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Test drive time; to Loughborough in the slowest of crawling market day traffic and then to Manchester & back, twice in two days - Sorted.

Test drive time; to Loughborough in the slowest of crawling market day traffic and then to Manchester & back, twice in two days - Sorted.

Is that displayed on one of those old Airfix bases to make it look like it's flying?

Test drive time; to Loughborough in the slowest of crawling market day traffic and then to Manchester & back, twice in two days - Sorted.

Test drive time; to Loughborough in the slowest of crawling market day traffic and then to Manchester & back, twice in two days - Sorted.

My daily is an 87 Scirocco with 75bhp, 125 torks and about 850kg. At 75mph it's doing 3,000rpm in 5th, but its maximum speed is only about 100mph in 4th. I like it.

My daily is an 87 Scirocco with 75bhp, 125 torks and about 850kg. At 75mph it's doing 3,000rpm in 5th, but its maximum speed is only about 100mph in 4th. I like it.

Took the shed-MGF out for a spin.
I think it might meed the attention of a hand pump I bought when I had my last mgf, and also used on 2 rover 100s i previously owned. Cos its LOW. I mean, it looks nice and low but the ride is pretty stiff. Maybe im just getting old?
Photos show the dreadful paint. But it drives a lot better than it looks, thankfully!

The “16v “ badge is none original (what isnit off?) but it feels period as when valveage was proudly displayed on the car bodywork feels a long time ago now.

Unforgiving light- but basically all the laquer has come off the NSF wing, and it’s falling off the front bumper/shroud and the bonnet.
Im enjoying pottering about in it. When I last had one ( a long time ago) I used to try and unstick it on b roads an generally behave like an imbecile.  Eg I remember I attempted a 4 wheel drift but it ended up correcting and recorrecting snap oversteer. What an idiot. Somehow i didnt crash it.
Anyway im happy just pottering now, and to be honest with its metro underpinnings maybe this suits the car better anyway.
 

Test drive time; to Loughborough in the slowest of crawling market day traffic and then to Manchester & back, twice in two days - Sorted.

Bollocks

No, I really don't! 😆
Chod speed

It is indeed. 
I had to replace a couple of missing tyre valve dust caps today. 
I didn't need to remove the bumper.

Is that A8 the forum slag which was the catalyst of bumpergate?
It must be racking up the owners now. Replacement for the Vel Satis? Hopefully doesn't recreate the inferno death.. 

The Germans do use some good long words to describe things.
I've always liked the 'Gala' setting on my Caddy vans stereo, it alters the stereo volume relative to vehicle speed, its full name is 'geschwindigkeitsabhängige lautstärkeanhebung'.

I will give attending this a thought, but below are some of my thoughts about this.
I've never been on a plane in my life and it scares me for some reason. Alternatively, it is about 3 days of driving each way, which is almost preferrebale, even as this would be hard. This is in hay fever season so my face might explode. I'm a very boring weirdo who is mostly used to socializing with a cat and I have some bad experience with events like this so unsure if participating in this is a good idea both for me and others. And I don't drink. And I am afraid that this is actually a dogging event.
So will give it a thought like I said.

I'm not a person you would want there. 
But thank you both.

Very posh. My house has an en-suite scrapyard and up until very recently the hugely desirable feature of a dead DAF 45 parked on the front lawn. 🤣👍
I think “infamous” or “notorious” are probably more appropriate descriptions. 🤣

I'd forgotten about that too, but I ve just rewatched the milk float and the taxi. 
Thanks

Collection successful 😁

2001 Nissan Elgrand Highway Star 3.5 V6 petrol RWD with 8 very comfortable seats! Owned by a mechanic and has been very well cared for 😊
Place your bets now as to how much fuel it uses on the way home!

Did you race it to the ground, and did it break the speed of sound?

 

After much prevaricating, a decision was made to not fit the 145/80 radials. This was based on a combination of factors, cost being one, and the extra work making them physically fit being another. We have decided that, once the requirements of my lad’s D of E project have been met, and we’ve got the car up to MoT standard, we’re going to move it on in favour of concentrating on our Austin lorry project. A killer deal from a fellow forum member elsewhere on tyres clinched the decision.  I found these on the doorstep the other day as I was leaving for work, and getting over the “do we do it this way, or that way” paralysis has been good for my mood on the thing .

Got a couple of hours on it the other afternoon with the lad when he got home from school.
First job was to pop the 145 off the spare wheel.

And replace it with one of the new crossplies. Then move the little powerhouse over to the hardstand to get the wheels off one at a time.


Fitting the tyres was straightforward. The old ones were dated mid 2009, so they’ve been replaced at least once already. One of the original wheels was way mankier than the other three, so that will get cleaned up and painted over the weekend before we put the tyre on. However, it’s now sat on four wheels that hold air and don’t rub on anything, so that’s a step in the right direction. 😃👍
While the front wheels were off I decided to have a look at the brakes. I was hoping that the lack of brakes, and the empty reservoir, was due to it simply leaking out when the car was tipped on its side. With nothing to lose, we topped up the reservoir and had a go at bleeding it through the front n/s caliper. A bit of pumping saw some highly manky fluid get ejected, and resulted in a firm brake at the lever. Both of the front calipers are dragging, so a bit more investigation is required. Hopefully just a clean and lubricate will see us sorted.

 

 
 

I had sprayed the switches on the dash liberally with electrolube the other day, which has freed them up nicely. Even the hazard switch which had been frozen solid, is now working properly. We got all the indicators working with just a wiggle of the bulbs, so that’s another job off the list. 👍
Next, and final, job for the day was to get the transmission selector cable off. Access is not great. There may have been some cursing. 🤬 

 
 
 

Anyway, it’s off, and I have identified a golf buggy cable that looks like it will be worth a try. Certainly significantly cheaper than anything else I’ve found.

Oh, and no, with the new development of working indicators to go with the lights that came back to life last time, and brakes that actually work after a fashion, we couldn’t resist the temptation for a quick test drive… 😉
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This should be a collection thread but as I haven't seen the car in person yet, watch this space! This will involve multiple modes of transport and quite tight timings to meet my outbound connections. Praying no delays or the whole thing will collapse.
Obligatory breakfast pic.

Ham sandwich coz I couldn't be arsed making bacon. Hot cross bun coz why not. Cold brew coffee which I hadn't tried before. Okay but weird after taste. 6/10.
PC 0

Looks a bit 60s National Health ... like the kids glasses everyone took the piss out of  at school!