Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - My Weekend in Cars.

[Six-cylinder]

Probably my last drive in the Nova 1.2i Spin, some may remember I have turned up at a few events in it and have had full use of it for the last few years.

Thing is it was never mine and the owner has sold it. The owner has moved to the South coast and came up to MOT it ready for collection , trouble is it sprung a radiator leak while being MOTed. He left it with the garage to replace the radiator and today Mrs6C took me to collect it. It is now back in storage waiting for its trip to its new home in Glasgow.

I will miss it.

[St.Jude]

2 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Probably my last drive in the Nova 1.2i Spin, some may remember I have turned up at a few events in and have had full use of it for the last few years.

Thing is it was never mine and the owner has sold it. The owner has moved to the South coast and came up to MOT it ready for collection , trouble is it sprung a radiator leak while being MOTed. He left it with the garage to replace the radiator and today Mrs6C took me to collect it. It is now back in storage waiting for its trip to its new home in Glasgow.

I will miss it.

We could get it back for you.

We just need a tennis ball cut in half...

[Six-cylinder]

3 minutes ago, St.Jude said:

We could get it back for you.

We just need a tennis ball cut in half...

First the Scottish took our Volvos and now our Novas!

[Zelandeth]

Don't think I'd ever realised quite how much of a mess they made of the interior in the "facelift" that they gave the poor thing...Imagine having stuck the cat on there wrecked the exhaust note too...

[adw1977]

On 25/03/2021 at 22:34, Zelandeth said:

Don't think I'd ever realised quite how much of a mess they made of the interior in the "facelift" that they gave the poor thing...Imagine having stuck the cat on there wrecked the exhaust note too...

The dashboard does look rather odd, but I suppose the original "cliff face" type was looking dated by the 90s.

[Six-cylinder]

When a tortoise comes out of hibernation it thinks of Lettuce, me I think of broken cars!

4 day weekend coming up if anybody fancies meeting me at the FoD for a bit of exploratory work on the Carlton and Toledo?

I am also thinking it is time for the 8HP ripper to come out!

[LightBulbFun]

4 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

I am also thinking it is time for the 8HP ripper to come out!

is that what you have named @Mrs6C's Invacar Mk12 then?

[Six-cylinder]

1 minute ago, LightBulbFun said:

is that what you have named @Mrs6C's Invacar Mk12 then?

NO, that 8.6HP

[Tadhg Tiogar]

59 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

When a tortoise comes out of hibernation it thinks of Lettuce, me I think of broken cars!...

"In the spring an old man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of broken cars...."

...as Alfred, Lord Tennyson definitely* did not write....

[Six-cylinder]

1 minute ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

"In the spring an old man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of broken cars...."

...as Alfred, Lord Tennyson definitely* did not write....

That's only because cars had not been invented when he wrote that!

[hairnet]

will there be cake 😂😂

 

[Six-cylinder]

37 minutes ago, hairnet said:

will there be cake 😂😂

Only six given the rules!

[hairnet]

so none for anyone if claires there :P :D

[Heidel_Kakao]

3 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

4 day weekend coming up if anybody fancies meeting me at the FoD for a bit of exploratory work on the Carlton and Toledo?

I am also thinking it is time for the 8HP ripper to come out!

I could come down Friday/Saturday if there are still spaces available. More than happy to tootle around cutting the grass again on the 8 BHP speed machine.

[Bear]

4 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

When a tortoise comes out of hibernation it thinks of Lettuce, me I think of broken cars!

4 day weekend coming up if anybody fancies meeting me at the FoD for a bit of exploratory work on the Carlton and Toledo?

I am also thinking it is time for the 8HP ripper to come out!

How many people are allowed? I'm up for this but wouldn't be alone

[beko1987]

5 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

When a tortoise comes out of hibernation it thinks of Lettuce, me I think of broken cars!

4 day weekend coming up if anybody fancies meeting me at the FoD for a bit of exploratory work on the Carlton and Toledo?

I am also thinking it is time for the 8HP ripper to come out!

I'm very possibly almost certainly free all Monday... And on my own too

[Six-cylinder]

2 hours ago, RichardK said:

How many people are allowed? I'm up for this but wouldn't be alone

My understanding is 6 at any one time, there are 4 days and some people will only stay a while so I am sure we will fit you in.

[Six-cylinder]

I guess its time to see who is coming to see me at the FoD over Easter and when?

I can be available Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

Just tell me when you would like to visit and I will fit in around you? 

At the moment all I have for the long weekend is an apointment off site Friday tea time. 

[richardmorris]

On 3/29/2021 at 4:42 PM, hairnet said:

so none for anyone if claires there

You do like living dangerously! Have you seen her with the agricultural implements?

[richardmorris]

11 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

I guess its time to see who is coming to see me at the FoD over Easter and when?

I can be available Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

Just tell me when you would like to visit and I will fit in around you? 

At the moment all I have for the long weekend is an apointment off site Friday tea time. 

Would like to come up and say hello. Have pmd about the merc. 

[Mrs6C]

1 minute ago, richardmorris said:

Would like to come up and say hello.

Ah, I can send you home with Winter Squash seeds!

[richardmorris]

4 minutes ago, Mrs6C said:

Ah, I can send you home with Winter Squash seeds!

I’ve even got my ( CAMRA) colleague searching his store for plastic pint glasses!

[Mrs6C]

5 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

I’ve even got my ( CAMRA) colleague searching his store for plastic pint glasses!

Just go buy more tasty treats from Waitrose! Those clear plastic containers are a perfect fit for a 6" plant pot!

[Zelandeth]

Sadly with no signs of a vaccination appointment even on the horizon yet I'm afraid I'll have to miss this one.  Until that's been done and is behind me by a few weeks it just feels the responsible thing to do to me. 

Yes I'm probably being paranoid, it's in my nature to be cautious though.

[richardmorris]

5 minutes ago, Mrs6C said:

Just go buy more tasty treats from Waitrose! Those clear plastic containers are a perfect fit for a 6" plant pot!

That sounds like a request! I only buy them for you when I visit!

[Mrs6C]

2 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

That sounds like a request! I only buy them for you when I visit!

Oh go on then & I'll donate you the containers back! I still have four of them from last year!

[richardmorris]

1 minute ago, Mrs6C said:

Oh go on then & I'll donate you the containers back! I still have four of them from last year!

Don’t worry, if I stop by on the way to oxford I can bring up goodies and drop the seeds off with my brother in law to handle. He has a cloche thing for seeds before planting out.

[Heidel_Kakao]

I will be down on Saturday for the day, planning to arrive at 10:00.

[hairnet]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

You do like living dangerously! Have you seen her with the agricultural implements?

no problem - every time she sees me she gets wine or chocolate :D (so does chris :D )

 

[hairnet]

if only the trains were running (bh they never do)

not driving 3.5 hours to be there 3 hours :P

ahh well