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Back in the game.

Big cheers to Liam for running me around in the boneshaker. And helping me switch the wheels.
And to John for selling me the car.
Goodfellers.

Nice one

I know, it's a pain with the photos

1998? Lulz, looks cool as Frick man get the ol' boy slammed and yer laughing!

When's Paddy Hopkirk making an appearence?

griffo20022 wrote:1998? Lulz, looks cool as Frick man get the ol' boy slaed and yer laughing!

When's Paddy Hopkirk making an appearence?

Yeah, thats not right is it mate?

I might get the PH put together and mounted on mon.

Then:
grille,
Wheel (can I have that boss back please? )
And if I can get in touch with dai/if FJ has a spare half day at some point in the future, then id like a -2 hit.

Quick she is.
Much quicker than my old manual B14.
Laughs up past a ton and presses on remarably swiftly for what it is.
And idles silently. (wierd I know)
Really like it.
A lot.

Hell Driver wrote:Nice one

I know, it's a pain with the photos

indeed.

Congrats with your official re-integration into the world of 300 ownership VND. And it's a variomatic! The only proper transmission after all. GR9 4 SPRINTN.

nvdw wrote:Congrats with your official re-integration into the world of 300 ownership VND. And it's a variomatic! The only proper transmission after all. GR9 4 SPRINTN.

Ha ha! cheers mate.
Ive always fancied one and so far im really enjoying it.

Not really very good at moving off without a jerk yet, but im practicing.

Wahey!

Only drawback whilst enjoying this fastness, you'll also be enjoying some eye-watering fuel consumption. It's good to watch manual drivers fall back on every gear change while you glide away from the lights.

Like the wheels, what's the difference in overall diameter compared to the old ones? Interesting to know which way the gearing has gone and by how much.

(Watch now as VNDs left leg wastes away due to being unemployed. He'll have huge upper-body strength soon though! - PAS is for girls )

macplaxton wrote:Wahey!

Only drawback whilst enjoying this fastness, you'll also be enjoying some eye-watering fuel consumption. It's good to watch manual drivers fall back on every gear change while you glide away from the lights.

quarter of a tank between johns and mine.............

Like the wheels, what's the difference in overall diameter compared to the old ones? Interesting to know which way the gearing has gone and by how much.

i dunno. its made the steering a bit lighter and its more fun to drive.
So Im guessing the profile is at least a td smaller.

volvosneverdie wrote:quarter of a tank between johns and mine.............

Take the long way home or did you rag it? On my trip over I was recording around 33/34 mpg in Abby, but the journeys were long and mixed M/A/B road stuff.

You sir, need a trip computer.

volvosneverdie wrote:i dunno. its made the steering a bit lighter and its more fun to drive.
So Im guessing the profile is at least a td smaller.

Well in standard trim it took some work keeping up with the fella in the brooner.

volvosneverdie wrote:quarter of a tank between johns and mine.............

You, Sir, are an animal! For those who don't know, that's roughly 20 miles, 20 miles on ¼ x 45 litres = 20 miles on 11¼ litres (2.475 Gallons) = 8.08mpg.

(When the yellow lamp on the dial comes up and stays up, you have around ¼ of a tankful left, so methinks there's something non-linear about that quarter). But I may just give the Guinness Book of Records a bell in any case.......

Glad you're enjoying the car, it's good that it's finally with someone who'll love it properly.

By the way, have you grown tired of the annoying beeper and the flashing red lamp on the console yet?

Google maps says 21.7 miles.
The lamp came on when I got home.
We came home via the most direct route.
I cruised mostly between 60 and 70, but did blast it up past a ton a couple of times.
im guessing there was 1/2 a tank in when I left?


So either theres a leak, or im driving it very wrong.

Although mine has a old Smiths dash. My low-fuel warning light comes on, before it hits the reserve segment. If I fill-up from first flicker it'll only take 32L. If I run it down to the bottom of the reserve, I seem to only get maybe 36L. That does leave a mysterious 9L swimming around the bottom of the tank.

Really need to test something properly. These gauges tend to go from F to H very quickly and have a mysteriously huge reserve.

Hmm, I'd say there was certainly half a tank showing on the gauge, but whether that's slightly less than an actual half is anyone's guess. The only way to check for certain is to fill it 'til the pump clicks off, drive it a few hundred miles, then fill it again at the same place and work out what it's using, but I'd tend to concur with MacP's economy figures for driving like a granny.

I guess it all depends on how long you take to get it from 60 to the ton, on your private test track of course.....