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Post by sanderson on Sept 2, 2013 11:27:31 GMT
Well I cannot believe it, it's had the mot this morning and to be honest I was expecting a list of stuff to do!!!
Absolutely over the moon, really looking forward to going out on my first drive!
Lincsrob, I have seen your message about you going out some weekends, I wasn't expecting it to be ready anytime soon so if you let me know more details I will see if I can get out with her!
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Post by 33grinder on Sept 2, 2013 12:00:41 GMT
RESULT! Well done that man...and car of course!  |
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Post by andrejuan on Sept 2, 2013 12:50:53 GMT
It's a great feeling, well done. If you are anything like me you will looking for any excuse to get her out and about  |
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Post by Richard DAF Webmeister on Sept 2, 2013 19:23:03 GMT
Goodness me, that is good.
Well done!
Remember all the tips you have picked up here!
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Post by sanderson on Sept 2, 2013 20:29:07 GMT
Will do Richard, really excited about driving it to work tomorrow.
Didn't even get to drive it today, my wife took it to the testing station for me as I couldn't get time off work to take it myself.
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Post by dafdaffer on Sept 2, 2013 21:05:28 GMT
well done that man....and DAF good to hear that it went well!
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Post by sanderson on Sept 3, 2013 9:43:08 GMT
My god, that was a scary but awesome ride!!!!
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Post by 33grinder on Sept 3, 2013 12:06:55 GMT
Find a nice quiet road to practice your left foot braking...  |
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Post by sanderson on Sept 3, 2013 14:17:28 GMT
Well I drove it in rush hour this morning on my way to work, not the best idea I've had! !!
Also I never had a car with a choke before didn't realise I have to put to choke back in slowly.
No wonder it was really sluggish pullingout at junctions.
It was almost stalling at some points
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Post by 33grinder on Sept 3, 2013 17:45:05 GMT
If the hot spot pipes in the exhaust system have been capped (common because they rust through and replacing the whole exhaust system on the 33 often outweighs the value of the car) then sluggish pull away can be expected. It's always best to let the engine warm up for a couple of minutes before driving and then push the choke in. If you do that though always stay with the car whilst it warms up as once the engine is warm the revs will increase and the transmission will engage trying to overcome the (often weak) handbrake. You then have a car trying to take itself walkies! Happens to is all at some stage but you have now been warned |
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