fordperv Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Had some maxxis 195 60 14 on my saph, they were the worst tyres I've ever driven on, at the merest sniff of moisture my daily drive turned into a Ken block gymkhana Rocket88, tommotech, stonedagain and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Trying to remain some sort of rounded character instead of reading car stuff today I read the National Trust Handbook. It was ok as I managed to find Sutton House in Hackney with a Breaker's Yard. Anybody been there and know what it is all about? https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sutton-house-and-breakers-yard DeeJay, bangernomics and RobT 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 I have a Maxxis MaxxDaddy on my Pashley unicycle. It's pretty grippy except for on wet vinyl flooring. drivewaymyway and D Spares & Tyres 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Trying to remain some sort of rounded character instead of reading car stuff today I read the National Trust Handbook. It was ok as I managed to find Sutton House in Hackney with a Breaker's Yard. Anybody been there and know what it is all about? https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sutton-house-and-breakers-yardOk, you read It so I don’t have to - let us know anything interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf892 Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 I’ve just got back home with the Mercedes.1FC473F4-8F6E-4774-84A1-74BE49E07F59.jpegTyres still a couple of mm above limit, so I’m just about to check prices. This thing does like tyres- I seem to be changing a pair a year, fronts were done last year.Now it’s snowing.Small world.....your car was tested by my nephew! richardmorris, drivewaymyway, DeeJay and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Small world.....your car was tested by my nephew!Really? Don’t ask him what he thinks of it- I like to live in denial! I’ll need to check back through the records to see who’s signed the mots- I’ve had all the cars ( part from the fiat ) done there since 1996. He will know all my mechanic friends from PTS though. Lee, Pete and rick, alf892 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydicky Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Finally got a pair of new tyres on the front of the Clio today. £31.95 each for 155-70-13 ditchfinders supplied and fitted, which was the cheapest locally (Bell Tyres, Westcliff). The old ones were well worn and upon inspecting the old tyres in the scrap pile I found a nail in one. That'll be why it was losing 10 psi a week then!Checked the discs and pads while the wheels were off and found they were in very good condition with minimal wear. Its definitely had a wishbone pan on the passenger side not long ago and a CV joint on the drivers side. All backs up the impeccable maintenance this car has enjoyed in the past D Spares & Tyres, mrbenn, Lacquer Peel and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 If autoshite was an hgv... it would be as beige as this . mrbenn, MorrisItalSLX, egg and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 They're both fine, don't worry, the Princess just needed to give the Rover a jump. After two months and a meagre 20 miles during that whole period, the Rover's battery only had enough grunt to unlock the doors. I took it on a run to get some charge back in it. I guess I'll have to use it a bit more often and stop driving the Princess everywhere. MorrisItalSLX, RobT, clayts450 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 While walking his royal fatness this morning, I noticed that the new neighbours Jaguar X types lights were on. Being of a kindly disposition, I rang the bell, then knocked on the relevant door. Wish I hadn't bothered as the sour large lady demanded to know who I was, why I was banging on the door, how did I know it was her car and what business of mine was it anyway! Oh, and stop Chester from peeing on the wheel. If I hadn't just had a gypsy's kiss I would have joined him! Lacquer Peel, tooSavvy, D Spares & Tyres and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 201901-18.jpg They're both fine, don't worry, the Princess just needed to give the Rover a jump. After two months and a meagre 20 miles during that whole period, the Rover's battery only had enough grunt to unlock the doors. I took it on a run to get some charge back in it. I guess I'll have to use it a bit more often and stop driving the Princess everywhere.The Princess looks really fed up in that picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Course it is - it's supposed to be out driving:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 It's very put upon. 320touring and mrbenn 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Tyres still a couple of mm above limit, so I’m just about to check prices. This thing does like tyres- I seem to be changing a pair a year, fronts were done last year. Having stuck a set of s/h Uniroyal RainExperts on my Civic in lieu of 2x new Goodyears and 2x old shit (along with new wheels but let's ignore that) and have to say they're damn good, especially for the price. Can't comment on longevity but I've never heard a bad word against Uniroyal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Having stuck a set of s/h Uniroyal RainExperts on my Civic in lieu of 2x new Goodyears and 2x old shit (along with new wheels but let's ignore that) and have to say they're damn good, especially for the price. Can't comment on longevity but I've never heard a bad word against Uniroyal.They are decent. Ghosty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Actual view at mine this morning. Very fine coat of ice covering the whole car. mrbenn, RobT, Lacquer Peel and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Went the quite long way to work this morning, in the MGF. I was going to get a nice picture in a particularly frosty spot, but the road was closed when I got there. Four police cars, incident response unit, paramedic, and air ambulance by the time I got turned around. It's a bloody slippy spot, I reckon I take that route 5% of the time and I see a crashed car about half of those. Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Wife had a few moments in her Landsail summer tyre shod 307 this morning so a trip to Kwik fit and £560 later the car has a set of michelin cross climates fitted, I do hope she realises that you can't defy the laws of physics! The Moog, chadders, mrbenn and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Fired up the granada for the first time this year. Battery was last charged about a month ago - it fired up almost immediately. Even the tyres have held air. Lord Sterling, alf892, RobT and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Absolute shock and horror this morning, had to de-ice the car! This is Devon where it never gets cold (pah!) and the cheap de-icer I bought from some dodgy shop about three years ago was utterly useless. This just goes to prove that my usual habit of NOT leaving the gaff until 10:00 am is justifiably correct. chadders, alf892, LightBulbFun and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Freezing here as well. Reliant was frozen on the inside of the screen but started first time. The silicone spray i put in the locks and on the door rubbers seems to have stopped the doors freezing to the body as well. Still cold inside it mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 My heated windscreen doesn't work so I had to scrape it after doing the side windows. It's been parked at work in the sun all morning & the ice on the roof and boot hasn't started to melt yet. oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbenn Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 You'll have to defrost it in the usual way, like us peasants. Scraping away with your bank card cos you can't find the scraper, trying unsuccessfully to coax the last bit of de-icer out of the can while freezing your hands until they're blue in the process, before finally resorting to breathing on the screen in the vain hope of being able to leave within the next hour. Not me, like. My heated front screen works fine. Skizzer, Ohdearme and DeeJay 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Case Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Mazda 6 passsed its MOT this morning with just one advisory on a worn tyre, which I was already aware of. Best of all, no sign of the dreaded Mazda corrosion underneath, no doubt due to regular visits to the local jetwash Will probably have a look round at what's on offer now, as no immediate expense should be needed for a while. Oh and frost tip, wipe door seals when dry then spray lightly with dry silicone lube, works a treat oldcars and Jim Bell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauldoubleyou Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 You'll have to defrost it in the usual way, like us peasants. Scraping away with your bank card cos you can't find the scraper, trying unsuccessfully to coax the last bit of de-icer out of the can while freezing your hands until they're blue in the process, before finally resorting to breathing on the screen in the vain hope of being able to leave within the next hour. Not me, like. My heated front screen works fine. See your avatar? Thats me stood on the bonnet of a Beetle i was breaking last year How odd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbenn Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 I know. As I said at the time you posted it: I didn’t know how to process this, so I made it my profile picture. LightBulbFun and mercedade 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled_Tat_Gatherer Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 You'll have to defrost it in the usual way, like us peasants. Scraping away with your bank card cos you can't find the scraper, trying unsuccessfully to coax the last bit of de-icer out of the can while freezing your hands until they're blue in the process, before finally resorting to breathing on the screen in the vain hope of being able to leave within the next hour. Warm water - not HOT - just a bit warm...… defrosted in seconds and all good. Never had an issue...… I'm not freezing my fingers or anything scraping the shit off thanks dome, clayts450 and twosmoke300 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 You'll have to defrost it in the usual way, like us peasants. Scraping away with your bank card cos you can't find the scraper, trying unsuccessfully to coax the last bit of de-icer out of the can while freezing your hands until they're blue in the process, before finally resorting to breathing on the screen in the vain hope of being able to leave within the next hour. Not me, like. My heated front screen works fine. I've got a proper scraper & TBH it takes as long for the inside to clear as it does to scrape the outside so it's not wasting anytime. I don't bother with de-icer as it just makes the ice smoother & harder to scrape. oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbenn Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 I'm sure de-icer used to be more effective in the "old days". I don't bother with it anymore, decent scraper is the way to go. Warm water a good call. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 The aerosol de-icer I use seems to do a pretty good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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