I don't think I ever posted that I had the V70 wheels refurbished. They were in a horrific state and they were apparently a ball against to sort out but the car looks so much better for it
Rob King - FistsOfHam(6)
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Owner of a ropey old 944, a ropey old Boxster, a broken V70, and a tidy GT86.
In other news I fitted the new solid state DME relay (with fancy diagnostic lights) to the 944 today and it fired up no problem. The next step is to get it transported back here so I can change the gearbox
I've been giving the Boxster a tickle with a machine polisher and a quick ceramic coating. It's come up pretty nicely for a car I bought for £200 in 2018
Today I gave the bargain basement Boxster a long overdue tickle with the machine polisher. Last time it was it was 6 years ago and previous poor paint jobs have surfaced since then. I got as far as the driver's door after a clay bar and a light polish. It's now an even better 10ft car at least
The Volvo wheels have come back from a refurbish. Finally the dark grey winter wheels can come off and the normal ones can go back on. The car looks so much nicer with a. Right wheel
The Boxster is Lottie approved. She loved having the roof down
The Boxster has passed its MOT...just in time for the rain
All cars have been shuffled ready for the Boxster going for an MOT on Tuesday. The leaks have all been fixed and thanks to a long stint with a dehumidifier the seat motors are now behaving themselves
Does anyone put there fancy a Diesel Cactus? I have one that is surplus to requirements
I had a break from looking after the puppy so I seized the opportunity to clean the Toyota. I also gave the headlights a quick polish and ceramic coating. It's looking much better for it
Weret back in action. New rear strut top mount and new roof drainage channels. Just needs an MOT and an AC regas now
It's too damn warm, but Rolo wants to say hello
I've gone nuclear on sorting the Boxster water ingress. The mice that nibbled the water guides can fuck right off
It's another tough day sitting in the sun in Majorca. Today's car spots have been a yellow 306 cab, a brown MK2 Twingo, a MK2 Fiesta, and the pictures G body 911 from across the Porto Cristo Marina
I had a dream that I was having to reverse a Rover SD1 up a busy 1970s high street because Rod Stewart was drunkenly pulling a tartan shopper trolley towards me and for some reason had to be protected from passing traffic like a delicate baby hummingbird. Makes you think.
Swedish car doing Swedish car things. The Cross Climate 2s doing fantastic work
Yesterday the V70 ticked over 179,000 miles. That is all, good day.
The V70 has been quite the adventure. A friend bought it at around 160k as a one owner car (ex demonstrator) and we drove it to the French Alps a couple of times. As he lives in London during the great Diesel crackdown he sold it for me with an ABS problem. Quickly solved that with a new ABS pump
Now that the V70 is out everything else can be tucked inside out of the rain
The V70 has tax and MOT once more. Looking forward to using it again and tucking the GT86 away for a bit
V70 update for anybody still listening. The car made it to the MOT after a lot of bucking and missed gears and flagging an error code on 4th gear 3 times. Annoyingly the MOT had to be aborted as the cable fell off the new bonnet latch and it couldn't be released. Fixed for a retry next week
The V70 is so close to being back on the road. New alarm siren and AC condenser are on the way and the MOT is booked for next Friday. Going to be good to have it back finally
I cannot for the life of me remove the remains of the broken anti roll bar bolt from the Boxster. I have replaced the AC condensors and ordered all the little broken bits behind the bumper to sort while it's off. Loads of money spent and can't finish the job thanks to one shitting bolt
At Le Mans I will be flying the flag for... anybody willing to give me a free flag. Currently it's Porsche, Peugeot and Toyota
Getting ever closer to Le Mans. I can almost taste the beer
