Six Cylinders Motoring Notes

[wuvvum]

You haven't experienced gentle acceleration in a Visa until you've driven a Spécial that's only firing on one cylinder.

[Six-cylinder]

Tonight my friend Colin came over and helped with error 404 spraying Bilt Hamber underbody wax on the inner structure of the front left wing and then bolting the wing back on. Colin took it off but Mrs6c prepared and painted it for refitting and Colin says she has done an excellent job.

[Noel Tidybeard]

2 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Tonight my friend Colin came over and helped with error 404 spraying Bilt Hamber underbody wax on the inner structure of the front left wing and then bolting the wing back on. Colin took it off but Mrs6c prepared and painted it for refitting and Colin says she has done an excellent job.

that is because Colin is a sensible chap who is as scared of Mrs C as the rest of us 🤣

[Six-cylinder]

6 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

You haven't experienced gentle acceleration in a Visa until you've driven a Spécial that's only firing on one cylinder.

My Special uses both cylinders but is still out dragged by a motorway coach, wait until we get to 62 mph when the Visa continues to build speed very slowly leaving the coach in the outside lane with other drivers darting up the inside of him because I am now up to 70 mph!

[High Jetter]

48 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Today I collected my Visa 17RD from its cambelt service and MOT. It is pre covid since I used it, it felt very smooth and quiet with low power but plenty of torque. It also felt a bit cramped for the Shitefest weekend. 

Visa? "That'll do nicely"

@joannalumley

[davidfowler2000]

On 6/6/2023 at 9:02 AM, Six-cylinder said:

That’s a really good question we have around 30 cars that are legal and work.

Let’s eliminate some to get a short list. Any cars not capable of high 20s mpg are out. Metro and Visa Twin are out for having 4 gears. Citroen AX, Trevi and Gamma are out because I don’t trust them. C15 is out because it is slow and a bit cramped. MX5 is out because while it is comfy when I am in getting in and out is difficult, Mercedes 200TE because not as good as a 320, Citroen GS because it is stuffy on a warm day, BMW 330Ci because Mrs6C would not like it piling on 500+ miles, Fiat Seicento because it is my daily.

That leaves only!

·         Alfa 156 V6 Sports Wagon

·         Citroen Ami 8 Break

·         Citroen BX GTi

·         Citroen DS Super

·         Citroen XM 2.0 16v Auto

·         Citroen ZX TD Estate

·         Citroen Visa 17RD

·         Citroen Xantia Activa

·         MGB GT

·         Maserati 425 BiTurbo Saloon

·         Mercedes E320 Coupe

·         Triumph Toledo

·         Triumph Vitesse

·         Volvo V70 T5

Mr cms206 is taking his V70 2.0d and I *may* take my V70 T6 in lieu of the 205 for towing.

So either take the V70 to make a trio. Or don't take it because there will be plenty there anyways.

[Six-cylinder]

5 hours ago, davidfowler2000 said:

Mr cms206 is taking his V70 2.0d and I *may* take my V70 T6 in lieu of the 205 for towing.

So either take the V70 to make a trio. Or don't take it because there will be plenty there anyways.

What we really need is a rescue party to get our 740 from Wales.

[beko1987]

We'll be in Wales too! 🤔

 

Bring the range rover and a trailer? 

[LightBulbFun]

2 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

We'll be in Wales too! 🤔

 

Bring the range rover and a trailer? 

1985 one right?  

or whats the towing capacity of a Daimler...

[hairnet]

22 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

 but acceleration is very gentle.

give me all your cakes..............

[hairnet]

8 hours ago, davidfowler2000 said:

 and I *may* take my V70 T6 in lieu of the 205 for towing.

 

kip in the back cos palace?

[Six-cylinder]

9 hours ago, davidfowler2000 said:

Mr cms206 is taking his V70 2.0d and I *may* take my V70 T6 in lieu of the 205 for towing.

So either take the V70 to make a trio. Or don't take it because there will be plenty there anyways.

Peek a Boo, me go to North Wales!

[Six-cylinder]

Today we took the ubiquitous Morris Oxford Coupe MGB GT for an 80 mile outing to an MG Car Club Lunch. It runs great even if it is not everybody's cup of tea.

Shitefest rating, is low because I find it hard to get in and out of even if I am perfectly comfortable when I am in.

[Six-cylinder]

From 5pm tomorrow it is the Citroen DS Rally local to us so this evening I updated our drive adding a dash of DS.

Shitefest rating is high, but I did use it for Shitefest 2019.

[High Jetter]

39 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Shitefest rating, is low because I find it hard to get in and out of even if I am perfectly comfortable when I am in.

Ageist! 🤣

[Six-cylinder]

Citroen DS rally has begun. 

[hairnet]

did you pick something interesting yet

or will you give that job to @Mrs6C 

 

[LightBulbFun]

15 minutes ago, hairnet said:

did you pick something interesting yet

or will you give that job to @Mrs6C 

 

@Six-cylinder on his way to shitefest having been forced into taking the miniature locomotive 

"I meant in the Mercedes, not on its own!"

[Six-cylinder]

We have lowered the tone of the Citroen DS Rally single handed! 

[hairnet]

hnnng

[richardmorris]

I’m watching @richykitchylive. He’s just said that the sm weekend was £1200. Keeps the riff-raf out as he said. You can’t lower the tone of the ds rally if you can afford to go.

I also spoke to dad earlier and I’d sent him a pick of my* Mercedes with the Cadillac and maserati in the barn. He wasn’t bothered about the American but liked the four door car - said it has a lot more style than the current ones.

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

We have lowered the tone of the Citroen DS Rally single handed! 

Stunning pic, at a DS rally! They all slunk off?

[richykitchy]

On 6/8/2023 at 9:21 PM, Six-cylinder said:

From 5pm tomorrow it is the Citroen DS Rally local to us so this evening I updated our drive adding a dash of DS.

Shitefest rating is high, but I did use it for Shitefest 2019.

That's a beautiful house!

[Six-cylinder]

Saturday night/Sunday morning we managed to lower the tone of the DS Rally further by adding our ZX to the show field!

[richardmorris]

FOD just got a lightning strike.

lightningmaps.org 

 

[Mrs6C]

3 hours ago, richardmorris said:

FOD just got a lightning strike.

lightningmaps.org 

 

Very nearly! Local power is off though, so something got hit somewhere... 

[Ghosty]

The mk1 Cav has just appeared for sale on FB. 

[beko1987]

16 hours ago, richardmorris said:

FOD just got a lightning strike.

lightningmaps.org 

 

Maybe it hit the right car and it welded itself back up with the strike? 🤞

[Six-cylinder]

so what happened while it was down!

My favourite Alfa specialist  visited at the crack of dawn Sunday to see what could be done with the 156 that has not started for weeks. Guess what it started the moment he turned the key!

After the Citroen show on Sunday I press-ganged a couple of strangers who weren't doing much to help me get the Ami and Visa home. Monday the Ami bonnet pull cable snapped and @slowsilver managed to get the grill off to open it. I have now ordered a bowden cable kit which I hope can be adapted to fit.  

[Six-cylinder]

Tuesday I had the Autosparks visit the Peugeot 404 because of the lack of charging, unwired wiper motor and general extra modern wiring trailering around.

An over length screw to mount the heater to the interior bulkhead had been fitted and it had poked out into the engine bay and shorted the back of the regulator. It now has a shorter screw,then he manually excited the dynamo and bingo it now charges!

Unfortunately the autosparks back was playing up and he was not able to get under the dash to sort out the wipers and mess of aftermarket wires. There will be a return visit........