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Car Forum / Saab Cars / June 20059K wet floor part 2...
First off - Thanks very much to everyone who has helped with this. The possiblility of a leaky clutch struck a chord... I had clutch problems about a year ago when it all but packed in (obviously it waited until I was at a very busy junction in rush hour).. somehow managed to limp home and then got it towed to the nearest Saab dealer. £280 later they had managed to replace a bit of shattered tubing, with no guarantee it would last.... What I now believe happened is that clutch fluid did manage to find its way under the carpet, and has lurked there ever since.. Haven't actually tasted it (sorry to let you down there Keith), but it does the same kind of oily consistency. Note to Dave - doesn't seem to have stripped the paint... but it's definitely discoloured. Anyway - cleaned it all up as best I can. Will keep an eye on it when the family takes a week's holiday in the rainy North West of Scotland. Thanks once again for all your help :) Cheers Mark > Haven't actually tasted > it Coward... > (sorry to let you down there Keith), but it does the same kind of oily > consistency. Note to Dave - doesn't seem to have stripped the paint... but > it's definitely discoloured. Hm. Brake fluid can strip paint in hours. Maybe that was an older formulation, or maybe a different paint, or maybe this is something else. > Anyway - cleaned it all up as best I can. Will > keep an eye on it when the family takes a week's holiday in the rainy North > West of Scotland. Care to pick me up a nice single-malt while you're there? > Thanks once again for all your help :) > Cheers > Mark Bob is Mark now? I am _so_ confused. > Care to pick me up a nice single-malt while you're there? Well Dave.. we'll be visiting Glenmorangie country (Glen of tranquility).... so you never know... ;) >> Care to pick me up a nice single-malt while you're there? > > Well Dave.. we'll be visiting Glenmorangie country (Glen of tranquility).... > so you never know... ;) Well, that'd do, in a pinch... Dave "I think the next bottle, actually, is a Scapa 14. The Balvenie 21 was _very_ nice, though." Hinz > >> Care to pick me up a nice single-malt while you're there? > > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Dave "I think the next bottle, actually, is a Scapa 14. The Balvenie 21 > was _very_ nice, though." Hinz You obviously know your stuff... Celtic origins?? >> Dave "I think the next bottle, actually, is a Scapa 14. The Balvenie 21 >> was _very_ nice, though." Hinz > You obviously know your stuff... Celtic origins?? You betcha. My ancestors, um, contributed quite a bit of genetic material there during the Viking years. A bunch of 'em hung out in Orkney for several centuries, until Norway gave it back to Scotland as part of a dowry arrangement. (hell of a wedding present...) Oddly enough, the Scots Kings felt that giving their daughters to the Vikings would make 'em go away. Sure, worked for a year or three, at which time they came back and said "Yeh, well, we're back. Has she got a sister, then?" or words to that effect. I also like a nice dram from time to time. Couple times a month we have "Scotch night". I work in downtown Milwaukee (Wisconsin), and there's a great bar right across the road with literally hundreds of different Scotch to try. At two a month, it'll take forever to get through 'em, but a man's gotta have a goal, y'know? Dave Hinz it'll take forever to get through 'em, > but a man's gotta have a goal, y'know? Dave - it's an unexpected pleasure to banter with you. As ancient obligations require, I'd offer you my "first born".. but I have a feeling virgins only count if they're females... Take care - and thanks for all your help (and possible DNA) !! PS next time you have a "whisky night" ask 'em for a double Lagavulin... ;) > it'll take forever to get through 'em, >> but a man's gotta have a goal, y'know? > Dave - it's an unexpected pleasure to banter with you. > As ancient obligations require, I'd offer you my "first born".. but I have a > feeling virgins only count if they're females... "Bad news is, you're gonna be sacrificed in the morning as a virgin. The good news, my dear, is that I know how you can get out of it..." > Take care - and thanks for all your help (and possible DNA) !! > PS next time you have a "whisky night" ask 'em for a double Lagavulin... ;) When the mood is right, I'll go for that. It just got hard to get in this country, though, in the last 6 months. I traded a Turbo B-engine for the '78 99 Turbo I'm working on, for a bottle of Lagavulin (14 year, I think?), and it was already getting hard to find 6 months ago. I haven't seen any since. If I'm going for smoky/peaty, I like the Oban, which isn't quite the kick-in-the-face intense flavor, but very nice in a different way. "It just got hard to get in this country" Yeah... I hear you. It's not exactly easy to get here either, at £35 + a bottle. My dad's a member of the whisky society though.. he has stuff in the attic that'll make you go blind!! Take Care Mark > "It just got hard to get in this country" > > Yeah... I hear you. It's not exactly easy to get here either, at £35 + a > bottle. My dad's a member of the whisky society though.. he has stuff in the > attic that'll make you go blind!! 