Your fleet running reports

[Matty]

The Bora has a full-size spare which came to the rescue on Tuesday when a nail ripped a big hole I doubt any weld would of repaired, so I'd always prefer a proper spare (or saver) instead of the gunk. The VXR8 had a proper full-size which saved the day (although they weighed an absolute metric fuckton)

It reminds me of the time I used the gunk to repair a puncture on the old Lupo GTi - I didn't tell the tyre guy I'd used it; purely out of complete ignorance as I assumed it hardened. When he put it on the machine to remove the tyre, it went everywhere, splatting all over the place.

[JLv3.0]

About 10 miles away from you and I wanted Valium but couldn't get any in time, so I just sat there and sulked.

[Jobbo]

The Bora has a full-size spare which came to the rescue on Tuesday when a nail ripped a big hole I doubt any weld would of repaired, so I'd always prefer a proper spare (or saver) instead of the gunk. The VXR8 had a proper full-size which saved the day (although they weighed an absolute metric fuckton)

This is why you also keep a full-size spare in the garage at home.

[mik]

I have an exhaust where a spare would go.

A spare exhaust?

[Rich B]

I have an exhaust where a spare would go.

A spare exhaust?

sadly not, it’s not a Golf R - all 4 pipes are attached!

[nuttinnew]

Simple jobs made difficult; I need to remove the wiper on the A2 so I can replace the split scuttle trim, which I think has dripped water onto a connector to the coil and caused the misfire. A puller is needed to remove the arm. Bought a puller, wound it onto the arm, puller bent out of shape, arm remains unmoved. Arse.
So...had to put fuel in the '98 Polo. It has a 45l tank.

[mik]

Soak in WD40.

Next day lift the wiper off of the screen, which will allow you to then rock it back and forth on the splined shaft with some force.

Pop!

Cheers and beers.

[Carlos]

You could probably fit a 996.1 spare in the front of the 997 - not sure it would fit over the S front brakes though - most likely not.

996.2 came with a spacesaver as did teh Turbo/C4S.

Is that right? I've never seen a picture of a 996.2 or turbo with a space saver in the front boot. Did they lie it flat under the frunk floor?

I had one back in the day and used it, they were deflated and standing upright in a nylon cover which was velcro'd to the bulkhead.

[ste]

Porsche space savers are things of beauty, really pretty, very lightweight alloy things. As were the jacks, lightweight alu and really beautifully made.

I’ve sold a few of both on eBay, they used to go for a small fortune.

[GG.]

996.2 came with a spacesaver as did teh Turbo/C4S.

Is that right? I've never seen a picture of a 996.2 or turbo with a space saver in the front boot. Did they lie it flat under the frunk floor?

I had one back in the day and used it, they were deflated and standing upright in a nylon cover which was velcro'd to the bulkhead.

I’ve seen that type but only ever photos of them in a 996.1 or 986.1. After a bit more digging I could find a diagram that showed it would lie flat and under the frunk floor in a C4 and upright in a C2. I wonder if they phased it out in gen 2s part way through. Puzzling.

Which 911/year did you have Carlos?

[nuttinnew]

Soak in WD40.

Next day lift the wiper off of the screen, which will allow you to then rock it back and forth on the splined shaft with some force.

Pop!

Cheers and beers.

Alas I'd tried that first (hoping it'd work to avoid having to buy a puller). Soaked it some more and left while the puller came. After the puller bent first time, soaked it again, straightened the puller, and tried using to put some tension on while rocking it. The arm still hasn't moved, the puller's distorted again (not as badly though), so soaked and left again. I'll get it done, just trying to avoid getting annoyed and breaking something (like the windscreen)

[Carlos]

Is that right? I've never seen a picture of a 996.2 or turbo with a space saver in the front boot. Did they lie it flat under the frunk floor?

I had one back in the day and used it, they were deflated and standing upright in a nylon cover which was velcro'd to the bulkhead.

I’ve seen that type but only ever photos of them in a 996.1 or 986.1. After a bit more digging I could find a diagram that showed it would lie flat and under the frunk floor in a C4 and upright in a C2. I wonder if they phased it out in gen 2s part way through. Puzzling.

Which 911/year did you have Carlos?

02 996 Targa same layout as this :



As Ste mentions the whole bag of tools, jack, wheel etc weighs nothing.

It looks like they filled the 997 up with hard plastic albeit smaller uniform space rather than the carpeted random open area of the 996.

Progress ?

[GG.]

Yep you're right - the filler cap juts out of a hard plastic cover on the 997 so the area your spare was in is effectively boxed off. I think there is potentially some sat nav gubbins from the later PCM behind a flap there and a CD changer if you have one fitted.

[Mito Man]

Does dumping the clutch and causing all 4 tyres to spin when pulling away frequently cause hot spots/burn marks on the flywheel?

[Foz]

Getting there!

[Foz]

Does dumping the clutch and causing all 4 tyres to spin when pulling away frequently cause hot spots/burn marks on the flywheel?

Yes.

Does it even have enough power to do that!? Presumably the DoggingFender you are on about?

[Mito Man]

Yes, post remap - aggressive driving is a necessity to get past all the Uber drivers during a TLGP as the idiots seem to like flooring their car off the line and then driving everywhere at half the speed limit

Anyway I think they usually change the flywheel with a clutch anyway so at least I made the most of it.

[DeskJockey]

Galaxy carried all five of us + all necessary things for a week away without any issues. 830ish miles through five countries in 16 hours with average mpg bettered by 0.1 according to the car.

Didn't stray much above 80, it feels like the sweet spot and beyond that it begins to struggle.

By the time we'll be back home it'll have done nearly 20k miles in 18 months, quite a lot more than expected as it isn't used for commuting.

[Jackleg]

Accord has had the clutch changed. I'd forgotten what having a fresh clutch is like, no longer do I need Herculean strength to change gear. Annoyingly the cruise control has stopped working now.

[Mito Man]

I’ve found out where my 0.5 litres of oil in the 6 series disappeared to. My parking area is very stained as it’s just how the Defender rolls so it’s hard to find now ones till I moved the 6 inside overnight and was greeted with this today.


The other 0.48 litres has accumulated nicely on the undertray - it reminds me of the Richard Wilson Oil exhibition in the Saatchi Gallery.

The Mito meanwhile has had enough of being used for a week straight so has decided to break both its heatshields which had been replaced less than 2 years ago. People turn round expecting a wedding car dragging tins behind but just find a dashing young man driving an Italian shitter.