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

Ha. This reminds me, I came across a big gang of guys navigating these down a rocky bridleway in the Peaks. Didn't realise it was such a thing. Looked pretty silly but better than the real sniff my diff crowd.

Do you mean the quarry with the trains?

EDIT: We may have discussed this before, and after all the years that I have passed am still angry.

Early 4x4 were better than the latter ones.

Dab of oppo on the way to Saino- E63’s do make life more sense exciting

Get to the Tamiya thread for all the lols. 😎

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Anyone watching the dakar rally? Anyone else following the skoda estelle?

Pottering around the area around the porkpie from memory - I don't know if it ever went in the quarry.

Used to be one of our weekend mountain biking haunts.

yes

Alternator has gone in the C-Max, dealer will sort it under warranty. Problem is they're out in Surrey/East Grinstead way and don't cover recovery. Any recommendations for someone who will lift a C-Max from Thornton Heath and take it out to them?

Another years motoring; MOT and no advisories -at the cheap end of lfgss vehicle ownership this is a major win!

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Tow it down the road then get AA\RAC to recover it to the garage?!

You offering a tow? RAC got me home so they would likely be wise to it magically moving 1/4 mile away.

Sadly I am 150 miles away from you...

And I think if RAC have moved you once, they won't do so again.

fuck yeah that is awesome.

i think i need wee blue van in my life

Yeah, we had to get home yesterday as my daughter was in the car and didn't want to take public transport. And I don't have a good enough relationship with the dealer to have rocked up unannounced on a Sunday.

Yeah, always a tricky situation, especially on a Sunday.

I mean you could try and fully charge the battery and attempt to drive the car, but may well find yourself at the verge side again at some point...

Yeah, I wouldn't want the power steering and braking to fuck off half way there. The RAC charged me up yesterday and fitted a charger to get me home but the 4 miles was dicey enough. Let alone 17.

Loved my combo. Like a tardis - helped so many people move house and they could never believe how much stuff you can fit in there.

Yes they are quite spacious in the back. I’m really quite attached to it, bought it about seven years ago for carting mountain bikes around and it’s been chugging away ever since. Even took it down to Morzine for PPdeS one year. Once you get a van you find you don’t want to be without one.

oh my god. pukes on all your cocks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmIN1ltTmmE&feature=youtu.be

When the alternator failed in my Porsche I just stuck the battery on a charger and it was fine to drive to Essex to get a new one fitted.
Just make sure not to stall it. Or get one of those portable jump starters and take it with you.

I have neither a spare battery nor a jump starter. And again, the prospect of suddenly losing power steering and breaking does not fill me with much sexy joy. Local recovery places wanted £150 where and annual green flag subscription is £100, so have gone with the latter.

The Elan belongs to a guy I know from college (he was a visiting lecturer).

He’s also the inventor of a load of weird folding bikes (including the strida) and various bits of Joseph and Joseph kitchenware

Cool. I love the Elan.

Love it! Would drive it daily.