A very clean design especially without the fog-lights and spoiler.

 

 

Should be a nice comfy trip back.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Is this the first time someone's used a rental bicycle on a collection thread?

 

Nice work if so! 

[Junkman]

Yes. Now throw the bloody thing into the Thames. Together with the rest of them.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Phwoar.  Phwoar.  Sod the Single and Sad.  You've found your true love.

[Ghosty]

Sorry Bramz, I got lost! Needed to stop and get set up anyway. I'm now at some services on the A34 outside Oxford. Coffee time, and I'll find some dinner later.

 

Observations: it's a very easy car to drive both sensibly and stupidly (not hard to keep off boost, and the boost gauge is useful), but the throttle pedal is a bit heavy. I'd quite like to fit cruise but I'm not sure it's necessary.

 

It's comfy.

Drivers heated seat doesn't appear to work (oh well).

12v socket is slightly iffy but tolerable.

Radio is not the PREMIUM SOUND SYSTEM. The power/volume knob is tired and the left and right speaker channels are unreliable. I'll get a PREMIUM SOUND SYSTEM.

The lambda light has come on, which according to the user guide means 'electrical fault'. I'll investigate that.

The seller's father told me the seller was irked slightly, as he'd had three further offers on the car since I put a deposit on it. Including one for £2500.

No traction control.

The a/c works!

[Ghosty]

Also, included with the car were a few replacement rear light lenses - it's had new ones - the originals had been sprayed with lacquer or something, triggering an MOT advisory. These were duly replaced, but wrong ones were sent the first time, then two sets of correct ones. I have these now, score.

New top mounts and shocks on the front.

The Pirellis are from 2015!

New rear discs (and a caliper)

New battery.

 

What a fucking score.

[bramz7]

And the cambelt was done at 132k according to the sticker.....okay that was a decade ago nearly but mileage wise, it's fine. Nice.

[Ghosty]

Nice.

[Guest Hooli]

Been done for speeding yet?

[Ghosty]

Been done for speeding yet?

Nope, no trouble. With the gearbox in economy mode it's easy to keep it under wraps.

[Guest Hooli]

Aye I remember driving them new, it's still to much fun not to go booooooooooooooooooooooooooooost in 2nd or 3rd though.

[Ghosty]

Oh, it is. Love messing with tailgaters.