Both Diane and I have kerbed our cars. Needless to say, Diane managed this in a rather mundane way, where I suffered a racing incident at full left lock. In both cases, remedial action was necessary. Tractor’s front left: And the SS’s rear left – properly kerbed! I started with the tractor wheel – gave […] Read more »
Last weekend I went to Rock äm Ring – a German rock festival held at the Nűrburging. It proved to be a great boys weekend, with a squad of Bens, Brenden, Jonny, Pete, Richie, Steve and me. We took the Shaguar and the 330d: I was pleased to make it from the ferry to Germany […] Read more »
The tractor is now half way through its 13,500 mile service interval. As I’ve mentioned before, I don’t believe that oil can maintain useful levels of lubrication if left in an engine for that kind of period. I’m also extremely aware that the turbocharger shares the same oil supply. As such, I change oil twice […] Read more »
I’ve had a brilliant day out yesterday with friends Robin and Alex, spectating at the Wyedean Forest Rally. We were up at the crack of dawn to get to the Welsh border at a reasonable time. It was a really thick frost – opening the car’s doors at 6am reminded me of the time machine […] Read more »
The first thing I did yesterday morning was to give the M5 what I imagine is a fairly typical weekly service: some fuel, a litre of TWS oil, and a pair of rear tyres. I failed to take the camera out with me for that trip, but it’s hardly photogenic stuff. I did consider getting […] Read more »
A quick mid-week update. Yesterday I fitted new wiper blades to the M5. Changing wiper blades is nearly always a fiddly job, but the E39 has got a really nifty sliding-locky arrangement which made the job a doddle. Tonight while travelling from football to the pub the M3 Evo just cut out and wouldn’t restart. […] Read more »
What a title! Ben Smith turned up tonight with a new toy for me: Ben’s got one of these – you may well have seen it in action during our M5 clutch and M3 Evo engine swap antics alongside my red jack. My red jack’s a really hefty old-fashioned item. It’s been a trusty friend, […] Read more »
Today the weather has been mild and dry, so I’ve seized the opportunity to get things done. I cycled (yes, cycled!) to Vines of Guildford to collect all sorts of goodies: for the 330d a new leather lift strap for the boot floor and an oil filter kit, and a new thermostat and coolant for […] Read more »
Yesterday Diane & I took the tractor to South Wales to catch some views of the World Rally Championship. We got very close to the action to say the least – here are Loeb and Sordo’s cars photographed from inside the 330d! And in fact, it would appear that Diane managed to photograph five times […] Read more »
A pair of black kidney grilles arrived during the week as a result of an eBay transaction, so today I chose to clean the car and fit them. I’m not really a fan of large lumps of chrome on the front of an otherwise discreet vehicle, and as such the tractor has sported black kidney […] Read more »