Who else is getting their Summer cars out?
Discussion
Awoke mine from its slumber after work yesterday.
Annual oil change done, last years stuff came out looking as fresh as it went in after covering 1,500 miles.
Required - probably not, but it does make me feel better.
Kept hold of the stuff that came out as I'll use it for flushing other cars.etc
Hoping the weather clears up by the weekend - as I'm booked into the Footman James get together at the British Motor Museum, dont mind abit of rain, but hoping the roads don't get gritted / salted - hopefully we are in the clear now.
Annual oil change done, last years stuff came out looking as fresh as it went in after covering 1,500 miles.
Required - probably not, but it does make me feel better.
Kept hold of the stuff that came out as I'll use it for flushing other cars.etc
Hoping the weather clears up by the weekend - as I'm booked into the Footman James get together at the British Motor Museum, dont mind abit of rain, but hoping the roads don't get gritted / salted - hopefully we are in the clear now.
AlexGSi2000 said:
Awoke mine from its slumber after work yesterday.
Annual oil change done, last years stuff came out looking as fresh as it went in after covering 1,500 miles.
Required - probably not, but it does make me feel better.
Kept hold of the stuff that came out as I'll use it for flushing other cars.etc
Hoping the weather clears up by the weekend - as I'm booked into the Footman James get together at the British Motor Museum, dont mind abit of rain, but hoping the roads don't get gritted / salted - hopefully we are in the clear now.
Good to see it's still living the good life Alex Annual oil change done, last years stuff came out looking as fresh as it went in after covering 1,500 miles.
Required - probably not, but it does make me feel better.
Kept hold of the stuff that came out as I'll use it for flushing other cars.etc
Hoping the weather clears up by the weekend - as I'm booked into the Footman James get together at the British Motor Museum, dont mind abit of rain, but hoping the roads don't get gritted / salted - hopefully we are in the clear now.
UTH said:
Tickle said:
I was planning to un-SORN in April, the forecast is looking solid rain for the next two weeks though.
Hopefully the weather will be more favourable for wanting to go for a drive.
Starting to wonder if I'll end up waiting until May to tax mine! Hopefully the weather will be more favourable for wanting to go for a drive.
cerb4.5lee said:
UTH said:
Tickle said:
I was planning to un-SORN in April, the forecast is looking solid rain for the next two weeks though.
Hopefully the weather will be more favourable for wanting to go for a drive.
Starting to wonder if I'll end up waiting until May to tax mine! Hopefully the weather will be more favourable for wanting to go for a drive.
.... fingers crossed sooner rather than later!
AndrewGP said:
The Boxster is my daily so gets used all year round, but I taxed the Caterham in back in early March and have managed a few trips out. Unfortunately the car got filthy each time and things got a bit lively with the handling 
Fingers crossed for better weather soon.
Such a good two car garage!Fingers crossed for better weather soon.
king raining!! a340driver said:
My 18 year old Z4M has always been garaged in the 13 years I've had it and driven all year round albeit not very much.
I don't like the idea of not driving it plus I think it does the car good to be driven.
If it was suffering from bodywork issues or struggling on the MOT's I might be more precious. I understand older cars weren't well treated as far as rust is concerned but a 2006 car should be ok.
Have I left it too late? Will it start to go downhill soon?
Just drive it - that's what it was built for! I don't like the idea of not driving it plus I think it does the car good to be driven.
If it was suffering from bodywork issues or struggling on the MOT's I might be more precious. I understand older cars weren't well treated as far as rust is concerned but a 2006 car should be ok.
Have I left it too late? Will it start to go downhill soon?
I did over 1,000 miles in my Z4M last week and had a great time.
NDA said:
Just taxed mine, which I note is now £700 + for a year. Expensive motoring given I do less than 5,000 annually in it.
I get frustrated in that regard too, because I only do around a 1000 miles a year in the 370Z, yet they still want £735 a year tax for it though! 
It might be time for an EV I reckon though...so that I can pay nothing for tax for sure. However the thought of that doesn't exactly get my juices flowing in fairness though.
We're stuck between a rock and a hard place I think sadly.
Jonstar said:
I taxed my car last month, I've been out in it loads since all in mostly dry weather. All this talk of waiting till May is hilarious, it's England there's always a chance of rain!
I want to move to wherever you are for sure. The weather has been mostly grim where I am up to yet sadly.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed for better weather going forward though.
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