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Run out in Aston - took it and not the Caterham just in case it rained - small spit as I started confirmed the choice. Then afternoon downpour. 

Forgot it had no petrol though so tense drive even though it said 35 miles to go - went 50 most of the way to conserve fuel. Then I realised I had no money when I got to the petrol station with 17 miles to go !

Still looks menacingly special at rest in the car park. 

First arrival in Octane saying classic car market has peaked. 

Three out of captivity

Aero working as usual - rear springs seem a but weak though when fully loaded. 

Then 308 for a tour round the block. 

Finally Carerham into town shopping. 

Tuesday oddities

Etype run to paint shop for quote. 

Found a series of interesting card on the tour - Jenson CV8 in bits and a sad Aston Virage. 

Run out in Caterham as the rain started so had to switch to Aero. 

Final run in G7. 

Less Summer

More Autumn - jobs in the Sweedish load lugger that was all. 

Sunday sitting down (again)

Watching the drizzle - then rain - all day and into the evening. 

Saturday Golfing

Just MK7 looking at houses. 

Aero and G7

Dump in Aero and north Suffolk - off road in the pouring road through flooded roads. 

G2R 2

Sailing day then dash back Thursday as the weather was closing in. 

Saw a sign I thought I had in Brightlingsea. 

Etype woes

Ok not that simple - what the pictures don't show you is that it is impossible to get to the speedo drive from below - without taking off the exhaust. 

Tapped it a few times though and it did not sound loose. 

Perhaps it's inside the exhaust ?

Pottering again

Aero to bottle bank - then passenger in MK2 for petrol. 

Wondering if Etype rattle is really the speedo drive - could it be that simple ? And where is it - pictures seem confused. 

Sunday sitting down

Ipswich Wheels - so spent 8 hours sitting by the car in the sun.

Noticed how bad the paint work has got on the bonnet.

A Nissan

New cars on the drive - in fact two turned up

Good timing

Aero at lunchtime as it looked like rain - and did just for the five mins I drove. 

Followed up with Alpine into town and then Aston to get supper. Still surprises with the power. 

A 2 D

AERO to Dump. 

Basically that's all even though it was a sunny evening. 

Last min run

E-type out and round the block after the rain had cleared. 

Dash always looks iconic. 

Tuesday pottering

Does driving and parking in town count as a drive ?

Not really for the AERO workhorse. 

400x2

That's the trip the Germany in the Aero done. Will be catching up the Golf soon on mileage.

Audi Land

Lots of fast Audi's here.

220k on the motorway is fast enough though. 

10 feet

Moved car about that on the drive. 

Euro Dash

400+ miles in Aero - Suffolk to Germany. Long haul in the sun. 

Security at EuroTunnel very obvious - plus a 2+ hour delay. 

12 hour run is a bit hard going though - even in the SAAB seats. 

With tunnel delays and traffic problems it's a slog. 

Final run in Germany at 80-90 and I was being overtaken all the time. Great road though. 

Golf run.

Golf run - going well. 

Swapped steering lock to Caterham. 

Aero Workhorse

Run to Dump to earn it's keep. 

Then gave the Aero a full clean inside - topped up oil (which as low) checked tyres (ok) and washer fluid for dash to Germany. 

Jobs in cars

Alpine and then Caterham both got a run out in the sun. 

G2R

Sailing in the sun - until it rained a little. 

Odd dashboard. 

Drizzzz

Just Golf mk7 in the drizzle. 

Alternative to USA

Run to Suffolk pub in Alpine in blistering sun. 

Planned trip to air base and car show was cancelled - impacted by terror alerts. 

Golfing

Golf run for 60 miles and ran very well. 

Earlier in the day Caterham into town and  heat got to it - coming back home it went down as speed got up. I checked radiator and water was ok. As the book said it needs more cooling. 

Norfolk bound

Fought traffic - but found great driving roads in (190 miles) some places. 80 degrees and traffic jambs but car survived better than I did. Still got rattle and it's getting worse. 

Still we saw this corvette on the way and he liked the e-type too. 

Washing day

Aston washed and polished. 

E-type polished. 

Both with the dodojuce which works very well. Better than autoglym. 

Two more contrasts

Civilised E-type to shops - then Caterham out in the late sun. 

