racer
Tuesday 25th October 2011, 20:36
Well, I've done the deed, the Scottish V70R with the orange interior is now mine and parked up in Lancashire, currently trying to swap it's kilt for a flat cap.
Thanks for all the warnings / info on the car guys. Gave it a serious check out and it would seem to have been sorted out at some point. Nothing is leaking out of it, it goes in a straight line, it stops in a straight line and generally behaves symetrically when chucked into a corner.
Not really done anything too exciting with it yet, want to get the fluids changed first as I've no idea what oil is in it, or what state the coolant is in etc. That said, there was one short "speed run" whilst there was no one about on the way home, just to check it was stable at speed.
There is some wheel wobble at certain speeds, which made me wonder if it had chucked a balance weight off at some point. So I looked for the weights. Then I looked again, much more closely. There aren't any. Wheels going off to be balanced at the weekend!
So far, very happy with it. Only annoyance so far is that the door mirrors are quite badly scratched. You get the "starburst filter" effect at night with anyone's headlights behind you.
Sooooo nice to be sat in one of these again. :)
Thanks for all the warnings / info on the car guys. Gave it a serious check out and it would seem to have been sorted out at some point. Nothing is leaking out of it, it goes in a straight line, it stops in a straight line and generally behaves symetrically when chucked into a corner.
Not really done anything too exciting with it yet, want to get the fluids changed first as I've no idea what oil is in it, or what state the coolant is in etc. That said, there was one short "speed run" whilst there was no one about on the way home, just to check it was stable at speed.
There is some wheel wobble at certain speeds, which made me wonder if it had chucked a balance weight off at some point. So I looked for the weights. Then I looked again, much more closely. There aren't any. Wheels going off to be balanced at the weekend!
So far, very happy with it. Only annoyance so far is that the door mirrors are quite badly scratched. You get the "starburst filter" effect at night with anyone's headlights behind you.
Sooooo nice to be sat in one of these again. :)