why did you think it wasn’t a thing any more?Beany wrote: Fri Dec 21, 2018 10:32 am I thought tyre release agent wasn't a thing any more?
Just pulled out of the tyre fitters, and lit the tyres up in first and second.
Woops.![]()
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- Rich B
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S1 Lotus Elise
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I'm pretty sure people on here said it. A bit of internetting suggests I'm hilariously wrong. Perhaps I've misinterpreted 'not as bad as it used to be' with 'not a thing at all'.
Oh well, the next few hundred miles will be interesting
Oh well, the next few hundred miles will be interesting

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FWIW, after the slipslide from the tyre fitters, there's been no problems. In fact, it's grippy as all fuck. I could normally get the back end moving in a few quiet parts of town, but now it just grips and goes.
So I'm guessing the old tyres were a bit fucked then
So I'm guessing the old tyres were a bit fucked then

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Had a run down to cornwall in the golf this week. Not hanging around getting home on thursday I was quite impressed with this
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11_vBAF ... sp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11_vBAF ... sp=sharing
- NotoriousREV
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What sort of monster sets their heater to 19.5°C?!Broccers wrote: Sat Dec 22, 2018 3:24 pm Had a run down to cornwall in the golf this week. Not hanging around getting home on thursday I was quite impressed with this
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11_vBAF ... sp=sharing
Middle-aged Dirtbag
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I’m a 21°C man, myself.
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I want to know who felt it was necessary to design 0.5deg increments into cars anyway. Who sits in a car and thinks - "20 is too hot...but 19 is too cold. If only there was a setting in between"NotoriousREV wrote: Sat Dec 22, 2018 6:47 pmWhat sort of monster sets their heater to 19.5°C?!Broccers wrote: Sat Dec 22, 2018 3:24 pm Had a run down to cornwall in the golf this week. Not hanging around getting home on thursday I was quite impressed with this
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11_vBAF ... sp=sharing
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As ever - the things the Internets get so cross about rarely, if ever, impact on real life.Beany wrote: Sat Dec 22, 2018 2:30 pm FWIW, after the slipslide from the tyre fitters, there's been no problems. In fact, it's grippy as all fuck. I could normally get the back end moving in a few quiet parts of town, but now it just grips and goes.
So I'm guessing the old tyres were a bit fucked then![]()
Just try not to be one of them and it's all good.
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Must be a 'Simon' thing as I set my side of the car to 19.5 too. And yes, 19 is too cold and 20 is too hot...NotoriousREV wrote: Sat Dec 22, 2018 6:47 pmWhat sort of monster sets their heater to 19.5°C?!Broccers wrote: Sat Dec 22, 2018 3:24 pm Had a run down to cornwall in the golf this week. Not hanging around getting home on thursday I was quite impressed with this
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11_vBAF ... sp=sharing
The artist formerly known as _Who_
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Psychopaths.Simon wrote: Sat Dec 22, 2018 9:18 pmMust be a 'Simon' thing as I set my side of the car to 19.5 too. And yes, 19 is too cold and 20 is too hot...NotoriousREV wrote: Sat Dec 22, 2018 6:47 pmWhat sort of monster sets their heater to 19.5°C?!Broccers wrote: Sat Dec 22, 2018 3:24 pm Had a run down to cornwall in the golf this week. Not hanging around getting home on thursday I was quite impressed with this
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11_vBAF ... sp=sharing
Middle-aged Dirtbag
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Yep, the BMWs all had 0.5 degree adjustment, the Honda doesn't and I genuinely miss it.
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If you set it to Fahrenheit, 1F is quite close to 0.5C...
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Had a quick go with the dashcam today - forgot to take the plastic lens cover off so it was a bit soft/shiny but caught some dimwit pulling out without looking and then pissing off up the 30mph road at a fair whack over that.
So I think this'll be useful. I'll probably properly install it over Christmas, as there's a remote chance I won't get pinged at work during Xmas day at least.
So I think this'll be useful. I'll probably properly install it over Christmas, as there's a remote chance I won't get pinged at work during Xmas day at least.
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I’ve spent today building an awning for my car. It’s absolutely crap quality 1mm thick aluminium so I just cut the legs down with a mitre saw for wood. I haven’t bolted it down as I ran out of light so I hope it won’t get blown away by the morning. Also the metal is so thin that you can’t really torque anything down without bending it so I may buy some loctite for it.
Still, should keep most the rain off and help with the damp as sometimes I don’t drive for a month at a time.

Still, should keep most the rain off and help with the damp as sometimes I don’t drive for a month at a time.

How about not having a sig at all?
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Where is it from? I'm considering an add on to the side of my garage to keep another car dry.
Cheers, Harry
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Spent an hour or so messing with the lupo locks, the drivers lock had snapped meaning you couldn't lock the drivers door without climbing through the car, and central locking only works from the drivers lock.
Swapped the innards over from the pass side to get it working. Must be a common failure as you can buy a kit of the bits for under £3 a side. One spring is a bit of a fiddle, but could probably get the lot swapped over on both sides in about ten minutes now I know how to do it.
Swapped the innards over from the pass side to get it working. Must be a common failure as you can buy a kit of the bits for under £3 a side. One spring is a bit of a fiddle, but could probably get the lot swapped over on both sides in about ten minutes now I know how to do it.

Cheers, Harry
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It’s the Costco one.integrale_evo wrote: Wed Dec 26, 2018 10:07 pm Where is it from? I'm considering an add on to the side of my garage to keep another car dry.
How about not having a sig at all?
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Not much cabin space in the 330, but it's still fine for a tip run.
Drop roof, throw toot in cabin, drive to tip, grab toot from cabin, throw in respective receptacle.
Easy. Who needs an estate car?
Drop roof, throw toot in cabin, drive to tip, grab toot from cabin, throw in respective receptacle.
Easy. Who needs an estate car?