101320 as of today... it goes in for a MOT this week and it has covered 102 miles since the last one....90 of those were me in the last few weeks!!

Thats really odd.... every car I've ever owned except one (Central London) has been from Reading!!

Corgi and Dinky and diecast Minis...loads of em about 400!!

Vinyl Punk records mainly The Clash (300 cds, 136 singles 200 albums)

Raliegh Choppers 9 at the mo!

CDs now about 10,000

DVD now about 1,500

Terry Pratchet books

errr I think thats it.... oh....and I really need a bigger flat!

thanks lads i'll have a fiddle over the weekend

My rev counter stopped, just died no pinging about or anything, just one day (sat) started the car and no rev counter...any clues?

The classic 440/460 recall was for a plate fitted below the air bag sensor....cos if you hit a speed bump too hard, the clump from the exhaust set off the airbags!!

Actually there were more recalls on the 480! they had all the 440 ones plus some that were particular to the pop up headlights!

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Fitted new dizzy cap, rotor arm, plugs and leads.... now the old girl boogies!

Way more responsive!

btw, many moons ago I used to be service advisor in a volvo dealers, but i was mainly dealing with 440s and early 850s.... you should have seen the warranty recall book on 440s!!!!

Gaz

about 3 weeks and 400 miles!!

I ride an old Raleigh Chopper....actually I own 9 of the bloody things!

oh....and I collect Minis....real and Corgi!

BBC London as long as I'm near London!

When I get a new head unit I'll listen to it in the 360 too!

Ah I got a silver cam cover!

Just been looking through the brochures and another extra its got is the light so you can see the ignition key hole!

Hi all,

Got an 84 GLEi and have noticed that second gear needs to be very precisely changed, otherwise it feels very 'baulky' could this be a linkage prob or am I looking at the box??

Cheers in advance

Gaz

I'll get the camera out at the weekend!!

Imobilser was dealer fitted (i've got the paper work!) it's only a security key and a neon that earths the lt lead of the coil!

The alloys are flat faced, to be honest they look like wheel trims, you'd think they'd make alloys look like alloys!!!

So does ...

Its silver, minor rust on the bottom edge of the nsr arch and a slight bump osr door, and as for toys?? I dont know what it would have as standard but here goes....

Front fog lights
Tow bar with twin electrics
Electric front windows
Central locking
Stereo (not working)
Power Steering
Imobiliser
13 ...

Thanks chaps...

oh its an injection one too!

Gaz