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Hi All,
Took the Chim to France last week, for a driving tour of the north (Normandy, Brittany, Loire and Champagne) - and in 1500 miles not even a hint of a hitch from the beast! She behaved beatifully, started every time, ate up the French D-roads and didn't use a single item from my spares kit.
The French roads are something else! So smooth - and very straight, excellent for overtaking. And the looks we got - makes you feel very special. Every town and village, people stopping a staring. A very nice boy in St. Malo came over and asked me what it was, and had a nose round - he said it looked like a Viper
- he'll learn. A group of guys a in the back of a 4x4 something asked if we wanted to swap (at the time we were stuck in a traffic jam in 30+ degrees heat, and it looked like they had aircon, so I considered it for as second!). A couple of lads in a souped up Tigra tried to play coming off a round-about - I had crawled passed them in traffic a couple of minutes before. They came steaming up behind me, so I planted my foot to the floor, and pulled away from them nicely. As I pulled off at the next junction they were all waving and tooting with approval! 
Last point - some of you may have seen my posts before going away about the new wiring from David Beer in an attempt to cure the hot starting issue, rather than replacing the starter motor. Well I can safely say that it has cured it completely on my Chim. Never a hot start issue the whole holiday, and on some days I don't think the car has ever been so hot. So, before you go replacing your starter motor, try the new wiring - it's MUCH cheaper, and easier to install.
Hope to see some of you guys soon - any word on a Sussex meet Cosmoschick, Big Al??
Cheers,
Ropey
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