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  4. Where did you drive to with your TR today

    in TRs Out and About

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    What with COVID and shoulder surgery and sick fathers and god knows what else, Jan and I haven't had a good run out in our TR4 for a long time. A couple of years, actually. 

    The poor thing is looking a little worse for wear and is missing the love but I gave it a good run up to our place by the lake last week and today we went on a backroads tour of the Kawarthas here in Ontario.

    The trip was 7 hours including stops and lunch with a mix of A-roads, B-roads and winding dirt roads. Proving to me once again that our cars are fantastic things to drive. Fun, easy and always engaging (in a good way). Oh, and I love to get the rear end moving on those gravel corners...

    Nowhere's far in a TR, no matter what 

    Tim

  17. 1962 Monaco Grand Prix : HD

    in Social Scene

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    14 hours ago, Don H. said:

    That's some of the BEST vintage footage I've ever seen of Monaco.  It's amazing -- but for the Armco and Tecpro barriers -- how little the Principality has changed over the last sixty years.

    And, perhaps, the people standing trackside with no barriers at all!

    Stunning footage indeed.

  18. Front Number Plate

    in TR4/4A Forum

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    2 hours ago, stuart said:

    I currently have a TR4 front bumper fitted to my 4a as it came cheap, only real problem is the overriders do slightly obscure the indicators. Ive never seen a guide fitted and never seen a bumper with the holes for it. I would have thought your right regarding early long neck rads having the hole for a handle though, could ask Toronto Tim what he has as hes got a very early 4. I know he doesnt run bumpers though he may still have it.

    Stuart.

    I do still have the front bumper to my 4 so I'll take a look.  I don't remember it having anything unusual but a) I might have missed it and b) it might not be the original bumper, of course.

    As it happens, I am in the UK right now but I'll have a look at the weekend when I get home and let you know.

    Tim

  21. Blockley Tyre

    in TR4/4A Forum

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    On 2/20/2023 at 11:56 AM, John Morrison said:

    Does anyone have any experience good or bad running these tyres with tubes?

    John.

    Hi John,

    I have a set here waiting for spring. I went for 185/70 on my 5.5 inch, 72-spoke wires so I'll be interested to see how they perform. As you know, I tend to spend a reasonable amount of time on gravel roads so I'm hoping to give them a good test and will definitely report back. 

    My previous choice for several years has been Vredestein Snow+ in 165/80 but they've been increasingly hard to find so I started wondering about the eye-watering high-end Michelin or Pirelli but decided to give the Blockleys a go. It will be interesting to see if that was a good choice!!

    News in due course, subject to the Canadian climate...

    Tim

  22. Well, THAT'S Annoying

    in Social Scene

    Posted

    Hi All,

    Thanks so much for the support and offers of help, both here and via PM. I really appreciate it. Anyone who has been through a challenge and had people on the Forum offer their support knows just how much it warms the heart and proves that, whatever else we are, we are a community. 

    Things SEEM to be ok, overall, although I'll have a video walkthrough on Sunday to see what else might have been taken. The Police have been very reactive and helpful so far although I have little hope in them actually finding the perpetrators or the missing car (or keys). Such is life; thankfully there were few things there that were valuable in both monetary terms and personal ones. I'm guessing noone would want to steal my late mother's hand-written recipe books.

    Onward. Again, if i learn anything that might be useful to others, I will share and, again (and again) thanks for all the support. 

    Cheers,

    Tim

  23. Well, THAT'S Annoying

    in Social Scene

    Posted

    Hi All,

    I had the great joy of waking up this morning to an email from the lovely neighbours in my Dad's apartment building saying that his place had been broken into and his Mercedes had been stolen from the secure, underground car park.  That means that they also took the electronic fob which opens the car park gates, and the building's front door.  The same keyring also had the "real" key for that front door PLUS the key for the apartment's front door...

    The good news is that the police say that it doesn't look like a thorough search had been done (the various keys were in full view on the desk in the study).  The bad news is that I am in Toronto, the apartment is in Bucks and the police are not, yet, letting anyone else in while they are doing all the forensic work of fingerprints or whatever.

    I have family there (within a couple of hours' drive) and, as mentioned, the neighbours are fantastic.  My Dad no longer lives in the apartment; he is almost 94 and has little to no communication/language abilities following a stoke in 2021 plus progressive dementure.  I heard that, initially, the police had called his care home hoping to get a statement from him.  I thought "good luck with that!" and called Thames Valley Police who were very helpful and said that all communication would be with me.  I hope that they keep to that but I haven't spoken to them so far.

    More good news: they did NOT take my fairly recently acquired MGC GT (sorry!) which was parked next to the Merc.  Bad news: the MG keys are missing which means that I probably need a whole new set of locks...which is very annoying.  The battery cut-out switch may have foiled them if they attempted to take the MG too.

    I'm really just sharing my frustrations here - I don't really need any help.  But you know what?  It's pretty tricky trying to manage things with your father from a different continent when we can't have a conversation over the phone (or via anyone else) and you're the only immediate family left.  Having to also deal with a break-in and all the fallout from that, also from a different continent is just BLOODY ANNOYING!!!!

    If I learn anything useful, I'll share it in case it helps others.

    Cheers,

    Tim

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