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Lee 'Scratch' Perry
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Ah, memories. I learned to drive in my mum’s when they were new. Frisbee the rubber dash mat, it’s a pain in the arse sliding off in hard cornering.
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I had a ‘78 Rekord that colour. Opel were turning out good looking designs back then.
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Drop him an eBay message to say if it all falls through to let you know. Has worked for me in the past.
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I’m no great mechanic but it was ok. The rearmost ones each side are the hardest as there’s not much clearance against the inner wings. There’s just a lot of engine in the bay. I changed a headlight at the same time and that was a faff. The engine note makes it all worthwhile
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You can do them topside using a socket set with a universal joint if you take the airbox and battery out. You’ll still remove some of the skin off your knuckles though.
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Good memory, same colour, I reckon that was a good 14 years ago! (EDIT: it was, bought Sep ‘05, sold Apr ‘06). It was a time of low scrap value so I paid Shadow money for it. Quite the sleeper with the Astra GTE engine. Got scrapped after I sold it.
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On my slightly later one (59 plate), if you flick the wiper switch down a few seconds after removing the key, the wipers park in the vertical position. Worth a try?
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I hope TEH SHADOW is back on form with another Suzuki Wagon R
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Two MOT passes back to back this morning. Touran’s done nearly 20,000 miles since the last one - advisory for rear pads which are ‘in stock’. Then my brother’s new-to-him Subaru - thankfully pronounced solid underneath and advised on front discs and a couple of bushes. A slight blow from the Y pipe in front of the rear silencers nearly put the lambda over on the emissions test so need to see what can be done there.
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These DPFs suck donkey dong don’t they. I had mine regened at the garage a few months back because it was saying it was full (40g of ash), not that I had noticed with any error messages (car was in for something else). Had the car back in the garage today for a general “software update” (first time I’ve ever had a car needing this) and they tell me another regen was required as the ash level was 38g. What! It’s only been 10k miles since the last forced one and 6.5k of those have been bombing round Europe in 10 weeks (not me!). In the meantime I’ve been noticing it’s been doing
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It’s now an Arnold Laver timber merchants...
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I enjoy a fart as much as the next man.
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The only thing that smells worse than new gearbox oil is used gearbox oil.
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I’ve never seen a Granada in the wild with those “bright wheel covers”, as the brochure describes them. They must have dropped them early on.