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Would like to double down on that enquiry for info re Clarke Garage. Got to admire your commitment ! KInd of on a similar journey, but without quite the need for your skillset. I'm a car maintenance novice, but I think as we get older it is a good thing to try and learn new things.

You know you don't really enhance your argument by going hyperbolic. That is, 'This always happens'. I can think of certain physical events that you might say always happen, but when it comes to human behaviour such as you allude to it really does not apply. Indeed, quite apart from the lack of financial education in this country we also do not really teach Philosophy either until it is too late to rectify the lack of it in our formative years. By Philosophy I am not talking about sitting around on the grass, smoking weed, and musing on why the grass (sic) grows. I am talking about analytical thinking, critical thinking, always questioning, steering away from 'absolutes'...etc etc. By the way Linas that is not me being critical of you per se. It is more a commentary on why so often we see people taking up diametrically opposing positions on issues with a level of conviction that no one is really entitled to hold. Ok, I am off to empty the dustbins.

Watch that space, they could be taking a lot more than cars 🤨

So, if the vehicle healthcheck goes off ok today, and i am confident it will, then I will start ticking off the things on my to do list. Now, I refute up front any suggestion that I have anti social tendencies, but what do you think of my choice of new alloys?

Same concept as what do in the event of a zombie apocalyse...run !. You don't need to be the fastest, you just need to be faster than the slowest, or in this case more secure than your neighbours.

Sorry, it's not allowed. No one can post 'i really like this car' without banging up at least three pics for us to drool over. Although I can forgive a lot of anyone who comes with 'a clitoris car'. That's going to keep me laughing for awhile.

I love tan for an interior colour. probably my all time favourite.

I suspect one of the biggest issues is some people cannot differentiate between a Need and a Want. That's a very good stating point and it is certainly one I hammered away with my daughter as part of her financial education.

Quick shout out. Anyone got a particular brand that has impressed with it's brightness and longevity?

On a more serious note I am having to think about the car cover a little more. Twice this week I have taken it off and found a decent amount of condensation to remove. Would guess that is a function of heat disparity between the temp outside the cover and beneath it, but it does beg the question just how much can we rely on this cover being 'breathable'. When the weather get's colder that issue probably diminishes, but by how much. At this point that cover comes off certainly a couple of times a week. The last thing this roof probably needs is to remain constantly wet. Although reading the article it isn't moisture per se that causes corrosion. It's moisture with salt in it ! Still I will err on the side of caution with this cover. It's only a couple of years ago I converted my carriage house and horse stable into a Garden kitchen Dining space. Very nice, but today I could do with that back !. May be have to look to build something to keep the weather off. Beginning to remind me when my daughter won a goldfish with a 50p ticket at school. Cost me £150 to tank it and all the rest of the gubbins. Oh well , we love what we love.

Really, we are very much entering the arena of exactly what should our elected officials be allowed to do without our express permission. I am not now talking about term elections either as being the appropriate mechanism by which that permission is given. The fact is human nature is a double edged bitch. More is always better whether it comes to taking more holidays ,or taking more control which is really the very issue here. Personally, I do believe this country really could do with taking a look at how the Swiss do things. There, you the voter get a lot more say over issues that might affect you unlike the UK where empire buildings bureaucrats just cannot keep their fingers out of your pie !

David, I don't think attitudes have changed at all in terms of materialism. Indeed, just take a quick look around you to confirm that. Your attitude to certain things has changed as indeed have mine and that I think is very much an ageing thing and to be expected. Materialism and the attitude to acquiring things is quite consistent with Maslows pyramid of needs although I think it is reasonable to question the suggested order in which those needs arise and whether that is the same for everyone. I doubt it.

