What did you do today?
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Re: What did you do today?
And made in Great Britain, y'know.
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Re: What did you do today?
In French, "Me classic shoot"?fried onions wrote: ↑Mon May 20, 2019 11:16 pmBut, but! MOI CLASSIC TIRE!Conrad D. Conelrad wrote: ↑Mon May 20, 2019 11:12 pm They're 40 year old tyres from famous tyre manufacturer ESSO. They're all knackered.
Anyone using yank spelling should be shot. Probably by being allied to those cunts.
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Re: What did you do today?
I know that the tyre manufacturers say replace them every 8 years or so to boost sales but surely these are well past it. The NOS rubber bits I've bought for my T2 have often been useless as they've deteriorated in storage after 40 years.
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Re: What did you do today?
Does this mean a radial would become available cheaply?fried onions wrote: ↑Mon May 20, 2019 9:38 pm ...to pick up some Esso crossply tyres for my Traveller.
I need one for my spare wheel.
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1957 DKW 3=6 Sonderklasse
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Re: What did you do today?
No, old rubber lasts for longer if stored under the right conditions. Careful storage is critical for the life of anything you want to keep. This car will rarely exceed 65 MPH anyway.
You can have one FOC.Junkman wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2019 10:09 amDoes this mean a radial would become available cheaply?fried onions wrote: ↑Mon May 20, 2019 9:38 pm ...to pick up some Esso crossply tyres for my Traveller.
I need one for my spare wheel.
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It's from Cold War Motors, one of their features. They are Canadian so technically could use French and American English.John F wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2019 12:47 amIn French, "Me classic shoot"?fried onions wrote: ↑Mon May 20, 2019 11:16 pmBut, but! MOI CLASSIC TIRE!Conrad D. Conelrad wrote: ↑Mon May 20, 2019 11:12 pm They're 40 year old tyres from famous tyre manufacturer ESSO. They're all knackered.
Anyone using yank spelling should be shot. Probably by being allied to those cunts.
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Hmmm, my internal jury is still out about Canadians. They're a bit too yank for my taste, but they're also much better mannered than those sister-humping wankholes south of the border.
On the road:
1998 Disco 4.0 V8 (manual)
1994 Vauxhall Calibra 3.0 V6
Running but need fettling:
1986 Honda CBX750F
1991 Maserati 222 SE
1990 Yamaha XJ900F
Tax & MOT-exempt, woohoo!
1982 Suzuki GSX1100SZ Katana
1998 Disco 4.0 V8 (manual)
1994 Vauxhall Calibra 3.0 V6
Running but need fettling:
1986 Honda CBX750F
1991 Maserati 222 SE
1990 Yamaha XJ900F
Tax & MOT-exempt, woohoo!
1982 Suzuki GSX1100SZ Katana
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Re: What did you do today?
Took Shonky the bx for its not. A clean pass with compliments on how well mechanically it's looked after. Next one is the Merc but I'm struggling to change the rear abs sensor as it's seized into the diff housing solid. I wonder what rating resistor I'd need to trick the light to go off.