On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 22:39:30 +0100, hugh <hugh@[127.0.0.1]> wrote:
>In message <[email protected]>, Jon <[email protected]> writes
>>
>>"Andrew Mawson" <andrew@no_spam_please_mawson.org.uk> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>>>
>>> "Larry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>> > They do take some getting used to, I struggled with the gears at first,
>>> > especially since I had been driving automatics for over ten years.
>>> >
>>> > I am surprised though that a 79 example should be as bad as that
>>> > electrically, the electrics are not too difficult to sort out though
>>once
>>> > you get used to it.
>>> >
>>> > They are noisy, you will get used to that, and things like the doors
>>> > flapping about at speed (45mph counts as speed)
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Larry
>>> > Series 3 rust and holes
>>>
>>> You got a series 111 to 45 mph - wow !
>>
>>I had 81 out of my 90nad and it still works :O)
>>
>>
>Yeh, but your speedo's knackered.
well,,,,,,,i had 90 out of my series2a on the Sheffield parkway, i
know it was 90 because ive got a gps based origon b2 speed trap
detector, that tells me the actual speed, irrelevant of what
diffs,tyres,gearbox or anything else i have on it.
2.8 n/a diahatsu engine. 235x85x16 tyres. 3.5 diffs. overdrive and
nerves of cast iron.
i knew it was time to slow down when the wings stared peeling back.
and the fact that the traffic lights were only 100yds away.
but what a rush.
my first gear is somewhere near the passengers door top. second near
my left hip. third pressing hard against the lower dash and fourth is
in my nether regions, and i can only access reverse when i have a
passenger to help. but other than that i think its an obsolute
darling.
andy
