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Well I’ve had my car just over 12 months now, so for the benefit of any new S owners who are as clueless as me about these things…
Be wary of the small jobs, they invariably end up with you still sitting there many hours later in a much larger pile of car parts than you ever intended and with almost every spanner and socket you own surrounding you, although you still won’t have the size you need
Sockets really hurt when you kneel on them
It's much easier to add jobs onto the list than it is to remove them, and whatever piece of paper you write that list on... It's not big enough
There’s a lot of antifreeze in the car, especially when you spread it out over the garage floor
Antifreeze is surprisingly slippy
Remember to connect up the bottom hose when you re-fill with antifreeze!
Wiring diagrams are the work of Beelzebub, and pointless when someone else has decided to rewire it using a photograph of cooked spaghetti as the new diagram and was colour-blind
If you can see the wire/bolt/nut/clip (delete as necessary) down a little gap, STOP, because if you stick your hand down there, you will only get a bloody pulp back out, and I guarantee that you will be just short of actually reaching it
Take the time to look what bit of the car will smash your fingersif when the spanner slips
The bonnet is much, much heavier than you think
Take photographs, lots and lots of photographs
If you’re going to put that little part away someplace safe, make sure you can remember where it is!
Tell someone else where the safe place is!
Never add up the invoices for all the little bits and bobs
Never tell the wife what that total was!
Don’t lie under the car, casually look at the axle stand and wonder where it was made and what sort of quality control measures the factory had it place
The onset of claustrophobia can be very sudden
You will always hit your head on the wheel arch
There’s more fuel in the fuel filter than you think
The exhaust manifolds are always in the way
Exhaust manifold bolts can be very stressful to remove
Don’t mention to the wife that you think you should move house, only for her to extract from you that your primary motivation is a bigger garage
Single garages are too small
TVRs are loud, horrifically loud, scare the pants of ya loud, have the neighbour call round to see if everything is all right loud, especially with just the manifolds on in a single garage
It’s very unpleasant when lying under the car on the garage floor of a winters evening (as you do) when there is a power cut
Move the jack out of the way before you open the bonnet
TVR owners keep zip-tie manufacturers in business
TVR ownership is damn good fun…
ATB and Happy New Year
Marc
Be wary of the small jobs, they invariably end up with you still sitting there many hours later in a much larger pile of car parts than you ever intended and with almost every spanner and socket you own surrounding you, although you still won’t have the size you need
Sockets really hurt when you kneel on them
It's much easier to add jobs onto the list than it is to remove them, and whatever piece of paper you write that list on... It's not big enough
There’s a lot of antifreeze in the car, especially when you spread it out over the garage floor
Antifreeze is surprisingly slippy
Remember to connect up the bottom hose when you re-fill with antifreeze!
Wiring diagrams are the work of Beelzebub, and pointless when someone else has decided to rewire it using a photograph of cooked spaghetti as the new diagram and was colour-blind
If you can see the wire/bolt/nut/clip (delete as necessary) down a little gap, STOP, because if you stick your hand down there, you will only get a bloody pulp back out, and I guarantee that you will be just short of actually reaching it
Take the time to look what bit of the car will smash your fingers
The bonnet is much, much heavier than you think
Take photographs, lots and lots of photographs
If you’re going to put that little part away someplace safe, make sure you can remember where it is!
Tell someone else where the safe place is!
Never add up the invoices for all the little bits and bobs
Never tell the wife what that total was!
Don’t lie under the car, casually look at the axle stand and wonder where it was made and what sort of quality control measures the factory had it place
The onset of claustrophobia can be very sudden
You will always hit your head on the wheel arch
There’s more fuel in the fuel filter than you think
The exhaust manifolds are always in the way
Exhaust manifold bolts can be very stressful to remove
Don’t mention to the wife that you think you should move house, only for her to extract from you that your primary motivation is a bigger garage
Single garages are too small
TVRs are loud, horrifically loud, scare the pants of ya loud, have the neighbour call round to see if everything is all right loud, especially with just the manifolds on in a single garage
It’s very unpleasant when lying under the car on the garage floor of a winters evening (as you do) when there is a power cut
Move the jack out of the way before you open the bonnet
TVR owners keep zip-tie manufacturers in business
TVR ownership is damn good fun…
ATB and Happy New Year
Marc
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