35 quid, let's see...yup, you suck. It's 80 bucks a bottle here. Or, rather, was. The Scapa 14, oddly, is only 45 bucks. I like the 12, I liked the 25 we bought my boss (and gave him 4 snifters with it...subtle, eh?), so the 14 should be nice. I > liked the 25 we bought my boss ... My boss suggested I should be more "sociable" at work recently...... so I handed out home-baked brownies ;) must go and watch the end of "Team America - World Police" motion picture they've been telling me about... >> "It just got hard to get in this country" >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > liked the 25 we bought my boss (and gave him 4 snifters with > it...subtle, eh?), so the 14 should be nice. Feast your eyes... http://www.nh.gov/liquor/pl01.shtml#0009 ...and they put them on sale now and then too. -Fred W >> 35 quid, let's see...yup, you suck. It's 80 bucks a bottle here. Or, >> rather, was. The Scapa 14, oddly, is only 45 bucks. > Feast your eyes... > http://www.nh.gov/liquor/pl01.shtml#0009 Waitaminute, let me get this straight. You can buy whiskey from your state government? Does one have to be a NH resident to do so? Those prices are very good. > ...and they put them on sale now and then too. Did I mention lately that you suck? Just checking... PS you never did tell me what role you play with MR scanners - field guy, I assume? > > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > state government? Does one have to be a NH resident to do so? > Those prices are very good. Yes, we do have an intereresting government here in New Hampshire. Rather unique. We have no personal taxes (yet), no income nor sales tax. Real Estate Property taxes go primarily to the township for schools and police/fire. They did manage to pass a "statewide" property tax which is redistributed to the poorer towns to support equality in edumacation. I kind of like the system because the fewer layers of goverment the money has to pass through, the more seems to arrive at the final destination... So, to support the State government, we collect on the "sins". Tobacco, gambling and liquor ar the big three. Beer and Wine is sold at grocery or convenience stores, but all liquor is exclusively through the State run stores. Yes, it is very cheap, and yes they do sell a *lot* to "out-of-staters. There are mega-size liquor supermarkets located at both the northbound and southbound "Safety Rest Areas" at the state lines on each of the major N-S interstates. In case you didn't know, affluent southern New Englanders (from Mass, CT, RI) and New Yorkers must pass through a corner of New Hampshire to get to Vacationland (Maine). We offer them some refreshments on the way up to take on their vacations, and then of course allow them to take some back home with them. >>...and they put them on sale now and then too. > > Did I mention lately that you suck? Just checking... > > PS you never did tell me what role you play with MR scanners - field > guy, I assume? I sent you an email, but I guess it never made it for some reason. I'd rather not discuss it here (for obvious reasons). "Field Guy" is close enough... -Fred W > When the mood is right, I'll go for that. It just got hard to get in > this country, though, in the last 6 months. I traded a Turbo B-engine [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > which isn't quite the kick-in-the-face intense flavor, but very nice in > a different way. I wouldn't even say Oban was all that peaty, but it's another favorite. One advantage of living in NH is the State Liquor stores do a pretty good stocking the singles, and they are dirt cheap (very minimal taxes). But I tend not to drink them during the warmer months. Summer time is for tequila or martinis. Cheers!! -Fred W > it'll take forever to get through 'em, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > PS next time you have a "whisky night" ask 'em for a double Lagavulin... ;) My personal favorite. I'm a heavy peat guy... -Fred W >> PS next time you have a "whisky night" ask 'em for a double Lagavulin... ;) > My personal favorite. I'm a heavy peat guy... Wait, I thought you were Fred. So, Bob is Mark, and Fred is Pete. Damn...and here I've been using what is nearly my name all this time. Dave "What the hell, call me Julio" Hinz >> On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 20:17:36 GMT, Nasty Bob > <nospamspeedypancake@hotmail.com> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> >> Well, that'd do, in a pinch... Yup! I received a very belated Christmas present from a client the other day; a bottle of Glenmorangie. I've just finished it, as it happens. Yes, just ... Hence the not uncommon jovial tone to me posting :) Not bad stuff really, after all I've said about Scotch :) I drank about half of it (with cola ... Ner! Ner!), spilt about a quarter and made some chicken stock and cream sauce with the remainder for Swedish (er hum, Ikea) meatballs and root veg the other night. Mmmm! Swedish :)) Paul Var tog vägen vägen? SAAB : Nothing on earth comes close > Yup! I received a very belated Christmas present from a client the other > day; a bottle of Glenmorangie. I've just finished it, as it happens. Yes, [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Paul Paul... Belated Xmas present..... Whisky & cola?????? lock yourself in dark cupboard and have a word with yourself ....you bad man. Ikea meatballs make you sterile. > Paul... Belated Xmas present..... Whisky & cola?????? > lock yourself in dark cupboard and have a word with yourself ....you bad > man. Weel, it's not like he wasted _good_ Scotch. > Ikea meatballs make you sterile. Oddly enough, there is also a relationship between that 21 year Balvenie and becoming sterile in this household, so you may be on to something. >>Haven't actually tasted >>it [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Bob is Mark now? I am _so_ confused. Geeze, Dave. Bob's your Uncle... -Fred W >> Bob is Mark now? I am _so_ confused. > Geeze, Dave. Bob's your Uncle... No, John is my uncle. Wait, he's my son. Damn, I'm _SO_ confused. Dave "Yes, I recognize the phrase but can't figure out a way to work it in" Hinz |
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