Six-cylinder Posted February 1 Author Posted February 1 We got stuck in a traffic jam behind this Friday! Vantman and LightBulbFun 2
Six-cylinder Posted February 1 Author Posted February 1 Rolls Royce never sent a servant to wash it! A great breakfast meeting with the MK Modern Classics group today, such a variety of cars. LightBulbFun, Dyslexic Viking, Marshall2810 and 8 others 11
Six-cylinder Posted February 2 Author Posted February 2 This may cause @MAF260 and I to be black balled for our outrageous decadent behaviour. Today we met up at Milton Keynes Classic club breakfast meet with Maf260's Bentley Super Sports and my Rolls Royce! Turns out we are not all bad as neither of us has a heated steering wheel!🤣 IronStar, LightBulbFun, adw1977 and 7 others 10
richardmorris Posted February 2 Posted February 2 3 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said: This may cause @MAF260 and I to be black balled for our outrageous decadent behaviour. Today we met up at Milton Keynes Classic club breakfast meet with Maf260's Bentley Super Sports and my Rolls Royce! Turns out we are not all bad as neither of us has a heated steering wheel!🤣 You mean you don’t have a man to go out with a hot towel and warm the wheel for you? The faithful old retainer is slacking ! Six-cylinder and Mrs6C 2
Six-cylinder Posted February 2 Author Posted February 2 14 minutes ago, richardmorris said: You mean you don’t have a man to go out with a hot towel and warm the wheel for you? The faithful old retainer is slacking ! He is on strike for warmer weather! @Slowsilver richardmorris 1
LightBulbFun Posted February 2 Posted February 2 17 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said: This may cause @MAF260 and I to be black balled for our outrageous decadent behaviour. it just tickles me very much that you showed up to On 01/02/2025 at 17:06, Six-cylinder said: A great breakfast meeting with the MK Modern Classics group today, such a variety of cars. with a ~92 year old car is this where you gate crash some sort of prestige concourse vintage car show with @Kiltox's Electric Citroen Ami? (after having rescued it from the skip behind the dealer that its probably been put in!) mat_the_cat, Mrs6C and IronStar 3
richardmorris Posted February 2 Posted February 2 15 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said: it just tickles me very much that you showed up to with a ~92 year old car is this where you gate crash some sort of prestige concourse vintage car show with @Kiltox's Electric Citroen Ami? (after having rescued it from the skip behind the dealer that its probably been put in!) It seems to be a point of pride that despite owning the correct vehicle he never turns up to the right event in it. LightBulbFun, Crackers, Ohdearme and 3 others 2 4
MAF260 Posted February 2 Posted February 2 1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said: This may cause @MAF260 and I to be black balled for our outrageous decadent behaviour. Today we met up at Milton Keynes Classic club breakfast meet with Maf260's Bentley Super Sports and my Rolls Royce! Turns out we are not all bad as neither of us has a heated steering wheel!🤣 Good to see you and that glorious Rolls!
hairnet Posted February 2 Posted February 2 On 11/01/2025 at 13:02, Six-cylinder said: The only reason I buy the old toot is Mrs6C I wanted to keep the black saloon with red leather but didnt do as i was told fixt
hairnet Posted February 2 Posted February 2 2 hours ago, Six-cylinder said: This may cause @MAF260 and I to be black balled for our outrageous decadent behaviour. Today we met up at Milton Keynes Classic club breakfast meet with Maf260's volkswagen and my correctly heritaged vehicle MAF260 1
ianbmw Posted February 6 Posted February 6 New month, new Vauxhall! Although my wife looked at it and said “you don’t own that one do you?” chodweaver, Mrs6C, RichardK and 2 others 2 3
Six-cylinder Posted February 6 Author Posted February 6 DVLA Broken again! Today I got the V5C for my spares Discovery and dutifully went online to SORN it. It came up as you do not need this service because it is already on SORN. Using the DVLA vehicle checker it says it was UNTAXED from the 1-2-2025 It is all your fault @LightBulbFun beko1987 and AnthonyG 2
beko1987 Posted February 6 Posted February 6 Quick get dez on the case to get £50 for you from them 😂 LightBulbFun 1
Schaefft Posted February 6 Posted February 6 29 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said: DVLA Broken again! Today I got the V5C for my spares Discovery and dutifully went online to SORN it. It came up as you do not need this service because it is already on SORN. Using the DVLA vehicle checker it says it was UNTAXED from the 1-2-2025 It is all your fault @LightBulbFun Had this issue several times, guess you have to wait a few days to confirm what's up.
