What the postie brought today!

[Robin Parker (Red Spider) - Yorkshire AO]

1 hour ago, Steve G. said:

Interesting car history, I had a Civic GL and a Mini which was probably faster than the Civic ! I had a mk2 XR2 before those. Was the Mk1 a Supersport or XR2 Robin ?

 

It was a SuperSport, my first proper car, followed by 2 brand new XR2s. A 1986 and 1988.

[Rhett Turner - Black Country AO]

17 minutes ago, Robin Parker (Red Spider) - Yorkshire AO said:

It was a SuperSport, my first proper car, followed by 2 brand new XR2s. A 1986 and 1988.

My first car was also a SuperSport my Second a 1986 XR2. oh how I wish I'd kept the supersport

[Peter (Monty)]

PDM32 has arrived back from repair at AiM, ready to go back in the car.

 

Although it was annoying that it needed repairing, I think the repair process with AiM was extremely straightforward.

 

[Flying Carrot Steve]

I can't even remember half of my car history 😂

[dvd8n]

53 minutes ago, Flying Carrot Steve said:

I can't even remember half of my car history 😂

 

Mine's burned into my memory

• VW Beetle - I can still disassemble and reassemble one in the dark
• Ford Escort - 4 door 1.1 engine - not one of the good ones
• Ford Capri - you were never sure if it was going to go through the hedge backwards or forwards
• Mini - fond memories of bypass hoses 
• Triumph TR 7V8 - used to eat front wheel bearings for some reason; made me loathe pop up headlights
• Seat Ibiza - pre VW days; easily the most unreliable car I've ever owned and I've owned some right ****boxes
• Mini Metro - burst into flames one day
• UVA Fugitive - even less practical than a westie 
• Ford Fiesta - bought it with Barclaycard points; cracking car; ran it into the ground
• Mini Moke - bizarrely went fantastically well in the snow while simultaneously being totally impractical for the snow
• Scimitar SS1 - underrated flying machine with the endearing habit of the front wishbones falling apart while driving at speed
• Land Rover Series 2 lightweight - I've had cars that let in water in through the roof but this is the only one that let water in through the floor - burst into flames one day (another Rover - coincidence?)
• Porsche 968 - easily the most reliable car I've ever owned
• Smart Car - I think the engine recalls got into double figures
• Mazda MX5 - fantastic car but turned into a brown doily
• Audi A3 - not worth anything but won't die
• Westie 😁

[Rob Hunter - Club Secretary]

My history is full of horrific reliability, a few car crashes, being seduced by looks over function, massive expense, and desperately high levels of maintenance.....

 

Oh, I forgot we were talking about cars for a moment! 😂

 

[Flying Carrot Steve]

 

I've had a few interesting cars over the years, notable ones being a Ford Corsair 1700 V4 with column shift, my Elan +2S 130 rare 4 speed model, a London Cab FX4 and a TX1, several mk 1 Escorts, mk2, 3, 4 and 5 Cortinas, an XK and an early X5, multiple kit cars and plenty more I can't even remember. Oh yeah, my 1.9 205 GTi was an epic little car. 

[LoneWolf]

On 30/07/2025 at 16:25, Steve G. said:

What make is this one ? Interested to know if there are other sources or if caged is the only supplier of off the shelf ones now.

Can confirm the cage is a Caged Laser item.

[mega ade]

2 hours ago, Flying Carrot Steve said:

 

I've had a few interesting cars over the years, notable ones being a Ford Corsair 1700 V4 with column shift, my Elan +2S 130 rare 4 speed model, a London Cab FX4 and a TX1, several mk 1 Escorts, mk2, 3, 4 and 5 Cortinas, an XK and an early X5, multiple kit cars and plenty more I can't even remember. Oh yeah, my 1.9 205 GTi was an epic little car. 

You bunch of petrol heads all ive had is mini 850 the one with the 4ft gear stick,mk1 Cooper 1,000,mk2 Cooper 1000,mk2 Cooper s 1275,ford 1600E,mk1 mexico,mk1 rs2000,mk2 mexico,mk2 rs2000,lancia spyder,lotus europa twin cam x2 one red one yellow,multiple vans,split screen camper,westie just some of the interesting ones.

[Flying Carrot Steve]

6 minutes ago, mega ade said:

You bunch of petrol heads all ive had is mini 850 the one with the 4ft gear stick,mk1 Cooper 1,000,mk2 Cooper 1000,mk2 Cooper s 1275,ford 1600E,mk1 mexico,mk1 rs2000,mk2 mexico,mk2 rs2000,lancia spyder,lotus europa twin cam x2 one red one yellow,multiple vans,split screen camper,westie just some of the interesting ones.

 

A good mate of mine had a Europa, I always secretly fancied one. 

[Tim (Sideways) Johnson - Club Treasurer]

In the absence of the real thing, the postman bought this the other day. Obviously it’s the Caterham kit, but as it’s yellow and black I had to have it. Rejigged it so the exhaust exits on the correct side (Zetec) and lost all the Caterham badging and I’ll probably make a windscreen for it, but it’s pretty close to what we’ll be driving in a couple of weeks (hopefully!)

[RizFizz]

15 hours ago, dvd8n said:

• UVA Fugitive - even less practical than a westie 

I had to google this one, never seen one before. How awesome do they look though! Now I really want one 😄 What was it like to drive?

[dvd8n]

32 minutes ago, RizFizz said:

What was it like to drive?

You know how Westfields accelerate like a missile and go round corners like they're on rails?  Kinda the opposite of that.  

 

Still a hoot though.

[Flying Carrot Steve]

 

3 off short oil filters for my Turbo Zetec, a BIG thanks to @Naranja_Al for the great deal!

 

[Flying Carrot Steve]

12 hours ago, dvd8n said:

You know how Westfields accelerate like a missile and go round corners like they're on rails?  Kinda the opposite of that.  

 

Still a hoot though.

 

 

Best post of the week IMHO 🤣