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Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Going North on the A9...
Posts: 404 Thanks: 16 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: Orkney Cinq Hey Xylaquin- you're certainly battering through the jobs! I can't believe you got that result 'by hand' on those wheels! It was certainly looking quite ace; when I tracked you down last week!! ![]() (sorry; I was working in St Magnus 'next door', and went for a walk on a break)
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Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Orkney, Scotland
Posts: 63 Thanks: 1 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: Orkney Cinq Paparazzi'd! That's not a bad photo actually, considering I have yet to give the car a thorough detailing. By the way, how to I covert this thread to a member's motors type thread?
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Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Going North on the A9...
Posts: 404 Thanks: 16 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: Orkney Cinq hmm... not something I can answer...
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Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Orkney, Scotland
Posts: 63 Thanks: 1 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: Orkney Cinq Although I drove the Cinq across the UK when I bought it, October has been the first time I've done my monthly Orkney > Central Belt > Orkney trip in it. Since the drive back is during the day I decided to take a handful of shots of the trip. Whilst I refilled my tank in Brora I spotted a 126 in the garage showroom ![]() At the John O'Groats signpost ![]()
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Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Going North on the A9...
Posts: 404 Thanks: 16 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: Orkney Cinq Ha! Like a mini-A9-126-road-trip! More pics like this!! you've got me into a groove of A9-photography, Xylaquin! I love that road; and I seem to photograph The Mound, every time I come up; I duplicated your exact shot in July this year! Yes; Brora ALSO has a 126 round-the-back of Victoria Garage on the main street. You can JUST see it as you approach the village coming South, on the right. Just after the Clynelish distillery turn off. It's just a shell, but beige, if I remember correctly...! (in fact; you can see it on Google-maps; in Streetview)
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Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Orkney, Scotland
Posts: 63 Thanks: 1 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: Orkney Cinq Well since October the Cinq has had more work done...
Forgot to take photos, a habit I'm trying to resolve this year!
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Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Going North on the A9...
Posts: 404 Thanks: 16 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: Orkney Cinq major work Xylaquin! good to get this stuff under your belt as soon as possible with a new car. There are always inherited issues...
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Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Orkney, Scotland
Posts: 63 Thanks: 1 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: Orkney Cinq Been an interesting year 2020... Went to collect a discontinued IKEA product all the way down in Nottingham. I do remember longing for cruise control on that journey, it strangely felt longer than the initial purchase journey. I think I've got a tradition going now... Mk2 Panda - IKEA single bed Fiat 126 BIS - tumbledryer Cinquecento - bookcase
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Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Orkney, Scotland
Posts: 63 Thanks: 1 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: Orkney Cinq Replaced the radio aerial, as I accidentally snapped the old one. Sourced an original style one from REGMOT in Poland.
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Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Orkney, Scotland
Posts: 63 Thanks: 1 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: Orkney Cinq Gave the cooling system a flush. Must be a pretty clean now with it's new pump and radiator a few months back and now a flush with new coolant. Heck it was to get new coolant again at the upcoming service. The temp gauge tends to sit at the mark below 90 when driving about.
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Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Orkney, Scotland
Posts: 63 Thanks: 1 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: Orkney Cinq Dropped off the car in Inverness for it's 72k service and returned to Orkney in the meantime (they had a 2 week waiting list at the time). Again I'm continuing the previous owner's habit of dealership/Fiat specialist servicing. Sticking to the official schedule, the transmission fluid got replaced, quite possibly for the first time! I should've asked for a before and after comparison ha. Then lockdown began, the garage shut and the Scottish government clamped down on the ferries. You're only allowed on the boat if you've got a valid reason- and they're doing well to be strict about it (for example, you need a letter proving your case for travel, even if it's a funeral you're attending). Personally I'm supportive of this measure, we've only had 8 cases up here. I ended up borrowing a vehicle from some farmer friends... a 2.5 litre diesel Mitsubishi Warrior, which felt like an absolute tank compared to what I'm used to ![]() Whilst dropping off work laptops to council staff around the island, I went up a driveway and turned round the hedge to discover this member of staff used to drive a Sei! It's sitting just outside their door feeling a bit neglected from the moss that's starting to form. To get the Cinq back, I ended up using Shiply and got it delivered to the ferry terminal on the other side of the water. The ferry company drove it on and delivered it to me waiting on South Ronaldsay, I then drove it back up to the main island. Now back in the more fuel efficient, freshly serviced door wedge, the only thing I've done since is replace the rusty wipers...
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Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Going North on the A9...
Posts: 404 Thanks: 16 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: Orkney Cinq Hey Xylaquin- if you were going to start a TV channel of Northern Isles Cinq' ownership- I'd subscribe! That image of the Mitsubishi and the 126 is priceless... Well done on these service items; it's going to roll forever!
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Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Near the M4
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Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Orkney, Scotland
Posts: 63 Thanks: 1 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: Orkney Cinq lol, one of the main reasons I refer to pre-2000 Minis as "real" Minis. Fiat themselves are making variants of the modern 500 that are HUGE, and still calling it a Fiat 500xyz... then again they do have a knack for reusing "500" as a model name (*cough* Cinquecento) Small cars are a lost art these days.
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Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Near the M4
Posts: 26,429 Thanks: 1016 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: Orkney Cinq Yes.. they are becoming MASSIVE Apparently thats the price of 'going green..' ![]() Farcical isnt it.. Personally I would love a 1994 uno with 2007 1.3 td Nippy and 100mpg.. But of course they wont make a modern car unless it will do 130mph.. Keep at it.. you are doing great ![]()
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