Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - The BIG news of the day is I have driven my own Mini Mayfair for the first time!

[ianbmw]

The issue is, it’s now done over 400 miles and whilst not perfect, it’s totally usable.

I also really need to get mums Disco done :(.

Please sir, can I give you a fully operational vehicle back ?

[hairnet]

50 minutes ago, ianbmw said:

foot or sandwich @Six-cylinder

[Six-cylinder]

2 hours ago, ianbmw said:

The issue is, it’s now done over 400 miles and whilst not perfect, it’s totally usable.

I also really need to get mums Disco done :(.

Please sir, can I give you a fully operational vehicle back ?

Wow a lovely photo of the Carlton Estate.

Thank you for all the hard work and doing the shakedown miles and getting it ready for road use. It came to the FoD non running on a trailer and now was driven to the house after 400 + miles.

 

[Mrs6C]

A huge shout-out and thanks to @Andyrew and @Talbot as well as @ianbmw for all their contributions to getting this fixed (twice!) and looking so good. There are probably a few more on here who have helped it along also, so thanks to you all - you know who you are! 🙂

[ianbmw]

It’s very rare things don’t fit on the trailer, but i openly admit that one barely fitted.

 

[Six-cylinder]

This afternoon was a car afternoon with @Slowsilver. We started by putting the Morris 1300 into storage for the winter, boo you might say but I feel the need to protect it from salt. It has been the big success of this year and I have been using as my go to car.

We spent some time reloading the vermin boxes to try and protect the cars from being nibbled. The mistake we made was not doing it a while ago when the cars were more spaced apart as Slowsilver had quite a job getting to some of the boxes because the cars are so squashed up now.  

It was a bright dry afternoon so we then went to the Mini Mayfair. We had had a problem with dash lights not working which is corrosion of the warning lights/dash lighting bulb holder. I bought 3 good used bulb holders and Slowsilver’s friend Thomas donated 2 more and Slowsilver cleaned everything and got them all working. We also put in a new headlight switch as I felt the old one could not be trusted because of corrosion. The Bonus was Thomas had donated a driver’s door mirror which we fitted.

Once again thanks to Slowsilver for his time and effort.

Anybody who did not join us this afternoon missed out on Jammie Dodgers!

Winter is coming and as the sun set the temperature dropped notably with the mist coming of the FoD.

[richardmorris]

Plenty of us would drive hours for a jammy dodger. I’m free tomorrow!

[ianbmw]

I only got chocolate fingers! What do I have to do to be upgraded to the jammy dodger club?

[Mrs6C]

20 minutes ago, ianbmw said:

I only got chocolate fingers! What do I have to do to be upgraded to the jammy dodger club?

Fix my CF...

[richardmorris]

21 minutes ago, ianbmw said:

I only got chocolate fingers! What do I have to do to be upgraded to the jammy dodger club?

Work harder

[hairnet]

43 minutes ago, Mrs6C said:

Fix my CF...

lifes too short

biskits  more appealing

[ianbmw]

8 hours ago, Mrs6C said:

Fix my CF...

When the fuel pumps returns I will happily screw it back together…….sp we can both mutually agree is awlful!

[24vdiamond]

On 27/10/2024 at 16:39, ianbmw said:

The issue is, it’s now done over 400 miles and whilst not perfect, it’s totally usable.

I also really need to get mums Disco done :(.

Please sir, can I give you a fully operational vehicle back ?

I might be a wee bit biased but these are a very photogenic car 👍

[Six-cylinder]

4 hours ago, 24vdiamond said:

I might be a wee bit biased but these are a very photogenic car 👍

This morning.

553 miles back on the road and only one fail to proceed.

[Six-cylinder]

Another successful trip out for the Carlton Estate yesterday.

In the afternoon we went to fit the replacement fuel pump to the Citroen DS but it leaked. Turns out the replacement was a copy Facat pump and the screw in pipe connectors rattled in their threads and even nipped up would not seal. More cheap Chinese poor quality parts.

[beko1987]

It's worse when you've tried your best and the part is still shit I think, at least an immediate brick wall let's you know where you stand immediately 😢

[Markeh]

I'm sure I've just seen your old W123 estate as a background car on the ITV drama Joan.

[Six-cylinder]

35 minutes ago, Markeh said:

I'm sure I've just seen your old W123 estate as a background car on the ITV drama Joan.

Yes that is it, well spotted.

I sold it to a film company. They have borrowed several of my cars in the past that have ended up on TV, such as the Citroen GS in the Idris Elba life story. Our MGB GT was street furniture in the same programme.

[richardmorris]

34 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Yes that is it, well spotted.

I sold it to a film company. They have borrowed several of my cars in the past that have ended up on TV, such as the Citroen GS in the Idris Elba life story. Our MGB GT was street furniture in the same programme.

Has the gs been out this year? I don’t recall seeing you mention it.

[Six-cylinder]

14 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Has the gs been out this year? I don’t recall seeing you mention it.

That hurt!

Yes I think it is a car that has not been out of storage this year.

Last year everything that ran got out.

[richardmorris]

7 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

That hurt!

Yes I think it is a car that has not been out of storage this year.

Last year everything that ran got out.

Didn’t mean to be hurtful- I miss it! Chris salter told me that the gs rally is back to two days at the rural life centre next year, no date yet though.

 

ps. How many of the fleet are white?

[AnthonyG]

1 hour ago, Markeh said:

I'm sure I've just seen your old W123 estate as a background car on the ITV drama Joan.

Funnily enough I have just seen it in another ITV drama named ‘Until I kill you’ tonight! - I thought I recognised the registration plate! 

The BMW 7 series - the E32 one - has also appeared in this show, I think I remember you saying you’d sold it to this film company. 

[LightBulbFun]

16 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

That hurt!

Yes I think it is a car that has not been out of storage this year.

Last year everything that ran got out.

that reminds me, correct me if I am wrong, but I do vaguely recall that @wuvvum's drone was eventually found, was there anything recoverable from its SD card?  

[Six-cylinder]

19 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

ps. How many of the fleet are white?

11

I don't mind white, but the only cars I would really choose it for are the S1 and S2 XJ6s.

[Six-cylinder]

45 minutes ago, AnthonyG said:

Funnily enough I have just seen it in another ITV drama named ‘Until I kill you’ tonight! - I thought I recognised the registration plate! 

The BMW 7 series - the E32 one - has also appeared in this show, I think I remember you saying you’d sold it to this film company. 

Thanks, which episode? 

[AnthonyG]

The Mercedes mainly features in episode 2, so the one screened yesterday - watched it on catch up this evening. The BMW appears less prominently as street furniture in both episode 2 and 3. 

[wuvvum]

20 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

that reminds me, correct me if I am wrong, but I do vaguely recall that @wuvvum's drone was eventually found, was there anything recoverable from its SD card?  

Dunno, haven't picked it up yet!

[Six-cylinder]

23 hours ago, AnthonyG said:

Funnily enough I have just seen it in another ITV drama named ‘Until I kill you’ tonight! - I thought I recognised the registration plate! 

The BMW 7 series - the E32 one - has also appeared in this show, I think I remember you saying you’d sold it to this film company. 

 

[AnthonyG]

I did wonder if the XM used to be yours as well! 

[Mrs6C]

21 minutes ago, AnthonyG said:

I did wonder if the XM used to be yours as well! 

The XM is still with us and in service as the Autumnal daily driver...