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posted on 24/12/13 at 03:10 PM Reply With Quote
First Drive

As my registraction finally came through last week, plates fitted on Sunday and the storm cleared enough for a couple of hours of clear sunny driving.

Mrs M and I donned out helmets and braved the elements. Took it easy but got a good 50 mile shakedown under our belts. Car felt great, very planted despite the wet roads and a surprisingly smooth ride. Had the wideband lambda running and could see that she needed a bit more fuel in the mid-range.

All in all a perfect shakedown, I'm a happy bunny




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posted on 24/12/13 at 03:54 PM Reply With Quote
Well done





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posted on 24/12/13 at 04:41 PM Reply With Quote
Nice one, you can both enjoy it.. wor lass wouldn't get in mine for a million quid!




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posted on 24/12/13 at 05:17 PM Reply With Quote
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Nice one, you can both enjoy it.. wor lass wouldn't get in mine for a million quid!


Is she sure about that Steve? A million quid is a lot of money.......




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posted on 24/12/13 at 05:57 PM Reply With Quote
The only place mine would sit was in the drivers seat.




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posted on 24/12/13 at 06:57 PM Reply With Quote
Thanks everyone. Mrs M is on the insurance and I did offer her the wheel but she declined until the weather improved




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posted on 25/12/13 at 04:27 PM Reply With Quote
And now the second drive......

Mrs M suggested we go out for a drive before Christmas dinner. Lovely empty roads up into the valleys. Got a little nervous when we started to see snow at the top of the bwlch but the roads were okay and I took it easy. Back in the lowlands and gave the the car a few beans on the straights, tweaked the carbs last night and mid-range was a lot better, think i need to go slightly larger on the mains but all in the tweaking.

So that's 100 miles on the car, one tank of fuel gone and a lot of smiles.

Merry Christmas everyone




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