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MarvinsMom Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

MarvinsMom

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Everyones proper nervy today, the Saturday morning visit to the pub was less relaxed than usual. Pissing with rain and the bloke parked in front of my Rover forgot to shut his lid, serves him right if he gets a wet arse when he gets back in his turret.

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abbot self propelled gun?

andrew e Rank: Lancia Gamma

andrew e

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What do you use the needle scaler for?

I used one for nearly week solid descaling the bogies of 'Lucile' part of the Orient express coaching stock. I'm surprised I never got white finger. I'm not telling you what white finger is though.

Sloth in a bowl Rank: Renault 16

Sloth in a bowl

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Arses. Think I've bought another Volvo.

 

Break it up, put the bits in the boots of the other 5 and she may never notice*

 

 

 

*she will notice

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oldcars Rank: Lancia Gamma

oldcars

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Just arrived at my hotel for trip to nec tomorrow. Rain was bad on way down, kis needs a wash now :)

phil_lihp Rank: Lancia Gamma

phil_lihp

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I took my mate down to Cornwall today to look at a cheap 406 V6 Coupe.  Suffice to say, he bought it without hesitation.  It'd been off the road since 2006 in a garage and apart from needing a good service and 4 new, rounder tyres it's absolutely immaculate and drives beautifully.  The seller has MOT'd it and changed the belts but his wife doesn't like it so he's got to go back to using one of his other 5 vehicles, including a Corvette and an Austin fire engine - I don't think he'll struggle although he seemed quite depressed about seeing it go.  I won't say how much but suffice to say it's a stonking bargain and seems to have every gadget possible, all of which work.

 

The weather was absolutely foul with driving rain and strong winds all the way there and back, I had a proper brown-trouser moment following him around a large, multi-lane roundabout when the 220 suddenly decided it wanted to face the other direction.  After an exciting few seconds slewing left and right I got it under control, thankfully there wasn't anyone else nearby.  I wasn't going slowly but nor was I pushing it hard, I think a combination of standing water, mud on the road and excessive speed were the main causes... and when I had a closer look at the rear tyres, one of them is pretty ropey.  It went through an MOT without an advisory on it but I'm not happy with it, plus the other one is pretty elderly now too so I think a pair of Uniroyals to match the fronts will be on the cards shortly.

 

On the subject of MOT advisories, the only one it had was for worn trailing arm bushes.  They do look pretty poor and are a common R8 problem, they can't be helping the handling much so that's another thing to sort.

 

Suffice to say I took the rest of the trip home quite gently.

Jim Bell Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Jim Bell

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Rover 25 gti shat it's battery today. Stranding Mrs WW when she was setting off for s three county journey. GSF as ever, had a WEEKEND SALE 33%off online so I picked up a replacement for £42.

All scrapyard batteries r shite but cheapa than AA batteries.

cms206 Rank: Lancia Gamma

cms206

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Break it up, put the bits in the boots of the other 5 and she may never notice*

 

 

 

*she will notice

She hasn't said no...
dollywobbler Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

dollywobbler

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I took my mate down to Cornwall today to look at a cheap 406 V6 Coupe. Suffice to say, he bought it without hesitation. It'd been off the road since 2006 in a garage and apart from needing a good service and 4 new, rounder tyres it's absolutely immaculate and drives beautifully. The seller has MOT'd it and changed the belts but his wife doesn't like it so he's got to go back to using one of his other 5 vehicles, including a Corvette and an Austin fire engine - I don't think he'll struggle although he seemed quite depressed about seeing it go. I won't say how much but suffice to say it's a stonking bargain and seems to have every gadget possible, all of which work.

 

The weather was absolutely foul with driving rain and strong winds all the way there and back, I had a proper brown-trouser moment following him around a large, multi-lane roundabout when the 220 suddenly decided it wanted to face the other direction. After an exciting few seconds slewing left and right I got it under control, thankfully there wasn't anyone else nearby. I wasn't going slowly but nor was I pushing it hard, I think a combination of standing water, mud on the road and excessive speed were the main causes... and when I had a closer look at the rear tyres, one of them is pretty ropey. It went through an MOT without an advisory on it but I'm not happy with it, plus the other one is pretty elderly now too so I think a pair of Uniroyals to match the fronts will be on the cards shortly.

 

On the subject of MOT advisories, the only one it had was for worn trailing arm bushes. They do look pretty poor and are a common R8 problem, they can't be helping the handling much so that's another thing to sort.

