As a ‘Libertarian’ I have just spunked a five figure sum on a very good Mk1 XR2, it’s a car I have wanted since I was a kid. As friends and family are passing away I realise that I can’t take it with me so fuck it I bought one. The Mk2 Golf GTi is going to have to go though due to storage limitatio...

As a ‘Libertarian’ I have just spunked a five figure sum on a very good Mk1 XR2, it’s a car I have wanted since I was a kid. As friends and family are passing away I realise that I can’t take it with me so fuck it I bought one. The Mk2 Golf GTi is going to have to go though due to storage limitation...

What does the MOD buy now that the classic Defender is no more? They rent, mostly Transit and Hilux. I worked there until retiring; no one would willingly drive a “Rover” as they were always called. Apart from anything else, there is no useful space for carrying anything. Too slow where there are r...

Replaced the melted wire this morning. Looking at the corrosion on the exposed copper it looks like it happened a long time ago. I hope so anyway.

Not the kind of wire you want to find under your steering column. I am going to have to investigate this one on my MK2 Golf GTi

These seem to be cheap as chips at the moment. I am seriously considering getting one before spring. I like the fact that it’s got the hard top rather than being a dyed in the wool sort top convertible. Time and finances will tell.

Had to whack a new battery on the Defender today. I tried to start it this morning and the old battery died off pretty quickly. Luckily we have a few spare batteries at work from a recently retired platform so I borrowed one of those.

The MAP sensor on mine malfunctioned due to all the shit in the inlet manifold. I removed the EGR with a kit and replaced the sensor and things improved after that.

Yeah, high idle for half an hour then an Italian road test afterwards.

Work bought it so I am lucky in that respect.