Practically Classics Forum

Recovery was on the scene in about half an hour. Can't really complain at that. Yes there's a £25 excess, but again absolutely can't complain about the service provided by AutoAid. https://i.ibb.co/n8dsCvt/IMG-20240524-153631.jpg Soon enough we were bouncing our way back to MK. https://i.ibb.co/gtGP...

Well carp... https://i.ibb.co/KV80GqQ/IMG-20240524-144513.jpg Expensive "Oh carp" as well. Something major appears to have let loose in the bowels of the engine. Was running absolutely fine, bumbling along at about 45, there was a single cough, then about five seconds later it sounded like all hell ...

Are there any before and after videos? It's not one of those things you'd really be able to discern over video I think, not with the equipment I have to hand anyway. Getting something with a halfway decent mic is something I'm working on as I would like to get some more onboard footage from all the...

The Partner actually saw a bit of attention yesterday. One of the primary annoyances I'd had since the car was bought were a plethora of rattles and squeaks from the tailgate. I knew one of the main culprits here was the trim as you could see it bounce every time you closed it. Two random self tappe...

While the Trabant generally runs fine, she's always been a bit grumpy when dropping to idle after working hard for any period of time. The idle has always been a little low anyway, but with the slightly warmer weather arriving this has brought it down to a 50/50 chance of stalling for a minute or so...

Been very little going on lately. Life has been busy leaving little time for car things. A bit of numeric symmetry arrived today. https://i.ibb.co/MsdPP42/IMG-20240507-160251.jpg We ended up switching to a different brand of oil with the last tank of fuel on the Trabant, and it definitely doesn't li...

Quite simply, life has been busy of late and I've had very little opportunity to mess around with car related things over the last couple.of weeks. Aside from a little bit of investigation of the HVAC system having become a bit noisy on the Partner (it's a bit short on gas I'd say based on the head ...

We suffered a major technical failure today. Okay that might be overselling it a bit. We lost a tail light bulb. https://i.ibb.co/CbRt6c8/IMG-20240416-162311.jpg Though admittedly on plenty of modern cars that is a pretty major headache! Takes much more than the five minutes and a flat blade screwdr...

The date on the front page will be accepted, it was for my Matra, however if it was built in 1984 then it will not be eligible for free tax until 1st April 2025. Thanks for the clarification. It's always going to be a bit of a struggle I think around here - when I got the Cavalier a couple of years...

It has now been renewed I believe. A couple of things struck me since my last post, firstly DVLA must know when the car was built, otherwise it would be on a Q plate. Secondly, Glass's Check Book doesn't cover vehicle which were not officially imported into the UK. I've got the 76-85 book and Traba...