More crashes
After the last update when I saw a car on its side in a ditch, we saw another one in almost the same spot. This time Ang witnessed it, and as I saw everyone was OK, I was pretty blase about it, this being the second time. I failed to get straight away that this wasn't Ang's first time seeing an accident in that spot, and so was at first dismissive of her panic, but then remembered how shook up I had been after seeing the first accident.
Anyway, I must be morbid about such things cos i've been watching NCAP crashes on Youtube. All you really need to know is that if you want a chance of surviving you'd better be driving a modern car. That said, the old MX5 holds up surprisingly well, it's a rather solid little car it turns out. Still, no airbags, so that can't be too clever. The Peugeot 205, that wasn't a pleasant sight in the crash tests...eek, I used to have a 205 GTi and thrash it silly.
MX5 has a suspension squeak at the moment, hopefully its just bushes, might try lubricating them. The RX7 still needs a new alternator (output is weak at low revs) but runs well enough if not left idling in traffic for ever.. the other prob it has, not serious though, is that I put a battery in it that doesn't quite fit and the connector keeps working its way off. Very embarrassing when it happens at a traffic light. So I need to either fit the correct battery (rather than the one i stole out of my old 106 before it went to scrapland), or change the connector.
Going to a friend's Wedding on Monday, in Wales. We're camping in the caravan in the same village, so will be able to stumble back from the wedding into caravan :) Then we're on hols and will find another place to camp in wales, finishing up the end of the week by taking the caravan back and then camping by a lake in a tent. My sis is coming too for that bit.
Just rewatched the League of Gentlemen Christmas Special, forgot how dark and scary that one was, and boy they blew the budget on that baby.
Anyway, I must be morbid about such things cos i've been watching NCAP crashes on Youtube. All you really need to know is that if you want a chance of surviving you'd better be driving a modern car. That said, the old MX5 holds up surprisingly well, it's a rather solid little car it turns out. Still, no airbags, so that can't be too clever. The Peugeot 205, that wasn't a pleasant sight in the crash tests...eek, I used to have a 205 GTi and thrash it silly.
MX5 has a suspension squeak at the moment, hopefully its just bushes, might try lubricating them. The RX7 still needs a new alternator (output is weak at low revs) but runs well enough if not left idling in traffic for ever.. the other prob it has, not serious though, is that I put a battery in it that doesn't quite fit and the connector keeps working its way off. Very embarrassing when it happens at a traffic light. So I need to either fit the correct battery (rather than the one i stole out of my old 106 before it went to scrapland), or change the connector.
Going to a friend's Wedding on Monday, in Wales. We're camping in the caravan in the same village, so will be able to stumble back from the wedding into caravan :) Then we're on hols and will find another place to camp in wales, finishing up the end of the week by taking the caravan back and then camping by a lake in a tent. My sis is coming too for that bit.
Just rewatched the League of Gentlemen Christmas Special, forgot how dark and scary that one was, and boy they blew the budget on that baby.