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

I'm going to keep it totally standard. I did start thinking about a front disc conversion, telescopic dampers, anti-tramp bars and a Stage 2 Oselli engine on a Weber 45 (I even bought a Weber manifold for an A-series) but I've decided against it. New wood, plenty of new metal, and a new interior but all completely standard.

the b is in for an underseal at the moment and i am getting a price off the dude for a respray and chopping off the bumpers.

anyone had a car painted recently of know someone?

i was going to have a go myself (with a practice on the racer), but circumstances have changed, so i will get someone else to do it on the green car.

Where are you getting it done? did you speak to the MX5 Restorer?

Er doesn't someone have a spray booth ;)

armortex the shizzle.

BR Green EVERYFKNTHING.

Youknowsit...

Do you?

911 handling like a 911 ;)

http://www.idiotukdriversexposed.com/netherlands-porschnetherlandse-smashes-into-street-light-and-drives-off/

Last 20 seconds or so.

nah - i just spoke to the mg dude near sarah's folks' place. good guy.

just tossing up whether of not to do it myself on the green car.

i need to weld a bit under the tail lights, and a bit under the indicator and cut the front bumper mounts off.

i prob need advice on whether or not it needs to go back to bare metal, as it has micro blisters all over because i think the last dude painted it in the rain.

matt black

Not sure if this is the best thread to ask, but does anyone use the CoPilot navigation app? It has an annoying feature whereby it will launch a pop-up to force the point thag you need to be in a particular lane. The only way to dismiss it is to touch the screen, which is obviously dangerous and, from today, likely (more) illegal. Might just have to stick to Googlemaps...

I've taken a week off to do some work on the rally project.

So far i have scraped off a load more sealer from the passenger inside wheel arch, stitched the chassis leg, gearbox mount, and strut top to match, repaired a hole in the bulkhead, blanked off the old fuse box hole and made a start repairing the mess that the old pedal box left.

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I have four days of cut/weld/sand in front of me. That gives me inspiration.

Does anyone change between winter/summer tyres with one set of rims?

If so is it as much of an arse-ache as I suspect it would be?

I found it enough of a bum pain with a spare set of rims. Still, I suppose if you found a tyre fitter that served a decent coffee and could swap them while you wait it might not be that bad.

Half an hour twice a year at Kwik Fit isn't all that much effort is it?

My local place charges £10 for a fit and balance and you can get all four tyres in a 996 so long as you don't have any passengers. Just take a blanket for the seats.

Quite a few companies (AA) etc fit tyres at the home now. Just type in details and order online.

As if you haven't already bookmarked a 'bay search for an additional set of rims!

I find the local-ish tyre establishment favoured by the local taxi drivers most accomodating,
but then I don't need performance tyres on the Grand Espace.

Space, the final frontier - at least, it is when it comes to my garage. I don't think I can store a second set of wheels, I might be able to store tyres (same external dia but you can fill the middles with stuff).

Porsche don't have a Euro2499 wall/ceiling Winter wheel conveyor mounting system?

The underside of my garage roof is covered in hanging bicycle wheels.

Tyre hotel?

https://shop.atseuromaster.co.uk/car-products-services/tyre-services/cwt-6-month-charge-per-tyre/284561

https://www.kwik-fit.com/tyreswap

http://www.selectatyre.co.uk/products/tyre-hotel

No storage either side of the inspection pit?

I am fortunate that my garage is overlength, so the spare set of rims/tyres 'live' underneath a workbench, (Old kitchen worktop), purposefully frog down, to ensure nothing that would delay their swapping/fitting is stored within the annular void.

Mmmm, annular void.

Tyre hotel?

Ah-hah!

Now I just need to get a set of wheels from Yorkshire...