New Year Resolution

enuff_zed · Post by **enuff_zed** » Sat Jan 06, 2024 9:07 am

Never offer to swap front suspension on a Scottish car again!!!!
I’ve heard all the protestations from our blue-faced brethren, but actual real-world experience has convinced me the corrosion accusations are correct!
Half the 3.0si that PVR bought is waiting to be swept from the floor of his garage (which incidentally is bigger and better equipped than my house)

buzyg · Post by **buzyg** » Sat Jan 06, 2024 10:37 am

You will be telling us it rains in Scotland next.

PVR's man cave may yet become a forum shrine.

On the Porsche forums.

I'll go get my Hoover.

Zedebee · Post by **Zedebee** » Sat Jan 06, 2024 11:42 am

Hope you took your wire brush and gave it a good scrub when you were in there Martin.

enuff_zed · Post by **enuff_zed** » Sat Jan 06, 2024 11:52 am

Zedebee wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06, 2024 11:42 am Hope you took your wire brush and gave it a good scrub when you were in there Martin.

No I didn’t. Paul was itching to grovel around and do it himself

1536Z4 · Post by **1536Z4** » Sat Jan 06, 2024 3:19 pm

enuff_zed wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06, 2024 9:07 am (which incidentally is bigger and better equipped than my house)

Could be the new venue for Zedfest !!

enuff_zed · Post by **enuff_zed** » Sat Jan 06, 2024 4:03 pm

1536Z4 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06, 2024 3:19 pm
enuff_zed wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06, 2024 9:07 am (which incidentally is bigger and better equipped than my house)
Could be the new venue for Zedfest !!

Not if you've seen the lane leading to it!!

Pondrew · Post by **Pondrew** » Sat Jan 06, 2024 5:47 pm

1536Z4 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06, 2024 3:19 pm Could be the new venue for Zedfest !!

There already is one! 'Zedfest North West' somewhere near Merseyside. August. Being organised by someone from the Zroadster forum (with the blessing of the chap from Shepshed apparently).

enuff_zed · Post by **enuff_zed** » Sat Jan 06, 2024 5:51 pm

Pondrew wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06, 2024 5:47 pm
1536Z4 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06, 2024 3:19 pm Could be the new venue for Zedfest !!
There already is one! 'Zedfest North West' somewhere near Merseyside. August. Being organised by someone from the Zroadster forum (with the blessing of the chap from Shepshed apparently).

Away you go then.
Give him our best regards.

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Sat Jan 06, 2024 6:11 pm

And a fine job Martin did as well (minus the pile of rust that was on the floor

). Ben, no wire brush was used during the attack so the car still has a few kilos to lose.

The only complained I heard was that the garage was too hot

enuff_zed · Post by **enuff_zed** » Sat Jan 06, 2024 6:31 pm

pvr wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06, 2024 6:11 pm The only complained I heard was that the garage was too hot

That is very true!
And I missed kneeling in gravel.

The sandwiches however, were excellent, as was the river of coffee.

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Sat Jan 06, 2024 6:43 pm

The coffee was meant to give you the shakes so you could rattle the nuts lose

john-e89 · Post by **john-e89** » Sat Jan 06, 2024 6:50 pm

Sandwiches…?? All that way to help him out and you get sandwiches….??

I hope they were finest sourdough with a lump of flame grilled cow in the middle….!

Bloody foreigners….

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Sat Jan 06, 2024 7:01 pm

The sandwiches were sprinkled with Scotland’s finest

enuff_zed · Post by **enuff_zed** » Sat Jan 06, 2024 7:02 pm

pvr wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06, 2024 7:01 pm The sandwiches were sprinkled with Scotland’s finest

Hell! If I’d known they had whisky on them
I wouldn’t have eaten so many and driven home!!!

Mr Tidy · Post by **Mr Tidy** » Sat Jan 06, 2024 8:40 pm

Well it sounds like Martin's trip was a success all round.

I bought a Scottish E46 in 2014 (I suppose the ST52 plate was a clue) and the running gear on that looked pretty crusty, which was one of the reasons I sold it in 2018 before anything needed doing. The next owner ended up having to get the exhaust to manifold bolts replaced after one rusted through!

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