"And this is just few examples, but in principle I actually do a lot to minimise my personal waste... not really because I care about climate change or temperature rising, but because I find it morally important for myself to minimise my personal waste. I would do it with or without government forcing me to do it. " Indeed, and personally, the longer that I have something the more attached to it I tend to become. I have the same friends I made 55 years ago, the same wife (more or less) as I married 40 years ao, my Levi Strauss flares have been in and out of fashion at least 3 times whilst I have had them. Then there is my treasured little friend who greets me for breakfast each day.. I am not a fan of disposable society.

"20" from my experiences in the '70's. "30" for you whippersnappers. Anyway, I suppose it was a step up from having to throw a saddle on those Velociraptors.

Almost 20 years on then, but it did not sound like anything had changed.

Gulp, LexiGirl is going to 'melt away' ?

Hmm, better and better. So ,who thought 'rusting' and 'corroding' were the same thing ? Not so. link Does Aluminum Rust or Corrode? Aluminium Corrosion Resistance (theworldmaterial.com) If roof corrosion occurs most commonly at the very edges abutting to the cars body. It would be interesting to know what metal those parts were made of, because perhaps we have a reaction occurring? I imagine ideally you want your aluminium roof to be oxidised for strength ,but to be then treated with some form of bonding agent to seal it completely and form a suitable surface for coating. I shall look into this further.

Actually ,this a a better article on Aluminium. However, it is also 'muddying' Does aluminium rust. Click to find out more. thyssenkrupp Materials (UK) (thyssenkrupp-materials.co.uk) First rusting is not the right way to describe the roof problem. It is corroding. However, what follows is confusing. Apparently the Oxide formed from corrosion is stronger than the base metal, but unfortunately is a not a surface that will bond well for paint ! One guesses that perhaps that is why the paint on your roof may 'bubble' ? I shall look further into this.

I tend to agree. I think anything that takes your attention off the road more than is healthy is bad from a safety viewpoint. Hence, I think speed control areas that mean you spend undue time watching your dashboard rather than the road around you is inherently less safe. The safest drivers I know pay little attention to their driving and far more concentrating on other drivers. You cannot do that very well in speed controlled areas.

So ,being borderline obsessive when I get interested I started looking around. I found the roof of the SC430 is supposedly Aluminium. Also being borderline stupid I thought hold on rust on the roof is a common problem on these cars, but Aluminium does not rust, wrong. Confirming the stupid diagnosis actually Aluminium does rust, BUT importantly not in the same way as Iron etc. Rusting in Aluminium actually makes the base metal stronger ! So, in effect get that car cover off and pray for rain !. No, seriously read the article, it's interesting and particularly the part about you treat rusting Aluminium. My take is if you had a rust problem on your roof and it recurs then in all likelihood the coat of Aluminium Oxide probably was not removed well enough. On the plus side if you ever sell and your roof is showing evidence of rust then in all honesty you can tell your buyer you will not charge them extra because the roof is getting stronger. Link. Does Aluminum Rust? - The Craftsman Blog

Was that the 90's ? I thought it was 70's. The first guy was talking about, amongst other things, Morris Marina. That was my first company car in about '75 I think. Utter crap bucket. When I hit a post that jumped out at me it was a relief to get a car swap. Frankly, it took me right back and it was so on the money as I remember it. The constant bickering over car allocation and how it basically told the story of where you were on the greasy totem pole. It certainly was of those status symbols right up there with where you lived, what sort of house you had. I don't think much as changed, we are very much a society based up on the material. Not me of course ,that's why I drive a SC430 so I won't be noticed !

Yup, just call Zimmerframes R Us, they will be right with you in a week ,or so.

You might be on to something there. I used to be woken by the same problem from a sensor in the carriage store.

Fink you are alluding to Pie Barm surely. Only place mad enough to put a Meat Pie in a Barm Cake to make a sandwich. For the uninitiated 'up here' people call a Teacake a Barm Cake. I know, Meat Pie wrapped in bread, really ?. First time I heard about it i thought someone was taking the proverbial out of me.

Pope urges all sides to 'silence their weapons' in Karabakh So it's ok to shoot people, but just do it quietly !