was looking at some BMW stuff in a google search and came across a forum
with the subject of poor radio reception. now my beemer had poor reception
when i bought it and it had a shite old kenwood unit in it. so i replaced
this thinking it maybe a shite old unit (which it was) and ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mga2Flkl8wA&mode=related&search=

June 07 Practical Classics issue. Page 46! That's me and ar kid driving to
Athens :-)
Mike P

The crossflow in the Locost is fecked, it runs, but is smokey as f.ck, it's
the bores.
I fitted bike carbs this weekend and they ran great, but I needed to remove
the crankcase breather from the old inlet manifold and nearly choked on the

nice!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sierra-3-Door-V8_W0QQitemZ130115709269QQihZ003QQcategoryZ9
844QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Whipped it off to take a look.
Looks the blade on the rotor arm has actually cut into the 8 contacts.
There appears to be a worn rough edge, rather the normal smooth square
cutouts.

Picked up the Passat from Newport VW earlier.
As part of the service, there were 3 minor recalls to carry out.
On collection, the service manager gave me a bottle of champagne as a
'goodwill gesture' due to the inconvenience caused by the recalls.

What's the verdict?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ALFA-ROMEO-164-75-2-0L-TS-ROCKER-COVER-NICE-ITEM_W
0QQitemZ260119390670QQihZ016QQcategoryZ10370QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
I'm *very* tempted.

I was interested in Carl's rangie, but looks like I'd need to tow it down,
so it's a no-goer I'm afraid.
Looking for something "interesting" up to about £750 . Long as it's got MOT
and goes fuel economy not a problem..

Volkswagen's engineers made a rear-wheel drive GTI with a twin-
turbocharged, 6.0-liter W-12 in the back.
http://automobnews.blogspot.com/2007/05/2007-volkswagen-gti-w12.html

Bulldog screwed up my ADSL. They have tried to give me back a static
IP and screwed the connection for nearly a week, so no home internet.
Update is, there is still an ignition problem with the rangie so it is
being sold once I get it running.

Also posted in the Alfa group and in maintenance, but thought I'd try
here, too.
After a track session at an airfield day on Monday, I was shocked to
find that my 75 had dumped a load of coolant on the floor under the car.

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020QQcategoryZ18275QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Ticks all your boxes ;-)

Last time I took to the track, it was a spur of the moment decision on a
Clubcento day in a car that was only 2 years old....
Doing a full-on day in the 75 is obviously a slightly different matter.
Just been doing a mental check of stuff:

Well, that was...... exciting.
Arrived at Colerne in plenty of time before the briefing, had a cuppa
and a wander around the paddock.
Worryingly, there were loads of Caterhams, some Elises, a couple of