Post by pyoorkate on Sept 19, 2009 8:49:19 GMT
So,
As requested, here's some photos of Chester (my wife is now christening the cars faster than I can)!
As you can see, we've aquired a stylish 340 to add to the fleet, and we're now down to one 44, one Minor and one MZ. Slightly more reasonable...
He's an '89 model with a mere 65k on the clock, and a full service history up until 50k when it appears he went to a new owner who kinda skipped the servicing...completely. Still, he runs well, drives fine, and is off to Volvo (yes, really) for a service the week after next.
It's dead plush (by my standards) - and the faults list appears so far to be miraculously small
- The hose to the heater's gone porous (the bit in the engine bay) and the control valve doesn't work.
- The clock doesn't work (at least, not reliably; a feature which has been constant in every car I've owned with a clock).
- Despite getting the wheels balanced there's a bit of unevenness/shudder in the car at speed, 'm wondering if the belts are in need of adjustement (probably).
- The rear wash/wipe appears to currently only wipe, but I've not even investigated far enough to see if it's an empty tank or an actual fault.
Still, it's for Kathryn to use when we get the 44 back (so I don't have to ride the bike every day), and then we'll see what happens when we get Rebecca back
As requested, here's some photos of Chester (my wife is now christening the cars faster than I can)!
As you can see, we've aquired a stylish 340 to add to the fleet, and we're now down to one 44, one Minor and one MZ. Slightly more reasonable...
He's an '89 model with a mere 65k on the clock, and a full service history up until 50k when it appears he went to a new owner who kinda skipped the servicing...completely. Still, he runs well, drives fine, and is off to Volvo (yes, really) for a service the week after next.
It's dead plush (by my standards) - and the faults list appears so far to be miraculously small
- The hose to the heater's gone porous (the bit in the engine bay) and the control valve doesn't work.
- The clock doesn't work (at least, not reliably; a feature which has been constant in every car I've owned with a clock).
- Despite getting the wheels balanced there's a bit of unevenness/shudder in the car at speed, 'm wondering if the belts are in need of adjustement (probably).
- The rear wash/wipe appears to currently only wipe, but I've not even investigated far enough to see if it's an empty tank or an actual fault.
Still, it's for Kathryn to use when we get the 44 back (so I don't have to ride the bike every day), and then we'll see what happens when we get Rebecca back
