Recent content by montravia

You should. Evensong is free. The winged beast in the distance sounds fiendish with the end of service voluntary

The original straight 6 was a joy and the motivation for having a Jaguar

Broke into the GT via the boot. Doors wouldn't open, battery too low. Charged for an hour, Doors open, hesitant start,manoeuvred for a more convenient hook up. 8 hours and she's healthy but not fully conditioned. This isn't a hangar queen, she's my daily. I should have heeded the warning sign...

If it wasn't for the Agiipgaz sign it looks remarkably like Chipping Campden

Just age and precaution

Yummy on all accounts

Along the cill under each door. I had mine inspected, cleared and new plugs

You wicked tease

I did the usual trick, logged into the usual top 6 Insurance Sites including my Admiral. Obtained quoted for the 3 cars + house, left them to stew their cookies for few days. Spoke with Admiral yesterday. It seems that they're all increasing premiums across the board around 40-50%. It has the...

Indeed, it makes no difference at all.

My Admiral up 50%, multi car and house. Oddly the crappy BMW X1 is now only £25 cheaper than the GT, and the Spider still cheap as chips. BMW playing it on with parts pricing?

Sonic boom, up the Fosse. Content

Sprayed electrical switch cleaner on the drivers door opening microswitch. After a few hours, it's working nicely again.

White screen is different to disk failure. Disk failure is a result of head crashes, and constant reboot. Look back through the thread where I advised replacement second hand NIT.

It does. Although essentially a Ford, it's at least 30% heavier, rides well and quiet. Practical and different. It's a shame Volvo has dissolved into 'white goods' territory