Jim H

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Aldi earlier this morning Story Here: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=841648421324191&set=a.663058335849868 EasyJet renaming their Holidays New Product Taken from Here: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=739067358338514&set=a.435132962065290 This has just come up on my feed. https://www.facebook.com/groups/lovetovisitscotland/permalink/7136651526461053/

I saw this morning F3nda ie Fender on an old Land Rover (110) defender. The V8 sounded nice as it pulled away from the petrol station.

I don't know if this thread is inspired by it, but I get posts on my newsfeed from 'Dull Men's Club' on Facebook. As you might expect there are plenty of Dull posts on there, although some can be quite interesting. It is tradition on there at the end of your post to state you age, height, shoe size and some dull fact about yourself. https://www.facebook.com/groups/dullmensclub

Is that the famous Rufford Ford, as seen on many Youtube vids?

Blame these Guys The bridge hasn't worked since 2019, however due to extra money gained from HS2, the good new is next year hopefully it will be repaired, made structurally sound and then hopefully back working again.

I've been wanting to take a good pic for the last few weeks and going to the same place on the way home from work. Finally on Friday the perfect conditions happened. I meant to stick a camera and tripod in the car in case, but kept forgetting, so pic took with my phone. I thought it turned out quite well. 😎 Image not edited, apart from a slight crop. I can't remember if phone was set to 'sunset mode' or not as took many pics using auto and manual modes. Dec 15 Fri, 4:03 PM GMT Motorola Moto g(8) power ƒ/1.7 1/ 33 sec 4.05mm ISO436

I couldn't see any livery on the van, but It was dark and on a dark coloured van.

BE37 BUY ie, Best Buy on a Merc van tonight.

You could try Longstone tyres which stock new old stock tyres for classic cars. https://www.longstonetyres.co.uk

Can anyone find or tell me where to get a new voice from? Mine has decided to desert me for the last few days. The way I'm feeling, at the moment, I don't think I'll leave this warm cosy bed all weekend!

This one? https://metro.britishmotormuseum.co.uk/quid-igitur-dubitamus/ I've always wanted to see it, but the two times I've been to Gaydon (Brisky National meets) the car hasn't been there. ☹️ I have always said the best stealth sleeper car would be a Maestro or Montego 6R4 as they are longer and wider than a metro. 😎 The article is slightly wrong, 6R4 means 6 cylinder Rally 4wd as it has a mid engine, not rear.

I know we are going off topic to Porsches, but they have been building brand new mk1 and mk2 Escorts for several years now. However, they are in development in producing a brand new Metro 6R4 in the next year or so. I think I've read it will will have a Audi derived engine, not a Rover V64V. https://mst-cars.com/6r4

This made me chuckle

Is it just me, but has YouTube put more and more adverts into their videos over the last week or so? I know last week they stopped the use of ad-blockers on their site, which may be the reason. I use Opera browser which has an ad-blocker so had to change the settings to allow them. It's annoying as a lot of them you can't skip,

All the 4s I was slightly annoyed when the fuel consumption had dropped a bit. 44.4mpg would have looked better.

Cannonball Run, and possibly it's sequel. The Italian Job (original, of course).

Probably too late now, but you can download a workshop manual from links in this thread. See 'MikeC' and my post at the bottom.

Strangely this is the opposite of what Ford quoted for some of their engines, When the 1.0 Eco-Boost engines first came out Ford boasted the cambelt was fitted for the life of the vehicle. However they have subsequently had to change to a 10 year or 100k (maybe 140k now) interval due many belt failures. The belt actually runs in oil (known as a wet belt) has been found to disintegrate, contaminating the oil and blocking the pick up pipe/strainer which leads to engine failures. This has lead to the nickname as the eco-boom engine! I am not looking forward to when I need to change the belt in my Fiesta Ecoboost. I have read on Ford Forums quotes of £1400-1800 from Ford dealers and £1000 plus from independents This is due to the very labour intensive job and an extremely tight crankshaft pully bolt. I will probably have it done prematurely at 8 years (2026) instead of waiting for the full 10.

I don't know if the OP, knows, but changing the exhaust and air filter on a stock vRS does not make any performance gains at all. They only make the car produce a different (and louder) sound. It may only make a slight difference if once done the car is remapped to optimise the extra air flow and reduced back pressure.

This vid seams to give a good explanation of RAAC and what may have caused the sudden failure in roofs built with it.

This is a 5 year old thread that 'Steven' has revived. I think the ones in his links you have to pay for. A few years ago someone on another forum posted manuals to my current car, so I searched the site and found them for the Mk3 Fabia. https://cardiagn.com/skoda-fabia-mk3-2015-2019-2020-workshop-manuals-wiring-diagrams/ Originally you could download the pdfs to your computer/device but I don't think you can anymore. A forum member on here has posted a big (400 MB) file to download which I think is the same manual all in one.

I hope it's not too late now, but this is what we bought for our 2016 1,2 Fabia from Opie Oils. I can't remember the cost as bought last year, along with oils and filters for my Fiesta. The oil is what was recommended on Millers oil website. Paid a little extra for the 'nano-drive' stuff and came in 1l bottles. Wanted a Mahle filter but Opie didn't stock one, so had Bosch instead, (bought Mahle for mine).

I bought refurbished callipers from a local Motor Factors, quite cheaply, some had a surcharge so you got money back when you returned the old ones to them. If you are wishing to paint the callipers green, then this is probably the best stuff to buy https://www.paragonpaints.co.uk/Pantone-348C.html The pantone colour is supposed to be the nearest shade to Skoda 'Mint Green'. Being Enamel it can handle heat, they state Temp Resistance: - 170ºC. I bought a tin of it along with primer for rear callipers, painted all 4 at least twice and still had plenty left.

Sometime today I passed 43210 miles on my car, however when I looked it was too late. I noticed this morning I was on 431,something, but didn't do the maths. I will have to try and catch 54,321 miles in a few years time.