That986

I averaged over 10000 in my 986S when i had it.  

I like the interior tbh and the screen surround, the rest is junk though. 

I had the NS2R on my MX5 for a while. Great tyre once they have a bit of heat in them which didn't take much tbh, grip like hell, very confidence inspiring especially on fast road.

BUT, I wouldn't recommend them for driving around normally on. They are very noisy when cruising, useless when cold and useless when rain gets involved. If you have a spare set of wheels and only use them for the track and the journey there and back go for it, if not i'd look elsewhere. I only have just shy of 200bhp and i could easily light these up when cold. 

H&R, avoid like the plague. Every time i've tried them or been in a car with their parts on it's been over harsh. 

2 hours ago, Clivescoobydo said:

Are the buses not the new routemaster which I would’ve thought met latest emission targets? 

There are a few of those but most are the old type. Really nice catching a lungful of their cr*p while walking to the tube. 

1 hour ago, dpg123 said:

Personally I think Sadiq is an awful London Mayor - his policies with planning, environment and transport are woeful, they blame everybody else for the current problems (he'll have been in office 3 years in May) and don't get me started on violent crime/stabbings...

He's a moron. His traffic plans have basically made London come to a standstill in place. 20 mph limits on main roads, cycle lanes taking up half a road (Embankment is a mess now and is a constant gridlock) etc. He needs to realise that to lessen the pollution the traffic needs to move, not be constantly hampered by expensive "calming" measures. 

I worked out one day the amount of buses that go up East Ham high street on a daily basis and it was easily into four figures. These are mainly old, belching pieces of junk that are going through a major high street. How is that healthy? Why do we have to have so many going to roughly the same place? 

22 hours ago, Clivescoobydo said:

The opposition won’t stand a chance a girl with acute asthma died (RIP) allegedly as a result of living more or less on the south circular. Unfortunately we live in a world of reactionary,  scare mongery, no hard fact  based politics and the masses believe what they’re told  or can’t be bothered to oppose it...and the motorist is seen as the Antichrist these days and rich pickings..

The problem with the bill is that it doesn't change anything. If you have a taxi for instance they're exempt, buses are exempt, trains are exempt etc etc. The only people it actually affects are the average person who if anything just travels one way to work and the same back. Basically the main polluters aren't affected in the slightest, if it made the travel operators get their ass in gear and stop running empty buses and we got rid of crappy old taxis off the road then i'd be all for it but it doesn't. 

Tbh i wouldn't worry too much as the ULEZ only covers where the Congestion Charge is at the moment. It's only if Sadiq I hate all cars Khan gets his idiot bill through that it will become an issue and there's plenty of opposition to it. 

My 2000 wasn't, one of the main reasons for getting rid. 

On 8/11/2018 at 3:55 PM, Monsterlime said:

Well, we have our answer!  Tested voltage on the old battery - 11.40(ish), new battery - 12.30(ish).  New battery with car running - 12.30.

Since the voltage regulator is much cheaper, and I need to take the alternator off anyway, I may as well give that a try first.  Thank you for the link!

I assume it is worth changing the belt at the same time?

You could do but it was only changed about 18 months ago. 

Being as it's a nice morning I decided to give the car a proper clean, something I haven't done in a while. 

So out with all the buckets, vac, Opaque wax, wheel cleaner, rain-x and metal polish. Far better....

So the new shifter is awesome still. Replaced the inner and outer tie-rods and had it aligned again, feels lovely and solid now at the front. Looking forward to a London- Brighton run this weekend with some guys i know.

4 minutes ago, KT986 said:

Bought a Boxster Hard Top - Rag Top has a crease in the plastic window right in my eye line when driving - can't even see a rozzer behind me !

PCI in Kerry

 

You have the roof up? 

Put these on after @Araf kindly dropped them off yesterday. 

34 minutes ago, Jason986S said:

That would be quite cool mate. You ever in Somerset?

Can't say i am tbh.

10 hours ago, Jason986S said:

I face palmed when I saw Darren's satin black & JPS wrap yesterday, like I'd held out too long, but I bit my tongue and kept mine quiet. I didn't intend on doing a JPS theme, it was @Menoporsche who gave me the idea when I first posted my gold wheels. I banked the idea when he posted up the JPS Lotus F1 car. 

Nobody at Beaulieu was expecting it and a couple of people thought I was @That986 until they saw me and my "JAS 986S" number plates. 

I'm not sure if it's temporary or a long term style. Was only meant to be a tongue in cheek laugh for today's show, but it went down really well. It gained a fair amount of photographic attention and a few thumbs up the way home.

@rowbos did look puzzled when I pulled into the convoy meeting point at 6am this morning. Probably not had enough coffee by then 

Looks like we need to a have a meet up for pics at some point.

Polished my tips.

Drove it to work as the Boxster is now on daily duties so i can get the confidence back in it.

Also reattached the seat covers at the back, topped up the oil and got the frunk light working.