Ordered a new Citigo to replace the Mk1, should be here in March.

Fitted my new Intercooler

Fitted a BJ abs pump and module and activated Hill Hold, XDS and 2 stage ESP defeat.

Actually started to re-spray the winter wheels today. Got the first one stripped, primed, rubbed down and primed again. Need to get the other one of tat pair done to this stage then will paint both at the same time.

Put a 6' x 6' fence panel on the roofrack, then drove it slowly.

Looked out at the windows longingly at the two Octavias, knowing full well that it will be 3 weeks before I can touch either of them after being in hospital a couple of days ago........... :(

Mike

Plenty of time to instruct and direct your better half in washing them? [emoji12]

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Yesterday...

Lined the boot with cardboard, then filled it with rubbish to go to the tip. Talked at length about how great a car the old girl is with one of the staff guys at the tip ( he bought it brand new and put the first 127k onit )

Then went and got the allignment done following the bearing change during the week

then put 100kg of coal in boot and went home..

Edited 10 January, 201610 yr by mac11irl

Did some more work on the alloys, I now have 2 wheels all sanded, 2 coats of primer a coat of Black Magic in the back and 2 coats of gold on the faces. Just waiting for that to dry out a bit now and the room to get bearable again. Just had to disconnect the smoke alarm as I erm, tested it. I wish I could find the key that opens the windows up-stairs but it appears to have vanished. Oh well. Just a bit more gold and some clear to go on and we should be right. Then only 2 more wheels to go. Pics to come when they're finished. 

Drove it with the new Intercooler on

Before it was running 118/119 whp on my obd2 dyno app, constantly pulling same power.

Same roads same conditions it was pulling 123/124 whp today. Hoping that's right meaning it's now 148/149 at the crank so 6ho gain from Intercooler not huge but it drives nicer now and pulls higher up the rpm and speedo.

Drove it its first proper post bearing and allignment run to deliver 8cans of neocate to a mother whose 2month old cant drink regular baby milk.. we had it from when our guy was thought to be the same.. gave it away free as it was going in the bin other wise. Courtesy of the DPS it didnt cost us much, but has a value of about 45-50euro per can..

Anyway, the drive was lovely! Car even feels like its putting the power down better (placebo??) Need to adjust to the fact wheels are spot on allignment now though...got used to the marginal error thats been there for the last 12-18months!

Put a new battery on it yesterday (been using an old spare recently) then tried to fit some new LED sidelights to replace the old ones that have started to flash.  They wouldn't stay lit so gave up and put some old filament glow worms back in so at least we have lights.  Then last night realised I'd probably bought LED's that didn't contain CANBUS resistors...  

Took it into VASStech to get the calipers changed over, the rear drums taken off and put back on, the AUX port cover fixed and the headlight bulbs changed, then I finished 2 of the wheels and made a project thread: http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/384456-the-raging-mouse-fabia-monte-carlo/#entry4494047

Edited 11 January, 201610 yr by Outofthi5world

Put through its MOT today. Two new tyres bought before hand. Some Yokohama's C drives.

No advisories. I thought the headlights were too high but obviously not!

Put through its MOT today. Two new tyres bought before hand. Some Yokohama's C drives.

No advisories. I thought the headlights were too high but obviously not!

Depends who you get i think.

Ive had headlights at what i thought was the right height, taken it for an MOT, been given an advisory and theyve adjusted them so low i couldnt see bugger all.

Actually abit dangerous on unlit roads.

So out came the allen key and back up they went.

Depends who you get i think.

Ive had headlights at what i thought was the right height, taken it for an MOT, been given an advisory and theyve adjusted them so low i couldnt see bugger all.

Actually abit dangerous on unlit roads.

So out came the allen key and back up they went.

I always flick the switch down to 4 when a car goes in for an MOT :P

I always flick the switch down to 4 when a car goes in for an MOT :P

I did that once for nct - got into car after (failed on arb bushes) and he had wound lights back up during test!

I always flick the switch down to 4 when a car goes in for an MOT :P

Dont they set it to max on the switch before testing?

Loaded it to the roof with all my toolboxes and drove it home nearly on the bump-stops. :peek:

 

Emptied all the toolboxes back out of it; and gave it a good clean inside (MUD! MUD EVERYWHERE! INCLUDING THE BLOODY ROOF!); then decided to figure out why my radiator fan switch replacement bodge wasn't working.

 

Half an hour later, decided I'd wasted more time on my bodge than it would've taken to replace the damn switch; so went and did that in the time-honoured method of "loosen slightly with spanner, spin it out really quickly by fingers, and swap in the new one really fast" Total time taken: About a minute, if that. Should've done that much earlier...

 

One more item off the list.

Hit a milestone, never done this in any car before

And finally

Painted the rear drums today.

Said auf weidersehen to her for a week, she's in the garage for a new clutch and flywheel. Will see her when I get back. In the meantime I'm getting to know a new Rapid Greenline that I've kindly been loaned.

Drove 225 miles in snow and ice and ****e... didnt crash or spin, though finding the white line at one point (ghost island under the snow) did give a moment of brown trousers when the back end started to go the wrong direction.. and then the other way.. held it and got to where i shouldve been though...

Drove 225 miles in snow and ice and ****e... didnt crash or spin, though finding the white line at one point (ghost island under the snow) did give a moment of brown trousers when the back end started to go the wrong direction.. and then the other way.. held it and got to where i shouldve been though...

 

Give yourself a pat on the back. 

 

Note it down as driver skill. 

 

I've had a fair few moments myself, done the wrong thing and done the right thing (yanno, experimenting gone wrong? haha) in the end you get it down to a Tee. Hopefully... 

Washed it (in the rain... OK it wasn’t raining when I started) which confirmed to the neighbours and SWMBO i’m certifiable 

 

Yesterday took an old single bed to the tip, which fitted without moving the front seats!