Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

Ah OK. Would look much cleaner without but I guess they could be useful for loading too...

Yeah, looked at them. Mine has really heavily tinted rear windows, so you can’t see inside anyway TBH.

Had two boxed MTB’s and an ebike in the back today!

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If it’s more than 3.5t, which if so is nuts. A full size Luton box van is drivable on a car licence and none I’ve hired have ever been limited...

Commercial land rovers are generally rated at 3.5t as are many Luton’s . My reply was to the use of speed limiters on vehicles above 3.5t from Fox.

Also depends on what the vehicle is registered as.

Oh right, see what you mean now!

Do you need to replace carriers when you put new callipers in? Thinking of doing the front callipers on my brothers gen 7 civic (53 plate I think) as it’s not really economical for him to pay someone else to do it.

Looks like you can get a pair for relatively cheap:
https://www.energizedcustoms.co.uk/honda-civic-mk7-2001-2005-front-left-brake-caliper.html?gclid=CjwKCAjwn9v7BRBqEiwAbq1EyxQ63982xGR571qhMu5IduHhn9x3DGNrOIz-Ma9HIAUzmKEeuV-R1hoCgO8QAvD_BwE

No only if they are worn, just fitting the hydraulic part is fine.

Shouldn't be necessary. A good clean and some non-drippy lube should be enough unless they're fucked. Proper fucked.

Id check that you need the cailpers as the sliding pins can be more of a problem, than the calipers themselves.

Feel free to add to the discussion of what type of grease to use on the sliding pins.

Picking this up from the shop after some fixes next week.

After about 3 years of ownership and a meager 2500 kms or similar i have racked up a bill of about 6500 gbp for fixing and maintaining it. Unless im forgettin something.

It would likely have been quite a bit cheaper if i had bought one in better condition to start with. Not that this was in poor condition but the previous owner had neglected getting the expensive things done as he likely just couldent afford it. Mainly the car needed to have the camchains and cogs changed. This is a service that is scheduled every 60000 kms by Maserati protocol and is a 24 hour job according to the book. So if one exclude this cost for which i paid something like 3800 gbp for it including parts it hasent really been crazy expensive. Unless one look at the cost per milage that is .) On the other hand almost all of the fixes i have now made i knew of before i bought it and factored in to the price so cant really complain about those.

So i (well the shop) fixed new camchains and cogs.
New belts all around (Some twice dont know if bad luck or if its eating them..)
new waterpump
Oil change and new filters twice.
New battery

And now when i pick it up it will have

new steering arm.
New bushing for the steering rod (common problem) and will make the cars steering feel poor and unprecise. Steering wheel will also rattle at least mine did.
New central looking motors.
New power windows as they were getting jammed halfway down before. Dont think they changed the motors only the "belts"

So hardly cheap thus far but considering i knew about half of these issues (and likely 80% of the fees involved) its not really been a money pit either.

Im thinking that it will now perhaps only need oil and filters for a couple of seasons and thats it. Likely something else will pop up but im hoping anyways .)

This year i dident get to drive it at all really which was a shame. I had covid over the summer and then ive mostly been in town and knowing the car needed some service i just took the bicycle instead as its not great fun to drive a car that keeps reminding u it need some fixes. But hopefully now on monday it will feel tight and nice again and with a bit of luck theres a weekend or 2 left in the season to take it out and away somewhere to enjoy it before putting it away for the winter.

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My favourite forum car.

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Cheers!

Yeah i think its beautiful to. But i do miss having a car that feels up to some abuse. This is a car that kind of hurts to push so i drive it gentle. Granted this is a feeling that mostly lies within me. Perhaps that feeling will go away a bit now knowing its all fixed up and hopefully feels a bit tighter in the steering.

What a beaut.

Great car!

A labour of love but worth it, inside and out that's a great looking car. I bet it sounds the bollocks too.

Spotted some cool Jags, this unmolested V12 Sovereign still looks really sharp for a 32 year old car.


And this XJS has had a rearranged face, some badass wheels, swollen arches and rocks a bumper-less look, I like it.

And you're just gonna give us that photo? More!

^^Altho could be better finish that looks half decent.

that XJS looked like this until recently;

2-way lenses were much better imo

XJS has a bit of 70's yank muscle car vibe going on, like it

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154087449563

or

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ATE-Plastilube-Brake-Lubricant-Paste/dp/B00AIR1HJI

Are the BMW sachets that much from BMW? I use the BMW stuff on motorbikes brakes, and plastilube or ceratec on car brake pads/drums. Usually use silicone grease for the pins.

used to be about £2.50 but one sachet would do one set of pads and the caliper sliders

this is just superb. Playing the long ball game with it this car will surely pay you back big time.