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3 hours ago, SwaitsySG said:

Whats the length of that? Seventeen old feet? Theyll be wide as well,

18 feet 4 inches long -  6 feet 3 inches wide - wheelbase 120.39 inches.

The Lincoln is in the garage behind the Trans Am.

4 hours ago, SwaitsySG said:

Are they much harder to look after, the big Yanks?

Not the ones that I have had.

I had the TA rust proofed before I took delivery of it.

49 minutes ago, jdragon said:

I think however black rims would look better on my car.

I am not a fan of black, you lose all definition.

If going black any style will do.

48 minutes ago, jdragon said:

What style are they?

Le Mans 7 spoke

1 hour ago, catamai98 said:

It is looking similar to a rivet

I don't think it's a rivet, blow it up to full magnification and you can see it's oval in shape.

Could it be a blow from the exhaust ?

1 hour ago, jdragon said:

How do you find the 19s? I'm considering putting a set on mine 🤔 

I like them.

I get a little more room between the calliper and the rim, helps when cleaning them.

1 hour ago, jdragon said:

Are those pressures for extra load tyres and full occupancy?

No, that's for normal load driving.

Full load is pretty much 50psi front and rear.

My tyres are 255/35 R19 96Y XL.

22 hours ago, SwaitsySG said:

You said he was test driving it from work? I'm in the wrong job! 🤣

He's in charge of an accident repair company, That Capri belongs to a chap who has a classic car company who has all of his cars done at my sons place.

You say your not keen on 70s cars,

This was my 1972 Lincoln Continental Mk 4. Only 7.6 L

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.

1 hour ago, SwaitsySG said:

That looks like it was a while back.

K reg 1972, Tawney brown metallic, all black interior. Had the engine rebuilt because the oil pump drive sheered off. Always used to run it on five star petrol, 6/- gallon. (30p)

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

31 minutes ago, SwaitsySG said:

What made you sell it

So that I could import this one from South Carolina.

This one's only a 5.8 V8

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6 minutes ago, SwaitsySG said:

Trans-Ams. Nice cars. 

6.6 V8 403 cubic inches, Purchased it new, kept it for 24 years and when I sold it, it had 24k on the clock.

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23 minutes ago, SwaitsySG said:

I'll admit I feel 5k is excessive

Oil is cheap enough Swaitsy.

I've never gone as much as 5k between changes, but I only do about 1k a year these days so I just change it every year.

When I was working I used to own a Trans-Am and when I changed it's oil I would use it to do an oil change on my van, haha.

A regular oil change keeps every thing clean.

My 2009 A6 has only done 42k.

Just make a note of the new plug incase you ever want a new one.  

13 hours ago, Pappa583 said:

Seller accepted offer of £40 👍.... couple quid off

Don't forget to hook up your charger before doing your brakes.

Hears a a3 2021 jack 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/353083294861?fits=Car+Make%3AAudi|Cars+Type%3AS3+quattro|Cars+Year%3A2021&hash=item523567848d:g:GkMAAOSwCgBexw~q

28 minutes ago, Pappa583 said:

Seller accepted offer of £40

Thanks for the tip.

I'll make the same offer next week.

Hospital appointments this week would clash with delivery.

17 minutes ago, Pappa583 said:

Just made offer do see how it goes, will have one one way or other 😎

Let us know how it goes.

ebay's got them for £43   https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/393180653071  

I'll get one next week.

I found this, seems to do everything I will ever want to do.

https://www.obdadvisor.com/ancel-vd500-review/

50 minutes ago, Pappa583 said:

Understand, like all things you get what you pay and I'm more than prepared to pay if its needed but have looked at quite a few from a few hundred to a pretty reasonable 50 quid (obvs if it works) but for the average Joe who wants to read the odd error code and change rear brake pads once or twice thinking could be a bit of a waste to pay more than that's needed.... Just wondered if anyone had bought one of the cheaper ones and used with success 🤞 hopefully 😉 

^ ^ ^  DITO.

Just like you, I want EPB open and close or service reminder . remove.

Not having to go from page to page to do a simple task.

18 minutes ago, Stevey Y said:

if you think thats pricey have a look at VCDS that will make your eyes water,

I already have VCDS but am not a fan I'm afraid.

I don't know why I have to update it all the time, that and windows 11 crashing every five mins.

Try giving the battery a good charging.

I was getting all kind of random things happening, doors not locking / unlocking.

In the end I purchased a new Varta 110Ah battery, everything works ok now and I didn't even bother to code the battery.

Mind you my old battery was 13 years old.