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  1. @Sh'Eds It may well be a form letter sent out based on a nosy neighbour complaint. Hopefully responding promptly and politely telling them it's not used everyday but fully legal will see the end of the matter. Would still move it around a bit though just in case.
  2. cort1977

    '96 Galaxy

    2.3 was a Ford engine, launched in Sierra and Granada in the late 80s, also transits and these. As above 90s RS2000 had a 16v head, at one time a conversion was to put the 2.3 block in the Escort. A friend was one of seven kids and his dad had a Galaxy when they first came out replacing a 21 Savanna. When my friend passed his test he would drive us and we had various uncomplimentary names for it. Fond memories of licking the windows at traffic lights.
  3. Saab back in service today after time off over the winter. Got down to Edinburgh no problem but a few issues appearing, oil leak now joined by power steering leak and a general baggy feel means a few new bushes are in its future. Still not bad for 220k and 32 years old though.
  4. Looks a great location, thanks for sorting this out.
  5. Hastings are awful in my experience. Yeah, that's very true. Once our two main cars are insured everything else is next to nothing.
  6. Footman James did me £158 for the year on the Saab convertible yesterday. Seemed pretty good considering I have 3 points. 46, country postcode, two other moderns insured.
  7. Are you supposed to declare stereos now? Frankly, any of those things is not a mod I would bother declaring. Plenty of people wouldn't even know they weren't standard. On our shite cars, what are the insurance going to pay for the vehicle in the event of a claim anyway? The square root of fuck all. What you're really paying for is liability coverage. They can't weasel out of third party claims because of a non-standard air filter so why worry? By declaring it to be 'modified' you're putting yourself in a whole other category and paying the insurance grifters hundreds extra for no reason.
  8. That's the system they have in the US and Australia. I don't like the UK system of the breakaway for the trailer brakes, like you I worry...
  9. Hot water, fairy liquid, green scouring pad, elbow grease.
  10. Wish I still had my first car (mk2 Astra 1.3). As others have said though, get one back on the road. Strip the gold one as a parts car, keep something as a souvenir and get the blue one running.
  11. You can probably change the selector shaft seal, had that once on a TH400 (?) three speed once. Cheap and quite easy I think, garage did mine as it was in anyway.
  12. My hatch has a cable boot release, were there really electric ones? Seems a bit decadent for an 80s Ford.
  13. It's a nice choice to have. I've driven the M3 and had an E36 and they're very pleasing to drive but may well get the arse out occasionally. That's good in my book and it was only provoked by being silly, hardly a widowmaker. 190E appeals as a more grown up option, quite possibly more satisfying to own in the long term, from that era of supposed high build quality. More obscure, more class, 4 doors... Either way, you won't go far wrong with a good one.
  14. Must be the year for brakelight switches, I had to do mine recently and as you advised it was a proper bastard to get to.
  15. I liked the year it was presented by Samantha fox, TV gold.
  16. Just to echo this,my dad has similar and the rnib are very good with audio books etc.
  17. Top collection M9, wud read agayne. Boring question, what is the insurance group on such a fine conveyance? My oldest is closing in on driving age and this looks like it would be both cheap to insure and a long range contraceptive.
  18. Cotton sheets etc were made in Manchester and exported to the antipodes. Hence, sheets and towels are collectively Manchester.
  19. Is that on the street? Looks like a car park. Heathrow bus chat all very helpful, turns out there's even a hotel courtesy bus that goes from the T4 hotels to T5. I spoke to several tube and train staff yesterday, in between the various train cancellation notices, and none knew anything about buses.
  20. First World problem I know, but why is it so bloody hard to get from terminal 5 to terminal 4 at heathrow? I've been to a lot of shit airports in my life but they let you walk from one terminal to another. It took me an hour to go about a mile today, ended up on the tube to Hatton Cross and back. Was starting to feel like Tom Hanks by the end of it.
  21. I think the market is just doing more or less what it's always done and following the popularity of cars from 30 years ago. Nostalgia for 40 and 40 somethings. COVID and inflation are making things a bit odd but the basic trend is the same. Not sure tax rates matter, a lot of classics aren't taxed year round anyway. I know some people get a lot out of it but I can never get too worked up about originality or whether a car has been restored or not. To me, driving an old car is fun because it's a different experience to moderns. I don't really mind if the seats aren't correct or it's a bit scruffy, you still get the experience when you're driving it. I would much rather have a functional but slightly scruffy car that you can use and enjoy than something that's valuable enough to be an investment and be scared to drive it.
  22. Saab passed it's MOT today, still got tracking to adjust so collect tomorrow.
  23. Cheers for that, may have to investigate for mine soon.
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