Recent content by Erlingtheyounger

Only thing to be aware of with the Caravelle is the DPF fail and completely bu**er the engine and turbos. My father’s 2012 one is on its third new engine, 1st changed under warranty at 30k and most recent change at 75k. It’s a known issue which you only know about once it starts using oil and...

Spot on. A climax engine is a wonderful thing. My father rebuilt his FWA in 1975 and it’s still giving me excellent service in Ella, our 1959 Lotus 7, nearly 50 years later. It’s a wonderful thing and just loves to be revved up to 8k (when warm!) Dad and I have recently been dismantling...

Found the cause of why my drivers window stubbornly refused to go up yesterday. This in turn led to the regulator doing a first class job of eating itself I found this series of videos online which made the whole process feel far more doable than it might otherwise have been. He seems to have...

Don’t blame you. I think it can be a bit hit n miss and if it goes wrong it’s terminal

Yep, done that successfully with Audi a2 headlights. Very different price point to Aston or Maserati ones though..:….

I added my Quattroporte to the three other cars I have on my admiral multicar policy and it cost an additional £320 per annum. That was back in December and the total annual policy is just over £1000

The Karif won’t be attending in all probability. I met the owner yesterday and it seems unwilling to start at present for reasons he is struggling to ascertain.

Suspect Maseratis are (marginally) less expensive to run

Unfortunately I’m a none runner due to poorly parents. Got to do a 250 mile round trip later today and won’t be back here until early afternoon on Sunday now.

She got a pamper today. And was looking very shiny by the end of it.

Nowadays, most of the time!

Apparently tomorrow

Funny, I saw one of these in the flesh on Saturday in Rosso Red. I LOVED it on the pages of CAR magazine but in person, whilst moving and in that colour, I was completely underwhelmed. Shows beauty is in the eye of the beholder I guess.

yep, had that engine in an A3 and it was nothing but trouble. I know they’re a few years older but an Audi A2 is infinitely superior to the ‘modern’ VW (or even Audi!) alternatives imho! Aluminium space frame tech makes for a light weight car that’s handles better the virtually all of its...

I spoke to them a couple of months ago after SI ceased to be an option. They weren’t taking on any new clients then sadly.