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[Zigenare]

The chap wearing it was a Mexican (as in coming from Mexico sort of thing).

Where the poncho came from, I dunno.



Yes, I've heard some of Mr Caine's stories.

Not a lot of people know that.

"Rio Lobo" is a remake of "El Dorado" which is a remake of "Rio Bravo".

The last really good film he made was "The Shootist", though "True Grit" and "Rooster Cogburn" are excellent too.

I agree.

Although I thought "The Quiet Man" was a refreshing change from his usual roles.

[NickFitz]

Tonight's entertainment turned out to be a rewatch of Jason Bourne (2016), which I originally watched back in May 2017, it seems. As before, OK for hokum

And another bit of The West Wing chipped away

Goodnight all

[DoctorStrangelove]

I agree.

Although I thought "The Quiet Man" was a refreshing change from his usual roles.

Ah yes, but that was 20 years earlier when he was in his 40s and more or less in his prime.

"The Searchers" (with the soon to be Captain Pike) was good too.

"The Conquerer", not so much.

Morning.

Managed to sleep the sleep of the dead until 05:45 or so and feel much much worse than I did yesterday.

There's a high tide at the moment, one of the highest I've seen for a while.

I wonder how The Drains are coping today.

Dry.

Warmerish.

Overcast.

Impressively red sky to the east.

Sun coming up & disappearing into the murk over Margam.

Off to the Metropolis that is Carmarthen at about 10, to get there about 5 past noon.

The joy of my life knows few bounds.

[WTFH]

morning all
T'was murky earlier while out walking, but that's all burned off now.

Got The Toy back from it's service yesterday evening. It reminded me a bit of the old story (possibly apocryphal) that years ago Alfa used to fit small blocks behind the throttle peddle to stop people over-revving new engines. When the car came in for its first service they would take the block out, and the owner would think they had done amazing work in the service, because the engine revved far higher.
Anyway, having got the car, I was driving home and got to the junction of Woodmansterne Lane where you are turning right from an uphill onto a fast left hand bend. I thought I'd put the car into D as I'd warmed the engine up on the way from Motor Village.
D now seems a tad livelier than it was, the traction control lit up, the back end wiggled and I caught up with another car very quickly.
I think they've taken the block out from under the throttle.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Oh good.

The much anticipated trek to Carmarthen has been cancelled.




Just as well I came in here first then.

morning all
T'was murky earlier while out walking, but that's all burned off now.

Got The Toy back from it's service yesterday evening. It reminded me a bit of the old story (possibly apocryphal) that years ago Alfa used to fit small blocks behind the throttle peddle to stop people over-revving new engines. When the car came in for its first service they would take the block out, and the owner would think they had done amazing work in the service, because the engine revved far higher.
Anyway, having got the car, I was driving home and got to the junction of Woodmansterne Lane where you are turning right from an uphill onto a fast left hand bend. I thought I'd put the car into D as I'd warmed the engine up on the way from Motor Village.
D now seems a tad livelier than it was, the traction control lit up, the back end wiggled and I caught up with another car very quickly.
I think they've taken the block out from under the throttle.

Reminds me of the local oiks at various garages who forgot to tighten the drain plug on the sump of some lucky person's brand new car, which didn't end well.

Another lot forgot to take the wooden blocks out of the suspension of another brand new car.

I suspect the reactions of the new owners were less enthusiastic than yours.

I remember the back end of my Dutton Phaeces being prone to wiggling.

It didn't have traction control, or anything else much, and doing doughnuts was predictably easy.

Fishtailing the damn thing down the outside lane of the M4 at 70mph was a bit sphincter twitching too.

Another car I was immensely glad to see the back of.

I've just remembered that I changed the diff for a lower ratio one (escort van back axle so a variety of ratios were available) to reduce the torque to the back wheels a bit.

I think I changed the 3.9:1 to 3.77:1 or some such.

Which screwed the pooch for the speedo reading.