Still not sure if the cover is the wrong way round. 

Oh and polished the Alpine for Saturday. 

Aston Miles

Just shy of 500 miles over the weekend in the Aston. 

I think it was happy to get a long run out. 

Just a lift

In the Vauxhall people carrier.  

Compare and contrast

Two V12's

Vauxhall and Vantage. 

Run in the Aston up to Yorkshire in the morning. 

Vauxhall 12 - drive in the sun in North Yorkshire in the afternoon. 

Practical four seater. 

Shopping cars

Firstly MK2 - new paint blended in well - old paint leaves a lot to be desired. 

Then 308 for supermarket run. 

Red - then Green and Yellow

Alpine to bottle bank - then Caterham to boat. 

Late evening tasks

Popped back to boat in the 308 to pick up so forgotten bits. Few looks and points. 

Then put new car cover on Caterham when Oli came back. 

Tuesday G2R

Off for a sail overnight in the biggest of the fleet. 

Dull Tuesday

Run in E-type to keep it fresh - then Golf Mk7 to boat. 

Monday n'out

Er ... Ordered a cover for Caterham. Wandered past a few cars. 

Sunday I get to watch first

Oli and James take out the Caterham with James' new Go-Pro attached. 

Then I got a late evenimg drive. Still learning. 

Saturday Storms in

MK7 to small event - then pm finishing putting the Golf door back together.

Then washed it - in a rainstorm - drives well time to look at other bits of paintwork. 

Packing it in - Friday

Aero pressed into service to clear out James' house. Long dull run back from London too.

Wash and go Thursday

Go back into the garage for the Aston.

Plus Golf door "finished" looks like welds have rejected paint ? Run round the block to blue some dust off. 

Aero cleaned as well and then back to parking space. 

Alpine rear break locked on after three days with hand break on. Short run cleared that. 

E-type for final loop after sitting patiently all day. 

Run out to Tea

308 to late lunch as the sun went in. 

Aero evening run. 

More Golf work

Filling and sanding and spraying and sanding.

Showed off the cars but too late to take anything for a run. 

Monday metalwork

Golf day - cut out rust, make up new bit, try to weld it then fill. 

Probably not the most beautiful job, but then it's better than it was. 

Late run in E-type in the evening as reward. 

Sunday planning

Just working out how to squeeze one more garage in ...

No car action at all. Then late Aero dash for food. 

Aero only

Dreary weather so just pottering in SAAB. 

Three different cars

Early morning Alpine run to marina - fitting and now worked - with a bit of brute force. 

Then back to changing the switches on the Caterham to make them all the same. Dipped/Main Beam one more tricky than I thought though ... So re-used the existing one for now. 

Then pottered about in it round the block. 

Final run in Aston to shops as the rain came back. 

Three variations

 Aero run to dump - need a big load lugger. 

Then MK2 to the boat to try fender fittings - failed. So back to re-make and return. 

In the Caterham as the sun went down. 

Fitting still not right so back in the morning. 

Odd jobs

Working on Caterham: re-positioned battery charger which is now working and got blower working oh high setting at least. 

Run to chandlers etc. in 308 in the sun for poppers for the new floor mats - rubber recycled from the old SAAB 9000 mat. 

Noticed Caterham offside wing indicator not working - 30 mins of ineffective looking then jiggled the wires - working again....

Then run out in the car sun to check everything ok. 

Various

Aero to town first thing, and spotted the DS lurking. 

Then a lunchtime blast in Ant's Westfield. Quite civilised. 

Then new GTI tyre. Need to sort the remaining rust. 

Then finished off with late Caterham run to recharge the battery as I realised I'd connected the battery charger incorrectly. 

Monday makeover

Spent most of the day cleaning and fixing bits on the Caterham. 

Another wing off and another fitting drops off. Cleaned and polished most bits - including the nose which got rid of 90% of the marks. Engine bay needs cleaning next. 

Early Aero run to collect Golf - repaired at last but still looking a bit rough with rusty door. 

Lunchtime run in the Alpine for more battery cut of switches. Then fitted battery charger. 

Finally two Caterham runs - one with Oli to pick up Aero then one later on for photos - sun still a bit strong for good sunset pics though. So did a tilt shift.