Six-cylinder Posted Friday at 18:03 Author Posted Friday at 18:03 It is a good news day! Today we collected the Mazda 323 GLX Mrs6C bought in December from my favourite garage who have done the work to get it serviced and MOTed. It has had a: Full exhaust 2 x Tyres Front flex brake pipes Front number plate fitted Oil and filter change General check over Refitted wheel arch liners Refitted trim and hub caps MOT All did not quite go to plan today. The fuel gauge was at the top of the wide empty marker so I decided to not chance my arm and went into a petrol station not far from where I set off. It has a floor mounted fuel flap release and no matter how many times I pulled and tugged on it the fuel door would not open. I banged on the fuel flap and looked in the boot for a release but nothing. So I drove home with the fuel light on. When I got home I thought I would just check if I could find a way to open the fuel door but it opened straight up with the first pull. I then drove to our local Tesco and it opened fine. 8.23 gallons to full, I wonder how much I had left as I can’t find a fuel capacity for it. One thing that caught me out was the fuel hose illustration on the gauge was on the right while the fuel cap is on the left. All is now well and it is a very pleasant car to drive. adw1977, IronStar, mat_the_cat and 21 others 24
High Jetter Posted Friday at 18:45 Posted Friday at 18:45 41 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said: One thing that caught me out was the fuel hose illustration on the gauge was on the right while the fuel cap is on the left. Not come across that before - have the clocks been changed before?
Six-cylinder Posted Friday at 19:20 Author Posted Friday at 19:20 29 minutes ago, High Jetter said: Not come across that before - have the clocks been changed before? While the illustration of fuel hose on the gauge usually indicates which side the fuel filler is, there are a few cars that is not the case such as our C15 van. High Jetter 1
LightBulbFun Posted Friday at 19:49 Posted Friday at 19:49 42 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said: While the illustration of fuel hose on the gauge usually indicates which side the fuel filler is, there are a few cars that is not the case such as our C15 van. interesting! I thought was a little arrow that told you what side the filler was on? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_gauge#Moylan_arrow but if the fuel hose position is another indicator then dont worry its not accurate on my car either! handle is shown on the right but the fuel tank itself is on the left side of the car, although you fill it up from the access hatch in front of you, not sure what the symbol for that would be an Arrow pointing forwards? LOL along similar lines do old Land Rovers just have a Dymo label that states "Your sitting on it"?
richardmorris Posted Friday at 20:27 Posted Friday at 20:27 36 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said: interesting! I thought was a little arrow that told you what side the filler was on? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_gauge#Moylan_arrow but if the fuel hose position is another indicator then dont worry its not accurate on my car either! handle is shown on the right but the fuel tank itself is on the left side of the car, although you fill it up from the access hatch in front of you, not sure what the symbol for that would be an Arrow pointing forwards? LOL along similar lines do old Land Rovers just have a Dymo label that states "Your sitting on it"? I have never had a car with an arrow. I think all my cars have had the filler on the driver’s side. LightBulbFun 1
Six-cylinder Posted Friday at 20:29 Author Posted Friday at 20:29 37 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said: interesting! I thought was a little arrow that told you what side the filler was on? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_gauge#Moylan_arrow I have looked at a number of my cars past and present and the only ones I can find arrows for the fuel cap side are the 2004 and 216 Range Rovers. LightBulbFun 1
EyesWeldedShut Posted Friday at 20:33 Posted Friday at 20:33 4 minutes ago, richardmorris said: I have never had a car with an arrow. I think all my cars have had the filler on the driver’s side. Did the old XJ Jags with the twin saddle tanks have two arrows Nothing here has an arrow, be bloody useful if they did though as I often get it wrong (effing Binis)
Ohdearme Posted Friday at 21:02 Posted Friday at 21:02 1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said: While the illustration of fuel hose on the gauge usually indicates which side the fuel filler is, there are a few cars that is not the case such as our C15 van. Same in the foes modern jazz, the hose onto the right on the image but there’s a handle little arrow next to it to point you to the passenger side for topping up its thimble sized tank.
Six-cylinder Posted Friday at 21:02 Author Posted Friday at 21:02 @EyesWeldedShut "Did the old XJ Jags with the twin saddle tanks have two arrows " Yes Twin tanks on XJ's 1968-1992. Series 1 had a row of rocker switches that shows a painted white square when pressed, far right is for which fuel tank, pump and which tank the gauge reads. There is a filler cap for each tank on that side of the car. Series 2 had a row of soft touch push switch and the fuel one is on the left with arrows that light up, but hard to see. Like the Series1 the button selects which tank, pump what the gauge reads. Again there was a filler cap for each tank on that side of the car. Series 3 I think was a similar system but we don't have one to show the detail.
richardmorris Posted Friday at 21:16 Posted Friday at 21:16 Ah, so a s3 is needed. My favourite really growing up with the equalizer and minder Six-cylinder and chaseracer 1 1
wuvvum Posted Friday at 21:33 Posted Friday at 21:33 S3 same as S2 from memory (it's been a while). MorrisItalSLX 1
Six-cylinder Posted Friday at 22:04 Author Posted Friday at 22:04 42 minutes ago, richardmorris said: Ah, so a s3 is needed. My favourite really growing up with the equalizer and minder The injection on the S3 4.2 certainly restored the sparkle after the S2 was strangled by emission equipment. I have a friend who is interested in buy a very good S3 at the moment and if he gets one I will be able to do a compare and contrast.
Mrs6C Posted Friday at 22:33 Posted Friday at 22:33 10 minutes ago, High Jetter said: S1 had proper switches! They are nice, certainly, but these on the Mk10 are even better... RichardK, Wibble, GeorgeB and 2 others 3 2
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