Mundane News

[Speicher]

My Internet connection is moving slower than a Citroën 2CV with a dirty carburettor and sticky brakes pulling a caravan up 1 in 4 gradient.

Your centrifuge needs cleaning.

 

[Reynard]

I would still love to own one though.

I like cars with character and interesting design features

Whoever designed my Fabia must have had an imagination by-pass.

They race them, and all...

I covered several 2CV 24 hour races at Snetterton in the mid 2000's.

 

[biggs682]

My Internet connection is moving slower than a Citroën 2CV with a dirty carburettor and sticky brakes pulling a caravan up 1 in 4 gradient.

I have serviced a fair few of the French snail type cars

 

[Reynard]

Anyways, almost time to feed the cats, and then it will be time to feed me.

 

[Andy in Germany]

They race them, and all...

I covered several 2CV 24 hour races at Snetterton in the mid 2000's.

That would have been exciting; the winner must have managed nearly a dozen laps.

 

[pawl]

They race them, and all...

I covered several 2CV 24 hour races at Snetterton in the mid 2000's.

I followed one in France.Going up hill it’s speed must have been recorded in days rather MPH



Followed it down hill Going like you know what off shovel .The interesting bit came a the bend at the bottom of the hill the I expected the door to fly open and a leg come out and broad side round the bend like speed way rider I have never seen a car lean that far and stay on four wheels

 

[Reynard]

That would have been exciting; the winner must have managed nearly a dozen laps.

I think they were doing a couple of minutes a lap around Snetterton - which then, was just shy of 2 miles in length. So they weren't exactly hanging about.

Never ceased to amaze me watching the mechanics change and engine / gearbox in about 20 mins.

 

[Reynard]

I followed one in France.Going up hill it’s speed must have been recorded in days rather MPH



Followed it down hill Going like you know what off shovel .The interesting bit came a the bend at the bottom of the hill the I expected the door to fly open and a leg come out and broad side round the bend like speed way rider I have never seen a car lean that far and stay on four wheels

The suspension on those has a ridiculous amount of travel. The design brief was for a car that could get a farmer and a basket of eggs across a ploughed field without breaking a single egg...

 

[Reynard]

Spanish omelette and a tomato salad this evening. Feeling meh, so something light was called for.

The cats had cooked chicken.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I think they were doing a couple of minutes a lap around Snetterton - which then, was just shy of 2 miles in length. So they weren't exactly hanging about.

Never ceased to amaze me watching the mechanics change and engine / gearbox in about 20 mins.

A friend used to own about 2 1/2 2CVs of which one worked at any given time; he'd just collect all the bits that worked into one car.

 

[Reynard]

A friend used to own about 2 1/2 2CVs of which one worked at any given time; he'd just collect all the bits that worked into one car.

They are actually rather simple from a mechanical perspective, so very easy to work on. Much of the car just bolts together.

 

[tyred]

Nice 32 miles in the evening sun. Still pretty cold though.

Now I'm going to relax with a Galway Hooker.

*A Galway Hooker is actually a traditional type of sailing boat.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Nice 32 miles in the evening sun. Still pretty cold though.

Now I'm going to relax with a Galway Hooker.

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*A Galway Hooker is actually a traditional type of sailing boat.

And your kettle looks like a penguin teapotting!

 

[classic33]

MIL has just passed away. Huge relief as the last week has been a nightmare.

Both sorry and glad, for your MIL, reading that.
Hope you can get some rest now.

 

[classic33]

Warm, breezy and occasionally sunny here chez Casa Reynard.

Feel bloody godawful today. Sore throat that feels like I'm swallowing glass, itchy eyes, runny nose, sneezing and coughing. Took a LFT, but that's negative at least. Not that I actually plan on going anywhere till after the weekend anyway...

I *have* spent the morning writing though. The chapter I've been working on is all but completed, just doing some fine tuning to the last few paragraphs. Then I can move the action back to the present day again and have some fun with historic racing cars.

Mower parts still haven't turned up. Steering arm should arrive next week, but the part for the cutting deck is no longer available. So I need to try and source a piece of rubber about 3mm thick, 18 inches long and 4 inches wide from somewhere that I can then mount in the original bracket.

Anyways, it is almost time for luncheon.

You're not supposed to mix imperial and metric units of measurements up.
Have you thought of cutting a mountain bike inner tube(on the inside) and using that?