Six-cylinder Posted October 29, 2020 Author Posted October 29, 2020 I have been busy at work so my car play time has been limited lately, but today I had collect my black Alfa 156 from my favourite garage. What a delight to drive, a delicacy that our Mercedes's can't manage and spinning up a free revving 2.5 V6 driving though a 6 speed manual I was a young hooligan again for a bit! Not for too long as I took Mrs6C shopping and had to drive with some decorum. When I parked the 156 in storage during the summer it had good brakes, when I collected it the brakes were almost no existent. Turns out a front solid brake pipe had fractured and I only had rear brakes. Mice with a hack saw, no it was rusty. Anyway even in the rain it looks great. richardmorris, timolloyd, Floatylight and 10 others 12 1
SiC Posted October 29, 2020 Posted October 29, 2020 Alfa electrics haunting it already and broken the wipers? 🤔😆
Six-cylinder Posted October 29, 2020 Author Posted October 29, 2020 15 minutes ago, SiC said: Alfa electrics haunting it already and broken the wipers? 🤔😆 Not at all, I switched the ignition off mid stroke and reviewing the photos tonight wish I had let them park. The wipers have 4 intermittent speeds which is nice. That gives me an excuse for another photo from today, no no no the RAC van was nothing to do with me! HMC, richardmorris, LightBulbFun and 2 others 2 3
DSdriver Posted October 29, 2020 Posted October 29, 2020 Cars always look better when rained on. Always take your car for a trade-in just after a rain shower.
hairnet Posted October 29, 2020 Posted October 29, 2020 13 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said: Not at all, I switched the ignition off mid stroke *shudder
richardmorris Posted October 29, 2020 Posted October 29, 2020 34 minutes ago, hairnet said: *shudder I know, why would anyone do that?
wuvvum Posted October 29, 2020 Posted October 29, 2020 I still miss that car. (Even though I only owned it for about 10 minutes.)
Six-cylinder Posted October 29, 2020 Author Posted October 29, 2020 21 minutes ago, wuvvum said: I still miss that car. (Even though I only owned it for about 10 minutes.) And I also wanted the other one you took us for a spin in! Well then there was also the Volvo 164 you always have such cool cars. wuvvum 1
dave j Posted October 30, 2020 Posted October 30, 2020 I can't leave a car with the wipers like that, I always have to let them stop in the right place! Alfa 156's seem to have disappeared as I haven't seen one for quite a while!
Six-cylinder Posted October 30, 2020 Author Posted October 30, 2020 19 minutes ago, dave j said: I can't leave a car with the wipers like that, I always have to let them stop in the right place! Alfa 156's seem to have disappeared as I haven't seen one for quite a while! I know the wipers are a disgrace and the second photo they were switched on intermittent and I was waiting for them to park before snapping. I have been waiting for @dollywobblerto complain I have fitted those horrid flat wipers blades to it. That is because we have got them all, in other words both that are left! Shite Ron, dave j, HMC and 1 other 4
beko1987 Posted October 30, 2020 Posted October 30, 2020 Wipers always seem an afterthought with modern car wiring and relays. I've had a few fancy cars and they all do everything with all of the electrics... Bar self parking the wipers when you turn the key off. Lights windows, radio, all work for a while after. Wipers, dead stop... Guess if I bought the right car it would
dave j Posted October 30, 2020 Posted October 30, 2020 The wipers on my Shogun Sport self park when you turn the ignition off, not seen that on a car before! Well it does when thet are on Intermittent, haven't tried it yet with wipers on full... Might try that later today!
SiC Posted October 30, 2020 Posted October 30, 2020 57 minutes ago, beko1987 said: Bar self parking the wipers when you turn the key off. Lights windows, radio, all work for a while after. Wipers, dead stop... Our 2010 A4 doesn't auto park the wipers on ignition off. However the 2008 TT and 2005 Golf we had both did. Not even an option to do when fiddling with VCDS.
