richardmorris Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 13 minutes ago, Slartibartfast said: 4 hours ago, hairnet said: just seen this on bbc news website - if it is you ROFLCOPTER Haha, no. Not me. An imposter. I like electric cars. Me too, and I expect a couple will break the twenty year old hill climb record at Goodwood this weekend. The Renault was astronomically quick with top speed over 140mph up the hill. Goodwood also had an absolutely enormous autonomous electric tractor ( 6foot diameter wheels, and no cab)- reminded me of the robocop sentry. But the let down in the real world is still range and recharge speed. mrbenn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 1 hour ago, Lacquer Peel said: Beko, is third party insurance cheaper for you? It's almost always much more expensive for me. It was, yes, shaved a good £20 off a month. All in vain though, would have been MUCH better off just leaving it alone in hindsight. Right now though it brings £70 a month down to £52, which is sadly quite critical to survival, at least for now Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 On 7/3/2019 at 1:37 AM, trigger said: I'm off to North Wales this weekend in my Marina, mental I know, it's the Marina National rally and we'll be tackling the horseshoe pass in cars with front drum brakes and trunnions, WCPGW? Best part of the UK by far! I was up the horseshoe pass in the 2CV on Sunday, Marina will be fine! Will keep my eyes peeled over the weekend and might see you at the Caerwys show on Sunday! On 7/3/2019 at 11:11 AM, snagglepuss said: 3) Timing mod - makes the car much more perky, my current one is missing it and I can feel the difference Please explain... this sounds interesting for mine too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 I leave in the morning so hopefully will see you over the weekend! We had our East Coast Retros meet this evening along with Practical Classics magazine, my god, what a turn out! We ended up with 390 cars in the end! Amazing for a little pub in a small Suffolk village! I didn't get to take many photos but we had cake which went down well with the PC team. A Mazda Cosmos. Panhards old Hearse And much more LightBulbFun, davehedgehog31, RayMK and 31 others 33 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 Oh and I was in the most hilarious power slide across the field in Brodders Omega MV6 which is awesome by the way. wuvvum, Brodders, RobT and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 This evening I have mostly been driving Marinas. Took the MX5 down to Trig's Shotley meet (as above), the Practical Classics lot had already gone by the time I got there (I passed Sam Glover in his Wartburg on the way up) but the Marina Owners Club were there until the bitter end. Had a go in Trig's Ital van, a lovely early 1300DL and a rather rorty 1.8TC, all thoroughly enjoyable and surprisingly different from each other considering they're basically the same car. Other higlights of the evening included Mrs Trig drifting the blue Marina Estate around the field, and some hot Peugeot 604 wiper action (one for Wobbler if he's about). Oh, and Bornite, your recovery bloke turned up at about 10:15... RobT, Cavcraft, egg and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 2 minutes ago, trigger said: Oh and I was in the most hilarious power slide across the field in Brodders Omega MV6 which is awesome by the way. I had a brief go in that. It does go sideways quite easily. trigger and Brodders 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 That trabant! *whistle* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 I took quite a few photos, not got time to post them all now but thought wor Billy might enjoy this lineup of '80s / early '90s Vauxhalls (with interloping TVR). jumpingjehovahs, Brodders, Tenmil Socket and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodders Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 20 minutes ago, wuvvum said: I had a brief go in that. It does go sideways quite easily. I was surprised at how sideways it could end up going (or backwards in the hands of Carl). Overall a great evening. I still can't believe the AA turned up about three hours too late for Bornite Identity though. When the guy came over I thought we were about to be thrown out for powersliding Marinas and Vauxhalls. Edit: also cheers for the goes in the Marinas, Ital and MX5 trigger and wuvvum 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Bugger me that looks a good evening out. Was it DNJ's 604? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Tell them the errors and omissions. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Bugger me that looks a good evening out. Was it DNJ's 604?No, this was this a LHD model but it was a excellent night out! wuvvum, RobT and egg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 What did Bornite break down in? Looks like an amazing show by the way - some absolute beauties on the east coast... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 What did Bornite break down in? Looks like an amazing show by the way - some absolute beauties on the east coast...I missed all the excitement but apparently his tracking was so far out that it had blew or nearly blew out both it's new front tyres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Some turn out at that show, how did you cut the cake into 390 slices? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moog Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Please explain... this sounds interesting for mine too... Mazda was quite conservative as the mx5 was designed to run on worse fuel quality than the UK has. Therefore you can change the timing which gives the engine more pep - just need a timing light (on my to buy list) https://www.mx5nutz.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=122153 brownnova, Ghosty and chaseracer 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 1 hour ago, egg said: What did Bornite break down in? Looks like an amazing show by the way - some absolute beauties on the east coast... Wot Trig said. He came down in the Mini - nearside front tyre was almost down to the canvas after 400 miles, and offside wasn't far behind. egg and trigger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Bloody hell-i was in Bury St Edmunds and Ipswich yesterday afternoon and evening. Had I seen the posts about the show in Shotley, I'd have dropped by. Would still have been 309 cars, as I was on my Moto Guzzi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 For the first time since I turned sixteen, I am actually unemployed. Without work. Nada. Zilch. I should probably start looking for work at some point. In other news, the aforementioned situation meant that this happened this morning, 7.30am test... clayts450, Cavcraft, Inspector Morose and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 What's caused the lack of employment if we can ssk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 18 minutes ago, busmansholiday said: What's caused the lack of employment if we can ssk? There were various things towards the end, but ultimately I needed this Saturday off to watch CMS_JNR as WIFE_CMS had stuff on. It was refused point blank with four weeks notice. As a result, after ten years in the place and four and a half years more or less running it I told them to ram it. busmansholiday, brownnova, wuvvum and 19 others 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Poor show that, Andy, good luck with finding a new job. Remain convinced your experience and persona will see you in a new position shortly, all the best. Trigger: hope you win the PC car club thing, that turn out was amazing. skattrd, Skizzer and cms206 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83C Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 You’ll be sorted soon enough Andy. How about the railways? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Just paid for extra car storage. First spot available on Monday with the next at the beginning of August. Yes, I've started looking already! Thinking it will be a Dolly Sprint/GT6 (or Spitfire with GT6 engine)/Sprite (ideally as prefer over Midget). No massive rush as coming to end of season too when the bargains start coming up around end of August/September The Moog, HillmanImp, egg and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Currently awaiting the MOT results of the 172. I dropped it off first thing and they haven't tested it yet which is unusual for a car which is 'new' to them. Normally they test it first thing so any issues can be fixed that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 5 hours ago, snagglepuss said: Mazda was quite conservative as the mx5 was designed to run on worse fuel quality than the UK has. Therefore you can change the timing which gives the engine more pep - just need a timing light (on my to buy list)https://www.mx5nutz.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=122153 Oooh.... I might have a go at that!! The Moog and Ghosty 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 1 hour ago, SiC said: Just paid for extra car storage. First spot available on Monday with the next at the beginning of August. Yes, I've started looking already! Thinking it will be a Dolly Sprint/GT6 (or Spitfire with GT6 engine)/Sprite (ideally as prefer over Midget). No massive rush as coming to end of season too when the bargains start coming up around end of August/September See there was me thinking you needed an X5 The Moog and jumpingjehovahs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Fail. Arses. At least the PAS weep isn't excessive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skattrd Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 2 minutes ago, auld_ALS said: Fail. Arses. At least the PAS weep isn't excessive. That's not far off, 2x track rod ends and a bulb? Re-test tomorrow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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