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General Discussion Area / Re: What a bargain!
« on: 20 February 2024, 09:34:11 »
On the upside, I've not been to a funeral this year, yet.
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I had a tailor made suit done for me in Saville Row, Bangkok in 2008. Cost about £100 and it's still going strong for weddings and funerals!Yup, about 5 years ago, I went for a black suit, as it covers all occasions. Been a couple of years since I went to a wedding or christening though!
More funerals these days though....
Sounds like my garage I know its there but cant find it. Martin did a fob for me some time ago fantastic service,now looking for a rebuild on a door locking solenoid.I believe it was "Steve" who did those.Again, just replace switches, decent ones are under £1 each, and Kevin Wood did a great guide
I was pleasantly surprised, esp as hers is the weight reduced one (hence small fuel and ad blue tanks) to get it in the £0 tax bracket, so probably has lighter, less luxurious seats.Did the first long-ish trip in hers today, seeing as mine is still busted. Previously, furtherest I’d gone in it was central Londonium or Brumingham.
Might have gone through some puddles that were deeper than they looked as well.
Ignoring the fact it’s a manual, it was a lovely cruise down to the seaside, and if the app is to be believed, mid 50s on Opti’s favourite fuel
They are every bit as comfy a mile eater as the Omega was. (when burning the correct fuel, at any rate. Never sampled the tractor variant.)
Ours sells the Redex in 10l, and not very cheaply either.Stick a 10 litre bottle in there, Ray, that should do you for around 10,000 miles.Her car only has a 9l pigs piss tank. Kinda annoying when its sold in 10l bottles!
All the Adblue I've bought in Costco has come in a gallon/5litre bottle
Appreciate your honesty. I do know that if the owner of a 3.0/3.2 tootled about in it, it would drive like a dog, so you could have a flat 3.2 losing badly to a decent 3.0 and vice versa.I did get to drive a few when I used to do a lot of diagnostics stuff on them, many locals will know my standard test route that has a good selection of handling, tram lining, flat out running and heavy braking.
Must have been pure luck that mine and yours went so well.
Yup, that's the one. But he did look silly in it thoughElite Pete's MX5, IIRC.Yeah, but the 3.0 saloon had a disability.... ....meIn fact, the only 3.2 to ever beat my old 3.0l bullet was Hotel21 in his estate. Possibly because he knows how to drive. Or because I think he had Jura pup in the boot, egging him onYou just said a mouthfull. You've admitted that, with a competent driver, even a 3.2 estate can outpace a 3.0 saloon. Case closed.
Both of us got beat on most runs by a clapped out MX-5
Was a cracking day, though - hooning around a runway, H21 taught me the intricacies of how to do J-turns properly (a skill I've never, ever had a use for, officer ), followed by an evening with people I'm honoured to call friends, talking shite and supping beverage and eating BBQ.