Cars!

Cool! Are you a driver instructor?

 

Ultra Cool! I have only ever driven vehicles with automatic transmissions - except for one time trying to use an empty plaza car park to practice. Could only get up to 2nd gear before I ran out of parking lot. I must learn to drive this vehicle as it needs to get a run one in awhile according to the manufacturer. It has 6 gears plus reverse, so I've only learned less than 20% and that on a flat surface. Oh how I wish I had your skills!

 

It's a shame my daughter doesn't live nearer to you @CanadianLori. I would have volunteered her services as she is a driving instructor, but in the Vancouver area.

 

Just so you all know, that is if your loosing sleep over it. at the beginning of this thread----the second picture---the one with my husband working on the red car. Just and update, he is still working on the red car. In fact it pretty much looks the same, so not repeating the pic. says he put new break lines in it, and new something, somethings. It gets to ride up and down on the lift in the garage, not to quick for the car. His brother also comes over and they both --do whatever. Then his brother gets dinner out of it.

 

another update, the flat bed was hauled out to a "Flat bed" company for some redoing, its back. but he is spraying it or rust proofing it, or whatever. and its back in its original place.

 

BTW, on my car, a 2004 SUV Toyota, had a air bag recall, took it in to the toyota dealer to fix free of charge. He said on the phone, that he would give it a look over to see if anything was wrong. I said, no need it runs just fine, I have my own place I take it to, besides that you would be listing things that are unnecessary and that is why I do not use the dealership to check my car. So, got to the dealership, you should see this waiting room, 20 plushy seats, two wide screen TV. a snack bar with 6 more seats. Like, wow. makes the pain go away I guess if your stupid enough to have them take care of your car. Anyway, air bag fixed and I was on my way. My car just turned 160,000.00 miles, and its great.

 

Yes, they do have a high value, particlarly if they are numbers matching like the 'cuda we have. But it is expensive to insure them unless you have a boomerang style tracker on them and a security sytem such as we have. No matter the value, these old muscle cars are fun

And yes, I'm freshening up the spare romm for you and the Mrs - let the lessons begin

 

Okay @fat controller, I think I've left you lingering long enough. Here's the new car.

It's two years old, five door, with 15,000 on the clock. A Juke N-tec which is middle of the range with a couple of updates from the previous owner - wheel change and spoiler. A 1598cc petrol engine and manual gearbox, five forward gears. It's not a 4x4, they are only available top of the range and apparently we won't need it here anyway. Reversing camera, Satnav, climate control and selection of engine adjustments for different driving areas 'Sport, Eco and Normal'. There's also various buttons on the steering wheel that include radio adjustment and cruise control. I'm still to work out the others, as well as other controls connected to the on board computer.

If I've forgotten anything I'm sure you'll remind me.

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/norwichhouse-oakridge/4476114618/in/album-72157622367220088/
This is our first car, a 1934 Hillman Minx which had its 30th birthday while we had it.

Bother, why hasn't my picture come up? I copied the URL from flickr.