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Such a great day at Das Auto show with fellow member Jack Phillips. Some stunning cars on display my favourite being an A6 c5 with only 6000 miles on the clock! The show was definitely better than last year with great levels of conversation between attendees and a larger diversity of cars this year, especially those going down the strip.

A couple of months ago my son was test driving a Capri 3000GT from work and came to show me. That's me in the car.

Very cool. I'm afraid I'm not old enough to remember those days 🤣 I remember 4 star though. In the late 80's. My last Laser was a 1.6 I had around 15 year ago. Paris Blue. It had had the conversion to run unleaded by the time I bought it. The Injection has a new all black interior with light grey Recaro's. I've been running it on Esso Supreme and Shell V Power.

I do understand, and fully appreciate anyone taking time out to help and would do so myself whenever I feel able. I maintain that my description was accurate and didn't require much expansion, the contributor on this post, and previously, has jumped to some negative conclusions, however perhaps I was quick to react for which I do apologise to the contributor. I do appreciate any advice, and will seek out another garage. My "cowboy" garage have been very trustworthy for quite some years and have saved me a fortune in the past, but recently seem less interested in problems and more interested in mot and service work ... perhaps time to find a new regular go to garage, but will seek out a diesel expert as you suggested for this issue. Thanks 😊

Yes! Now we're talking. That's a lovely mk2 Ghia. Plenty of poke. Never owned any of the 3 litres before. To be honest this is my first Injection, I had Lasers before that. You must have really loved that Trans-Am! And a mk1 too. That looks like it was a while back. They can fetch crazy money now, closest I've ever got is the model on the living room bookcase 🤣 Admittedly the injection isn't entirely stock from a cosmetic standpoint, but I think it's still a looker. Not bad for an old Ford pushing 40. I've a bit of bodywork to do to it over the winter, nothing too major. The A6 does all the parts running.

A Capri, love em. Had a couple of those as well. I traded a 3L Ghia Capri in for the Trany. also had a 3000 E

It certainly was! 35 degrees! Jack took his TT for multiple runs down the strip. I'll ask him to upload them as they're all on his phone.

Hello Jon, Sorry to hear of your issue. Ref. ‘………or are you just here to be condescending …..’ comment. Based on my experience on this forum, no poster has ever previously been questioned of being so, and without ‘taking sides’, I would defend the actions of contributors who give up their valuable time to assist those who are in difficulties and wish to have their issues solved remotely, and without any, or at least minimum expense. As with many forums-? We have a over-riding predominance of posters who wish to tap into free advice, yet it would be difficult to count a handful of folks who regularly try to help out - more often than not, in situations of vague or minimum description of symptoms, so it would be good if this was taken into consideration in your particular case. I’m certain that the need to engage politeness is mentioned in the Forum Rules, so it would be great if any personal slights were avoided. Just as an aside, in my experience, when such comments arise, the ‘accuser’ has already lost the battle so to speak, and puts themselves in a disadvantaged situation going forward. Still. Apologies for having to to take the role of Moderator, but I’m sure you will understand the need in this case Jon. Many thanks and kind regards, Gareth. p.s. On a progressive note, ‘…..the garage…’ Is this garage a diesel specialist? If not, I would be making local enquires to find such a specialist - who should be able to diagnose the issue for you, and you can then decide what you are going to do.

Ah! Chevy Tahoe. A 4x4 man eh? Very capable looking beast that. Ha, only a 5.8.. A big ol' lump all the same. I work in Holland, they're dead into their American imports so I've seen a few of these kicking about. My 'other car' is a wee bit more modest. And is short a couple cylinders. 😉