Well my nutty jack russell max has been diagnosed with mitral valve disease but it can be controlled with tablets so he will live a few more years which has cheered me up I thought we were going to lose him
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Two cars I know well.
On this side of the pond, you couldn't swing a dead cat without hitting a Chevy Nova, which started out as the Chevy II and basic transportation. The Nova was discerned to be the perfect platform for a low buck muscle car. My ex-boss at my first real job had a 68 or 69 with a built 307 and a 4.88:1 rear axle. It had enough grunt to snap the bolts that held the springs to the rear axle.
My experience with the Boy Racer Evo is limited to being hit by one while riding my bicycle.
I saw the Chevy again some hours later this afternoon , heard a large V8 start up and then saw it turn out of a side street behind me and go away the other direction , has huge rear tyres in a dragster style 
I've never owned a V8 , biggest I managed was a 3.1 V6 in an RS Capri , genuine MK1 type .
My experience of Evos is from a friend also from my Ford RS days , he part swapped an Escort RS1600i with a dodgy turbo conversion for a Tommi Makinen edition Evo 6 , what a good deal that turned out to be and then for good measure he bought another for the Nurburgring trips and saves the value of the first one in his garage .
I've never owned a V8 , biggest I managed was a 3.1 V6 in an RS Capri , genuine MK1 type .
My experience of Evos is from a friend also from my Ford RS days , he part swapped an Escort RS1600i with a dodgy turbo conversion for a Tommi Makinen edition Evo 6 , what a good deal that turned out to be and then for good measure he bought another for the Nurburgring trips and saves the value of the first one in his garage .
Subframe restoration going well, virtually no rust on it when I finally got it out, and what was there was very mild surface rust.
After a couple of days sanding painting, wire brushing and plating, it’s all going back together and looks amazing so this is what I keep smiling at
After a couple of days sanding painting, wire brushing and plating, it’s all going back together and looks amazing so this is what I keep smiling at
Being immobile is the only time I gained weight, disappeared pretty quickly once I could walk
Slowing up now though..
That looks lovely. Inspiring stuff!
This is the first time in a while that I haven't had a V8. The largest I had was a 6.4L in a 1965 Mercury land yacht, that was my first car. Something every 16 year old needs. The smallest was the 4.8L in the Chevy pick up we traded in last year for the 3L diesel Ford pickup. Both were comparable in HP but the 6.4 was what we call a 'torque pig'. A lot of grunt on the low end. Most of the ones I've had in the last 50 years have been in the 5L range which is a good compromise for HP, torque, and fuel mileage on this side of the pond.I saw the Chevy again some hours later this afternoon , heard a large V8 start up and then saw it turn out of a side street behind me and go away the other direction , has huge rear tyres in a dragster style
I've never owned a V8 , biggest I managed was a 3.1 V6 in an RS Capri , genuine MK1 type .
My experience of Evos is from a friend also from my Ford RS days , he part swapped an Escort RS1600i with a dodgy turbo conversion for a Tommi Makinen edition Evo 6 , what a good deal that turned out to be and then for good measure he bought another for the Nurburgring trips and saves the value of the first one in his garage .
The big American V8, though, is falling out of favor.
To be honest many of us would try big engines if we paid the same for fuel as in US.
Friend of mine had a dodge charger 'dukes of hazard' model can't remember the cc but it was a kin enormous engine that done about 12 to the gallon, bonnet was about a mile long had a drive in it once like being in a motor boat lol
If it was the current body style Charger, either the 5.7 or the 6.4 engine. If the old style body, either a 426 or 440 cubic inch.
My SIL just traded in his Dodge Ram 2500 with the 6.4 for a Jeep Gladiator Mojave pick up with the 3.6 V6. He says the pros of the Gladiator vs the Ram are gas mileage, easier to park, and it's a Jeep. Cons are no more 0 to 60 in four seconds, can't cruise at 90 mph all day long, and, because he's a big guy, he can't 'Manspread' in the Gladiator. He seems to think that the Gladiator will happily tow our camping trailer. I got rid of the Chevy because it didn't.
He did have trust issues with the 6.4, though. At 38K miles, the engine was replaced due to some internal racket at start up. Don't know what it was but his uncle, who is some kind of exec at Chrysler, got involved to get the engine replaced. The new engine started making the same noise at start up, so he said,"Time to go."
Right now, for whatever political reason this month, diesel is now cheaper in Illannoy than regular grade gas.(Yeah, yeah. You guys call it petrol.)
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As an apprentice a guy near by had a 1950s Cadillac reputedly owned previously by Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, to me a beautiful car, all black and chrome, apart from every window was broken, I was told it was 8 litres and he certainly came into the petrol side often.
The nearest I got was a 1965 Chrysler Valiant slant six engine with a knackered autobox, I found out after selling it for £20 that my best mate? worked at a Jensen garage where the mechanics were trained on the same Torqueflite gearboxes and could have fixed it for me if he had mentioned it!
I was offered a Studebaker (Lark or Hawk?) by a regular customer, but on inspecting it I found with door open I could walk as far as the propshaft without lifting my feet, it was that rusty.