[BR14]

morning

back from a long weekend in cloggyland.
lots of beer, herring and rock 'n' roll

[WTFH]

Reminds me of the local oiks at various garages who forgot to tighten the drain plug on the sump of some lucky person's brand new car, which didn't end well.

Happened to The Wife's (tm) Audi Q3 last year. The tube for the oil dipstick wasn't properly seated in the sump. They hadn't spotted this when they PDI'd the car. After a 2 hour journey the oil warning light came on. She drove it a further 5 miles to her sister's house, at which point the sides and rear of the car were covered in oil and the dipstick showed it was empty (turns out that when it says it's empty, there's still half a litre in it). They took the car away on the back of a flatbed, eventually found the problem and fixed it, along with giving me a letter to say the engine was not damaged and a free service.

...and for those following any other threads, the Audi Q3 is manufactured in the SEAT factory in Martorell, Spain.

[DaveB]

Oh good.

The much anticipated trek to Carmarthen has been cancelled.




Just as well I came in here first then.



Reminds me of the local oiks at various garages who forgot to tighten the drain plug on the sump of some lucky person's brand new car, which didn't end well.

Another lot forgot to take the wooden blocks out of the suspension of another brand new car.

I suspect the reactions of the new owners were less enthusiastic than yours.

I remember the back end of my Dutton Phaeces being prone to wiggling.

It didn't have traction control, or anything else much, and doing doughnuts was predictably easy.

Fishtailing the damn thing down the outside lane of the M4 at 70mph was a bit sphincter twitching too.

Another car I was immensely glad to see the back of.

I've just remembered that I changed the diff for a lower ratio one (escort van back axle so a variety of ratios were available) to reduce the torque to the back wheels a bit.

I think I changed the 3.9:1 to 3.77:1 or some such.

Which screwed the pooch for the speedo reading.

The exhaust pipe doesn't look to well attached either (about 15 sec in as he attempts a doughnut).

[DoctorStrangelove]

I've just remembered that I changed the diff for a lower ratio one (escort van back axle so a variety of ratios were available) to reduce the torque to the back wheels a bit.

I think I changed the 3.9:1 to 3.77:1 or some such.

Damn, I did a lot of work on that car.

New diff, new rear wheel bearings (the state of the old bearings had to be seen to be believed), complete rewire, rebuilt dashboard, fitted a heater, reinforced the bulkhead where the windscreen wiper bosses poked through to stop the bosses moving more than the wiper blades, repaired various bits of the glass fibre bonnet, new 32/36 Weber carb, nice new Goodyear 185/13 tyres to replace the dunlop mud & snows originally fitted, new radiator, kenlowe fan (useless), new windscreen coz I cracked the old one, fabricated a new exhaust, K&N air filter, removed the hideous tin pedestrian slicer air inlet over the carb & made a new, somewhat safer one out of glass fibre etc. etc. etc.

And it was still crap.

The chap I sold it to drove it from Neath to Bridgend & back every day.

In my last year of ownership I did 39 miles in it.

Oh, and a new propshaft to replace the botch job from the original builder.

The exhaust pipe doesn't look to well attached either (about 15 sec in as he attempts a doughnut).

Mine had originally been fitted with a side pipe on the driver's side, but when I bought it there was an undercar thing made from various curious bits of steel pipe welded together.

I remember pottering around various motor factors that existed back in the early 80s, selecting bits with a tape measure to cobble something together.

It's amazing how your welding improves making exhaust pipes.

The other thing was how hot the floor got if you went any distance.

In the winter you'd be boiling your nuts off while the top half got frost bite or soaking wet.

[Zigenare]

Morning all!

Day two of "half-term looking after child duties", in to Manchester later for Sushi - and Lego...

Weather is Dull and Dreary.

Btw, there's some chap on YouTube who's driving VGA displays straight from an ESP32 - a damn fine job he's doing at it too -