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[HMC]

Rover- ever so nearly a Chinese takeaway in 2005.

[Sigmund Fraud]

AS calendar picture, surely ?

[Maurice Marina]

4 hours ago, iainrcz said:

It is really. To be honest I hardly notice it. You're meant to rev it's balls off anyway so you're soon through it.

Why buy a revvy, manual car if you tootle around in top then witter about lack of torque?

True.

Removing the sound generator, replacing the intake pipe with a smooth one and a K&N makes it even more unnoticiblerer.

Best mod for me was a set of hood struts.

 

[SiC]

23 minutes ago, Maurice Marina said:

True.

Removing the sound generator, replacing the intake pipe with a smooth one and a K&N makes it even more unnoticiblerer.

Best mod for me was a set of hood struts.

 

I don't own one but have driven one. The fact I know it's there and can feel it means I would have to get it fixed if I had one. As big as Subaru and Toyota are, I can't understand why it got through and released like that. 

[Maurice Marina]

12 minutes ago, SiC said:

I don't own one but have driven one. The fact I know it's there and can feel it means I would have to get it fixed if I had one. As big as Subaru and Toyota are, I can't understand why it got through and released like that. 

Good for you.

[iainrcz]

28 minutes ago, SiC said:

I don't own one but have driven one. The fact I know it's there and can feel it means I would have to get it fixed if I had one. As big as Subaru and Toyota are, I can't understand why it got through and released like that. 

I think the consensus is it fits what the car is meant to be. It's meant to be slightly under powered and slidey. Which it is. I think too much more power would ruin it.  I've come from more powerful cars, and being honest, I think it's the most entertaining car I've ever driven.

It goads you in to wringing it's neck, and you don't need to be doing warp speed 9 to enjoy it. It shimmies about, slides and yaws at more modest speed, and to me that's more exciting than 200mph super cars.

As Mr. C Harris once said "We need to get back to a stage were we're enjoying performance because of it's nature, not because of it's quantity"

53 minutes ago, Maurice Marina said:

True.

Removing the sound generator, replacing the intake pipe with a smooth one and a K&N makes it even more unnoticiblerer.

Best mod for me was a set of hood struts.

 

I have my sound generator plugged, with the 12v socket cap Toyota Subaru kindly supplied.

[Maurice Marina]

3 hours ago, iainrcz said:

I think the consensus is it fits what the car is meant to be. It's meant to be slightly under powered and slidey. Which it is. I think too much more power would ruin it.  I've come from more powerful cars, and being honest, I think it's the most entertaining car I've ever driven.

It goads you in to wringing it's neck, and you don't need to be doing warp speed 9 to enjoy it. It shimmies about, slides and yaws at more modest speed, and to me that's more exciting than 200mph super cars.

As Mr. C Harris once said "We need to get back to a stage were we're enjoying performance because of it's nature, not because of it's quantity"

I have my sound generator plugged, with the 12v socket cap Toyota Subaru kindly supplied.

:). It is supposed to have a few uses :). I’ve got loads of flat plugs if you want one for free so the original can go back in the glove box if you want.

 

Getting rid of all the corrugated trunking, and the entry to the sound generator pipe at the critical bend on the intake really does make a noticeable difference. Maybe not to power, but to the throttle response. Pop in a K&N replacement panel filter and you are good to go.  

In the real world. Not following the flock on ancient reviews or test drives*

 

They are great cars.

 

Living in Lincolnshire means you do have resources closer to you for further tuning  

[anonymous user]

When out and about this morning trying to get a second opinion on my C15's horrible noise I saw an old Berlingo in the waifs and strays section at a local garage. They are putting a new MOT on it and I should be picking it up tomorrow* Therefore if anyone is interested in my van it's available  (see advert if the shite for sale bit. Don't all rush at once.

[Cavcraft]

On ‎5‎/‎7‎/‎2019 at 9:04 PM, richardmorris said:

Whereabouts are you? I have a couple of garages I could suggest in Chester and isleworth.

As a matter of interest, who do you recommend in Chester? Cheers.

[richardmorris]

22 minutes ago, Cavcraft said:

As a matter of interest, who do you recommend in Chester? Cheers.

Keith Davis in Aldford. Old style citroen garage for decades.

 

Parsonage Garage, Middle Lane, Aldford, Chester CH3 6JA

Phone: 01244 620399

[spike60]

I have been advertising my 944 with err, limited success then yesterday someone wanted to swap a Renault Megane R26 F1.  As it's about 18 years younger it will be in better condition but I reckon I'm about 30 years too old for it....... ?

[Cavcraft]

3 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Keith Davis in Aldford. Old style citroen garage for decades.

 

Parsonage Garage, Middle Lane, Aldford, Chester CH3 6JA

Phone: 01244 620399

Ahh, yes forgot about Keith. Does he still have one or two 4x4 BXs out the back?

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, Cavcraft said:

Ahh, yes forgot about Keith. Does he still have one or two 4x4 BXs out the back?

Quite probably. It’s been a few years since I’ve been ( although my dad went past yesterday as they were eating at the grosvenor). I needed a 2cv bonnet and he happily searched through his stock but could only find Dyane ones. No one wants a  bx 4x4 though. Well I suppose people do, but none of them are working due to the Camembert strength gearboxes.

[egg]

Anyone been watching 'don't forget the driver' on the Beeb?

