Shitting in the shallow end. *Arse friends Electric*

[Jim Bell]

Well this kind of thing was becoming less and less and less tolerable. 

 

 

Tyres all looked well enough treadwise but they were not holding the expensive premium air in and the date codes seemed to be written by quill by one of William Shakespeare's contemporaries. 

@sdkrc dug up a VOUCHER COD for some PREMIUM RAEC TOYYO BOYYOS so I got some ordered. 

 

*Wait for three days*

 

Ta-da!

 

Less and less places seem willing to fit tyres they haven't sold these days, so I went somewhere that I knew would. 

 

 

 

 

 

They don't have many 15s on the wall. Or 4x100s for that matter. 

 

 

My bill was probably the smallest of the day, or at least the cheapest I ear-wigged while I was sitting waiting. 

I love listening to non-car people talk about their cars in trade situations. 

1) How much is it for one tyre?

*What size do you need madam?*

I don't know, it's not my car. 

2) I've left the nut device on the steering chair. 

3) My TPS light is on. Can you have a look at it?

*Have you already tried putting air in the tyres?*

No. Will you do it?

 

 

Fantastic bants at the tyre shop. 

 

Passed 500 miles on the first tank on the way home. Any bets on what the mpg will be at top up?

 

 

 

 

 

[Jim Bell]

Also, bonus countryside mist shot. 

[sdkrc]

12 minutes ago, Jim Bell said:

Passed 500 miles on the first tank on the way home. Any bets on what the mpg will be at top up?

54mpgs please Carol

[Floatylight]

12 minutes ago, sdkrc said:

54mpgs please Carol

48mpgees

[Lacquer Peel]

45 MPG. 

[timolloyd]

That view of the Cav through the waiting room window could be from 25 years ago.

[Jim Bell]

Further snagging list fannying. 

The boot was failing to keep the rain outside, leading to damp boot carpet and window misting. 

Theres about 6000 usual suspect access points for water on these old Cavs so I armed myself with what was left in my tube of black silicone and attacked (and almost missed) some of the key likely areas. 

 

My solutions are inelegant. Tradesmen and professionals may wish to look away now. 

 

Ariel seal. Big gap. 

 

 

 

Take THAT you pure bastard. 

 

 

 

Tops of rear lamp clusters. 

 

 

 

Splodge, splodge.  I got enough black mess in the cracks, that SO FAR (touch wood, fingers crossed, turn around touch the ground no takey backsies) the boot hads remained dry. Even in real grown up rain. 

 

Which is nice. 

 

 

Celebratory colours going on. 

 

 

And a few wanky mood shots.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Still loving it. 

Starts so well, and drives well enough. 

Still plenty to improve, but it's a good example. 

 

 

[Skut]

Still look modern after all this time.

 

[Lacquer Peel]

What is the black mess product?

Does it drive better with the new tyres? Some of the old ones were pretty ancient. 

[Jim Bell]

2 hours ago, Lacquer Peel said:

What is the black mess product?

Does it drive better with the new tyres? Some of the old ones were pretty ancient. 

Just Halfords best Granville Sealant. It does drive better man aye. Not that I've driven it that far. 

[Lacquer Peel]

38 minutes ago, Jim Bell said:

Just Halfords best Granville Sealant. It does drive better man aye. Not that I've driven it that far. 

Go for a silly drive! We need MPG numbers. 

[Jim Bell]

I confirm it doesn't spin the wheels (accidentally) when pulling away uphill in the wet. 

I'm going to take it out and fill it up today I think.  

[Jim Bell]

Filled the car up today and  after typing all the numbers into Fuelly the magic number on the first full tank is in fact..........

48.5 mpg. 

Which isn't bad for such a big old bus. Not sure why Fuelly signatures have stopped working. 

 

 

I was quite pleased and surprised with how clean the filler area was (first time I've opened the flap). 

 

 

 

Out and about. 

 

 

[Jim Bell]

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Floatylight]

On 11/9/2020 at 6:31 PM, Floatylight said:

48mpgees

 

2 hours ago, Jim Bell said:

Filled the car up today and  after typing all the numbers into Fully the magic number on the first full tank is in fact..........

48.5 mpg. 

Boom! (Mic drop)

[Jim Bell]

4 minutes ago, Floatylight said:

 

Boom! (Mic drop)

Can of Stout to @Floatylight!

[Lacquer Peel]

Maybe with the boost leak fixed the next tank will go a bit further. It's pretty good for a couple of long trips and local pottering about. 

[Jim Bell]

 

One out and away to it's lucky new owner @Cavcraft.

Lovely meeting you @worldofceri, top shipper and great gentleman. 

 

[worldofceri]

You could have filmed me saying something more profound.

[worldofceri]

Nice action shot driving onto the trailer though! Great to meet you likewise.

[worldofceri]

[yes oui si]

Cullerfornia ffs 😂

[Jim Bell]

15 minutes ago, yes oui si said:

Cullerfornia ffs 😂

Best bay on the coast. 

 

[NorfolkNWeigh]

On 11/19/2020 at 12:35 PM, Jim Bell said:

 

One out and away to it's lucky new owner @Cavcraft.

Lovely meeting you @worldofceri, top shipper and great gentleman. 

 

 

 

 

Top Tip

Next time just paint those garage doors green and we would think it was already at Cavcraft Towers.

[yes oui si]

20 minutes ago, Jim Bell said:

Best bay on the coast. 

 

Wait... They actually did that? 

[Jim Bell]

47 minutes ago, yes oui si said:

Wait... They actually did that? 

No. 

[Cord Fourteener]

7 hours ago, worldofceri said:

That's near me, I can tell by the Thorncliffe skip!

[brownnova]

Good old Thorncliffe’s!!

[yes oui si]

I misread it at first and wondered when a skip company had opened up in Horncliffe. 

[loserone]

On 07/11/2020 at 15:05, Jim Bell said:

 

*sniffs the air*

 

What's that? 


A CHRISTMAS ROFFLE?!

 

ONE PLEASE!