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  3. Cheeky quick question…

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    14 minutes ago, Tony_C said:

    My son is studying in Canada and has set his heart on an Old Ford E250 Van to tour around N America, 2011 model, we did a phone video link and everything looked basically ok(?!) until water dripping under the near side front when engine started running, definitely does not appear to be the cooling system; would the airco drip so much from condensation? - the dripping did stop when airco off. But pipe works hidden from my view…. Should I be be very concerned when first trip will be across the desert to Utah with his girlfriend next week?

    Thanks Guys…. 9 he is looking to spend his life savings within the hour.

    Thanks Rob, that would definitely be the best outcome.. airco and heating both seemed to work well, just looked like quite a steady drip to me (and it runs down onto everything in the path..

     

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    What is your expert opinion on the electric installation?

  4. Cheeky quick question…

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    Middle son is studying in Canada and has set his heart on an Old Ford E250 Van to tour around N America, 2011 model, we did a phone video link and everything looked basically ok(?!) until water dripping under the near side front when engine started running, definitely does not appear to be the cooling system; would the airco drip so much from condensation? - the dripping did stop when airco off. But pipe works hidden from my view…. Should I be be very concerned when first trip will be across the desert to Utah with his girlfriend next week?

    Thanks Guys…. 9 he is looking to spend his life savings within the hour..

     

     

  5. To blip or not to blip....

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    1 hour ago, North London Mike said:

    +1 Its was a thing in the '80's outside the girlfriends house B), but in the real world not a good idea. Anti social, uses more fuel, promotes engine wear, not recommended 

    That’s why we bought them…!

    (and perhaps that’s why we used to spend a disproportionate amount of time having to repair and cobble them back together again? <_<)

  6. When you have 90 minutes...

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    Sure you are correct Peter…..

     

    "Readers added context they thought people might want to know

    The alien mummy from Nazca is a hoax and a fraud promoted by the known Mexican journalist and UFO grifter Jaime Maussan. Sources: livescience.com/62045-alien-mu… codigooculto.com/extraterrestre… codigooculto.com/extraterrestre…"

     

  10. Future driving tests.

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    Yup Nigel, words of wisdom…. And in the short term , it is virtually impossible for the younger folks (my youngest teenager son) to get a test appointment still; post Covid. - Middle son had to go 100+ miles away after getting up at 08:00 - the hardest part of the entire exercise- on a Monday morning to get a cancellation….. The world keeps on spinning but 20 years should just about see me and the trusty TR out! - Anyone want to buy an old Jag in the meantime? B)

  14. Transportation

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    On 8/28/2023 at 10:13 PM, Deggers said:

    As a wise Chinese fella once said, "a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single . . . drive in and out of the garage".  :)

    The P1800's make for a great grand tourer (and the seats are more comfortable than the ones in an airport departure lounge).

     Regular oil changes and genuine Volvo parts, and they'll keep ticking along forever.

    Just ask Irv Gordon.

    Deggers

    Hi Deggers, great video but if you watch carefully the steering wheel appears to swop between left and right hand drive!….. Has Irv actually got a couple of them, or is something ‘tricky’ in the filming?

  15. Transportation

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    Thanks Charlie, although not sure if I really know any more….. My occasionally hard earned experience has shown what appears to be black and white in theory (hopefully we can still use that term in the correct context here :blink:?) turns out various shades of grey in practice the further south you go across Europe ….

    Prices, somewhat surprisingly, are coming in starting just below £1k… this will need further checking out as I cannot see much of a margin there- unless of course they want to fill / subsidise a return trip?

    Thanks for sharing your Greek London taxi story.- How could they not find that again, it would stick out like the proverbial sore thumb just about anywhere!!1??

    ……. I’ll certainly keep an eye out for it on my subsequent trips to Greece….. I go once or twice a month on average and genuinely love it, I work directly with the Shipping ‘Billionaire Families and owners’ and - back to the ‘shades of grey’ above - across the board they all pride themselves on being .. shall we say in Corporate speak… ‘tax defensible’ ; it is ingrained ever since the neighbour tried to enforce it all those years ago….

  17. Transportation

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    Car is going to be imported into Switzerland Charlie, you get a period to do all the paperwork and technical stuff (MOT type test) once the vehicle arrives..

     

    Therefore, as per your previous post, "getting stopped at the CH border" would actually be a genuine bonus as you would get most of the import process out of the way immediately (my experience of this however, is that it is very difficult to convince them to carry out this part of their job B)). - Apparently some folks crossing borders are looking how best not to pay taxes on imports; my approach is the opposite, I want to pay straight away on the border…

  18. Transportation

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    Enjoyed that, thanks Deggers………. ‘. Logic’ would suggest a transporter and stick with the flights…… However, most of the fun things in my life have always come from giving things a go spontaneously…… I’ll see what the wife says? - she used to happily go through snow blizzards and storms all over Europe (& the wider world on boats ;)) in the 4pot TR’S before we were married: albeit, that was quite a few years ago!

  20. Transportation

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    Brilliant Deggers…… we’ve got flights booked into Geneva and then on down to ‘the old stomping ground’ S of France in a few weeks…… I’m seriously going to look into cancelling the flights and trying the driving ‘option’ instead!…… Should be able to convince the wife as last few recent flights have all been delayed or cancelled and further chaos again today in the news? ! :huh:

     

    …… What could possibly go wrong? …… The car has not been driven in years and never in Europe but, it went in and out of the garage ok so at least first gear and reverse are fine (also the handbrake works well when it was left on!) ;)

  21. Transportation

    in General TR Technical

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    Yep Mick, good advice as always, I did think along similar lines but currently haven’t got a car with a tow hook. - Apparently we can get insurance once on the European mainland, so trade plates or (more likely?) trailer to the tunnel and then a lovely leisurely shake-down trip across to CH? B)

  22. Transportation

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    Hi all, any advice greatly appreciated for reliable and cost effective classic car transportation from UK (South East) to Geneva, Switzerland- or, just Channel Tunnel?

     

    Briefly (and firstly apologies if this is in the ‘wrong’ section and or already covered somewhere else) California car has been imported into UK with taxes paid but not registered nor MOT’d, - which makes any UK insurance ‘impossible’? - Therefore, ‘plan’ is to register the vehicle in Switzerland but, first need to get there. - Anyone here done something similar?

     

    Thanks in advance/ anticipation 

    Tony

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