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[JG]

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

 

bonus points for the use of the ç

[techieboy]

Took me an age to find the right ASCII keyboard code for it too. Still my favourite French saying.

[siztenboots]

keep one old on the front, and one new on the back

[JG]

Took me an age to find the right ASCII keyboard code for it too. Still my favourite French saying.

 

I particularly like its name C cedilla (or Cedille in french)

[badgerade]

Well if there was any doubt about how bodged our lights are, here is the perfect example.

two replacement side light bulb holders arrived yesterday, and instantly i thought they looked a little on the large side.

I quick comparison reveals all. They are cut down for use in our lights.

from left to right: as it came our of the other lense, the one i cut down, as they come from the manufacturer of the lense:


 

James - PM'd you about this but I guess you're inundated ( Or ignoring me   )

 

Which supplier did you get these connectors from?  

[JG]

http://www.vx220.org...ht-bulb-holder/

 

[badgerade]

Many thanks 

[JG]

if you have no luck, i ordered a few

[badgerade]

Ah interesting!  Did you go direct to Hella?  Or the company linked to in that post?

[JG]

the company in that post sorted it out.

 

might be worth mentioning my name as a previous customer.

[JG]

New boots and no track days in a the diary

[FLD]

I'll scrub them in for you!

[Gedi]

James, what are the chances of you making your photobucket vx albums public?

Sifting through 74 pages trying to find the photo you need takes ages...

[JG]

Gedi, Oops not been around a lot. I'll make a public album inside my photobucket with all the vx pics in there there. I could make my current album public but there are over 2k photos in there in a single album so it would take you even longer to find a picture than looking through here. 

 

VX has been out quite a bit recently and not cleaned since before then national, thats two records broken, its dirtiest its ever been and he longest time between cleans. 

 

I must say driven at 6/10s these cars really are so good. thoroughly enjoyed a little drive out for the hell of it this morning

 

(even the stickers on the wheels are disappearing under the dust! , and we're onto fly splatter upon fly splatter)

 

 

 

I'm gearing up for a proper detail soon to restore normality

 

 

 

[JG]

Amourfendind (or ventureshielding) new set of headlights last friday

 

 

[JG]

Christmas shopping today, resulted in 30 min shopping and nearly two hours taking the longer way there and the absurdly long way home



And I cleaned it when I got back too!

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

Christmas shopping today, resulted in 30 min shopping and nearly two hours taking the longer way there and the absurdly long way home



And I cleaned it when I got back too!

I'm diss appointed how straight you have parked

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

But your a brave man in this weather with no roof

[CocoPops]

It's the fact he parked in a shopping centre car park through choice that surprised me most!

[JG]

But your a brave man in this weather with no roof

 

Properly warm with the fez heater. 

 

I actually had the windows down the whole time