How much shite is too much shite? PAS Fixed at the NEC (With Luck)

[loserone]

I really like discoveries.  That one looks excellent 👍

[Crackers]

That looks gorgeous. I imagine you'll never sell it, but if you did, it'd be worth a fortune and I'd be very poor

[Supernaut]

  On 26/05/2023 at 18:02, Saabnut said:

My friend has just sent a picture from his phone. The MOT man has been a tester for 10 years and says this is the best one he has ever seen.

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It had better fucking be the best one he's seen.

It's basically brand new now!

[HMC]

Probably better than new. I bought a new defender 20 years back and it had been thrown together and badly painted.

[DSdriver]

Is this the one you bought in France?

[Saabnut]

  On 29/05/2023 at 14:27, DSdriver said:

Is this the one you bought in France?

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No, the French one is a Range Rover L322 Diesel. This Disco came from my brothers FIL who bought it from Land Rover as an ex management car at 2 years old.

[hairnet]

  On 26/05/2023 at 19:18, Supernaut said:

It had better fucking be the best one he's seen.

It's basically brand new now!

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this

is waxoyl/dinitrol/lanoguard people now retired and living in bermuda?

youll have to keep it like that now ya know

[Saabnut]

Managed to escape the boat at the weekend and because of the joys* of modern air travel, I eventually got home at 7pm on Sunday. My schedule has changed many times lately, and according to my original rota I should have been heading offshore this weekend, not arriving back. This presented an opportunity and a dilemma.  It is the 100th anniversary of the first running of Lemans 24hr and I am unexpectedly free to go. Car of choice though was put away in September with a dragging clutch and no rush to fix because I cannot get to Lemans!

Yesterday the car was started, the clutch system bled and the car washed. That will be it ready for a 2000 mile round trip!   So today I have to pack my bag, check the fluids and head to Preston(ish) where I have booked a hotel for the night. Normally I do Lemans in a oner, but 3 months of 12 hour shifts 7 days a week tends to leave you a little tired.  This time it is Lancashire today, Crawley tomorrow and Lemans on Thursday. First job this morning was to fetch some fuel as I cannot remember how accurate the fuel gauge is. As digging the car out meant moving some others, I decided to take this to fetch 25 litres of fuel to make sure I have enough to get to a petrol station.

I think this may be a regular occurrence for the next week or so, as the other car that I am taking is less economical....

 

[Saabnut]

Fuel is in, tent in the boot, just need to pack my bag and I will be off. Hope it stays dry this time!

[Zelandeth]

  On 06/06/2023 at 10:15, Saabnut said:

Fuel is in, tent in the boot, just need to pack my bag and I will be off. Hope it stays dry this time!

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Sure I'll hear you all the way from the motorway as you pass by heading south...

Have a good trip!

[SiC]

  On 06/06/2023 at 10:15, Saabnut said:

Hope it stays dry this time!

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🫣😬

[LightBulbFun]

  On 06/06/2023 at 10:15, Saabnut said:

Fuel is in, tent in the boot, just need to pack my bag and I will be off. Hope it stays dry this time!

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Meh! @Mrs6C's AC has a bigger rollover bar and sportier steering wheel

  On 06/06/2023 at 10:21, Zelandeth said:

Sure I'll hear you all the way from the motorway as you pass by heading south...

Have a good trip!

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no AC Convoy? aww, I still wanna see that side by side shot  

[hairnet]

so man is able to put fuel in small convertible

and bothers with tent?

erm........

bonne vacance

 

[Saabnut]

I have a house 20 mins from the campsite. Only one has big screen TV with live race coverage, bar with draught London Pride and chefs preparing meals, hence the tent!

300 miles done, two fuel stops and now at my accommodation for the night. Seems to have been a good choice!

Right, I believe the bar is open......

[Asimo]

350 miles for a beer, by Cobra.   That’s proper motoring is that!

[Coprolalia]

Do you have anything to do with the Cobra club? 

My brother's godmother has one (a proper original RHD example) and has been out touring with them recently.

[Saabnut]

I used to be a member but was never made to feel welcome as mine is a mere continuation 

[beko1987]

Your probably the devil in their eyes for slinging a tent in yours and round tripping it to France just like any other* car! 

Think of the miles and the wear etc 🙄 You should ONLY get it out when it's attendance on the club stand at <insert random show 800 miles from your house> upon request and wearing the requisite hat and matching picnic set. Then send it in for a full overhaul and detail and park it up until the next event 😡

[Saabnut]

Now at Warwick Services for a coffee and a fourth fill up. Only casualty so far is after 12 years service my speedometer has decided to retire. Thank goodness for waze 

[Saabnut]

Well 296 miles yesterday and 266 so far today (according to the satnav) on only 4 refills, a rough calculation shows 16.2 mpg so could be worse  

Now parked outside my brothers near Crawley 

[Coprolalia]

  On 07/06/2023 at 10:56, Saabnut said:

I used to be a member but was never made to feel welcome as mine is a mere continuation 

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That tracks with what I've heard.

Shame. Glad autoshite is a broad church.

[SiC]

Is your cobra on carbs or fuel injection?

[purplebargeken]

Cobra is my dream car. You iz living the life.

[Saabnut]

  On 07/06/2023 at 14:38, SiC said:

Is your cobra on carbs or fuel injection?

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Single four barrel Holley

[Matty]

Pictures are making me smile involuntarily. People around me think I'm going mad

[High Jetter]

  On 07/06/2023 at 14:27, Saabnut said:

Well 296 miles yesterday and 266 so far today (according to the satnav) on only 4 refills, a rough calculation shows 16.2 mpg so could be worse  

Now parked outside my brothers near Crawley 

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So long, but you only achieved West Sussex? Have you read 'Life in the fast lane'? AC related

[Saabnut]

Decided i had not done enough miles so we went for the traditional pre event meal. The owner of the Disco has an Aston but it is in the garage and the Gordon Keeble is staying home this time

[Saabnut]

Just arrived at eurotunnel and have got an earlier crossing

[Saabnut]

And onto the train we go

[eddyramrod]

I'll listen for you... I'm at the Ibis in the centre of Calais!