Jamie Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 sporty-shite 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 Saying goodbye to the Focus. I'm not overly fussed that it's gone, to be honest! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b_C8Rhcv2c Aston Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Exciting Saturday night.... paulplom, HarmonicCheeseburger, Aston Martin and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted January 27, 2020 Author Share Posted January 27, 2020 Wish I could start using Feb’s car early but paying a month’s tax for less than a week seems daft! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig the Princess Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Kiltox said: Wish I could start using Feb’s car early but paying a month’s tax for less than a week seems daft! Not £30 a year tax then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted January 27, 2020 Author Share Posted January 27, 2020 11 minutes ago, Craig the Princess said: Not £30 a year tax then... Be pretty hard pushed to buy a £30 tax car for sub £500 I reckon yes oui si 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeEP Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Kiltox said: Be pretty hard pushed to buy a £30 tax car for sub £500 I reckon Quite a few Suzuki Alto around for £500 or less. Maybe you'll be that desperate by December! Looking forward to seeing what you've got for February though. Ohdearme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 I'm surprised that he got an MX5 that cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 On 1/24/2020 at 6:40 PM, Isaac Hunt said: Did you used to be a TV repair man ? I wonder if Ford still uses valves ? Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted January 28, 2020 Author Share Posted January 28, 2020 I bought a second hand diesel tuning box on eBay today for February’s car. Should be interesting, fitting such a thing to an elderly high mileage car.... Not something I’ve experimented with before due to worries over blowing things up. Less concerned with such low budget cars.... Aston Martin, Floatylight and gadgetgricey 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 35 minutes ago, Kiltox said: I bought a second hand diesel tuning box on eBay today for February’s car. Should be interesting, fitting such a thing to an elderly high mileage car.... Not something I’ve experimented with before due to worries over blowing things up. Less concerned with such low budget cars.... i used one on my e90 320d with no ill effects. actually was pretty pokey afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirley Knott Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 On 1/27/2020 at 9:01 PM, Kiltox said: Be pretty hard pushed to buy a £30 tax car for sub £500 I reckon Word on the street is that @Broadsword will be moving on a Lupo SDI fairly soon, not sure what the asking price will be but it fits into this category tax wise! Kiltox and Broadsword 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Are we going to be taking guesses at February's car? I'm surprisingly invested in this... I'm thinking Rover I'm thinking 75 I'm thinking gold Ohdearme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyG Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 The secondhand tuning box thing also made me think Rover, the MGRover forum bods used to wax lyrical about ‘Rover Ron’ ones, whether Ron was a person or an acronym I have no idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted February 1, 2020 Author Share Posted February 1, 2020 On 1/30/2020 at 10:47 PM, sdkrc said: Are we going to be taking guesses at February's car? I'm surprisingly invested in this... I'm thinking Rover I'm thinking 75 I'm thinking gold WINNAR. It isn’t gold though. I have bought a 2002 Rover 75 2.0 CDT Tourer. In Copperleaf Red. Barely broken in with a mere 255,000 on the clock. What drew me to this specific example is the fact it has been with the same private owner for as near as a quarter of a million miles as makes any difference - it had a short stint as a demonstrator when it was new. It’s not a minter by any means - it has been well used but still seems to be in overall pretty good shape. Needs a bit of a touch with the sparkly stick for its next test.... which expires in twelve days time! My first experience with a 75. Quite keen so far although I haven’t driven it beyond bringing it home. Off to Cannock first thing! Dannyk, Tepper, johngarty and 20 others 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Ooft! I've had 2 of these diesels and loved them both. As long as the rear lower suspension arms are ok then you should be reet! There is an acknowledged 160bhp remap for these (forum is helpful) but I see you have a tuning box. Enjoy! ...and 3 randoms at least when you're done! Kiltox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yes oui si Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Three randoms here as well. Really want to try one of these sometime... Jamie and Kiltox 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted February 1, 2020 Author Share Posted February 1, 2020 Thanks chaps. @Split_Pin do you have experience with tuning these? Do they take well to it or get a bit explodey? I’ve always been well suspicious of tuning boxes. I’d like to do some before and after performance testing though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yes oui si Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Good views on the video already - you getting much natural growth or can you see most of it coming from here/ph? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yes oui si Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Obligatory: Kiltox, Jamie, Lankytim and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted February 1, 2020 Author Share Posted February 1, 2020 2 minutes ago, yes oui si said: Good views on the video already - you getting much natural growth or can you see most of it coming from here/ph? Tiny amounts, it’s a hard thing to get the ball rolling it seems! PH is a bit “no advertising or we’ll fetch the ban hammer” too. Would appreciate any sharing / word spreading any of you can do. yes oui si 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yes oui si Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Just now, Kiltox said: Tiny amounts, it’s a hard thing to get the ball rolling it seems It's all about putting the work in to get regular videos out. From YT's perspective they want decent reliable and regular content creators rather than hit and run viral shite. Kiltox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BL Bloke Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 I'm looking forward to seeing it at Cannock. I'll be having 3 randoms too when the time comes. Kiltox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 I have a Roverron box on mine - also bought secondhand off eBay. It does make quite a difference. These engines can take a bit of tuning - they're pretty under-stressed as standard, 115bhp from a common-rail 16-valve 2-litre diesel is pretty feeble really given that some modern diesels are making nearly twice that. Nice buy. Jealous of your headlamp washers. But not of your rust. yes oui si and Kiltox 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted February 1, 2020 Author Share Posted February 1, 2020 I only noticed the headlamp washers when I was editing the video. Must check that they work..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 In before geex it's a Birmingham car BD reg which is probably a press car / ex demo Edit seen you mentioned it's an ex demo Kiltox and yes oui si 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted February 1, 2020 Author Share Posted February 1, 2020 1 minute ago, jamiechod said: In before geex it's a Birmingham car BD reg which is probably a press car / ex demo Correct - MG Rover Group was the first keeper. Told by the previous (and only other) owner it was demo. Haven’t looked through the sheer mountain of history to learn any more about it yet! yes oui si and Jamie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Taking some tips from you about the extra cameras etc will try to get myself a go pro and an actual computer for my next videos Kiltox and yes oui si 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Do you use your phone for the cam mounted on the passenger side or a propper cam? Great vid BTW Kiltox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted February 1, 2020 Author Share Posted February 1, 2020 The “on roof” footage in this latest video is filmed with a proper potato cam - a £29 “DragonTouch Vision 4” from Amazon. GoPro knock off basically - and the quality shows. Seems ok for external stuff where the camera is at risk of falling off etc though. Cheap and cheerful but has its drawbacks. Interior (from the back seat) is a used GoPro Hero4 Silver. Cheap to buy used and really still quite relevant performance wise despite getting on a bit. Windscreen mounted footage is from a Canon M50. My mount is crap but the camera is excellent. Sound is via mic input to this camera from a lavalier mic. yes oui si and Jamie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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