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Offline Horney

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Re: Guy's mk1 Rivage
« Reply #400 on: 17 November 2011, 16:00 »
How come only now it's becoming a joy to drive.... nearly bloomin winter!

Winter is the best time to go topless!

Nick

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Re: Guy's mk1 Rivage
« Reply #401 on: 17 November 2011, 16:04 »
How come only now it's becoming a joy to drive.... nearly bloomin winter!

Winter is the best time to go topless!

Nick

What about with the roof down?  :tongue:

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Re: Guy's mk1 Rivage
« Reply #402 on: 17 November 2011, 16:46 »
Bet you're glad that's sorted now then..

How come only now it's becoming a joy to drive.... nearly bloomin winter!

i meant in comparison to how it was... little things are starting to really make it a joy..

being able to drive without crouching over like lurch to see in the temporary rear view mirror is just one example!  :grin:

obviously it started to get A LOT better once the new suspension was on (thanks again Chuff) and the new steering rack was fitted and it was aligned and it actually went in the direction you pointed it! 

then started to get even better to drive when I could find gears, and it stopped when I pressed the stopping pedal. (thanks again Mark)

new ashtray fitted today... the old one was fcuked and wouldn't come out of the tray holder... it also had a hole in it from an old alarm led. Picked one up at the berks mk1 meet last night from JamesW :afro: and combined the good bits from both to make a rather natty new looking one!  :cool:

All sounds good... I will probably feel the same when I finally get round to giving my engine some serious TLC.

How come only now it's becoming a joy to drive.... nearly bloomin winter!

Winter is the best time to go topless!

Nick

Yeah if your a passenger next to a female driver with a tight T-shirt on..  The cold does funny things.  :grin:

How come only now it's becoming a joy to drive.... nearly bloomin winter!

Winter is the best time to go topless!

Nick

What about with the roof down?  :tongue:

Trust you....  :grin:


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Re: Guy's mk1 Rivage
« Reply #403 on: 17 November 2011, 17:07 »
How come only now it's becoming a joy to drive.... nearly bloomin winter!

Winter is the best time to go topless!

Nick

What about with the roof down?  :tongue:

ba-doom tish!  :grin:

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Re: Guy's mk1 Rivage
« Reply #404 on: 09 February 2013, 11:30 »
so, no update on this for 13 months +  :shocked:

almost as slack as Shaun  : :lipsrsealed:

  bloody Mk1 owners  :whistle:

anyway - i got asked to move this by Guy, but alas I saw some hurdles as its been abandoned outside since he fcuked off further south  :lipsrsealed:

So today, he set off from deepest and still dark devon with a trailer to come collect it himself asking me to pop over incase of any " issues ".

So with Hammer in hand, I set off to be greeted by



Yep the Ned curse was starting . . . . .  ..  :laugh:

Anyway, after a snapped bonnet cable,  :lipsrsealed:

 a non priming fuel pump, ( whacked a few times )

and a NSR brake stuck on ( wheels off, whacked, still stuck, fitted space saver and it became unstuck  :huh:)

 ( see knew that hammer was a good idea  :evil: )

The Rivage is heading south to a new





Good to see ya again mate - :afro:

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Re: Guy's mk1 Rivage
« Reply #405 on: 09 February 2013, 18:23 »


:grin: :grin: :grin:

13 months!!  :embarrassed:

was really good to see you again too!!

good hammer skillz and you forgot to mention dickfcuk here managing to break the inside of the windscreen!  :lipsrsealed:

bonnet cable isn't snapped (just come off the handle)

the inside is in a complete state... 1st things first... get a decent cover for it, drain the interior of its contents of stagnant water, strip the interior completely, wash the carpet and seats properly, dry it out and remove all the mould  :sick:

it started a couple more times this evening to move it off the trailer and then to move it up the road into its allocated parking spot... where hopefully now that things have changed a bit I will be able to give it a bit more attention  :smiley:


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Re: Guy's mk1 Rivage
« Reply #406 on: 29 July 2013, 23:05 »
it lives!!  :grin:

await further updates!  :lipsrsealed:

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Re: Guy's mk1 Rivage
« Reply #407 on: 06 August 2013, 00:10 »
been back on the road a week and no mishaps yet!  :grin:

loving being back out driving in it and its getting more and more tlc each day  :smiley:

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Re: Guy's mk1 Rivage
« Reply #408 on: 08 August 2013, 21:52 »
about bloody time  :rolleyes: :lipsrsealed:

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Re: Guy's mk1 Rivage
« Reply #409 on: 09 August 2013, 08:35 »
about bloody time  :rolleyes: :lipsrsealed:

indeed - goodness I have missed this car!