Tips for yanks

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Rope amazed us all with this pearl of wisdom:

I had a Talbot Solara, it was a dull yellow colour and had no reverse
gear.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Lozzo amazed us all with this pearl of wisdom:

God, I hate that.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Lozzo amazed us all with this pearl of wisdom:

That had a look about it like the Vauxhall Viva which is a car I wanted
but never owned.

 

so, if you open the throttle, it won't accelerate?

On the Jeep, "cruise" sets a speed that it won't go below - pressing
the accelerator overrides it and you go faster (you then hit "resume"
to go back to the prior set cruise speed). If you hit "coast", even if
you try to out accelerate a set speed, it won't do it.

 

Oddly, this very subject came up at Chimay, yesterday lunchtime.

Beer was involved. And sunshine.

Good, it was.

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| ___ Salad Dodger
|/ \
_/_____\_ GL1500SE-V/CBR1100XX-X/CBX1000Z
|_\_____/_| ..75939.../...19198.../..30340.
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4 PM#5 WG*
'^' RBR Clues: 24 Pts: 400 Miles: 1589

 

If you open it gently, it will. If you then roll off, it resumes its
previous speed. If you open it with enthusiasm, it accelerates, and
disengages the cruise mode.

No, it's not got that bit.

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| ___ Salad Dodger
|/ \
_/_____\_ GL1500SE-V/CBR1100XX-X/CBX1000Z
|_\_____/_| ..75939.../...19198.../..30836.
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4 PM#5 WG*
'^' RBR Clues: 24 Pts: 400 Miles: 1589

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Rope amazed us all with this pearl of wisdom:

Yep, complete with "mature grain" rust patches

POS, that sounds not unlike mine, either. Fifty quid I think I paid for
it.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Rope amazed us all with this pearl of wisdom:

A bit like Trigger's broom then?

 

Hmm, call me a pedant, but the Rootes Alpines are now considered classic,
and rightly so IMHO. The Chrysler / Talbot versions, which I think you are
referring to are / were indeed shite.

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Dan L (Oldbloke)
My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
M'boy's bike 2003 Honda NSR125R (Going)
Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Patio Ornament)
BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005), X-FOT#000, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow)

 

Heh, that made me chuckle, you ****

Allegros were fucking awful devices. A mate of mine had a very late model
1500, managed to write it off driving over a raised manhole in roadworks,
tore the engine off it's mounts.

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Dan L (Oldbloke)
My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
M'boy's bike 2003 Honda NSR125R (Going)
Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Patio Ornament)
BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005), X-FOT#000, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow)

 

Mate of mine had a Wolseley Hornet. Every time I worked on it I twatted the
back of my head on the fucking false radiator grille, hanging there like
Bugs Bunny's buck tooth.

Vauxhall Viva HC, what a pile of doodoo that was.

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Dan L (Oldbloke)
My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
M'boy's bike 2003 Honda NSR125R (Going)
Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Patio Ornament)
BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005), X-FOT#000, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow)

 

3 gearboxes in 2 years and in the end IIRC it was given away to get
shot off. Although the MK3 cortina that preceded it wasn't a whole lot
better.

 

The worst POS I ever owned was a Mk2 1100 Escort. Pea Green respray (with
runs), 0-60 in about 20 minutes, and around 20 MPG.

It was a wrong-un

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Dan L (Oldbloke)
My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
M'boy's bike 2003 Honda NSR125R (Going)
Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Patio Ornament)
BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005), X-FOT#000, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow)

 

Heh "for services to the British cast iron rainwater goods industry..."

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Dan L (Oldbloke)
My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
M'boy's bike 2003 Honda NSR125R (Going)
Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Patio Ornament)
BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005), X-FOT#000, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow)

 

Bear says...

BL period Jaguars were the worst cars they ever built. Lovely designs
blighted by penny=pinching accountants and shoddy assembly by a
workforce who had lost all faith in a once great company. I've seen
some absolute horrors on the interiors of BL period E-Types and XJs.

 

Heh, classic, and the later models (1600, 1750 and Tiger V8's)

Heh, that's the shite one. Do you recall how they tried to make it more
desireable by dredging up the "Rapier" tag from the 70's

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Dan L (Oldbloke)
My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
M'boy's bike 2003 Honda NSR125R (Going)
Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Patio Ornament)
BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005), X-FOT#000, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow)

 

Ok, but in principle - you wouldn't mind paying high tax in one area,
if it meant that the others were untaxed?

 

Depends on what you mean by "high".

In principle, I guess, a high*er* rate of tax in one area, with none in
others may be acceptable, although I guess UK plc needs to balance it books
same as any large corporation, so it's not really likely to happen.

Anyway, this is far too sensible a topic to discuss with me, I think I puked
most of my active brain cells out on Sunday morning.

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Dan L (Oldbloke)
My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
M'boy's bike 2003 Honda NSR125R (Going)
Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Patio Ornament)
BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005), X-FOT#000, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow)

 

I had an estate one for about 2 months. I quite liked it, comfortable
and full of character...

 

It had nice, hydropneumatic suspension. Not as good as on the BX mind
you.

Now that was a nice car...