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[C8RKH]

...haven't I stopped smiling for the past 19 hours?

 

Well, I walked into the garage yesterday and wiped the dust off the windscreen.

 

Got in my little plastic sh*t box and fired her up.

 

Whump, whump, roar - she started first time after being laid up since September.

 

Just had to take her for a wee drive.

 

Fell in love all over again. What a car. What a drive. Just a joy.

 

And....  that's why.

[Ivor]

Same here,last weekend for me

[C8RKH]

It's amazing how quickly you fall back in love with them when you drive them lol...

[oblomov]

Last weekend and yesterday for me.  Yesterday was ....ing cold, 4 degrees when I started out, but the sun made the difference.  Ice on the car when I started it up, but with a bit of padding and gloves - the turbo just loves the cold air.

[Ivor]

It's amazing how quickly you fall back in love with them when you drive them lol...

Within 100yds, I was smiling

[hairy]

I love the spring hatching!

[blackoctagon]

Do you roll it a bit to prevent prevent flat spotting the tyres at all?

I go out every week - or more if i'm passing it - and roll mine into another position, and usually start it and drive it up and down the drive just to make everything work about every three weeks or so.
I SORN December to March normally - 3 months - so it's never sat too long using that recipe.

[hairy]

No, I don't SORN mine so it goes out if there's some reasonable winter weather.

[Ivor]

Do you roll it a bit to prevent prevent flat spotting the tyres at all?

I go out every week - or more if i'm passing it - and roll mine into another position, and usually start it and drive it up and down the drive just to make everything work about every three weeks or so.
I SORN December to March normally - 3 months - so it's never sat too long using that recipe.

I've never bothered with this, sat for about 3 months,

[ICD]

Just drive it.... 

[sford]

Got MOT next week and will then tax her. First time I have SORN'd over winter. New tyres went on last week and new exhaust soon to go on. Then track day in June after a couple of shakedown runs to Caffeine and Machine.

[C8RKH]

No, I don't roll it. I probably should. It just gets parked up and then maybe warmed up on the spot two or three times in the 3/4 months it is garaged.

 

I need to use it more in the winter. It'd make me smile more in the winter and stop me being such a grumpy old bastard during the dark days.

 

I love that car. Probably more than the wife. It never complains. It never says no when I want to spank it. I know where it's fun button is.

[oblomov]

Out again today - not a cloud in the sky  .  Used to tax it start of April but kept getting caught out with really good weather in March.  Don't take it out if it's fine but there's still salt on the road.

[stevieturbo]

Do you roll it a bit to prevent prevent flat spotting the tyres at all?

I go out every week - or more if i'm passing it - and roll mine into another position, and usually start it and drive it up and down the drive just to make everything work about every three weeks or so.
I SORN December to March normally - 3 months - so it's never sat too long using that recipe.

 

 

I've had cars sit for 2-3 years....flat spotting is not an issue....well unless you let them actually sit flat with no air.