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[Andy B]

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Spot on DG 
last time i checked the highway code, 70mph was the max allowed in the uk ,
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Trust me, 70 mph is as fast as you really want to drive a Smart Fortwo .... especially if it's a bit windy 

so I'd spend money on tyres and fill the boot with bags of cement , not brakes 

the boot has my spare engine in it 

A disc ended up with a mark on it when the car had been left a fortnight. I thought it'd wear off, but it didn't so just replaced the discs & pads. Sorted.

Apologies to Entwood for the hijack 

[STEMO]

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Spot on DG 
last time i checked the highway code, 70mph was the max allowed in the uk ,
......

Trust me, 70 mph is as fast as you really want to drive a Smart Fortwo .... especially if it's a bit windy 

so I'd spend money on tyres and fill the boot with bags of cement , not brakes 

the boot has my spare engine in it 

A disc ended up with a mark on it when the car had been left a fortnight. I thought it'd wear off, but it didn't so just replaced the discs & pads. Sorted.

Apologies to Entwood for the hijack 

Entwood? Ahem...........

[dave the builder]

the boot has my spare engine in it 

I carry tools and a few spares , a complete engine is a bit excessive 

Apologies to Entwood for the hijack 

What of poor old Uncle Stemo and his fence panel 

want some old engine oil to paint your fence uncle Stemo 

[Andy B]

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Spot on DG 
last time i checked the highway code, 70mph was the max allowed in the uk ,
......

Trust me, 70 mph is as fast as you really want to drive a Smart Fortwo .... especially if it's a bit windy 

so I'd spend money on tyres and fill the boot with bags of cement , not brakes 

the boot has my spare engine in it 

A disc ended up with a mark on it when the car had been left a fortnight. I thought it'd wear off, but it didn't so just replaced the discs & pads. Sorted.

Apologies to Entwood for the hijack 

Entwood? Ahem...........

Ooops! 

[Andy B]

the boot has my spare engine in it 

I carry tools and a few spares , a complete engine is a bit excessive 

Apologies to Entwood for the hijack 

What of poor old Uncle Stemo and his fence panel 

want some old engine oil to paint your fence uncle Stemo 

I get easily confused these days 

[Sir Tigger KC]

What of poor old Uncle Stemo and his fence panel 

want some old engine oil to paint your fence uncle Stemo 

Old engine oil? 

Given that Uncle Stemo has had to hunt high and low for his 6x4 fence panel, it's clear that this is no ordinary fence panel that he could have nipped down to B&Q for! 

Maybe it's gold plated?   

[dave the builder]

I say "old engine oil"
it's probably quite new @ 3k compared to what Uncle Stemo is used too @20k 

maybe the fence panel is made of fireproof wood 

[Sir Tigger KC]

I say "old engine oil"
it's probably quite new @ 3k compared to what Uncle Stemo is used too @20k 

maybe the fence panel is made of fireproof wood

Well hopefully DPD come up to their usual high standards, else Uncle Stemo might end up with a bag of fireproof kindling. 

[TheBoy]

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As for ebay, I ordered discs and pads ,front and rear ,for the new to the fleet zafira B, rear pads delivered the next day,front pads and all the discs arrived the next day , 4 different sellers , all within 48 hours  total cost £82

I gave up on pattern discs years when I bought 'cheap' discs for the front of my Senator that lasted 3/4000 miles before they ran out of true. Their replacements lasted similar mileage and Brakes International didn't want to know ..... Their attitude was that I'd fitted them wrong. OE discs, though expensive worked first time. Buy cheap .... Buy twice ....

I've just put discs & pads on my Smart 451 from MB .... £130

Bosch discs, mintex pads front, drivetec rear ,it's a 1.6 ,spending most of it's life in traffic jams ,not a track car 

Sorry, I'm definitely with Andy B on this one, having gone for a whole load of supposedly decent brakes on the Omega, none of which lasted more than a month or 2.

Thinking it was an Omega specific problem, I put some (admittedly ECP sourced, so who knows what they are) Pagid pads on the underpowered, slow Battlebus, and really persevered. But after a few weeks, ripped them off, and put TC ones on. Problem solved.

[STEMO]

I say "old engine oil"
it's probably quite new @ 3k compared to what Uncle Stemo is used too @20k 

maybe the fence panel is made of fireproof wood

Well hopefully DPD come up to their usual high standards, else Uncle Stemo might end up with a bag of fireproof kindling. 

DPD are bringing some ronseal decking oil on Monday. He'll probably pour it through the letterbox.

[dave the builder]

I say "old engine oil"
it's probably quite new @ 3k compared to what Uncle Stemo is used too @20k 

maybe the fence panel is made of fireproof wood

Well hopefully DPD come up to their usual high standards, else Uncle Stemo might end up with a bag of fireproof kindling. 

DPD are bringing some ronseal decking oil on Monday. He'll probably pour it through the letterbox.

don't forget to put the fence panel on the door mat then ,monday morning, to ensure even coverage 

[aaronjb]

Trust me, 70 mph is as fast as you really want to drive a Smart Fortwo .... especially if it's a bit windy 

I don't know, I did *cough* 70ish *cough* down the M40 to work in hers and .. no, you're right, it gets bloody terrifying over 70

Her Mini is much more relaxing, although it likes a drink (of both oil & petrol ) compared to the Smart!

[TheBoy]

Trust me, 70 mph is as fast as you really want to drive a Smart Fortwo .... especially if it's a bit windy 

I don't know, I did *cough* 70ish *cough* down the M40 to work in hers and .. no, you're right, it gets bloody terrifying over 70

Her Mini is much more relaxing, although it likes a drink (of both oil & petrol ) compared to the Smart!

And Northbound, going down Chickenshit Canyon, what did you get it up to?   Go on, I know you must have tried to max it down there....

[aaronjb]

And Northbound, going down Chickenshit Canyon, what did you get it up to?   Go on, I know you must have tried to max it down there....

Return route is usually M25/M1 as going north doesn't seem to make much difference to time (but that route is ~20 miles shorter - whereas southbound the 20 extra miles makes for 15 minutes less journey!) I haven't been up the M40 when it's been quiet enough to do any ... testing ... in a few years now, much less in something that might hit Vmax

I reckon you could peg the speedo, though, easily enough.. I can't remember if that was at 90 or 100, though.

[TheBoy]

I reckon you could peg the speedo, though, easily enough.. I can't remember if that was at 90 or 100, though.

kph, obviously.