CARS & MOTORBIKES

You're only upsetting yourself looking at those ads.

I do like the 911.

That would scare the Sh#t out of me. Being so exposed on something so heavy and moving so fast just seems like asking for trouble. No way I could ever hack a crash helmet, so I won’t ever be able to ride a motorbike in the UK. I hate having my head and ears covered, let alone my face.

Cars are a sore subject at the moment.

Last Tuesday morning my missus was waiting to turn right off a main road and behind her was a Volkswagen van also waiting to turn, when suddenly the van smashed into the back of her car. Turns out that an idiot in a BMW was tanking it down the main road and collided with the VW and shunted it into the back of her CRV. "Sorry, I didn't see you" was his excuse. Must have been admiring his willy not to see a black van in front of him, but the result was 3 cars written off.

What has surprised me though was Churchill's response to this. Within an hour they phoned to ask about the details and within another 30 minutes they arranged a hire car and transport to the repairers. The following day they rang and said the car is a write off and offered a settlement figure which was very generous and paid into our bank the same day. For it to be done and dusted within 48 hours was very commendable, so well done Churchill Insurance.

Thursday afternoon did a 180 mile round trip to pick up another car - another CRV.  A later MK2 for a silly low price, but the catch was it came off a farm and stank of horse Sh#t, with around a hundredweight of dried mud thrown in.

Pleased you got your claim sorted so quickly nonuffin, never heard of money in the bank within 48hrs, well done Churchill.

Do you know. If you want summert doing right do it yourself.

I only took the car in for a full service & MOT only last month. Today the wife says that shes pressing the brake pedal down a lot further than usual & i thought the car was making a bit of a noise when she was braking. Had a Quick look & the pads are mega down ffks. I recon they should have told me those pads were mega low & the discs were worn..

So this is a job for me this weekend. Im gonna change the pads & the Discs, Fitting BREMBO they are the best imho.. I want those Axle sections looking like they just come out the show room, all the Calliper housings need cleaning & refinishing like new.Copper slipped.. Karns don't mess about doing half a job..

New set of Alloys & Tyres on in the summer.

From now on im going over that car with a fine tooth comb, Keeping a Journal of whats Ive  done & when. Aint paying no tw**t to do any more services, quite obviously throwing my money away. I want 100% peace of mind.


www.brembo.com/en/car/aftermarket

She wants an Astra 'GTC' but she can Sh#t off for a bit, the  car she has only done about 36,000 Mile..

www.arnoldclark.com/used-cars/vauxhall/astra-gtc/1-4t-16v-140-sri-3dr/2015/ref/arnbd-u-42407

A couple of my previous babies-

Both Alfa. Black one's a 164 Super 3.0 V6, that pic is when I showed it at the Scottish Italian Car Show. Other is a 3.0 166 Super Lusso with factory pearlescent paint job.

Hope you purchased the 166 used, one of the biggest depreciating cars on the market at the time. Shame really, reports I have seen all say it was a super car. I owned the Alfa 156, loved driving that.

I love the Mk.1 for what it was. What came after i hated.

A bloke I used to work with said someone asked him why he always bought Japanese cars; what was wrong with a Ford? The bloke replied 'I refuse to buy anything made by the Ford Motor Company, because I don't want a car that dissolves in water'.