Pistonheads RR/Bentley meet.
Discussion
Fabulous day, and thanks to all. Special thanks though to Stuart, for his calming influence on me when the rear nearside Avon decided to partially de-laminate after Penrith. I have only just felt secure enough to come out of the toilet.
Looking forward to seeing you all again soon, when I will be on a nice new set of Turbospeeds.
Oh, and in light of the photographic evidence, I had better lay off the profiteroles meantime.
Take care, everybody.
Looking forward to seeing you all again soon, when I will be on a nice new set of Turbospeeds.
Oh, and in light of the photographic evidence, I had better lay off the profiteroles meantime.
Take care, everybody.
Batrover said:
Special thanks though to Stuart, for his calming influence on me when the rear nearside Avon decided to partially de-laminate after Penrith.
Blimey, hope that wasn't too dramatic. Still, useful spanners man to have with you to change the wheel 
Edited by Balmoral Green on Wednesday 25th January 11:14
i arrived late and you had all left, took a gamble on the poss pub you would use and guessed correct, the rising sun i saw the two turbo r,s together i was in the black continental sc, had not got a clue who owned them so up and left it was not a prob as i only live 15 mins away at least it gave the car a run out................
CONTI T said:
i arrived late and you had all left, took a gamble on the poss pub you would use and guessed correct, the rising sun i saw the two turbo r,s together i was in the black continental sc, had not got a clue who owned them so up and left it was not a prob as i only live 15 mins away at least it gave the car a run out................
Sorry to hear that Duncan, as we were all wondering if you were coming . . . . ..hopefully we'll meet next time AndrewW-G said:
Sorry to hear that Duncan, as we were all wondering if you were coming . . . . ..hopefully we'll meet next time
Hi, yes i also meant to say both the turbo,s looked superb, i should have used my loaf and given my address you would have been welcome to call for a brew as there was not many turned up,the turbo R sure is a class looking car i tend to take mine a bit for granted but seeing the two at the rising son made me think,
also the old bentley my old boss used to own one like it, was a green car poss brooklands green? the paint on it was so thick he used to have me wet n dry flatting it to get it like glass. he also owned a black open tourer circa 1926-30 looked just like the old racers cept it was not superchargerd and it was black he upgraded some items so he could drive it with confidence in europe. maybe someone will recognise his name Tony Smith unfortunatly not with us any more and he taught me some good life morals etc he is missed,
Batrover said:
Special thanks though to Stuart, for his calming influence on me when the rear nearside Avon decided to partially de-laminate after Penrith.
All in a day's work. Good job it didn't come totally apart, that would really have focussed the mind. I did feel a bit guilty for just "getting on with it" - that was just sort-of my disaster-investigate mode.It turns out that although fine in the tread-depth department, Batrover's tyres are quite old, and one of the treads had aged to the point where it had lost it's attachment to the tyre carcass. A 12-inch section of the tread came detached and was flailing around inside the wheelarch. Mercifully on the inside where it didn't affect the bodywork.
Having established that the brake lines were unaffected and that the carcass strength similarly wasn't affected (and that there was air still in the tyre), I elected to send him the last 20 miles home on it, particularly I'd judged that changing the tyre on the motorway was more risky than the remaining journey.
Message for all - Modern tyres have a date code on them - a four-digit number denoting the week and year (such as 3208 for week 32, 2008 for example). Please read yours and decide if you need to keep them on the car. I'll not embarass Batrover by publishing his tyre's dates
Batrover said:
No embarrassment here. BOTH nearsides are '95 vintage although I had no idea. A good year,but..... (pun intended.) Replacement Avons ordered and on their way to the garage. Offsides are youngsters from '07.
A valuable lesson (if expensive) learned. Learn date codes.
Glad to hear that you're both OK, which is of course the important thing A valuable lesson (if expensive) learned. Learn date codes.
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