Cracking little Micra in it.

[stuboy]

7 hours ago, spike60 said:

I have been advertising my 944 with err, limited success then yesterday someone wanted to swap a Renault Megane R26 F1.  As it's about 18 years younger it will be in better condition but I reckon I'm about 30 years too old for it....... ?

god are you mad...........

[stuboy]

Finally got a replacement numberplate, nice and easy straight swapping over, unless your me with lets play see how many times i can drop the dam silver grey screws on a camouflaged car park floor.... 

[egg]

Mazda had an exhaust rattle. Thought it was from around the (original) Cat area. As I want to take it to the Microcar meet on Sunday, took it to my local exhaust/tyre place as no space outside my house today to jack it up.

It was just part of the cat section rattling (metal on metal) and a standard U-clamp solved the problem. 5mins and £10 (fair enough) and problem solved.

[clayts450]

The sentence that strikes fear into any Shiter when presenting their car for its yearly grilling:

"We've had to abandon the test"

"(gulp)"

"Not your car, mate, that looks peachy - our emissions machine has broken, engineer is on his way. We can only test diesels."

420 lives to fight a few more days at least, then...

[320touring]

How did you spend your Friday?

Bet it wasn't "stripping an Oxford in a Paddock"

[richardmorris]

This was outside earlier. Any ideas? It’s got a Mercedes badge. it reminded me of Luke Skywalker’s landspeeder.

 

[hairnet]

stirling moss slr speedster

[richardmorris]

7 minutes ago, hairnet said:

stirling moss slr speedster

Thanks, £3million!

[hairnet]

18 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Thanks, £3million!

ring me when you see a mk1 cavalier 2000GLS

[puddlethumper]

As I am in dutchland and there is a classic veehickle show half an hour

away in Dongen it would be rude not to go and have a butchers. Will try

and get many pics.

 

 

[High Jetter]

On 5/6/2019 at 9:42 PM, dollywobbler said:

I'm meant to be driving it to Essex AND Sussex. I'm starting to think that might be a stupid idea. 

Probably, loads of oldies round here would probably nick it off you to replace their pavement go-carts. Used to see an old dear regularly using hers to shop at local supermarket.

[dozeydustman]

Wife has given me red wine. I appear to have bid on and won £50+ of various 8-bit computershite and a Sinclair Calculator.

[catsinthewelder]

4 hours ago, 320touring said:

Bet it wasn't "stripping an Oxford in a Paddock"

More stripping a paddock in the shires.

A friend asked me to help get his tractor going after a 2 year layup.  A little Yanmar thing with Chinese text on the warning labels etc making every lever an adventure as neither of us know much about tractors.  Fortunately it fired straight up with a fresh battery and I was soon set to task shifting firewood as the trailer was still attached and he's not quite got the measure of reversing it.  Once we'd done that we dragged the topper out from under a cat piss tarp and set to changing the blades for the fresh set supplied when he bought it secondhand about 3 years ago.

The nuts were very large and very tight so he borrowed my car to nip up the next farm and borrow a bigger socket along with 3/4 ratchet and scaff bar while I pressure washed the lichen off the tractor.  On his return we were glad of the scaf bar and swapped over the blades without too much fuss.  A threaded shaft underneath caused some debate but as neither of us could remember removing anything we decided to chance it.  I fired up the tractor and PTO while he retired to a safe distance and I was off mowing the meadow.  It all went fairly well apart from finding a 13" tyre in the long grass so once that was hauled out from underneath he buzzed off to return the tools.  I did about 7 laps before the machine stopped mowing.  The PTO was still spinning so I tried adjusting the deck but still no cutting.  Unfortunately there should have been a nut on that shaft,the blades had fallen off.  No harm done, a replacement nut and washer was ordered on my return to town so I can finish it next week.

[Broadsword]

I’ve been looking at Mazda MX-5s more and more recently. Did my usual and also had a look at a scrapped one at U-Pullit to see how bad they get killed to death. Epic chassis front leg rot seems to be a thing. Unfortunately such things don’t put me off. They are just perfectly proportioned. A test drive of the Snagglepuss MX-5 sparkles a gradual rise in wanting to try one.

I’m thinking after the next couple of cars have sold, I might be consider buying one.

[brownnova]

MX5s are ace! So much fun to drive! 

However, mine does seem to have decided that running very hot is it’s new thing. 

Brief stop in traffic half a mile from home resulted in temp rise on the gauge. At home I could hear fizzing and see steam.,, no idea where the water is coming from, but it’s not a perished hose on the rad which was my first thought. Seems to be nearer the (nearly new) water pump... grrr. 

Time to investigate tomorrow if the rain holds off... 

 

[SiC]

23 minutes ago, Broadsword said:

I’ve been looking at Mazda MX-5s more and more recently. Did my usual and also had a look at a scrapped one at U-Pullit to see how bad they get killed to death. Epic chassis front leg rot seems to be a thing. Unfortunately such things don’t put me off. They are just perfectly proportioned. A test drive of the Snagglepuss MX-5 sparkles a gradual rise in wanting to try one.

I’m thinking after the next couple of cars have sold, I might be consider buying one.

Do it do it do it. They're so damn cheap now they'll never be this price in 10 years. Get one with a decent amount of test and you can throw it away if it is rotten at test time. 

The only thing better than a cheap MX5 is a cheap Boxster! (When the Boxster is working)