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Your phrase "cars I kept the longest" really got me thinking. The problem being that I have a habit of driving cars and then sometimes, especially if they break down, simply parking them up until I can get around to fixing them. Which means that...

Famous for being frontwheel drive as the words "traction avant" indicates, but apparently their drive shafts were a weak point! I know a Brit chap who runs a B& B with his wife, we used to stay with them when going north to the ferry. He is ex...

Funny you should say that...... I think the Vax Spotwash cleaner is a godsend for such mishaps.

Pop quiz. How thick would you have to be to hoover up kiddie vomit with Dyson? 🤪 Freelander owners can pass..

When I was a youngster working out of IBM South Bank (next to the National Theatre) we used to use a local boozer at lunchtimes and it was opposite the waterloo East station stairway entrance. In one of the railway arches was a business/bloke...

Have wanted a Traction for a long time. surprisingly they are not the most expensive of veteran cars over here. Not cheap mind but still not all that bad.

Had a few as well but wish I'd kept the '52 Citroen 6 cylinder Traction avant, the Moskvitch and the 66 Austin Cooper The cars I kept the longest were a 2.2 diesel Renault 21, a diesel Pug 106 and an 05 Ford Ranger pickup All other vehicles...

That post re the 50 best Britsh cars. I am tempted to start one on "Cars I have owned and wish I still did" In my case, Mk2 Jag, Mk1 Cortina, Opel Manta 1900 A series, Renault 17, Dolomite Sprint, "Hot" mini, even a Renault 6 for heaven's sake.

Me pipe is ere. Well appy wivvit.

Issit broke'd? They normally are.

Really do feel for both you, your W and the old dear. So sad what dementia does. Do so hope that it gets sorted out eventually. :(

Love it!! The pipes under the floor, the rerouting, the new rad. I even ran pipes into my garage from the utility to heat it. Not a lot, but it does make a bit of difference.

Cheeky Sod! I done more plumbering than you by a mile. Just in the house I am sitting in at the moment: The house had nowt in when we moved in. Kitchen: double sink together with a dishwasher. Utility: sink plus washing machine. Downstairs bog...

This is getting like ordering a chinese!

Nothing perverse about that at all. I too love them and would have one in a heartbeat. 1500 obvs. Mine was a 1200 and a bit weak. But my dad had a 1500 back in the 60s, great little cars. I got rid of the 1200 back in 1981, I'd had it a coupla...

Must admit this is blowing my brains too. I am no joiner, far from it, but I have hung a few doors and cannot see what the fuss is about.

"plenty of prep and then cook as little as needed" totally agree. I have to contrast doing it @kevstar 's way with doing one in a copper frying pan, over a spirit stove next to a customer's table, as I had to do back in the 70s, the days of...