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Jim San wrote:Other speed restrictions apply also. pretty much any limit above 40, you are restricted by 10mph. ie50 zone max speed is 40. etc. ANPR cameras will get you.
My only speeding ticket ever 48mph in a 50 should have known better.

No, not correct afaik

Time to get the Syncro back on the road for this! its been standing for 3 years since I smashed my knee up (fat old blokes shoudn't ski, or at least if they do they should avoid crashing ...) and I need some motivation to get it going.

I'll pop a picture up at the weekend - up to my nuts in being made redundant at the moment ...

Cheers for the advice so far

Hi, I have a nasty hole in the bottom of my bike's petrol tank.....only found it when the filler that was in it (and which I did not know about !) started leaking. I tried the Plastic Padding fuel tank repair epoxy, lasted 10 days before the petrol ate through. Does anybody have any better solutions...

So how big is an XXL - fat slob or very fat slob ? i tend to the latter, especially since i smashed my knee up and dont do much excercise....

What does happen if they are missing ? IIRC mine did not have any when I dropped the drive shafts off to change the outers.

Post Office International Payments are much cheaper( https://postoffice.hifxonline.co.uk/Pay ... fault.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; )- there may still be a small charge by the bank who receives the money (nb especially in Cyprus !)

Welcome to the money pit club.... :ok I think Jed and Simon have summed it up so well in their different ways.... :rofl I bought my Syncro via fleabay 3 years (and several thousand pounds) ago and one day it will be finished and a thing of beauty and awe :roll: . Have you got a lemon or won the jack...

Amazing amount of space compared to the old garage

This is either the bargain of the century, a missprint or a pile of p**h. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CV-JOINT-KIT-90mm-INC-GREASE-NEW-VW-TRANSPORTER-SYNCRO-T25-1984-1992-/350562334909?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item519f24b8bd" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;...

^^^WHS ^^^

The welder may well come with a cheap hand held face mask with lens and replacement front glass plates, but an electronic mask is soooo much easier.

I'm a little nervous about claiming option 1, as the van will know and take its revenge

Depreciation will probably be 25% 1st year, 60% after 3 years...

Take it to a car wash and do it there.....they are usually exempt from hosepipe bans.
Some claim to recycle the water used as well, though I've no evidence that they do.

Hi folks, Looks like I wont be going to any Syncro events in the next few months due to a smashed up knee (depressed lateral tibial plateau fracture with associated vertical split to the bone and some ligament tears...) The joys of Skiing...... I've had an operation to repair the damage (bone graft,...