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Chris Skelton

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  1. ....even get it in Marmite colours? I used to make Marmite chip butties at my cafe for a few other traders......delicious! (I'm in q for Neil's SC-for the sound system mainly!)
  2. Well, I like that he mentions the Citroen DS as a special drive as well! loved mine - though it is (1987) a few years since I sold the last one!
  3. https://www.pistonheads.com/regulars/ph-spottedykywt/showpiece-of-the-week-lexus-lfa/37909
  4. Graphite wheels? Won't they just look mucky? Each to his/her own. Still got a set of DS23 hubcaps in loft-when cars HAD hubcaps! Though I seem to recall the Citroen SM (1970-5) had graphite (the material, not the colour) wheels. (Thinks; WAS it graphite......?)....no, Carbon fibre! https://jalopnik.com/michelin-made-carbon-fiber-wheels-for-citroen-back-in-1-1543922374
  5. Wrong tyres! Amazing. At Costco, they refused to fit -Michelins!! - on our Micra because of the rating. Not on a hyper-car, a MICRA! Good to hear you can now fit in a car easily. Comfort/ease of access vital when you're +50 (ahem....) My reason for looking at Nissan Cubes! And RX350s-lpg - on here. Comfort! (Sez the ex owner of 4 Citroen DSs)
  6. If you don't mind only 2WD, it's cheap? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2006-TOYOTA-HARRIER-LEXUS-RX300-3-0-V6-PETROL-LPG/282924223886?_trkparms=aid%3D888007%26algo%3DDISC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D49131%26meid%3Dee1b8e1b013d45b78455161de3c6e0e1%26pid%3D100009%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D2%26sd%3D173229152942%26itm%3D282924223886&_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982
  7. Politician? Maybe just the Civil Servants who recommend these things to 'increase revenue'
  8. Love it. I've just leant about greasing pins! I recall my old Citroen DS was so front-brake oriented that the rears sometimes seized for lack of use-you had to remember at MOT time! Memories of driving barefoot with just big toe operating the brake BUTTON!
  9. I've got some old French plates I took off my 2CV van, in 1979..........still in my garage...... John-where abouts are you? I lived near Ronda for 6 months in '93. Have driven there in both a Jeep Cherokee and a Citroen CX 2500.
  10. Contentment -almost! Little niggles are annoying! I had tyre hassles and (more than one) tyre centres little help. You're too far away from Tony Bones to get a full car set-up, though I'm guessing the 'Hunter system' must be something on those lines? enjoy. (Mullins in Gloucester are good.) Have you considered getting lpg fitted? Enjoy Skye; I've been tempted by an RX350 lpg car that's up near Arran-want to collect it for me? (-:
  11. France seems ahead of us (surprised?). Paris has a fleet of EV cars (with super capacitors to extend range0 and they want to ensure all charging points are 'universal'. I recall in the (19!)70s that France were investing heavily in Atomic power, whilst Britain frittered away its Oil bonanza £££s.
  12. This week's 'Observer' car bit mentions the author's wish for an E Type Jag as his 'dream' car. I had mine early! (Citroen DS23, in 81). Currently? well, I've had the DS, but maybe a Mehari. ds garden.bmp
  13. Until 'tomorrow'? !! I once left wax on .....over winter! Was LOVELY when taken off! (On a Dyane!)
  14. Simple concept, really. The amount of ads (looking at RX350s) that have mucky/worn carpets in pictures. Would add ££s to perceived value. 'Deep pile'? Just put some rubber underlay beneath?
  15. I reckon, with a sewing machine that can do heavy duty edging, you could make special custom mats! Your name in silver/gold thread, etc.? My DS 23 in 70s had lovely deep squishy carpets. So some shag-pile?
  16. John. She does say 'local dealer unable to solve the problem'! But I agree in general. Perhaps I should give up NOT having a Lex and take it off their hands......(-: (But I want an lpg car.) Good luck-it CAN be fixed!
  17. I tried this out in a big field once. There was a line of cars parked neatly alongside the entry; I parked a long way away in the MIDDLE of the space. Sure enough, when I came back there were 3 cars lined up besides mine! Surrounded by empty space! Baaaa!
  18. Me too, even after nearly 10 years Lexus-free! There's an lpg RX350 in Scotland I was tempted by (anyone know it?) but that's nearly 8 hours drive (could fly up.....) lpg seems the way to go with a 350.
  19. How many front doors/windows are easily 'accessed'? I see quite a few doors that merely have Yale locks (do they meet insurers' requirements?) Toughened glass and solid-framed, multi-lever locks essential? Agree re having some kind of immobility gizmo built in. But it IS crazy to have £50K+ asset sitting in the street.
  20. 'Terrorist paranoia', yet most of their 'terrorist' activities involve shootings by.....white WASP guys! Funny; the US have spent decades invading/subverting other countries, yet they wonder why folk should hate them/want to retaliate! Apart from New Mexico and-maybe SF, I'm happy never to return. En route to NZ, we go via Canada to avoid the US. It's a failed state really. Sail to Costa Rica too.
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