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Offline Guy

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Re: Guy's mk1 Rivage
« Reply #390 on: 10 August 2011, 19:38 »
:grin:  its hardly a beauty...

like its owner  :grin:

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more fun and goodness today..

brakes bled and fluid changed.. no more sponge but they're still mk1 brakes so it never feels as though you're stopping!!  :laugh:

also... handbrake now working too... which is always a bonus!!  :grin:

thank you Mark :afro:

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Re: Guy's mk1 Rivage
« Reply #391 on: 10 August 2011, 19:54 »
no worries, thanks for making my car shiney!

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Re: Guy's mk1 Rivage
« Reply #392 on: 10 August 2011, 20:45 »
Good fun this afternoon lads! Massive thanks to Guy for sorting the bonnet on the MX5. :cool:

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Re: Guy's mk1 Rivage
« Reply #393 on: 13 August 2011, 18:05 »
fixed that door handle yet  :lipsrsealed:

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Re: Guy's mk1 Rivage
« Reply #394 on: 13 August 2011, 18:07 »
fixed that door handle yet  :lipsrsealed:

nope... too busy sorting others out!  :grin:

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Re: Guy's mk1 Rivage
« Reply #395 on: 13 August 2011, 18:09 »
 :laugh: but has it fallen off yet ?

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Re: Guy's mk1 Rivage
« Reply #396 on: 13 August 2011, 19:52 »
:laugh: but has it fallen off yet ?

not quite!!  :laugh:

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Re: Guy's mk1 Rivage
« Reply #397 on: 15 November 2011, 21:27 »
so a little tiny update today...

found myself with an hour spare this afternoon and suddenly had a thought...

that 'temporary rear view mirror' that i can never see out of properly because it sits at the wrong angle and then falls off all the time really must go...

the original rear view mirror that I had purchased I never managed to fit properly because it kept on falling off... tried everything including all the 'extra strong' halfords rear view mirror kits...

so i took a spin down to autoglass and they stuck it on good and proper in about 20 minutes... job done... I can actually see whats behind me now.

this car is becoming VERY pleasurable to drive  :cool:

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Re: Guy's mk1 Rivage
« Reply #398 on: 16 November 2011, 11:29 »
Bet you're glad that's sorted now then..

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

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Re: Guy's mk1 Rivage
« Reply #399 on: 17 November 2011, 15:51 »
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: