Delta's Twentea-Twentea Break

[GORDON STREETER]

Originally Posted by delta

I always remember when I had a VAT inspection many many years ago. VAT Lady tuned up at workshop and said that her husband had change a bulb on her car the day before and that the lights were now playing up. That's easy I said. He has put the wrong bulb in. Sure enough a 382 instead of a 380.
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I had a Volvo relayed to me with a sodded up main ECU caused by a customer doing the same thing, he had replaced a double contact with a single one and as this had cambus wiring it sent 12v back along a 5v wire to the ECU. £700 later it was running again
I will probably take my old banger up to the workshop tomorrow and strip all the carpets out, apart from that a box of Swan Vestas might be in order
Oh and Tim I can't find the coil anywhere under the bonnet or on the engine on the HDI but I'll keep looking

[delta]

Don’t do it Gordon I love that old car. Remember you took me from Brands to buy a new coil . 😀

[GORDON STREETER]

Originally Posted by Colin McKay

Gordon, Mrs M says "mice". Voice of experience, and as is the way with women even when they have no experience they're usually right!

Seen plenty of cars sodded up by mice over the years, why do they like to eat wiring ?

[GORDON STREETER]

Originally Posted by delta

Don’t do it Gordon I love that old car. Remember you took me from Brands to buy a new coil . ��

What I could do as it will actually run and drive is wait in the hope that my nearest oval circuit (Arlington) will be open next year and enter it in a banger race !
And Iain, no tow bar.

[Lancsbreaker]

Years ago when I had the scrap yard I bought an Alfa 75 from somewhere in Lincolnshire. It turned out to have been stored in a potato barn and the rats had had a lot of fun with the wiring.......we got it going eventually but on a test run around the industrial estate I nearly lost the driver's door as it was that rotten, so I ended up breaking it - just as well as I'm not sure I'd ever have got rid of that rodent smell

[E.B]

Originally Posted by GORDON STREETER

Seen plenty of cars sodded up by mice over the years, why do they like to eat wiring ?

Because you dont leave them any cheese out.

[Gerard C]

Because they can find several different tastes, depending on the color of the wire. Know the proverb: superstitious mice dont eat green wires? Between eclectic and electric taste, I presume…

[Tim Falce]

Originally Posted by GORDON STREETER

Oh and Tim I can't find the coil anywhere under the bonnet or on the engine on the HDI but I'll keep looking

It must be a bad earth then

[midgetman]

Yeah man, like, the earth gives such bad vibes what with Covid and global warming and stuff.

Didn't take you for a new ager, Tim!

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[GORDON STREETER]

Originally Posted by midgetman

Yeah man, like, the earth gives such bad vibes what with Covid and global warming and stuff.

Didn't take you for a new ager, Tim!

I think he's one of these conspiracy theories nutters

[VIVA GT]

If you know someone who likes doing Jigsaws and you have a wicked sense of humour (like our Son clearly has) this is the 150 piece Jigsaw he bought for his Mum for Christmas.
Obviously no picture on the pieces, so you can't tell which way is the right way up, and for a small extra payment they included 6 extra pieces some that were not even from this puzzle.
Obviously, after being married to me for over 20 years Mrs V has trained herself to be extremely patient, stuck at her task meticulously and managed to complete the puzzle in a couple of afternoons!

[S griffin]

Me and Mum have started our own jigsaw, luckily ours is an xmas scene

[Mike Harte]

Originally Posted by Mike Harte

Gordon, my interpretation of it is that if you permanently reside in an EU country and are in receipt of S1 benefits (in the case of Spain), i.e. you receive an UK pension and are eligible for healthcare cover in that country, then you can apply for the new EHIC card that will run from 01/01/21.

I believe that it is part of the reciprocal agreement that covers EU citizens who currently reside in the UK.

Gordon, my understanding of the latest update, as linked by Peter, is still the same as above. That is, if you are a pensioner permanently residing in the EU and, in the case of Spain, are in receipt of S1 (that is health benefits) then you will be eligible to apply for a new EHIC card.

[Colin McKay]

I was up at the crack of sparrows this morning to wave an old friend off to France. Sold last week to a guy in the deep south who has his own racetrack to play on, Iain and I were planning how to get the car out of the country before 31st when the French border closed which kinda scuppered our plans. Once everything started moving again it proved impossible to get covid tests done privately over the holiday weekend so Iain switched from car to a freight ticket and the test was done FOC at the side of the M20 this morning, with the tailenders from Op Brock.



If you need a car bringing back from Marseille in the next 2 days, Iain's your man!

[Gerard C]

Well done Iain, you deserve a special mention in Système D like débrouille! Private track in Marseille area…*Miramas belongs to BMW, could it be Fontange then?

[delta]

None of those Gerard .

[MGDavid]

A clue mon ami - it's nearer Aix.

[delta]

Circuit de Grand Sambuc

[E.B]

(Grand) Sambuc?

Edit: Whoops. Didnt realise Iain had answered it.
https://www.google.fr/maps/@43.55689.../data=!3m1!1e3
https://www.pilotedudimanche.net/cir...nd-sambuc.html
https://www.ideesport.fr/pilotage/re...nd-sambuc.html


From the last link which details what you can drive for how many euros:

30 minutes from Aix-en-Provence and 1 hour from Marseille , the Circuit du Grand Sambuc , welcomes you on 2km of track in the heart of the PACA region , in the Bouches-du-Rhône (13). Located at about 500 meters above sea level, you can admire in Ferrari, Porsche, Corvette, Audi, Lamborghini, Renault Mégane or Subaru the Alps, the Lubéron and the Sainte Victoire mountain!

[John Elwin]

Originally Posted by delta

Circuit de Grand Sambuc

Are you passing anywhere near me on your way back, Iain?

[delta]

Lovely offer thank you John . Going to be pushed for time as Mrs D wants us back for NYE .

[delta]

Colin has done the deal so I might just unload the E Type and do a couple of laps .

[John Elwin]

Originally Posted by delta

Lovely offer thank you John . Going to be pushed for time as Mrs D wants us back for NYE .

I'm getting a complex - that's twice you've stood me up!

I hope you've packed your snow shoes, you might need them.

Have a good trip.

[John Elwin]

Originally Posted by delta

Colin has done the deal so I might just unload the E Type and do a couple of laps .

You really should check it out before you hand it over!

[Gerard C]

Ha, Grand Sambuc, not only you can admire the Alps but if my memory serves you can admire the sea too. Very good surface may be a little aggressive for the tires but must have been redone since I went there.