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by robin
Wed Apr 02, 2025 1:52 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Another new home for Scottish Elises?
Replies: 60
Views: 2247

Re: Another new home for Scottish Elises?

I have already managed to create two Discord accounts :-). It turned out I had one from before when the kidz got me to set it up as part of some experiment during COVID. My 2p. Use WA for the banter and current (track day/car news) affairs section of the community. Leave technical here on phpbb. Upd...
by robin
Wed Apr 02, 2025 1:26 pm
Forum: Technical
Topic: Cleaner brake pads.
Replies: 13
Views: 1770

Re: Cleaner brake pads.

I too have used mostly Pagid 42 over the years; I tried various other flavours but the 42 were always the best compromise for the Elise. Of course I don't wash cars, so I have no idea about how much brake dust they create. I definitely used the Mintex 1144 at some point and I think they were also OK...
by robin
Wed Mar 12, 2025 7:00 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Another new home for Scottish Elises?
Replies: 60
Views: 2247

Re: Another new home for Scottish Elises?

Hi Of course WA is owned by Meta, the same as Facebook so the conscientious objectors won't want to use it anymore than FB. That aside, FB is probably more advertisement laden than a WA community? But I would definitely use a WA Community no less than I use SE phpbb so would be fine with it. I suspe...
by robin
Mon Dec 09, 2024 3:08 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Blanket 50mph speed limit proposal on SE roads
Replies: 4
Views: 1939

Re: Blanket 50mph speed limit proposal on SE roads

It definitely has the feel of how to do something whilst spending not very much money :-)

The right thing to do with the major roads is to make them into dual carriageways wherever possible, but that costs £millions and the budgets aren't there.
by robin
Fri Dec 06, 2024 2:33 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Blanket 50mph speed limit proposal on SE roads
Replies: 4
Views: 1939

Re: Blanket 50mph speed limit proposal on SE roads

It's inevitable that they will install some form of speed monitoring on all the roads that get used regularly by HGVs. If you look at the data in the appendix of the linked report on the A9 pre-2014 the speeding rates were 40% (split evenly in the 60-70 and 70-80 buckets). Since the introduction of ...
by robin
Fri Nov 15, 2024 1:27 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Leccy cars
Replies: 72
Views: 42304

Re: Leccy cars

P.S. If your signature is accurate a 2004 Bentley Continental GT is not likely to meet anyone's definition of cost effective motoring, no matter how little you paid for it :-) :-)
by robin
Fri Nov 15, 2024 1:25 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Leccy cars
Replies: 72
Views: 42304

Re: Leccy cars

Of course there is a price difference - but there's nothing fundamentally different about an EV that means you couldn't use it for carrying stinky dogs (we used ours for that before we had to put the woofster to sleep). If it's just about the money, there are always going to be cheaper ICE options a...
by robin
Wed Nov 13, 2024 2:03 pm
Forum: Was it you ?
Topic: S1 at Straiton
Replies: 1
Views: 4989

Re: S1 at Straiton

Could have written off 2 S1s in one accident :-). That's probably 1% of the remaining working cars!
by robin
Wed Nov 13, 2024 2:01 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Leccy cars
Replies: 72
Views: 42304

Re: Leccy cars

We are a two tesla family these days (plus an Elise which hasn't turned a wheel in more than a year :-)). We live in Edinburgh and drive to Cornwall & Tiree at least once a year as well as the more normal up-down the A1/M1/M6 type journeys. Never had a problem charging the car/worried about not bein...
by robin
Tue Oct 22, 2024 9:38 pm
Forum: Was it you ?
Topic: Aubergine S2 Loganlea Reservoir
Replies: 5
Views: 2385

Re: Aubergine S2 Loganlea Reservoir

Planning a dawn 10 mile loop. So scores zero out of two on your fun run chart 🤣. Weather closing in later in the morning. Needs to be 10 miles because when they cancelled the Great South Run the chat is that if you submit a 10 mile run via Garmin/Strava/whatever they will send you the T-shirt ... so...
by robin
Tue Oct 22, 2024 12:59 pm
Forum: Was it you ?
Topic: Aubergine S2 Loganlea Reservoir
Replies: 5
Views: 2385

Re: Aubergine S2 Loganlea Reservoir

Are you there on Sunday? I might well be running past ...

(BTW, there are 10 types of people in the world. Those that understand binary and those that don't.)
by robin
Wed Oct 02, 2024 1:37 pm
Forum: Trackdays
Topic: French Frolic 2025 - its live
Replies: 12
Views: 7220

Re: French Frolic 2025 - its live

Neil '4 mil' McApe and I spent a few days driving round the hills there - good fun, unless it rains!
by robin
Tue Oct 01, 2024 2:03 pm
Forum: Trackdays
Topic: French Frolic 2025 - its live
Replies: 12
Views: 7220

Re: French Frolic 2025 - its live

Lots of great trails in the Vosges region - I might come along for the running while you lot arse about on the track :-).
by robin
Wed Aug 07, 2024 1:02 pm
Forum: Technical
Topic: Sticking Rear View Mirror back on?
Replies: 10
Views: 7360

Re: Sticking Rear View Mirror back on?

j2 lot wrote:
Mon Aug 05, 2024 10:25 am
Rear view! ….. anything behind you is loosing :wink:
Surely it's the mirror that is loose ...
by robin
Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:42 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Anyone got experience of lengthy car repairs?
Replies: 13
Views: 6417

Re: Anyone got experience of lengthy car repairs?

Have you tried reporting it as stolen? :-) If there is a direct issue with the repair (e.g. the bumper that they fitted is the wrong one or cracked or whatever) then you can reject the repair. I believe that any other damage done to the car is a new claim, not a rejection of the original repair (gre...