What did you do today?

[John F]

^ Horse shit.

[mercrocker]

Every car I bought was lightyears apart from the one I had before.....but yes I do recall very well. As well as how far apart the Essex Mk1 and Cologne Mk2 big Fords were. That wasn't all necessarily reflected in the prices back then, though.

[DodgeRover]

What about a Yank pimp machine, drylon is where is at you know..

[Nibblet]

Made a small Japanese car work slightly.

[John F]

I went out for a trouble-free drive in my 21-year old Disco again.

It's fairly thirsty, which is to be expected, but apart from that it's just ace.

[SiC]

Been spending money again today. Real bad habit.

Boxster has been moaning intermittently about worn pads. Sometimes the light comes on, sometimes it takes to the end of the journey. I think once it is triggered on an ignition on, it stays on until ignition off/on again.


Pads and discs are surprisingly cheap for it. £125 on ECP promo code for Brembo and sensor wires. Cheaper than the Dolomite! Being a cheap skate I only bought pads. There is a bit of a lip but I'm hoping I can get a bit more life out them.


Pads £35, two sensor wires £30. I'm hoping the wire hasn't worn all the way through on both sides, so I can reuse them and send the new ones back. However I did go for a very spirited drive over Welsh roads last Sunday evening. Think I might have taken a good chunk out of them doing that.

I'll hopefully get a chance to fit them tomorrow or the weekend. Being fixed caliper design, I'm hoping the job will be a piece of piss. Famous last words!

Also bought a cd drive for the Laguna Satnav. Put an offer in for £18.49 with postage and it was accepted.


Different model number to the one I have in the car currently. However reading around it appears some do work in the system. There is several parts to the system and they need to all talk together. I think newer units are compatible with older sets - just not the other way around. Would make sense if this is the case, otherwise different model years would individually need stocking when these cars were current. But then it's Renault, so anything could go.

However worse case I can buy the button unit part separately and fit one of those too. Cheaper to do that than buying a complete set off eBay - £130 for complete set.

There are matching part number units to the one on the car going on eBay, however chancers want 50quid for it. Sod paying that with an obsolete system on an obsolete car.

Would be nice to have the Satnav screen working again though. That screen has the time, outside temperature and tyre pressures on it!

Also bizarrely the phase 1 sat nav had updates right upto 2015, while the phase 2 newer system had them stop at 2010. I guess different subsystem manufacturers and the like. Not forgetting Renault do silly stuff like this all the time too.

[Hooli]

I went out for a trouble-free drive in my 21-year old Disco again.

It's fairly thirsty, which is to be expected, but apart from that it's just ace.

I have similar feelings about my XJR, it's only the cost of driving it silly distances that means I don't.

[LynehamHerc]

I've just been for a run out in my T2.

22mpg at best but I enjoy driving it. It shows how slow traffic is around here as I'm often held up by caravans and dawdlers, only losing out when I have to accelerate (which is a very relative term).

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

The Mark 1 Granada was basically a bigger Cortina with Merc style IRS.

[Bertram]

I had the remaining three original tyres replaced on my work Transit today. Nearly 75k on a set of tyres isn't bad, especially when it runs at 3400kg all the time. I must be a gentler driver than I used to be.

The new tyres look to be quite ditchfinderey, as if the Transit needs any help to swap ends.