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Useful to know If ever I do another track day. And get a bigger van again.

Couchy wrote: Thu Aug 04, 2022 11:17 am

whatever floats your boat matey

I saw a car with a Fake Taxi sticker the otherday, had to laugh. Then remembered I'm not supposed to know what it is if the wife is around!

One of the lads sent me the spec list... loads of things added, here' just a few.

speclist by Steve Weeks, on Flickr

Just ordered a couple of those chocks, good shout.

Are the illuminated exits and light and rain sensors essentially the windows?

Fake Taxi.......everyday a learning day.

dern wrote: Thu Aug 04, 2022 11:36 am Are the illuminated exits and light and rain sensors essentially the windows?

LOL i have absolutely no idea mate... There's tonnes of other stuff.

£335 for roof rails.
£160 for headlamp washing system lol
£780 for air-con

That extras list is why I walked away from the VIto, I just got fed up trying to work out which combination of packs would give me what I wanted.

Mussels wrote: Thu Aug 04, 2022 3:24 pm That extras list is why I walked away from the VIto, I just got fed up trying to work out which combination of packs would give me what I wanted.

It's why I bought a new Crafter rather than a Sprinter. That and Mercedes wanted £2k for a leather steering wheel.

Oh Weeksy Weeksy Weeksy..... Didn't you read the reviews? Problems with wheel bearings/gearboxes/air con/alternators/flux capacitors etc? And as for the dealers!!!! Why didn't you ask me first?



Looks good, btw....

So is this a similar situation to where we have watched and enjoyed season 1 with 6 episodes of a very good mystery/crime drama and we are waiting for season 2 to be shown.

Newey wrote: Fri Aug 05, 2022 2:48 am So is this a similar situation to where we have watched and enjoyed season 1 with 6 episodes of a very good mystery/crime drama and we are waiting for season 2 to be shown.

I'm hoping not. I hope i collect it in the morning, it works perfectly and apart from the odd snippet and pic, it just does exactly what it's supposed to do, well, until many years. If that's how it all plays out, then that's ace with me. We'll have the mini-adventure down to the Alps in a few weeks time i expect, unless the wife really really hates it... But that's about it.

Skub wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 6:04 pm I thought the thread was about the passing of @Saga Lout

All I can do is quote the late, great Samuel Clemens: "The report of my death was an exaggeration".

(Sometimes quoted erroneously as "...greatly exaggerated" or "...grossly exaggerated".)

weeksy wrote: Thu Aug 04, 2022 6:43 am

cheb wrote: Thu Aug 04, 2022 6:39 am

weeksy wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 9:28 pm

Only think I want really is a front wheel chock for the zx6, @Couchy mounted his on a piece of ply which seems a good idea.

Then possibly 2 similar but MTB versions.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185353909228 ... BMprqm1sxg

Or similar.

Research needed.

I've one similar to this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264016044142 ... Sw71ViDhys

Push the bike in and it'll stay upright while you strap it down. It doesn't cope well with narrow tyres, that's 1980s trail bike narrow, 2.75".

Aye, that's the plan matey. It's the same as most mates use and same essentially as what's on my ERDE trailer that's now listed for sale. It'll do the job nicely. The only problem comes with hot sticky tyres and things can get a little sticky

I used to put a piece of cloth on the chock before inserting the bike. It's a lot easier picking the bit of cloth of the tyre when the bike is in the open as opposed to trying to yank the bike backwards with restricted headroom !

Jody wrote: Fri Aug 05, 2022 8:17 am

weeksy wrote: Thu Aug 04, 2022 6:43 am

cheb wrote: Thu Aug 04, 2022 6:39 am

I've one similar to this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264016044142 ... Sw71ViDhys

Push the bike in and it'll stay upright while you strap it down. It doesn't cope well with narrow tyres, that's 1980s trail bike narrow, 2.75".

Aye, that's the plan matey. It's the same as most mates use and same essentially as what's on my ERDE trailer that's now listed for sale. It'll do the job nicely. The only problem comes with hot sticky tyres and things can get a little sticky

I used to put a piece of cloth on the chock before inserting the bike. It's a lot easier picking the bit of cloth of the tyre when the bike is in the open as opposed to trying to yank the bike backwards with restricted headroom !

I’ve stuck carpet to my chock to save the tyre sticking to it and making getting it off difficult

I use that same chock linked but bolted to a sheet of timber, had two in my Vito but one in my elgrand

Chock arrived today.

Van collection tomorrow then it's straight off to auto electrician to get the super head unit installed and parking sensors done.

Sounds good, it won't be long before you are regularly thinking 'I'm so glad I bought a van'.
I want one again

weeksy wrote: Fri Aug 05, 2022 7:34 pm Chock arrived today.

Van collection tomorrow then it's straight off to auto electrician to get the super head unit installed and parking sensors done.

Wossa super head unit?