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A daily record of the plans made and the decisions taken.
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140 RELATIVELY PAINLESS...
The little car has been taken to the garage to receive a bit of TLC from the professionals. The metallic rubbing noise has been...
Apr 92 min read
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139 HEAVY METAL GRINDING...
After initially thinking my new alloy woes were far behind me, a new and annoying issue turned up. I was merrily bombing it around in...
Apr 32 min read
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138 WELL BALANCED...
The lovely guys at Liverpool Mobile Tyres have just been out to balance my front wheels. As they had the Abarth jacked up, they said...
Mar 291 min read
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137 WHEELIE SAYING SOMETHING…
People who have followed this little blog for a while will know that Lisa got me a set of upgraded alloy wheels for Christmas this year...
Mar 242 min read
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133 IT'S IN THE CAN...
All this talk of jacks and tyre swapping has reminded me that the foam that comes with my car is well past its sell-by date, so I needed...
Feb 81 min read
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132 J-JACK J-JACK J-JACK YOUR (CAR) BODY (UP)…
In my relentless pursuit of “wasting money or crap I don’t need” (© Lisa 2025), I’ve been looking at car jacks. I’m not sure my car...
Feb 61 min read
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126 THE CAR WHISPERER...
I bought Abbie in the autumn when the weather was changeable - it didn't know whether it would be warm, cold, sunny, or rainy. Because...
Jan 202 min read
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117 THANK YOU SANTA...
Jolly ole Saint Nick has played a blinder this year; he emptied his sack and delivered some tools I would never have needed if we hadn't...
Jan 112 min read
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111 SLAPPER RED STOPPERS...
You know that thing where you see something on eBay that you fancy but is too expensive, so you save the item to see if the price comes...
Jan 51 min read
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105 I'LL PROTECT YOU FROM THE HOODED CLAW...
I'm writing this at Christmastime, and the Frankie Goes To Hollywood song 'The Power Of Love' is getting a fair bit of rotation (even...
Dec 29, 20242 min read
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71 ALL QUIET ON THE (WESTERN SCOTLAND) FRONT...
Replacement axle bushes? Check! Replacement shock absorbers? Check! No more knocking from the back end? Check! YAAAS! Finally, I...
Nov 5, 20241 min read
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70 I'M SHOCKED...
It has been a day of good news and bad news. The good news is that the axle bushes have been replaced - yay! They were in a really poor...
Oct 31, 20241 min read
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69 BUSHES!!!
Abbie has been to the garage for a shakedown. I explained that there was a rattling noise from the back and wanted them to pin it down. ...
Oct 29, 20242 min read
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68 NO STAINS ON ME...
I've gone down an exhaust wormhole. I expect the garage to confirm my fears and tell me the exhaust is shot and needs replacing. As I...
Oct 24, 20242 min read
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62 MR DIY...
Check me out; I can use an electric screwdriver! I took the old Welsh plates off, used them as a template, marked the holes up and then...
Oct 19, 20242 min read
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60 I HEAR YOU KNOCKING...
After much delay and messing about, today was the day the car got new rubber all around. I took it to the tyre fitter, and the whole...
Oct 17, 20242 min read
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59 CACK CIRCLES...
I received an email from Black Circles to say they couldn’t replace my tyres at the fitter I had selected, as they had staffing...
Oct 16, 20242 min read
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57 OUT WITH THE OLD...
With the Abarth now mine, it was time to make some necessary changes (and some not-so-necessary). First up was the tyres. The rubber on...
Oct 14, 20241 min read
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48 A DECENT WRAPPER...
With Richie onboard and Rachel desperately wanting to make the journey in an A-Team van, thoughts have turned to how we can convert their...
Oct 10, 20241 min read
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46 SHARKED IT...
The seller got back to me: The alloy wheels are mine! They are all paid for, and he is happy for them to be collected next week -...
Oct 9, 20242 min read
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