HMC Posted October 30, 2020 Posted October 30, 2020 My Lincoln town car used to bring them out from behind the edge of the bonnet on intermittent to rest on the lower edge of the screen, and back again after you’d finished with them.
dollywobbler Posted October 30, 2020 Posted October 30, 2020 6 minutes ago, HMC said: My Lincoln town car used to bring them out from behind the edge of the bonnet on intermittent to rest on the lower edge of the screen, and back again after you’d finished with them. Lexus LS400 also does the same, just dropping back down when you turn them off. Far better than the Montego/800 system of wipers jumping around all over the place before parking, and only parking after a full sweep.
Six-cylinder Posted October 31, 2020 Author Posted October 31, 2020 My new car! Not really just a friend visiting, for years he has been grooming me that a GT4 is a great car. He has two, this one that is JDM and a uk car that has been modified to over 500 bhp, track focused while remaining street legal. I like the looks, they go well enough, but are high maintenance with some surprisingly high parts costs. Floatylight, timolloyd, Coprolalia and 2 others 5
beko1987 Posted October 31, 2020 Posted October 31, 2020 Did you take it up the road though? I bet some of the bills you've had for your rare old tin pale into insignificance compared to a flywheel exploding on that or the suspension needing work... Six-cylinder 1
Six-cylinder Posted October 31, 2020 Author Posted October 31, 2020 1 minute ago, beko1987 said: Did you take it up the road though? I bet some of the bills you've had for your rare old tin pale into insignificance compared to a flywheel exploding on that or the suspension needing work... I have driven a Celica GT4 but not this one. He has spent a fortune on the track car that was his road car years ago.
dollywobbler Posted November 1, 2020 Posted November 1, 2020 Project Binky opened my eyes to just how complicated these things are. The front drive system is frankly remarkable. Six-cylinder 1
Six-cylinder Posted November 1, 2020 Author Posted November 1, 2020 That's a fail then! The only time ianbmw had available today to get the new HT leads, dist cap and rotor arm on the Trevi was 9am this morning in the rain. I took his offer up as I want to get the car running again and we found the rotor arm I bought was similar but on identical and would not fit. We fitted the HT leads and cap, but we still have a fat spark from the coil and no spark from the spark plug leads.
Six-cylinder Posted November 1, 2020 Author Posted November 1, 2020 The Field of Dreams has been over run by woollybacks without shiters to defend it! BeEP, BorniteIdentity, egg and 6 others 9
SiC Posted November 1, 2020 Posted November 1, 2020 That rotor arm at the bottom looks a lot like the ones used in 123igniton.
Tadhg Tiogar Posted November 2, 2020 Posted November 2, 2020 On 10/23/2020 at 12:26 PM, N19 said: Yeah, they'd been there donkeys years, gone now. The estate is getting a badly needed revamp but the area they were in isn't being touched I don't think. Still on Google Street View, which hasn't got round to updating yet
N19 Posted November 2, 2020 Posted November 2, 2020 1 minute ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: Still on Google Street View, which hasn't got round to updating yet The tipper LDV is still there interestingly, it looks abandoned. Dollis Valley and Grahame Park seem to be on the hitlist for flattening and turning into boutique flats...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted November 2, 2020 Posted November 2, 2020 Just now, N19 said: .... Grahame Park seem to be on the hitlist for flattening and turning into boutique flats... Grahame Park is a bit of a mishmash now. The outer part of it is now expensive mostly unaffordable flats (a high proportion now owned by foreign investors / absentee landlords); the inner core which is properly grim remains untouched, because Barnet's plans for it keep getting delayed.
Six-cylinder Posted November 4, 2020 Author Posted November 4, 2020 What did you drive on your last day before tomorrow’s house arrest! Me, I moved the Alfa 156 V6 out of the way so I could take the Maestro for a run. I went for a drive to @Slowsilver house as I knew he had a treat for me, but I will leave that for him to explain. Taking the Maestro gave me the chance to park side by side with slowsilver’s Maxi. Dippy, Cavcraft, Andyrew and 20 others 23
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