Suttys trials and tribulations of automotive products. NEW ENTRANT.

[Steviemillar]

4 hours ago, sutty2006 said:

I ordered a new badge for the BMW the day after I bought it. It arrived today, a bit late but hey, it ain’t going anywhere! 
 

it’s the little things that improve a car. The paints not brilliant underneath but again, meh. 
 

 

 

why do I do it? 

Fair play to you, the work you’re doing to this will hopefully see it destined for a better future than before you bought the car 

[sutty2006]

Hurray! A part turned up today!

 

 

gasket for the Carlton’s manifold downpipe!

 

 

unfortunately one of the helicoils has come through while tightening up, which sucks. If it blows after this, I’m pulling the manifold back off. 
 

Also, superb has been collected! What a beautiful woftomatic thing! 

[Wibble]

Excellent, petrol blue is the best colour for these and I’m guessing it’s Elegance spec?

[sutty2006]

54 minutes ago, Wibble said:

Excellent, petrol blue is the best colour for these and I’m guessing it’s Elegance spec?

Yes I think it is elegance spec. I’ve no idea on what the trim levels are on these so if you have the knowledge, I’m all ears!

 

carlton doesn’t blow, so that’s officially going back on the road! I had to charge the lightning cube up first. These Carlton’s don’t like sitting and the clock runs the battery down. 
 

 

in other news, I finally tracked down a correct front splitter for it!

 

looks much better now

 

 

Skoda is dirty, typical forecourt standard really. So it’ll need a full “sutty clean”. Found this weedy tow rope in the boot. That’s going straight in the bin 😅

 

[Wibble]

The wheels suggest Elegance, the spec above my SE Business edition. Top spec was Laurent & Klement but that had badges on the front wings. 
I had a choice of mine or a grey Elegance when buying and went for mine simply because it was newer, with lower mileage at the time.

I think the only real difference was electric seats and tailgate, plus different wheels. I really rate these cars and turned over 129k in mine yesterday. Hope it does you well.

Delighted the Carlton is sorted, I remember my Dad having trouble with that front trim on his A reg estate. The transport dept got fed up with it and drilled it and bolted it on all the way round with brass nuts and bolts😆

[sutty2006]

On 30/05/2026 at 19:55, Wibble said:

Excellent, petrol blue is the best colour for these and I’m guessing it’s Elegance spec?

I think it’s Lava blue? 
 

Here’s the list of codes. I’ll do some digging as I want to buy a touch up stick 

 

 

[Wibble]

16 minutes ago, sutty2006 said:

I think it’s Lava blue? 
 

Here’s the list of codes. I’ll do some digging as I want to buy a touch up stick 

 

 

I believe petrol blue and lava blue are the same colour. It was called petrol blue here and lava on the continent, before being just called lava. Just what I’ve read anyway.

Certainly, when I was looking, back in 2017, this blue was called petrol by the main dealers.