 

Suffice to say I took the rest of the trip home quite gently.

Sounds like a classic case of lift-off oversteer. Worst tyres in those conditions can easily encourage it! Well done on the save.

DeeJay Rank: Renault 16

DeeJay

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Arses. Think I've bought another Volvo.

The same rules as in the bedroom,

"It's easier to apologise than ask for permission."

cros Rank: Renault 16

cros

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abbot self propelled gun?

Is that what it is? The numberplate is painted on because he didn't have a long enough drill bit. I don't have a clue about military stuff, I'm assuming the rules on using the big gun are similar to watching films on your dashboard screen i.e. not while driving.

phil_lihp Rank: Lancia Gamma

phil_lihp

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Sounds like a classic case of lift-off oversteer. Worst tyres in those conditions can easily encourage it! Well done on the save.

 

Thanks, there was a small moment of pride afterwards, I just calmly kept steering into it and saved the wide-eyed fear for afterwards but frankly it was eclipsed by irritation with myself for even allowing it to happen in the first place.  Moreover, I'm normally quite paranoid about tyres so I'm annoyed that I've somehow let this one go unchecked.

 

So that's lift-off oversteer?  Makes sense, I don't recall lifting but I probably did.  In 14+ years of driving, never had that happen before.  

 

Pop down to cornwall again and I'll bosh some ta bushes in for you Phill

 

Thank you, that's a very kind offer.  It's quite a trek down to yours so I will have to find a clear day for it but I may well take you up on that offer, I've looked into it before and the general consensus seems to be that it's not a nice driveway job getting the old ones out,

phil_lihp Rank: Lancia Gamma

phil_lihp

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It's entirely possible but I was following my mate, driving a car with 10-year old flat-spotted Dunlops, albeit they were new shortly before it was stored and have loads of tread left, and he had no such issues so it's as likely to be driver error in wet conditions as anything.

RobT Rank: Lancia Gamma

RobT

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Admit it Phil, you were ragging it just for the fun....I had similar in the 220 once before, so I should have replaced all four tyres at the time rather than just the fronts (so blame me basically!).

dave21478 Rank: Renault 16

dave21478

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Best tyres go on the back - always.

 

Understeer and lack of traction on the front is a PITA, but much more predictable and easier to deal with than oversteer.

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fordperv Rank: Lancia Gamma

fordperv

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Right something strange is going on, 5 days ago I removed the battery from my mk1 sierra and put it on charge in my front room, I put a 10mm ratchet spanner on the dining table that's in there so I had it to hand to put the battery back on, when the battery was charged the next day I went to pick up the spanner but it wasn't there, I asked mrs fp if she had moved it but she hadn't even been in the front room, we both hunted high and low for it but it was no where, roll forward to this afternoon, we popped out and when we came back the ratchet spanner was in my kitchen with the ratchet end on the worktop and the open end of the spanner resting on the cooker hob, this is 4 days after it went missing and it wasn't there when we went out as I let the dog out then locked the door and mrs fp put our cups in the sink so I know she couldn't of put it there taking the piss to wind me up, only me and mrs fp have a key so no one other than us can get in, does anyone have any ideas it's really winding me up how it could have got there, I've been looking for the borrowers

Six-cylinder Rank: Talbot Tagora

Six-cylinder

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I have a new toy a dash cam, I bought it to take to France last month in case I passed anything interesting that I was not able to photograph but learning to use it all seemed too much like hard work and it never came out of its box.

 

Wednesday I finally gave it a go, it was easy to record my journey to near Ipswich and very little happened. I did spot a Citroen Dyane and Renault 16, both cars I like. The only other notable event was a Peugeot that was clearly dissatisfied with my progress passing a lorry, so sat right up behind me and when I pulled in shot pass me like a bullet. As the other traffic ahead changed lanes it revealed the camera van the Peugeot brake lights came on but I reckon he will be very lucky to have get away with it as my cruise control was on and my Sat Nav said 73 mph!

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Six-cylinder Rank: Talbot Tagora

Six-cylinder

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This afternoons adventure was to collect two 1000 LTR water containers for our small holding, I choose the Citroen Xantia for towing over my Range Rover because:

 

You can see better out of the Citroen when reversing.

The Citroen has a far better turning circle.

I did not need the 3500KG tow weight capacity.

The Citroen is much better on fuel.

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