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Had mine done last week at MGOC, Swavesey, £30.

Geoff.F wrote:That is one less irate English Tourist on the French roads. Not a great loss.
Geoff F.

Not a great loss to either party. And it's "fewer" not "less". One fewer pedant with so much to do and so little time driven to irritability by Euro legislation.

Here we have a repeat of a favourite topic but there's been a new twist. It now appears that the breathylysers we have to carry in our cars now have to be approved as acceptable by the French Police and calibrated to actively turn red at the French driving limit. Here's the report : The Institute o...

hi, whenever i press my accelerator i get a whirring sound coming from the outer side of my windscreen. the other side of where the heater vents are. looks like there are 2 vents on the outside, but no idea what they do. anyway it gets louder the faster i go and in the end sounds like a swarm of be...

Hmm, headrests, windstop, door tops, this can get messy :cry: I have a black one that I used on my old steppie, but unfortuneatly, you also need 2 lugs that replace the screws in the vents at the front of the windscreen. sadly, these went with the car and I have not been able to replace them since. ...

Erik, The photo you provide is what used to be (in the old days) a full tonneau cover. Time was, of course, when folding hood mechanisms were either bulky or slow and complex, or all three! For example I used to run a Frogeye Sprite on which you completely removed the hood and hoops and the tonneau ...

Charless wrote:I recently fitted a 'new' caliper due to handbrake-only issues; until I had used the footbrakes on the road, the handbrake seemed very feeble. Have you been able to road test it?

Me too! Failed MOT on o/s handbrake seized, new caliper fitted.

Well I'm a big hairy sort of person but I'd live with it. But with a tan interior? EEEEEEWWWWWWWWWW :oops: :oops: And in slotomatic gearshift? No way Hose! :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: It's all a matter of mindset. Take your made in Italy Ferrari: bright red, same as the proverbial tart's lips...

4 pot brakes delivered today - as described, thank you.

Bandit wrote:215/40 16 all round was the way MGR supplied the later MGF with 16" wheel options, it was only for the Trophy 160 that the fronts were reduced to 195/45, to sharpen turn in. Offsets identical all round, and no difference between F & TF. So you'll be fine

+1 from me

And replied back to you.

sent you a pm.

Interested in the "Front 4-pot calipers - £150": what can you tell me about condition please: I'm expecting them to look and be like they've only run 43k miles but please let me know. Any pics please and how are the front discs?

I think I've read enough to understand that the HGF issue is partly down to the design of the K series engine and the relatively low volume of coolant in the entire system. (Nothing to do with GSD3s, clear engine covers or door card LEDs apparently?) There seems to be enough excitement generated abo...

Recently I bought a 10-year old F with a very genuine 21500 on the clock by two careful owners. The car had been serviced according to mileage rather than age. I talked to one of the well regarded mobile mechanics, MGRover Solutions, whose advice was a full C Service cambelt and water pump and a com...

Full details can be found here: Link Not cheap but group discounts can be had and the difference is very noticeable once it's been done. It also improves fuel consumption so it will pay for itself eventually. ;) Thank you. Makes you wonder why the manufacturer set the car up any differently, doesn'...

sparky135 wrote:Remap done and I have to say I'm very impressed. Journey home was great. Feels like a new car. Highly recommend getting this done.

Looking forward to getting it on the rolling road at the end of the month.

Right then, where'd you go? What'd you get charged?

Given that the ones in the link have clear glass lenses rather than etched/moulded with a pattern, I'm inclined to suggest that they could well be driving lamps with either a long range pencil beam or more likely a wide spread of light than a pukka fog lamp which should have a very shallow, flat-top...

Please, the tiny little buttons which hide the mounting screws for the door mirrors: do you have them?

Saturday in Bury St Edmunds would appear back to normal: Easter cold weather, no queues at the filling stations, Tesco back in supply.

I have to travel to work so I need fuel, therefore I continue my normal pattern of topping up when down toward the half mark.