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iainrcz Rank: Renault 16

iainrcz

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Food news.

I've just had 2 pints of Sharpe's Doombar and a plate of chips with melted cheese and smoked bacon.

I feel no shame whatsoever when I say they were fucking delicious and I want more.

 

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dollywobbler Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

dollywobbler

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Today, I took the Rover to a rather different car event. Some folk might recognise the location...

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Yes, the Reliant Kitten Register had a meet-up at a certain motor museum. I headed up and handed the Fox's engine over to a bloke I've never met, who is taking to a bloke I have met slightly who is going to sort it out with a new head and a makeover. It rained a lot. Nice folk though, and it was nice to nose about under the bonnet of a Fox, taking photos and trying to work out how mine should all go back together again.

wrenchvolt Rank: Austin Maxi

wrenchvolt

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Being a former Rialto owner, I have a deep affection for most things reliant. Fibreglass body and galvanised chassis is a magnificent combo IMO.

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MarvinsMom Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

MarvinsMom

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today we have been to the car show at Ripon Racecourse.

 

it wasn't quiet what we had hoped for....

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not even mini-marvin is convinced

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still, we are here now, let see whats about

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at this point, even after tea and cake, we were pissin' wet through. so time for home.

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a shame the weather was so poor, as usually this is a cracking show, but the wether, wind and constant rain maent that none of the autojumbleres had come, and that maybe a quarter of the cars that would usually come to show, had come to the show.

 

still, we got wet, and while we came away home early, the time that we had there was fun.

Tadhg Tiogar Rank: Talbot Tagora

Tadhg Tiogar

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What's the female version of "Barried"? "Bernadetted"?

Beyoncéd.

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320touring Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

320touring

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Seemed a bit lumpy to me.

I'd wager it's blawin it oot it's arse;)

 

Had been running for about 2 mins, and was fully off choke..

Asimo Rank: Isuzu Florian

Asimo

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Two weddings in a week, Hastings and Edinburgh, 1259 miles without a hiccup.

 

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The M6 can fuck off however.

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vulgalour Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

vulgalour

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Hooray, we fixed the problem with the Princess fuel gauge.

 

It was not in the dashboard.  Full report soon.

spike60 Rank: Renault 16

spike60

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'Tis pissing down and has been since yesterday, also blowing hard enough to keep a dockyard tart in business for a decade. So, lots of slippery roads, leaves and mud. I was looking forward to some sideways action (as I am a BIG child and as miserable as fuck and mega grumpy with it at the moment) and discovered this rotten Mercedes has traction control that kills ALL the fun! I can't seem to find a button to turn it off either, which is a pain. Just starts to spin and then big triangle comes on the dash and all fun ends.

 

P'ah!

Is this the CLK?  I had a 2000 320 CLK Avantgarde and it was on the centre console. Marked ASR or something.

fordperv Rank: Lancia Gamma

fordperv

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Today, I took the Rover to a rather different car event. Some folk might recognise the location...

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Yes, the Reliant Kitten Register had a meet-up at a certain motor museum. I headed up and handed the Fox's engine over to a bloke I've never met, who is taking to a bloke I have met slightly who is going to sort it out with a new head and a makeover. It rained a lot. Nice folk though, and it was nice to nose about under the bonnet of a Fox, taking photos and trying to work out how mine should all go back together again.

Is the kitten register classed as a litter then?

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Tadhg Tiogar Rank: Talbot Tagora

Tadhg Tiogar

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Is the kitten register classed as a litter then?

I hope you don't mean kitty litter.

cros Rank: Renault 16

cros

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Update on the flight of the Morris Commercial. Here we are on the return journey, stopping to top up with motor spirit at the Cambridge services.

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I've never shagged a kangaroo, but reckon that with a decent load on the Morris gives a similar ride on our poxy roads. (It have no shock absorbers). Anyway, 300 miles in a weekend isn't bad for an 85 year old. Service intervals are 500 miles so another grease-up soon.

Will unload when it stops raining, but here's one of the many lovely things under the tarp:

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I've heard the 'Teagle Jetcut' loses some of its allure if you have to spend all day strapped to one, (16:1 mix).

