End of year (well not quite) Fleet reports? Ill Start :)

[paulplom]

Very impressive collection.
I owned Ghosty's 850 t-5 at the start of the year. I did a straight swap for geordieinexile's modded '53 mini cooper. One of the most fun to drive. I then flogged it (gave it away) for £600 to make room for motorpunk's mx-5.
My saab sold on the 27th of this month to a forum member. It's stood for weeks on end all year and was costing £60 a month to keep legal. The van continues to be used everyday the diff whine getting worse. It turned 42500 miles today when I filled up.
The mx-5 will still be garaged till April at the earliest. Although a break in the weather due to global warming may change that, fingers crossed.

[paulplom]

Just remembered, the fucking t-5's wipers packed in on the way back collecting it in Manchester. Just North of Wetherby in torrential rain. Wasn't terrifying at all.

[Eddie Honda]

One 1986 V340 CVT more or less out and just the No2 R1100RT added.

[AMCrebel]

Van is safely SORN'd and barn'd. MOT rolled to September this last year which actually makes more sense than the March date I have always worked to - it means I can get it straight out in the spring, just oil change and go.....

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I'm concerned about the longevity of the engine (only based on its current mileage and knowing how these things last*) but so far it is oil and coolant tight, never needs top up between services and as it is no longer tethered to a caravan I hope to get another couple of seasons out of it. Bodily the van is better than many but paint is shit and the interior is disintegrating. A key vehicle for retirement plans, though!

Pardon my Dub ignorance - but is that van air or watercooled?

[brandersnatch]

No change for me. Spaceship Civic still going strong, not very exciting but very good at being a car. The Harley is in the garage waiting for the salt to bugger off. The dependable Yamaha FJR company bike is also in the garage but that one does come out on the gritted roads.
At my temporary* work it’s a pot luck choice of thirteen Merc Sprinters most of which have over 200 K under their wheels.

*I say temporary but the Limobike work has pretty much disappeared so I’m thinking seriously of not going back to it. I’ve worked there for twenty years so it’s a big decision.

[mercrocker]

Pardon my Dub ignorance - but is that van air or watercooled?

'Tis a water-cooled device. Those with just the one black grille (between the headlamps) are the air-suckers.
It is a 1.9 flat four, not fast but will cruise at 70 and of course all the racket is behind you.....

[64A60]

Out- Sold the Austin A55 in October which I had for just under under a year. Was a nice enough thing but I didn't bond with it really and some big bills were on the horizon (full rewire, replacement passenger front wing and a new exhaust system, both of which are NLA).

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Remaining- The Austin A60 which has been mine 10 years as of this month. Done about 1/4 of the miles I managed in 2019 and the only expenditure this year has been a new battery. Will probably put the A55 money into keeping this going.

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No concrete plans for any more oldies- I have a hankering for an early 1966-69 MGB GT but decent ones are pushing five figures so really a pipe dream now...

[mercrocker]

I miss my Farina.....

[Drum]

Not much to report here.

Sold: Suzuki GS650GT project, Golf with 180k miles, Santa Fe.
Bought: £250 punto, Renault 5, Nissan X Trail.

Unchanged: 4 series LRs, allegro, maestro, Oldsmobile delta 88, Disco tdi, transit tipper, DB996, landcruiser, etc

[I am not Diesel]

The only change this year was my modern daily. Out went the 14 plate Focus estate and in came the 63 plate Freelander 2. We needed a reliable caravan tugger as my Defender let me down one time too many. Needless to say that I haven’t used the caravan much this year but I am loving the Freelander.