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Saw Zeb's V8 today for the first time at Yorkie meet, very nice.

Indeed it is!

Thanks chaps...no hard driving today...family aboard...happily she makes an incredibly civilised cruiser with the cruise control on..almost the entire length of the A158 without changing gear....and that includes the overtaking...

As I said to the commentator yesterday whilst showing the car at a local rally- the V8 is the last blazing icon of a once proud british motoring industry, and shows what engineers can do on a budget- never to be repeated and to own one is a unique opportunity and a privilege- christ Ive brought a tear to my eye

black olive wrote:As I said to the commentator yesterday whilst showing the car at a local rally- the V8 is the last blazing icon of a once proud british motoring industry, and shows what engineers can do on a budget- never to be repeated and to own one is a unique opportunity and a privilege- christ Ive brought a tear to my eye

I've just fought off an overwhelming urge to go out and give mine a run round the village.

Zeb wrote:
Just thought I'd kick off here before all the looneys arrive wibbling about superchargers, tail slides and best drain pipes to deafen oneself with....

Hello From one of the queitest 260's around, thought i'd si hello in here too

Stu C wrote:

Zeb wrote:
Just thought I'd kick off here before all the looneys arrive wibbling about superchargers, tail slides and best drain pipes to deafen oneself with....

Hello From one of the queitest 260's around, thought i'd si hello in here too

The exhausts were proven to be not the loudest, but those horns

Hi Stu!

Stu C wrote:

Zeb wrote:
Just thought I'd kick off here before all the looneys arrive wibbling about superchargers, tail slides and best drain pipes to deafen oneself with....

Hello From one of the queitest 260's around, thought i'd si hello in here too

You - quiet?????? Have you got a twin brother

At the moment my V6 is noisier than my V8...now how did that happen?

Nice to have you here Stu...

Zeb wrote:At the moment my V6 is noisier than my V8...now how did that happen?

Try putting some petrol in and starting it.

Just been out for a tear around in the V8 before it has it's MOT tomorrow luverly jubbly as they say, tho' could only find one BMW to play with, and he gave in too easily

Awesome! - Hope its passed though Mike, although don't doubt why it shouldn't

Failed on handbrake, surprise surprise Will have to sort for retest Tuesday...........

Bernard wrote:The exhausts were proven to be not the loudest,

I have that honor.

Mike wrote:Failed on handbrake, surprise surprise Will have to sort for retest Tuesday...........

Bad luck Mike...

Mine passed last month.....along with an advisory that it was 'dangerous to drive'.

Brakes passed the brake test but all four brake disks were only contacting the pad on the outside edge...

Luckily / shockingly, the brakes are so good that working at 50% they will pass the brake test.

T'is only thanks to Birthday Boy Martin that I am still on the road...

I have located a firm in Lincoln that will skim the rear disks too! Once I have a price I will let people know!

My Ztt is away having the damage to tail gate sorted. Dope backed into me in open air car park containing two vehicles his and mine Hope to be in the driving seat Wednesday

Bernard wrote:

Zeb wrote:I love my V8 and nothing has gone wrong in a whole year of motoring....at the weekends....

Just thought I'd kick off here before all the looneys arrive wibbling about superchargers, tail slides and best drain pipes to deafen oneself with....

Mine is nice and quiet too!
Had a few withdrawal symptoms after 6 weeks cold turkey in the V6 though.

and it shifts too and does not have size 11 dents in the floor

Ragman wrote:Just means you're not driving the V8 properly - built to be driven - HARD

Bernard did

starbug2 wrote:

Ragman wrote:Just means you're not driving the V8 properly - built to be driven - HARD

Bernard did

Nah, I didn't. I had run out of LPG (Liquified Petroleum Gas) as you know.

The engine was merely ticking over, I'm too much of a tightwad to put my foot down when running on petrol.

The footprint in the passenger floor will knock out with a big enough hammer.

I took Mr B out in mine yesterday....so he told me all about some Aston Martin thingywotsit he'd driven as we bimbled along...had to put me foot down to distract him from such expensive nancy nonsense..

Hope yours gets sorted properly Rob..