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[brownnova]

My little one loves watching come outside… I love watching it because every time Aunty Mabel goes on a jolly there is some fantastic street furniture… in the episode about buses there’s a white Citroen XM which made me whoop out loud! I used vehicle smart on the buses in that episode and one of them is on SORN… it may survive! 

[Bren]

28 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Which one is Bren?

Not Lynda Baron.

[richardmorris]

3 minutes ago, Bren said:

Not Lynda Baron.

Woof!

[High Jetter]

5 hours ago, Bren said:

Immensely enjoyable.

I can confirm that sadly Bolton Wigan and Southport look no better from 2500 feet.

Seriously tho, would you go again?

[Bren]

6 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Seriously tho, would you go again?

Would love to get my licence. 

The instructor pointed out to me that I had done my first hour. I had control for a time and executed a right turn over the coast at Southport to take us back to Manchester.

It is expensive though.

[stendec]

Well they say the cost hasn't changed over the years, it still takes all the money you've got.  

[High Jetter]

55 minutes ago, Bren said:

Would love to get my licence. 

The instructor pointed out to me that I had done my first hour. I had control for a time and executed a right turn over the coast at Southport to take us back to Manchester.

It is expensive though.

Yea, a cost vs benefit decision?

[High Jetter]

49 minutes ago, stendec said:

Well they say the cost hasn't changed over the years, it still takes all the money you haven't got.  

EFA, according to a friend.

[chadders]

11 hours ago, Bren said:

Would love to get my licence. 

The instructor pointed out to me that I had done my first hour. I had control for a time and executed a right turn over the coast at Southport to take us back to Manchester.

It is expensive though.

And very, very addictive.

[Bren]

10 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Yea, a cost vs benefit decision?

Cost is considerable. Benefit is purely for me - I will never have the money to own an aircraft.

[MrGTI6]

Failed the Mod 1 section of my motorbike test this morning. 

The bits I was most concerned about (U-turn and slalom/figure-of-8) couldn't have gone better.

I let myself down on the emergency stop exercise which requires you to accelerate to 50kph in a fairly short distance before carrying out the emergency stop. No issues with the emergency stop itself, but I was only going 44kph through the speed trap. You get another go if you don't reach 50kph on the first try.

Nerves took over and I made a right mess of the second attempt. I accelerated as normal but closed the throttle too early again. I then panicked I wasn't going quick enough and re-opened the throttle very late. Whilst I did manage to reach the target speed, I also managed to clip one of the cones by the speed trap. 

Really pissed off with myself, especially considering how well I felt things were going up until that point.

[chadders]

3 hours ago, Bren said:

Cost is considerable. Benefit is purely for me - I will never have the money to own an aircraft.

I looked into this quite a while ago, shared ownership was very common then. A quick Google shows shares available from 2k or so plus a monthly and flying hour charge.

[mercedade]

R53 passed its MOT today - 2nd good pass in as many weeks, after getting the CLK through. It's a brilliant little car, my favourite in years. It's the one I'm preparing to spend some money on to keep it fresh as values do seem to be climbing a little, and it's a good example.

The CLK is soon to be @Andy F's and once he's had any bits he needs from the dead CLK I'm sending it to scrap next week so I'll be down to a more manageable 3 cars. That means I'll have space to resolve the various squashy suspension knocks on the Saab, get it some new tyres and get me going through winter.

[Split_Pin]

Got the auto gearbox fluid changed on the red 93 today as its meant be done at 90000 and the car is showing 97000.  Also had the NSF wheelbearing done. Now NO MORE NOISE. It only annoyed me as the car is otherwise incredibly quiet.

I arrived to pick it up and  it was parked next to my old Civic which @Supernaut had dropped off for its MOT earlier in the week (it passed).

 

[Andy F]

5 hours ago, mercedade said:

R53 passed its MOT today - 2nd good pass in as many weeks, after getting the CLK through. It's a brilliant little car, my favourite in years. It's the one I'm preparing to spend some money on to keep it fresh as values do seem to be climbing a little, and it's a good example.

The CLK is soon to be @Andy F's and once he's had any bits he needs from the dead CLK I'm sending it to scrap next week so I'll be down to a more manageable 3 cars. That means I'll have space to resolve the various squashy suspension knocks on the Saab, get it some new tyres and get me going through winter.

Train ticket booked! 

Looking forward to bombing around in a convertible again. If it's raining I get to enjoy the single wiper, if it's dry the roof will be down. The Xantia estate is staying as it's just too useful and I think I've got a buyer for the 206. Before the winter really sets in I must finish the T25 camper. The new engine is in and running and bar one water leak for which the new part has arrived it's good to move under it own steam. This time without the steam , hopefully. Should probably do an oil change on the Picasso too before it gets colder.

[stuboy]

On 11/9/2022 at 5:41 PM, stuboy said:

Crap dab with my kenwood stereo so have bought this gizmo in the hope it works..

 

[brownnova]

I really do need to do something about the 9000s headlights, they’ve gone from being abysmal to absolutely godawful over the time I’ve owned it. Absolutely would not want to take it on any unfamiliar roads at night now.
 

 

[Saabnut]

9 hours ago, brownnova said:

I really do need to do something about the 9000s headlights, they’ve gone from being abysmal to absolutely godawful over the time I’ve owned it. Absolutely would not want to take it on any unfamiliar roads at night now.
 

 

Common fault with these. I think Bill Jones ar Saabits still does re-silvered ones.

[wuvvum]

Pretty much every series 2 9000 I've owned has had shite headlights.  One of them had been (illegally) converted to Xenons, and that was even worse.

[Ghosty]

Took the Bremen out of the Civic sedan and put it in the 124: 

[HMC]

A Nissan pub landlord special has just been delivered to HMC towers…

[brownnova]

5 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Pretty much every series 2 9000 I've owned has had shite headlights.  One of them had been (illegally) converted to Xenons, and that was even worse.

I was thinking if possibly trying LED higher output bulbs… 

10 hours ago, Saabnut said:

Common fault with these. I think Bill Jones ar Saabits still does re-silvered ones.

I thought I saw on Saabits a while back that they would resilver them but couldn’t find that when I looked this week. 

[stuboy]

any ideas on how to improve dab reception in my car, it has an kenwood aftermarket, ive added 12v booster..

[barefoot]

Wrap your head in tin-foil?

[stuboy]

17 minutes ago, barefoot said:

Wrap your head in tin-foil?

 

[stendec]

“Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.”

― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, stuboy said:

any ideas on how to improve dab reception in my car, it has an kenwood aftermarket, ive added 12v booster..

Yup. Move to an area with good DAB reception. I know, it's shite.

[beko1987]

10 hours ago, stuboy said:

any ideas on how to improve dab reception in my car, it has an kenwood aftermarket, ive added 12v booster..

Before I broke the connector on my head unit for the antennae I found the long whip ones they magnet to the roof worked really well in the hilly part of Oxfordshire I live in. Rarely lost any signal even with 1/2 bars. 

Then I broke it removing it from the zx years ago so don't have dab now 😢

[wuvvum]

Off on a collection mission. 

Rover fuelled up and ready to go. 

[grogee]

15 hours ago, Ghosty said:

Took the Bremen out of the Civic sedan and put it in the 124: 

I do like a period stereo. I've got the original Philips in my Maestro but I'll be using a 90s Panasonic tape player for extra oomph (and decent speakers hidden away).