Antique Shopping

Mk7 trips - Not sure this counted - but it was sitting in the Antique warehouse.

I used to have a house built by the Denis workers in Guildford too - so I was tempted.

Mk7 earns its keep

Off to LV - MCOT's new pad in Gloucestershire.

190 miles give or take a few.

Multi-run time

Firstly topped up the SAAB fuel with Oli's leftover stale fuel as James packed up the Mk2 for a run to London. I'm sure it will be ok - with the fuel I mean...

Then SAAB out for jobs with tools in the boot. Next I got the Aston out to pack away chairs in the garage and then decided it needed a run.

Finally had been warming the Alpine for several hours which started fine (although I'd forgotten the battery conditioner) so went for a short jaunt.

Silver Van

SAAB to the dump. Then Lunch.

At least the Golf got a short run out too though. Squeeeeeling.

Normal Service and a Center Spread

The Alpine got star billing in the Horn with a centre spread.

Earlier in the morning, I took the SAAB on a run for jobs - so normal service has been resumed.

Not even jobs today

Quiet day inside. Got colder anyway !

Early morning dash

Quick SAAB job first thing then settled down for Christmas.

Packed in 5

SAAB carrying everyone around for lunch.

Then popped off to look at Xmas lights.

Virtual travel

Spent most of the day on Mini-Me van tours as the rain came down.

Tools etc. to be carried

Aston out into the air just to get the chairs down from the garage loft.

SAAB to Harkstead for jobs in the early afternoon - then down to the marina for a bit of moon photography.

Came out quite well I thought.

Alpine gets Christmas Present

Suspension parts arrived from Andreas in Germany - look well made. Need to buy the suspension units next - so not sure when I'll get them fitted. March ?

Than washed the Mk2. It came up well but is starting to look like it needs more polish (and paint) in places.

SAAB in the evening though for a trip to town.

Earning it's keep again

While the weather is poor (and so am I) the classics are not getting much of a look in.

SAAB again to town - again what we wanted was not in - traffic was light though and I did see a nice Aston leaving the car park.

Then SAAB back into town to get hair cut.

100 Yard Dash

Just a dash to the shops for lunch.

Karts again

SAAB to the shops again - still not finished though.

Then to the annual Karting with the SAAB boys in the evening.

New karts but usual result - Jana top of the women and I did not make the play offs.

Normal Noise again ?

SAAB to shops for jobs.

Dull run - but noticed there seemed to be no (less) noise now from the exhaust.

Has a listen under the bonnet and it might be a cracked exhaust manifold - I'm sure that happened on the old SAAB too ?

Little Convoy

Went for a walk in London and spotted these two in Muswell Hill.

Then drove SAAB home as night fell. As we started her up t sounded like the exhaust was blowing ?

Don't bother driving in London

SAAB packed and down to London for the weekend.

Then took I Florence out for a driving to experience the motorway - had to face queues to even get there. M25 traffic was bad and the weather was worse but we persevered.

Pumped Up

Golf tyre had a nail in it. So quick visit to the depot and it was fixed. £20. Not bad. They liked the car too.

Then cleaned out the SAAB and popped to town shopping.

Still deflating

Checked Mk2 before taking it to mum's. Yes still going down and the other tyres were a bit off too - mind you I'd not checked those last time.

Steering squealed like a hamster in a vice too.

Then SAAB night outing to Alpine/Tiger meeting. That's still full of dead Christmas tree bits too which need cleaning out.

More shopping jaunts

SAAB again- also noticed it needs hoovering out again - dead Christmas tree debris.

SAAB again

Went and bought a large Christmas tree from the farm to replace the one we had bought last week that seemed to just die.

Then Jana got a replacement tree so we have two !

You can cram in a lot

SAAB swallowed the furniture again and I took it to the charity shop.

Also spotted a very old Bristol (40x or 50x) and a familiar Seven in the pub car park.

SAAB Xmas jobs

Off to pick up a tree for mum and then pottered around taking (not that good) pictures of the river.

Small jobs

Cleaned the liner for the SAAB boot. Letting the sun dry it off.

Then Ferrari set up for winter - pumped up the tyres and put it back into the bubble. No sign of the alarm keypad but the lights worked fine.

Then a quick Mk7 jaunt to the boat to look at the instruments - factory re-set seems to fix it ! Wish we'd done that in the summer.

Then to the shops in the dull afternoon as the light faded.

Lazy but dry

SAAB all of 500 yards to the Dr. It was really hammering down with rain.

Then off to town to get the prescription - but no one had it. So back to the Dr. to get an alternative.

Energised I took the Aston out in the evening and eventually found a stockist.

300 yds

Got a lift all of 300 yards in the Mk7 on the way to the shops. Not even sure why, but that was it again.

It's just like a car

More bloody PC problems - seem to be sorted ...

Admin Frenzy

Well - PC fixing all day and missed the sunshine to the the Ferrari lights.

Mk2 reflated

Tire seemed ok this morning so took the Mk2 down to the shops.

Still squeaks badly on the steering rack - I'll get it fixed in the New Year

'A-Game' again

Aston out for a morning run- despite the rain and muddy roads.

Then tried the Mk2, only to find it had a flat rear tyre.

So SAAB instead again. Pumped it up tonight so we'll see if it goes down overnight.

SAAB back in action

Well a short jaunt to the next village late at night.