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[brownnova]

Oh and the 9000 goes to the Saab people tomorrow to be sorted! 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

1 minute ago, brownnova said:

 

Had a flat on the TF, and my go to tyre place told me it was an unusual size. Put a call in to another local tyre place who went quiet, told me it was an odd size, and then asked me to hold. He had two part worns… that’ll do then. 
 

I’d had concerns about th tyre as I spotted a crack on the rear side. Yet they went through the mot just fine. 

Turns out they were quite bad!

Not that that’s why it had no air in it. 

That might explain it… 

 

What sort of tyre is that? Reminds me of old Toyo Proxes I ran on a Corrado back in around 2001!

[SiC]

7 hours ago, brownnova said:

I’d had concerns about th tyre as I spotted a crack on the rear side. Yet they went through the mot just fine. 

If the tester can't see the cords or structure and it's not bulging, they can't fail. But doesn't really mean it's a safe tyre to use. 

[brownnova]

4 minutes ago, SiC said:

If the tester can't see the cords or structure and it's not bulging, they can't fail. But doesn't really mean it's a safe tyre to use. 

It was one of those situations where my tester failed it on the backs, but the garage who did the work let the retest period lapse and put it though their own mot test… which passed the back tyres, but failed the front for tread which hadn’t even been an advisory from my tester! I had fully intended to get them done before the screw in the tyre! 

[brownnova]

7 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said:

What sort of tyre is that? Reminds me of old Toyo Proxes I ran on a Corrado back in around 2001!

It was a Goodyear. 

[horriblemercedes]

3 hours ago, brownnova said:

It was a Goodyear. 

2001? Yeah, not bad I suppose 

[chadders]

11 hours ago, brownnova said:

 

Had a flat on the TF, and my go to tyre place told me it was an unusual size. Put a call in to another local tyre place who went quiet, told me it was an odd size, and then asked me to hold. He had two part worns… that’ll do then. 
 

I’d had concerns about th tyre as I spotted a crack on the rear side. Yet they went through the mot just fine. 

Turns out they were quite bad!

Not that that’s why it had no air in it. 

That might explain it… 

 

There's been a number of articles in the MGOC magazine about tyres for these. If I remember correctly the make can also have quite an effect. They were a while ago now so I can't remember the conclusions but are probably still available on their website.

[stuboy]

Midnight vigil was held as the Princess chariot has gone to be recycled.

[SiC]

1 hour ago, stuboy said:

Midnight vigil was held as the Princess chariot has gone to be recycled.

Is that an MG6 above it too?

[Stanky]

2 hours ago, stuboy said:

Midnight vigil was held as the Princess chariot has gone to be recycled.

19 years is a decent innings, and over twice the lifespan of the MG6 above!

[brownnova]

My local garage couldn’t sort the 9000 as it requires a special tool to release the drive belt tensioner. So I booked it in with the Saab specialist. Pleased to report that he 9000 made the 32 mile trip from my local garage to the Saab specialist perfectly, aside from the bearing noise which is why it’s going in the first place. It hasn’t driven that far in about 9 months. Forgot how much I love this car! 

[stuboy]

Today the mondeo rep mobile has passed its mot.. couple advisories but nowt major ..

[Zelandeth]

Bye bye BX.

Don't worry, she's staying in the fold and should be in very good hands.

My aim with this car was always to save it from the potential peril it was in when the storage situation became problematic and to move it on in a better state than I found it.  I reckon I've accomplished that.

I'll let the new custodian speak up for themselves, though they do already own a piece of rather rare, beige PSA metal.

[dollywobbler]

In sad news. Bother. A rather famous Cedric.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144699657034?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=OFRhPSGuQ2S&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=iZ3IIUXiRZa&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[OM646]

Got the C220 back from the paint shop.

Looks like the dent was never there in the first place.

Next is the roof, and then the rest of the car will get a full polish 

[wuvvum]

19 hours ago, dollywobbler said:

In sad news. Bother. A rather famous Cedric.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144699657034?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=OFRhPSGuQ2S&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=iZ3IIUXiRZa&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Surely there's not enough demand for Cedric bits in the UK to make it worthwhile breaking that?

[Ghosty]

I think it's the less said the better on that matter. 

[brownnova]

2 hours ago, dollywobbler said:

In sad news. Bother. A rather famous Cedric.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144699657034?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=OFRhPSGuQ2S&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=iZ3IIUXiRZa&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Oh that’sa big shame! 

[Lankytim]

3 hours ago, dollywobbler said:

In sad news. Bother. A rather famous Cedric.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144699657034?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=OFRhPSGuQ2S&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=iZ3IIUXiRZa&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

What’s the deal with that then? I’m not sure if I’ve seen it before. 

[DVee8]

3 hours ago, Lankytim said:

What’s the deal with that then? I’m not sure if I’ve seen it before. 

It belonged to Heidel_Kakao, who collected it from Finland.. Page 10

 

[Lankytim]

1 hour ago, DVee8 said:

It belonged to Heidel_Kakao, who collected it from Finland.. Page 10

 

It looked like it was all going so well too . Presumably instead of being repaired it was subject to an insurance claim and ended up as salvage. Maybe the damage was worse than it looked. 

*edit* I've read up on the previous owner, hopefully things are working out for him now and he's making a good recovery. 

[andy18s]

I'm guessing more houses are to be built  .

[dollywobbler]

2 hours ago, DVee8 said:

It belonged to Heidel_Kakao, who collected it from Finland.. Page 10

 

An amazing story with a sad end. I genuinely hope he's ok as we've not really heard from him for about a year.

[andy18s]

So this happened last night.

We had what felt like a mini typhoon come through the village,the rain was literally rushing sideways in the high wind.

This means we start finding leaks in the buildings as water gets pushed into areas it shouldn't be.

The storm had enough energy to lift the roof off the end of 1 of the barns,causing a mini collapse after most of the old beams and slats decided enough was enough.

It's a pain as we had planned on redoing the whole roof next year and don't have the funds or time to do it now,so a cheap bodge up will have to do.

[mitsisigma01]

Where be this? Autoshite emergency work party required!!!

[richardmorris]

Ferrari Testarossa.

 

[chaseracer]

48 minutes ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Where be this? Autoshite emergency work party required!!!

Bulgaria!

[Sunny Jim]

Talking of Heidel Kakao, these have recently turned up on a farm next to where I work.

[Lankytim]

9 hours ago, andy18s said:

I'm guessing more houses are to be built  .

I read about that on Facebook and went into full "COUNCIL R CU*NTS" mode but a recent statement from the council suggests the museum was only there temporarily anyway, they were meant to go this year but have been given a years extension to find a new place. Undoubtedly many aircraft will end up scrapped as a result, sadly. 

Housing is the likely reason for the council wanting the land back, but I've also read a story about Richard Branson wanting somewhere to store his space ships. 

[Ghosty]

23 minutes ago, Sunny Jim said:

Talking of Heidel Kakao, these have recently turned up on a farm next to where I work.