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Re: Your fleet running reports

Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2020 8:24 pm
by V8Granite
A brand new set of Mud Terrain tyres and Tungsten Carbide snow studs for me. Can’t be too careful.

Dave!

Re: Your fleet running reports

Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2020 8:29 pm
by McSwede
V8Granite wrote: Tue Dec 15, 2020 8:24 pm A brand new set of Mud Terrain tyres and Tungsten Carbide snow studs for me. Can’t be too careful.

Dave!
That's all well and good but you don't live in Smugsville like Rich B 🤣

Re: Your fleet running reports

Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2020 9:06 pm
by Swervin_Mervin
Rich B wrote: Tue Dec 15, 2020 6:07 pm I live in the south. No need for any special tyres.
I live in the north amd no need for winter tyres! Binned em off years ago. Only ever had summer tyres on my 330 and no issues in 8yrs.

Re: Your fleet running reports

Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2020 10:07 pm
by Gwaredd
I guess I don't drive hard enough to induce understeer on the road any more. Certainly wouldn't be comfortable going any quicker.

Re: Your fleet running reports

Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2020 10:37 pm
by integrale_evo
I have used all season tyres to good effect in the past, both getting up snow bound country lanes, and chasing Nic’s 135i and Ste’s Honda Elise around wales. However in good weather they are a compromise, and in bad weather they’re not as good as a proper winter tyre.

We have PS4 on both the daily drivers which are brilliant most of the time, but for a couple of months when the roads are stupidly slimey then a proper winters make more sense even in fairly flat and sheltered East anglia.

I have a 30 mile each way cross country commute, and one of those journeys is either at 5am or 10pm. My mrs works nights at a hospital and also does a college run three times a week. If we lived somewhere more urban or used well gritted main routes during the day then I probably wouldn’t bother.

Another reason I would rather have a proper set of winter tyres on a separate set of wheels is so I could swap them over if anything particularly nasty was forecast. As it happens I’ve just swapped mine on an incredibly mild December week 😂

During the one snowy morning last week the merc was worse than useless, it would just site at idle in drive merrily spinning both its rear wheels on a mild incline. Hopefully winter tyres will prevent any future earache should the same happen again.

Re: Your fleet running reports

Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2020 9:12 am
by Jobbo
Rich B wrote: Tue Dec 15, 2020 6:07 pm I live in the south. No need for any special tyres.
Your cars don't have enough torque, you mean.

Re: Your fleet running reports

Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2020 9:18 am
by mik
Jobbo wrote: Wed Dec 16, 2020 9:12 am
Rich B wrote: Tue Dec 15, 2020 6:07 pm I live in the south. No need for any special tyres.
Your cars don't have enough torque, you mean.
Oooooh :shock:

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Re: Your fleet running reports

Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2020 9:29 am
by Maurice
Jobbo wrote: Wed Dec 16, 2020 9:12 am
Rich B wrote: Tue Dec 15, 2020 6:07 pm I live in the south. No need for any special tyres.
Your cars don't have enough torque, you mean.
Rotatiown3d.

Re: Your fleet running reports

Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2020 9:56 am
by Rich B
Eugh, I didn't realise your 350 was a dirty diesel! All this time I thought you had a nice petrol one!

Re: Your fleet running reports

Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2020 10:51 am
by Jobbo
Didn't even exist in the UK in petrol form, Rich. DYELC?

Re: Your fleet running reports

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2020 8:49 am
by V8Granite
Mr Flew has been busy....

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Dave!

Re: Your fleet running reports

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2020 10:34 am
by JonMad
Yeti. MOT. Flying colours etc.

Fabia: :lol:


Might just keep it as a spare in case/until I irrevocably trash the one that’s on there. Will need cutting to fit over the welded on brackets for the spots.

Re: Your fleet running reports

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2020 11:11 am
by Sundayjumper
Win ! That’s the way to do low cost motorsport.

Re: Your fleet running reports

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2020 11:26 am
by Nic
:roll:
V8Granite wrote: Sat Dec 19, 2020 8:49 am Mr Flew has been busy....

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Dave!
What are you having done Dave?

Re: Your fleet running reports

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2020 1:17 pm
by V8Granite
Full suspension overhaul, any rust dealt with and new suspension pipe work etc. It’s then going for a full respray in the new year.

Should be like new but I want the interior to keep its Patina.

I’m liking your new 320, they’ve aged amazingly well.

Dave!

Re: Your fleet running reports

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2020 3:44 pm
by Nic
V8Granite wrote: Sat Dec 19, 2020 1:17 pm Full suspension overhaul, any rust dealt with and new suspension pipe work etc. It’s then going for a full respray in the new year.

Should be like new but I want the interior to keep its Patina.

I’m liking your new 320, they’ve aged amazingly well.

Dave!
Flew does amazing work, really stands the test of time, paint on the Golf still looks amazing after almost a decade.

320 is a great 2 metre car but on close inspection needs lots of little jobs done on it but I got it very cheap so it’s worth spending on. There’s some rust issues underneath, battery tray needs replacing, corroded fuel line and it needs an engine wiring harness. I’ve always wanted one, it’s pretty much the perfect retirement car for me.

Re: Your fleet running reports

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2020 5:13 pm
by V8Granite
They are just particularly elegant cars with enough of a turn of pace to be fun. Also they put you in a chilled out mood when mooching along. Will be great in the spring and summer 8-)

I’ve waited a while for Save to do the work, knowing anything he finds, be it rust or broken parts will have a properly engineered solution means a lot when spending so much money.

Dave!

Re: Your fleet running reports

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2020 5:22 pm
by integrale_evo
Because the merc ( proper petrol engined one ) has a broken rear spring I decided I’d better fit the eibach springs I bought a couple of years ago :lol:

Did the fronts today because I can get away with doing them first as a slight nose down stance wouldn’t look as daft as a bottom dragging one if I started at the back. Our garage had warned that it wasn’t a very nice job, and he was correct, the springs are massive with a huge amount of preload which took a lot of compressing and still struggled to get the top mounts back on.

Thankfully all the fasteners and fittings are typically German so spun off easily despite being 15 years old

Re: Your fleet running reports

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2020 5:33 pm
by V8Granite
Did they have a small rubber section at the top of the spring ? If they do then Merc generally sell different thickness ones for £10 each or so for some extra lowering, squaring the stance up etc.

Dave!

Re: Your fleet running reports

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2020 5:39 pm
by integrale_evo
Not on the springs, just rubber bits in the mounts, didn’t try and take them out and haven’t looked to see if you can get different ones. Will get them all on and see how it sits.

I know Bmw sell a range of different pads, especially for the rear to compensate for different equipment levels and fine tune the geometry.