He also owned a Russian Volga Estate which his wife used to tow a horse box. If it wasn't the one out of the James Bond Film (Goldfinger?) it was certainly identical and there can't have been many around. As I recall that one may have been scrapped when the fibre cam wheel disintegrated.
.The nearest I got was a 1965 Chrysler Valiant slant six engine with a knackered autobox, I found out after selling it for £20 that my best mate? worked at a Jensen garage where the mechanics were trained on the same Torqueflite gearboxes and could have fixed it for me if he had mentioned it!
I was offered a Studebaker (Lark or Hawk?) by a regular customer, but on inspecting it I found with door open I could walk as far as the propshaft without lifting my feet, it was that rusty.
He also owned a Russian Volga Estate which his wife used to tow a horse box. If it wasn't the one out of the James Bond Film (Goldfinger?) it was certainly identical and there can't have been many around. As I recall that one may have been scrapped when the fibre cam wheel disintegrated.
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Stupid citroen, and it's many random faults. It's done it before, and done it again at the weekend. Engine fault, ABS fault, DPF fault, ESP fault, hillstart fault....
Then go in with diagbox to see the faults, and everything from injectors to oil level sensors, headlights to steering wheel controls, everything all reporting errors.
And the real fault is a low battery, not that low, the car still turns over ok and starts, just that the electrics are very sensitive to voltage dips and have a mini fit. New battery and all is good
Then go in with diagbox to see the faults, and everything from injectors to oil level sensors, headlights to steering wheel controls, everything all reporting errors.
And the real fault is a low battery, not that low, the car still turns over ok and starts, just that the electrics are very sensitive to voltage dips and have a mini fit. New battery and all is good
And after all our advice to Fiat owners about battery issuesStupid citroen, and it's many random faults. It's done it before, and done it again at the weekend. Engine fault, ABS fault, DPF fault, ESP fault, hillstart fault....
Then go in with diagbox to see the faults, and everything from injectors to oil level sensors, headlights to steering wheel controls, everything all reporting errors.
And the real fault is a low battery, not that low, the car still turns over ok and starts, just that the electrics are very sensitive to voltage dips and have a mini fit. New battery and all is good
.I have just sold my C3 Picasso after four years of largely trouble free motoring, I just felt at 225K it was time, that and three other vehicles clamouring for space on the drive. Although after just taxing the Scudo for six months costing over £200 against the C3s £35 per year???
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I like cars electronics, helpful reluable easy, and of couse so cheap to repairStupid citroen, and it's many random faults. It's done it before, and done it again at the weekend. Engine fault, ABS fault, DPF fault, ESP fault, hillstart fault....
Then go in with diagbox to see the faults, and everything from injectors to oil level sensors, headlights to steering wheel controls, everything all reporting errors.
And the real fault is a low battery, not that low, the car still turns over ok and starts, just that the electrics are very sensitive to voltage dips and have a mini fit. New battery and all is good
..... not really lol ing much at all.. .aybe you could wash the old batteriies out and build ashed out of them, or an attractive sommer house. Lead walls , doubles as a new killer fallout summerhouse. See everyone wins!
Bring back the old cars eh!
Who needs a battery? Just a starting handle, a magneto and maybe a couple of paraffin lamps for driving at night.
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Nutty about Pandas Infected by Panda virus and OPD
I actually so agree. I remember having a very poor battery in my old Austin, but it still had enough to run. Starting on the handle was only an issue in heavy traffic if you stalled. The along came my Herald and it had no handle. It still had a slot in the bumper but no lug on the pulley and no handle. Its been down hill ever since. Im not even sure I can even bump or tow start the Panda TA 4x4.... And you cant tow it two wheels off the deck.etcetera etceterac etcetera in the words ot Yul BrynnerBring back the old cars eh!
Who needs a battery? Just a starting handle, a magneto and maybe a couple of paraffin lamps for driving at night.
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Back in around 1979 when garage I was working at was quiet with bosses permission I snooped in an old lock up on the premises and found a 1947 Vauxhall 14, we got it running and even Moted it, we had to fit Aeroquip racing brake hoses as nothing original available at the time and the guy who started that company was in Totnes a few miles away.
The end of the story was that the original Lucas battery we put on charge and it started the car after it being in the lock up since the 1950s as the owner refused to pay for the engine rebuild.
My boss sold it to a guy in Ireland , lent him the trade plates and he drove it back to Ireland then posted the plates back!
The Panda Nut
Nutty about Pandas Infected by Panda virus and OPD
Just imagine a modern car... May be I should remove the panda ecu and dash and wire it up on the christmas tree.Back in around 1979 when garage I was working at was quiet with bosses permission I snooped in an old lock up on the premises and found a 1947 Vauxhall 14, we got it running and even Moted it, we had to fit Aeroquip racing brake hoses as nothing original available at the time and the guy who started that company was in Totnes a few miles away.
The end of the story was that the original Lucas battery we put on charge and it started the car after it being in the lock up since the 1950s as the owner refused to pay for the engine rebuild.
My boss sold it to a guy in Ireland , lent him the trade plates and he drove it back to Ireland then posted the plates back!
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