OV9

Matty wrote: Fri Mar 13, 2026 6:31 pm

jamcg wrote: Fri Mar 13, 2026 5:29 pm Focus written off, just waiting to hear back from gap people now. I think looking for a boring, practicable, cheap to run, reliable everyday car that’s not too boring is the hardest type of car to look for, there’s no “want that one” factor like if you want something performance orientated

Giulia. The Ti's look great, reliable, reasonable money, and you can tell people Ferrari designers were involved with it.

Thanks for the suggestion of the Giulia Matty, but saloon body style wouldn’t fit my lifestyle, with the need for a car to act as a pseudo van on occasion so a hatch is a necessity, anyway I looked and looked and looked some more and came home with this today:
Puma ST, reasonably quick, decently practical and easily delivered 46mpg on the way home

Good colour. Nice to see something bright.

jamcg wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2026 8:12 pm

V8Granite wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2026 2:57 pm After years of different Allen keys I now have these 2 sets....

https://www.screwfix.com/p/wera-l-keys- ... dUQAvD_BwE

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wera-Hex-Plus- ... d_source=1

Both really nice.

I've tried a lot of others but these are now my keys of choice when travelling.

Dave!

I use wera Allen keys, they have a funny concave shape that are supposed to bind in where others don’t- and it actually works- I have used the ones that come with radiators etc that have just rounded off and then used the wera ones to great effect

I have decent Bahco metric Allen keys. My imperial ones are Draper, but 3/16” is only 4.7mm and this thing was on too tight for that.

mik wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2026 8:57 pm

jamcg wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2026 8:12 pm

V8Granite wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2026 2:57 pm After years of different Allen keys I now have these 2 sets....

https://www.screwfix.com/p/wera-l-keys- ... dUQAvD_BwE

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wera-Hex-Plus- ... d_source=1

Both really nice.

I've tried a lot of others but these are now my keys of choice when travelling.

Dave!

I use wera Allen keys, they have a funny concave shape that are supposed to bind in where others don’t- and it actually works- I have used the ones that come with radiators etc that have just rounded off and then used the wera ones to great effect

I have decent Bahco metric Allen keys. My imperial ones are Draper, but 3/16” is only 4.7mm and this thing was on too tight for that.

Wera - “ Hex-plus profile drives from the flats instead of the points, preventing the rounding out of screws.” Every day is a school day