Trip Up North

[Creepy Coupe]

After a trip to the North Yorkshire Dales last weekend,to blast the motor along the Butter Tubs pass,



The butter Tubs, Yawn.




Then the highest Pub  in England, The Tan Hill .




In the car park, is a permenent reminder of how bad things get in the winter.



View from the car park




After the 800 mile round trip, I thought the old Girl could do with a good scrub up, so off came the wheels, and out came the caliper cleaner, Not sure I have enough cleaner though, as their the size of lorry stoppers.



Before.



After...



Nice to know the OE is top notch.



Anyway all bad to normal now.

[Nathan]

car looks great mate, glad to see you take off your wheel and clean then on the inside, it is a horrid job, but I do it regualy to keep the crap off!

[illyun]

Damn... that R32 sure looks tasty... 

[maxamus]

SWEET CAR !

[Creepy Coupe]

car looks great mate, glad to see you take off your wheel and clean then on the inside, it is a horrid job, but I do it regualy to keep the crap off!

Your right it is hard work, but rewarding none the less  

[TagnuT]

Nice pics......Didn't Clarkson do a review of some of the best cars of the 80s-90s on the Butter Tubs pass?

[Teutonic_Tamer]

Then the highest Pub  in England, The Tan Hill .

Last time I was there, it was shrouded in thick fog! 

In the car park, is a permenent reminder of how bad things get in the winter.

Ahhh, Theakstons Old Peculier   

BTW, that is a Volvo Sno-Cat. 

After the 800 mile round trip, I thought the old Girl could do with a good scrub up, so off came the wheels, and out came the caliper cleaner, Not sure I have enough cleaner though, as their the size of lorry stoppers.

Call them brakes !!!!  These are the full monty!    BTW, CC, what size are those discs, as the calipers look identical to my last S4 ?!

[Hurdy]

What's with the "rusty centre's" 

I'll have to have a look at mine now as I know both of your cars (T T included) are more or less new.

Love the Butter Tubs pic's and your car is looking better than ever Creepy coupe

[Phil mcavity]

yes clarkson drove His old Escort cosworth on Topgear on Uktv episode on butter tops pass

[Teutonic_Tamer]

What's with the "rusty centre's" 

I think you'll find they all go like that with alloys - due to galvanic (dissimilar metal) corrosion. 

Look at each end of your driveshafts, and the CV joints will also be rusty.  Regarding the rusty hub centres, if left unattended, the alloy wheels can actually become nigh-on seized to the hub, and require some serious "tickling" ( ) with a big dead-blow hammer.  Whenever I get a new motor, I always remove the wheels, de-rust the hub centres, and apply a thin smear of nickel (not copper) anti-seize paste, and the rust never returns.