Posts filed under 'Cars'
Reliability
So I’ve got a Volvo sat in the drive with 2 flat tyres…. Why the hell have I still got that heap!?
I was doing some serious mileage in the past so opted for a “sensible”, quite fast but RELIABLE car to get me from A to B. Over the past 12 months this is just how reliable it has been….
4 x punctures
1 x blow out at speed
1 x new engine
1 x new radiator
2 x cam belts
2 x full services
1 x faulty throttle housing connector
other intermittent engine management problems - still unknown source
2 x road side recovery
9 x Points on my license
Over £500 in fines.
I am most definitely not impressed. At this rate it would have been sensible to get an extremely non-sensible car, it would have cost me less maintenance and probably got me less fines. The only thing stopping me upgrading to something ridiculous now is the fear of losing my license…
Ferraris are fun
Its 11pm and I think I am going to go to bed nice and early. It has been a been a tough day you see. Got up after 9am, did a not much to 11.30 then went to Silverstone to bomb about in a Ferrari 360 Modena. And that really is about it!
Considering I am definitely not an experienced track driver, and it was pissing down I think I did quite well to make it back to write this. Fun as it was, the 360 will unlikely be the first Ferrari in to my garage.
I’m exhausted. Bon night.
Cars + PORN
As promised here are a few pictures of my drive and the cars on it. I know they’re dirty and I know one isn’t working… There is in fact a 3rd car on the drive which also doesn’t work! Marvelous.
Back of a broken car
Bloody Cars
What a bloody morning! I got up, was running nearly on time and the sun was shining. It was set to be a good start to the week. But then at 8.15am on the M4 my car died. The radiator hosing exploding right off with radiator still attached, the engine losing all pressure and won’t start now, completely knackered.
The rest of the day was spent sat on the side of motorway, then sat in a garage, then sat in a recovery vehicle in non moving traffic on the motorway to being sat on the train, to finally being sat in a car at the end of the day.
The only upside to the day is the spare car I have borrowed is a Lotus. Looks like I may have found an engine to drop in to my car too…. fingers crossed!
I’ll stick a photo on tomorrow of the cars collecting on the drive.
Oh, I did get confirmation of my little deal too - so atleast the went smoothly!
I am sick of my car
Got up nice and early this morning as had a meeting to attend… only had a few hours sleep so wasn’t too cheery in the morning anyway. However I set off and was thinking to myself whether or not I should get a brand spanking new car. I had just about decided that it was wise to run current beast for as long as possible.
Shortly after that decision I approached a roundabout, tried to squeeze through a gap in queuing traffic into the middle lane but gave up as I ran out of space and was rather close to the back corner of the lorry in front. As the lights changed the lorry rolled back and did a nice job of smashing my passenger window and mangling the door frame.
I returned home, didn’t attend the meeting, and spent a while hoovering up glass and getting angry. The glass has gone, replaced with some nice bills to pay.
I will be replacing that car, or at least getting another.