Cutting the hedge in the nude might not be adviseable with that unguarded drive-belt.

New POD Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

New POD

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Two weddings in a week, Hastings and Edinburgh, 1259 miles without a hiccup.

 

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The M6 can fuck off however.

There's always the alternatives

xtriple Rank: Renault 16

xtriple

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Thanks for that, I looked and guess what, you're right :) Fun in the rain can now commence :)

captain_70s Rank: Lancia Gamma

captain_70s

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Seemed a bit lumpy to me.

Any B Series which starts, idles and gets you to your destination is a good'un.

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320touring Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

320touring

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Any B Series which starts, idles and gets you to your destination is a good'un.

This is the truth

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Slartibartfast Rank: Citroen Ami

Slartibartfast

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today we have been to the car show at Ripon Racecourse.

 

it wasn't quiet what we had hoped for....

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not even mini-marvin is convinced

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still, we are here now, let see whats about

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at this point, even after tea and cake, we were pissin' wet through. so time for home.

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a shame the weather was so poor, as usually this is a cracking show, but the wether, wind and constant rain maent that none of the autojumbleres had come, and that maybe a quarter of the cars that would usually come to show, had come to the show.

 

still, we got wet, and while we came away home early, the time that we had there was fun.

Oof that Fairlady though.

 

In other news, I suffered my first loss of traction event in the MX5 on Friday. Sharp left turn, slightly uphill so I was on the power, and the back slid out. Overcorrected slightly for a not at all elegant zig zag slide. Fucking terrifying. Glad there was nothing coming the other way or I'd have hit it.

Kiltox Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Kiltox

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Keep seeing adverts for www.driiveme.co.uk - one way car rental mostly with Hertz and mostly between airports for £1....

xtriple Rank: Renault 16

xtriple

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hey Slarti, I used to LOVE getting the arse out in the MX5, it was/is really controllable, you just need to get used to it/practice some as they really are chuckable little things and when they slide, it is really controllable... usually! However, the roads are extremely greasy at the moment after all this damn sunshine ( :)   ) so easy to get it wrong. Practice somewhere open and empty to get proper 'feel' for the car. I'm not suggesting you become a drift God, but if you know what it will do if the back steps out then you gives you lots more confidence in the wet or greasy/slippery conditions :)

davehedgehog31 Rank: Renault 16

davehedgehog31

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Behold the B series bimble!

 

 

Watched a couple of your other videos mate - very good. 

SiC Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

SiC

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Any B Series which starts, idles and gets you to your destination is a good'un.

This is the truth

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loserone Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

loserone

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If an mx5 is sketchy in a slide, look at the tyres. Good tyres should be easily controllable even when traction has been lost.

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The normal reason for a zig-zag path up the road when sideways is lifting off too much so the back snaps straight too quickly.

davehedgehog31 Rank: Renault 16

davehedgehog31

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If an mx5 is sketchy in a slide, look at the tyres. Good tyres should be easily controllable even when traction has been lost.

Have to agree, I had some absolute turds on the back of mine and it was distressingly tail happy in the wet with absolutely no progression. Replaced for decent boots and it was much more predictable. 

MikeR Rank: Lancia Gamma

MikeR

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The normal reason for a zig-zag path up the road when sideways is lifting off too much so the back snaps straight too quickly.

doing this in a Volvo 240 thanks to a dumping of oil on the road was fun , the dam thing went sideways to sideways numerous times  whilst I fought the wheel ...

thankfully I was entering a 3 lane wide junction with no other traffic and large grassed kerbs  .... my arms ached afterwards from the effort   !!!  ,

I really thought I was going to lose the thing .......

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Guest Hooli

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I once ended up stationary in the outside lane of a dual cabbage way facing the oncoming traffic after being a twat on wet roads in a ovlov 340. Rather worrying when you can see the mongs steaming towards you without slowing as they just aren't looking.

mrbenn Rank: Renault 16

mrbenn

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Apologies if we've already been through this and I've missed it, but has anyone heard from tooSavvy recently?

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